IPSWICH TAKES MORE THAN ONE BITE OF THE APPLE
ARTWORKS CARVE SITE’S HISTORY
SEMESTER 2: LEARNING MATERIALS SUBMISSION DUE NOW
TEDI wishes to remind Ipswich course coordinators that submission of learning materials (both print and online) for semester 2,2006 are due NOW. Course coordinators who are new to Ipswich should note that the production of Ipswich course materials is funded centrally and will not be charged to your school or faculty.
Due to the introduction of Electronic Course Profiles (ECP) for Semester 2, 2006, TEDI will make available electronic files of current course profiles for school or faculty staff members that require them. Updates previously sent to TEDI for course profiles for Semester 2, 2006, will be completed but will not be printed. An electronic version of your course profile will be sent via email to the lecturer or contact person named for each course so they can copy the relevant sections into the ECP.
Please contact Sharyn Olsen on 11251 or s.olsen@uq.edu.au or Michelle Poole on 11265 or m.poole@uq.edu.au if you require further information or assistance in submitting your materials.
TRISAFE AUDIT
Later this year the Ipswich Campus will be audited as part of a comprehensive safety audit of the University carried out by Trisafe. Further advice will follow.
CHANGE TO TEDI IPSWICH PRODUCTION MANAGER
On June 26, Mr Nick Baker replaced Ms Michelle Poole as Acting Production Manager at TEDI Ipswich. Nick may be contacted on extension 11469, email n.baker@uq.edu.au
and is located in Building 1, Level 3, in room 304. Further information about TEDI may be found at www.tedi.uq.edu.au
WINDOW CLEANING (PROPERTY & FACILITIES)
Window cleaning for Buildings 1, 8 and 12 will commence Monday, 3 July and will be completed by Saturday, 8 July 2006. The work will be undertaken by All Industrial Abseilers.
EMBLEMATIC SALE - UQ BOOKSHOP
The UQ Bookshop at the Ipswich Campus is having a pre-Graduation Sale on various emblematic items including clothing, from 30%-60%. The Ipswich UQ Bookshop hours of operation are Monday-Thursday 9am - 4pm and Fridays 9am - 3pm and is located in Building 10.
Junior sport holiday clinics will be offered at the Ipswich campus for the first time this month from June 26-30. The exciting multi sport program developed by UQ Sport will cater for children aged 6-12 years in full day or half day format. The clinic will focus on a different sport each day including touch football, netball, soccer, cricket and volleyball. Children will enjoy UQ Ipswich’s high class sporting facilities under the tuition of high calibre, accredited instructors.Instructors will teach children the rules, skills, and strategies of each sport. These skills will then be put to the test in a game situation. For more information and to enrol your child phone 11341 email ipswich@uqsport.uq.edu.au or click here (A discount is available for families who send three or more children)
ENTERTAINMENT BOOK AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE
The UQ Secretaries' and Office Professionals' Association is pleased to announce that a fresh stock of the Entertainment Book is now available from Raewyn Peeti - please call Raewyn on 11002 or email on r.peeti@uq.edu.au Each book retails for $60.
UNIVERSITY HEALTH SERVICE NEWS
The University Health Service at UQ Ipswich will reopen on Monday 17 July 2006.
TEACHING SUPPORT FOR ACADEMICS IN ResTeach INITIATIVE
Teaching next semester? TEDI offers the following workshops designed to provide you with hands-on experience and practical strategies centred on engaging active and effective student learning:
ABSTRACTS INVITED FOR ETL CONFERENCE
The Effective Teaching & Learning (ETL) Conference 2006 is on 2 and 3 November. This year the Conference theme is “21st Century University Teaching and Learning: Continuing the conversation”. Submissions are encouraged for an abstract for consideration by the Conference Committee by 10 July 2006. Abstracts for paper presentations, symposia and workshops of no more than 300 words should be submitted to etl2006@uq.edu.au as Word attachments. For more information about the conference, and to register please visit the website: www.tedi.uq.edu.au/ETLConference06/
ASSESSMENT WORKSHOPS - JULY
TEDI is offering a number of assessment workshops in July. Click on the links below for details and/or registration:
Please note that all general workshops are able to be customised to suit the needs of course, program, or school groups. Contact Dr Clair Hughes (clair.hughes@uq.edu.au or 52456) for further information.
FIRE WARDEN TRAINING
All staff are invited to undertake Fire Warden Training organised by The Fire Safety Unit in P&F. The Warden training for Ipswich Campus will be held on July 3 in Rm 307 Building 6201. Please register through the TEDI website. The training format has been revamped and new material included to keep it interesting. All staff are invited to attend. This is particularly relevant to academic staff who are in charge of classes when a fire alarm sounds.
MID YEAR GRADUATION CEREMONIES
The Ipswich Campus Mid Year Graduation Ceremonies will be held at the Ipswich Civic Hall on Monday, 17 July. This year will see the first graduates from the UQ Nursing Program.
5pm Business Economics and Law Faculty
7pm Arts; Engineering, Physical Sciences and Architecture; Health Sciences and Social and Behavioural Sciences Faculties
SUBMISSIONS FOR UQI UPDATE
We welcome your submissions. Please ensure that information submitted for inclusion includes ALL the necessary details - including dates, times, location, venue, program responsible, contact person and details, etc.
Please send all submissions to the UQI Update editor (uqiupdate@uqi.uq.edu.au, also found under the Ipswich email global address list). Cut-off date for content is 5pm each Monday.