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Teaching Space Management welcomes Sharyn Muggleton to the team. Sharyn has moved from the Faculty of BEL and brings a wealth of knowledge and experience with her. Contact details: s.muggleton@uq.edu.au, x 52266.

 

The meeting of the Academic Board originally scheduled for 30 April will now be held on 16 April, to enable items to be referred to the 24 April meeting of Senate.  The updated schedule of meeting dates is online at http://www.uq.edu.au/academic-board/meeting-dates .

Under HESA, on 1 April 2012, UQ is required to publish schedules of student contribution amounts and tuition fees for all units of study (courses) with a census date between 1 July 2012 and 31 December 2012. If a course is not published in the schedules, UQ cannot offer it to students.

 

Faculty and School staff are asked to note that after the publication of DEEWR Unit of Study schedules on 1 April 2012, changes are not to be made to the unit of study ID, unit value, and the course title long in the Course Catalogue without approval for the variation from DEEWR (via Student Fees). Courses to be offered during this period are also not to be added to/deleted from the Course Catalogue.

 

For questions regarding appropriate effective dating of courses with a census date after 31 December 12 which you wish to add to the Course Catalogue, please contact SI-net Helpsi-nethelp@uq.edu.au .

 

For further information regarding the DEEWR Unit of Study Schedules please contact David Ayre at Student Fees on x 52328 or d.ayre@uq.edu.au .

 

The following information is provided to remind staff of the relevant dates in March and April 2012 for examination processes. 

 

Saturday, 31 March	Mid-semester exams (outside of scheduled classes)
Monday, 2 April	Online exam requests open for semester 1 Deferred/Supplementary exams
Monday, 16 April	Draft end of semester 1 timetables to schools for review
Monday, 16 April	Grade lapse of incomplete results for Summer Semester 2011/12
Friday, 20 April	Requests due for amendments to draft end of semester 1 timetables
Saturday, 21 April	Mid-semester exams (outside of scheduled classes)
Saturday, 28 April	Mid-semester exams (outside of scheduled classes)

 

Examinations Section wishes to thank School staff for their efforts in meeting the deadline for online exam requests for semester 1 2012. Production of the end of semester examination timetable will commence on Monday 26 March; it is hoped to have the draft timetable to Schools by Monday 16 April, for review by Friday 20 April.  Exam requests submitted for end of semester 1 will be replicated for the purpose of editing and upload of papers for semester 1 Deferred/Supplementary examinations – the web site for Deferred/Supplementary will be opened on Monday, 2 April 2012.

 

Full instructions on how to make an exam request, and how to upload an exam paper, are available on the Exams Staff Portal https://www.uq.edu.au/secure/sasd-bpc/index.html?page=170623&pid=170623 .  [Please use Mozilla Firefox to access and download these instructions].

 

The mid-semester examination timetables for examinations held on Saturdays at St Lucia and Ipswich campuses are available on my.UQ at https://student.my.uq.edu.au/

 

Examinations Section is coordinating the exam supervision; the supervisor roster and supervisor contact details have been provided to the relevant Schools. Any changes to the supervisor roster will be conveyed to Schools promptly.

 

Standard forms used in conducting central examinations can be downloaded from the Forms Online section of the Examinations staff intranet https://www.uq.edu.au/secure/sasd-bpc/?page=126853&s=c8f20acff1b9615f124632b085f4b18efor use by Schools in conducting school-based examinations.  These include the Disregard Performance declaration, student ID card not current, and the Examination Supervisors Handbook (October 2011). 

 

Schools that have not yet placed an order for other materials (answer booklets, MCQ sheets, attendance forms) should do so by no later than two weeks prior to the exam date to ensure on-time delivery.

 

(NB:  ITS has advised of a problem in downloading some forms through Internet Explorer, particularly Word documents.  Please use Mozilla Firefox to download the examination materials).

 

Faculty and School staff are reminded that, in accordance with GAR 1A.20.6, the Grade Lapse process for Summer Semester 2011 results will be run on Monday, 16 April 2012.  Any summer semester 2011 grades which remain incomplete at that time will convert to a grade of ‘X’ unless a later lapse date applies.  The Outstanding Grades Report is available for download from the MIS Reportal (under Standard Reports > Student > Admin > Examinations).

 

A reminder that data entry for Semester 2, 2012 is due to be completed by schools on 30 March.

 

Data will be loaded by Si-Net to ensure successful viewing of a draft timetable on 23 April.

 

A draft class timetable will be available to schools on 30 April, as will staff registration for class sign-on.

 

Copies of the 2013 UQ Guide for Postgraduate International Programs may be obtained by contacting Jennifer Kennedy in UQ International at j.kennedy2@uq.edu.au. Printed copies of the 2013 UQ Guide for Postgraduate International Programs are expected to be available after Easter, around mid-April.

 

The 2012 UQ Careers Fair was the largest university careers event in Queensland and it shares a national first place with Monash University (acknowledged by the Australia Association of Graduate Employers).

 

The event held on Wednesday 14th March 2012, saw approximately 5,112 students and 144 exhibitors attend the UQ Careers Fair. This year was the fifth consecutive year that UQ Careers and Graduate Employment produced the event.

 

Preliminary comments from both students and employers who attended the event were extremely positive and it is seen that the Careers Fair will remain a significant event on the UQ calendar. Some wonderful feedback included:

 

                Heather B.  Newmont Mining Corporation

 

I would like to express a big gigantic thank you to all the volunteers on the Careers Fair day. I felt like I was treated like royalty. Everyone did an amazing job and we will definitely be coming back to do it again.  Thank you again.

                Emma S. NPF Blacksoil