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The latest
Bright future for Queensland’s agricultural research
A new partnership announced last week between the Queensland Government and UQ is set to deliver more powerful research outcomes for Queensland agriculture. Read full story here.
Governments as risk managers
The UQ Economics Alumni Association invites you to join them for The Great Debate: “Is Government the best risk manager?” with Professor Henry Ergas and Professor John Quiggin. Please click here for details and to register. Details: louise.west@uq.edu.au or ext. 54482.
Visual identity update
The new electronic letterhead template is now available for download from the brand website, and additional templates will be available in the coming weeks. The Corporate Identity Guidelines will be also available for download later this week. (Please note you will require your UQ user name and password to log in to this site.) Briefings on the new guidelines and templates will be available at all campuses during May, and dates/locations will be advertised on the brand website and in UQ Update. Staff are encouraged to look at the range of brand information provided on the staff brand website, and direct further questions to insight@uq.edu.au.
Final days of $1000 Diversity design contest
The $1000 Diversity Week design competition closes on Monday, May 4. Set your creative spirit free and submit an artwork linked to the theme of Diversity Week 2009, In Others’ Shoes. The theme encourages the University community to see the world through multiple lenses – to reflect upon how a person’s world views are shaped by the people and societal beliefs around them. Details: click here.
UQ Centenary
The University will celebrate its Centenary in 2010. The celebration provides an opportunity for us to celebrate the achievements of students, staff and graduates with our stakeholders. It is an ideal time for relationship-building and enhancing the image of the University and many units in the University have started planning their involvement along these lines. Your senior manager has received an outline of the planning so far to aid these discussions and will be nominating a staff member to act as your unit’s liaison point for the Centenary. A Secretariat has been set up to coordinate the organisation of the Centenary under the guidance of a Senate Committee. Ellen Juhasz has been seconded to the unit and Maryse Scott will be joining her soon. A website for the Centenary is currently under development and you can assist us with information for the site. Do you know of any interesting (and verifiable) facts about UQ and the achievements of its staff and students for use as "Did you know...." items? Please let us have your suggestions. You can contact us at centenary@uq.edu.au.
Australian Graduate Survey
The Australian Graduate Survey is now available to all graduates who completed their qualification in 2008. To complete the survey, graduates should log on to http://oags.graduatecareers.com.au and enter their survey form identifier (supplied in previous correspondence). Each graduate who completes the survey will be entered into a prize draw with the chance of winning one of 25 cash prizes valued at either $1000 or $500. For details contact: uqgdsgen@uq.edu.au.
Queensland Premier’s Literary Awards close soon
Entries close on Monday, May 25, for these awards offering total prize money of $225,000 across 14 categories including poetry, short stories, non-fiction, unpublished Indigenous writer, science writing, film, drama and TV script-writing. Details: click here.
Translation help needed
Translators for medical articles from Turkish, Serbian or Spanish needed for a systematic review. You will be paid $100 per article translated. Details: b.coombes@uq.edu.au.
UQ/QUT Soccer Tournament
On Saturday, April 11, 20 teams competed for cash prizes in the inaugural UQ vs. QUT Social Soccer Tournament. The Tournament was attended by more than 200 players and in a great show of community spirit, hundreds more spectators. The Tournament was the result of a collaboration between International Student Advisers from Student Services at both UQ and QUT as part of their proactive approach to connecting both international and domestic students in a healthy pursuit, promoting friendships and a sense of community belonging and reducing the social isolation experienced by many students. The grand-final saw QUT's Brissie Strikers taking first prize of $400 against UQ's Wombats ($200), with UQ's Union College taking third place ($100).
In conversation with Kate and Kim
The UQ Library invites you to join authors Kate Morton and Kim Wilkins in conversation from noon–1pm on Thursday, April 30, as they discuss their personal perspectives on writing. Their latest novels are The Forgotten Garden and Unclaimed Heart respectively. The event will be held in the Library Conference Room, Level 1, Library Duhig Building, St Lucia campus. Cost: $10. Bookings essential. Please RSVP by April 28 to ssah-mgr@library.uq.edu.au or 3346 4328. Details: click here.
Greenhouse gas emissions audit of Customs House
UQ Business School’s Sustainable Business Unit was recently commissioned to conduct a greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions audit for Customs House. Read full story here.
Events & UQ in the media
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Upcoming events:
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UQ in the media:
- University partnership with Engineers Without Borders
- Branching out in mangrove study
- Non-surgical project set to cut wait lists
- Two heads are better than one
- Capturing the past to keep for the future
- Researching the traditional medicine of the Cherokee people
- Blood pressure study a world first
- National survey
- Do you have heart, lung or blood vessel disease?
- NPS ranks complementary medicine resources
- Grants advance pharmacy research
- ADHD Study
- Scheduled Medicines: Out of Sight - Preventing vision loss
- Sign in to the UQ Mediaclips site for more media clips.
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Other news
BEL postgraduate scholarships for staff closing soon
The BEL Faculty is offering Commonwealth Supported Postgraduate Scholarships to general staff employed in full-time continuing appointment/s for at least two years. Applicants must apply separately for admission to one of the Faculty’s postgraduate coursework programs and provide evidence they have been admitted to a relevant program. Applications for a second semester 2009 start should be submitted to Allanah Bigg by May 31. Details: abigg@bel.uq.edu.au or ext. 69061 or bhenderson@bel.uq.edu.au or ext. 58274.
Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science
Nominations for the five 2009 prizes close at 5pm on Friday, May 8. The total prize pool is grants worth $500,000. Details: click here or email to:pmprize@innovation.gov.au.
Housekeeping matters
Do you need MATLAB or DRAGON NATURALLYSPEAKING software?
Information Technology Services (ITS) is gauging the demand for MATLAB and Nuance’s Dragon NaturallySpeaking products for staff. ITS needs to collect information from current and prospective users of these software products to determine whether site-wide licences and volume licence pricing would be beneficial to UQ staff. Have your say by completing the following short surveys today:
Wondrous water savings results
UQ’s Property and Facilities division saved 18.8ML of water consumption (more than 12 Olympic swimming pools) at the St Lucia campus air conditioning cooling towers during 2008. The smart water meter technology, successfully trialled in 2007, together with abnormal cooling tower water flow maintenance notifications, has resulted in the water-saving target of 10.8ML being exceeded by 74 percent. The cooling tower at the University Mine in Indooroopilly exceeded the target by 131 percent. Water consumption overall at the St Lucia campus was lower than predicted in the first half of the 2008–2009 financial year. If this trend continues until June, the St Lucia campus will have achieved the lowest water consumption since water restrictions were introduced, despite several new buildings being built during the period. When compared to the same period in 2004 (pre-water restrictions), the reduction is almost 65 percent.
Get out & about
Perfect pizzas for $10 on Fridays
Treat yourself and your friends to $10 pizzas every Friday at the Union Pizza Caffe. Between 4.30pm-7.30pm, enjoy delicious food to the sounds of live music. There are also Schonell Theatre and Pizza Caffe deals, if you want to make a night of it. Details: here.
Riverside dining at its best
Customs House is offering UQ staff members 10 percent discount when dining in the restaurant. The offer does not apply on Saturday evenings, one discount per booking, and not to be used in conjunction with any other promotion. For trading hours and full menu details, click here. Your employee number must be provided in order to receive your discount. Reservations: ext. 58921.
Treat your mum to tea in style
Customs House will hold a Mother’s Day Morning Tea Celebration from 10.30am–noon on Sunday, May 10, in the Long Room. Cost is $55 per head all-inclusive with shared tables of 10 persons. Music provided by Strictly Strings. Reservations: ext. 58999. Details: click here.
The selling of Queensland – new art exhibition
Triumph in the Tropics: Selling Queensland which opened at the UQ Art Museum on Friday until July 12, is an irreverent survey of the advertising and graphic imagery used over the past 120 years to market Queensland, in particular to potential tourists, investors, and immigrants. It includes political ephemera and collectables, from tea towels, travel posters and snow domes to a beer fridge. Details: click here.
Journey of Healing Dinner
In order to keep the momentum going following the National Apology to the Stolen Generations by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on February 13, 2008, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit will hold its Journey of Healing Dinner at 6pm for 6.30pm on Friday, May 29. This is an opportunity for UQ staff and students and members of the Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities to come together to acknowledge the spirit of Reconciliation. Cost: $50 for wage-earners and $25 for students/pensioners. UQ faculties, schools and centres can book a table of 10 for a reduced rate of $450. Details: Sue on ext. 56699 or Colleen on ext. 56714.
Your first job
Here are your answers to last week’s “Just for fun” question on your first job and how old you were. Thank you for another enthusiastic response. This section has been discontinued for the time being.
- Checkout assistant, Coles Wynnum West Plaza, age 14 and 9 months, Melinda Chaplin, School of Engineering
- Newspaper boy, Normanby five-ways traffic island, age 14, Peter Lowther, Student Centre
- Office junior, age 16, Anna Bartos, UQ International
- Tanned hide area measurer, Kedron tannery, age 15, Alan Victor, School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management
- Fish and chip shop assistant, age 14, Gina Velli, divisions of Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Car washer at local garage, pay was $2 a car, age 12, Gayle Robinson, Research and Research Training Division
- Waitress, 24-hour Shell Roadhouse, Tenterfield, age 15, Melisa Lewins, ARC Centre of Excellence for Integrative Legume Research
- Receptionist for painting firm, pay was $12.46 a week in 1966, age 14, Chris Heaver, Centre for Marine Studies
- Checkout operator at Franklins, age 15, Kelly Dann, UQ Library
- Fitting radios into new cars in 1940, pay was 17/9 a week or $1.78 in today’s money, age 15, Glen McBride
- FIFA-qualified soccer referee, age 17, Anna Hood, School of Tourism
Health & fitness
Fresh, sustainable food at your fingertips
Ecobug, the UQ Food Cooperative, is planning to become a Food Connect partner and offer a place to receive weekly boxes of fresh, nutritious and affordable fruit & veg. Food Connect collaborates with local farmers supporting them to earn a decent living, provide us with great food and in the process, nurture the land. Details: ecobug.food.coop@gmail.com or visit us at Ecobug – opposite Next Byte, below Schonell Cinema, 10am-2pm weekdays.
Last chance for a flu jab
Staff influenza vaccinations will finish on Wednesday, May 20, for the 2009 program. Bookings for the three sessions in May – 1, 8 and 20 – can be made here.
Help at hand for tired muscles, aches and pains
The Musculoskeletal and Sports Injury clinic will offer extended clinic hours on Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoons from 1pm–5pm starting Monday, April 27. These clinic hours will be staffed by postgraduate physiotherapy students specialising in sports physiotherapy. To book: physioclinic@uq.edu.au or 3366 2232.
Don’t suffer in silence
The Employee Assistance Program is a confidential and voluntary counselling service provided to all UQ employees and their immediate families. The EAP aims to assist with the resolution of personal and work-related problems that may affect work performance or quality of life. This external counselling service is free-of-charge and facilitated by Assure programmes. Details: here or info@assureprograms.com.au or 24-hour hotline on 1800 808 374.
Study, training & development
Mastering SI-net
Staff may enrol for upcoming SI-net Fundamentals training sessions held between 9.30am and 12.30pm in room 102, building 33 on the following dates:
- Wednesday, April 29;
- Tuesday, May 12;
- Monday, May 25;
- Wednesday, June 10; and
- Wednesday, June 24.
Staff may enrol for the following SI-net Course Catalogue training sessions held between 9.30am and 4.30pm in room 102, building 33 on Tuesday, July 7.
Upcoming Staff Development courses
Places are still available in the following staff development course:
Teaching & Learning
Details: here.
UQBS Corporate Education Courses for 2009
Register your interest now for one of these superb Corporate Leadership courses:
- Strategy in Action (18 May–22 May 2009)
- Women Executive Leaders (15 June–19 June 2009)
- Leadership for the Not for Profit Sector (6 July–10 July 2009)
Details: click here or 3346 7111.
Lectures, seminars & workshops
Practical ethics seminar: a lawyer’s duties to the courts
The UQ Law Graduates Association is proud to host this one-hour seminar by His Honour Judge Searles at UQ Downtown premises, Level 19 Central Plaza One, 345 Queen Street, Brisbane, at 6pm on Wednesday, April 29. Practitioners can claim one CPD unit. Refreshments will be served following the seminar. Cost: $70.00 GST incl. Details: click here.
Oxford don to speak at legal seminar
The TC Beirne School of Law and the Bar Association of Queensland are proud to present a new high–profile series of seminars on contemporary legal issues. The series will kick off on Thursday, April 30, with a paper by Professor Andrew Burrows of Oxford University. Mr David Jackson QC will provide a commentary and the seminar will be chaired by the Chief Justice. Details and to register your interest, click here.
Free Australian Securities Exchange seminars
The Australian Securities Exchange will bring two free roadshows to Brisbane – “Flexible Investments for Enhancing Income and Capital Growth – ASX Instalment Warrants” (May 6) and “Protecting Shares and Enhancing Income – ASX Options” (May 7) to be held at the Regus Auditorium, Level 5, Riverside Centre, 123 Eagle Street in the city. For more details and exact session times, click here or here.
Social workers and climate change
The School of Social Work and Human Services has teamed up again with the Australian Association of Social Workers (QLD), and UQ’s Social Work and Human Services Alumni to present the 5th Annual Jenny Morrison Memorial Lecture at 5.45pm on Wednesday, May 6, at Women’s College, St Lucia campus. This year’s lecture entitled “Social Work and Climate Change: challenges and contributions”, will feature a panel discussion led by Mr Andrew Bartlett MC. Cost: $25 ($20 for students). RSVP: aaswqld@aasw.asn.au or 07 3369 9818. Details and registration: click here.
Advanced Negotiation Skills
The Australian Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies (ACPACS) is offering a three-day Advanced Negotiation workshop at St Lucia campus May 11–13. UQ staff are eligible for a 20 percent discount on the workshop fee. Details: click here or acpacs.melbourne@uq.edu.au or 03 9863 2600.
The mobile urban female in contemporary French cinema
In this free public seminar, School of Languages and Comparative Cultural Studies lecturer, Dr Joe Hardwick, will explore why the streets of Paris, more than any other developed-world city have consistently attracted the attention of filmmakers. The lecture will be held from 2pm–3.30pm on Tuesday, May 12, in the SS & H Library Conference Room on the St Lucia campus. Details: 3346 7407.
Jay Hall archaeology lecture
Initiated in 2007, the Jay Hall lecture is an annual celebration of archaeology, which opens Queensland’s National Archaeology Week Program. The lecture is named in honour of Associate Professor Jay Hall, the first appointed archaeologist at UQ, who retired in 2007. This year’s speaker is Professor Peter Hiscock from the School of Archaeology and Anthropology at the Australian National University, Canberra. The lecture will be held on Friday, May 15, from 4.30pm–5.30pm, in the Abel Smith Lecture Theatre at the St Lucia campus. RSVP: b.waugh1@uq.edu.au.
Rotary World Peace Fellows’ Seminar 2009
The UQ community and general public will have an opportunity to hear from UQ’s Rotary World Peace Fellows as they share their practical experiences of peace-building around the globe at this year’s RWPF Seminar (formerly known as the Paul Harris Seminar) to be held from 9am–5pm on Saturday, May 23, in the GPN 4 building. The seminar will include presentations by peace fellows about their applied fieldwork experiences. Details: click here.
Volunteers sought
Please note entries remain for two Updates unless further requests received. Thank you.
New this week
- Healthy young boys aged four–14 (parents’ informed consent required) for a study of daily energy expenditure.
Details: sarah.elliott@uq.edu.au or ext. 55325
- Children turning two or four in 2009, who were born at 36 weeks or more at normal birth weight for a study on the early learning abilities of young children.
Details: l.lynn@uq.edu.au or 3381 1443
Carried over
- People who have experienced low back pain for longer than three months which has restricted their work or leisure.
Details: n.karayannis@uq.edu.au
- Patients with carpal tunnel syndrome to participate in a clinical trial evaluating non-surgical interventions.
Details: carpaltunnel@uq.edu.au or 3365 4692
- People who have experienced tennis elbow pain for at least six weeks.
Details: tenniselbow@uq.edu.au or 3365 4692
From the editor
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