The latest
Career planning in a global financial crisis
This breakfast seminar on Thursday, May 14, aims to explore the short-term future of the Australian economy and labour market based on advice from a panel of experts, including prominent and respected economist and social commentator, Professor John Quiggin. Find out how best to also use networks, tailor job applications and apply work experiences to prepare yourself and cut through this volatile economic climate. Open to students, alumni and UQ staff. Register by clicking here or email uqalumni@uq.edu.au for enquiries. Proudly presented by the UQ Advancement Office and Careers & Graduate Employment Opportunities (a unit of Student Services).
ICTE-UQ is looking for homestay families
If having an international visitor appeals to you, if you live close to public transport and travel to the UQ St Lucia campus takes less than 40 minutes, and you live in an English-speaking household, then ICTE-UQ would like to hear from you. We are particularly interested in families who are able to host male students or Muslim students. ICTE-UQ homestay is currently renumerated at $205 per week and is available for short- and long-term placements. Details: homestay@icte.uq.edu.au or Jane Clark 334 66737 or Liz Caverswall 334 66738.
In Others' Shoes: Is peace possible?
Hear from four Rotary World Peace Fellows (David LaMotte – USA, Tamara Turcan – Moldova, Marcos Zunino – Argentina, and Lydia Bulmer – Wales) as they discuss their experiences as peacemakers and uncover the passion and drive behind their chosen path. Proudly presented by the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences and the School of Political Science and International Studies as part of Diversity Week. It will be held between 6pm–7pm on Wednesday, May 27, in room 309 in the Steele Building. RSVP: Friday, May 22 to k.parish@uq.edu.au or ext. 69544. Details here.
World Environment Day breakfast
UQ staff are invited to this free breakfast to focus on UQ’s Carbon Strategy and Sustainability, on Friday, June 5 at 7.30am for 7.45am at the UQ Staff and Graduates Club. Details: online.
Fulbright Scholarship presentation
Dr Joe Hlubucek, Executive Director of the Australian-American Fulbright Commission will give a presentation for honours students, RHD candidates and academics who are interested in study or research in the United States from 10am–11am, Thursday, May 14, in the Library Conference Room, ground floor SS&H Library, Duhig Building, St Lucia campus. Details: email graduateschool@uq.edu.au with “Fulbright" in the subject line.
Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science extension
The closing date for nominations for these prizes has been extended to Friday, May 15. Nomination can be made online through the Science Prizes website. Details: pmprize@innovation.gov.au or (02) 6276 1264.
Economic effects of migration
Have you ever wondered how migrants earning money in Australia could affect the economies of their home nations? Walk in another’s shoes and consider migrant issues from another perspective. The Faculty of Business, Economics and Law, in support of UQ’s Diversity Week, invites you to attend: “Trading places: economic impacts of migration on those left behind” – a seminar presented by Associate Professor Richard Brown, from 2pm–3.30pm on Tuesday, May 26, in the Parnell Building Room 222. RSVP: by Wednesday, May 20, to events@bel.uq.edu.au.
Adventurous volunteers for indigenous pilgrimage
The Drumley Walk travels from Beaudesert to Southport in the footsteps of Aboriginal community leader, Billy Drumley (1853–1951) through farms, forests and roads. Volunteers and participants are invited to an information session at the Beaudesert Hotel on Saturday, May 16. Details: click here or 3807 6155 or the Walk Director, Rory O’Connor on 0413 732 529.
Events & UQ in the media
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Upcoming events:
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UQ in the media:
- Desperate journey to ease a chronic spinal disorder
- Appointment with inspiring doctor
- Master of abstract
- Dengue grant
- Scram Jets and how they work
- Vet school beefing up fundraising efforts
- Medical research gets personal
- Students visit campus for more on agriculture jobs
- Queensland Authors
- Business prize
- Research into using waste water to generate energy
- Call to bridging finance to keep program going
- Touchscreen lectures speed feedback
- Sign in to the UQ Mediaclips site for more media clips.
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Other news
Sir Llew honoured in UQ landmark
A new $54 million building has become the Sir Llew Edwards Building in honour of our recently retired Chancellor. UQ’s governing Senate rebadged General Purpose North 4 in recognition of Sir Llew’s highly distinguished service as a member of Senate for almost 25 years, including nearly 16 years as Chancellor. The building, officially opened in July 2008, includes a world-first Advanced Concept Teaching Space, a collaborative teaching and learning space, and the Institute for Continuing and TESOL Education (ICTE-UQ).
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: online.
Housekeeping matters
UQ Research Reports 2008
If you would like copies of the UQ Research Report 2008 for your area or upcoming events, please order from central stores on ext. 51231. The reports are available in boxes of 60. To view an online version of the report, please click here.
Using email distribution lists
In recent months there has been growing interest in, and demand for the use of email as a mechanism for sending announcements, information and notices. ITS provides a number of ways that staff at all levels of the University can create and manage distribution lists. Details: here.
Do you need MATLAB or DRAGON NATURALLYSPEAKING software?
Information Technology Services (ITS) is gauging 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:
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 go online 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. Details: email: uqgdsgen@uq.edu.au.
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: Allanah Bigg phone ext. 69061 or Bronwyn Henderson or ext. 58274.
Get out & about
Spirited book launch
The Co-op Bookshop invites you to the book launch of Wild Spirit: Halfway Through Africa by Annette Henderson from 12.30pm–2.00pm on Wednesday, May 13. Come and meet the inspiring Annette Henderson and share in her travels through West Africa and Gabon. This is a free event held at The Co-op Bookshop, Building 4, Staff House Road, St Lucia campus. Details: msimmons@coopbookshop.com.au.
Kiwi Klub @ UQ
With many events of significance to New Zealanders coming up, eg Matariki (Maori New Year) and Waitangi Day 2010 (170 years since the signing of Te Tiriti o Waitangi), any staff members wanting to help establish a UQ-NZ social club can contact m.teruki@uq.edu.au or ext. 56793.
Perfect pizzas for $10 on Fridays
Treat yourself and your friends to $10 pizzas at the Union Pizza Caffe every Friday. 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.
Journey of Healing Dinner
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.
Health & fitness
Sports Specialty Clinic
The UQ Musculoskeletal and Sports Injury clinic offers a Sports Speciality Clinic in conjunction with Postgraduate Sports Physiotherapy program. No referral necessary. Clinic operates Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 1pm–5pm in the Therapies building (84). Details: physioclinic@uq.edu.au or ext. 52232.
Swine flu – keep informed
The World Health Organization last week raised the pandemic flu alert level from 3 to 5. The University regards the health and welfare of its staff and students as a key priority and has put a comprehensive plan in place.
Blood donormobile visit to St Lucia campus
The blood donormobile will be visiting the Student Union Plaza from 9am–4pm daily, Monday, May 11, until Friday, May 15. To make an appointment, please call 0413 055 371.
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 chances for a flu jab
Another session has been arranged for the Staff Flu Vaccination Program. Free vaccinations are offered to continuing and fixed-term contract staff. The next session on Wednesday, May 20, will be held in the Boardroom, UQ Centre from 8.30am–3pm. The following session is in the VIP room (next door to the Boardroom, UQ Centre) on Tuesday, June 2. Details: click here.
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
Upcoming ATEM courses
- Change management June 4
- Towards middle management June 18–19
- Coaching skills July 9
- High performance teams August 6
- Emotional intelligence August 14
Details here, or email b.cavallari@uq.edu.au.
Upcoming staff development courses
Places are still available in the following courses both held on Tuesday, May 12:
Details: here.
Practise your English speaking
The Institute of Continuing and TESOL Education is offering Practice English Classes to all adult learners. A 36-hour course costs only $30 if 90 percent of lessons are attended. The two-hour lessons are taught in the afternoon and focus on speaking, listening, vocabulary and grammar. The next course begins on June 15. Details: parttime.english@icte.uq.edu.au or 3346 6770.
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:
- 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.
UQBS Corporate Education Courses for 2009
Register your interest now for one of these superb Corporate Leadership courses:
- Strategy in Action (18–22 May)
- Women Executive Leaders (15–19 June)
- Leadership for the Not for Profit Sector (6–10 July)
- Supply Chain Management (13 July – 17 July)
Details: click here or 3346 7111.
Lectures, seminars & workshops
Secret to a healthy gut
Associate Professor Luis Vitetta, Principal Research Fellow for the Unit of Health Integration at the UQ School of Medicine, will present the seminar: “Probiotics and Gastrointestinal Health” at 4.30pm today in the Main Auditorium, Level 2, UQ Centre for Clinical Research, Herston campus. All welcome. Details: a.vann@uqccr.uq.edu.au or 3346 5555.
Australia’s Pleistocene megafaunal extinctions
Dr Gilbert Price (Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis, UQ) will discuss hypotheses, politics and new evidence from eastern Australia around this topic from 4pm on Tuesday, May 12 in room 232, Steele Building. Details: click here.
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, St Lucia campus. Details: 3346 7407.
Hotel management contracts
The School of Tourism will host a seminar from 4pm-5pm on Wednesday, May 13, in room 112, building 39, St Lucia campus, reviewing findings of prior empirical research concerning hotel management contracts between owners and operators. Details: click here.
Commercialisation of research outcomes
Dr Genevieve Giuliani, Manager of Innovation and Commercial Development in the Faculty of Health Sciences at UQ, will present the seminar: “Commercialisation of Research Outcomes” at 4.30pm on Thursday, May 14, in the Main Auditorium, Level 2, UQ Centre for Clinical Research, Herston campus. All welcome. Details: a.vann@uqccr.uq.edu.au or 3346 5555.
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 from 4.30pm–5.30pm on Friday, May 15 in the Abel Smith Lecture Theatre, 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 Sir Llew Edwards building (formerly GPN 4). The seminar will include presentations by peace fellows about their applied fieldwork experiences. Details: click here.
Blended Learning Conference
UQ is once again hosting this conference on Thursday, June 18. Regstrations close Sunday, May 31. Details: click here.
Cultures of violence and conflict explored at conference
UQ’s Cultural History Project will host the 2009 Conference of the International Society for Cultural History. International scholars will address a broad series of questions pertaining to cultures of violence and conflict, highlighted by key note presentations by Professor Joanna Bourke from Birbeck College, UK, Associate Professor Alice Yang, UC Santa Cruz, and Dr Alastair Blanshard, University of Sydney. The conference will be held from July 20–23 at the St Lucia campus. Details: p.ahrens@uq.edu.au, ext. 52710.
Volunteers sought
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New this week
- Adults of any age to answer very brief survey regarding the Australian Open tennis tournament. Please visit the website.
Details: s.kelly@business.uq.edu.au or ext. 68154
- Patients with carpal tunnel syndrome to participate in a clinical trial evaluating non-surgical interventions.
Details: carpaltunnel@uq.edu.au or ext. 54692
- People who have experienced tennis elbow pain for at least six weeks.
Details: tenniselbow@uq.edu.au or ext. 54692
- Women aged 32-42 years for an MRI imaging study. No needles or medications involved. Reimbursement for time and transport provided.
Details: 0413 208 083 or 3346 4864
Carried over
- Parents of a two- to five-year-old child concerned about disobedience, to participate in a brief group-based parenting intervention.
Details: danielle.milne@uqconnect.edu.au or ext. 57307
- Non-working adults aged 60 years and over for the “Stand Up For Your Health” study aimed at modifying sitting time.
Details: p.gardiner@uq.edu.au or ext. 55163
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