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The latest
Swine flu update
The Director of the University Health Service, Dr Tony Arklay, has prepared an update on swine flu for UQ staff and students here. It provides information on the current situation, prevention steps and advice for travellers. The University will continue to monitor developments and provide updates and advice accordingly.
Chance to attend Harvard University
Applications from RHD candidates are invited for this special symposium hosted by Harvard University for Australian (Go8), Chinese (China 9) and Harvard University students. Sixteen Australian candidates will be selected and funded, including one Science and one Humanities RHD from UQ. Application is by hard copy by July 1, 2009. Please click here for more details.
New Current Staff website
Following significant staff consultation a new Current Staff webpage has been developed to provide intuitive access to all the information staff need in one easy to use site. Current UQ staff are offered a final preview of the new homepage, click here. The site is designed to provide a range of important information on the main page and to include the log-ins to the other most frequently used staff sites. If you have any comments about the new site, in terms of functionality, content and design please send to HR Services via the following brief survey here. The login to my.UQ will also be accessible via the new website. This page is expected to be live in operation from the 1st June. Please email HR Services, Celeste Hallinan c.hallinan@uq.edu.au with any further enquiries.
Visual Identity Update
Official corporate business cards, letterhead and With Compliments slips can now be ordered through the Gatton Printery or Blue Star GO (formerly UQ printery). An electronic memorandum is now available for download from the UQ Brand website. Be sure to check the Brand website in the coming weeks for more templates, including DL flyers, poster shells and bookmarks. Advertisement template options will also be available soon from OMC advertising.
Premier’s Awards for Queensland Seniors
Nominations have opened for these awards which recognise Queenslanders aged over 60 years of age whose outstanding voluntary work has had significant impacts on their communities. Nominations close Friday, June 5, and for more details, click here or contact the Seniors Enquiry Line on 1300 135 500.
New Executive Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences
Professor Nicholas Fisk will be Executive Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences, as from January 1, 2010. Professor Fisk replaces Professor Peter Brooks, who steps down on June 30 after 11 years as Executive Dean. Professor Sue Tett, currently Deputy Executive Dean and Associate Dean, Research, will be acting Executive Dean for six months from July 1.
UQ & Sea World team up on dugong research
UQ biologists have teamed up with Sea World and Sydney Aquarium to assess the health and reproductive status of wild dugongs in Moreton Bay. To read full story, click here.
Guest speakers needed
The Rotary Club of Logan – a group of 60 professional and business leaders within the City of Logan – is putting together a program of guest speakers for the next 12 months. Members are keen to hear from UQ staff. Details: Tim Keeler at tkeeler@faithlutheran.qld.edu.au or 3820 5200 or 049 781 823.
Get your retirement plans in order
Are you age 53 or older and either contemplating retirement or simply interested in understanding and possibly exploring some pre-retirement financial strategies? If so, you may be interested in registering for “Pre-Retirement Planning: a Financial Advisory Perspective” with lead presenter Richard Marsden, from noon–2pm on Tuesday, May 26, in the Senate Room, Level 5, Brian Wilson Chancellery. To register: click here
Ancient treasure on show
The R.D. Milns Antiquities Museum at UQ has just welcomed an ancient carved funerary column or “stele” to its collection, which originally stood at Palmyra in present-day Syria. To read full story, click here.
2009 Fulbright Symposium
At a time when both Australia and the United States face a challenging economic and trade environment, and against the backdrop of an apparent rise in protectionism, the 2009 Fulbright Symposium to be held August 24–25 at Old Parliament House, King George Terrace, Canberra, provides an opportunity to reassess the US–Australia Free Trade Agreement’s past and future. Cost: $450 (on or before May 31) or $599 (June 1–August 14). To register, click here.
Microbes on the march
Professor Marin H. Kollef, M.D., Golman Professor of Medicine at Washington University of Medicine and the Director of Medical Critical Care and respiratory Care Services at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, will discuss “Microbes on the March: Emerging Trends in Infection Management” from 6.30pm on Monday, June 15, in the Grand Ballroom, Brisbane Marriott Hotel, 515 Queen Street, Brisbane. Details: b.mallon@uq.edu.au or ext. 55254.
Hear “the architect the architects applaud”
Renowned architect and UQ alumnus Adjunct Professor Brian Donovan will present Donovan Hill’s increasingly urban and urbane works in the City Thinking: Architecture Talks lecture series from 6pm on Tuesday, May 26, in the Abel Smith Lecture Theatre. Free and open to the public. Details: k.galloway@uq.edu.au, ext. 69681.
Events & UQ in the media
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Upcoming events:
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UQ in the media:
- Frugal fun busts up recession doldrums
- Mangrove mortalities
- Mirror images of male rage
- What’s on: Theatre
- Student prize goes to deserving mum
- $50m injection
- Depression insurance on the rise
- Research in the Philippines
- Researcher visits
- It’s wet behind the trees
- UQ judged one of world’s best unis
- Tuned in to elderly
- Kava study
- Gates grant
- Speech Pathology Australia National Conference
- Poorer health issues for people who sit for longer
- Doctor works on vaccine for cattle
- Family of top scholars
- Sign in to the UQ Mediaclips site for more media clips.
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Other news
Awards for Excellence in Research Higher Degree Supervision
UQ instituted annual Awards for Excellence in Research Higher Degree Supervision in 2000, making the University one of the first Australian institutions to offer such awards. The awards recognise, encourage and reward sustained excellence in research higher degree supervision, education, mentoring and guidance at the University. Each award includes a $10,000 prize, presented at a ceremony in Research Week. Expressions of Interest are invited for the 2009 awards. Please note the following critical dates:
- Expressions of interest deadline – Monday, June 15
- Application deadline – Monday, June 29
Details: click here.
General Staff Self Development Prize 2009
Applications are now open, closing on June 30, for the General Staff Self Development Prize 2009 valued at $150. You must have been a UQ staff member for at least three years and be able to demonstrate outstanding achievements in self-development, whether of an academic or non-academic nature. A written statement addressing the above should be sent to: Confidential, General Staff Self Development Prize, Undergraduate Scholarships and Prizes Office, JD Story Building.
Tell us about the best bits about having a baby
The Queensland Centre for Mothers and Babies within the School of Psychology is collecting photos and quotes about the best bits of pregnancy, birth and having a new baby to showcase at the Pregnancy, Children’s & Babies Expo on June 19, 20 and 21. We are encouraging mums, mums-to-be, dads, grandparents, and siblings to contribute so we can represent as many “voices” and experiences as possible. You are invited to send us a brief message about the one thing that you loved most about pregnancy, birth or having a new baby. We would love you to send in a photo that sums up your message, and we’ll use them to make a rolling “slide show” of everyone’s thoughts and photos to share on the day. As a thank you, we will send all contributors a free pass to the Expo (worth $14). Details: qcmb@uq.edu.au or 3346 8797.
Holiday Inn Hotel Technology competition
Students will examine and deliver a proposal to industry on Hotel Technology Systems for a fictitious hotel, “Holiday Inn Virtuoso Brisbane” with the top three teams representing the University at a presentation for Holiday Inn Brisbane General Manager Raymond Faulkner and UQ School of Tourism Industry Partnerships Director Dr David Solnet. The presentation will be held from 11am–1pm on Tuesday, June 9, at the Holiday Inn, 159 Roma Street. Staff and students welcome to attend. Details: click here, a.ash@uq.edu.au or ext. 69989.
Homestay families needed
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.
Diversity Week events and activities
Register your attendance for the following Diversity Week activities at equity@uq.edu.au
- Poster presentation – innovative outreach, recruitment and retention strategies for disadvantaged students, Tuesday, May 26
- Forum with Marc Shannon – community engagement, industry linkages, pathways (for invited senior staff), Friday, May 29
Please also note a change of time for the following Diversity Week event: Interrogating the Rhetoric and Reality of Equity and Diversity at The University of Queensland: What are We Doing Well and Where can We do Better? will now be held from 2pm–4pm on Wednesday, May 27. Venue details unchanged.
Click here to view other planned activities for Diversity Week and to register for the Vice-Chancellor’s Equity & Diversity Awards event featuring Phillip Adams, Carmen Lawrence and Kevin Clements. Other events include:
- 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.
- 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 paths. 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. Details: 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.
National online survey for same-sex-attracted Australians
Not So Private Lives: The Ins and Outs of Same-Sex Relationships is an anonymous nationwide survey for same-sex-attracted single and partnered Australians. Focusing on several aspects of same-sex relationships, the survey welcomes the participation of people who are at least 18 years of age; are permanent residents or citizens of Australia; and consider themselves to be same-sex-attracted (whether LGBTQ/I or unlabelled). To participate and/or find more information on the survey, click here. Details: s.dane@psy.uq.edu.au / 3346 7689/0403 895 268) or b.masser@psy.uq.edu.au/3365 6373 at the School of Psychology.
Housekeeping matters
Ensure your postal address is up-to-date
As the end of the 2008–2009 financial year approaches, it is important to check your postal address details are correct for delivery of payment summaries. To do this, log into Employee Self Service (ESS) by using your UQ username and password, click on “Update my contact details” under the option “Quicklinks”. If you wish to change your postal details, click on “Modify” which appears above your home address. Remember to “Save Update” if you do make any changes.
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.
Get out & about
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 University of Club. Details: online. RSVP: unigreen@pf.uq.edu.au by June 3.
New Schonell film on WWII massacre
Starting on Thursday, May 28, the Schonell Cinema at UQ screens Katyn about the murder of more than 20,000 Polish officers by the Soviet Secret Police during World War II – among them, the director Andrzej Wajda’s father. Nominated for Best Foreign Film at both the recent Academy and Golden Globe awards, the film uses stories from authentic diaries and letters to relate the fate of fictional officers and their families, and through them it shows the predicament of Poland in this true story. The film details a secret deal between Hitler and Stalin to carry out one of the worlds’ most shocking crimes. Details: click here.
Live sports at the 2nd Degree Bar & Grill
The 2nd Degree in the Union complex at the St Lucia campus is now screening all the latest sports events from around the world. With 11 plasma screens, you can either enjoy lunch while watching highlights throughout the day or from 7pm onwards, enjoy coverage of all the best matches including tennis, cricket, rugby league and golf.
Bronwyn’s back from OS to organise Brisbane
The UQSOPA will host a luncheon with former UQ employee Bronwyn Tutty who has travelled the world. It will be held from 12.15pm on Wednesday, June 3, in the UQ Club. Cost $30 for members, $35 for non-members. A delicious lunch and accommodation (O’Reilly’s) and pamper pack prizes. RSVP: k.hendrickson@uq.edu.au by Friday, May 29.
UQSOPA new executive committee election
Date claimer: Tuesday, July 28, for AGM to elect new committee for the UQ Secretaries and Office Professionals Association. More details to come.
University of Queensland Club membership incentive
The club is offering a great incentive for UQ staff who join as new members prior to Monday, June 22. You will receive one-month free membership and a complimentary food and beverage voucher valued at $15 to use within the club. The club has also introduced a fantastic weekly wine special for members available from the club’s bottle shop. Click here for more details. To join the club, download a membership form or pick one up from the club. Upcoming events at the club include:
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.
Queensland Conservation Council celebrates 40th birthday
A series of events is being planned in July including a Gala Benefit Dinner in Brisbane and a special exhibition covering 40 years of conservation in Queensland. UQ staff who have participated in campaigns over the years such as Cooloola National Park, the protection of Fraser Island from sand-mining, designating Cape York a wilderness area, protecting Moreton Bay from fish cages and the proclamation of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park are invited to get involved in the celebrations. Details: click here or 3221 0188.
Health & fitness
Would you like to be a more positive, assertive parent?
If you need help managing your child’s behaviour or emotions, the Child and Family Psychology Clinic at the St Lucia campus can help. Staff provide tailored psychology assistance to parents and children, as well as group Triple P – Positive Parenting Program. To make an enquiry, or book an appointment with a psychologist please contact cfpc@psy.uq.edu.au or ext. 57290.
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 1pm-5pm on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays in the Therapies building (84). Details: physioclinic@uq.edu.au or ext. 52232.
Last chance 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 final session will be held until noon (or 2.30pm if there is sufficient demand) on Tuesday, June 2 in the VIP room (next door to the Boardroom, UQ Centre). Details: click here.
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:
General
Teaching & Learning
Details: click 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:
- 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 Wednesday, July 15.
UQBS Corporate Education Courses for 2009
Register your interest now for one of these superb Corporate Leadership courses:
- 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
Hormonal effects on bone
Professor Nicola Partridge, Professor & Chair of the Department of Physiology and Biophysics at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Piscataway, NJ, will discuss “Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1 is a Mediator of Parathyroid Hormone Action on Bone”. This UQ Centre for Clinical Research special seminar will be held from 9.30am on Tuesday, May 26, at the RBWH campus. Details: a.vann@uqccr.uq.edu.au or 3346 5555.
UK homelessness explored
The School of Social Work and Human Services and The Social Policy Unit present a talk by Rachael Dobson of the Department of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Leeds, on the relevance of organisational settings for housing-related support from a UK homelessness context. It will be held from 11am–noon on Wednesday, May 27, in rooms 111/112 in the Chamberlain Building (no. 35). Details: ext. 51788.
Humphrey McQueen’s Marxist perspective
Find out about the trials and tribulations of writing from a Marxist perspective from witty and entertaining speaker, Humphrey McQueen when he discusses his latest book Framework of Flesh, a history of the Builders Labourers' Federation, from 10.30am–11.30am on Wednesday, May 27, in the Library Conference Room, Level 1, Duhig Building, UQ St Lucia. Bookings essential and RSVP to ssah-mgr@library.uq.edu.au or 3346 4328 by Tuesday, May 26.
Gorilla Girl: remediating Dian Fossey
This Centre for Critical and Cultural Studies lecture presented by Professor Gillian Whitlock recounts her meeting with an aid worker from Goma who gave her a harrowing first-person account of the systematic rape of women and children in the DRC now. Most memorably the aid worker spoke of a community of women struggling to survive near Lake Kivu, “just across the border from where Fossey watched the gorillas”. The lecture will be held from 5.30pm–6.30pm on Thursday, May 28, in the UQ Art Museum at the St Lucia campus. Details: click here or 3346 7407.
Blended Learning Conference
UQ is once again hosting this conference on Thursday, June 18. Regstrations close Sunday, May 31. Details: click here.
Should fatty foods be taxed?
The School of Journalism and Communication will host Australia’s first ever Concise Community Consensus Conference on Saturday, June 13, on this topic. This ground-breaking community engagement experience brings together 16 members of the community and five expert panellists representing the fields of social advocacy, economics, advertising, health, and the food industry. If you are interested in being one of the 16 community panellists or would like more information, please click here or email l.hannigan@uq.edu.au.
Engaging Culture Workshop
The Australian Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies presents a one-day Engaging Culture Workshop at the St Lucia campus on Wednesday, June 24. This workshop aims to assist people to increase their awareness of their own cultural identities and how it impacts on their dealings with people from different origins. UQ staff are eligible for a 20 percent discount on the workshop fee. Details: click here (PDF), acpacs.melbourne@uq.edu.au or 03 9863 2600.
Student Engagement Workshop Queensland
Professor George Kuh from Indiana University Bloomington will conduct a workshop on Student Engagement on Monday, July 6. All UQ staff are invited to attend the workshop. Details: Lisha.allen@uq.edu.au or ext. 51320.
SBS Faculty commercialisation workshop
The Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences will host a commercialisation workshop for staff and students in the social sciences from 9am–1pm on Thursday, June 18. Details: click here.
ISSR Winter School
Two leading international scholars will join the Institute for Social Science Research, in cooperation with participating schools in the Faculty of Social & Behavioural Sciences, to present two postgraduate workshops (known as Winter Schools) on key research themes in the social sciences. Each International Visiting Fellow will design and conduct one workshop, of five days duration, in the inter-semester break during July 2009. Details: click here.
Winter School in Mathematical & Computational Biology
Hosted by ARC Centre of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Institute for Molecular Bioscience, the 2009 school will be held from July 6–10 in the auditorium, Queensland Bioscience Precinct, St Lucia. The series of winter schools is designed to introduce mathematical and computational biology and bioinformatics to advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students, and researchers in mathematics, IT or science who would like to learn about current problems and opportunities in computational bioscience. Online registration is now open until June 30. Early bird registration closes June 20. 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 keynote 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
Please note entries remain for two Updates unless further requests received. Thank you.
New this week
- Working men and women of any age to answer a brief (10–15 minute) web survey regarding the workplace effects of organisational engagement. Please click here to take the survey.
Details: g.simpson@business.uq.edu.au
- Healthy people aged 17–29 and 60–75 years with English as a first language for a study of memory for word sequences. Two sessions of 20–30 minutes each.
Details: r.baker@uq.edu.au
- Men aged 18–30, never married, no children, English as first language, to complete online work-family choices survey here.
Details: l.peach@uq.edu.au
- 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
Carried over
- Individuals with type 2 diabetes, aged 18–70, to take part in research exploring a new way to support individual efforts to improve diabetes management.
Details: TLCDiabetes@coh.uq.edu.au or 3636 5506
- People aged 18–45 years with chronic neck pain to undertake one supervised exercise session and undergo a MRI exam of their necks.
Details: a.reeve@uq.edu.au
- Volunteers (particularly males) who have not had a stroke, are right-handed and over 40 years old with English as a first language for a study investigating how language therapy works in the brain after stroke.
Details: a.holmes@uq.edu.au or d.copland@uq.edu.au or 3346 5579
- Healthy older adults (>65 yo) who do not wear dentures or have current trunk/limb/jaw pain sought for muscle control research. Reimbursement for travel expenses provided.
Details: l.hall1@uq.edu.au or ext. 54589
- Adults of any age to answer very brief survey regarding TV viewing. Click here to take the survey.
Details: s.kelly@business.uq.edu.au or ext. 68154
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