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The latest
Superannuation changes
From July 1, 2009, the University is required to include “Reportable Employer Superannuation Contributions” on an employee’s annual Payment Summary (previously referred to as a “group certificate”). Reportable employer superannuation contributions are effectively any superannuation contributions made by an employee under a payroll-deducted salary sacrifice arrangement. This includes any additional contributions to a superannuation fund. It is important to note this does not include the contributions made by the University as a requirement determined by an industrial agreement or federal or state laws. For example, the standard nine or 17 percent employer contributions to UniSuper are not reportable employer superannuation contributions. Details: ext. 51002.
Research Week 2009 fast approaching
The University will celebrate outstanding research during Research Week from September 21 to 25, 2009. Research Week raises awareness about UQ research among current and prospective students, staff, graduates, schools, industry, government, media and the wider community. Details: online.
Web Content Management System training
The Office of Marketing and Communications is holding a Web Content Management System training course at Ipswich Campus from 9.30am–noon on Wednesday, September 9 in eZone 1, Ipswich Campus Library. Interested staff should register online.
Campus Kindy vacancies
Campus Kindergarten is a nationally and internationally recognised early education centre for three–five-year-old children located in the grounds of the University on College Road. Its innovative, child-centred program is based on the outstanding Reggio Emilia approach. Set in beautiful surroundings, Campus Kindy offers a unique childcare environment that truly values children and families. Some vacancies currently exist for children in the pre-school age group on Thursdays and Fridays. Details: online or ext. 53894.
Lecturers wanted for Learning Management System focus groups
The University wants to hear staff members’ needs in relation to a Learning Management System and how well the current system, Blackboard, meets those needs. We have engaged an external consultant to run focus groups with staff to discuss their perceptions of Blackboard, how they use it and whether it could be improved. We have had significant interest from course coordinators, but are looking for more lecturers to come along to the focus group this Friday, September 4. Details: online or s.kovago@uq.edu.au.
UQ team wins national torts moot
TC Beirne School of Law students celebrated another mooting success this month (August) by winning the 2009 Shine Lawyers National Torts Moot Competition. The UQ team claimed victory over Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in an all-Queensland final on Friday, August 7. UQ was ranked first following the preliminary round and went on to beat the University of New South Wales in the semi-finals. Read the full story online.
UniQuest crosses the line for silver
UniQuest Pty Limited, UQ’s main commercialisation company, recently celebrated its 25th anniversary for taking Australian research innovations and expertise to the world. Read the full story online.
Thomas Keneally to talk at UQ
Acclaimed author Thomas Keneally will visit the St Lucia campus on Monday, September 14, to talk on the topic “Under the Gun: Writing in Australia”. All welcome. RSVP by Thursday, September 10, to n.daniels@library.uq.edu.au or ext. 64328. Details: online.
Enrolments open for UQKids Spring Holiday Program
UQKids offers a range of sports and activities for all children to enjoy, including Recreation Activities Program (RAP) for six-12-year-olds to participate in a range of indoor and outdoor activities which focus around creative play. There’s also netball, rugby, rowing camp, athletics and tennis during the upcoming school holiday period from Monday, September 21, until Friday, October 2. Details and to enrol: online, uqkids@uqs.com.au or ext. 56612.
Free family day at the UQ Aquatic Centre
The UQ Aquatic Centre Open Day from 10am–2pm on Sunday, September 13, features a host of entertainment including free entry to the pool, jumping castle, mechanised surfboard, two giant pool inflatables, live music, face-painting and a special guest appearance by Olympic swimmer Bronte Barratt. A sausage sizzle on the day will raise funds for cancer charities. Details: online.
Preparing for disasters: one doctor’s experience
As part of UQ’s School of Medicine Head of School Lecture Series, Dr Richard Deichmann MD will deliver a lecture entitled “Disaster Preparedness: Lessons from Katrina”. Dr Deichmann was Chief of Medicine at the Memorial Medical Center, New Orleans, when Hurricane Katrina hit the region. In his lecture, he will recount the daily ordeal the more than 2000 evacuees faced. The lecture will be held from 5.30pm (6pm start) until 7pm on Wednesday, September 16 in the ES Meyers Room, Herston campus. Copies of his book, Code Blue: A Katrina Physician’s Memoir will be available for signing from 7pm–7.30pm. Details: s.higgins1@uq.edu.au or ext. 55032. Please register online.
UQ claims 2009 Football Brisbane Metro Cup
UQ’s Metro 1 team claimed the 2009 Football Brisbane Metro Cup with a hard-fought 3–2 win over another University of Queensland team, Metro 4, in a recent final at Perry Park. Paul Pearce was named Pig N Whistle Man of the Match.
Reporting Islam: Representation and Reality
Dutch Journalist Joris Luyendijk, in Australia for the Brisbane Writers’ Festival, will join a panel of media experts to explore how media reporting of Islam is subject to filters, causing incongruence between what is happening on the ground and what people around the world are being told. The event will be held from 5.30pm–7.30pm on Thursday, September 10, in the Terrace Room, Level 6, Sir Llew Edwards Building (14). RSVP or more details: g.lynn@uq.edu.au or ext. 67967.
Events & UQ in the media
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Upcoming events:
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UQ in the media:
- For seniors
- Green bus to get trial run
- High on grass
- Hunt for proteins to switch off MS
- Flying green wins
- The brighter side - More good news
- Make a world of difference, says star astrophysicist
- Dig for buried past
- Pharmacists on Ipswich Super Clinic team
- UQ leads the way, pure and simple
- Science skills
- Scientist bags the big one
- Nano vaccine solution
- Pain researcher honoured
- Students visit Antiquities Museum
- Educating the world
- UQ research shows women make a difference on boards
- Land clearing and climate change link
- Colourful way to fish for clients
- Sign in to the UQ Mediaclips site for more media clips.
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Other news
Librarians waiting to pick your brain
The input and perspective of researchers and teachers is being sought in a survey commissioned by the Librarians of the Group of Eight Universities. Conducted by Outsell Inc (UK), the survey is part of a cost–benefit study aimed at assessing the value for academic communities of the information resources made available to them by their universities. Teachers, researchers and RHD students will receive an email invitation to respond this week. Please take the time (about 10 minutes) to respond and contribute to the future of information provision for research at Go8 universities. Details: via email or ext. 58281.
Heron Island Early Career Grant Scheme
Heron Island Research Station is pleased to announce the creation of an Early Career Grant Scheme (ECGS) for UQ academics and research academics (levels A and B). This scheme offers an accommodation and bench-fee waiver to UQ-appointed academic staff in the early stages of their careers working in a field which complements or enhances HIRS’s reputation as a world-class research station. Details: online.
UQ Ally trainers needed
The UQ Ally program raises visibility about issues impacting students and staff identifying as same-sex attracted or differently gendered, ensuring they feel safe and valued at UQ. The Equity Office is calling for expressions of interest from staff who would like to assist in delivering UQ Ally training. Staff do not have to identify as LGBT/I to undertake this role, although those who identify as such are particularly encouraged to consider assisting with this important program. Information about the UQ Ally program is available online. An initial “train the trainer” session will take place from 9am–11am, on Wednesday, September 2, in room 816, building 69 (level 8 of the old Computer Science Building). Details: via email or Dr Ann Stewart on ext. 53052.
Our Women, Our State Awards 2009
The Our Women, Our State Awards 2009 will recognise the achievements of Queensland girls and women in building brighter futures for other females in Queensland’s science, engineering and technology industries. UQ is sponsoring the awards through the offices of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) and the Graduate School and encourages nominations from students, colleagues and associates. Individuals and teams may enter, or you may nominate another person with their prior permission. Entries must be received by the Office for Women by 5pm on Friday, September 11, 2009. Details: online.
2009 Prime Minister’s Prize for Australian History
Nominations are open for the 2009 Prime Minister’s Prize for Australian History which comprises an embossed gold medallion and a tax-free grant of $100,000. Nominations are sought from an individual or a group for any work first published, produced or broadcast between January 1, 2008, and June 30, 2009. 2009 nomination guidelines and applications forms are available online. Nominations close at 5pm AEDT on Friday, October 9. Details: pmhistoryprize@deewr.gov.au or 02 6240 9047.
School of Pharmacy seminar series
Weekly seminars are run throughout the academic year for all interested attendees including academics, RHD candidates, researchers and any other UQ staff members. The 45-minute lectures are held from 1pm–1.45pm each Wednesday in room 204 in the Mansergh Shaw Building (building no. 45) on the St Lucia campus. Details: online.
Housekeeping matters
TEDI has moved
The Teaching and Educational Development Institute (TEDI) has moved, from building 15 to buildings 90 and 96 (corner of Hood and Rock streets), St Lucia campus, and is settling into its new offices. TEDI reopens today, and Staff Development Seminars will resume in the Seminar Room (Room 215, Building 90) on Monday, September 7. The old “TEDI Hut” will be demolished to make way for construction of the new Learning Innovation Building, scheduled for completion in October 2010. Check the TEDI website for details.
Textbook submissions for Summer Semester
The Co-op Bookshop St Lucia is now accepting textbook submissions for Summer Semester, 2009, (and for Semester 1, 2010, should you be certain that neither staffing nor the books used are going to change in the interim). One entry for each course code please (a full search will be made for new text editions should that be relevant). If you are teaching a subject/s in Summer Semester, could you please visit the Bookshop website, and follow the prompts through “Lecturers” to “Enter Text List”. You will be notified when your course entry has been made, but please do notify us further, should enrolments change. Details: ext. 63511.
iTunes U is coming to UQ
UQ is planning to create a presence on iTunes U, a portal offered by Apple that provides a way to access the University’s electronic media such as podcasts, lecture recordings, and PDFs for offline viewing. Digital content from across UQ can be managed and aggregated using iTunes U, and delivered to students in a flexible way. The iTunes U at UQ project team would like to hear your feedback on how you might use the product via an online survey. Details: online.
UQ computers further safeguarded
The University’s computers will have better anti-virus protection in coming weeks following an agreement with software provider, Sophos. The Sophos Endpoint Security anti-virus software will be rolled out automatically so the only changes staff and students should notice will be a different anti-virus icon on desktops and more frequent updates. The agreement also allows staff and students to have a free copy on their home computers, which will be available soon. Details: online.
Get out & about
Dirty business behind Flipper
New Schonell Cinema film The Cove begins in Taiji, Japan, where former dolphin trainer Ric O’Barry has come to set things right after a long search for redemption. In the 1960s, it was O’Barry who captured and trained the five dolphins who played the title character in the international television sensation Flipper. But in a remote cove, surrounded by barbed wire and “Keep Out” signs, lies a dark reality. It is here, under cover of night, that Taiji fishermen, driven by a multi-billion-dollar dolphin entertainment industry and an underhanded market for mercury-tainted dolphin meat, engage in an unseen hunt. Details: online.
2009 Miracle Workers Awards cocktail function
Staff are invited to attend the above event at 5.30pm on Monday, September 7, at the UQ Club. The cost of $20 per person includes beverages and canapés. Miracle Workers will be presented with their awards by UQ Chancellor, Mr John Story. Please RSVP for the cocktail reception to Tara Kitch, Office of the Vice-Chancellor, ext. 51300 or uqsopa@uq.edu.au.
Health & fitness
Learn skills which could save someone’s life
UQ Sport in conjunction with PulseStart Training Solutions provides nationally accredited First Aid and CPR courses on the St Lucia campus. Courses run fortnightly and prices start from $60. Upcoming course dates are September 12, 16, 26 and 30. Details: online or ext. 66243. PulseStart is the preferred provider of First Aid & CPR courses for the Australian Medical Association of Australia Queensland branch.
Are you more active than your hearing?
The UQ Audiology clinic is pleased to offer a full range of hearing services for both adults and children as part of the audiology student placement program. The clinic provides hearing tests for adults and children, hearing protection (custom-made earplugs), hearing assistance (hearing aids, TV listening systems). Mention this advertisement and receive $20 off a hearing test (valid for bookings until October 31 for staff members, students and their families). Details: ext. 52811.
Study, training & development
Upcoming staff development courses
Places are still available in the following courses:
Details: online.
UQBS Corporate Education Courses for 2009
Register your interest for one of these corporate leadership courses:
- Corporate Sustainability (September 7–11)
- Advanced leadership for the Not-for-Profit Sector (September 21–25)
- Strategic Marketing & Communication (September 28–October 2)
- Negotiation Skills for Today (October 19–23)
Details: online or 3346 7111.
Upcoming ATEM courses
- Finding your Voice: Getting Published and Stalking High Impact Journals, Friday, September 4: This program has particular benefit for early career academic staff
- Managing challenging situations, Thursday, September 10
- Presentations skills – Train the Trainer, Thursday, September 24
Details: online or b.cavallari@uq.edu.au.
Lectures, seminars & workshops
Diamantina Institute’s 2009 Jian Zhou Memorial Oration
Associate Professor Sjoerd van der Burg, from Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands, will give this year’s Oration at Customs House on Tuesday, September 8. Topic: “A clinically effective therapeutic HPV16 vaccine opens new perspectives”. Details: online.
Postgrad education under the spotlight
The School of Education Postgraduate Research Conference will be held from 8.45am–4pm on Saturday, September 19, in the UQ School of Education, Lecture Room S402 Social Sciences Building (24) Campbell Street. Professor Jo-Anne Reid from the Charles Sturt University, Faculty of Education, will deliver the keynote speech on the topic: “Engaging research: Profession, practice, politics”. Please register online. If you are a postgraduate student wishing to present, more information is available online. Submission of abstracts has closed. Conference registration is open until Friday, September 11.
Specialist Aged Care Conference
The Geriatric and Rehabilitation Unit (Princess Alexandra Hospital) and the Academic Unit in Geriatric Medicine (UQ) are proud to announce their bi-annual specialist aged care conference “Geriatrics Beyond the Boundaries 2009: e-Health and Technology in Aged Care”. This one-day conference brings together experts in geriatric care from across Queensland and interstate and is expected to host up to 200 delegates from the public and private health sectors. The conference will be held in the Russell Strong Auditorium at PAH on Friday, October 9. Registrations are now open. Details: n.krueger@uq.edu.au or 3240 5530.
Getting them and keeping them
UQ staff are invited to a symposium on access and retention of low SES students from 9am–1.30pm on Tuesday, October 20, in the Riverview Room, Emmanuel College. Program and details: online. RSVP: equity@uq.edu.au
New Directions in Leukaemia Research Conference 2010
Save the date for March 28–31, 2010, for the New Directions in Leukaemia Research Conference to be held on the Sunshine Coast. This conference aims to bring together scientists and clinicians to discuss and debate current concepts in our understanding of the molecular basis of leukaemia, emerging paradigms, breakthroughs at the forefronts of leukaemia research and new therapies emerging in the clinic. Details: online.
Volunteers sought
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New this week
- People aged 18–65 with current neck pain following whiplash injury incurred during a motor vehicle accident three months to two years ago, to participate in a study investigating the effects of dry-needling, exercise and advice. Each participant will receive $60 towards their travel and time for each assessment (five in total over one year).
Details: s.valentin@uq.edu.au
- Children and adolescents (aged six–17 years) with aggressive behaviour problems, to participate in a clinical trial of fish oil in collaboration with Mater Children's Hospital.
Details: a.dean@uq.edu.au or 3163 1823
- Parents of children with asthma aged three to 12 years for online survey about their child¹s asthma and behaviour. Parents are also sought for participation in focus groups which will explore parenting challenges and beliefs about asthma management and behaviour.
Details: caroline.gregory@uqconnect.edu.au
Carried over
- Patients with carpal tunnel syndrome to participate in a clinical trial evaluating non-surgical interventions.
Details: carpaltunnel@uq.edu.au or ext. 54527
- People who have experienced tennis elbow pain for at least six weeks.
Details: tenniselbow@uq.edu.au or ext. 54692
From the editor
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