UQ Update

UQ Update - 17 November, 2008  


The latest

Vice-Chancellor’s address to all staff

All staff are invited to attend an open address by UQ Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Greenfield, at 3.30pm on Tuesday, December 2, 2008, entitled “Reviewing 2008, Previewing 2009”. The address will be followed by a question-and-answer session and be video-linked from the UQ Centre at St Lucia to Herston, Gatton and Ipswich campuses. Please register to attend by clicking on the venue of your choice:

INSIGHT Project invitation to all staff

The INSIGHT Project team would like to invite all staff to a presentation on the development of the UQ brand values, new visual identity and plans for our brand launch and rollout in 2009. Presentations of all the latest developments and materials will be held at various locations in December beginning with St Lucia on Wednesday, December 3, Ipswich and Gatton, Thursday, December 4 and Herston, on Tuesday, December 9. Staff are encouraged to register attendance at: http://www.uq.edu.au/omc/?page=93370.

Innovative centre to be launched

The University of Queensland’s Centre for Educational Innovation and Technology (CEIT) is Australia’s first centre of leadership in educational innovation. Mixing emerging technologies with insightful ideas, the Centre will explore the unlimited opportunities offered to education and researchers by open source technologies. The 2008 Centre for Educational Innovation and Technology Seminar and Centre launch will be held from 9am until 2pm, on Thursday, November 20, General Purpose North 4 (GPN4), Building 14. To register for the event go to: http://www.uq.edu.au/ceit/.

2009 Queensland Rhodes Scholar

2009 Queensland Rhodes Scholar is Caitlin Goss Bachelor of Arts (first-class honours)/Bachelor of Laws graduate. Caitlin is UQ's eighth Queensland Rhodes Scholar in a row. Story…

Professor Ian Frazer speaks on skin cancer vaccine

2006 Australian of the Year and Director of the Diamantina Institute at UQ Professor Ian Frazer has made a statement about his group's work into a potential vaccine for skin cancer. Story…

St Leo’s College Vice-Rector Students

Stephen Foley will commence as Vice-Rector Students at St Leo’s College from January 5, 2009. An old boy of Downlands College, he is a past resident of Kings’ College (UQ) and a graduate of both UQ (arts, education) and QUT (law). He has teaching, administrative and sporting experience both here and overseas and has coached athletics and rugby at an international level, as well as been an international rugby referee.

Intercampus bus timetable – Vacation service for 2008–2009

The Intercampus Bus Schedule has been updated on the web. It includes the following:

Details: timetables are available from the buses web page.

Housekeeping matters

Update emergency contact details through ESS

For effective management in an emergency crisis situation, it is imperative that staff contact details are kept up-to-date. Staff who have not already updated their current phone numbers including mobiles, where available, and next-of-kin details, are requested do so by December 24, 2008.

Finalise accounts ahead of UniFi

With the impending implementation of UniFi, the new financial system, it’s imperative that all outstanding accounts payable items be finalised before year’s end. These include: general claims for staff reimbursements, travel reimbursement, phone reimbursements, mileage claims and any other types of claims or reimbursements, and outstanding purchasing and executive card reconciliations. The payment of claims need to be lodged with Accounts Payable Section by December 12, and reconciliations by December 15.

Overseas travel reporting reminder

The University is required by law to submit to State Parliament, as part of the Annual Report, information on overseas travel undertaken by University employees. There is a template on the UQ website for this purpose. It is important that all details are completed on the template, including title and office, and that there is a brief explanation of the purpose of the visit. Please check that amounts and countries are correct before submitting your report.

Funding opportunities

ResTeach – tapping in to our research staff

In the 2009 UQ Budget, $4 million has been set aside from the Enhanced Student Contribution Funds to encourage and facilitate schools to utilise, in a limited fashion, some of the large numbers of research staff who are at UQ. The scheme, named ResTeach, is designed to remove a frequently stated impediment to utilising research staff, namely resource allocation. ResTeach applications for new appointments from 2009 are in the Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Teaching and Learning) via Executive Deans by Friday, November 21, 2008. Guidelines and nomination form can be downloaded here.

Get out and about

UQ REEF FEST 2008 – celebrate the Moreton Bay region

As part of the Dunwich-wide “Celebration of the Sea”, UQ REEF FEST will be held from 10am until 4pm on Saturday, November 22, at the Moreton Bay Research Station, corner of Flinders Avenue and Fraser Street, Dunwich. Details: http://www.cms.uq.edu.au/mbrs or http://www.cms.uq.edu.au/index.html?page=54839, mbrs@uq.edu.au, 3409 9058.

Shine on at UQSOPA events

University of Queensland Secretaries’ and Office Professionals’ Association (UQSOPA) upcoming events include:

Bowl into breakfast at Tattersall’s

UQ Cricket Club’s 7th Test Breakfast will be held at 7am for a 7.15am start on Tuesday, November 18, at Tattersall’s. The speaker this year will be former Australian Test cricketer Darren Lehmann. Tickets cost $60 per head or $550 for a table of 10 with proceeds going to the Club’s Foundation Trust. Details: Keith Jennings, kjref@tpg.com.au, 3379 3901.

Sparkle at UQ Staff and Graduates Club

Get a group of friends together for these upcoming events:

Schonell Cinema screens again

Movies will be shown Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays (apart from between Friday, December 19, and Thursday, January 8). Details: http://www.uqunion.uq.edu.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=237.

For art’s sake

Upcoming events at the UQ Art Museum include:

Study, training and development

UQ Business School’s Postgraduate Information Evening

Applications for 2009 for UQ Business School postgraduate programs close on January 31, 2009. An information evening will be held on Wednesday, November 26, from 5.30pm at UQ Business School Downtown, Level 19, Central Plaza One, 345 Queen Street, Brisbane. Details and RSVP: http://www.business.uq.edu.au/display/connect/Event+Registration.

Low-cost English classes at ICTE-UQ

The Institute of Continuing and TESOL Education offers low-cost English language 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 Testing and Enrolment session is on Thursday, December 4, and the next course begins on January 9, 2009. Details: icte.enrol@icte.uq.edu.au, 3346 6770.

Enrol in staff development courses

Places are still available in the following staff development courses:

Details: www.tedi.uq.edu.au/sdh/.

November 30 close for BEL scholarships

The BEL Faculty is offering Commonwealth Supported Postgraduate Scholarships to general staff employed in full-time continuing appointment/s for at least two years. Details: Allanah Bigg, ext. 69061.

UQ Business School’s executive education courses for 2009

Register your interest now for Executive Leadership courses. Details: www.business.uq.edu.au/execed, execed@business.uq.edu.au or 3346 7104.

Graduate Certificate in Higher Education

Applications are now being sought for 2009 in the Graduate Certificate in Higher Education. Details: an application form and additional details can be found at: http://www.uq.edu.au/education/index.html?page=9427 or education@uq.edu.au, 3365 6550.

Lectures, seminars and workshops

All staff welcome at Senior Women Seminar

Elizabeth Broderick, Sex Discrimination Commissioner and Commissioner responsible for Age Discrimination, will speak at an Equity Office seminar in the Library Conference Room, 10.45am–noon (morning tea on arrival), Monday, November 24. Commissioner Broderick was this year part of Australia’s delegation to the United Nations for the Commission on the Status of Women. Details: for catering purposes, please RSVP to equity@uq.edu.au or 3365 3052.

Australian Academy of Science Queensland Fellows public forum

To celebrate the election of five Queensland scientists – Professors Peter Koopman, Nicholas Martin, John Mattick, Professor Sven Warnaar, Howard Wiseman – to the Australian Academy of Science in 2008, each fellow will give a short presentation of their work at 5pm on Tuesday, November 25, followed by a cocktail party at the Queensland Brain Institute, Building 79. Details and RSVP: Tuesday, November 18, to Charmaine on 3346 6402 or m.paiva@uq.edu.au.

Free public lecture on rheumatoid arthritis

Professor Ranjeny Thomas will speak on the topic at the Brisbane Exhibition and Convention Centre from 1.30pm on Wednesday, November 19. Details and RSVP: d.fischer@uq.edu.au or http://www.di.uq.edu.au/events#RALecture.

NMR education

A workshop will be held to demonstrate the possibilities of solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) in Brisbane from December 13 to 17. It is aimed at non-specialists, solution-state NMR users and solid-state NMR beginners. Details:  Dr Marianne Gaborieau.

Siemens Science Experience

UQ will host the Siemens Science Experience – a fun three days of hands-on science activities for secondary students about to enter Year 10 in 2009 – from January 20 to 22, 2009. Details: http://www.scienceexperience.com.au/about.

Health and fitness

Enrolments closing soon for summer social sport

This summer, get a team of 10 friends or co-workers together and take part in the best social sport competition in town. Enrolments close tomorrow (November 18). Details: www.uqsport.uq.edu.au/socialsport.

Lifestyle program summer 08

This summer, open your mind to something new, improve your fitness, dare to be a little adventurous or learn a new skill by enrolling in the UQ SPORT summer lifestyle program. Enrolments close Friday, November 28. Details: www.uqsport.uq.edu.au/lifestyle.

Soothe your worried mind

UQ clinical psychologists are running a four-week program in mindfulness suitable for people experiencing mild to moderate levels of anxiety, depression, or stress. Run over four weeks, it starts Tuesday, November 25. Details: sjones@psy.uq.edu.au, 3365 6451.

Volunteers sought


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