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From Near and Far: Margaret Clunies Ross

ADELAIDEANVol 8 No 16 SEPTEMBER 20, 1999N E W S F R O M T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F A D E L A I D E

2 The Vice-Chancellor on sustainable growth3 New slant on legendary

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A DETAILED Enterprise Bargainingproposal has been given to staff unions byAdelaide University.

If agreed to, the proposal would seethe University’s workforce andsalaries increase and its income fromnon-government sources risesubstantially, according to the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Mary O’Kane.

The proposed agreement “is designedto provide secure employment,safeguard against some of the moreonerous Federal Government plans forindustrial relations, and offer staff a

much-needed pay rise of 8.74%”,Professor O’Kane said.

She said the University’s proposed8.74% (compounded) salary increasefor staff over the next three years waspredicated on realistic forecasts ofrevenue increases from fee income,consultancies and research.

The pay increase would be contingenton increases in net income. However,the rise in salary could be even largerthan expected if revenue growthexceeded the University’s targets,through the payment of bonuses tostaff.

Under the plan, a 2% pay rise would be paid as soon as agreement isreached between the University and its staff. Further increases of 3%and 3.5% would be paid in 12-monthly instalments, dependent on meeting revenue targets. Com-pounded, the total increase would be8.74%.

The University’s plan includes theemployment of talented postgraduateand honours students as teachingfellows. These students will gainvaluable on-the-job training andimproved financial security during

their senior years of study.

Additionally, the plan allows for an investment of nearly $20 million onnew staff and related costs to help earn the extra income needed tofund pay rises.

Professor O’Kane said that althoughbase funding of universities bygovernment had fallen, AdelaideUniversity would resist the trend ofdownsizing and restricted horizons.Instead, the University would pursuegrowth and quality.

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Enterprise bargaining growth strategy proposal

School study surprise: do teachers get it wrong?AN ADELAIDE UNIVERSITY study ofSouth Australian primary school teachershas suggested that a majority of teachers’judgements about the reading achieve-ments of young reception and primarychildren may be substantially wrong.

The study indicated that more thanone third of teachers’ assessmentswere in error by 12 months whenestimating actual reading age, asindicated by a widely used test foraccuracy and comprehension.The study also found the teachers hada highly significant tendency to over-estimate the reading skills of low-achieving students.The study’s authors say that teachers’poor capacity to judge reading age mayhave serious implications for theirability to identify students who mayneed special assistance.The study was carried out as part ofan Honours thesis in Psychology bystudent Caroline Bates, and reportedin a paper by Ms Bates andPsychology Associate Professor TedNettelbeck.Dr Nettelbeck said he had had difficultygetting the paper published inAustralian education journals. He saidthe study had “not been of particularinterest” to the SA Department ofEducation, Training and Employment.He said the reason for the lack ofinterest may reflect the contemporaryapproach to teaching young children toread.While past teaching tradition hadfocused on assessment methods suchas comparison and ranking ofstudents, contemporary educatorswere more concerned with theaccomplishments of individualstudents and what was needed for

their progress.However, Dr Nettelbeck argues thatmeasuring students’ performanceagainst normative standards isimportant, particularly whenidentifying children who are struggling.“From a psychological point of view, inany other area of slower developmentthe focus is on early intervention,” hesaid. “I think it is important to detectany sign of delayed readingachievement at an early age.”The study casts doubt on teachers’ability to do this.It says that if teachers are to be in aposition to intervene effectively when

a child is falling behind age-levelpeers, they should be able to make“reasonably accurate assessments ofreading achievement”.The study, conducted in 1997, involved29 reception to Year 4 teachers inSouth Australia.The teachers nominated students agedbetween six and eight years, andconsent was received for 112 studentsto participate.Teachers were provided withinformation about a widely-used test—the Neale Analysis of Reading Ability,Revised—which is used to measurereading accuracy and comprehension.

Teachers were then asked to estimatetheir children’s reading accuracy andreading comprehension achievementsscores, in terms of age peers.Analysis of the actual achievements ofthe children, as measured by theNeale test, compared with theteachers’ assessments, showedsignificant discrepancies.Students’ reading accuracy in a lowerachievement group was appreciablyoverestimated.Essentially the same outcome wasfound for reading comprehension.About 32% of judgements for readingaccuracy and 40% for readingcomprehension were more than 12months in error and these large errorswere made at least once by about two-thirds of teachers.In total, about 75% of teachers’judgements were inaccurate, to anextent thought by the authors to belikely to cause many parents concern.“These teachers misjudged studentreading age by more than six monthsfor reading accuracy and sevenmonths for reading comprehension,”the paper says.Dr Nettelbeck added: “We acknowledgethat it’s a small sample and that thesechildren had been learning to read forfrom about one to two years. Werecognise also that accuracy andcomprehension constitute only a smallpart of what reading should involve.But accuracy and comprehension arenonetheless obviously importantaspects of reading and, given thecommon assumption that any kind ofachievement delay is better detectedearly, we are surprised that there is noparticular interest in our findings.”

—David Washington

I N S I D EThe brilliant and eccentric Professor Archibald Watson was a legendaryfigure at the University of Adelaide.A new biography by Melbourne-based author Jennifer Carter reveals adarker side to Watson’s career—his involvement in “blackbirding”, thekidnapping of Pacific Islanders for sale as slave labour.John Drislane interviewed Jennifer Carter about the book during herrecent visit to Adelaide. Story Page 6.

Photo: David Washington.

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I was born Margaret Tidemann on 24April 1942 in Adelaide, went to schoolat Walford Church of England Girls’Grammar School (still called WalfordHouse when I first went there at theage of 4) from the ages of 4 to 16, andattended the University of Adelaidefrom 1959-62, where I enrolled inArts and took a First Class Honoursdegree in English, graduating at theend of 1962 at the age of nearly 21. Iwas an Adelaide girl in every respectand my horizons at that time werewide in imagination and reading, butnarrow in practice. I had once beenoutside South Australia—and thenonly to Melbourne on a brief visit withmy parents and five younger siblings,which I remember vividly because Ihad to travel some of the way in acaravan and got terribly sick—and I’dnever been overseas. Such anexperience—or the lack of it—was, Ithink, common to young Australiansof my generation, to whom theoutside world was known largely fromnewspapers (and The Advertiser andThe News were not the mostcosmopolitan of daily fare), pop songsand American films. But there werealso such things as the ABC (I used tolove the Argonauts) and theoccasional concert and visiting dramacompany.When I was at school intelligent girlsusually had to hide their brains undersome cover or other. There were fewbonus points to be gained among one’speers for cleverness or intellectualinterests. It is true that I found one ortwo fellow students at school who hadsimilar interests to mine, but for themost part I got my intellectualstimulation from my teachers (whowere very good to me) and frombooks. Years later, one of my youngersisters, who went to the same school,told me she sometimes used to lookup the names of previous borrowers ofbooks in the school library, to findthat mine was the last name listed—sometimes the only name. It was anexcellent library, and I readvoraciously and eclectically, both

there and in the South AustralianState Library, where I loved readingat the cool, dark desks in secludedrecesses during the hot summermonths.My father wanted me to become ascientist and tried to steer me in thatdirection, becoming rather resistantwhen, in the last two years of school, Idecided to study Humanities subjects (called Arts in those days ofcourse). It was a near thing, though,and I have sometimes regretted notgoing into the hard sciences, whereGenetics was the thing that turnedme on. Probably because I resistedthis path, my family required me tocontribute something towards myfinancial keep at university, eventhough I had both a CommonwealthScholarship and a State Bursary, andurged me into the Teachers’ Collegeand the system of bondedscholarships that I came to hate. Ihad no interest in being a secondaryschool teacher; I studied the requiredsubjects alongside my Arts subjects(and actually found some of themrather interesting), but, when themoment of escape came in 1963, Itook it, even though it meant payingback my bond while I was apostgraduate student at Oxford.What, then, did the University ofAdelaide mean to me? It meant somany things that I can only give avery brief account of them here. First,it meant the exhilaration ofintellectual challenge and breadth ofintellectual opportunity. Then I

started to meet other students (oftenolder than I was) who had similarinterests; we talked politics,philosophy, literature; we debated,acted in plays and generally had amarvellous time. I wrote poetry too inthose days. And there were membersof staff in all the Departments Istudied in—and several othersbesides, because Adelaide Universitywas quite small at that time—whoaccepted me as their equal andintroduced me to the world ofinternational scholarship andresearch. It is hard not to romanticisethe past, but I still think of thoseearly Adelaide days as the formativeperiod of my own academic careerwhen these generous scholarsaccepted me, and other seriousstudents, as their equals andinducted us into academic life. Icannot speak too highly of theprivilege of this experience and regretthat, in the pressure of thecontemporary university, it is simplynot possible to replicate it.

In the late 50s and the early 60smoney had started to flow again intothe Australian university system as aconsequence of the Murray Reportand the Menzies Government’simplementation of it. Although I didnot fully understand the politics ofthe situtation, I could see the benefitson the ground. I chose to do Honoursin English (though a number of othersubjects tempted me) and I entered avibrant, expanding Department full ofkeen, mostly new staff. Some of the

older members, like the marvellouslyeccentric Bryn Davies, were stillthere, but most of the appointments,under the wise and humane guidanceof Colin Horne, and later JohnColmer, were fairly new and mostlyyoung. It was a marvellous time andthe Department was full of life: one ofthe best things about it was that itwas not doctrinaire, it did not espousea particular critical line (and this wasa time when the Leavisite plague wasafflicting many English Depart-ments), nor did it separate the studyof English Language and MedievalLiterature from English Literaturesince 1500. Australian Literature wasalso fully integrated into ourcurriculum well before this happenedin other Australian English Depart-ments, thanks to the influence ofBrian Elliott and Geoff Dutton. It was my great good fortune that, atthe beginning of my second year, justas I was entering the Honoursstream, the Department chose torestore its coverage of Old and MiddleEnglish (relinquished in the leanyears before 1958) by appointing amember of staff to teach in this area.Ralph Elliott arrived at the beginningof 1960 and I began to lap up what hehad to offer: Old English, MiddleEnglish, Germanic Philology. In thefollowing year another medievalist,Peter Meredith, now a Professor ofEnglish Medieval Drama at theUniversity of Leeds, was appointed tothe Department. Although RalphElliott, who was an inspiring teacher,was not an Old Norse-Icelandicspecialist, he had had a soundphilological training, and he decidedto offer an off-the-curriculum OldNorse course in the lunch hours. Itcomprised him, a new Tutor, JohnAnderson (who later went toManchester) and me. This is what setme off on the academic career I havesince followed. I won a GeorgeMurray Travelling Scholarship fromthe University of Adelaide in 1963and took it up at the University ofOxford, where I studied Old Norseunder Gabriel Turville-Petre, then thesenior Old Norse scholar in theEnglish-speaking world. Since then, Ihave spent various periods of time inall the Scandinavian countries,including Iceland, as well as in theUK, the US and Germany. At theUniversity of Sydney, I am one of ateam of Old Norse-Icelandicresearchers who have kept Australiaon the international map in thissubject, but my beginnings lie at theUniversity of Adelaide.There is a lesson to be drawn fromthis biographical recollection. It isnow the case that the Australianuniversity system continues tomaintain the diversity of its teachingand research in the Humanities andin other disciplines with the greatestdifficulty. A story such as mine is nowvery hard to replay. The funding isdrying up again, and, though privateresources may help, they can never besufficient to support the range ofgeneralist studies that a matureuniversity system should have andwhich I enjoyed during my years atthe University of Adelaide. Talentedyoung Australian researchers are nowagain being lost to the Australianuniversity system, just as they werein the years before I attended theUniversity of Adelaide. It is sad to seehistory repeat itself in this way.

Margaret Clunies Ross is McCaugheyProfessor of English Language and EarlyEnglish Literature and Director of theCentre for Medieval Studies at theUniversity of Sydney. She has also held acollege lectureship at Lady Margaret Halland St Hilda’s College, Oxford (1965-68),and various travelling fellowships andvisiting appointments at institutions inEurope and North America. She was amember of the Humanities sub-panel ofthe Australian Research Grants Committee(1987) and of the Australian ResearchCouncil (1988-90) and a member of theAustralian Research Council from 1995-97.From 1995-98 she was President of theAustralian Academy of the Humanities, towhich she had been elected in 1990, andserved as President of the NationalAcademies’ Forum in 1997-98.

Margaret Clunies Ross is the author ofnumerous articles and eight books in twoseparate research fields: Old Norse-Icelandic Studies (with Anglo-SaxonStudies) and Australian Aboriginaltraditional songs and performing arts. Hermost recent books are Prolonged Echoes.Old Norse myths in medieval Northernsociety. Vol. 2: The reception of Norsemyths in medieval Iceland (Odense, 1998)and The Norse Muse in Britain, 1750-1820(Trieste, 1988).

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Margaret Clunies Ross: “sad to see history repeat itself ”. Photo courtesy of Professor Clunies Ross.

”“It is hard not to romanticise the past, but I still think of those earlyAdelaide days as the formative period of my own academic career...

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Sustainable GrowthThe spring weather and enterprisebargaining have both led me to thinkabout growth. Anyone who has worked in Australianuniversities over the last fifteen years orso will tell you that it has been a time ofrestriction and hardship. They will tellyou about massive growth in studentnumbers at marginal funding rates, theclawback to create the ARC, increasedadministration and reporting, fundingcuts since 1996 with consequentredundancies and job insecurity, thedecline in research infrastructure, andenterprise bargaining that has producedmuch-needed salary increases but withoutgovernment funding to cover them. It hasall been extremely unpleasant!However, if you scrutinise the annualFinancial Statements of many Australianuniversities, in particular the Group ofEight, you will see that while operatinggrants (the government block grants touniversities) have dropped in real dollarterms, total revenue has increased. Sowhat’s the problem?In part the problem is that manyuniversities still see the operating grantas the prime driver of teaching andresearch activities, although, in our case,it makes up less than half our totalconsolidated revenue. And we stillcontinue to do all the activities in theseareas that we have always done, in theways we have always done them, so thatwe have “adjusted” to the declining unitrate by working harder. We have, alongwith other universities, been enrollingmore fee-paying students both fromoverseas and from Australia in anattempt to offset declining governmentfunding—but we have not alwaysadequately integrated the income fromthis into the rest of our activities in a waythat ensures we fully capture the benefits. The University has now proposed anEnterprise Bargain Agreement whichestablishes a mechanism for explicit,sustainable growth. Explicit, because thegrowth will be planned, and based onunderstanding the full costs of generatingit. Sustainable, because it will providethe mechanism for salary rises into thefuture (ie not just for this EnterpriseBargain). The University is proposingthat salary increases be contingent onincreases in a carefully selected set offunding sources (international andAustralian student fees and contractresearch). In parallel with the proposedEnterprise Bargain Agreement, theUniversity is also proposing that there bechanged arrangements for work. We willneed to be more flexible about allowingpeople to shine at what they do best.Some will prefer to spend more time onteaching, while others will be able tospend more on research. Many staff havebeen very supportive of a change to atrimester year, with academic staffteaching two of the three, and being ableto use the third for research and scholarlyactivities.Unless we take our future into our ownhands, universities can expect to becomeincreasingly miserable places. Our staffshould have the conditions and payappropriate to an institution aspiring tobe one of the great universities of theworld. Hopefully with this EnterpriseBargain proposal we will place ourselvesfirmly on the road to sustainable growth.

MARY O’KANE

ADELAIDE UNIVERSITY has pledged its humanitariansupport for the people of East Timor in the form ofaccommodation—if required—for Timorese refugees.

Following widespread concern around the Uni-versity about the crisis in East Timor, Vice-ChancellorProfessor Mary O’Kane has written to the Minister for Foreign Affairs offering the University’s assistance.

If evacuation of refugees becomes necessary, ProfessorO’Kane has offered accommodation for about 100refugees at the Roseworthy Campus.

In addition, the University has offered to assist later-year refugee students by helping them to completetheir studies at Adelaide. The University would alsowelcome refugee members of staff from the Universityof East Timor.

“We are extremely concerned about the plight of theEast Timorese people,” Professor O’Kane said.

“I dearly hope that these offers will not need to betaken up at all. However, the Australian Government

has been offered our assistance and we would bepleased to honour that commitment.

“Although our efforts may not amount to much in thegrand scheme of things, we hope that in some smallway we can provide the people of East Timor with asafe and welcoming haven.”

Professor O’Kane said Adelaide University con-tinued to value its long and developing relation-ship with Indonesia, “especially the valuable people-to-people contacts with our Indonesian students,academic colleagues in Indonesia, and our staff”, she said.

“Our offer to help the people of East Timor is a simpleone—an act of genuine concern for those who are going through intense suffering and hardship at thistime.”

Professor O’Kane said a long-term goal would be toestablish on-going links with the University of EastTimor, “to support the university as it adjusts to itsnew situation in an independent country”.

Vice-Chancellor offers Timor safe haven

ADELAIDE UNIVERSITY’S rep-utation as an Australian leader inresearch has been bolstered by therecent announcement of theInternational Researcher Exchange(IREX) grants.

The University has been awarded14 of the latest IREX grants, themost of any university in Australia.

IREX grants are awarded by theAustralian Research Council. Theyprovide funds for collaborationbetween Australian and overseasresearchers. The grants are also astrong measure of a university’sinternational reputation inresearch.

Out of 20 applications, AdelaideUniversity received 14 of the grants—a success rate of 70%. Thiscompares with the national successrate of 36.6% (89 grants out of atotal of 243 applications).

The total amount awarded toAdelaide University was $534,500over three years, which is morethan 40% of the total amount ofIREX grants (approximately$1,274,000) awarded in Australia.

The IREX grants are spread overfive of the University’s sixFaculties: Agricultural & NaturalResource Sciences; Engineering,Computer & MathematicalSciences; Humanities & SocialSciences; PALACE; and Science.

The research projects begin in theyear 2000. Projects funded underthe IREX scheme include:investigating new materials forelectronics, reducing aerodynamicsound, improving the quality of oliveoil, detecting leaks in Australia’smajor water pipe systems, andinstalling a new multi-telescopesystem at Woomera to study high-energy phenomena in the universe.

Adelaide University researcherswill collaborate on these and otherprojects with colleagues from theUK, France, Germany, Italy,Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland,Canada, the US, Mexico, Japan,Taiwan and India.

“Our success reflects our stronginternational research reputation,and is no real surprise,” said theVice-Chancellor, Professor MaryO’Kane.

“The fact that we have receivedgrants for 70% of our applicationsand been awarded more than 40%of the total grant funds in Australiasays a great deal about ourexpertise.

“This is another feather in the capfor Adelaide, proving yet again thatwe really are an Australian leaderin research and research training.”

—David Ellis

International grants success

EB growth strategy proposalFrom Page 1

“The future of Adelaide Universityis in the remarkable talents of ourstaff and the ability of theUniversity as a whole to attract andeducate the best students andproduce the most innovativeresearch,” she said.

“We have the capacity to attractsignificant industry support, as wasshown recently with the $25 millionsponsorship from Santos toestablish the Santos School ofPetroleum Engineering.

“Obviously, we want our staff tohave the best possible wages andconditions. By linking salaryincreases to revenue increases wewill ensure strong growth, withoutthe need for big redundancy

programs. Axing large numbers ofstaff is a corrosive strategy thatwould only lead to a lowering ofquality.

“Our plan will deliver real salaryincreases and the employment ofmore staff. I’m very hopeful thatthe staff and students will supportour ideas.”

Professor O’Kane said the proposalwas “a responsible and positiveplan for growth and security”.

“I believe that the strength of this approach is that it makesexplicit what has been implicit formuch of the University’s existence— that is, our existence has alwaysbeen contingent on our ability toattract support for core activities,such as our research. We have always survived on our

abilities; recent government policychanges have made that muchmore obvious.

“This plan calls for a collectiveeffort in which all staff benefit fromall our successes. This can only bepositive,” she said.

A copy of the draft agree-ment provided to the unions, aswell as a copy of a letter addressinga variety of questions asked by theunions can be viewed on theUniversity’s website at: <http://www.adelaide.edu.au/CMU/docs/menu.htm>.

Any comments about the draft plan should be forwarded to MarelleSmith at <marelle.smith@adelaide.edu.au>.

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ECONOMISTS at the Universityof Adelaide are helping theirMongolian colleagues to meetthe challenges of the country’snew free-market economy.Currently the world’s biggestrecipient of foreign aid (percapita), Mongolia has a tran-sition economy which isadjusting to free marketconditions after years of Sovietcommunism.Last month, University ofAdelaide economist GlynWittwer travelled to thecapital, Ulaan Bataar, toaddress an economic seminar.Participants included twomembers of the Mongolianparliament.The visit was arranged by theMongolian Development Re-search Centre which has had aclose working relationship withthe University for several yearsthrough the Dean ofEconomics, Professor RichardPomfret.

Mr Wittwer, a ResearchAssociate at the University’sCentre for InternationalEconomics Studies, presenteda paper on Modelling Mon-golia’s economy using acomputable general equil-ibrium framework.“The paper basically com-pared elements of theAustralian economy withelements of the Mongolianeconomy, particularly thetyranny of distance,” MrWittwer said.“Australia was linked to theoutside world in 1872 by thetelegraph line.“In recent years, the Internethas linked Mongolia to theoutside world. “The Internet is very im-portant for the growth of thecountry’s emerging industriessuch as tourism, for example.”Mr Wittwer said one of theanalytical difficulties Mon-golia faced was that, under

the Soviet system, thecountry’s trained economistshad never had to considerconsumers when drawing upeconomic plans. He said the biggest barriers totrade at present were notinstitutional but infra-structural. “In a country the size ofQueensland, there is only onerail line, running north tosouth, and most of the roadsare cratered and unsealed.“But Mongolia does have ahigh degree of social cohesion. “It appears to be a peacefulsociety that tolerates minoritygroups. “Unlike many other regions,the transition after the collapseof the Soviet Union wasremarkably peaceful, and thiscould be important in helpingthe economy to move aheadmore quickly.”

—John Drislane

Mongolian links for Adelaide economists

Glyn Wittwer. Mongolia’s economists never had to consider consumers.Photo: John Drislane.

THE 1999 Harold Woolhouse Prize has been awardedto Dr Markus Beck of the Department of Applied andMolecular Biology.

The Award, which is presented annually to thebest PhD student in the Faculty of Agriculturaland Natural Resource Sciences, honours Dr Beck’sground-breaking research into parasitic wasps. His investigations centred on wasps that injecttheir eggs into other insects such as caterpillars.Dr Beck, an Overseas Postgraduate ResearchAward student from Germany, examined themechanisms the wasps use to protect their eggsinside “host” insects.In particular, he sought to identify the genes usedfor immune protection of the eggs.In cases where several eggs are injected, Dr Beckstudied how interlarval competition decides whichof the wasp’s offspring lives to take over the host.He discovered that, within the wasp speciesVenturia canescens, two sub-populations employtwo genetically distinct reproduction strategieswhile using the same host insect as a food source.The discovery is important for the development ofpractical biological control strategies, particularlywasp release programs targeting insect pests.It has already resulted in a new collaborationbetween the Department’s researchers and aresearch team in the Netherlands.

—John Drislane

Prize for parasitic wasp studies

Dr Markus Beck

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A NEW conference in Adelaide is bringingtogether leading industry analysts fromaround the nation and overseas to developa practical and innovative approach torevitalise South Australia’s manufacturingsector.

The conference, called “ManufacturingProsperity”, will be launched by theSouth Australian Treasurer, Mr RobLucas, at the Adelaide Festival Centreon Wednesday, 21 September.“Manufacturing Prosperity” will lookat South Australia’s competitive futurein manufacturing from a realistic andpositive point of view. Can we competenot only with other States, but alsowith the rest of the world? What arethe strategies for growth which SouthAustralian industry and thegovernment need to act on to take usinto the 21st century? Thesequestions and more will be asked by

the conference speakers.International keynote speaker for theconference is The Rt Hon Lord JohnEatwell, an economist of world reputewho has held professorial positions atthe New School for Social Research,New York, Columbia University, theUniversity of Massachusetts and theUniversity of Amsterdam. He hastaught economics at CambridgeUniversity since 1970. In the BritishHouse of Lords he was principal spokes-man on treasury and economic affairs.Joining Lord Eatwell will be some ofthe most respected industry leaders,economic analysts and commentatorsin Australia, including represen-tatives from the SA Centre forManufacturing, Department ofIndustry and Trade, AusIndustry,business and academia.“South Australia is leading the nation

in productivity and export growth, andmanufacturing currently accounts fora major slice of all research anddevelopment in this State,” said theconference organiser, PrincipalIndustry Analyst with AdelaideUniversity’s Centre for LabourResearch, Mr Rodin Genoff.

“The challenge for South Australia isto build on the strengths of ourinnovative manufacturing industriesby developing practical strategies togrow these ‘industries of the future’,”said Mr Genoff, who is also a speakerat the conference.“This conference is ideal for anyoneinvolved in business, frommanufacturing, product development,research development, engineeringand scientific services, to the provisionof legal and financial services, or ingovernment dealing with day-to-day

issues of employment generation andindustrial renewal.“‘Manufacturing Prosperity’ willidentify practical strategies andgovernment programs to build thedynamics of future prosperity. Asophisticated manufacturing base isvital to a turn-around both in livingstandards and employment growth inthis State.”The conference follows the launch lastyear of a book titled ManufacturingProsperity, which was co-edited by MrGenoff and Professor Roy Green,Director of the Employment StudiesCentre, University of Newcastle.For more information about theconference (including registrations)contact the Hartley ManagementGroup on (08) 8363 4399 or email:mp@hartleymgt.com.au.

—David Ellis

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THE MAN widely regarded as the‘Father’ of China’s democracymovement, Mr Wei Jingsheng, has givena public talk to a packed lecture theatreat Adelaide University.Mr Wei, an electrician at Beijing Zooin the late 1970s, has spent all but sixmonths of the last 17 years (nearlyhalf his adult life) in prison for thepeaceful expression of his views onChinese politics, economic reform andforeign relations.Currently a visiting professor atColumbia University in New York, MrWei has been described as the mostimportant political prisoner of histime. In 1997 he published a bookentitled The Courage to Stand Alone.He has been awarded a number ofinternational prizes, including the

Olof Palme Award, The Robert F.Kennedy Human Rights Award andthe European Parliament’s SakharovPrize for Freedom of Thought. He hasalso been nominated for the NobelPeace Prize.Organised jointly by AdelaideUniversity’s Centre for Asian Studiesand the Department of Politics, MrWei’s public talk on Friday, 3September was delivered to a packedlecture theatre in the Napier building.His talk covered a range of issuesconcerning democratisation andhuman rights in China, his own timein prison and his dealings with theChinese leadership.The discussion after his presentationtouched upon a number of contro-versial areas, including China’s

reunification with Taiwan, the futureof Xinjiang Province and Tibet.The audience was amused by MrWei’s reference to his letter to the lateDeng Xiaoping, which asked theparamount leader of China to resign.“A few days later,” Mr Wei added withmock surprise, “he did!” (referring toDeng’s anticipated decision to resignfrom a number of his formal roles inthe Chinese government).After a lengthy question-and-answersession, Mr Wei found himself at thecentre of a large group of well-wisherseager to have photos taken with him,and to get his autograph. To these,and the many others listening to MrWei’s delivery, it was a memorabletalk, and an historic occasion.

—Dr Felix Patrikeeff, Politics

Democratic movement leader visits

Dr Wei Jingsheng and Dr Felix Patrikeeff.Photo courtesy of Dr Patrikeeff.

German education leaders visit AdelaideAdelaide rowers up with the best

AMBER HALLIDAY AND MARKSPARNON (above) are not the type torest on their oars.Ms Halliday, a third-year Psychologystudent, and Mr Sparnon, a first-yearstudent of Medicine, are two of Aust-ralia’s most promising young rowers.Both represented their country at therecent Under-23 World Champion-ships (Nations Cup Regatta) inGermany—and both returned withmedals.Ms Halliday, who received a $1,000grant from Vice-Chancellor ProfessorMary O’Kane to compete in thechampionships, won gold in thewomen’s lightweight double scullswith Victorian rower Hannah Every.Mr Sparnon took bronze as part of the

men’s lightweight quad sculls team.For six weeks before the cham-pionships, both rowers participated inan intensive squad training session inMelbourne. Unable to reschedule his studies inAdelaide, Mr Sparnon had to embarkon a hectic schedule of weekly flightsto and from Melbourne.Ms Halliday, who has been rowingcompetitively for six years, puts hersuccess down to good coaching andstrong family support.She says the standard of Australianrowing is so high that her immediateambition is to be re-selected for theteam competing in next year’s Under-23 World Championships.

—John Drislane

A DELEGATION of German universityleaders has visited Adelaide to discuss aground-breaking new Law course—one ofthe first offered jointly by an Australianuniversity and an overseas institution.Adelaide University has established afully-integrated joint degree program,the Master of Comparative Laws, withthe University of Mannheim.The course enables students to studythe different codes of law throughoutthe world. The course also helps

Australian students to gain a moredetailed understanding of the legalframework in the European Union.Students spend up to one semester inAdelaide and one semester atMannheim, and undertake adissertation at their home institution.The degree is awarded from bothinstitutions.Six German students are now inAdelaide under the program and twoAustralian students are in Germany.

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Biography reveals new slant onlegendary Adelaide professorNEARLY 60 years after his death, Professor ArchibaldWatson remains a legendary figure at the University ofAdelaide.

The brilliant, eccentric surgeon and anatomist, whoheaded the School of Anatomy for 35 years (1885-1920), was renowned as an adventurer, a womaniserand flouter of convention.Stories of his exploits are legion.He once stole the head from a corpse at AdelaideHospital morgue and replaced it with a cracked pot.For recreation, he liked to ride his motorbike aroundthe University’s anatomy room. When he retired from academic life he spoke justfive words to assembled well-wishers: “You are allbloody hypocrites”.Watson is remembered as rogueish, inspirational,cantankerous and unorthodox.But a new biography coinciding with the 150thanniversary of his birth argues that Watson’s“loveable eccentricity” was in fact a carefullycultivated pose to divert attention from a shamefulepisode in his youth.The book, by Melbourne-based author JenniferCarter, reveals new details of Watson’s involvementin “black-birding”—kidnapping Pacific Islanders forsale as slave labour.In old age, Watson brushed off the episode asanother amusing interlude in his action-packed life. Ms Carter, however, provides convincing evidencethat his involvement was more sinister.Her book, Painting the Islands Vermilion: ArchibaldWatson and the Brig Carl (Melbourne UniversityPress) publishes for the first time a log Watson keptof a blackbirding voyage in the South Seas.Ms Carter found the log among a collection ofWatson’s papers lodged in the National Library ofAustralia by the late biochemist, Dr Hedley RalphMarston. (Marston had planned, but never completed, his ownbiography of the surgeon.)“During Watson’s lifetime, people had heard storiesabout his involvement in blackbirding,” Ms Cartersaid.“The medical community knew he had been engagedin dark deeds in the South Seas but no one pursued it. “It was only after he retired and started cruising (asa ship’s doctor) that Watson began to talk about it. “He probably felt a need to unburden himself as he

got older, but he did it in such a way that he toldonly a vestige of the truth.“The picture he presented of himself was of abuccaneering, romantic pirate.” Ms Carter’s research has established that Watson,who was born the son of a wealthy pastoralist inTarcutta, New South Wales, left Australia in 1869,aged 20, to supervise his father’s land holdings in Fiji.In December 1871 he joined the brig Carl at Levuka,supposedly as a passenger.The Carl was on its second “recruitment” voyage inthe South Seas, kidnapping islanders for sale inPeru, the Guianas or Queensland. Four months earlier, 70 captured islanders had beenmassacred aboard the brig off the Solomon Islands. Watson kept a journal of the second voyage fromJanuary to April 1872.When the brig returned to Levuka it became thetarget of an official investigation. Crew members were charged with kidnapping andmurder, but Watson, although arrested, fled beforehe could be charged officially. In an unsworn deposition before his escape, Watsonadmitted that the brig had kidnapped 101 men fromdifferent islands during its second voyage, but hedenied any personal involvement. Jennifer Carter argues that this is unlikely.“He claimed he went on the cruise for his health, butit’s very obvious from the log that he was wellacquainted with sailing ships. “He may not have been involved in the first terriblevoyage of the Carl but it’s highly likely he wasinvolved in this kind of thing (blackbirding) before.”Even if Watson was not personally involved inmurder and kidnapping, MsCarter argues that hewas still culpable.She writes: “…a young, able-bodied passengerremained aloof from the kidnapping: he said and didnothing while fellow human beings … were bullied,persecuted, frightened out of their wits and cast intothe darkness of a hold when they had knownnothing but fresh air and daylight all their lives…”Watson fled to Europe and went on to studymedicine in Germany, France and England.In 1885, aged 35, he returned to Australia to becomethe first Elder Professor of Anatomy at theUniversity of Adelaide.He went to the Boer War as a service officer in 1900

and was a consulting surgeon to Australian troops inEgypt during the First World War.Throughout his life, Watson kept extensive diariesand “commonplace books”.Carter says these reveal a reflective man who wassubject to bouts of depression—a picture at oddswith the public clown. “I know biographers are supposed to like theirsubjects, but most of the time I didn’t like mine,” shesaid.“The only time I felt a real sympathy with Watson waswhen I read his notes about performing anatomy onyoung men of 20 and 21 during the First World War ...“I could feel his anger then on behalf of his fellowman.“Watson was an inspirational teacher but I think hewas a very lonely, vulnerable person with no one toconfide in. The diaries and commonplace booksbecame very important to him.“He seemed to always have a coterie of youngerpeople around him, people more inclined to admirethan to question him. I think that was a goodindication of his vulnerability.”

—John Drislane

Jennifer Carter—new slant on Archibald Watson. Photo: John Drislane.

European wasp expert appointedEUROPEAN WASP research at AdelaideUniversity has a new sting in its tail followingthe appointment of Dr Andy Reeson from theInstitute for Virology, Oxford.

Dr Reeson has taken up a postdoctoralappointment at Adelaide as part of theUniversity’s three-year project into thecontrol of European wasp.The study is funded by the StateGovernment through Luminis and isbased in the Department of Applied &Molecular Ecology (Waite Campus).Dr Reeson, an expert on the diseases ofinsects, will be using his knowledge toexplore possible options for the biologicalcontrol of European wasp.One of the first priorities of Dr Reeson’sresearch is to study queen wasps, whichare active throughout the Spring.At this time of year, queen wasps emergefrom their winter hibernation sites andseek out new places in which to buildnests. Dr Reeson needs live specimens ofqueens to initiate nests in the laboratory,which can later be used to assesspotential control agents.Queen wasps are slightly larger than the

more familiar worker wasps, and havesimilar markings.Anyone can help with this research. Ifthey see a hibernating or newly emergedqueen, they can collect the live wasp in ajar. The specimen can then be collectedby Dr Reeson.However, Dr Reeson warns that membersof the community who try to capture livewasp queens should be extremely careful.“Individual wasps can sting and theyshould NOT be picked up by hand,” DrReeson said.“Using a jar and a lid is the best method,but anyone who is allergic to insect stingsor not confident about collecting aspecimen should not be involved.“If nests are encountered—and this isunlikely at this time of year—they shouldNOT be disturbed as this can result in thewasps becoming aggressive,” he said.

For more information about the European wasp research project, contact Dr Reeson on ext37273 or Associate Professor Andrew Austin onext 37265.

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THE QUAINTLY NAMED ‘Old House’, located inpicturesque surroundings at Piccadilly in theAdelaide Hills, was the venue for the annualPhilosophy Club Camp during the first weekendof Spring.

Those who attended were treated to averitable feast of stimulating ideas for themind, as well as fine food for the body,courtesy of the remarkable gastronomic skillsof philosopher/chef Mr Vlad Popescu!The weekend was highlighted by talks on a wide variety of subjects ranging fromLove to the relevance of MadhyamikaBuddhism to fundamental debates withincontemporary western philosophy; and fromthe difficulties of imputing responsibility forthe actions of collectivities, to whether thereare fundamental differences in the thinkingpatterns characteristic of different cultures.Perhaps the most provocative talk wasAssociate Professor Ian Hunt’s “A ModestProposal for the new Millenium” in which he‘advocated’ the reintroduction of slavery as ameans of providing for the needs of the

growing economic underclass in advancedwestern societies! The title is, of course, adeliberate allusion to Jonathon Swift’s famousoriginal “A Modest Proposal”, in which hesarcastically urged that Irish babies be killed,sold and eaten, for they would surely be aswell off as those Irish destined to destitutionunder British rule. The serious point behindProfessor Hunt’s talk was that the argumentsespoused by many ‘economic rationalists’could equally well be used to justify slavery,‘voluntarily’ entered into, of course!As well as organising the annual camp, thePhilosophy Club also presents regular talksthroughout the year to which all are cordiallyinvited. Our next talk will be given by DrGeorge Djukic on the topic “Death: What is it,and should the atheist fear it?” on Thursday,14 October at 7.30pm, Room 525, HughesBuilding.For more information about the Club’sactivities, please contact Justine Lera on (08)8303 3816.

—Chris WalshPostgraduate Student, Philosophy

Philosophy Club camp

Obituary: Rodney Levinge 1922-1999ROD LEVINGE, a well-known member of theengineering profession, died peacefully of a heartattack on Monday, 23 August 1999.Rod was planning to submit his PhD thesis inthe near future, in the Department of Electricaland Electronic Engineering at the University ofAdelaide.He had a long and fruitful career as anelectronics engineer in England, and later, inDSTO in Australia. His career spanned morethan two generations of electronic advances. Atthe end he was still making contributions toforward-looking innovations for industry.With a Higher National Diploma (1951) he wasappointed team leader at Vickers ArmstrongAircraft in Weybridge, England and wasresponsible for the design of navigationsystems, radar and inertial, for guidedweapons. Information gained in appliedadvanced control theory was passed on toengineering colleges to help reshape theircourses. In 1961, in conjunction with GGGouriet at Wayne Kerr Laboratories, hepatented a new method for measuring transferfunctions. Using analogue techniques, themethod was later superseded (1968) by the fastfourier transfer transform.As a team leader with Solartron and MarconiSpace and Defence Systems he designed radarand navigation aid simulators. These wererequired for training and the study of tacticaluse of systems. For adequate realism secondand third generation computers required extra

digital hardware to operate in real time. Inparticular, simulation of PPI radar displayshad to include ground echoes, sea clutter, rain,height holes, as well as moving targets with orwithout FFI. Sonar had to simulate thermallayers, sea noises and the known signatures ofvarious vessels.At DSTO he made a study of modal analysisand of the best methods to extract high qualitydata. In addition the analysis of time seriesdata from trials required the design of digitalfilters. The study of aircraft flutter requiredthe design of an in-flight force generator.Rod served the profession in many ways andnotably through the IEE Overseas Committeein South Australia where he held severalcommittee positions and and led the Committeeas its Chairman in the mid-1980s. He was active as the international liaisonmember of the committee for the InternationalConference on Acoustics Speech and SignalProcessing in the three years up to 1994, andhe organised a home-stay system for delegatesfrom less fortunate countries so that thisICASSP was the first in which zero-costaccommodation was available.He is survived by his wife, Madeleine anddaughter, Nicole. While we regret his passingit is with admiration and pleasure that we notehe led a full and exemplary life until the end.

—Professor Robert BognerElectrical & Electronic Engineering

The search for quality: Rod Levinge experimenting in wine-quality modelling.Photo courtesy of Professor Bogner.

Alumnus presentssuper science talkADELAIDE PHYSICS graduate Igor Bray, now Associate Professorin the School of Chemistry, Physics and Earth Sciences at FlindersUniversity, recently presented a superb talk in the Rennie Theatreenigmatically titled: “The Reality of the Fictitious Forces, AtomicCollisions and Conflict Resolution”.

The talk was the second in this year’s series of evening talksorganised by the Science and Mathematical Sciences Chapterof the Alumni Association.In an exciting presentation which included some clever originalanimations, Dr Bray suggested that the key to understandinglife, whether at the macroscopic or at the microscopic level, is tochoose a frame of reference which simplifies the interactions ofinterest.Depending upon the frame of reference, the forces which wefeel and understand as centrifugal or coriolis forces might bepseudoforces. The talk discussed how these fundamentallessons of physics might be applied in everyday life as well ashow they have led to immense progress in understandingatomic collision theory. Dr Bray described diverse applications ranging from NASA’sHubble Space Telescope program through to how his team isbuilding a better light bulb. Intelligent questions came fromthe school students present, and there was some spiriteddiscussion on the alternative approach to understanding the“fictitious” forces.Igor Bray was the joint winner, with Yuri Kivshar, of the 1998Pawsey medal, awarded by the Australian Academy of Sciencefor outstanding research in physics by scientists not over theage of 40 years for work carried out mainly in Australia. The Chapter thanks him for freely giving his time and makingsuch a valuable contribution to its program. Two furtherlectures are planned by the Chapter in 1999.

—Robert PerrinChair, Science & Mathematical Sciences Chapter

Opera supremoto speak atchapter dinnerRETIRING Artistic Director ofOpera Australia, MoffattOxenbould, will be the guestspeaker at a special Cornell ChapterDinner to be held at Ayers House onFriday 8 October.Music will be provided bylutanist Simon Martyn-Ellis.The dinner will be held in theelegant Henry Ayers Room,6:30pm for 7:00pm. $50 perperson. Please make yourbooking at the Alumni Office: tel8303 5800, fax 8303 5808, or callin person at Alumni House, 44Kintore Avenue in the city.

Grants for DoctoralStudentsDoctoral candidates wishing to apply for the AUGU/RCHeddle Award or the Mutual Community PostgraduateTravel Grant are reminded that application forms areavailable from the Alumni Office.

These two grants, of $1250 and $2500 respectively,are available to support doctoral students who wish totravel to a conference at which they will present work,or to another institution at which they will learn atechnique or method essential to their work that cannotbe learned here.

Enquiries: Alumni Association, 8303 5800.

Barr Smith Library ToursThe Barr Smith Library is offering free 30 minute guidedtours on the first Thursday of every month. These toursare ideal for those alumni who use the library, andparticularly those who are new Services Subscribers.Familiarise yourself with the layout, collections, resources

and services of the Barr Smith Library. Your guide will give you aLibrary Information Kit to keep for future reference. Tel: JenniferOsborne, Reference Services Librarian, 8303 3706 or email<josborn@ library.adelaide.edu.au> to make arrangements.Maximum of 12 per group.

Visit the Alumni Association web site to find outabout activities during October:

<http://www.adelaide.edu.au/alumni/activities.html>.

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IT’S turning out to be a great year forElder Conservatorium Honourspercussionist Nick Parnell.

First he was one of only two SouthAustralian finalists in the AustralianYoung Performers Award in Perthwhere he played with the WesternAustralian Symphony Orchestra. Hethen went on to win the Elder Con-servatorium’s Concerto Competitionand now he’s landed first prize at the1999 Adelaide Eisteddfod in the Per-cussion, Woodwind and Brass category.For his winning performance at theEisteddfod Nick Parnell playedRhapsody by Ney Rosauro, a 30-minute concerto. This piece involvedplaying several multi-percussioninstruments including vibraphoneand some unusual Brazilian instru-ments: the Shekere, a type of gourdand a Repineque drum. He wasaccompanied in the competition bypianist Leigh Harold, who was theother South Australian finalist in theYoung Performers Award.Nick Parnell recently gave a highlysuccessful free concert in August and

will next perform in the ElderConservatorium’s Classic Composersconcert on Saturday 6 November withThe Elder Conservatorium Symphony,conducted by Nicholas Milton. Aswinner of the Concerto Competitionhe may perform a concerto of hischoice—and has chosen to againperform Rhapsody by Ney Rosauro.His final Honours recital will be heldat 8pm on 24 November in ScottTheatre. The richly varied programfor this free concert will demonstratethe many varieties of percussioninstruments and music styles.On the recital program are: Prisim byKeiko Abe (Marimba); RudimentalClave by Wooton (Snare Drum); Ben-Vindo by Ney Rosauro (Vibraphone);Effugonetrom by Max Leth (a duet formarimba and vibraphone,accompanied by Matt Davis); andConcerto for Percussion and Orchestraby Schuantner, a multiple percussionwork in which Nick Parnell will beaccompanied by Leigh Harold on piano.

—Sheila BryceHelpmann Academy

Percussionist is pre-eminent

Nick Parnell pictured at the Enchanted Eveingconcert. Photo courtesy of Sheila Bryce.

THE UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDETheatre Guild will present thesecond in its “Classic Curiosities”season of moved playreadings onSunday 26 September.

This month’s offering is TheCenci (1819) by leading Romanticpoet, Percy Bysshe Shelley. The Cenci was Shelley’s firstattempt at writing drama, a formof composition for which hethought he had no talent. The play was offered to themanagement of Covent Gardenand Drury Lane, but declinedbecause of its subject, whichdealt with the incestuous passionof Count Francesco Cenci for hisdaughter Beatrice. There is aptness in the TheatreGuild’s choice of The Cenci. Four hundred years ago thismonth the historical LadyBeatrice Cenci, her elder brotherGiacomo and stepmotherCountess Lucretia were executedby order of Pope Clement VIII fortheir part in the murder of CountCenci.The play has rarely been per-formed—the last production byan Adelaide company was by the

Adelaide University DramaticSociety (AUDS) in 1953. The Theatre Guild’s movedreading offers the chance foraudiences to decide whether theplay has life, or is just a curiosityof theatrical history.Director Alex Kirk has no doubtof the play’s suitability for perfor-mance.“Lovers of Shelley’s verse will be delighted at the restraint and skill used in the preparationof the text for performance,” hesays. “Shelley’s detractors will findthemselves pleasantly sur-prised at the play’s flow andthose not familiar with the poet,or familiar only with his verse,will find this reading afascinating eye-opener.”

LeftDirectionsconferenceA THREE-DAY conference focusing onleft-of-centre politics will take place atthe University of Adelaide from 22-24September.

The event, Left Directions, willfeature broad-ranging discussions onissues including socialist basics,social justice and welfare, class,gender, education and aboriginalrights.

Speakers will include Rev NicFrancis of the Brotherhood of StLawrence; Neal Blewett, GeoffGallop, Gael Fraser, Carol Bacchi,Hugh Stretton, Mark Latham MP,Aileen Moreton-Robinson and PatThomson.

The conference is free and has beenorganised by the Politics Departmentin conjunction with the Don DunstanFoundation.

The venue for discussions is LG 29,Napier Building (Wednesday andThursday) and the Ira RaymondRoom, Barr Smith Library (Friday).

The Vice-Chancellor, Professor MaryO’Kane, will open the conferenceofficially and chair the first session—featuring Rev Nic Francis and GaelFraser—on Wednesday at 2.00pm.

Rare offering fromTheatre Guild

The Cenci plays for one performanceonly on Sunday 26 September at TheChapel, Theatre 62, Burbridge Rd,Hilton. The performance is at2.00pm, with an expected duration(including interval) of two hours.There will be an opportunity fordiscussion afterwards. Admission $5.

A moment of lightIn the whole appalling saga ofEast Timor over past weeks,the Vice-Chancellor’s offer ofaccommodation on RoseworthyCampus for East Timorese

refugees is one of the few small moments oflight in a week of depression, anger anddistraction. History might have somethingdifferent to say about the “best efforts of ourleaders” (past and present) which she referredto on ABC radio, but that’s another matter. Asmall gesture, in the context of the enormity ofthe fate of the people, as the Vice-Chancellorsaid, but I totally support her action, andapplaud her concern.More than any other number of repetitions ofthe self-congratulatory mantra of “excellencein research and training” which trips off thelips (and pens) of members of staff at everyopportunity, THIS is the sort of thing whichwill make the University great, at least in theeyes of the rest of the world. Perhaps whenthings settle down, the University mightprevail on the Government to considerfollowing this example, with an offer ofassistance to students from East Timor, oreven secondment of staff to the University inDili (if it still exists).In the unthinkable event that the killing inEast Timor continues, I hope that Roseworthycan accommodate some of those who survive,so that at least a few people from East Timorwill know that ordinary people here don’tsubscribe to the sentiment expressed bySamuel Clemens when he facetiously wrote,“In statesmanship get the formalities right,never mind about the moralities”.

Dr D ColemanRoseworthy Campus

For full conference details, contact thePolitics Department, telephone 8303 5699or email <christine.mcelhinney@adelaide.edu.au>.

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Project Endeavour is moving positivelytowards its initial milestones of:

• defining the new business processes and information systems to support Human Resources, Finance, Student Administration; and

• implementing the Payroll, General Ledger, Accounts Payable and Purchasing modules of PeopleSoft and the Research Master system.

The Project Teams are now focused onestablishing the appropriate mechan-isms to support staff across the Univer-sity after the implementation of the newsystems. To this end, two roles havebeen identified to perform criticalcommunications and support functionswithin a Faculty—those of ChangeFacilitator and Super User.

Change Facilitators will be responsiblefor the ongoing communication ofchange objectives associated with ProjectEndeavour and for obtaining feedbackfrom colleagues to ensure issues andconcerns are addressed by Project TeamLeaders and/or members before andafter implementation of each system.

Super Users will support the day-to-dayusers of the new systems and processesfollowing implementation. They will bethe first point of contact for staff for anyproblems and will provide a criticalcoaching/mentoring role.

Change Facilitators and Super Usershave been identified in consultation with

Faculty heads and will undergo initialtraining during September and October.

The specific milestones for each of theProject Teams for the period September- January 2000 are:

HR/Payroll:

6 September 1999: Parallel Test No. 1Commenced

30 September 1999: Parallel Test No. 2Commences

8 November 1999: Payroll System GoesLive

Financial Systems:

8-24 September 1999: Conference RoomPilot No. 1

19-25 October 1999: Conference RoomPilot No. 2

November 1999: User TrainingCommences

January 2000: General Ledger, AccountsPayable, Purchasing Go Live

Student Administration:

30 June 1999 - 19 October 1999:Institutional Setup

5 November 1999: Campus CommunityGoes Live

Research:September 1999: Conference RoomPilots

16-22 November 1999: User AcceptanceTesting

9 December 1999: Go Live

RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS

A briefing on Project Endeavour was given to the VCC by the ProjectDirector on 18 August, outlining Projectprogress and the roles of Super Users. Briefings have been given toFaculty Deans and Divisions by the Project Director and team members.

Data conversion/migration for HRMS iscomplete.

The Financial systems team has startedto present to the Super Users andReference Group an overview of thePeopleSoft Purchasing module.

The Research team has startednegotiations for the purchase ofResearch Master software.

The Student Administration team iscurrently defining how it will undertakefuture business processes using thePeopleSoft software.

The Organisational ChangeManagement team has developedTraining and Communications plans tosupport all of the systemsimplementations occurring October1999 to March 2000.

Project Endeavour update

If you’d like to know more aboutProject Endeavour please visit the Website at: <http://www.isb.adelaide.edu.au/mis2001/> or email: <project.endeavour@adelaide.edu.au>.

University to hostinternational conference inapplied computer scienceDr Friedrich Recknagel, Department of Soil andWater, has been appointed as chair of theInternational Scientific and Organising Committeefor the 2nd International Conference on Applicationsof Machine Learning to Ecological Modelling(AMLEM) to be held in Adelaide from 27 November -1 December 2000. The decision was made at the firstAMLEM Conference in Toulouse, France inNovember 1998, where Dr Recknagel was invited as akeynote speaker. The successful bid to host thisconference in Adelaide is in recognition of thepioneering work of Dr. Recknagel’s Aquatic EcologyResearch Group in the area of predictive modelling offreshwater ecosystems by fuzzy logic, artificial neuralnetworks and genetic algorithms.

The conference will focus on innovative research areassuch as ecological data mining and hybrid ecologicalmodelling by state-of-the-art machine learningtechniques.

The conference will be organised in closecollaboration with the National Research Centre forAquatic Ecology at University Paul Sabatier inToulouse and is sponsored by the InternationalSociety for Ecological Modelling (ISEM).

Professor Sven-Erik Jorgensen, ISEM President andEditor-in-Chief of the prestigious journal “EcologicalModelling” and Professor Peter Angeline, President ofthe International Society for EvolutionaryComputation will be keynote speakers at theconference.

Detailed information on this conference can be foundat: <http://www.waite.adelaide.edu.au/Soil_Water/Machine_Learning_Conference.html.>.

1.00pm Microbiology & Immunol-ogy Seminar: An Adelaide innocent inthe world of Silicone Valley biotech by Dr CJuttner (Medical Director, MedVet Science).Library, 5th Floor, Medical School South.

1.00pm Clinical & ExperimentalPharmacology Seminar: Synergisticeffects of anti-oxidants by Dr Dale Gerke(Private dental practitioner). SeminarRoom, 6th Floor, Medical School North.

1.10pm History Staff/Postgrad-uate Seminar: They Didn’t Have Muchto be Happy About: How AustralianSoldiers saw Korea in the Korean War byMr Richard Trembath (Uni of Melbourne).Common Room 420, 4th Flr, Napier Bldg.

4.00pm Applied & MolecularEcology Seminar: Genetics of Bacillusthuringiensis in cotton bollworm,Helicoverpa armigera, and diamondbackmoth, Plutella xylostella by Mr MahmoodAhmad (Final PhD Seminar). CharlesHakwer Conference Centre, Waite Campus.

4.00pm Soil & Water Seminar:Restoration of floodplain wetlands at theLower River Murray: From the ecosystemto the landscape scale by FriedrichRecknagel. Rm 301, Prescott Bldg, Waite.

12noon Child Health ResearchInstitute Seminar: Epithelial Patho-Physiology and Barrier Function by DrRoss Butler (Gastroenterology, WCH).Child Health Research Institute, SeminarRoom, 7th Floor, Rieger Building, WCH.Light refreshments.

2.00pm ARCHSS Seminar: QueerSovereignties: Indigenous and SexualIdentity Politics in Australia by Dr F Nicoll(ARC Postdoc Fellow). Room G08, Napier.

6.30pm AIIA Seminar: For Whomare the Weapons? Revisiting the Work of

Reinhold Niebuhr by Dr Mary Maxwell(Former President, AIIA [SA Branch]).Union Cinema, Union House.

12.30pm General Practice Teach-ing Unit Seminar: Make the Patient YourPartner by Dr Bob Moorhead. South WingSeminar Rooms, Modbury Public Hospital.

1.10pm Horticulture, Viticulture &Oenology Seminar: Interactions ofphylloxera with resistant and susceptiblegrapevines by Ms Alison Kellow (HVO).Plant Research Centre Auditorium, Waite.

1.10pm Genetics Seminar: Title tobe announced, by Dr G Goodall. SeminarRoom, Ground Floor, Fisher Building.

2.00pm ARCHSS/English Seminar:How to Turn your Thesis into a book by MsMarion Halligan and Eva Sallis. CouncilRoom, Level 7, Wills Building.

3.00pm Biochemistry Seminar:Earlier Cardiovascular Development by DrPaul Krieg (Developmental & CellularBiology, University of Texas). SeminarRoom, 2nd Floor, Darling Building.

4.00pm Physiology Seminar: Oxid-ation and atherogenesis by Professor RogerDean (Heart Research Centre, Sydney).Seminar Room N416-417, Medical SchoolNorth. Refreshments served afterwards.

12noon HCCR/IMVS Seminar:Early Development of Heart and BloodVessels by Prof P Krieg (University ofArizona). Verco Theatre, IMVS.

1.00pm Chemical PathologySeminar: Flinders Uni BiomedicalEngineering support for research activitiesat WCH by Dr Homer Nazeran (FlindersUniversity). Seminar Room 1, 4th Floor,Clarence Rieger Building, WCH.

6.00pm CISME Seminar: Educationin a United Europe by Prof W Mitter(President, World Association for Educa-tion Research). Council Rm, Level 7, Wills.

1.00pm Asian Studies Seminar:Ecology and Development in North Chinaby Prof Martin Williams. Room 518,Ligertwood Building.

1.10pm Elder ConservatoriumLunch Hour Concert: Peter Handsworth- clarinet, Stefan Ammer - piano. Works bySchumann, Berg, Francaix and Rossini.Admission $2 at the door. Elder Hall.

4.00pm Obstetrics & Gynaecol-ogy Seminar: Pest animals: is fertilitycontrol the answer? by Dr Bob Seamark(Vertebrate Biocontrol CRC). SeminarRoom, 6th Floor, Medical School North.

1.00pm Microbiology & Immun-ology PhD Report: Mutation studies onmurine leukaemia virus pre-integrationcomplex to promote nuclear importation innon-dividing cells by Budiman Bela.Library, 5th Floor, Medical School South.

2.00pm Social Inquiry Seminar:The changing employment relationship inthe UK: work roles, skills, management

strategy, unionism and ideology by MichaelRose. Seminar Rm, 3rd Flr, 10 Pulteney St.

6.30pm AIIA Seminar: AustralianTrade Policy and APEC by Trevor Peacock(Regional Director, Foreign Affairs & TradeDept ). Union Cinema, Union House.

1.10pm Horticulture, Viticulture &Oenology Seminar: Report on studytour of viticultural regions of Oregon, USAby Mr Bob Barrett (HVO). Plant ResearchCentre Auditorium, Waite Campus.

1.10pm Genetics Seminar: Title tobe announced, by Dr Tony Brumby.Seminar Room, Ground Floor, Fisher Bldg.

4.00pm Physiology Seminar:Career Skills in Science by Drs MNordstrom & P Buckley. Room N416-417,Med School Nth. Refreshments afterwards.

12noon HCCR/IMVS Seminar:Macrophages, cytokines and skeletal path-ology by Dr D Haynes. Verco Th., IMVS.

1.00pm Chemical PathologySeminar: Medicine in India by Dr PJKuruvilla (GP). Seminar Room, 4th Floor,Clarence Rieger Building, WCH.

1.10pm Physics & MathematicalPhysics Seminar: How do the copperoxides superconduct? by Dr Mukunda PDas (ANU). Kerr Grant Lecture Theatre.

1.10pm Elder ConservatoriumLunch Hour Concert: Elder New MusicEnsemble, Grahame Dudley - Director.Admission $2 at the door. Elder Hall.

MONDAY 20 SEPTEMBER

WEDNESDAY 29 SEPTEMBER

THURSDAY 30 SEPTEMBER

FRIDAY 1 OCTOBER

TUESDAY 28 SEPTEMBERC O M I N G E V E N T S

S e p t e m b e r 2 0 t h — O c t o b e r 1 s t

TUESDAY 21 SEPTEMBER

WEDNESDAY 22 SEPTEMBER

THURSDAY 23 SEPTEMBER

FRIDAY 24 SEPTEMBER

MONDAY 27 SEPTEMBER

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Bank Account forSalary Payments

The University is in the process ofimplementing a new HumanResource/Payroll System whichwill become effective later thisyear.

Direct credit of net salaries intobank accounts has been availablefor over 10 years and is a moreefficient and secure method ofpayment than issuing cheques.Salary deposits can be accessedprior to 9am on the pay day,whereby financial institutionsrequire a three day clearance oncheques. Provided correct bank/building society/credit unionaccount details are supplied to thePayroll Office the salary paymentscannot be lost or depositedincorrectly.

In order to facilitate effectivechange over to the new system, theUniversity has adopted a newpolicy that all employees willrequire an account with aBank/Credit Union/BuildingSociety for direct credits of salary.

Departmental Managers andFinance Officers are asked toensure that new staff (especiallycasual staff) complete a BANKCREDIT AUTHORITY form,available on the Web at:<http://www.adelaide.edu.au/HR/forms.htm>, when theycommence duty to ensure thatthere are no delays in salarypayments to staff in their area.

Should you have any queriescontact Doris Riffel phone 83036378) or Karen Jenkins (83036256), Project Endeavour Office.

STEVE DAYSHGeneral Manager, Human Resources

DAVID CARVERFinancial Controller

Coloured campusmaps

Campus maps are due for theirannual update.

Please check your department’slisting on the relevant NorthTerrace, Waite, Roseworthy orThebarton Campus maps.

Provide a photocopy of theappropriate portion of the mapand index, clearly highlighting theproposed corrections andalterations.

Please forward this information toBrenton Kalz, Property ServicesBranch.

The deadline for correctionsubmissions is Friday 12November 1999.

Special StudiesProgram

Special Studies commencing inthe period July - December 2000.

Applications are now invited forSpecial Studies commencing inthe second half of 2000. Applica-tions from Human Resources (ext35666 or 35177) or via our WebPage: <http://www.adelaide.edu.au/HR/services/f_sspapp.htm>and should be returned throughthe Head of the Department nolater than 30 September 1999.The supporting statement on page4 of the application must be com-pleted by the Head of the Depart-ment and Heads are remindedthat in accordance with Paragraph2.1.6 of the Special Studies Pro-gram Policy they are asked tocomment specifically on both theacademic justification for theprogram and itinerary, and theimplications in terms of the teach-ing, examining and administrativeneeds of the Department. Allapplications should be consideredby the Departmental Committeebefore submission.

Under the terms of Paragraph 2.1of the Policy all applicants will berequired to justify the period ofSpecial Studies sought, irres-pective of the length of the periodinvolved.

Enquiries to Julie Raeck HumanResources, ext 35177.

STEVE DAYSHGeneral Manager, Human

Resources

Australian SkepticsEureka Prize forCritical Thinking

The Australian Museum hasinvited the University to nominatecandidates for the AustralianSkeptics Eureka Prize for CriticalThinking to be awarded in 2000.

This Prize, which has a value of$10000, is awarded for work by ascholar under the age of 35 that“investigates beliefs/values/understandings that owe little ornothing to the scientific method”.

Past winners and finalists havebeen drawn from a range ofdisciplines and have submittedwork spanning hypnosis,commercial forecasting, evidence-based medicine, media influence,risk perception, the course ofevolution and challenges toscientific method itself.

Contact Peter Franklin, Office ofthe Deputy Vice-Chancellor(Research), ext 33242 or theirFaculty Office by 31 October.

University Staff Card

Some staff have experiencedproblems with their Staff Card. Inparticular, the University Crestand other printed elements arerubbing off.

New, high quality cards printed bySchlumberger in France have nowarrived in the Card Centre.

If you wish to exchange your cardfor one with a much more durablefinish, just bring the original tothe Card Centre, Hughes Plaza(next to Security) and we will giveyou a new one - free of charge.

Any funds you have placed on theelectronic purse of the card shouldbe used before you come andcollect your replacement card.

Enquiries to Allison at the CardCentre, ext 33363 or email:<cards@cardcentre.adelaide.edu.au>.

Impact Resistant BadgeHolders - Perfect for YourUniversity ID CardCredit card size. Made of impactresistant plastic to protect the cardfrom occasional damage due toimpact, shocks etc. Transparentmaterial. Comes with alligatorclip which holds ID firmly to shirtor coat pocket. Can also be usedwith ID neck cord or chain. IDcard can be removed from holdereasily for inspection into anyaccess control equipment withoutbending or damaging card.

Cost: $3.50 each. Bulk orders -Price on application. Can bepurchased from the Card Centre,Hughes Plaza, ext 33363.

S I T U A T I O N SV A C A N T

NOTICE TO APPLICANTS: Applicants for all positions shouldretain the relevant reference number and watch the “Notice toApplicants” column in the Adelaidean for advice about the filling ofthe position.

The University notifies applicants that the following vacancies forHigher Education Officers (HEO) with the reference numbers asstated have been filled and thanks them for their interest: 1081HEO8, Information Technology Services; 3887 HEO8, Professional& Continuing Education; 4074 HEO7, University Radio 5UV; 3659HEO6, Road Accident Research Unit; 9897 HEO6, Research Branch;6867 HEO4, Student Administration Branch; 1985 HEO3, MedicalEducation Unit; 3382 HEO3, SATAC.

EMPLOYMENT INFORMATION

HUMAN RESOURCES DEADLINES FOR ADELAIDEANFor the Adelaidean of 4 October 1999, advertising paper workmust be received in Human Resources by 17 September 1999.

For the Adelaidean of 18 October 1999, advertising paper workmust be received in Human Resources by 1 October 1999.

G E N E R A LN O T I C E S

For further information about thefollowing vacancies refer toHuman Resources’ Web page at<http://www.adelaide.edu.au/HR/advpos.htm> or the contactperson named in theadvertisement.

Please note that applications,in duplicate, addressing theselection criteria and quoting therelevant reference number shouldinclude names and full addressesof three referees. The address forapplications is C/- theDepartment or Officer named inthe advertisement. Selectioncriteria and applicable dutystatements may be obtainedfrom the contact officernamed in the advertisement.

Applications for the followingvacancies are not restrictedto members of the University.

DIRECTOR, TECHNOLOGYMANAGEMENTMaster of Science and TechnologyCommercialisation

Institute for InformationTechnology andTelecommunications (IITT) andFaculty of Engineering, Computerand Mathematical Sciences

(Ref: 7135)

Salary $71,442 - $78,706

The position is availableimmediately for a period of threeyears. Further details fromProfessor R Coutts, tel (08) 83035075 or 0414 477 766. Theselection criteria from JoanneGroat, tel (08) 8303 3329.Applications close by 1 October1999.

LECTURER/SENIORLECTURER(Ref: 7131) (Tenurable)

Dental School

Salary: $48,435 - $57,518/$59,332- $68,415 + Clinical Loading$7,976

The position is available from 1January 2000. Further detailsfrom Professor A John Spencer,Dental School, tel (08) 8303 5438,fax (08) 8303 4858. Applicationsclose by 30 October 1999.

RESEARCH ASSOCIATE(Ref: 7134)

Dental SchoolFull-time salary: $37,779 - $46,013+ Clinical Loading $7,976

The position is available from 1November 1999 on a 0.6 FTE basisuntil 30 June 2000, in the firstinstance with the possibility offurther renewal. Further detailsmay be obtained from ProfessorAJ Spencer, tel 8303 5438.Applications close by 5 October1999.

TRAINING OFFICER(Ref: 6601)

Information Technology Services

Salary: HEO7 $42,760 - $47,973

This continuing position isavailable immediately. Furtherdetails about the duties of theposition, including a dutystatement and selection criteriamay be obtained from Ms KyJackson, tel 8303 5716.Applications close by 27September 1999.

RADIO PRODUCER, 5UV SAFEDERATION PROJECT(Ref: 7151)

University Radio 5UV

Full-time salary: HEO4 $30,736 - $33,808

This fixed-term position isavailable from mid October for aperiod of six months on a 58.8hours per fortnight basis. Furtherdetails may be obtained fromDeborah Welch, tel 8303 5000.Applications close by 1 October1999.

COMPUTER SYSTEMS CO-ORDINATOR(Ref: 7140)

University Radio 5UV

Full-time salary: HEO4 $30,736 - $33,808

This fixed-term position isavailable from 11 October 1999for a period of twelve months on a36.75 hours per fortnight basis.Further details from DeborahWelch, tel 8303 5000. Applica-tions close by 29 September 1999.

Missed thedeadline?For all the latest news see theonline bulletin boards at<http://online.adelaide.edu.au>available to staff and students ofthe University.

Dental treatment for staff andstudentsEmergency and routine treatment is available at the University’sColgate Australian Clinical Dental Research Centre. Concessions areavailable for holders of University Cards. Set fee first appointments.For appointments ring - 8303 3436. Address: 2nd Floor, AdelaideDental Hospital, Frome Road, Adelaide 5000 (next to MedicalSchool).

Counselling CentreWORKSHOPSImproving Sleep; Developing aLifestyle That Reduces Stressand Worry; Learn DeepRelaxation; The PerfectProcrastinator; OvercomingShyness; Effortless Exams.Lunchtimes - free. Booking on8303 5663 or call in.

DAILY DROP IN SERVICE1.00pm - 2.30pm. Brief consul-tations only. No appointmentrequired.

Ground Floor, Horace LambBuilding

URRBRAE HOUSEEXHIBITION

Until 17 October

AN EXHIBITION OFBRONZE SCULPTURE

Liquid Metal Studios

Open Tuesday - Sunday,10.00am - 4.00pm

Enter from Fullarton Rd,follow 800 metre driveway tocarpark

Observer placesavailable at UNconferenceObserver places will be availableat a major United Nationsconference which will help setthe future of world food tradeand standards: 11 - 15 October,Sofitel Hotel, Melbourne.

The events would be relevant tothose with an interest ininternational trade, law, aid anddevelopment as well as foodtechnology, agriculturalresearch and related UN issues.

Details: <http://www.fao.org/events/default.htm>. Allobservers/visits are required topre-register for the conference:<codex.contact@affa.gov.au>.

SEPTEMBER 20, 1999 Bulletin Board, PAGE 3

C O U N C I LN E W S

FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES MEDICAL SCHOOL

Call for Nominations

The Alice Davey AwardThe Alice Davey Award has been established for the purpose offostering the development of research in the field of Sudden InfantDeath Syndrome in memory of Alice Grace Davey who died ofSudden Infant Death Syndrome in 1994.

• The Award consists of a medal and a monetary award, the annual value of which is subject to the availability of funds as determined by the Medical School, Faculty of Health Sciences.

• The successful recipient shall be the individual who has contributed the most meritorious recognised scholarly work relevant to SIDS research or who is deemed to have the potential to make a significant contribution to the field of SIDS research.

• Individuals who are, or who were at the time of undertaking the research, a student, staff member or title holder of the University of Adelaide, shall be eligible to apply.

• Nominations are called for annually by the Medical School, Faculty of Health Sciences and the closing date for the Award is 8 October.

• Nominees will be required to provide a brief statement outlining the significance of the research contribution, or potential contribution, to the advancement of knowledge in the field of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.

Please foward Nominations and supporting documentation to: MrsStella Richards, Committee Secretary (Medicine), Medical SchoolOffice, University of Adelaide, Australia 5005 by 8 October 1999.

A copy of the rules is available on request.

FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES RESEARCH COMMITTEE

Undergraduate MedicalResearch Vacation Scholarshipsfor 1999-2000The University of Adelaide offers Vacation Scholarships to provideundergraduate students with an opportunity to participate inmedical research projects. These projects are to be carried outduring the summer vacation. The Scholarships are tenable up to amaximum of eight weeks during the vacation. The stipend will be$150 per week. The final 2 weeks payment will be made only afterthe receipt of a satisfactory report in the form of a short, scientificcommunication (including an abstract). In addition, awardeeswould be expected to give a verbal presentation within theDepartment or on a Faculty-organised basis.*

Projects can be carried out in University Departments, the IMVS andaffiliated hospitals which provide appropriate facilities. They are tobe supervised by an appropriate research worker or clinician who isrequired to supply a written agreement regarding his/her ability andwillingness to provide the necessary supervision.

ELIGIBILITY

The Scholarships are open to undergraduate students of theUniversity of Adelaide. Applicants should have successfullycompleted at least two years of their course at the time thescholarship commences.

All arrangements for acceptance and supervision by a Universitydepartment must be made by the applicant who may only hold onescholarship at any one time. As a rule, the project will be undertakenindividually; however, consideration will be given to applicants whomay elect to work in pairs on a particular project if such anarrangement has the approval of the relevant Head of Department.

PARTICIPATING DEPARTMENTS

The Vacation Scholarships may support Medical Research in thefollowing Departments: Anaesthesia & Intensive Care, AnatomicalSciences, Biochemistry, Clinical & Experimental Pharmacology,Clinical Nursing, Dental School, General Practice, Genetics,Medicine, Microbiology & Immunology, Obstetrics & Gynaecology,Orthopaedics & Trauma, Paediatrics, Pathology, Physiology,Psychiatry, Psychology, Public Health and Surgery and any otherdepartments undertaking biomedical research.

For further information and application procedures contact MrsStella Richards, 8303 5274. Completed applications should beaddressed to: Mrs Stella Richards, Committee Secretary (Medicine),Faculty of Health Sciences Research Committee, Medical School,University of Adelaide, Australia 5005

CLOSING DATE

Applications will close at the Medical School Office on Thursday 14October at 4 pm.

* It is the supervisor’s responsibility to affirm that the student hasgiven or will give this presentation.

PUBLIC HEALTH - 2000• GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN PUBLIC HEALTH• MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH• DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

The Department of Public Health at the University of Adelaide offersa multi-disciplinary postgraduate program in Public Health toprepare graduates for careers in public health or to broaden thepublic health orientation of the current work of those withestablished careers.

The teaching aims to stimulate students to think creatively about thedistribution and causes of health and illness in populations, andabout policies and practices which support and improve the healthof the public.

• The Graduate Diploma in Public Health consists of course work and can be completed in one year of full-time study or two years of part-time study.

• The Master of Public Health consists of course work and a substantial thesis or a dissertation and can be completed in two years of full-time study or four years of part-time study.

Applicants to these two courses may have a degree in any disciplinerelevant to public health. In exceptional circumstances, personswithout degrees but with significant experience may be considered.

Within each award, it is possible to specialise in policy, healthpromotion, ethics and law, environmental health, or epidemiologyand biostatistics.

• The Doctor of Philosophy is available to students who have qualified, at a high level, for an honours degree or equivalent at an Australian University, and who satisfy the department’s expectations. Exemptions to the usual academic requirements may sometimes be made on the basis of appropriate experience.

For further details and application forms, please contact Ms PeggieChu-Clark, Department of Public Health, University of Adelaide,Australia 5005, telephone (08) 8303 3572, or facsimile (08) 82234075 or e-mail <pchuclark@medicine.adelaide.edu.au>.Applications for the 2000 courses close on Friday November 12 1999.

World Wide Web URL: <http://www.health.adelaide.edu.au/PublicHealth/>.

STUDIES IN OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH & SAFETY

The Department also offers a graduate program in OccupationalHealth & Safety Management, on-campus and in distance mode.Enquires should be directed to Dr Richie Gun on (08) 8303 3561 orDr Dino Pisaniello on (08) 8303 3571.

Council Election: 30November 1999As the result of the retirement ofMr David Williams, nomina-tions for election to fill a casualvacancy on the UniversityCouncil, for a member electedby the General Staff of the Uni-versity to serve for the period 1January 2000 to 5 March 2001,are now being called.

Council members elected by theGeneral Staff are themselvesrequired to be members of theGeneral Staff.

A nomination must be made onthe prescribed form, and mustreach the Returning Officer atthe University before 12 noonFriday 22 October 1999. Fornomination forms and furtherinformation call 830 35871.

All continuing/contract GeneralStaff of the University areeligible to vote in elections ofCouncil members by theGeneral Staff.

REX HANNEYReturning Officer

RESIDENTIALTUTORS andSCHOLARSHIPSApplications are invited foreight Residential Tutorpositions and for Scholarshipsat St Ann’s College in 2000.

Residential Tutors are expectedto offer academic and socialleadership and pastoral care to150 male and female studentsfrom all three universities.Tutors also provide someadministrative services outsideoffice hours.

Scholarships for remission ofup to half fees are available foroutstanding undergraduate andgraduate students resident inthe College.

Applications for the aboveshould be sent to the Principalby 5 October 1999.

Details: Principal’s Secretary, StAnn’s College Inc, 187Brougham Place, NorthAdelaide, SA 5006. Tel: (08)8267 1478, fax (08) 8267 1903,email: <stanns@senet.com.au>,web site: <http://www.adelaide.edu.au/St_Anns/>.

NB: An Information Evening about these programs will be heldFriday October 15 1999 from 5.30pm to 7.00pm in the SeminarRoom, Level 6, Bice Building, Royal Adelaide Hospital. Intendingapplicants are encouraged to attend.

This new column is to inform the University community aboutCouncil’s business and will be published in the Adelaidean after eachCouncil meeting.

Council met on 13 September and:

• approved arrangements for an election by the General Staff to fill a casual vacancy on Council that will follow from the retirement of David Williams in December

• noted various matters reported for information by the Vice-Chancellor, in particular regarding

- DETYA’s Profile Team’s recent visit to the University for annual discussions and its assurance that our medical student intake will not be cut as a result of the new medical school in North Queensland

- developments concerning the Santos School of Petroleum Engineering, including overseas interest

- the University’s recent success in this year’s round of ARC IREX grants

• endorsed, for the guidance of Council members, and subject to further refinement, guidelines for dealing with conflicts of interest

• approved University Budget Preliminary Estimates for 2000, and a general Budget policy for 2000-2002 (the Budget will be released to the University community shortly)

• endorsed an outline of themes and broad strategies for the Univer-sity’s activities over the next five years, as a basis for developing the Operational Plan for 2000-2004

• received a presentation on a proposed new visual identity to assist in the building of an excellent local, national and international profile.

The Council agenda, non-confidential minutes and reports to Councilfrom senior managers are available to staff at <http://www.adelaide.edu.au/secretariat/council/1999/meetings.htm>.

Research Grants & Fellowships

The following is a list of grant, fellow-ship and other research fundingschemes available for application. Adetailed electronic version of thislisting (Update: Research), togetherwith guidelines and applications forsome of the major schemes, areavailable at: <http://www.adelaide.edu.au/RB/>. For hard copyapplication forms and guidelines forthe funding schemes listed contact theResearch Branch, ext 35137; or email<renae.minerds@adelaide.edu.au>.Sponsored Programs InformationNetwork (SPIN): SPIN Australia - A data-base containing current and comprehensiveinformation on over 2,600 government andprivate funding opportunities. SPIN web siteis accessible via the Research Branch web site.

Australian Greenhouse Office -Expressions of Interest: HouseholdGreenhouse Action Grants: Internalclosing date: 20 Sept 1999. Web site:<http://www.greenhouse.gov.au>.

National Human Genome ResearchInstitute, USA: NIGMS - EvolutionaryMechanisms in Infectious Diseases -Grants: Internal closing date: 20 Sept 1999.Web site: <http://www.grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-99-147.html>.

Rural Industries Research & Develop-ment Corp - Research Grants (various):Internal closing date: 20 Sept 1999. Web site:<http://www.rirdc.gov.au>.

Alzheimer’s Disease and RelatedDisorders Association of Australia -1999 Dementia Research Grants:Internal closing date: 23 Sept 1999.

Aust Academy of Science - MaxwellRalph Jacobs Fund 2000: Internal closingdate: 23 Sept 1999. Web: <http://www.science.org.au/awards/awards.htm>.

Australian Institute of Nuclear Scienceand Engineering Inc - 2000 SeriesAINSE Grants : Internal closing date: 23Sept 1999. Web site: <http://www.ansto.gov.au/ainse/ainse1.html>.

Canadian High Commission • Canada-Asia-Pacific Award in

Canadian Studies (CAPA) • Faculty Enrichment Program (FEP)• Faculty Research Program (FRP)Internal closing date: 23 Sept 1999. Web site:<www.uq.edu.au/~entkhoo/index.html >.

Dried Fruits Research & DevelopmentCouncil - Call for R&D Project Applica-tions: Internal closing date: 23 Sept 1999.

Grains Research & Development Corp -Conference Support 1999-2000:Closing date: 23 Sept 1999. Web: <http://www.grdc.com.au/ info-paper/grinfo.htm>.

Grains Research & Development Corp -Travel/Conference Attendance 1999-2000: Internal closing date: 23 Sept 1999(for the 6 months January 2000 to June 2000).Web site: <http://www.grdc.com.au>.

Practical Experiences in ProfessionalEducation Inc - Seeding Grants: Internalclosing date: 23 Sept 1999.

Clive & Vera Ramaciotti Foundations -Travel Awards: Internal closing dates: 23Sept & 17 Dec 1999.

Royal Society of NSW - 1999Edgeworth David Medal & ClarkeMedal: Internal closing date: 23 Sept 1999.

Prostate Cancer Foundation ofAustralia - Travel Grants: Internal closingdates: 24 Sept 1999 & 23 March 2000

Sugar Research & DevelopmentCorporation - Preliminary ProjectPropsals: Internal closing date: 24 Sept 1999

The Commonwealth Fund - HarknessFellowships in Health Care Policy2000/2001: Internal closing date: 24 Sept1999. Web site: <http://www.cmwf.org>.

Australian Academy of Science -Scientific Visits to Europe in 2000-2001: Internal closing date: 24 Sept 1999.Web site: <http://www.science.org.au/internat/exchange/eurovis.htm>.

Pig Research & Development Corp -Postdoctoral Research Scholarships:Internal closing date: 24 September 1999.Training & Development Awards:Internal closing dates: 24 Sept 1999.

Scholarships

Unless otherwise stated, informationand applications are available from theStudent Information Office, Level 4,Wills Building, or call ext 33044/35697/35271. Please lodge all appli-cations with the Student InformationOffice unless otherwise stated.Anti-Cancer Foundation SA VacationScholarship 1999/2000: Open toundergraduates who have completed at leasttwo years of their course and who areinterested in participating in research projectsdirectly related to cancer. Tenable for 6-8weeks at universities, teaching hospitals orresearch institutes during summer vacation.Value: $150 pw. Further details available.Closing: 24 September (ACF)

Adelaide Summer Research Scholar-ships: Available for students to undertake aresearch project for six weeks during the1999/2000 summer vacation at the Universityof Adelaide. They are to encourage advancedundergraduate students to considerundertaking postgraduate study leading to acareer involving research. Value: $900 +allowance for interstate students. Applicationsavailable on request or from the website at<http://www.adelaide.edu.au/ GSSO>.Closing: 15 October (SIO)

Canadian Travel Grants: Value: $A2,800for Masters or Doctoral candidates enrolled atan Australian university engaged in researchinto Canadian studies to undertake researchtrips to Canada. Closing: 30 September(ACT)

Coral Sea Scholarship 2000: Open toAustralian citizens with relevant businessexperience wishing to visit the USA toinvestigate a problem or development relevantto Australian business or industry; andcontribute to Australian-American relations.Value: $A3,000p/m for up to three monthsplus travel allowance. Information &applications only from Fulbright website:<http://sunsite.anu.edu.au/education/fulbright>. Closing: 30 September (Canberra)

Dairy Research and DevelopmentCorporation Postgraduate Scholarships

2000: Applications available forPostgraduate Awards for research degreesleading to a PhD in a wide range ofdisciplines, including dairy manufacturing,farm research, industry analysis andagricultural extension. Priority is given toresearch degrees relevant to areas of majorDRDC programs where there are shortages of trained people. Closing: 25 October (SIO)

Fulbright Awards 2000 to study in theUSA: Postgraduate awards available to under-take an American higher degree or engage inresearch towards an Australian higher degreein any field of study. Postdoctoral Awards toundertake study/research for 3 to 12 months.Senior Scholars Awards for senior scholarsand professionals of academically based pro-fessions to visit the USA for 3 to 6 months.Professional Awards for practitioners in anyfield who have a record of achievement andare poised for advancement to a seniormanagement or policy roles. Information &application forms available only fromFulbright website: <http://sunsite.anu.edu.au/education/fulbright>.

Gastroenterological Society of Australia- Postgraduate Research Scholarships:Open to medical or science graduates under35 years of age, wishing to gain full-timeresearch training in clinical or basic sciencesrelated to gastroenterology and hepatology,while enrolled in MD or PhD. Formsavailable from GESA, tel: (02) 9256 5417, fax:(02) 9241 4586, email: RI@racp.edu.auClosing: 1 October (NSW)

Maxwell Ralph Jacobs Fund: Available tosupport projects in or related to Australasia inany field of forestry science, includingoverseas travel. Enquiries to Janice Warren(02) 6281 3992 or Faye Nicholas (02) 62475777. Applications may be downloaded from<www.science.org.au/awards/awards/htm>.Closing: 30 September (ACT)

Royal Society of NSW: The Society iswiling to publish abstracts (max 500 words)of MSc, MA or PhD theses in its bi-annualJournal. Fee: $25 per abstract. Furtherdetails from Mrs M Krysko v. Tryst, RoyalSociety of NSW, PO Box 1525, MacquarieCentre, NSW 2113.

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A N D O T H E R F U N D I N G S C H E M E S

R E S E A R C H A N D S C H O L A R S H I P S

Research Branch UpdateNotice to holders of Australian ResearchCouncil (ARC) Large Research Grants 1998 fundingAdvice has now been received in Research Branchthat requests to carry unspent funds forward from1998 to 1999 has been approved.

Should you have any queries please contact VadaOsborn on extension 33387 or email<vada.osborn@ adelaide.edu.au>.

CSIRO DIVISION OF HUMAN NUTRITIONAND THE UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDECollaborative Grants Program 2000The University of Adelaide and CSIRO Division ofHuman Nutrition are offering $100,000 betweenthem, to encourage collaborative research projectsbetween members of the two agencies as well asindustry or international collaboration. Linkswith international research institutes in food,nutrition and health are strongly encouraged,particularly in the Asia Pacific region. Projectswith the potential to lead to more significantresearch programs that would have the capacity toattract external funding and support from the foodindustry are also strongly encouraged.

An amount of up to $20,000 for one year will beawarded to successful applicants.

The application proforma is available on theResearch Branch web site: <http://www.adelaide.edu.au/RB/>.

Closing Date: 11 October 1999. Enquiries: DanielaDe Nichilo, tel 8303 5051; fax 8303 3700, email:<daniela.denichilo@adelaide.edu.au>.

Recently the Department of ChemicalEngineering approached Luminis forassistance in finding an industry partnerto assist with some filtrationexperiments.

An approach was made to Dr TimCooper at the Coopers Brewery.

It is not possible at this time to detailthe specific technology, however the netresult was an offer of space in thebrewing cellar for the apparatus, theprovision of 1000 litres of un-filteredbeer, and the assignment of two fourthyear students and one post grad for afour week stint to conduct the tests.

Concerned about the students’ “well-being”, Business Development ManagerPaul Szuster paid a visit to theKensington establishment earlier thismonth. The three students were found in the depths of the brewingcellar busy taking samples and puttingthem to the test.

The Production Manager, Mr NickSterenberg (pictured with, from left toright, postgraduate, Maria Marquez,and students Simon Hunt and Morgan

Hutt) reported that the students werediligent, focused, self-motivated—andsober.

Glowing compliments are verysatisfying, and the three representativesof the Chemical EngineeringDepartment are to be congratulated for

being such good ambassadors.

In conclusion we must thank themanagement of Coopers Brewery fortheir support of this particular project.

PAUL SZUSTERBusiness Development Manager

Luminis

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