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ADELAIDEANVol 8 No 12 JULY 26, 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 Voice: Adelaide and Elizabeth3 Premier’s Scholarship Winner in thefast lane8INSIDE

Celebrating

125years1874-1999

Value-adding pigs: slurry with a boost on topRESEARCHERS at the University ofAdelaide are aiming to turn a seriousenvironmental problem into anopportunity for value-adding.

A team from the Department ofAgronomy and Farming Systems—DrIan Nuberg, Chris Penfold andStephen Mylius—is investigating howpig slurry can be used more effectivelyto enrich soil and boost crop yields.The three-year project is being fundedby the Pig Research and DevelopmentCorporation.Dr Nuberg said pig farmers currentlydisposed of effluent—which is high innitrogen—by spreading it onpaddocks, but much of the fertiliservalue was lost to the atmosphere. “The first phase of the project atRoseworthy is investigating whetherdeep injection of pig slurry into the soilwith a para-plough will prevent theloss of nitrogen to the atmosphere,boost protein levels in wheat, barleyand canola, and improve yields,” hesaid. “Early results have shown that theinjection method can almost doubleyield over surface application.“But our real interest is in how muchof the nutrients from one year ’sapplication is carried over intosubsequent years.”The field crop aspect of the research isbeing conducted on three hectares ofland at Roseworthy, with the area

divided into three sub-subplots withvarying application rates. Dr Nuberg said the second phase ofthe project was a horticultural triallooking at the effects of variousdilutions of pig effluent on thevegetative growth and quality of olivesand fodder crops.The overall concept is to design anintegrated horticultural and croppingsystem that could be annexed to apiggery on a mixed farm. Dr Nuberg said if the research resultsproved that using pig effluentproduced high value, high proteincrops there would be an opportunityfor pig farmers to diversify and value-add.“If we find this works, then what wasonce a disposal problem could becomea source of high value adding and anopportunity to integrate with otherenterprises,” he said.“While some pig farmers might not beinterested in field crops they may haveenough land to put in an orchardwhich would give them more economicstability.”

—Anne CopePeter Fuller & Associates

From left to right: Researchers Chris Penfold, Ian Nuberg and Stephen Mylius —pig slurry could beused to improve olive crops. Photo courtesy of Ian Nuberg.

(This is an edited version of an articlethat appears in the latest publication ofthe Faculty of Agricultural andNatural Resource Sciences).

New course a launch padTHE UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE isteaming up with the Regency Institute ofTAFE to respond to forecasts of 300%growth in the South Australian foodsector over the next 10 years.

Part of the response is theintroduction of a new Bachelor of FoodTechnology and Management degreeto be taught between the twoinstitutions.Dr Andreas Klieber, a Senior Lecturerat the University’s Department ofHorticulture, Viticulture andOeneology, said the course would playan important role in keeping up withcommunity expectations of foodmanufacturing. “Consumers are demanding new andinnovative food products to provideconvenience in their busy lives,” hesaid.

“At the same time, they want to beassured that the food they eat is safe.”The new degree course will provide alaunch pad for careers in areas such asfood product development, food qualitymanagement, food processingoperations, emerging legislation,market analysis, food promotion andinternational marketing. The University of Adelaide will bringto the course its skill and expertise infood-related sciences, humannutrition, management and foodmarketing.The Regency Institute of TAFE willprovide training in applied foodscience, technology and processing. Enrolments are now being accepted forthe course, which will start next year.

—John Drislane

Pig slurry adds value. Photo: Brenton Edwards.

PM’s Council appointmentTHE UNIVERSITY of Adelaide’sProfessor of Oenology, Peter Høj, hasbeen appointed to the Prime Minister’sScience, Engineering and InnovationCouncil.

Professor Høj, a biochemist and plantmolecular biologist, holds theAustralian Wine Industry Chair ofOenology and is Director of theAustralian Wine Research Institute.He has been appointed a member ofthe Council in a personal capacity.

Chaired by the Prime Minister, MrHoward, the Prime Minister’s Science,Engineering and Innovation Council isthe Government’s principal source ofadvice on issues in science,engineering and technology, and

relevant aspects of education andtraining.

Professor Høj said he viewed hismembership of the Council as a veryimportant task.

“Hopefully, I can help instigatestrategies which will maximise thesocial and economic benefits thatAustralia can derive from researchand development,” he said.

He said that “strengthening the nexusbetween the science and itsapplication is an important driver inthe quest for enhanced funding forbasic and strategic research in boththe public and private sector”.

—David Washington

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MEDICAL EDUCATION IN THE MILLENNIUM: TOWARDS A SEAMLESS MEDICAL EDUCATIONMedical education is unique andcomplex. Although sharing manysimilarities with other areas of highereducation, it has certain featureswhich make it distinct: clinicalteaching at the bedside, acute socialand emotional pressures, ahierarchical structure and a strongprofessional culture coupled with anexceptionally high workload.As the year 2000 fast approaches, thetime is ripe to look towards the futureof medical education in the newmillennium. How should we preparedoctors who can serve the needs of thenext century?Flexner’s reforms in North America atthe end of the last century led to anemphasis on the sciences as the basis ofmedicine and essentially dictated thepathway for medical education for the20th century. Whilst a landmarkachievement in many ways, an inte-grated education did not follow, and theoutcome was a clear separationbetween the basic and clinical sciences.The typical medical degree was a basicscience course followed by variousclinical attachments with learning verymuch centred on the teacher. As acentenary-year graduate of the Univer-sity of Adelaide, my own undergrad-uate education reflected this model.However, the need for a new paradigmin medical education has becomeevident in recent decades. Someimportant issues stand out in my mindas I reflect on my medical under-graduate and junior doctor years.The rapidity of growth in newknowledge and the importance oflifelong learning have become criticalissues. As I started my internship at

The Queen ElizabethHospital, CT scans wererelatively new andhospitals around townhad yet to experience asroutine the marvels ofmagnetic resonanceimaging to be revealedin the future. Cases of a new diseasecalled AIDS were starting to bedescribed in medical journals but hadyet to reach standard textbooks andcertainly not the staggering level ofpublic consciousness that we now know.Same-day surgery was unknown, withthe advances in surgical andanaesthetic techniques that now makekeyhole surgery a common event yet tobe developed. The concepts of genetherapy and molecular medicine wereunreachable dreams rather than atangible reality. The world wide web,CD ROM and tele-education as modesof delivery of educational materialswere a futuristic pipedream. Manymore examples spring to mind fromevery medical discipline imaginable.As new knowledge expandsexponentially on every front, old“truths” become obsolete.For medical education at all levels thereis a need for a true continuum of learn-ing: a seamless, lifelong learning inorder to adapt to this dynamicenvironment. Extensive educationalresearch and development have led tomajor changes in medical curriculaworldwide, cognitive and constructivisttheories of learning have changed ourconcepts of how learning can occur,research has enhanced knowledge onthe development of medical expertise,and new practices have been developedfor skills training and the assessment

of clinical competence.Despite these advances,we still have a long wayto go to achieve the goalof a “seamlesseducation”.I well remember thefirst day of “real”

medicine as a student with my peersin third year starting a clinicalattachment for the first time. Therewas a real gulf between the knowledgewe had and the ability to access anduse it in this environment. The gulfbetween translating and applyingtheoretical knowledge into a clinicalpatient interaction still exists formedical students today.While the months after graduation areamong the most demanding andexciting in the career of a doctor, thejunior doctor years have for a long time“fallen between the cracks” in terms ofeducation, being neither the domain ofthe university nor the domain of thepostgraduate colleges. Enormousprogress has been made in recent timesin an effort to rectify this situation;however the delivery of consistent, highquality education in the clinicalenviroment often remains elusive.Medical education must be firmlybased in professional clinical practicebut, ironically, a critical barrier toteaching and learning in the clinicalsetting is the inherent tension betweenthe need to provide clinical service andthe desire for ongoing education.Clinical experience is declining for all,with shorter patient hospital stays andincreasing medical specialisation.Doctors are busier than ever withincreasing and competing demands on

their time from every quarter. Despitean increased understanding anddemand for better training, there is alack of robust mechanisms to ensureobjectives are achieved.Of paramount importance is the needto clearly identify and protect fundsfor medical education. In the UK, thenettle has already been grasped in thisarea with defined funds allocateddirectly to clinical teaching. InAustralia, this thorny issue appears tobe in the “too hard” basket where itwill remain unless there is extensivelobbying from universities and otherkey stakeholders.Forward-thinking education is lookingto integrated, student-centredapproaches where clinical exposure ismultifaceted, controlled andcoordinated.The “skills centre” approach hasincreasingly become an importantlearning resource for undergraduateand also postgraduate medical andnurse education. A skills centre is afacility in which both students andqualified staff can learn, develop andrefresh skills to specified levels ofcompetence. Such skills range acrosshistory taking and physicalexamination, communication skills,practical and procedural skills, as wellas a range of information technologyskills. Patients may include both realand simulated patients, with peopletrained to portray clinical problems, ormodels, mannekins and othersimulations providing a safe, realisticand nonthreatening way of masteringthese skills in a controlled andmonitored way.

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byDr Elizabeth O’DriscollHead, Clinical Education

Development Unit, NWAHSClinical Studies Advisor,University of Adelaide

FROM NEAR AND FARCelebrating

125years

Patricia Een was born in Wiltshire, Englandand moved with her parents to Adelaide in1927. She was educated at Presbyterian GirlsCollege, now Seymour College. She attendedTeachers’ College for two years, leaving in1942 to marry. As Patricia Sprigg, shegraduated BA in 1943, topping that year inPolitical Science. She worked in the HistorySchool in 1945 and 1946 under ProfessorPortus, reading essays and lecturing inHistory 1. In 1948 she left South Australia forLondon, where she worked for Futuremagazine and read law at Lincoln’s Inn. Shemoved to Sweden in 1951 to remarry. Herhusband Gillis Een has been a TechnicalDirector of Alfa-Laval, Science Counsellor atthe Swedish Embassy in London 1982-1984and lastly consultant in Biotechnology untilretiring. They have two daughters, Kristinaand Anne Marie, and 3 grandchildren.Patrician Een has been particularly engagedwith her husband in their joint consultingcompany, and has also taught English toadult groups. Now happily retired, they traveloften to southern Europe and ferventlysupport the European Union (EU).

When I was asked to contribute somelines to the Adelaidean a phrase froma well-known Swedish student songsprang immediately into my mind. Ittranslates roughly as “Let’s sing ofhappy student days”. This is indicativeof my recollections—they were happydays, despite war and consequentrestrictions.The University of the early nineteen-

forties had a very special atmosphereand composition. A large percentageof young male students had joined theforces, except those training forprofessions essential to the war effort.It was a small university. This, I think,made for a comradeship which mighthave been less diversified otherwise.We had friendships outside our ownfaculties. I owe a tremendous debt tomy own friends from that epoch of mylife—Kath Woodroofe, Reg Sprigg,Jean Whyte, Joan Holland-Breweramong others—some tragically nolonger with us.The age composition and warrestrictions also gave women studentsa chance to be both heard and seen ina new way. It made it easier to comenearer our professors and lecturers. Itreasure memories particularly ofProfessors Portus, JIM Stewart andDouglas Mawson. They were entirelydifferent personalities but giants intheir own way.The “absence” of a generation, bothamong students and staff, gaveincredible opportunities to some newgraduates. I think of Bruce Williams,Roma Williams and of myself. Therewere certainly others. Havinggraduated creditably we were taken onalmost immediately as lecturers andtutors. What a boost and a start in lifewhich our children and grandchildrencan envy us.I have painted a picture of an idyll. Ofcourse it wasn’t so. There weretensions within the University whichone cannot ignore even in restrospect.

These were highlighted by the fears ofa Japanese invasion, by the sorrowcaused by the death of friends onservice in Europe and the Pacific, bythe interest in other political systemsaroused by having Soviet Russia as awar ally. There were strong Left andRight wing groups within theUniversity and animosity culminatedin the Max Harris incidents. Whateverour political views I feel that todaymost of us can only deplore theseepisodes.From Sweden, where I have lived since

1951, I cannot assess the Adelaide andthe University of today. I can onlyexpress my gratitude for the trainingand the values with which it endowedme, and for the friendships it gave methe chance to cultivate. I believe thatthese war years held special opportun-ities. If there are possibilities torecreate something of this atmosphereof intimacy and opportunity, by scalingdown the size and anonymity of largemodern universities, I cannot judge.The world has moved on, and we mustdo so with it.

Patricia Een: happy days at University. Photo courtesy of Mrs Een.

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Adelaide and Elizabeth

We sometimes take for granted theaccess we have to wonderful events likethe Festival of Ideas, held recently in andaround the University of Adelaide. It’s arare and exciting job that gives you suchopportunities to listen to, and engagewith, some of the most creative thinkersin the world.

University people (students, alumni andstaff), in our busy and highly focusedlives, tend to overlook the privilege andrichness of our situation. Many people,of course, don’t have our opportunities orelse they can’t conceive that suchopportunities could be open to them.Maybe we have inadvertently putbarriers in their way.

The Equity Outreach project, describedin the last Adelaidean, is working withstudents in some northern Adelaidesuburbs around Elizabeth to understandhow to remove these barriers andincrease university participation instudents from so-called “low socio-economic” backgrounds.

Our performance in attracting studentsfrom these backgrounds has not beengood, despite the fact that those studentswho do find their way here perform aswell as any others. So I have beenencouraged and inspired by reports fromthe project team about how we canencourage more of these students to cometo the University of Adelaide.

The good news is that, despite a lack ofknowledge about the University, theteam has discovered a relatively highdegree of parental and peer support foruniversity study. Students are generallyprepared to talk to their parents aboutuniversity study and many parentsbelieve university is important.However, the team’s findings also showthat significant barriers exist, such as alack of knowledge about university athome, a lack of confidence and financialand geographic obstacles.

How do we tackle these problems? For astart, we have to build knowledge of theUniversity by providing accessiblematerial and an ongoing human presencein “low SES” schools. We need a presencein those communities where theUniversity of Adelaide is largelyunknown.

Perhaps the concept of mentoring, whichhas created excellent results in ourScience Faculty, should be extended.University students can play a reallypositive role in helping to educate andinspire school students (many studentsplay such a role already). Knowingsomeone at uni can build confidence andease the fears of the prospective student.

We gain nothing from performing badlyin low-SES areas. In fact, the evidencesuggests we are losing the opportunity toharness the talents of a significantproportion of our community.

We are indeed privileged at theUniversity of Adelaide to have access togreat resources, great ideas, inspiringpeople and a culturally rich environment.I hope the Equity Outreach program canbe the beginning of a new era when ourriches can be more equally shared acrossthe community.

MARY O’KANE

UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDEcompany Camtech has opened itsMalaysian-based office and hasannounced a new business in thecountry.

To mark a renewed push intoMalaysia, Camtech recentlyofficially opened its office in KualaLumpur, where it employs eightpeople including Camtech regionalmanager South East Asia, ChrisHill.The company also announced thelaunch of the Java LearningCentre, a leading IT educationcentre based at Malaysia’s largestScience and Technology university,Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM).Camtech won the contract to set upand operate the centre through itspartnership with UPM, which isalso closely associated withCamtech’s 100 percent shareholder,the University of Adelaide.Through the Java Learning Centre,Camtech will deliver the latestcomputer programming skills tomore than 800 of the university’s

staff and students over the next twoyears.The launch of Camtech’s office andthe Java Learning Centre wasattended by Malaysia’s Minister ofEnergy Communication andMultimedia, Dato Leo Moggie,Australian High Commissioner forMalaysia, Robert Cotton, Camtechchief executive officer, Bruce Linn,University of Adelaide Vice-Chancellor, Professor Mary O’Kane,as well as more than 20 mediarepresentatives.“I’m pleased to see Camtech expand-ing its involvement in Malaysia,particularly through the educationsector,” Professor O’Kane said.“The University of Adelaide has agrowing relationship with UPMand technology plays anincreasingly important role ineducation at the highest level.”Apart from its training services, thecompany sees a vibrant market forits E-Commerce solution and plansto open a Payment Gateway inMalaysia within the next six

months.Camtech chief executive officerBruce Linn said the company waswell placed to take advantage of thefresh outlook in Asia.“In the last two visits to Asia, I havenoticed a palpable change in thebusiness atmosphere. The feeling onthe street, where it all happens, ismuch more positive,” he said.“Having made the investment inthe region when the market wasflat, we are well positioned to growthe business rapidly now. We are ontrack for 40 percent revenue growthby the year 2000.”Camtech is a leading SouthAustralian IT company that hasachieved much success in thedelivery of its E-CommercePayment Gateway solution whichallows secure credit cardtransactions over the Internet.With most of the nation’s majorbanks using its technology,Camtech claims to hold more than60 percent of the payment gatewaysoftware market in Australia.

UPM learning link for Camtech

It’s our Uni - and it’s Open!WANT to know how ourengineers designed theflame for the OlympicTorch? Want to seeindigenous music per-formed at a Bush Barbecue?Want to follow the ScienceTrail and become anAdelaide science cadet?

All this and more will beon show at Open Day atthe University of Ade-laide’s North Terracecampus, Sunday 1August.In its 125th anniversaryyear the University isinviting the people ofAdelaide to join in thecelebrations and learnhow the University hasplayed a major role inSouth Australia for thepast 125 years.To promote the event,colourful banners aredisplayed along KingWilliam Street, and buseshave been carrying themessage about Open Daysince mid-June. In a new initiative, theVice-Chancellor hasinvited school captains tojoin her and theUniversity’s studentleaders in a “getting toknow you” function overcoffee and cake in theWills Refectory at thestart of Open DayFor those interested instudying at Adelaide,details of all courses willbe available at the Career

& Course Expo inBonython Hall, the “onestop shop” for courseinformation.

Tours of the campus, theBarr Smith Library andthe University’s manyvenues and facilities willalso be available, whileFaculty displays show-case the diverse activitiesin which the University isengaged.There is also a varied

entertainment programprovided by the Faculty ofPerforming Arts and bythe Adelaide UniversityUnion, with bands in theCloisters and on theHughes Plaza.

And there will be noshortage of food and drinkaround campus.

Equinox, the GalleryCoffee shop and the MayoRefectory in the UnionBuilding will be open,

with other food availableon the Goodman CrescentLawns, the Walter YoungLawns and in the MedicalSchool.

Meanwhile, RoseworthyCampus will hold anInformation Day onFriday, 30 July, with theWaite Campus Open Dayon Wednesday, 4 August.Contact 8303 7910(Roseworthy) or 83037337 (Waite).

Staff from the Vice-Chancellor’s Office get into the spirit of Open Day with one of the colourful bannersprepared for the University’s perimeter fences. L to R: Rosalyn Chardon, Pue-San Ng and Amy Mikhail.Photo: David Ellis.

THE DEPARTMENT OFHISTORY is celebrating the 125thanniversary of the University ofAdelaide with a series of publiclectures to be presented by threedistinguished historians.

They are: Professor Dick Geary(University of Nottingham); DrPaul Hammer (Queen Eliza-beth II Australian ResearchFellow); and Professor W

Wesley Pue (University ofBritish Columbia).10 AugustProfessor Dick Geary: Votingfor Hitler. The Peculiarity ofGerman Politics?17 AugustProfessor W Wesley Pue: Lawfor the Beaver and theKangaroo: Inscribing British-ness in Canada and Australia

14 SeptemberDr Paul Hammer: ThinkingAbout Virginity: Reading andWriting about ElizabethanEngland.

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Deputy Vice-Chancellor(Research) resignsPROFESSOR ROSS MILBOURNE, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), hasresigned from the University of Adelaide effective as of 14 January 2000.Professor Milbourne, who was formerly a Professor of Economics at theUniversity of New South Wales, is the Chair of the Australian ResearchCouncil, Research Grants Committee. His resignation is timed to coincidewith the end of his term as Chair of that Committee.Professor Milbourne said he had enjoyed working at the University ofAdelaide and believed that it had a very strong future.He was unable to comment on his future plans at the moment but addedthat “it is an interesting time in both higher education and global economicsat present”.The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Mary O’Kane, thanked Professor Milbournefor his contribution to the continuing development of the University’sresearch performance. She also commended his contribution to the nationalresearch scene.The University has begun a search for a replacement for ProfessorMilbourne.

CONTRACT RESEARCH will bethe focus of an important staffforum at the University ofAdelaide on 30 July.

The forum at the HughesLecture Theatre (noon-1pm) hasbeen called to discuss ideas forboosting the University’s incomefrom research activities.The Deputy Vice-Chancellor(Research), Professor RossMilbourne, will give apresentation outlining some ofthe major issues involved,including possible implicationsof the recent Green Paper onHigher Education Research andResearch Training.In a staff circular earlier this

month, the Vice-Chancellor,Professor Mary O’ Kane, said theUniversity needed to boost itsdiscretionary income if it was toachieve sustainable salaryincreases for staff.

She said it was clear from herdiscussions with staff in recentmonths that increases in netrevenue should come from theUniversity’s core business areasof education and research.

The research forum follows aneducation forum on 2 July atwhich the concept of switchingfrom a semester to a trimestersystem was debated.

Professor Milbourne’s presen-tation will examine a range of

options for boosting incomefrom research activities,including:• building business around theUniversity’s key areas ofresearch strength• better matching of researchopportunities with researchexpertise• targeting more internationalfunding sources• achieving a higher profit ratefrom contract research work,and • re-distributing departmentalteaching loads to assistpotential contract researchers.

—John Drislane

Forum on contract research

THE “MARMALADE TRIO”,featuring the University of Adelaide’sfirst jazz Master’s graduate MarkFerguson, has produced its debut CD.

Mark, who graduated this yearand teaches at the University, isa composer, arranger andpianist. The CD features someof his original compositions aswell as the trio’s interpretationsof pop and jazz classics.Mark Ferguson said the CD wasa positive and upbeat recordingwhich should appeal to thosewho appreciate contemporarymusic as well as the jazzaficionado.The CD, which was producedwith the assistance of theHelpmann Academy, is on salefrom John David Records, TwinStreet Arcade, in the city.

Marmalade CD a tangy blend of musical styles

Drummer John McDermott, electric bassist Shireen Khemlani and MarkFerguson. Photo: Andy Rasheed.

Public Lecture Series to celebrate 125th

All lectures in the series will beheld in the Napier Building,Lower Ground Lecture TheatreLG29, at 6.30pm

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AdvertisementWaite Open Day celebrates 75 yearsof research and teaching excellenceWINE AND HORTICULTURE will befeatures of the 1999 Waite Open Day tobe held on Wednesday, 4 August.

The Open Day gives the generalpublic, and particularly the ruralcommunity, the opportunity to speakface to face with scientists from theUniversity of Adelaide and itscollocated partners. These include:• The South Australian Research

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South Australia (PIRSA).Displays and demonstrations willshowcase research and teachingdevelopments in areas such as wine,horticulture, plant biotechnology andsustainable land management.The Campus’s impressive facilitieswill also be open, including the new$3.5m Hickinbotham RoseworthyWine Science Laboratory.

Premier’s Scholarship winner in the fast laneUNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE student StephenRodda found himself exchanging contact detailswith one of the world’s most eminent biochemistsat an international conference in Norway lastmonth.

In September, he will have the chance toexpand his contacts further when he travels toanother important conference in Queensland.

For Mr Rodda, a PhD student in theDepartment of Biochemistry, the ability toattend conferences has been one of the greatestbenefits of winning the Premier’s Scholarshipin Bio Science.

“My field of research—developmental biology—is a very fast-moving one,” he said.

“It’s very important to stay up to date withwhat’s happening, and attending conferences isa good way of doing that.“It’s an opportunity to meet the big namepeople in the field and talk to them about their

work, your own work and any technicaldifficulties you may be having. “Without the Scholarship, there’s no way Icould ever afford to do that.”Mr Rodda, a former Banksia Park High Schoolstudent, was awarded the Premier ’sScholarship after graduating with a BSc(Hons) degree last year.His PhD study is centred on a newly-identifiedregulatory gene which he has alreadysuccessfully cloned. He is investigating the gene’s function, how itimpacts on target genes and the role of thetarget genes themselves during mammaliandevelopment.After completing his PhD, Mr Rodda plans toundertake post-doctoral research overseas.In the longer term, he aims to secure alectureship at an Australian university.

—John Drislane

Stephen Rodda—Premier’s Scholarship winner. Photo: John Drislane

THE UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE is offering up to 30 scholarships to students new tohigher education who enrol at the University in2000.

All applicants must be able to demonstratefinancial need.A number of the Adelaide AccessScholarships will be specifically for students

who have undertaken Year 12 in a rural orisolated area or are indigenous Australians.The value of the scholarship is $2,000 for thefirst year of enrolment.Applications close on 26 February.For further information and applicationforms contact the Scholarships Section on8303 3044.

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DR KAREN JONES has been appointed as the Dr PaulJanssen Senior Lecturer in Medicine, based in theDepartment of Medicine at the RAH.

The lectureship is a substantial ongoing commit-ment by Janssen-Cilag Australia to the Universityof Adelaide. It is named in honour of the founder ofJanssen Pharmaceutica, Dr Paul Janssen, who wonthe 1996 Australian Prize for Drug Development.Dr Jones’s research interests relate to theevaluation of gastro-intestinal motor function inhumans, particularly the effects of diabetes on thefunction of the stomach.The lectureship recognises the internationalreputation of the Motility Research Group at theRoyal Adelaide Hospital and the contribution of itsmembers to teaching in the Asia-Pacific region.The position is funded by Janssen-Cilag Australia(with support from Janssen-Cilag in China andSouth-East Asia) and contributions from theDepartment of Medicine and the Faculty of HealthSciences.

(L to R): Professor Ross Milbourne, Deputy VC (Research), Dr Mike Wyer, Directorof Medical Affairs for Janssen-Cilag Australia, Dr Jones, Professor Derek Frewin,Executive Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences, and Professor Michael Horowitz,Professor of Medicine.

Medical appointment

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The advantages of such a facility aremanifold. Use of videotape and observationwindows create opportunities to enhanceactive learning and provide feedback onprogress. Performance-based assessment ofall skills can be undertaken via an objectivestructured clinical examination, whichconsists of a series of “stations” using manyof the resources mentioned above.Our Clinical Skills Laboratory at The QueenElizabeth Hospital was established as ajoint venture between the University ofAdelaide and the North West AdelaideHealth Service. Combined funding andstaffing from both hospital and univer-ity sectors has provided a unique resource which is closely involved in medicaleducation from undergraduate through tojunior doctor and specialist post-graduate training. Our activities alsoextend to other groups, including general

practitioners and overseas trained doctors,and educational consultation and staffdevelopment.While there are no instant solutions to thechallenges facing the educators oftomorrow’s doctors, building effectiveteaching and learning environments willrequire a vision for the future. Greaterdialogue between stakeholders, pooling ofresources and collaborative venturesbetween universities, healthcare providers,postgraduate bodies and colleges will be theway forward to nurture imaginativesolutions and innovation. This meanstaking risks and laying aside territorialboundaries. But nothing less will do iffuture doctors are to be prepared to care forall of us into the 21st century.

—Dr Elizabeth O’DriscollHead, Clinical Education

Development Unit, NWAHSClinical Studies Advisor, University of Adelaide

C O M M E N TA R Y C O N T. . .

MEDICAL EDUCATION IN THE MILLENNIUM:TOWARDS A SEAMLESS MEDICAL EDUCATION

Latest international intake showseffects of diversified marketingMORE THAN 160 new internationalstudents have begun their studies at theUniversity of Adelaide.

The record second-semester intakebrings to about 1,600 the totalnumber of international students(undergraduate and postgraduate)now attending the University. Included in the new arrivals are 33students beginning full under-graduate degree courses (comparedwith only nine last year) and about80 Study Abroad and exchangestudents, primarily from the UnitedStates and Europe.

New postgraduate enrolments are upslightly on the same time last year.The Director of the InternationalPrograms Office, Dennis Murray,said the increased intake wasencouraging.“It is due partly to increased—andmore effective—internationalmarketing,” he said.“It is also partly due to theUniversity’s introduction of moresecond semester course starts. Morecourses are now available forstudent entry in the second as wellas the first semester.

“This helps in the recruitment ofinternational students who are oftenon northern hemisphere academictimetables.“The intake is encouraging alsobecause it demonstrates adiversification and deepening of thesource countries from which we arerecruiting students.“We have students from 67countries, and this spread helps toensure we do not become over-dependent on a small number ofsource markets.”

—John Drislane

IPO program toboost students’ jobseeking skillsFINDING casual or part-time work can be adaunting task for international students.

In a new country, it takes time to learnwhere the best job opportunities are,what skill levels are expected and wherethe pitfalls lie.For University of Adelaide internationalstudents, help is at hand. A new series of skills workshops organisedby the University’s InternationalPrograms Office (IPO) aims to make iteasier for them to find casual and parttime work.The series will start with an introductoryjob-seeking session in the Council Room(North Terrace) on 27 July at 5.30pm.This will provide students with valuabletips on how—and where—to look for work. It will be repeated at Waite Campus on 9September and at the North Terracecampus on 7 October.The other workshops in the series aredesigned to help international studentsfind jobs in specific employment sectors.They will focus on the hospitalityindustry (5 August and 2 December,North Terrace); tourism, tuition andbusiness (2 September and 9 December,North Terrace, and 18 November, Waite);and industrial, domestic and healthservices (31 August and 14 October,North Terrace).The Head of International StudentSupport Services, Vivien Hope, said:“The workshops will help students todevelop the skills and strategies theyneed to find employment.“This in turn will give them experience ofanother facet of life in Australia.”Other workshops planned forinternational students include WineAppreciation (28 July, North Terrace),Socio-Cultural Competencies (9 August,North Terrace) and Relaxation and StressManagement (27 October, North Terrace,and 11 November, Waite).For full details contact the InternationalPrograms Office, tel 8303 4828.

—John Drislane

‘Important benefits’ in Adelaidestudy for Thai postgraduateNEWLY-ARRIVED international student TheppratarnRuchirapha had a good idea what to expect when he started hispostgraduate studies at the University of Adelaide last week.

Mr Ruchirapha, who is studying for a Masters degreein Engineering Science, visited the University lastOctober to view facilities and speak to departmentalstaff. A member of the Royal Thai Navy’s communicationssection, he undertook the visit while on a three-monthEnglish language course at the Defence InternationalTraining Centre in Melbourne.Mr Ruchirapha’s postgraduate studies are beingsponsored jointly by the Royal Thai Navy and theCommonwealth Government’s InternationalDevelopment Program.“Studying overseas has important benefits,” MrRuchirapha said.“Scientific knowledge in Australia is more advancedthan in Thailand and facilities here are also better.”A decisive factor in Mr Ruchirapha’s choice of Adelaidewas its closeness to the Defence Science and TechnologyOrganisation (DSTO) in Salisbury.For his Masters degree, he is researching howatmospheric conditions around the equator affect high-frequency communications in the region. The DSTO is a partner in the research.

—John DrislaneTheppratarn Ruchirapha—studying overseas has important benefits.Photo: John Drislane

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Award recognises AustralianNavy and community workUNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE student JoannePappin has become the first winner of the TelstraSouth Australian Young Woman of the YearAward for women under 30.

Ms Pappin, holder of a Guy LloydScholarship, is on leave from her duties as aLieutenant with the Royal Australian Navy(RAN) while she studies full-time for aMasters in Business Administration (MBA).

The Telstra Award recognises her achieve-ments both in the RAN and as a communityworker.

Ms Pappin joined the RAN in 1989 andreceived the Australian Service Medal andthe Australian Active Service Medal forduties in the Middle East during the GulfWar.

As an executive officer of the Navy’ssubmarine trials ship, she became the firstwoman to take command of a grey-sided shipand put to sea during the Captain’s absence.

She has helped to raise more than $120,000for charities and community ventures and hasalso participated in disaster relief programsin the Philippines.

While based in Victoria in 1994, she won theVictorian Young Achiever Award.

After completing her MBA, Ms Pappin plansto move to Canada later this year with herRAN husband Lawrence, who is taking up aposting in Halifax.

—John DrislaneJoanne Pappin—RAN and community work recognised. Photo courtesy of Joanne Pappin.

Alumni ActivityWHAT’S APPLIED ANDMOLECULAR ECOLOGY?FIND OUT by joining the AlumniAssociation for a visit to the Depart-ment of Applied & Molecular Ecologyat Waite Campus on Wednesday, 4August, 7:00pm - 9:00pm.Professor Otto Schmidt and hiscolleagues will present a livelyoverview of the work done by theDepartment in the science andmanagement of organisms in naturaland agricultural ecosystems. Visitorswill see the Department’s facilitiesand hear presentations by staff aboutthe management of pests ranging fromkoalas to weeds to parasitic wasps.The new Department, which incor-porates the former Department ofCrop Protection, teaches an integratedapproach to the management ofpathogens, insects, vertebrates andweeds, and the management ofecosystems. The Department alsocoordinates a wide variety of researchprograms that deal with the biologyand ecology of organisms and selectedroles of humans in the functions ofecosystems.To help with planning, phone theAlumni Office: 8303 5800. Enter the main building at WaiteCampus through the Waite Roadentrance and meet in the Lobby. Allgraduates and friends of theUniversity are welcome. You do nothave to be a member of the AlumniAssociation to take part.

Queen’s Trust winner builds on theskills she gained at UniversityHONOURS Law student Kym Taylor haswon a $25,000 award for her part in ascheme to tap into the talents of homelesspeople.

Ms Taylor was announced last week asthe winner of the Queen’s Trust SirEdward Dunlop Award and she will,effectively, donate the winnings to adrop-in centre for the homeless at StMary Magdalene’s Church hall in thecity.The centre is run by a collective, joinedby Ms Taylor last year after her activeinvolvement in the University ofAdelaide Council and student issuesended.Union welfare officer Chris Gent toldher about the drop-in centre, whichprovides meals for about 100 peopleevery Saturday night.Ms Taylor, the 1996 Students’Association President, says food can onlysatisfy the stomach. A program ofcreative writing, visual art and musicwill help ease the alienation andloneliness which is often just asdevastating as a lack of a home.“Homeless people are neglected in somany ways,” she says.“They are a group that the community isconcerned about, but people don’t knowhow they can get involved. Thecollective helps people make that link.”Ms Taylor, who is working as a judge’sassociate in the Supreme Court, says thecollective is careful not to cast thehomeless as “victims”.“You can’t stereotype these people,” shesays.“People from all sorts of backgroundsbecome homeless for all sorts of reasons.

When people think of the homeless theythink of a middle-aged man. While a lotof men do come to the drop-in centre, wealso get women and young people,including children, which can be quitedisturbing.”She says her experience in the Students’Association showed her how variouscommunity organisations are taking upcauses which have been neglected bygovernment.Her experiences with the Council andthe Association also gave her skillswhich have been useful in the collective.“It’s given me a better understanding of

how to run things, how to approachcampaigns and work in a strategic way,”she says.“Certainly, the whole Universityexperience makes you much more awareof the broader world than when you’re atschool. University is as much about theexperience of realising it’s a big world outthere as it is about lecture and tutorials.”The arts project is due to begin nextyear.People who would like to support theproject can call the drop-in centre on8223 5293

—David Washington

Kym Taylor: University experience stands her in good stead. Photo: David Washington.

Public LectureThe John Bray Law Chapterwill present a public lectureby the Honourable JusticeGummow of the High Court ofAustralia on Friday 13 August1999 at 5.00pm. The lecturewill be on the topic“Australian Equity” and willaddress issues raised byrecent decisions of the HighCourt. Venue: Elder Hall. $2per person payable at thedoor. Enquiries: 8231 6033.

Friends of theState Libraryof SAThe Friends of the State Library’spopular Wednesdays at Oneseries continues on Wednesday 4August at 1.00pm. The speaker isSister Dierdre Jordan, AC, MBE,Chancellor of Flinders University.

Sister Jordan has been aleader in education for manyyears in Australia, Pakistanand Papua New Guinea. Shewas awarded the MBE forservices to education and thecommunity, and the AC forservices to education, thecommunity and aborigines.She graduated BA and MEdfrom Adelaide University andMA (Sociology) and PhD fromLondon University.

Admission is $5 ($3 concessionand members). InstituteBuilding, cnr Kintore Avenue(entrance) and North Terrace.

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BEN JONSON’S classic comedy of greed,Volpone, was once considered too dark tobe performed in the original.

In the 18th and 19th centuries,theatre producers preferred to stage arewritten version with a happyending. Not so the University of AdelaideTheatre Guild, which will present theplay in its original form at theBakehouse Theatre next month.Director Gina Tsikouras said thatalthough Volpone was Johnson’s comicmasterpiece it was primarily a savagesatire. “My intention is to get the audience tolaugh, but for the laugh to stick intheir throats,” she said. “I’m trying to find a balance betweenthe dark tones of the play—what it’ssaying about greed and lust and self-gratification—and what is, at times,the slapstick comedy.”The action in Volpone occurs in Veniceon a single day. Volpone, a richnobleman, and his sidekick, Mosca, tryto acquire the wealth of three legacy-

hunting gentlemen by pretendingVolpone is at death’s door and will makethem his heirs.Gina Tsikouras, who is noted for herradical re-interpretations of classictexts, jumped at the chance to stage anew production.“I’ve been wanting to do Volpone sinceI was a second-year drama student atAdelaide Uni. As students, weworkshopped a few scenes from it andpresented them as street theatre. “You rarely see the play performedthese days, and I’m glad the Guild hasgiven me this opportunity,” she said.The production is in modern costumewith stylised set designs.

—John Drislane

Savage satire with a slapstick edge

Guy O’Donnell and Nicole Windsor—exploring the dark tones and the slapstick comedy of Volpone.Photograph by A. Bashford.

Volphone opens at the Bakehouse Theatre inAngas Street on 7 August, and runs from 10-14August and 17-21 August at 7.30pm. Tickets$15/$10 ($7 secondary students for bookings of10). Bookings/enquiries at the Theatre GuildOffice, tel 8303 5999; BASS on 131246 or payat the door.

New series of lunch hour concertsTHE CONCERTMASTER of the QueenslandPhilharmonic Orchestra, Mr Warwick Adeney, willlaunch the new series of Elder Hall Lunch HourConcerts at 1.10pm, Friday 30 July.

Mr Adeney will appear as a soloist with the ElderConservatorium Chamber Orchestra in a concertfeaturing “The Four Seasons” by Vivaldi, arguablyone of the most popular classical works everwritten.The performance will launch the new series oflunch time concerts to be held in Elder Hall everyFriday until 19 November.Warwick Adeney began learning the violin at avery early age. He studied at the QueenslandConservatorium where he won numerous awardsculminating in the Gold Medal for Excellencewhich he received when he graduated withdistinction in 1984.He joined the Queensland Philharmonic in 1985and in 1989 he was appointed concertmaster. Hehas since appeared with the Orchestra inperformances of Bach and Mozart concerti,Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons” and in 1992 withconductor Sir Neville Mariner in VaughanWilliams’s “The Lark Ascending”, all to warmcritical acclaim. Earlier this year he travelled toEngland and Europe on a Churchill Fellowship.Mr Adeney is one of a number of distinguishedvisiting artists who will be performing in the ElderHall Lunch Hour Concert series.

In September Mr Bart van Oort, a lecturer inFortepiano at the Royal Conservatory in TheHague, will give a recital, and in October MsSusan Drake, a highly distinguished harpist fromthe United Kingdom, will perform works byDebussy, Mathias and Parry.Warwick Adeney will return in October to performthe Dumky Trio with two of Adelaide’s mostdistinguished musicians, Lucinda Collins (piano)and Janis Laurs (cello).Other highlights include a performance of “TheHappy Prince”, a chamber opera by MalcolmWilliamson, performed by students from the ElderConservatorium Vocal School.The series will conclude with the finals of theClassical Music Awards, which will see fourfinalists compete for a total of $1500 in prizemoney.The Elder Hall Lunch Hour Concerts will be heldevery Friday at 1.10pm, with admission only $2.Tickets may be purchased from the door from12.30pm.Detailed brochures are available from the ElderConservatorium or can be obtained by phoning theConcert Office on (08) 8303 5925.The concerts are proudly supported by the DorisWest Bequest and ABC Classic FM.

—Alison BeareElder Conservatorium

B u l l e t i n B o a r d

1.00pm Microbiology & Immun-ology Seminar: Phenotypic Variabilityin X-linked Disease: X ChromosomeInactivation, Genetic Heterogeneity orGenetic Background? by Dr T Cox (Gen-etics). Library, 5th Flr, Med School Sth.

1.00pm Clinical & ExperimentalPharmacology Seminar: The dioxinreceptor and hypoxia inducible factor -gene regulatory proteins activated byenvironmental stress by Dr MurrayWhitelaw (Biochemistry). Seminar Room,6th Floor, Medical School North.

1.10pm History Seminar:Community Without Propinquity:Teaching History Intercontinentally byProf W Wesley Pue (University of BritishColumbia). Sem Rm 420, 4th Flr, Napier.

12noon Child Health ResearchInstitute Seminar: The Role ofHomeobox Genes in the Wool Follicle byGuy Sander (PhD student). SeminarRoom, 7th Floor, Rieger Building, WCH.

1.00pm HCCR/IMVS Seminar:The Integrins, the cytoskeleton and signaltransduction by Dr M DeNichilo (Fibro-gen Inc, San Francisco). Verco Theatre.

1.10pm Law Seminar: CollectiveResponsibility by Prof P Pettit (ANU).Seminar Room 216, Ligertwood Building.

10.10am Electrical & ElectronicEngineering Seminar: ChannelEstimation andDetection for CDMA basestation receivers by Prof Lang White(Professor of Communication Networks).Lecture Room S112, Engineering South.

1.10pm Genetics Seminar: TheDrosophila dead ringer gene is involved inearly embryonic patterning, by Tetyana

Shandala. Seminar Room, Fisher Bldg.

1.10pm Geology & GeophysicsSeminar: Oldlands - Their Analysis,Characteristics and Implications by DrRowley Twidale (Honorary VisitingResearch Fellow). Mawson Lect Theatre.

5.30pm College of HealthPsychologists: The psychology of foodby David Cox and Janet Bryan. Room 527,Level 5, Hughes Building.

12.00noon HCCR/IMVS Seminar:MTHC - they ain’t what they used to be:or How myb transformed myeloidprogenitor cells became a model fordendritic cell differentiation by Dr AndrewHapel (ANU). Verco Theatre, IMVS.

12.05pm Psychology Seminar:What is “Luminis”? And what can it do foryou by Mr Andrew Cecil (Luminis).Room 527, Level 5, Hughes Building.

1.00pm Chemical PathologySeminar: Environmental policy makingunder conservative governments: theemergence of wise use by Dr Tim Doyle(Environmental Studies and President,Conservation Council of SA). SeminarRoom 1, 4th Floor, Rieger Building, WCH.

12.00 noon Horticulture,Viticulture & Oenology Seminar:Regulatory networks in feeding sites byplant-parasitic nematodes by Dr D Bird(North Carolina State University). CharlesHawker Conference Centre, Waite.

12.45pm Dentistry Seminar:BScDent Report by Dr D Kent. Lecture

Theatre 1, 6th Flr, Adel Dental Hospital.

1.10pm Elder ConservatoriumLunch Concert: Warwick Adeney -violin, Elder Conservatorium ChamberOrchestra, Four Seasons by Vivaldi.Tickets $2 - at door. Elder Hall.

4.00pm Obstetrics & Gynaecol-ogy Seminar: Miscarriage mosaicismand more by A/Prof E Haan (Genetics).Seminar Room, 6th Flr, Med School Nth.

4.00pm Economics seminar: TBAby Frank Neri (PhD candidate, Universityof NSW). Room LG14, Napier.

1.00pm Microbiology &Immunology Seminar: Epithelial StemCells by Dr Pritinder Kaur (Division ofHaematology, IMVS). DepartmentalLibrary, 5th Floor, Medical School South.

1.00pm Clinical & ExperimentalPharmacology Seminar: Neuro-chemistry of substituted amphetamines byMr Paul Callaghan (PhD student).Seminar Rm, 6th Floor, Med School Nth.

10.10am Electrical & ElectronicEngineering Seminar: The SyntheticEnvironment Research facility in LandOperations Division of DSTO by DrAnne-Marie Grisogono (LOD, DSTO).Lecture Room S112, Engineering South.

1.00pm Genetics Seminar: PhDproposal by Scott Spargo & Natasha Boase.Seminar Rm, Ground Floor, Fisher Bldg.

1.10pm Geology & GeophysicsSeminar: News Media versus NuclearPower by Mr Bob Major (Former Uran-

ium Projects Officer, SA Dept of Mines &Energy). Mawson Lecture Theatre.

1.10pm Horticulture, Viticulture &Oenology Seminar: The future of theGWRDC by Mr D Hall. Plant ResearchCentre Auditorium, Waite.

12.00noon HCCR/IMVS Seminar:SCL expression in the mouse detected witha targeted lacZ reporter gene demonstrateslocalisation to haematopoietic, vascularand neural tissue by Dr A Elephanty(Walter & Eliza Hall Institute,Melbourne). Verco Theatre, IMVS.

12.05pm Psychology Seminar:Indigenous education within AdelaideUniversity by Mr Roger Thomas (Director,Wilto Yerlo). Rm 527, Hughes Building.

1.00pm Chemical PathologySeminar: E-resources and the Library byErica Williamson (Systems Librarian) &Jennifer Hanisch (Reference Librarian,Eric Sims Library). Seminar Room 1, 4thFloor, Rieger Building, WCH.

4.30pm UNESCO Report -Education for the 21st Century: Aworld view of life-long learning by DenisRalph and Jill Maling. Flinders University.Details email: <[email protected]>.

12.45pm Dentistry Seminar: Spitby Dr John Kaidonis. Lecture Theatre 1,6th Floor, Adelaide Dental Hospital.

1.10pm Elder Conservatorium:Florian Ammer - violin, Stefan Ammer -piano. Works by Brahms & Schubert.Tickets $2 - at the door. Elder Hall.

4.00pm Economics Seminar:Managed Care and the Cross-Subsidy ofNon-Remunerative High Tech Care orPublic Sector, Nonprofit and For-profitCompetition in an Urban Setting by DrShelton Brown (Uni of Queensland).Room LG14, Napier.

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C O M I N G E V E N T SJ u l y 2 6 t h — Au g u s t 6 t h

Abbie MemorialLectureAutonomic Disorders and Neuro-anatomy- and disengaging Cerberus

to be given by Professor Chris Mathias(Imperial College School of Medicine, StMary’s, London / Director of theAutonomic Unit, Napier Hospital forNeurology and Neurosurgery, QueenSquare).

Professor Mathias is a leading authority onclinical disorders of the autonomic nervoussystem and rsearch into autonomicdysfunction including spinal cord injuries,primary autonomic failure and secondaryautonomic failure of various aetiologies.

6.00pm, Tuesday 10 August 1999 in theFlorey Lecture Theatre, Medical School.

PHYSICS & MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS

Spotlight on Physicslunchtime talksEach year staff from the Department of Physics &Mathematical Physics give talks for students ontheir ongoing research work.

The talks are illustrated and designed to attractsecond and third year students to physics and theyare open to visitors. They are intended to conveysomething of the excitement of discovery, possibleprojects and new ideas in physics, from quarks todating ancient aboriginal burial sites.

The talks also enable third year students to satisfypart of the requirement for the unit Introductionto Physics Research.

Friday 30 July at 1.15 pm: Spotlight on Physicsresearch talk for students and others: Astrophysicsby Drs Patterson, Clay and Protheroe. Kerr GrantLecture Theatre, 1st Floor, Physics Building.

Friday 6 August at 1.15 pm: Spotlight on Physicsresearch talk: Archaeometry, the determination ofage by Emeritus Professor J R Prescott and Dr DMcCoy. Kerr Grant Lecture Theatre, 1st Floor,Physics Building.

Tuesday 10 August at 7.30pm: Australian Instituteof Physics Student Night and presentation of SilverBragg medals. Kerr Grant Lecture Theatre, 1stFloor, Physics Building.

What’s on at Urrbrae HouseHistoric Precinct - August 99GUIDED TOURSSunday 1 August

11.00am - Guided walk of Waite Arboretum. $2 per person, duration90 minutes.

2.00pm - Guided tour of Urrbrae House Historic Precinct, $4 perperson, duration 2 hours.

Saturday 28 & Sunday 29 August

2.00pm - Guided walk of Waite Arboretum, $2 per person, duration90 minutes.

MEET IN FRONT OF URRBRAE HOUSE FOR ALL TOURS

EXHIBITIONSaturday 28 August - Saturday 4 September

Waite Arboretum Wood Art: An exhibition and sales by WoodgroupSA of iems made from Waite Arboretum timbers. Open daily:10.00am - 4.00pm.

Dental treatment for staff & studentsEmergency and routine treatment is available at the University’s ColgateAustralian Clinical Dental Research Centre. Concessions are availablefor holders of University Cards. Set fee first appointments. Forappointments ring - 8303 3436. Address: 2nd Floor, Adelaide DentalHospital, Frome Road, Adelaide.

University crestsUniversity of Adelaide crests are nowavailable from the web at: <http://www.adelaide.edu.au/crests/>. The crests areavailable to staff in colour and black andwhite for both PC and Mac users. Contactthe Media, Marketing & Publications Unit,8303 5174, if you require advice aboutproper use of the logotype.

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Review of BiologicalSciences: Call forSubmission

The University is currentlyundertaking a major review ofthe activities of BiologicalSciences, extending across theFaculties of Agricultural &Natural Resource Sciences,Health Sciences and Science.

Staff, students and members ofthe community are invited tomake a submission to the Reviewon matters relevant to the Termsof Reference.

The primary term of reference forthe Review is:

recognising that the biologicalsciences are among the majorresearch strengths of theUniversity of Adelaide, the[review] panel is asked to adviseon the steps needed to ensure thecontinued development ofteaching and research in thebiological sciences over the nexttwenty years.

The complete terms of referencecan be obtained by contactingTim Scroop, Reviews Officer,ext.35902. It is requested thatsubmissions be no more than fivepages in length and that they bereceived by Friday 3 September1999.

Submissions should be sent toTim Scroop at the Office of theDeputy Vice-Chancellor(Education), Room G04, MitchellBuilding.

Professor Penny BoumelhaDeputy Vice-Chancellor

(Education)

ACUE Workshops

The ACUE is hosting a series ofworkshops on postgraduatesupervision in Septemberdesigned for staff new tosupervision.

The workshops, reflecting thethree crucial periods of researchstudent candidature, 'GettingStarted,' the 'Long Haul,' and'Finalising,' will be presented bya range of staff, includingexperienced supervisors drawnfrom several faculties, andstudents, through the PGSA.Participants will be expected toenrol for the three sessions.

Interested staff are asked to talkwith their Head of Department orPostgraduate Coordinator whohas further information.

Careers Evening

Careers and IndustryEvening, Thursday 5 August,7.00pm for 7.30 start, UnionBuilding, venue to beadvised.The newly formed student chap-ter of the AusIMM at AdelaideUniversity, (The Mawson Chap-ter) is hosting a Careers Eveningfor students interested in a careerin geology or geophysics. Comeand talk one-on-one to thevarious academic and Miningand Exploration industryrepresentatives. Drinks and lightfood will be available. Membersfree /$2 non-members. Enquiriesto Huw Smith 8270 2786.

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

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

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

Please note that applications, in duplicate, addressing theselection criteria and quoting the relevant reference number shouldinclude names and full addresses of three referees. The address forapplications is C/- the Department or Officer named in theadvertisement. Selection criteria and applicable dutystatements may be obtained from the contact officernamed in the advertisement.

Applications for the following vacancies will be consideredonly from members of the staff of the University**

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT(Ref: 3817)Department of Chemistry Office

Salary HEO4: $30,736 - $33,808

This continuing position is available from 30 August 1999. Furtherinformation including the duty statement and selection criteria maybe obtained from Ms Lynette Copus, Departmental Manager,telephone 8303 4270. Applications close 2 August 1999.

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT(Ref: 3064)Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Salary HEO3: $26,725 - $30,467

This continuing position is available immediately. Furtherinformation is available from Robert Ewers, telephone: 8303 4918.The selection criteria and duty statement may be obtained fromAnne Martin, telephone: 8303 5801. Applications close 3 August1999.

**includes only those persons who hold current written contracts ofappointment with the University.

Applications for the following vacancies are not restrictedto members of the University.

MANAGER, PROGRAMS DEVELOPMENT*(Ref: 3887)Centre for Professional and Continuing Education

Salary HEO8: $48,105 - $54,119

*This position is being re-advertised as a continuing position.Previous applicants need not re-apply.

This continuing position is available immediately. Furtherinformation is available from Liz Pryzibilla, telephone: 8303 4777.The selection criteria and duty statement may be obtained from JoKhan, telephone: 8303 4777 or email:<[email protected]>. Applications close 2 August 1999.

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 fillingof the 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: 4075Research Associate, Computer Science; 4092 HEO5, Medicine;4109 HEO 5/6, Environmental Biology; 4204 HEO 5/6, GeneralPractice; 3710 HEO 5/6, Obstetrics & Gynaecology; 2279 HEO 6,Wilto Yerlo; 9878 HEO 5, Office of the Vice-Chancellor; 4988HEO 5/6, Barr Smith Library.

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HUMAN RESOURCES DEADLINES FOR ADELAIDEANFor the Adelaidean of 23 August 1999, advertising paper workmust be to Human Resources by 6 August 1999.

For the Adelaidean of 6 September 1999, advertising paperwork must be to Human Resources by 20 August 1999.

The Institute of PublicAdministration Australia(SA)

John Ralston Saulspeaking on

Citizenship vs theReigning LinearTrap4.30pm - 7.00pm, Sunday 29August 1999, AdelaideConvention Centre, NorthTerrace, Adelaide.

Tickets $25/$15 conc fromIPAA SA Division, tel 82127555, fax 8212 0155.

OPEN DAY PARKING ARRANGEMENTSOpen Day is on Sunday 1 August from 10.00am - 4.00pm. Parkingarrangements are as follows: Carparking will be available in theUnderground Car Park near Bonython Hall from 7.30am.University staff who are card holders will be able to access Wilson’sCar Park and Frome Street Car Park on this day.

Equal Opportunity Office andHealth Service change locationsFrom the first week in July the Equal Opportunity Office(previously located on the Hughes Plaza) and the Wirringa HealthService (previously located on the ground floor of the Horace Lambbuilding) have switched premises.

This move aims to locate in a more prominent place a heavydemand student/staff service such as the Health Service. The fullrange of services from both units will continue to operate withoutdisruption.

New signs will be placed at the service points, at the perimeter gateand on campus directory boards.

Phone numbers and all other contact details remain unchanged.

ECONOMICS SOCIETY OFAUSTRALIA (SA) INC

Annual GeneralMeeting9 September 1999, Staff Club,The University of Adelaide,5.00pm to be followed by

The Chinesecultural revolutionin the long runby Professor Bob Gregory(Australian NationalUniversity)

The cultural revolution can bethought of as an extraordinaryexperiment comparable to theeffect of war years on childrenin many developing countries.Schools and universities wereclosed for three or more years.Many students were sent towork in the countryside or infactories for up to eight years.

When universities reopened,entry was by competitive exam.Open to all, many students satthis exam having missed allhigh school - they studied athome if they could find textbooks - or if they hadcompleted high school justbefore the cultural revolutionthey had waited eight years andtherefore suffered some loss ofhuman capital.

We use the university entrydata to relate interrupted andmissed schooling to subsequentlabour market success.

Bob Gregory is the outgoingPresident of the EconomicSociety. He has been a BoardMember of the Reserve Bank ofAustralia, and a member of theAustralian Science andTechnology Council. He workson the economics of the macroeconomy and labour markets.He has held positions at theLondon School of Economics,University of Chicago,Northwestern and HarvardUniversity.

Refreshments will be served atthe end of Professor Gregory’saddress. The President andOfficers of the Society will takeProfessor Gregory to dinnerand invite all to join them.

Members: no cost. Nonmembers: $15

RSVP: Secretary, EconomicsSociety of Australia (SA) Inc,tel 8303 4460, fax 8223 1460,email: <[email protected]>.

University presentation foldersThe Media, Marketing & Publications Unit has new University ofAdelaide presentation folders available for a cost of $2.00 each.

The folder features the lion on the Bonython Hall. They are ideal for information kits/packages for special visitors, jobapplicants, conferences etc.

Purchase orders to Media, Marketing & Publications, enquiries to8303 5174 or email: <[email protected]>.

Luminis Pty Ltd is the Commercial Company for the University of Adelaide

OUR LATEST “SPIN-OFF” COMPANYMapping & Beyond Pty Ltd began two and a halfyears ago as an initiative of Ian Overton, a postgraduate student enrolled in the Graduate BusinessSupport Scheme. Not wanting to steal anyone’sthunder, all we will report here is that Mapping &Beyond is no longer a subsidiary of Luminis, but hasbecome an incorporated company in its own right.

Congratulations go to Ian and Julia Overton, andtheir staff of six for reaching this milestone.

This development was precipitated by the attractionof a considerable amount of financial support fromThe Playford Centre. It will fund the furtherdevelopment and marketing of their GeographicInformation System software. This support packagewill be reported upon in more detail in aforthcoming edition of the Adelaidean.

SUCCESS IN SEARCHING FOROPPORTUNITIESOne of Luminis’ roles is to search for consultingopportunities in the global marketplace. Earlier thisyear we identified a project for the training ofIndonesian Magistrates in matters related toEnvironmental Law and Enforcement. We were theninstrumental in putting together a winning team forthe substantial contract funded by AusAid.

Associate Professor Rob Fowler from the Faculty ofLaw, in conjunction with ourselves, SAGRIC and theAustralian Centre for Environmental Law will delivera series of intensive eleven week courses here at theUniversity of Adelaide. The Magistrates will alsoparticipate in court proceedings in both Adelaide andSydney.

Mr Andrew Cecil, Business Development Manager atLuminis regards this achievement as an excellentexample of how we can seek out opportunities forour consultants.

ATICCA

No, this has nothing to do with a famous riot, butmore to do with the Australian Tertiary InstitutionsCommercialisation Companies Association. Luminisbelongs to this 60 member professional body, andrecently Business Development Manager, Mr PaulSzuster attended their annual conference. Paul iscurrently working on the development of a set of KeyPerformance Indicators for Luminis as part of amarketing and “best practice” development. Inidentifying member companies against whichLuminis can “Benchmark” its performance, hecommented that,

“It was pleasing to discover how well regarded we areamongst our peers”.

CAPABILITY SEMINAR FOR ANELECTRICAL ENGINEERING COMPANYRecently Luminis convened a Capability Seminar tointroduce electrical engineering company, RotatingMachinary Engineering (RME) of Salisbury to theskills and resources available in the Department ofElectrical and Electronic Engineering. RME specialisein the maintenance and refurbishment of highvoltage electric motors and generators used in minesand manufacturing plants. Their Managing Director,Mr Richard Grabkowski outlined his Company’sdesire to develop a range of diagnostic technologiesto improve their maintenance services. In return,Professor Tony Parker, Dr Wen Soong and Dr NesimiErtugrul gave a detailed profile of their Department’scapabilities to the management team from RME.

The outcome from this forum was anacknowledgment that the University of Adelaide iswell equipped to help RME develop technologies thatwill give them a commercial advantage in theirmarketplace, and that RME will look at thepossibility of including our academics in theirapplication to the Federal Department for IndustryScience & Technology for a START grant.

If you or your Department want to arrange a“Capability Seminar” with industry, or discuss anyother commercialisation matters, please feel free tocontact either Paul Szuster or Andrew Cecil on (08) 8303 5020.

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South Australian Centre for Rural and Remote Health

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA & THE UNIVERSITY OFADELAIDE / Supported by the Commonwealth Department ofHealth & Aged Care

RESEARCH FELLOW (Two Positions)(Academic Level B)South Australian Centre for Rural and Remote Health (Whyalla) $47,946 to $56,936 per annumFixed term contract to 28 June 2002

Two full time positions for a Research Fellow are being offered for afixed term period to 28 June 2002 at the South Australian Centre forRural and Remote Health (SACRRH) Whyalla.

The positions will provide support for and report to the Head ofCentre SACRRH based at the Whyalla Campus.

One position will focus predominantly on quantitative research andwould be suited to applicants with a background in areas such asepidemiology; the other will focus on qualitative research and wouldbe suited to applicants with a strong background in areas such as thesocial sciences.

SACRRH is one of seven university departments of rural healthlocated around Australia encompassing four directorates. These arePublic Health, Education & Training, Clinical Services andInformation Technology, and Aboriginal Health. SACRRH issupported by the Commonwealth Department of Health & AgedCare.

Further information, including duty statement and selection criteriacan be obtained from:

Professor David WilkinsonHead of Centre, SACRRH Whyallatel (08) 8647 6089fax (08) 8647 6164Email: <david.wilkinson(@unisa.edu.au>

Applications close 5.00 pm Friday 30 July 1999

The University of Adelaide and University of South Australia are EqualOpportunity Employers. The Universities have a policy of no-smokingin the work environment and will require the appointees to observe this.The South Australian Centre for Rural and Remote Health reserves theright to appoint or not appoint at the stated level.

Open Forum with Chair of ARC: Advance NoticeIt is expected that the Chair of the AustralianResearch Council, Professor Vicki Sara, willpresent an Open Forum on the future of the ARCand its various programs at the University ofAdelaide on Wednesday 18 August. The forum istentatively scheduled to commence from 2.00pm -4.00pm (further details will be circulated whenthey are available). All staff are invited to attend.

ARC LARGE RESEARCH GRANTAPPLICATIONS: REPORTS OF ASSESSORSWe have been informed by DETYA that we canexpect to receive the reports of assessors fordistribution to applicants on Tuesday 27 July.Research Branch will distribute the reports toapplicants as soon as possible and rejoinders willbe due back at the Research Branch by Wednesday4 August. Departmental secretaries and other staffresponsible for mail distribution are requested toensure that the packages are passed on to allapplicants as soon as they are received.

GRDC - Preliminary Research ProposalsThe GRDC invites researchers to submitPreliminary Research Proposals which areconsistent with the Corporation’s priority areas asdetailed in its 2000-2001 Research Prospectus.

Research priorities for 2000-2001 fall undervarious programs in the following investmentobjectives:

• Meeting Quality Requirements • Increased Productivity• Protecting and Enhancing the Environment • Delivering Outcomes

For further details regarding the programs, locatethe 2000-2001 Research Prospectus on the GRDCwebsite at http://www.grdc.com.au or through theFunding Opportunities page in the ResearchBranch website.

Time line: Preliminary research proposals shouldbe submitted to the Research Branch by 13 August1999. Feedback from the GRDC on PRPs will beprovided to applicants by November, andresearchers who are invited to submit FullProposals will be required to do so by 14 January2000.

Applications: Complete the Word 6 PRP form byaccessing the Research Prospectus Web page onthe GRDC website. When you have completed thePRP form send eleven (11) paper copies (A4 size,double sided, stapled) to the Research Branch by13 August 1999. DO NOT EMAIL OR SENDFLOPPY DISKS.

Funds required for travel which is integral to theresearch project should be incorporated intoproject applications and accompanied by suitablejustification.

Further information can be located on the GRDCwebsite or contact the Research Branch (extension35137).

Research Branch Update

Research Branch web site: <http://www.adelaide.edu.au/RB>

Project EndeavourEach of the teams involved in Project Endeavour (HRMS, FinancialSystems, Student Administration and Research) have formedReference Groups to help them confirm existing business processesand where appropriate develop and define new business processes.

The Reference Groups are made up of a cross sectional group ofstaff from within the University. Their key additional involvementin the project includes:

• Participation in the development and specification of user requirements

• Assistance in the User Acceptance testing

• Provision of specific departmental input

• Communication to colleagues about the progress of the project

The Reference Groups are committing their time and constructiveideas to this project and their contribution is invaluable in achievingsuccessful project outcomes. If you would like to know more aboutthe Reference Groups operation please email<[email protected]>

The project endeavour Web site address is: <http://www.isb.adelaide.edu.au/mis2001/index.html>.

Medical student eventsA three-day series of events focusing on clinical medical educationwill mark the opening of the redeveloped Clinical Education Centreat The Queen Elizabeth Hospital.

Called “Towards A Seamless Education”, the three days of diverse,hands-on educational events will be held at TQEH, Lyell McEwinHealth Service and other venues from 9-11 August.

With seminars, workshops and interactive displays, the events aim toprovide a professional and educational forum for medical students,junior doctors, trainees, specialists, general practitioners and nursesin all fields of clinical practice.

Presented by the Clinical Education Development Unit of the NorthWest Adelaide Health Service, a highlight will be the opening of theClinical Education Centre on Wednesday, 11 August.

For more information contact Rose Rigney on 8222 7480 or AlisonMarcus on 8222 6000 (pager # 7964).

See also the commentary in this issue of the Adelaidean, page 2.

Research Grants & Fellowships

The following is a list of grant,fellowship and other research fundingschemes currently available forapplication. A more detailedelectronic version of this listing(Update: Research), together withguidelines and application forms forsome of the major schemes, areavailable at: <http://www.adelaide.edu.au/RB/>. For hard copyapplication forms and guidelinescontact the Research Branch, ext35137; or email <[email protected]>.Sponsored Programs InformationNetwork (SPIN): SPIN Australia - Adatabase containing current andcomprehensive information on over 2,600government and private fundingopportunities. The SPIN web site isaccessible via the Research Branch web site.

Australian Academy of Science /Australian Research Council / JapanSociety for the Promotion of Science· JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowships in

Japan 2000-2001Internal closing date: 26 July 1999.

Australian Academy of Science /Science and Technology Agency· STA Postdoctoral Fellowships in

Japan 2000-2001· Japanese Government Research

Awards for Foreign Specialists 2000-2001

· Short-Term Fellowships in Japan 2000-2001

Internal closing date: 26 July 1999. Website: <http://www.science.org.au/internat/exchange/japfel.htm>.

Ian Potter Foundation and Ian PotterCultural Trust - Grants: Internal closingdates: 26 July & 25 October 1999.

Educational Commission for ForeignMedical Graduates - ECFMG Interna-tional Fellowships in Medical Educa-tion: Internal closing date: 30 July 1999

Asthma SA - 1999 Research Grants:Internal closing date: 3 August 1999

Juvenile Diabetes Foundation Australia- 1999 Travel Grants for YoungResearchers: Internal closing dates: 5August and 4 November 1999 and 3February 2000.

Australian Academy of Science -Boden Research Conferences(Expressions of Intent): Internal closingdate: 6 August 1999

Department for Environment Heritageand Aboriginal Affairs (SA Gov) -Wildlife Conservation Fund Grants:Internal closing date: 6 August 1999

National Health and Medical ResearchCouncil - Travelling Award forResearch Training: (This award is aimedat current holders of Australian basedFellowships). Internal closing date: 6 August1999. Web site: <http://www.health.gov.au/nhmrc> (Proceed then to “ResearchProgram” and then “Training Awards”)

Australian Academy of the Humanities/ Royal Netherlands Academy of Artsand Sciences / Academy of the SocialSciences in Australia: OverseasProgram - Netherlands: Internal closingdate: 6 August 1999.

Australian Rotary Health ResearchFund· Mental Illness Research Grants· Mental Illness Research - Arhrf Ian

Scott Fellowship· First Aid, Pre-Hospital Treatment

and Emergency Care Research Internal closing date: 6 August 1999. Website: http:// www.rotarnet.com.au

Sudden Infant Death ResearchFoundation Inc. - Research Grants:Internal closing date: 9 August 1999.

Grains Research and DevelopmentCorporation (GRDC) - 2000- 2001Research Investments: Call forPreliminary Research Investments:Internal closing date: 13 August 1999. Website: <http://www.grdc.com.au>.

Human Frontier Science Program -Research Grants and Long TermFellowships: Internal closing date: 18August 1999. Web site: <http://www.hfsp.org>.

Australian Academy of Science -Graeme Caughley TravellingFellowship in Ecology: Internal closingdate: 20 August 1999. Web site: <http://www.science.org.au/awards/awards.htm>.

Foundation for High Blood PressureResearch - 2000 PostdoctoralResearch Fellowships: Internal closingdate: 20 August 1999

Garnett Passe and Rodney WilliamsMemorial Foundation Award for 2000:Research Training Fellowships inOtorhinolaryngology: Internal closingdate: 20 August 1999.

Horticultural Research & DevelopmentCorporation - 1999 Graham GregoryAwards: Internal closing date: 20 August1999

Motor Neurone Disease ResearchInstitute of Australia Inc.: Grants-in-Aidfor Research into Motor NeuroneDisease: Internal closing date: 20 August1999. Web site: <www.vicnet.net.au/~mndri/>.

Australian Academy of Science - SelbyFellowship for 2000: Internal closingdate: 23 August 1999. Web site: <www.science.org.au/awards/awards.htm>.

Dunlop Asia Awards Trust, TheUniversity of Melbourne, AsialinkCentre: Sir Edward Weary Dunlop AsiaFellowships: Internal closing date: 23August 1999.

Parke Davis/Pfizer Medical ResearchFellowships: Internal closing date: 23August 1999.

Multiple Sclerosis Australia - SeedingGrants for 2000: Internal closing date: 24August 1999.

South Australian Network for Researchon Ageing - SANRA Research Awards1999: Internal closing date: 24 August1999.

Australian Academy of ScienceScientific Exchanges with China 2000-2001: Web site: <http://www.science.org.au/nternat/exchange/chisci.htm>.Scientific Exchanges with Japan 2000-2001: Web site: <http://www.science.org.au/internat/exchange/jaexch.htm>.Scientific Exchanges with Korea 2000-2001: Web site: <http://www.science.org.au/internat/exchange/korex.htm>.Scientific Exchanges with Taiwan2000-2001: Web site: <http://www.science.org.au/internat/exchange/taiwex.htm>.Internal closing date: 25 August 1999.

Australian Academy of Science/Australian Academy of TechnologicalSciences and Engineering/KoreaScience and Engineering Foundation(KOSEF): Postdoctoral Fellowships inScience and Engineering - Republic ofKorea 2000-2001: Internal closing date:25 August 1999. Web site: <http://www.science.org.au/internat/exchange/apec.htm>.

Juvenile Diabetes Foundation -Research Grants, Fellowships &Career Development Awards: Internalclosing dates: 29 July 1999 and 1 February2000 (Copy of first two pages of application).18 August 1999 and 16 February 2000(Completed full applications)

Canadian High Commission · Canada-Asia-Pacific Award in

Canadian Studies (CAPA) · Faculty Enrichment Program (FEP)

Scholarships

Unless otherwise stated, informationand application forms for the followingscholarships are available from theRegistrar, Scholarships, or theScholarships Officer, Graduate Studiesand Scholarships Branch, Level 7,Wills Building, ext 35697/33044.Undergraduate Scholarship enquiriesto Anne Witt, ext 35271. Please lodgeall applications with the ScholarshipsOffice unless otherwise stated.AFUW-ACT Bursary: Free board andlodging for up to four weeks at UrsulaCollege, ANU to a woman graduate or finalyear honours student who wishes to carryout some short project, in any field, thatnecessitates a short stay in Canberra.Closing: 31 July (ACT)

Asthma South Australia Alex RamseyStudent Scholarship: Open to undergrad-uates who have completed at least two yearsof their course who are enrolled in medicalor para-medical faculties undertaking studiesin relevant biological or social sciences.Value: $1,000. Closing: 10 August (SA)

Australian Kidney Foundation SummerVacation Scholarships: Vacationscholarships are open to undergraduatescurrently enrolled in the Faculty of Medicineor other faculties offering courses in thebiological sciences. Applicants should havecompleted, or expect to complete, at leastone full year of their course by thescholarships commencement. Closing: 8September - Vacation Scholarships

Australian Minerals & Energy Environ-ment Foundation Travelling Scholar-ship: Available to study new overseasdevelop-ments in environmental manage-ment/research/practice relevant to Australianminerals and energy industry, and to applythat knowledge to Australia. Applications:AMEEF, 9th Floor, 12 Exhibition St,Melbourne 3000, tel: (03) 9679 9964, fax:(03) 9679 9916, email: <[email protected]>. Closing: 1 September (Vic)

Coral Sea Scholarship 2000: Open toAustralian citizens with relevant businessexperience wishing to visit the USA toinvestigate a problem or developmentrelevant to Australian business or industry;and contribute to Australian-Americanrelations. Value: $A3,000p/m for up to threemonths plus travel allowance. Furtherinformation available only from website:<http://sunsite.anu.edu.au/education/fulbright>. Closing: 30 September (Canberra)

Fulbright Awards 2000 to study in theUSA: Postgraduate awards available toundertake an American higher degree orengage in research towards an Australianhigher degree in any field of study. Postdoc-toral Awards to undertake study/research for3 to 12 months. Senior Scholars Awards forsenior scholars and professionals ofacademically based professions to visit theUSA for 3 to 6 months. Professional Awardsfor practitioners in any field who have arecord of achievement and are poised foradvancement to a senior management orpolicy role wishing to undertake aprofessional development program in theUSA for 3 to 4 months. Further information& applications available only from Fulbrightwebsite: <http://sunsite.anu.edu.au/education/fulbright>.

George Murray Scholarship: Available toUniversity of Adelaide graduates to under-take further postgraduate study or postdoc-toral research in approved universities orother institutions outside of Australia.Postdoctoral candidates must hold a PhDawarded by Adelaide University or expect tosubmit a thesis for PhD by 31 October 1999.Closing: 31 October (Scholarships)

Japanese Government ResearchAwards for Foreign Specialists,Science Awards 2000-2001: Open toAustralian citizens or permanent residents

wishing to undertake research for up to sixmonths in Japanese government nationallaboratories. Applicants must have beenengaged in scientific or technologicalresearch for more than three years afterobtaining a university degree in the fieldrelated to their proposed Japanese study.Forms available via internet: <http://www/science.org.au/internat/exchange.japfel.htm>. Closing: 2 August (Canberra)

Jean Denton Memorial Scholarship:Value: $16,000 to advance knowledge in earlychildhood education or a related field.Scholarship open to advanced or postgrad-uate studies within or outside Australia.Applications from Ms Gillian Harvie, 83713310. Enquiries to Ms Gillian Potter, 83024433. Closing: 24 September

NH & MRC Postgraduate Scholarships:Applications are now invited for Medical/Dental Postgraduate Scholarships, Dora Lush(Biomedical) Postgraduate Scholarships,Public Health Postgraduate ResearchScholarships, Training Scholarships forAboriginal Health (includes under-graduate). Kits available on request. Closing:6 August (Scholarships)

Public Health Association SA Branch -Student Conference Sponsorships:Open to postgraduates in a health relatedfield to attend interstate conferences (from 1August 1999 - 30 January 2000) with aHealth Promotion theme. Award coverstravel and registration costs. Closing: 30 July

Merrill Lynch Forum: Grants will beawarded to PhD students who best explainthe commercial application of theirdissertation topic. Applications via theForum’s web site: <www.ml.com/innovation/>. Closing: 15 September (USA).

Reg Waite Award for Young AustralianAchievers: Open to Australian citizens 25years or under who would benefit from agrant to help advance a chosen field of workor studies which will benefit the communityand country. Value: $7,500. Further detailsfrom Bronwyn Knight, Printing IndustriesAssociation of Australia, PO Box 58, StLeonards NSW 2065, ph: (02) 9372 1222,fax: (02) 9372 1288, email: <[email protected]>. Closing: 31 July (NSW)

Research Abroad Scholarships: Opento full-time higher degree research studentswho have completed their structured pro-gram; part-time students not in employ-ment; Lecturers Level A. Students who havepreviously held a Research Abroad Scholar-ship are ineligible. Applicants must be able toshow that travel overseas is essential for thepursuit of his/her postgraduate work.Closing: 31 July (Scholarships)

Sir Edward ‘Weary’ Dunlop AsianFellowships : Open to Australian citizens toundertake individually devised projects in anAsian country, in such fields as social service,local community development, peace-keeping, public health/welfare, technology,environment/resource management,arts/culture, sport. Closing: 30 August(Victoria)

Sir Robert Menzies Scholarship inLaw: Tenable for two years in the UKcommencing October 2000. Value: returnair fare, substantial emoluments which arenot subject to UK income tax. Academicexcellence is of primary importance.Applicants should be those aiming to attainprominence in Australia as demonstrated bytheir record of leadership, extra-curricularactivities and interest in the service of others.Closing: 23 August (Scholarships)

Smith Family Tertiary ScholarshipScheme: Open to current Year 12 studentsor those in 1st or 2nd year of university whoare members of financially disadvantagedfamilies, who have demonstrated consistentlyhigh results and are motivated to succeed.Interested applicants should contact CaronRooks, Education Support Officer, SmithFamily (02) 9550 7165. Closing: 9 August(NSW)

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