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Queensland Institute of Technology, George Street, Brisbane 4000. Telephone 223 2111.
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Business and Export Centre will assist
Queensland trade
Establishment of a Business and Export Development Centre, only the second of its kind in Australia, was announced jointly this month by QIT and the Australian Institute of Export (AlEx.) Queensland division.
The goal is to lift the State's industrial and exporting perfor- mance.
Planned as a focus for business and academic excellence, the centre will concentrate on the training and information needs of current and prospective exporters.
Besides running education pro- grams in international business, it will provide an information service for international business, research ways of improving Australia's inter- national business performance, conduct applied international bus- iness research and promote overseas study tours by Australian business executives, academics, and students.
The New South Wales Institute of Technology set up the first inter- national centre with AlEx. in December last year.
The Queensland centre will operate within QIT's Faculty of Business Studies which in recent years has cooperated with the AlEx. to develop international business education.
The Australian Institute of Export was set up in Queensland in 1966 with the goal of developing the educational and training needs of all organisations involved in export, from manufacturers to rural groups.
In recent years, it has recognised the growing importance of higher business education needs and has liaised with relevant tertiary insti- tutions to develop the international content of courses.
In 1982, QIT became the first tertiary institution in Queensland to gain AlEx. accreditation to run a diploma course. Bachelor of Business students who complete relevant sub- jects are able to receive AlEx. mem- bership by diploma conjointly with their degree.
Dean of the Faculty of Business Studies, Dr Bernie Wolff, said the AlEx. saw QIT as the most appropri- ate tertiary institution to work with in Queensland in developing academic and practical international business training and administering an inter- national business centre.
"If more Australian companies
are to succeed internationally, then support is required in terms of applied managerial training and expertise in international management," he said.
"It is proposed that the adminis-
tration and development of the Diploma of Exporting be managed
Sir John Fuller (national president, AlEx), and Dr Bernie Wolff by the Business and Export Develop-
ment Centre.
As well, it appears that a strong market exists for postgraduate studies in international business."
Budget research indicates that the centre is likely to be self-funding within three years.
Major sources of funds would include consult.ing work, applied student project work, non-degree students taking special studies and QIT and AlEx. contributions.
The centre needs to attract funding of$250 000 in the first three years of its operation.
The man who raised $11 million for the Australian Farmers Fighting Fund in six months last year, is organising a major funding drive for QIT.
Mr Peter Castleton, an associate director of fund raising consultants, Everald Compton International Pty Ltd has been appointed appeal director for the new QIT Foundation.
The Foundation was set up to finance the infrastructure necessary for an expanded applied research effort in cooperation with business and industry. The Institute plans to play a leading role in developing
technology-based Queensland industries.
According to QIT Director, Dr Dennis Gibson, it will "provide a vehicle for commerce and industry to become involved with the Institute in a profitable partnership."
The Foundation would also be a means for QIT alumni to involve themselves in that partnership.
"Governments have limited capacity to create new business," Dr Gibson said. "It is up to commerce and industry to make the investment in technology."
continued on page 4
Hands out for donations: Chatrman of the Finance Council, Mr Bill Blair (right) and QIT Foundation fundraiser, Mr Peter Castleton.
Parents crowd Orientation Obituary
Dr A.M. Fraser
Parents of tertiary students seem to be taking a far more active interest in their children's education and welfare this year.
About 700 people, a record number, arrived for the traditional QIT parents orientation program on February 2.
There was standing room only at the Basil Jones Theatre which seats 400, and about 150 parents were forced to remain in the foyer.
Program organisers served over 1000 cups of tea and coffee as a good- will gesture before the unexpectedly large crowd embarked on visits to various schools and departments and talks with academic staff.
The Law Faculty is expecting about 100 parents to attend its separate parents orientation program on March 3.
The official QIT orientation pro-
gram for students was held on ,.
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More than 9500 students are enrol- ling this year, close to five percent above 1986, continuing the pattern of steady growth. There are almost 3000 new undergraduates in 1987.
continued on page 4 Student, Tony White: keeping up with '0' Week
Dr A.M. (Don) Fraser, the foundation Director of QIT, died on 27 February after a long illness.
Dr Fraser, 65, presided over Q IT's development from the former Central Technical College in 1965 to a major Australian higher education insti- tution when he retired in 1981.
Chairman of QIT Council, Mr Ian Cameron, said the Institute owed Dr Fraser a great deal in terms of the excellent reputation it enjoyed in the community.
"He saw the special role of the institute of technology very clearly and pursued this vision with great energy and success," he said.
"Don knew the staff very well and earned their enormous respect. He will be greatly missed by hundreds here."
Dr Fraser received the Order of Australia for his services to education.
He was a life fellow of QIT and the A.M. Fraser Library building on campus stands in his memory.
Concentrate research effort
QIT must concentrate its research activities into areas in which we have relative strengths and which will contribute most to Queensland's economic development.
In the past we have responded to specific needs of external organisations which have paid directly for our problem solving services.
Our R&D role has evolved from a pure teaching base 20 years ago to a stage where it provides $3 million per annum worth of services to industry.
During this evolution, the QIT mission has broadened to the extent now where we must pick a few areas in which to provide leadership to Queensland industry, as well as solving problems on a day to day basis.
Concentrating scarce research resources in two or three areas in the first instance is the only way we can realize QIT's full leadership potential in the economic development of Queensland.
Selection of these key areas must be based on the likely impact on the State's development, OfT's existing strengths, and potential to generate income through sources such as the QIT Foundation, Commonwealth Key Centre and Teaching Company programs, research grants, consulting and continuing education.
A minimum of $1 million over five years will be needed for each 'pinnacle' area, with about half coming through the Foundation or government programs. Each pinnacle will have an advisory board of top people with a commercial interest in the field.
These areas can expect to offer QIT's first PhDs and to be heavily involved in other postgraduate research.
Creation of the pinnacle areas will be another step toward the sort of institute of technology which a developing state like Queensland needs.
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Council Profile:
Jo-Anne Porter
The $250 tertiary administration charge will lead to elitist education, according to QIT Council's newest member.
the community in which they worked.
Jo-Anne Porter is the second female student representative to Council.
She said the 'user-pay' system for education was unfair to lower income earners and others in low socio- economic groups such as women.
"If people are denied access to education, the whole community will suffer; jobs will be given to overseas graduates due to a lack of a skilled work base in Australia.~
Ms Porter has an opinion on most educational issues.
The driving force in her running for Council was the State Govern- ment move in 1986 to abolish com- pulsory student union fees.
Being on QIT Council is important to her. She sees her role as a mediator between students (and the union) and administration.
~My role is to ensure that whenever possible, every issue is considered and that the students' point-of-view is taken into account."
"I want to ensure that wherever possible, people are not prevented from studying on financial grounds,"
Ms Porter said.
Another issue she feels strongly about is the quality of tertiary education.
She said that objective thought was not taught to students during their courses and this reflected on
"It is dangerous for students to soak up everything they are taught without critical evaluation.~
Ms Porter, who is QIT represent- ative for the Queensland Union of Students has been on many com- mittees. In 1986, she was activities director for the QIT Union. She was also on the Gardens Point Campus Club Committee, the Community Building Board and the Courtyard Shop Committee.
This year, she will represent the Faculty of Business Studies on the Academic Board as student representative.
A second year part-time Bachelor of Business - Communication student majoring in journalism, Ms Porter hopes to continue as a member of Council after the June elections.
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FF£CT ON ENROL1'1ENT5 (SEE PAGE . / )Singapore professor new head of QIT
architecture department
A former professor who was instru- mental in having energy conservation building regulations introduced in Singapore, is the new head of QIT's Architecture and Industrial Design Department.
Dr Bill Lim, a naturalised Aust- ralian, was previously Dean of the Faculty of Building Science at the University of Singapore.
He was a member of the university research team which helped the Singapore government draft and implement energy conserving build- ing regulations in 1980. The regu- lations, affecting all new buildings, cover such aspects as enclosure design, insulation, air-conditioning, lighting and heat gain calculations.
Dr Lim says he hopes to take an active interest in Brisbane in energy- efficient building design with particu- lar reference to high-rise commercial buildings.
In Singapore, he also advised a private engineering firm on the en- vironmental impact on the urban landscape of the mass transit system now under construction. He is a building environment specialist especially in the control of the indoor environment, and the integration of science and technology of building in architecture design.
Dr Lim joined QIT on January 27 after I4 years with the University of Singapore.
He completed a Bachelor of Archi- tecture at the University of Sydney in I959, winning the Royal Australian Institute of Architects silver medal as the best graduate nationally.
In 1963 he gained his doctorate from the same institution after com- pleting a graduate diploma in town and country planning.
Dr Lim joined the Faculty of Architecture at the University of New South Wales as a lecturer in 1964 and was later promoted to senior lecturer.
During sabbatical leave in 1970 he spent six months as visiting associate professor at the University of Cali- fornia at Berkeley and a similar period as a visiting senior lecturer at the University of Singapore.
He returned to the University of New South Wales for a year before moving to Singapore.
Dr Lim worked with the Singapore Preservation of Monuments Board
sites both for their heritage and tourism values. On the lighter side, he was a frequent judge of downtown Singapore decorations and lighting for festive occasions like Christmas and the Chinese New Year.
to conserve buildings and historic Dr Bill Lim
First equal opportunity officer appointed
QIT's first Equal Opportunities Officer will be Ms Therese Pearce, presently Administration Officer for the Faculty of the Built Environment.
"deep commitment to education as part of the whole process of society, including its contribution to industry and to social objectives."
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The appointment is for a period of two years, and will take effect as soon as she can be replaced in her current position.She was the convenor of the work- ing party on equal opportunity whose recommendations were accepted by the Institute early last year.
Fewer funds for science
In the November 28 (Christmas), 1986 issue of'Inside QIT'were faculty funding figures for 1987. Something, somehow does not add up. The science figures, in my mind, are questionable.
The 1986 funding amount of
$5 734 000 and the 1987 amount of
$5 877 000 suggest an increase of
$143 000 (effectively a 2.49% in- crease). Anomalous increases in infor- mation technology ( 10.10%) and in engineering (only 1.75%) compare unfavourably with an average 4.40%
increase.
The greatest discrepancy appears
This money must have been allocated to other faculties for which the Federal Government expressly did not pro- vide funds.
Assuming the $143 000 increase in science funding is derived from
$510 000, where is the rest of the funding specifically provided for science? The 10 .I 0% funding increase for information technology (2.5 times the average funding increase) may provide the answer. If you were a potential science student, what would
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Geology in science figures in relation to an The following response was sought article in 'The Courier-Mail', October from the Deputy Registrar:
23 1986 which states that, of the 80 You are quite correct in your new places provided by the Federal assessment that the figures appearing Government, 70 were to be in science. in 'Inside QIT' do not line up with That this has occurred is not apparent the report in 'The Courier-Mail'.
in the quoted funding figures. 'The Courier-Mail' article sought to It appears that 701 80 of $510 000, summarise the fact that Q IT has or $446 250, (compared to the been granted approval to accept an
$143 000 derived from the funding additional 80 students (ie, above figures) leaves a surplus of$303 250. EFTS levels previously approved Page 2 INSIDE QIT, February 27, 1987.
for 1987) predominantly in the science and technology fields of study.
However, some growth had also been planned in the business area. In terms of the course classifications used by the Commonwealth Tertiary Education Commission QIT courses in the Faculties of Science, Built Environment, Information Tech- nology, Engineering and Health Science are regarded as science and technology. It is in these faculties that QIT agreed to place the bulk of the additional 80 EFTS granted for
1987.
Distribution of the additional 80 places has been as follows:
Science and Technology
Built Environment 10
Engineering 15
Health Science 5
Information Technology 10
Science 15
SUB TOTAL 55
Business Studies 25
TOTAL 80 David Greenwood, Deputy Registrar
One of four staff members elected to the QIT Council, Ms Pearce has a
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Ms Therese Pearce
"The director of equal opportunity action is in fact the Institute Director, Dr Gibson," she said. "I will be executive officer to the committee which advises the Director, therefore the facilitator of that action."
Ms Pearce said her role was to concentrate on equal opportunity in employment and her brief covered both academic and general staff.
She was hoping to achieve better use of human resources in both these areas and more opportunity for staff, both male and female, to develop their potential.
"My management style is con- sultative and I will seek as much input as possible from the Institute and from staff."
"QIT is covered by Federal legis- lation on affirmative action and is obliged to deliver an equal opportun- ity progress report to the Federal Government in October.
More autonomy for CAEs in changes
to Education Act
Major changes to the State Edu- cation Act proposed this year include termination ofthe Board of Advanced Education from July 1987 and greater independence for college councils.
Accreditation of CAE courses, senior courses and T AFE courses, the awarding ofTE scores and regis- tration of teachers, will be adminis- tered through one statutory body- the Queensland Council for Accredit- ation of Courses in Post -Compulsory Education - with five matching standing committees.
Two additional councils will be created to advise on non-government education and on education for econ- omic development.
The proposals were announced this month by the Minister for Edu- cation, Mr Powell.
The new council will supersede the BAE, the Board of Secondary School Studies and the Board of Teacher Education.
One of the 12 members of the
council will be particularly concerned with CAEs.
The one council will avoid dupli- cation among the three existing boards and focus on the basic function of accreditation of courses in post- compulsory education, a government paper says.
The colleges have ~reached a degree of maturity and size which renders the earlier coordinating arrangements unnecessary ... it is now desirable to de-emphasise the coordination aspP.ct while retaining the course accrediting aspect performed by the BAE," it says.
The proposed new structure was also influenced by the formation nationally of the ~ustralian Council on Awards in Tertiary Education which is concerned with the regis- tration nationally of both advanced education and T AFE awards.
The Advisory Council on Edu- cation for Economic Development will report/ recommend to a Minis- terial Committee comprising the
Minister for Education (chairman), the Minister for Employment, Small Business and Industrial Affairs and the Minister for Industry and Tech- nology with respect to developments in education and training desirable to promote the economic develop- ment of Queensland.
This advisory council will have one CAE representative among 16 members.
Mr Powell said Cabinet had given approval for discussions and drafting of the proposed amendments to proceed.
Q SEARCH gears for. 150°/o research deduction
QIT has been recognised as an approved research institute under a section of the Income Tax Assessment Act designed to foster research and development in Australia.
QIT sleep-in to aid glaucoma research
This means that registered com- panies will be able to claim a tax deduction of 150 percent for all money spent on approved research and development at the Institute.
The R&D tax deduction scheme was introduced last June.
QIT's industrial liaison arm, Q SEARCH, will certify and manage all Institute projects claimed under the scheme.
A big research project starting at QIT this year could lead to more effective treatment for the eye disease, glaucoma, a leading cause of blind- ness, particularly in older age groups.
Glaucoma is responsible for an estimated 20 percent of US and British cases of irreversible sight loss and Australian figures are thought to be similar.
There are many types, with the most common affecting people over 50.
The National Health and Medical Research Council has a warded three QIT Optometry Department staff a total of$53 000 for a three year study which could result in a better under- standing of the disease.
The 1987 grant is for $24 000.
The study by Dr Brian Brown, Mr Peter Swann, and Ms Christine Wildsoet, will investigate the role of sleep and daylight and the hormone, melatonin, in control of pressure in the eye.
Generally in a person with glaucoma, pressure in the eye is higher than normal. Fluid which nourishes the transparent eye tissues builds up and does not drain properly.
If the pressure is too high, there is a loss of function of nerve fibres in the retina, which can lead to blindness.
Mr Swann said researchers else- where had already done studies on the way in which this pressure altered throughout the day and the night, but the QIT team hoped to gain more useful conclusions through better controls on experiments.
"It is important to know whether these day
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night pressure variations are normal or exaggerated both in people with normal eyes and those with glaucoma," he said.The researchers will then try to find out if there is any correlation between the levels of the hormone and eye pressure levels.
Three groups each of ten volunteers - one group with normal eyes, one with suspected glaucoma, and one with confirmed glaucoma - will take part in the study.
The NH&MRC project stems from a 1985 final year student project on the effects of sleep on pressure within the eyes of normal subjects.
That project found that sleeping
may cause pressure to build up, with some subjects showing a far greater increase in pressure than expected.
F. y
takes systems expert for year
A QIT lecturer with an unusual combination of skills is assisting a Sydney-based firm operating in the field of international finance for a year.
The $80 000 contract was arranged by Q SEARCH, the Institute's research marketing and commercial activities division, and is the first to allow an academic staff member to work off-campus for 12 months full- time. It will also involve the Faculty of Information Technology and other staff in practical interaction in a highly complex field of computing and finance.
Mr Garry de Jager, from the Department of Information Systems, has been seconded to Q SEARCH for a computing consultancy with Option Technologies Pty Ltd in Sydney.
The firm, the only one of its type in Australia, and possibly in the world, specialises in the protection of overseas currency loans against unfavourable exchange rate movements.
The firm deals in overseas loans of
hundreds of millions of dollars.
Mr de Jager will provide general guidance about upgrading computing facilities as well as developing special- ist systems for Option Technologies.
The lecturer has a relatively rare combination of skills, covering mathe- matics, computing and theoretical finance. He holds a degree in mathe- matics, a Master of Business Adminis- tration, and has a 20 year background in computing from programming and systems analysis to management and marketing. His career includes four years with IBM in Sydney.
His degrees in mathematics and business will allow him to develop the complex formulae needed to solve certain problems in the options area. His computing background will be useful to determine whether numeric solutions might be preferable to pursuing analytical solutions.
Mr de Jager, who started work in Sydney on February 2, said he regarded the job as a "greatlchallenge and a potentially wonderful area in which to gain experience and publish."
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Acknowledgements
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The General Manager of Q SEARCH, Mr Ray Bange, has been appointed vice-chairman of the Australian Tertiary Institutions Consult- ing Companies Association (A TICCA).
A TICCA is made up of the group of organisations set up in recent years to develop commercial activities and foster the commercialisation of research and investigation in Australia's colleges and universities.
Twenty one QIT safety coordlnatora and safety off/cera attended two couraes conducted by the National Safety Council of Austrella (Qid division) at the Institute In November and December.
The couraes, covering health and safety In the workplace, covered subjects renglng from hazard Identification and control to common and statutory law, and accident and job safety analysis.
They were the flrat of their kind held at the Institute.
QIT was represented at the second Queensland Motor Show in Brisbane this month as part of the display mounted by the Australian Automotive Industry Training Committee.
The Institute has had talks with the AAITC about how it could become involved in training people in the industry .
As a metrologist, Mr Eric Mills, of QIT's Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Is accustomed to jobs /Ike callbretlng gauges. He Is a testing officer approved by the National Association of Testing Authorities for callbretlon of all types of equipment.
So one of his latest testing contracts was a surprise. Mr Mills was asked by a local plastics products company to provide the geometric profile measurement of false fingernails.
Using an optical projector, he enlarged the fingernails to 10 times real size, to enable a computer program to be developed to produce moulds In which to cast the nails.
QIT buildings could become smoke-free if recommendations of the Institute's Health and Safety Committee are implemented.
The only exceptions would be areas like the Gardens Point Campus Club which are not run by the Institute.
QIT Council has decided to give Academic Assembly, the Staff Committee and the Students Union the opportunity to comment on the proposal before Council considers the matter again at its March meeting.
Catherine Bull seems to have a nature/ attrectlon to reptiles.
Firat It was landscape design on Lizard Island, now ifs crocodiles.
The senior lecturer In Q/Ts Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture came across this warning when she accidently wandered off courae In North Queensland.
Ms Bull and lecturer, Mr Glenn Thomas were asked to make a preliminary report on
a
landscape plan fora
large northern airport, and have now been commissioned to help develop and Implement the plan.'~~::-~~«~~·
Institutes attract
more private funding
Institutes of technology obtain a far greater proportion of research equipment funding from the private sector than universities, according to a Federal Government study.
Nine percent of lOT funds came from private industry, compared with only two percent for universities.
The report of the Federal Science Department's Pilot Study of Research Equipment in Australian Higher Edu- cation was published late last year.
It covered academic departments which conduct research in physics, physical chemistry or biochemistry.
These three disciplines were identified through equipment grants to the ARGS as requiring a high level of research equipment.
Twenty eight institutions were sur- veyed including all 19 universities and nine technological institutions of advanced education.
Forty eight percent of lOT funds came from the CTEC equipment grant, 17 percent from the CTEC general recurrent grant, and one percent from the CTEC special research grant.
ARGS funding accounted for nine percent.
On private sector funding, the Science Department said lOT's greater proportion probably reflected the fact that institutes were not eligible to receive direct research funding from CTEC.
The response rate to the pilot study was 93 percent which the Science Department said suggested a hi ' level of concern about the state .search equipment.
The principal finding of the study was that at least double the current level of funding for research equip- ment was needed over the next five years in the departments surveyed.
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Law · lecturer gets OAM
Student rosters Boondall staff for concerts
QIT senior lecturer, Mr Steve Karas, was awarded the Order of Australia medal ( 0 AM) in the Aust- ralia Day honours, for services to the community, especially to the Greek community.
Mr Karas, who joined the staff of the legal practice course in late 1984, has a long history of service to the Greek and the general community in Queensland and in the Northern Territory.
He is currently deputy chairman of the Federation of Ethnic Com- munity Councils of Australia and chairman of the Council of Queens- land Ethnic Communities.
Last year he was a member of the Federal Government committee which reviewed n::gmr.t and multi- cultural progra111~ and ~ervices in Australia for the Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs.
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The son of Greek immigrants, Mr Karas was born in 1944 at Birkdale near Wellington Point where his father was a share farmer, and has spent most of his life in Queensland.
However, between 1976and 1983, he worked as a solicitor in the Northern Territory.
During that time he was the N orthem Territory's honorary consul for Greece for six and a half years, and honorary solicitor for the Greek community.
Other community activities in- cluded membership of the Consumer Affairs Council, the Road Safety Council and the Darwin Hospital Board. He was chairman of the governing body of the NT Anti- Cancer Foundation, and a director of the NT Child Accident Prevention Association.
In Brisbane, he is very involved with the Greek community through such organisations as the Greek Orthodox community of St George, the Pan-Rhodian society, Colossus, and the village grouping known as the Asklipion Association.
Migrant, multi-cultural and ethnic affairs have interested him since he was a child when he had to interpret for his parents and others.
"I have always felt empathy for disadvantaged people, especially those from non-English speaking backgrounds."
Mr Karas said he was delighted with the OAM award, but he felt that because of his many activities, the honour must be shared with his family and friends who had supported him and suffered his frequent absences.
Problems of organising hundreds of staff working at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre at Boondall may all be solved by the work of one QIT student.
A computerised personnel rotation system is expected to be in use within the next month.
Jason Gregory, a final year Bachelor of Business - Computing student developed a system which keeps a record of availability of the hundreds of part-time employees
and assists in a fair rotation of employment amongst them.
The program was written for a microcomputer to set up a series of databases that relate specifically to casual employees working at the complex.
It checks who is available, when they were last employed, how many people are required to staff particular entrances and gates, and provides personal data of staff.
It recommends how best to allocate staff for upcoming concerts.
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Fund raiser sets target for QIT
foundation
PareniS crow rientation
The initial target for a concentrated fund-raising campaign starting this month, is $1 million, with an aim of
$20 million by the turn of the century.
Mr Castleton, the former national director of the farmers' campaign, believes he can better the initial capital target for QIT as he did for the National Farmers Federation.
He is operating on campus for the 'intensive phase' of the campaign which will continue until the end of May.
His experience, he says, is in providing corr.petent managerial advice for non-profit organisations to maximise their potential in fund- raising. The main challenge he sees for QIT is to overcome 'false modesty' about the Institute's achievements and potential.
"It is time to raise the Institute's profile in the community and show industry and commerce the benefits of investing in the future through the Foundation," Mr Castleton said.
"The Foundation's Finance
More than half the student popu- lation will be studying full-time, re- versing the previous trend of a greater proportion of part-time enrolments.
There has been a large increase in demand for postgraduate courses, particularly in business adminis- tration, but no extra quota places are available.
The Institute this year also will admit up to 16 overseas students paying full fees of as much as $12 000 a year.
QIT administrators say the $250 administration charge imposed by
Council is a committee of prominent I
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businesspeople drawn from a broad community base, giving the organis- ation access to the business corridors of power in this State."
The Foundation's patron is the Governor, Sir Walter Campbell. The Finance Council is chaired by Mr Bill Blair, General Manager of Q UF Industries.
Other members are: Mr John Garnsey, Mr Eric Finger, Ms Valmai Pidgeon, Mr John Wadley, Mr Alex Orford, Mr Jim Anderson, Mr Norbury Rogers, Mr Barry Mathias, Mr Bernie Dawson, Mr Ron Archer, Mr Ivan Biddle, Dr Ted Campbell,
the Federal Government does not appear, at this stage, to have had a discernible impact on enrolments.
About 80 percent of all prospective 1987 students have already paid the charge.
Speaking at the official welcome to students, QlT Director, Dr Dennis Gibson, said there was tremendous competition to get into the Institute:
there were 6000 first preference applicants for 3000 places this year.
Given the inherent pressures in tertiary education today, students might wonder at times whether or
not it was worth it.
"The rewards are there," Dr Gibson said. "A degree leads to a good job and a worthwhile career with high starting salaries." He said QIT differed from other tertiary institutions in the practical way in which it worked with business, industry, government and the professions to determine their need for graduates, the skills the graduates should have, and the way courses were designed, taught, and assessed.
It prided itself on producing quality professionals to meet the needs of Queensland.
and Mr Greg Chappell. Institute staff were busy at Queensland University in December distributing QIT offers through QTAC.
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The centre is the venue for entertain- ment on a large scale like the T orville and Dean lee skating show, and the Elton John and Lionel Richie rock concerts.
Jason said management had used a manual system for allocating staff but found this to be inefficient.
He intends to update the system and expand it for other uses in the centre.
Jason Gregory: staff shuffling at Boondall
Applications for postgraduate courses offered at QIT have sky- rocketed.
This is particularly evident in the Graduate Diploma in Business Admin- istration which this year, recorded 70 percent more applications than in 1986.
Courses offered by the Faculty of The Built Environment also proved popular. Applications for postgradu- ate courses rose by 61 percent. There was a 30 percent increase in demand for the Graduate Diploma in Library Science.
Assistant Registrar, Mr Paul Abernethy, said that overall appli- cations for postgraduate entry went up by 30 percent this year. Unfortu- nately, quotas over the past two years had not increased in spite of high demand for courses.
Mr Abernethy said QIT did not have sufficient places to be able to satisfy 700 eligible graduate students.
Staff support private unis
A majority of QlT academic staff support the introduction of privately- owned tertiary institutions, and favour in principle the introduction of tuition fees in tertiary education generally.
These were some of the findings of a survey conducted late last year by the Institute's Academic Staff Association.
The results were based on 75 replies, a 50 percent response to a four-part questionnaire.
Sixty-seven percent of the respon- dents said they were not opposed in principle to the introduction of tuition fees.
However 69 percent wanted only nominal fees, and 77 percent were against the introduction of full fees at Federally-funded tertiary institutions.
Sixty-four percent of respondents supported the introduction of privately-owned tertiary institutions.
Company sponsors· elec.
eng. principal lectureship
An expanding Queensland manu- facturer and supplier of electronic systems, Energy Control Pty Ltd of Sumner Park has fmanced establish- ment of a QIT principal lectureship in electrical/ electronic engineering.
has been exploring with the State Government the feasibility of setting up a CML industry in Queensland.
ment, CML, computer applications, and industrial collaboration.
Law faculty appoints
its first professional- in-residence
Dr Colin Chesmond, formerly a senior lecturer in the School of Electrical/ Electronic Systems Engin- eering, is the second staff member of the Faculty of Engineering to be promoted to an industry-sponsored principal lectureship. (Dr Will Scott of Mechanical Engineering was the first). Dr Chesmond will also join the board of Energy Control.
The principal lectureship is also being supported by the Queensland Electricity Commission through secondment of its staff to assist with lecturing and other duties.
Dr Chesmond, with 13 years of industrial experience to complement his academic career, currently heads a group of seven full-time and a number of part-time staff comprising one of the most comprehensive representations of control engineering at a tertiary institution in Australia.
The group is already strongly involved in industry collaboration.
Appointed to QIT in 1970 to establish and develop a control engin- eering section, Dr Chesmond has been responsible for many edu- cational initiatives.
Other interests include state-of- the-art parallel processing, and devel- oping cross-disciplinary engineering studies for which he has been chairing a sub-<::ommittee of the Engineering Academic Board as well as making a survey of local industry.
Dr Chesmond sees his new position within QIT as an opportunity for exploring and consolidating new initiatives, particularly in the areas of course and curriculum develop-
Managing Director of Energy Control Pty Ltd, Mr Ken Curry, said his company had supported a series of undergraduate projects at QIT, and would cooperate further this year with postgraduate research on fibre optic methodologies relating to communications technology.
Through Dr Chesmond 's initiative, the company would supply free high- tech components for student research projects in 25 universities and insti- tutes Australia-wide.
Dr Colin Chesmond (left) with Mr Ken Curry
QIT's Law Faculty has appointed its fmt Professional-in-Residence, well-known Brisbane solicitor and company director, Mr Ross McNab.
The aim of the Professional-in- Residence program is to enrich educational programs through the involvement of distinguished and talented professionals with students and staff.
Mr McNab is a partner in the firm of Chambers, McNab, Tully and Wilson, and specialises in intellectual property law which covers, among other things, the law relating to computers, technology transfer and copyright, patents and trademarks.
During his appointment to QIT for this academic year, he will conduct seminars in one or more LLB subjects as well as giving a number of lectures to students in the Legal Practice course. He will also be involved in the Law Faculty's annual professional seminar.
Mr McNab gained an Arts honours degree in administration from Queensland University in 1970,follow- ing this with a law degree in 1974.
He has 15 years practical ex- perience - two years articles followed by l3 years as an employed solicitor and a partner.
He Is a member of more than a dozen professional associations in-
eluding the International Bar Assoc- iation and is president elect of the Australia and New Zealand chapter of the Licensing Executives Society, a technology transfer organisation.
A Fellow of the Institute of Directors in Australia, he is a director of a computer company and of the Australian subsidiary of an American high technology railway equipment company.
Mr Ross McNab They include the introduction in
1973 and 1986 of a unique graduate diploma course in computer control, a series of workshops on control systems and microprocessors, and the development of the masters, bachelor and associate diploma programs.
Industrial relations posts for lecturers
Among his special interests are computer managed learning (CML), in which the computer is used for self-paced student assessment and course management, but not for providing instruction. He has been extensively involved as a consultant with QEC in this field, and recently
The Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia has two QIT management academics on its executive following elections at their January conference in New Zealand.
Principal lecturer in the School of Management, Dr Gill Palmer became vice president and senior lecturer in economics and industrial relations,
Dr Doug Blackmur, was elected to the executive committee.
While in New Zealand, both attended an ANZAAS conference and further developed their research interests.
Dr Palmer interviewed leading members of New Zealand's personnel management profession in Auckland and Wellington in connection with a
book of readings on personnel management she is editing for Mac- millans Australia Pty Ltd. She also met the authors of New Zealand's latest, fast selling answer to popular American management books - called 'Theory K' (for Kiwi) and continued her research into the nature of Australasia's unique conciliation and arbitration system.
QIT supports internal research projects with $64 000 in grants
Twenty five internally funded re- search and development grants have been approved for
1987,
tota!Ung S64 431.The R&D Support Committee received 47 applications from staff for 1987 grants, seeking funds totall- ing $186 740.
Financial support for the programs is drawn from the R&D sub-fund which accumulates money from an eight percent levy on consultancy,
continuing education, testing, and other activities.
Name
Faculty of Business Studies Mr A W Lynch
Mr R Miller/ Dr K Gough Faculty of Engineering Dr D L Beal
Mr D Birtwhistle Mr R G Black Mr P K Doddington MrW G Feige Dr D W Hainsworth Mr R J Heywood Dr M P Moody Dr S Sridharan DrW C Wong
Faculty of Health Science
The successful applicants are:
Title
Book values and the small firm some Australian evidence 'Porting' the writer's Tone Editor software program to IBM Shrinkage of Brisbane concretes
Current equaliser
Head losses at bends on open channel flow
High sensitivity - high bandwidth physiological measurement Investigate hydrostatic forming of large parabolic microwave aerial Collision warning system for gliders
The application of a generalised free body diagram approach to design of concrete structures Unwanted interference cancellation in tape recording
Investigation of the firmware design of novel real-time signal processing algorithms using TMS 320 I 0 signal processor.
Machinability studies of cubic boron nitrate (CBN) cutting tools
Amount($) 1374 2000 3500 2070 3000 1500 2000 2800 3140 3100 2500 4000
Dr J G Aaskov lmmunodiagnosis of dengue haemorrhagic fever 4000
Dr D A Atchison Dynamic accommodation in the presence of astigmatism 2000
Dr B Brown An investigation of visual function important in human mobility and orientation 3077
Mr E A Bennett Inactivation of active components of tiger snake venom 1500
Mr M J Collins The effect of age on glare recovery 2000
Mr R A Sanderson To examine the long term effects of functional orthotic therapy on pronatory compensation as a result of 4000 delayed ontogenetic
Ms C F Wildsoet Accommodation dynamics in myopia 2000
Faculty of Information Technology
Mr J McGovern/ Mr D Moody System development needs for managerial support 3500
Faculty of Science
Mr C M Austin Acquaculture genetics research facility 2770
Dr J P Bartley/Or G A George Chemiluminescence studies of enzymatic lipid oxidation 3500
Mr B J McMahon An investigation of the effects of dietary protein level on growth, food conversion efficiency, protein 2700 utilisation and body composition in juvenile Golden Perch
Dr G Smith Silver (I)-Ligand interactions 1500
Dr C F Wong Development of a low-<::ost image analyser 900
TOTAL 64 431
Dr Blackmur was involved in discussions about developments in Pacific Rim countries, especially in the areas of economics and industrial relations, and examined the develop- ment of business studies education at the Massey University.
Govt sponsors management research paper
Management attitudes to industrial democracy and management struc- tures, and the extent to which they could be affected by democratic attitudes was the subject of a research paper published recently by the Commonwealth along with its dis- cussion paper on industrial democracy.
The research paper was the product of a Commonwealth funded study by Dr Gill Palmer, principal lecturer in management at QIT. Co-workers on the project were Dr Margaret Gardiner, Dr Craig Littler and Dr Mike Quinlan of Griffith University.
Dr Palmer said management atti- tudes in industries varied from a total lack of interest in employee participation to a belief that partici- pation through unions or consultative committees served management ends by easing employee acceptance of harsh decisions.
Dr Gill Palmer
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Students win prestigious James Hardie award
for engineering
Three Queensland civil engineering students have received prestigious,
$1000 awards from James Hardie Industries.
Two awards went to QIT students.
T~e awards were presented by State Manager for James Hardie and Coy, Mr Col Hoyes at the company's Meeandah office.
QIT recipients were Bachelor of
Engineering student, Gary Bendall and Associate Diploma in Engineer- ing student, Mark Forward. The third recipient was Chris Potter from Queensland University.
The third year students were each presented with the James Hardie Pipeline Award fabricated from Hardie pipe, a $250 cheque and a return trip to Sydney to tour James Hardie's research and engineering
laboratories.
The awards go to those students who have achieved excellence in all activities undertaken in the year of study. Academic excellence is one criterion.
James Hardie and Coy also provide an achievement a ward for architecture ($500) and a Bachelor of Science Building Award ($250) to top QIT students in the area each year.
( L toR) Winning students, Garry Bendall, Mark Forward, and Chris Potter with State Manager for Hardie & Coy, Mr Col Hoyes
Papua New Guinea manager gets
special training
Mr Joe Herman, Personnel and Training Manager designate for Ramu Sugar Ltd in Papua New Guinea, has returned home after doing a Q IT course specially designed for him by Q SEARCH.
The month-long program concen- trated on areas of the personnel field likely to be of greatest benefit to him, from computerised personnel syHems to job evaluation and salarv
administration. -
Mr Herman also visited personnel departments in a number of big private companies in Brisbane and Sydney to broaden his understanding of personnel management.
A graduate in business adminis- tration from an American university,
personnel executive for Papua New Guinea's only sugar mill in the near future, replacing an expatriate.
Mr Herman will become the chief Mr Joe Herman
Kellogg checks that funds well spent
The Assistant Vice President (Administration) of theW K Kellogg Foundation in the United States visited the Institute on February 9 to meet QIT fellows.
Ms Karen Hollenbeck said an average two year fellowship was valued at US$50 000.
She aims to evaluate the fellow- ships to determine whether they were the best use of foundation funds.
The fellowships were first offered in 1980. Of the twelve awarded in Queensland four have gone to QIT.
Q IT recipients were Ms Pam Stally- brass from the Department of Medical Laboratory Science; Ms Karen Stolz and Ms Beverly Pegg from Nursing Studies; and Mr Jim Whiting from the Department of Physics.
Ms Hollenbeck who will be visiting other recipients around Australia said that so far, she was happy with the positive ways in which fellows were using their expertise gained through fellowships.
The W K Kellogg Foundation was established in 1930 by the million- aire cereal manufacturer.
Continuing education courses planned in computing
Survey technique may help forestry planning
Library updates copy
facilitie s
QIT's Faculty of Information Technology has commissioned Q SEARCH to run all its continuing education programs over the next two years.
The faculty, comprising the Departments of Computing Science and Information Systems, expects to offer up to 30 different training programs over that period by way of workshops, seminars and courses.
The first program, a series of four short courses on data communi- cations networks, was held in November, and attracted more than 70 participants. Two, day-long courses on the UN IX computer system and shell programming are scheduled for March II and 12
Project Development Officer for Q SEARCH, Mr Cec Maddox said this 'packaging' of all continuing education courses for one faculty was a first for the agency.
"The advantage to academic staff is that we take over the adminis- tration, which we are specialists in, so they are free to concentrate on program content," he said.
Q SEARCH is also examining how it might promote the faculty's interest in expert systems. It is currently having talks with building societies and other finance insti- tutions in Brisbane about how the faculty could help improve the
Q IT surveying experts are showing the State Department of Forestry how to accurately map forestry terrain from small format aerial photographs.
The photographs are taken as an aid to management and planning of operations and the contour mapping in this case will assist the depart- ment in strategic planting of logged
areas.
The technique uses advanced computer linked photogrammetric equipment which is unique in Queens- land to correct for geometric dis- tortions in 70mm photography. The equipment allows contour maps and three dimensional drawings to be plotted from any angle, from aerial photographs.
Lecturer in photogrammetry, Mr Kevin Jones, said the technique had many possible applications for mapping small areas from aerial photographs taken on video or low cost cameras. Terrain drawings plotted from particular angles could provide evidence in motor accidents, or preliminary maps for-real estate development.·
security of their computer systems. (L toR) Mr Kevin Jones, Mr Bob Bale, Mr Maurice Friend, and Mr Owen Betts Pi!ae fi INSIDE OIT. Fehrw~rv '?7 1987.
The Institute Library has updated its photocopying facilities for 1987 and has developed a library photo- copying card exclusive to QIT.
It involves the change from coin operated copying to magnetic card operated copying and replacement of existing machines with new ones which can reduce, enlarge, and pro- vide double sided copies.
Chief Librarian, Mr Tom Coch- rane, said card operated copying was faster and more convenient for the user.
"It allows photocopying machines to operate more efficiently, reduces down time and increases availability."
The card uses a magnetic strip which identifies the value encoded onto the card and keeps a record of the way that value is used to produce photocopies.
Cards can be acquired from photo- copying staff and have value added to them either by staff or by using a
$2 note revalidating machine (it will also take coins).
Later this year a revalidating machine which works using coins and notes of varying denominations will be installed.
A $2.50 deposit is required for a card which can be used for as long as it is needed. If returned in good condition, the deposit will be refunded.
The QIT card will not operate at other campuses as the system is owned and run internally.
The cost per copy will be seven cents.
Ex-Oiympian - recognised Healthy Lifestyle
Activities calendar 1987
Ex-Olympic Games gymnast and QIT Enrolments Officer, Mr Barry Cheales, has received one of 10 inaugural Order of Merit awards for services to the Queensland Olympic Council.
Other recipients included yachting gold medallist, John Cuneo, and swimming coach, Joe King.
Mr Cheales, now the Gymnastic Association representative on the Queensland Olympic Council, is also
secretary of the new Queensland Olympians Club, an association of some 120 former Olympic Games competitors living in the State.
Barry Cheales competed at the 1964 Olympics, coached at the 1972 Games and was gymnastics section manager at Montreal in 1976.
He was Australian champion three times between 1968 and 1971, and until 1984 was the best ranked male gymnast in Australia.
As a coach he wrote the current 'bible' of grading systems for Aust- ralian gymnastics, the National Level Award Scheme. The manual stan- dardised gymnastics in this country.
In 1972 he was appointed the first national coaching director for the Australian Gymnastics Federation, a position he held for 12 years.
Although he retired from com- petitive gymnastics in 1980, Mr Cheales temains active in the sport through the' Brisbane Gymnastics Club at Chelmer which he founded.
About 200 children now attend the club.
Olympic plaque for Mr Barry Cheales
February
QIT Hash House Harriers Cub starts Staff weight lifting club starts Orientation fitness test and fitness
awareness
Registrar versus Bursar cricket match QIT Cup sport series starts
March
Tai Chi stress reduction technique workshop
Inter-college cricket match Walkers Club starts April
Skin cancer detection clinic National Heart Foundation work-
shop May
Visualisation technique stress re-
duction workshop
QIT, University of Queensland fun run
June/ July-Semester vacation August
Stress reduction workshop September
Nutrition week
Breast self examination clinic QIT six-a-side cricket match October
Stress reduction workshop November
Bowel cancer seminar
For further details about upcoming events, contact Barry Cheales on 2373.
Fitness leader course planned on campus
People interested in becoming aerobics instructors, gym supervisors or fitness trainers at sports clubs will be able to gain nationally-recognised accreditation at a course to be held at QIT soon.
The fitness leader course will lead to an Australian Council for Health,
Physical Education and Recreation certificate.
It will be held over four weekends in March and April, starting on March 14.
Campus club renovations complete
Recreation Officer for the QIT Students Union, Mr Paul Brooks, said that ACHPER aimed to elevate the standard of professional expertise of people working in the fitness field.
Professional training of fitness instructors was necessary to protect participants from injuries. In addition, people interested in fitness were more knowledgeable now, and conse- quently, more critical of the type of instruction they received.
The second and final stage of renovations to the Gardens Point Campus Club were completed this month at a cost of $70 000.
Renovations included multi- coloured neon lighting designs, con- version of the old foyer into a members' lounge, complete upgrad- ing of the Club Bistro, construction of a new reception desk and bag room, and supply of 18 quality soft leather sofas and matching coffee tables.
A new mural in the main bar has also been completed.
According to senior club com- mittee member, Ms Jo-Anne Porter, reaction to renovations by members and visitors has been favourable.
She said the facilities were equal to the best in Brisbane, and further substantial improvements to the bar, food and entertainment services would now be implemented.
A large scale celebration to launch the new facilities will be held for club members in mid-March.
The Staff Association is planning a number of activities for 1987.
These include the Registrar's XI versus Bursar's XI cricket match and the inaugural Inter College Staff Cricket Match.
The RegistrarXl versus Bursar's XI cricket match was held on February 22nd.
On the more social front, an Australia Day party started this year's activities off on January 23. Eighty people attended the beer and prawn luncheon. According to Staff Associ- ation President, Mr Dave Mayocchi, it took little time for them to work their way through 40 kilograms of prawns.
US lecturer wants accommodation
Accommodation in Brisbane is required for an American professor and his family from September to December 1987.
Contact Mr Derick Unwin at ERDU on phone 223 2551.
The accreditation course will com- prise 60 hours theory and 40 hours practical work.
Subjects covered will include anatomy and physiology, exercise physiology, medical aspects of fitness, personal health and lifestyle, nutrition and weight control, motivation and
programming.
Up to 40 places are available at a cost of $120.
For further details, contact Mr Paul Brooks, QIT Student Union, phone 221 3144.
Fewer parks from March
"Progress·: the Campus Club's new wall mural by well known artist David Paulson- the mural which will soon be reproduced in a major new book featuring the best of Queensland art, was commissioned by the 1986 Club Committee.
The site for the Law
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Health Science building will not be required for construction before mid March 1987. Domain parking permits issued for 1986 to full-time staff will remain valid until the site is fenced off. A new reduced issue of 1987 permits will be made at that time.QIT plans inter-
CAE cricket match
QIT has initiated an inter-CAE staff cricket match to be held at Victoria Park on Sunday, March 8.
Teams are expected from most CAE's in southern Queensland- QAC, DDIAE, BCAE, GCCAE and from the Board of Advanced Education.
QIT will field two teams, and prospective members should nominate with the match organ- iser, Mr Barry Cheales on extension 2801.
The inter-college six-a-side match follows the successful six-a- side interdepartmental matches held at QIT over the past three years, and last year's match against a DDIAE staff team.
A feature of the home-grown six-a-side competitions is that each team member has to bowl one over.
"Among the advantages are that matches are reasonably short, they allow for varying fitness levels, and a number of matches can be
played in a day," Mr Cheales said.
The inter-college matches would be programmed as a friendly social game as well as a test of skill and fitness on the field.
Electrical board provides grant for QIT research
The Electrical Research Board has granted a total of$41 500 to support two QIT research projects this year.
The Board is funded by the electrical power s~ndustty in Australia.
Mr David Birtwhistle and Mr Jim Lyall of Electrical Engineering will receive
$15 000 for an investigation into methods of ventilating electrical switchboards. The
$5000 salary component of this grant is for a supplementary scholarship.
A total of $26 500, including a salary component of$18 000, goes to Mr Doug Baddeley of Mechanical Engineering to look at wear and fracture resistance of alloy white cast irons.
Approval has also been given for the balance of funds in hand from earlier years to be carried forward into 1987.
Health Service will open longer hours
The Institute Health Service has been expanded to cater for the needs of students and staff and will be open this semester from 8.30 am to 8.30 pm.
A new doctor and sister have joined the staff. Staff timetables are as follows:
Dr ~ruce Johnson
Monday 10.00 am - 1.30 pm Tuesday 9.00 am- 12.30 pm Wednesday 2.30 pm - 6.00 pm Thursday 9.00 am- 12.30 pm Friday 10.00 am - 1.30 pm Dr Marilyn Kingsford
Monday 4.00 pm - 6.00 pm Wdenesday 10.00 am- 12.00 pm Thursday 4.00 pm - 6.00 pm Sr Margaret Gough
Monday-Friday8.30am-4.30 pm
staff in emergencies, for hearing tests, routine and overseas vaccin- ations as well as for advice about work related injuries or illness.
Sister Gough said it was important for part-time staff and students on campus in evenings, who had not in the past had access to the health service, to be ~ware that it was now open at night.
Papers are called for the 18th Annual CAE Computer Conference to be held at the South Australian Institute of Technology from 24-26 August 1987.
The conference aims to examine Sr Kay Warren the maturity of CAE computing.
Monday-Friday 12.30pm-8.30 pm For further information, contact (During semester) Central Records Section, 'U' Block,
The health service is available to at QIT.
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