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studies to move to Arts Faculty in July

Media and Journalism studies at QUT have been transferred to the Faculty of Arts following the approval last month of a new aca- demic structure for the Faculty of Business.

The new structure, which reduces the number of schools within the fac- ulty from eight to five, was approved at the April QUT Council meeting. It will be effective from July I.

The five new schools are Account- ancy, Economics and Finance, Mar- keting and International Business, Management, and Communication.

(See full details on page 2.)

New degree program arrangements resulting from the restructure will be in place for the 1996 academic year.

Dean of Business Professor Trevor Grigg said the new structure would allow the faculty to develop "critical mass in a number of key areas".

"The new structure will enable us to be more effective and efficient in our teaching and research activities,"

Professor Grigg said.

"It provides a much more manage- able structure to administer and gives the faculty a new sense of being inte- grated."

He said faculty staff were now con- centrating on the implementation of the structure and moving into the new business building Z Block and exist- ing B Block on Gardens Point campus by the start of second semester.

Professor Grigg said the decision to relocate the School of Media and Jour- nalism was made after "careful delib- eration by many groups across the university".

"Clearly there were benefits to be had both by retaining the school within the Business Faculty as well as by re- locating it," he said.

Professor Trevor Grigg

"The academic staff from the school were certainly of the opinion that the future development of their subject areas would be best served by being in the Faculty of Arts environment.

"However, both faculties will col- laborate to ensure that students in Arts have access to appropriate subjects within Business and vice versa."

Council also approved a common core of eight business units - businessethics; professional commu- nication and negotiation; business technology and information; market- ing and international business; man- agement, people and organisations; government, business and society; eco- nomics; and accounting.

Professor Grigg said these units would expose all business graduates to a common body 0fknowledge criti- cal to their studtes.

He said the question of the proposed establishment of a Graduate School of Business had been deferred to a later date.

The five head of school positions would be advertised externally as soon as possible, he said. Acting heads of schools would be appointed from July l. Professor Grigg said there would be no forced redundancies or reduction in conditions of employ- ment, including salary, as a result of the implementation of the new aca- demic structure.

Staff members had been asked to nominate which of the new schools they preferred to move into, he said.

Decisions on the location of staff would be made solely on the discipli- nary expertise of staff members and would not involve assessment or con- sideration of performance.

A revised faculty structure was a chief recommendation of a lengthy review which ended last year.

The final proposal presented to QUT Council last month was drafted by a special reference panel in consultation with faculty staff.

It was based on two earlier discus- sion papers drafted by Professor Grigg but included a number of modifica- tions in response to faculty feedback.

The members of the reference panel were QUT Deputy Vice-Chancellor Professor Peter Coal drake (chair); Pro- fessor Grigg; Deputy Chancellor Ms Julie-Anne Schafer who was Chair of the Faculty of Business Quinquennial Review; and Associate Professor Doug Blackmur, elected academic staff member to the panel.

• Full details on each business school - see page 2

Second-year Associate Bachelor of Arts (Dance) student Sally Wicks (pictured above) has taken international dance by storm after beating some of the world's best at a competition in South Africa.

Earlier last month Ms Wicks, 18, won the best contemporary dancer category at the Sanlam International Ballet competi- tion in Pretoria.

She beat 36 contestants from throughout the world, includ-

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ing Russia, Estonia and Brazil.

Ms Wick's award-winning two- minute piece featured a dy- namic solo performed to a Zulu song. The work had been espe- cially choreographed by QUT

graduate Natalie Weir.

Ms Wicks was accompanied to South Africa by Associate De- gree (Dance) co-ordinator Mr Graeme Collins.

• Continued on page 2

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• Latest developments and projects

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Vice-Chancellor's comment

Quality money allocated to support technology and equity QUT proposes to use its 1994 quality funds to develop teaching, re- search and community service strengths focusing on technology, quality improvements and equity. The university has supplemented the Common- wealth's $3.7 million allocation to provide a total $4.2 million for quality initiatives.

Given the increasing massification of the higher education sector, meas- ures to maintain and improve the quality of teaching and learning will be a priority. Nearly $1 million will be allocated to teaching technology, par- ticularly alternative delivery mechanisms for large class groups.

Supported projects reflect QUT's priorities for improvement and strengths identifed in the 1994 quality review and include:

• $1.8 million to support teaching and learning including an international scholarship scheme for Australian students, the teaching and learning grants scheme and further development of CBE/multimedia in teaching

• $1 million to research including research infrastructure for centres, support for research students and training of postgraduate supervisors

• $700,000 to further upgrade library and computing facilities

• $550,000 to quality enhancement projects including further develop- ment of the senior management development program, benchmarking in

Sally wins dance title

• From page 1

Mr Collins was invited to teach mas- ter classes for the competition and to contemporary dance and bal- let companies in Johannesburg and Pretoria.

He described Ms Wicks as a "very promising, hard-working and committed dance student".

"She is a wonderful dancer and was very popular with the audience during the competition," he said.

"She was up against some stiff com- petition.

"Sally was later invited to perform the piece at the Pact Contempo- rary Dance Company in Johan- nesburg.

"They were very impressed by her and by Natalie's choreography.

"The exposure received at an event like this was far greater than I anticipated with tremendous in- terest expressed in QUT's dance program."

Ms Wick's trip to South Africa was sponsored by a scholarship from the Pretoria Technikon's Dance Department.

Mr Collins said discussions were underway to set up an exchange program between QUT and Technikon.

He plans to return to South Africa next year to teach at the Technikon and at the University of Cape Town.

Sally Wicks

faculties and divisions, and a re- view of library research holdings

• $180,000 to specific equity and community service projects including further support for the community service grants scheme.

In 1995 the Quality Committee is focusing on quality assurance in research and community serv- ice. Our submission is currently being prepared by John Corderoy as Acting Pro- Vice-Chancellor (Research and Advancement). A review team from the Quality Committee will visit us on 25July.

Professor Peter Coaldrake Acting Vice-Chancellor

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Qld Senator , backs call for Upper House

I am wnt10g to support the call made by Dr Noel Preston in issue 129 of Inside QUT about the need for an Upper House to be created in Queensland.

I am a member of the Senate Com- mittee inquiring into whistleblower matters which Dr Preston appeared before.

It is clear that there is a severe lack of accountability on the part of gov- ernment in Queensland.

This is a role that the Senate fulfils effectively in the Federal Parliament.

The restoration of an Upper House in Queensland is strongly supported by the Australian Democrats as a necessary mechanism for enhancing accountability and public confidence in the operations of government.

I congratulate Dr Preston on his stand.

John Woodley Australian Democrats Senator for Queensland

Page 2· INSIDE dlJT 'May'-2 .:. '15., .1'995' .

Leading lights - Ken Stewart, Vice-Chancellor Professor Dennis Gibson and Vesna Popovic

QUT a shining light over Bris· o -ane~c· a - o

QUT now has a bolder inner-city face with the installation of a QUT sign on the riverside frontage of the university's new business building on the Gardens Point campus.

The 3.6 metre cube of the QUT logo is the crowning glory of the building, due to be completed later this month in time for occupation at the beginning of next semester.

The large plastic lightbox, designed to illuminate QUT's corporate blue colour, was installed last month and lit especially for the inauguration of Dr Cherrell Hirst as QUT Chancellor on April 18.

It will be illuminated nightly when the building is handed over to the university after completion.

The idea of mounting such a visual landmark was first mooted by in-

dustrial design lecturers Associate Professor Vesna Popovic and Mr Ken Stewart in April1988.

They prepared a report recom- mending that the then QIT logo be placed on the top of Q Block.

However, with the lead-up to QUT becoming a university in 1989, the idea was put on hold until future building plans were finalised.

The wisdom of the delay is now evident, with the logo standing as the centre point of QUT's riverside frontage.

Professor Popovic supervised the development of QIT's corporate identity, the now famous blue square.

It was later modified when the in- stitution became a university.

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• From page 1 The new schools in the Fac- ulty of Business will incorporate the following discipline areas from July 1:

Accountancy Accountancy Auditing

Accounting Computer Applications Business Law Taxation

Managerial Accounting Economics and Finance

Banking Finance

Economics (not Industry Economics)

Econometrics and Business Forecasting

Marketing and International Business

Economics (including Industry Economics)

International Business Marketing

Management

Human Resource Management Industrial Relations

Management

Organisational Studies Public Sector Management,

Government and Public Policy

Communication

Communication Management Organisational Communication Communication Technology Written and Speech

Communication Advertising Public Relations

The current schools, which remain until July I, are Account- ancy; Accounting Legal Studies:

Communication and Organisa- tional Studies; Economics and Public Policy; Finance; Manage- ment, Human Resources and In- dustrial Relations; Marketing. Ad- vertising and Public Relations:

and Media and Journalism.

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Healthy growth forecast

in 95/96

Queensland's economic growth could easily tip the five percent mark next financial year, according to a just-released QUT economic review.

Queensland Economic Forecasts and Business Review, published by the QUT School of Economics and Public Policy. points to state growth of at least three-quarters of a percent greater than of Australia as a whole.

Head of School Professor Allan Layton satd the result would hinge on Japanese growth.

··Australia· s moderating growth,

combined with a forecast resurgence in the Japanese economy, implies that Queensland's 1995/96 economic growth is likely to be between 4.75 and 5.25 percent. depending on the extent to which drought affects farm incomes," Professor Layton said.

He said Queensland would continue to experience good growth in employ- ment during the year.

"We expect Queensland employ- ment growth to be at least 3.5 per- cent," he said.

"However, most of this growth will be accounted for by workforce growth as a result of working age population growth and a further small rise in the participation rate, leaving the meas- ured unemployment rate reducing to, at best, 8.5 percent by June this year, 8 percent by December and to between 7.5 and 7.8 percent by June 1996."

Other Review predictions include:

Australian growth: The average 1994/

95 Australian economic growth is likely to finish at around 4.5 per- cent or a little more.

Year average economic growth in 1995/96 is expected to come slightly off this pace to around four percent or slightly less.

Australian dollar: The Australian dol- lar is expected to appreciate over the remainder of 1994/95 and into the next financial year-up to about the US76-cent range and may rise as high as 75 yen.

Inflation: Domestic inflation is ex- pected to rise to three percent by June this year, by 3.5 percent by December and remain around this level for the rest of 1995/96.

Employment: Assuming productivity growth (measured as gross domes- tic product per worker) of about one percent, employment is expected to grow nationally by about three per- cent (June 1996 on June 1995).

Current account deficit: is now ex- pected to be over 5.5 percent of GOP for 1994/95 and could be as high as 6 percent.

However, II is expected to wind back substantially in 1995/96 so as to fin- ish in the 4 to 4.5 percent range.

- David Kiefer

Professor Allan Layton - predicting healthy prospects for Queensland

All the world a stage for drama graduate

Bachelor of Arts (drama) gradu- ate Jodie Le Vesconte will have New York's Broadway and London's West End at her feet with the help of a $10,000 schol- arship.

As inaugural winner of the Queensland Performing Arts Trust Gold Medal Scholarship, Ms Le Vesconte (pictured), will be introduced to leading pro- ducers, choreographers and directors during the year.

"It is a tremendous opportunity to further my career in musi- cal theatre and to compete in an international arena," she said.

"I am so excited about it - it is more than I dreamed of."

Ms Le Vesconte, 23, was pre- sented with the scholarship by Acting Arts Minister Matt Foley during the Academy of the Arts graduation ceremony on Apri126.

The award, part of the lOth anni- versary celebrations of the Queensland Performing Arts Complex, will be presented an- nually to an outstanding Queensland graduate of the performing arts.

Before starting her studies at QUT in 1992, Ms Le Vesconte was a professional singer.

"I sang for three years with a band called Monday Lunch which was based on the Gold Coast," she said.

"Initially I just wanted to be a singer but I found that wasn't fulfilling enough.

"I decided to study acting in or- der to combine the two."

Since graduating last year, Ms Le Vesconte has been contracted to perform in the Queensland Theatre Company's produc- tions ThreePenny Opera and Love Puke.

She says she hopes to take up her scholarship towards the end of the year.

Her overseas contacts are cur- rently being organised by Queensland Performing Arts Trust director Tony Gould AM who recently visited North America and London.

"I met with prominent Broadway producers and the general manager of the Royal Shake- speare Company," Mr Gould said.

"Dates have yet to be confirmed but we are very excited for Jodie who, we hope, will fur- ther her studies and career overseas."

• More graduation stories on pages 8-9

In brief

Romantic piano

Schumann· s Toccara wi II be 10-

cluded in a romantic repertoire in QUT Music program's lunchtime concert to- morrow.

Romantic piano music will be pre- sented by staff member Mitchell Leigh.

The concert is free and will be held from I .I Opm 10 the music concert stu- dio, Kelvin Grove campus.

For further information, contact Sue Forster \W 864 3325.

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Breast screening clinic The Queensland Health Depart- ment's mobile mammography clinic, operated by the Royal Women's Hospital, will revisit QUT's Gardens Point Campus from May 15 to 16.

Organised by the Counselling and

Health Service, the free service is available to QUT staff and students.

Counselling and Health nursing officer Ms Carolyn Angus said the screening mammograms were strongly recommended for women who have had breast cancer in the past, younger women whose mother or sister have had breast cancer be- fore they were 50 and women aged 40 years and over.

"One in 14 women will get breast cancer at some stage in their life,"

said Ms Angus.

"Women sho have regular screen- ing mammograms every two years halve their chance of dying from breast cancer."

For more information contact Ms Angus on 864 2127 or 864 4673.

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Rationalists miss social obligations

By

David Kiefer

Economic reforms like the Hilmer report have ignored the social prob- lems of competitively delivering public services, according to a QUT public policy expert.

Dr Neal Ryan said both the Hilmer report on competition to State monopo- lies and ::t current Industry Reform Commission inquiry into the funding of charities needed to be considered with great caution.

He said Hilmer report reforms over- looked social obligations of State utili- ties. while the Industry Reform Com- mission's model for funding would turn charities into competing busi- nesses.

"The benefits associated with the competitive delivery of public serv- ices are likely to have been grossly exaggerated while the problems have almost certainly been ignored," Dr Ryan said.

The Hilmer report was central to a Federal-State agreement last month to allow competition against State facili- ties like transport, electricity, agricul- ture and the professions, while the In- dustry Reform Commission inquiry has proposed that charitable organisa- tions should compete for funds.

Dr Ryan. from the School of Eco- nomics and Public Policy, said both topics indicated the dominance of eco- nomic rationalism in Australian pub- lic policy.

"Hilmer reforms are presumed to deliver billions of dollars to consum- ers through competition between State utilities and with the private sector ...

he said.

"However. there has been little analysis of the impact of these reforms on the social obligations of these or- ganisations and the assumptions un- derlying the economic analysis.

"Similarly. the Industry Reform Commission has put forward a model of funding non-profit organisations which relies on competition to improve the efficiency of the recipients.

"However. this also moves charita- ble organisations from their role of protectors of the poor and pushes them towards being bidders for the business of benevolence."

Dr Ryan said public debate on both issues had neglected several i mpor- tant issues - efficiency gains did not magically produce billions of dollars;

competitive markets often developed monopolies; and the primary objec- tive of chantie~ was to care for the disadvantaged.

Dr Neal Ryan

"Billions of dollars in efficiency gains do not magically appear from nowhere," he said.

"Increased productivity will account for some improved efficiency but these gains also come from employing less people, decreasing subsidies to the dis- advantaged or providing a lower qual- ity service.

"Competitive markets - the key- stone of both reforms - often develop into monopolies.

"As competition eliminates ineffi- cient producers of public goods, the number of suppliers will diminish.

"There are many cases in the United States and United Kingdom where competition for the provision of pub- lic services has resulted in monopoly supply."

Dr Ryan said competition would become a hurdle in the way of com- munity good.

"Competitive tendering will force considerable administrative burdens on these institutions which. in the case of non-profit organisations, may mean spending less time on care and more time on things which can be measured as performance indicators." he said.

"Competition between organisa- tions will also have the unintended consequence of creating divisions and fragmentation in areas that would ben- efit more from cooperative and col- laborative approaches.

"Competitive strategies are likely to result in suspicion between compet- ing institutions, the withholding of in- formation for competitive advantage or commercial-in-confidence and the highlighting of division over commonalities between organisations.

"The emphasis on competition and commercial efficiency ignores a fun- damental aspect of their nature- serv- ice to the disadvantaged.'' he said.

Campus quickies

Despite the fact that some of us th1nl.. runmng and having fun are always mutually exclusive. the rest of you will be pleased to know that the QUT Fun Run is on again on June 4. Rumour has it that the or-

gam~er~ admit they are having trou- ble finding a suitably llat runmng course around the hilly bike trach of Kelvin Grove. Where there's a will, there·~ an easier way ·1

So. for thm,e of you keen to be awake and at the main entrance of the KG campus in lime to ..,tart at 8am on a mce. crisp winter's morn- ing (brrrrr). get you're runmng ~hoe~

ready' (Actually. you can walk the course if that changes your mind.)

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One QUT department recently had cause to seek some temporary

administrative backup to com- plete an urgent job. As you'd ex- pect, the relief staff understand- ably had some difficulty making sense of our peculicar abbrevia- tions, eg, COS for School of Com- munication and Organisational Studies etc. However, the perma- nent staffer on deck to supervise the job was herself stumped when they came across "CONMAN".

After much head shaking it was deciphered - "construction man- agement". And we thought "Pub Affairs" was bad.

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Serving ·the community

Course offers helping hand to youngsters

A group of about 18 young offend- ers from Brisbane will participate in a project being organised by QUT's Centre for Crime Prevention.

The youths, from Brisbane's north- western suburbs, have been referred to the project from Community Cor- rections, as part of their rehabilitation.

The project's ultimate aim is to help develop new outlooks and directions in life, and employment opportunities for the youths, who are on community service orders.

Dr Kay Thomas, the director of the Centre for Crime Prevention, said the project would act as the pilot to a pro- gram which could assist many hun-

dreds of young people in similar cir-

cumstances in the future.

She said the new 10-month course would begin in the second half of the year.

"For the first month or two, we will

try to keep the group together so they

bond to the course and to each other,"

Dr Thomas said.

"Later on, they should be more com-

fortable in going off on their own, un- dertaking formal course modules in- terspersed with work experience."

Dr Thomas said it would be a true endeavour to help people, not "let's feel good about each other."

She said teaching would be con-

ducted in modules covering a range of topics.

"AT AFE access course, containing

specialised curriculum content, is now being formulated for these young peo- ple," Dr Thomas said.

"The overall plan is for two teach- ing strands running parallel and com- plementing each other.

"One is the personal development

strand, which has a learning module covering topics including communi- cation and conflict resolution ski lis, and dealing with violence.

'The second strand is for practical basic skills which include topics such as literacy and numeracy, driving, and computer and other job training skills."

Dr Thomas said the program tar- geted youths in the early part of crimi- nal careers.

At this stage, their offences were generally characterised by shoplifting, vandalism and graffiti.

Dr Thomas was involved in a previ- ous survey, in Brisbane's southern out- skirts in 1993, which showed a major- ity of young offenders had a back- ground of ongoing family conflict, sometimes physical violence, ongoing alcohol abuse and lack of parental guidance.

"I think there is a lot of influence from the family background but how much you can do about it is a big ques- tion mark," Dr Thomas said.

"What we are doing now is giving these people support and personal as-

Obesity experts adopt holistic

view of patients

Medicine and exercise science will be combined to help overweight peo- ple at an obesity clinic just opened at QUT.

School of Human Movement Studies Asso- ciate Professor Andrew Hills (pictured) said pa- tients would undergo a medical) y- supervised weight management pro- gram designed by health professionals specialis- ing in obesity.

"The clinic's medical practitioner, Dr Tim Or- chard, currently a Clini- cal Teaching Fellow in the School of Human Movement Studies, has a private practice which concentrates solely on

Professor Hills said once patients had been medically assessed, they would be prescril:led a health and fitness pro- gram tailored to their in- dividual needs.

"We expect many of our patients will have tried a number of ways to lose weight but been unsuccessful," he said.

"These methods have probably involved nu- merous diets with tittle or no exercise involved.

"While they may have lost weight ini- tially, it hasn't worked in the long-term with lean tissue lost rather than significant amounts of fat."

sistance to adjust their lives with basic skills training."

Dr Thomas said she believed the reason previous programs had failed was that expectations had been too high and there had been insufficient support from the community.

"The new course will see each par- ticipant have a mentor to help deal with any learning or other problem,"

Dr Thomas said.

"Provision of support is one of the ways the course differs from previous employment programs.

"The course will be under the direc- tion of a consultative committee with input from the community.

"The administration and coordina- tion of the day-to-day running of the course will be the responsibility of the Hills District Action Group which is a community-based group in suburban Brisbane."

- Noel Gentner Dr Kay Thomas

sufferers of obesity," Professor Hills said.

"The school will provide exercise sci- ence experts with recognised teaching and research backgrounds in the field of obes- ity.

'The clinic will have an important, teach- ing, research and community service role."

Professor Hills said each patient would have to be referred by a medical practi- tioner.

"They will be examined by Dr Orchard who will screen for any medical problems associated with obesity," he said.

Professor Hills said that once the pro- gram had started, patients would be re- quired to attend follow-up visits to moni- tor their progress.

"In the meantime, they will be moni- tored by their own general practitioners,"

he said.

"Where necessary, patients will be re- ferred to other health professionals for re- lated problems."

Professor Hills said the medical compo- nent of the weight management program would be covered by Medicare.

A new air quality monitoring and research station at Gar- dens Point campus may pro- vide a clearer picture of Bris- bane's air pollution problem.

The station contains equipment being used for the first time in Australia to measure the number of very small parti- cles in the air.

It has been set up by School of Physics senior lecturer Dr Lidia Morawska and School of Chemistry lecturer Dr Nev Bofinger and is part of a re- gional air quality monitoring network operated by the Queensland Department of Environment and Heritage.

Scientists chase clearer picture

of our dirty air

"These include high blood pressure, non- insulin dependent diabetes, sleep apnoea and orthopaedic problems."

For more information about the clinic telephone Professor Hills on 864 3286.

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Other network stations are sited in Rocklea, Eagle Farm, Bald Hills and Ipswich.

Dr Morawska and Dr Bofinger said they would be able to provide the department with unique air pollution data.

"We will be able to measure the number of very small parti- cles in the air," Dr Morawska said.

"This is particularly important because at the moment the other stations are unable to provide this information.

Their data is based on the weight of the dust in a given amount of air.

"These small particles cause the most damage to human health. They travel to the lungsandlodgethere.Larger particles are prevented from travelling further by the nose.

"If we are able to determine the amount of particles in the air this will help organisations like the Department of Envi- ronment and Heritage and the Brisbane City Council to expand upon existing strate- gies to reduce air pollution.

"The results of the studies are also of national and interna- tional significance. We are collaborating with research- ers at Harvard University and at Research Triangle Park in North Carolina."

Dr Morawska said that to gain a clearer picture of the situa- tion, a ccanning mobility par- ticle sizer and an aerody- namic particle sizer had been installed at the station.

"The SMPS has the capacity to measure particles which are smaller than l,OOOth of a mil- limetre in diameter," she said.

"This American-made instru-

ment is the only one ofits kind in Australia."

Dr Bofinger and Dr Morawska said the air quality monitor- ing and research station was situated temporarily on the sixth floor of M Block at Gar- dens Point campus.

"We were promised that a roof structure would be built on the top of M Block by March 1995," they said.

"We haven't received any rea- sonable explanation as to why this hasn't happened. The delay has caused serious set- backs in our studies."

Dr Bofinger and Dr

Morawska's research is sup- ported by an Australian Re- search Council Collaborative Grant worth $138,000 over three years. The Department of Environment and Heritage has provided a further

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Esso to raise a toast to home-brewing kit at student ceremony

P

rizes for what could be de- scribed as the ultimate in a home-brew kit will be presented at a special ceremony next week.

A micro brewery, designed and as- sembled by QUT students, has won first prize in the Esso Engineering Design Awards.

Six graduands from the School of Mechanical and Manufacturing En- gineering responsible for the micro brewery project will be among 20 award recipients at a presentation ceremony in Brisbane City Hall on May 8.

Esso Australia Limited has do- nated $7500 to fund the awards for excellence in engineering design for student projects within the Faculty of Built Environment and Engineer- ing. The awards encompass the three engineering disciplines- Civil Engi- neering, Electrical and Electronic Systems Engineering, and Mechani- cal and Manufacturing Engineering.

The criteria for the awards is that the design must demonstrate a range of professional skills, an understand- ing of market needs, a practical ap- proach to problem solving and the ability to present a project in a clear, concise, professional manner.

Other award-winning projects to be rewarded next week include de- signs for the proposed Logan City Bus Interchange, automatic speaker identification, and a mileage economy run vehicle.

First prize for the micro brewery project will be shared by Matthew Dobrowolski, Adrian Leach, Anthony Victor, Michael Tiffin, Damian Sherlock and Jeffrey Hamanne.

The micro brewery, with a I 00-

litre production capacity, has been installed and commissioned at Ballarat University for instruction and research purposes.

It was designed and assembled at a cost of about $15,000 by QUT stu- dents who began work on the project in 1993.

Second prize in Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering will be presented to Scott Clydesdale, Benjamin Hunt and Gregory Constantinidis for their project titled Mileage Economy Run Vehicle.

First prize in the Esso Engineer- ing Design Award in Civil Engineer- ing will be presented to four graduands Justin Riley, Philip Avery, Jason Beutel and William Wo Seng Lei for their work on the proposed Logan City Bus interchange.

Second prize recipients for the same project are David Jenkins, Jason Peng, John Ch•istie and John Pappas.

First prize in Electrical and Elec- tronic Systems Engineering will be presented to James Huthwaite, now an Esso employee, for his work on automatic speaker identification.

Second prize in Electrical and Electronic Systems Engineering will be presented to Michael Pickering, Kenneth Turner and Brendan Pearson.

The prize presentation ceremony will be held at the Ithaca Audito- rium, Level 2, Brisbane City Hall commencing at 5pm. Ceremonies for students graduating from courses of- fered by the Faculty of Built Envi- ronment and Engineering will be held on May 9 and 10 at the Queensland Performing Arts Complex.

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ne of the leading forces be hind QUT's development as a university was awarded an hon- orary Doctor of the University ti- tle last month for his contribution to QUT and medical science in Queensland.

Professor Emeritus Ralph Doherty, who chaired the Queens- land Government Committee which recommended university status to the former QIT, received the award at the Science Faculty graduation cer- emony on April 27.

Professor Doherty has led a distinguished professional and academic career in medicine and public health for more than 40 years.

For 25 years he worked for the Queensland Institute of Medical Research, serving II years as its director.

During this time, he developed research programs into tropical

Professor Emeritus Ralph Doherty

fevers and later in arthropod-borne virus infections in Australia.

In 1977, he joined the University of Queensland as Professor of So- cial and Preventative Medicine, and later became Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Health Sciences).

Now retired, he holds the title of professor emeritus within the Depart- ment of Social and Preventative Medicine at the University of Queensland.

His ongoing link to QUT is as a member of the advisory committee to the School of Life Science.

Previously he played an initiating role in the inter-university negotia- tions which led to the establishment of a successful masters degree pro- gram in Public Health in Queens- land, offered jointly by QUT, the University of Queensland and Griffith University.

Professor Doherty was also a member of QIT College Council for a three-year term in the 1980s.

This month QUT will also award honorary Doctor of the University degrees to the following individuals to recognise their contribution to QUT and the community:

• Former Queensland Premier Mike Ahern- May 16, Business

• Fitzgerald Inquiry head Justice Tony Fitzgerald- May 8, Law

• Former head of the Queensland Tourist and Travel Corporation Jim Kennedy- May 17, Business Former Chancellor Vic Pullar, who received an honorary doctorate on his retirement last year, will have his doctorate formally acknowledged on May 10 at the Engineering and Built Environment graduation cer- emony.

The installation of the Chancellor ceremony about to commence (Photo: Suzanne Prestwidge)

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overnor of Queensland Mrs Leneen Forde officially in stalled Dr Cherrell Hirst as QUT Chancellor at an inauguration and graduation ceremony at the Queensland Performing Arts Com- plex on April 18.

Dr Hirst's inaugural speech was delivered before Education Min- ister Mr David Hamill, Chancel- lors and Vice-Chancellors of other universities, QUT staff, stu- dents, community leaders, and those graduating from the Fac- ulty of Education's in-service edu- cation courses.

Dr Hirst, Director of the Wesley Breast Clinic, is the sixth woman in Australia to be elected to a uni- versity chancellor position. As Chancellor, she is the ceremonial figurehead of the university and chair of QUT Council.

She was elected to the post late last year after QUT's founding Chan- cellor Dr Vic Pullar stepped down from his position at the end of his five-year term.

In her speech, Dr Hirst used an anal- ogy of the nation islands of Indo- nesia to make a point about the importance of perception in look- ing ahead to future challenges.

"You and I and probably most of the world perceive Indonesia as a nation made up of hundreds of island separated by water - and perceive that water as posing enormous obstacles to every at- tempt at progress," Dr Hirst said.

"They - the Indonesians - however perceive their nation as hundreds of islands connected or joined - not separated- by water. Imme- diately the obstacles disappear and the water becomes an asset rather than a disadvantage."

Dr Hirst said this was a helpful way of looking at many of the chal- lenges, or would-be obstacles, confronting both universities and society as a whole.

"For example, are our campuses separated by kilometres, pollu- tion, stressful traffic, wasted time or are they rather connected or linked by our life blood - the life of the city? I refer to our business and industry links, the future workplaces of our students and the focus for our research and professional ties."

Dr Hirst said that, by the end of her term as Chancellor, QUT would have developed in its flexible ap- proach to learning programs and in its international focus, research concentration and use of technol- ogy.

"One thing that will not change, however, is the unique, feet-on- the-ground character of this uni- versity," Dr Hirst said.

"My term as Chancellor is five years. It will end in December

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1999, a few days before the be- ginning of the Year 2000, which although not the real beginning of the new millennium, is sym- bolically considered as such.

"During my term therefore this uni- versity must prepare for that fu- ture with its accompanying de- mands and challenges- whatever they might be.

"Regardless of the changes, people will be the same and the need and desire for learning will be the same.

"So QUT must put in place strate- gies which will allow people to not simply face and survive the chal- lenges of the next century, but to welcome them and proactively seek appropriate and beneficial responses, cemented I hope, by the continuing formation of links and friendships."

Dr Hirst said that during the past five years QUT had grown in stu- dent numbers from 20,000 to 26,000. She said the university ex- pected to have 30,000 student by the Year 1999.

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Queensland Governor Mrs Leneen Forde (right) with OUT Chancellor Dr Cherrell Hirst as the installation ceremony begins. Former OUT Chancellor Mr Vic Pullar sits to the left of Dr Hirst.

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Uni stalwarts remember old days

QUT Life Fellows and Emeritus Professors (from left) Ian Cameron, Jack Parkinson and Vic Pullar took time out to dis- cuss old times at a special func- tion for the university's honor- ary doctorate holders.

Mr Cameron is currently a QUT Life Fellow and held the posi- tion of QIT Council Chairman between 1983 and 1987.

Mr Parkinson, an honorary doc- tor, is a QUT Life Fellow and was QIT Council Chairman be- tween 1974 and 1983.

Mr Pullar, an honorary doctor, is also a QUT Life Fellow.

He was the QUT Foundation Chancellor (from 1987) until his retirement from the post last year.

The April 6 honorary doctorate function was hosted by Vice- Chancellor Professor Dennis Gibson.

It was heid in the Council Room and attended by 13 guests.

QUT has awarded a total of 13 honorary Doctor of the Univer- sity degrees since Mr Jack Parkinson was named as the first recipient in 1989.

Council and committee news

This is a summary of action taken by the Vice-Chancellor, Council and committees since the March I Council meeting and in- cludes the April 12 Council meeting and the following committee meetings: Univer- sity Academic Board on March 3 and 17; Research Management Committee on Feb- ruary 24; Vice-Chancellor's Advisory Committee on March 2, 16 and 30; Staff Committee on March 27; Equity Board on February 23; Community Service Advisory Committee on February 28 and March 23;

Convocation Standing Committee on March 29; Art Collection Committee on February 24; Senior Management Devel- opment Advisory Committee on February 22 and March 16.

Management

Faculty of Business restructuring Council approved a new academic struc- ture for the Faculty of Business and a new structure for the undergraduate degree pro- gram. There will be five schools in the restructured Faculty and the date for im- plementation will be July I, 1995.

OUT Strategic Plan 1995- 2000 Council approved the QUT Strategic Plan 1995 - 2000 which incorporates com- ponent plans for Teaching and Learning, Research. Community Service and Re- sources.

Overseas graduation ceremonies The Chancellor and the Vice-Chancel- lor attended graduation ceremonies in Sin- gapore and Hong Kong in March.

Inaugural lecture

The Dean of Arts, Professor Roger Scott, delivered his inaugural lecture on March 21.

Honorary doctorates lunch The Vice-Chancellor hosted a lunch for honorary doctorate recipients, life fellows and professor emeriti on April 6 and met with new State Minister for Education David Hamill on March 31 to di;cuss growth in Commonwealth funding.

The Vice-Chancellor attended the Aus- tralian Vice-Chancellors' Com m tttee Standing Committee on Education meet- ing in Sydney on March 24.

1995 quality review

Follow1ng QUT's inclusion in group institutions for the 1994 teachine andlearning quality review. the university is gearing up for the 1995 review process which will focus on research and commu- nny service. Commonwealth gUidelines have now been received.

Acting Pro- Vice-Chancellor (Research and Advancement) Professor John Corderoy is coordinating preparation of the 1995 submission.

Vice-Chancellor's Advisory Committee has endon,ed a university-w1de quality management system for community serv- ice. Faculties are currently collecting data to document faculty-based quality systems for community service including faculty- determined performance indicators.

The committee has reviewed QUT's re- search publications data. The data is used by the Commonwealth to determine the university's research quantum allocation which will figure in the 1995 quality re- view. The committee has asked heads of school to ensure the accuracy of data in cases where schools appear to have fewer publications for 1994 than for 1993.

The Office of Commercial Services is working on a number of simple brochures explaining consultancy and other policies for distribution to staff.

Benchmarking

The university is undertaking a benchmarking pilot study in which one school from each faculty (or the entire fac- ulty in the cases of Law and Education) and one department/unit from a division will be benchmarked against an external unit. at national or international level.

Media coverage

In future. Vice-Chancellor's Advisory Committee will receive regular reports on media coverage of QUT to improve the university's media performance.

Mid-year intake

QUT will offer mid year entry to a small number of courses as part of a strategy to ensure the university meets its August 1995 enrolment targets.

Cultural diversity

Equity Board has set up a working party on cultural diversity issues.

The party will also be involved in pro- moting and monitoring the introduction of programs to implement the university's Racial Discrimination and Harassment Policy.

Equity Board

Equity Board will invite the chairper- sons of faculty/divisional equity commit- tees to meetings in future.

Community service grants

The Vice-Chancellor has approved 15 grants under the new community service grants scheme.

The scheme funds projects that meet QUT's educational and/or social justice objectives and provide mutual benefit to QUT and the community.

Supported projects include a service cen- tre of technology for people wnh disabili- ties. the lnterarts 95 regional arts festival to be held in Stanthorpe and a community legal service volunteer serv1ce.

Finance, fabric and planning

Physical facilities

Tenders have come in for the revision of the Gardens Point site master plan. Action will also be taken in the next few months to commission a revision of the Carseldine site master plan.

The new Business building at Gardens Point will be completed in May and occu- pied at the start of July for second semester teaching.

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Landscaping of the Health precinct at Kelvin Grove is now almost finished.

Work on the second child care centre for Kelvin Grove is expected to get underway later this year.

Kedron Park campus will close in mid- 1995.

QUT expects to take over the Queens- land Conservatonum of Music building at Gardens Point in mid-1996.

Art acquisitions

Art Collection Committee is reviewing the art acquisition policy in order to con- solidate and expand existing collection strengths over the next two years.

Existing policy reflects a commitment to contemporary Australian visual art and craft and contemporary Queensland art.

The committee has recently identified and developed two new collections focus- ing on works by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists and works which in- terface new technology with established printmaking practices.

Art collection's 50th anniversary This year marks the 50th anniversary of the QUT art collection, which was estab- lished in 1945 at the (then) Queensland Teachers' Training College at Kelvin Grove.

QUT will publish a catalogue in August featuring I 00 major works from the collec- tion.

1994 action plan reports

Councli endorsed the 1994 faculty and division annual reports.

Staff

Senior staff recruitment

A recommendation to set up a section panel to recruit a Registrar will go to Coun- c!l's May meeting.

The Brisbane City Council Chair in Ur- ban lnfra!.tructure and Environmental Man- agement has been advertised and closes on Apnl21

The Administrative Services Profe;sor in A>Set Management position was readvertised in March and closes April 28.

fnterviews for the Social Science Head of School posnion w!ll be held on May 23.

Interviews for the profe,sorial position in Nursing were held on April 19.

Interviews for the associate professonal position in Public Health will be held on May 9.

Interviews for the professonal posl11on in Information Systems wlil be held on June 14.

Adjunct professors

The Vice-Chancellor took executive ac- tion to appoint:

• Ms Julianne Schultz (formerly from UTS) as an adjunct professor in the Busi- ness Faculty from March to June 1995

• consultant geologist Dr George Allen as an adjunct professor in the Science Fac- ulty from February 1995 until the end of

1997;and

• Dr R F Baker as an adjunct professor in the Built Environment and Engineering Faculty from August to October 1995.

Management performance

The Senior Management Development Committee is considering a policy on sen- ior management development performance planning and review.

Academic staff induction

Staff Committee endorsed a survey of current procedures provided by schools and faculties for the induction of new academic staff. The Academic Staff Development Unit will conduct the survey.

Academic staff - probation Council amended the policy on personal appointments to allow the university to waive the probationary period when a staff member is promoted via a personal appoint- ment.

Professor Emeritus title

Council awarded Professor Tom Heath of the School of Architecture, lntenor and Industrial Design the title of Professor Emeritus effective from June 30.

Teaching and research

Research committee memberships Research Management Committee nomi- nated Professor Vicki Sara and Associate Professor Stuart Cunningham to Research Degrees Committee and Professor Graeme George to University Research Ethics Com- mittee.

Community, cross-cultural studies Universny Academic Board approved academic awards including the awards with distinction and with honours.

The following candidates were awarded PhD;: Lawrence Roland Stark, Patricia Ann Weeks. Yue-Jin Wang. Bingyang Zhou.

John Stanley Cook, Levi Mbawke Obijiofor. Paul Thomas Jackway. Thomas Michael Burns. Bradley David Eyre. Peter John Best. Deborah Joan Stenzel. Cristina Nicole Cifuentes and Barney Alan Underwood

The following awards were also made by University Academic Board.

Master of Applied Science (Research)- Salvatore Bucolo, Olive McClintock.

Rajendra Singh Tanwar. Thomas Tenkate, Angela Vivante. Nuala Byrne and and Michael Thomas Ennght:

Master of Engineering- Joseph Youle Dean and Khoi Ke Nguyen:

Master of Education (Research) - Valerie Catchpoole:

Master of Laws (by Research and The- sis)- Susan Gardiner with Second Class Honours:

Master of Arts (Research) - Claudia Kennedy. Frances Luke, Stephen New- ton. Stephen Nothling. Gail Skinner and Margaret Sietsma-Smith.

University Medals - Ms Sonia Bland (Law), Ms Amanda Robinson (Law). Mr Bruce Robinson (Law), Ms Peta Johnson (Law) Mr Stephen Jeffrey (Science). Ms

Continuing education

The following courses are being run by QUT Continuing Education:

Photo Editing on IBM Systems - the final of a series of short courses exploring a diverse range of computer generated image construction and processing. To be held May 18-19, 9am-4pm. For further information, contact Ian Hutson, ph 864 3393.

Introduction to PowerPoint - PowerPoint allows people giving in- formation to audiences to produce pro- fessional computer-based presentation slides with full-colour graphics. Par- ticipants will receive a comprehensive set of training notes. May 18. Contact Ron Heard on 864 4343.

An Introduction to Conference Management-a seminar run by North Point Institute of T AFE in conjunc- tion with QUT on effective conference management. A team of practitioners drawn from industry will present a selection of toptcs. May 24. Contact Vivien Corderoy, North Point Insti- tute ofTAFE on 258 5304/864 2915.

Continence Promotion Course - a three-day introductory course for registered nurses, provtding a multi- disciplinary approach to the treatment of incontinence and promotion of con- tinence. May 9-11. Contact Joanne Menzies at the Blue Nursing Service on 846 7266.

Nicole Barralet (Science), Mr Peter Booth (Science). Mr Derek Thompson (Information Technology), Ms Lori Gaterell (Health), Ms Felicity Crawford (Health), Mr Phillip Avery (Built Envi- ronment and Engineering), Mr Justin Riley (Built Environment and Engineer- ing), Ms Victoria Anderson (Built Envi- ronment and Engineering), Mr Jason Beutel (Built Environment and Engineer- ing), Ms Angela Romano (Business), Ms Alison Abnett (Education), Ms Jennifer Barber (Education). Ms Susan Walker (Education)

Equity on Board

University Academic Board has coopted the following additional members to ad- dress gender imbalance: Professor Vicki Sara. Life Science: Ms Renee Radich. Ac- countancy; Dr MaryLou O'Connor, Public Health: Dr Leonie Daws, Cultural and Policy Studies.

Council approved an amendment to the Board membership provisiOns to allow the chairperson, in exceptional circumstances.

to nominate up to four additional members to address matters of representation and expertise.

Academic policies and procedures University Academic Board ratified the executive act1on taken by the chairperson in approvmg amendments to the policy on certificate courses.

The board also approved changes to the PhD regulations and requirements for pre- senting theses as recommended by Research Management Committee.

Council approved amendments to the transfer of credit policy which will now specify the maximum amount of credit which may be granted towards QUT award courses.

The amendment wlil ensure that students who rece1ve credit complete a spec1fied period of study while enrolled 1n QUT award course;.

Alternative entry scheme

University Academic Board approved strategies to help QUT recognise uncredentialled learning m alternative en- try.

The Australian Vice-Chancellors· Com- mittee guidelines on recognition of pnor learning distinguish between two types of informal learning. learning 1n a credentialled context and learmng acqUired in an uncredent1alled context. o.uch as through work or life experience.

Greater recognnion of uncredentialled learnmg for entr) to undergraduate couro.es will improve access and equit} for studento..

Outstanding graduate awards Convocation Standinl! Committee "re- viewing the outstanding graduate award and has referred to faculty deans for comment a recommendation that the award be ex- panded to include five special category awards across faculties. as well as one out- standing graduate award.

Humanities (Honours)

Council approved the Stage I course pro- posal for the Bachelor of Arts (Humani- ties) (Honours).

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