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Issue No 73 Gardens Point, Kelvin Grove, Kedron Park, Carseldlne Campuses and Nambour Centre 20 August 1991
Kelvin Grove plan to cost $75m
A strategic plan of Kelvin Grove campus has sown the seeds for $75 million capital growth during the next five years.
Drafted by Brisbane architects John Simpson Associates, the plan high- lights a "campus on the hill" theme.
It presents a forward picture using the symbolic A Block and ring road as the focal point and hub.
Existing and potential development and expansion are detailed in a series of plans and sketches.
University Architect Mr Ron Goward describes the plan as "en-
lightened and challenging".
"John Simpson has provided an excellent plan for what this campus could become in the future," Mr Goward said.
"In I 0 years time this campus will be a well-developed, inner-city campus of a modem university.
"We will be asking architects in the future to respond to these guiding principles - the campus on the hill theme, blending in with the urban en- vironment and making it simply an exciting place to be."
The plan incorporates responses to
Alison Boleyn playing "Monica" (left), and Carita Farrer as "Gillian".
a survey conducted last November which highlighted the ring road as a vital link in staff and student move- ment through the campus.
Features of the plan include:
• a formal precinct around A Block including cloisters and forecourt
• development of the ring road more as a pedestrian link with limited ve- hicle assess
• strategic preservation of green corridors, bushland and modified rainforest and use of these areas as natural boundaries
• preservation of the campus aspect
Teenage dags star in drama
Dags, a slap-stick portrayal of teenage anxiety, will be performed by QUT third-year acting students at the Princess Theatre, Wool- loongabba, from 20-24 August.
Written by Australian playwright Debra Oswald, Dags presents the bitter sweet of adolescent life- bro- ken hearts, secret passions and mu- sical partners.
The play is directed by drama lec- turer Mr Don Batchelor and designed by graduating student Clare Dyson.
Performances will start at 8pm.
Another QUT production, Boys Own MacBeth, will also be staged at the Princess Theatre later this month.
Written by Grahame (Aunty Jack) Bond and Jim Burnett, it is a riotous, wicked send-up of Shakespeare's
MacBeth. Director is drama lecturer Mr Sean Mee. Musical direction is by music lecturer Mr Michael Whelan and students of the popular music major. Designer is graduating student Corinne Le Claire.
Performances will be 27-29 Au- gust at 8pm, 30-31 August at 6.30pm and 9.30pm. Telephone 844 8523 for bookings.
OUT Central Administration 2 George Street. Brisbane 4000 Telephone (07) 864 2111
looking out to the Glasshouse Moun- tains, northside and city
• future acquisition of government and private land in Victoria Park Road, Blarney Street and School Street
• the proposed closure of Victoria Park Road from the rear of Kelvin Grove High School to the Victoria Park Golf Course
• notional parking areas near P Block, off Blarney Street plus two ex- isting sites with an increased defini- tion of space
• development of subtle but defined administrative, educational, leisure,
sporting and natural precincts
• location of passive recreation ar- eas dotted throughout the campus and defined active recreation areas around the oval and P Block
Mr Goward said QUT had an ideal opportunity to plan ahead when so often university development was forced into an ad hoc approach.
By 1997 the Kelvin Grove campus equivalent full-time student unit (EFTSU) population is expected to double to 8000 - almost the present
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Queensland leads national recovery
•Queensland is expected to make a stronger recovery from recession than other states.
The recession is likely to bottom out in the second half of 1991 al- though unemployment will rise fur- ther.
When it does come economic re- covery is not expected to be overly rapid - bank estimates put expected real Gross Domestic Product in- crease in 1991 around zero with a growth rate of between 2.4 percent and 2.8 percent in 1992.
These projections are contained in the about-to-be-released Sep- tember 1991 issue of Queensland Economic Forecasts published by QUT's Business Research Centre in collaboration with the Key Centre in Strategic Management.
The twice-yearly forecasts aim to provide business with data and views on developments and likely trends in economic activity in Australia and Queensland as a background for improved decision making.
The September forecast suggests Queensland should experience an early and sustained movement out of recession into economic growth and expansion later this year and into 1992.
While the state economy depends on national economic policy and in- ternational market trends, as well as local conditions, its recovery is expected to be less inhibited and stronger relative to the national trend.
Factors in the state's favour in- clude signs of strength in the hous- ing industry and the fundamental soundness of the Queensland economy.
The forecast notes that "the fi- nancial position of the Queensland Government remains sound with Queensland being expected to be the only state to post a surplus for 1990- 91 (a surplus of $12.9 million has been declared).
"Queensland's per capita debt is lower than that of the Common- wealth Government and greatly below that of other states.
"Queensland is the only state in which the net debt level has fallen over the last two years.
"An indicator of the financial strength of the state finances is that Queensland, which has retained its
AAA rating, can borrow at a mar- gin of 10 basis points below NSW Treasury Corporation securities."
The forecast notes, however, that the problem of Australia's bur- geoning overseas debt and its serv- icing have not disappeared. Thus the medium-term prospects for the na- tional economy - and therefore Queensland's - remain "less than propitious".
Acting head of the School of Eco- nomics and Public Policy Associate Professor Peter Cassidy warned that there would be no dramatic growth as there was after the 1984 recession and any upswing would be "patchy and slow".
"The debt noose is still there even when we come out of recession," he said.
"Without miracle changes in
productivity we will remain stuck in this malaise."
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What do red noses have to do with grief?
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Vice-Chancellor's comment
The vision for Kelvin Grove
Lord Kelvin was a Scottish mathematician, scientist and philosopher with a world- wide reputation for his contribution to the ascent of humanity.
A grove is a small wooded area and Arcadia was a mountainous wooded district of Ancient Greece where the philosophers went to think great thoughts away from the hurly burly of Athens.
Thus the Kelvin Grove campus of QUT, a wooded hilltop adjacent to a busy metropolis and at the centre of the south east Queensland megalopolis, provides powerful symbolism for the establishment of a university campus in the groves of Arcadia, with an international reputation for its education and health facilities, its academy of the arts and, in due course, other schools in arts and sciences.
The growing population of south east Queensland will demand expanded and enhanced higher education services from QUT. In response to this demand the facili- ties of Kelvin Grove campus will need to be expanded. At the same time, the pres- sures of development must not be allowed to destroy the environment of this wonder- ful asset. The challenge for the university in the 90s is to build a campus at Kelvin Grove worthy of an international university and in keeping with the symbolism of the
groves of Arcadia.
The problems are immense:
• to build in sympathy with the hill- side, retaining tree cover
• to ensure development is sensitive to the concerns of the local community
• to resolve conflict between the needs of students and staff for peace and quiet and the demands of the motor car
• to remove demountables.
The resolution of these problems will require careful planning, inspired archi- tecture and major capital investment.
The plans prepared by John Simpson Associates provide an excellent start. I have a personal commitment to the construction of an academic Arcadia on the Kelvin Grove hilltop.
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In brief
QUT computing experts warn uni- versity staff and students to guard against the relatively-new Tequila vi- rus.
First reported in Switzerland in May this year, the virus has spread quickly throughout Europe and Australasia.
Unlike the Stoned virus, Tequila infects the executable files of a pro- gram.
Mr Wayne Boxall of the Computer Virus Information Group in the In- formation Security Research Centre says Tequila hides itself well and has slipped through some virus protection programs.
Initially it may cause no noticeable damage, but Mr Boxall says it can eventually destroy certain critical areas of the hard disc including the corrupt file allocation table.
"There are many similarities be- tween AIDS and computer viruses,"
he says.
"Don't share needles, don't share discs."
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QUT's Centre for Eye Research in- vites school children in Years 4, 5 and 6 to participate in a research project.
It is particularly relevant to children of average reading ability who may not be reading as well as they could.
The project aims to explore the re- lationship between vision and reading.
Participants will undergo an assess- ment of their reading abilities and a thorough investigation of their visual skills. For further imformation tel- ephone Ms Sally Falconer on 864 2855 or 864 2622.
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The Brisbane Symphonic Band re- turned last month from its first tour of South East Queensland. The 70- member band, which includes about 20 QUT students, took their special brand of music to Bundaberg, Maryborough, Kingaroy and Toowoomba on a whirlwind eight-day tour.
Letters to the editor
Academic salary increase an 'outrageous deceptio '
In your last issue (/Q 1/8/91) it was reported that academic staff have been awarded "pay rises of up to 16 per- cent".
Many staff will already be aware of the outrageous deception involved in the public statements by everyone concerned, including both employers' representatives and unions.
Here are the facts as I understand
them. For staff on the top of scales there are real increase from 29 July 1991 to 29 July 1992 as follows (ini- tial increase percentages first, final increase percentages in brackets):
Professor 6.2 ( 12. I); associate pro- fessor 9.6 (13 .I); senior lecturer (top of scale) 7.8 ( 10.8); lecturers (top of scale) 6.7 (10.2) and senior tutor (top of scale) 12 (16).
Student ID cards queried
Can you explain why student iden- tification cards are renewed every year? ID cards should only be issued to new students, when a student's par- ticulars have changed or when a card is lost.
I believe a renewal sticker (as is done in other unis) would adequately do the job, with the money best served in other areas, for example, employing more library staff.
Imagine the escalating costs if every person had to renew their drivers li- cence every year and (it) was offered free of charge, so why do students get this wasteful privilege?
Peter Amabile
Nursing student, sophomore.
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The following reply comes from Stu- dent Services Manager Mr John Stubbs.
QUT currently has two versions of its Student Card. The Gardens Point card includes a photograph and a year
(for example 1991) for which it is valid.
The Northern Campus card is com- puter produced, does not require a photograph and has an expiry date on it which could be any date chosen.
Currently, we choose to make the cards valid for only one year.
Neither card is satisfactory in all aspects.
The Gardens Point card is expensive but does have a photograph, which appears to be important to many peo- ple.
The Northern Campus card is cheap to produce but doesn't have the visual impact.
Currently, the university is investi- gating ways of combining the best features of both systems and employ- ing higher level technology. It is pos- sible that in 1992 we may have a card with a laser image of the student.
The card would have a life covering the length of a student's enrolment in the given course. Replacement cards could be generated from a CD-ROM data base.
(The final increase figures are ex- pressed as percentages of salary prior to 29 July 1991.)
Readers will no doubt notice that for the majority of academic staff in the ranges where most of the academic work is done, the increases are more like 10 percent than 16 percent.
The outrageous deception is, how- ever, in the transfer arrangements for those not on the top of their scales.
Rationalisation of increment dates to 29 July will mean that staff on in- crements will lose anywhere up to a year's increment depending on their current increment date.
Suspension of increments during the transition will deny all such staff of one full increment.
Let me use an example to illustrate.
Consider a lecturer currently at level four (of an eight-point scale) whose anniversary date is one month after the introduction of the new scales (29 July 1991).
My calculations show that, except for a few individual months, the monthly salary does not experience a
"permanent" rise of more than six percent until 49 months after the 23 July 1991.
It is only after 61 months that it rises by more than I 0 percent.
In terms of cumulative salary, the staff member is only about five percent better off after six years.
Instead of progressing to the top of the salary scale after 38 months, it now takes 61 months (that is, a loss of seniority, in this case, of 12 months plus II months).
Regional development focus of US link
Other examples differ in detail, but all staff on increments will suffer similar losses of seniority and salary with respect to those to the top of scales.
Most of us are used to being treated badly so far as academic salaries are concerned, but what I find particularly appalling about this situation is that everyone concerned is trying to tell us how thankful we should be for being treated so generously.
QUT has joined George Mason University in Virginia to conduct col- laborative studies in regional economic development.
The first joint workshops were held in Brisbane and Toowoomba last week.
Local authority officials, local de- velopers, business and community leaders from various rural centres at- tended the workshops to discuss strategies for economic growth.
The joint agreement links the QUT/
BCC Chair in Urban Studies now held
by Professor Bob Stimson and the Northern Virginia Chair in Local Government held by Dr Roger Stough.
Professor Stimson said the roles of both sponsored chairs were similar.
He said both QUT and GMU were rapidly developing institutions located in strategic growth areas.
"Both universities plan substantial emphasis on university- government- private sector interaction," Professor Stimson said.
Collaborative activities will be Page 2 INSIDE OUT, 20 August 1991
conducted through the proposed QUT Institute for Land, Environment and Development and the George Mason University Institute of Public Policy.
Joint research, study leave and direct exchange agreements for academic staff and postgraduate students will be part of the initiative.
Urban and regional development workshops and training seminars in association with other institutions and government sectors will also be in- volved.
When you get a rise in salary on 29 July 1992, remember that it's not an increment, it's a salary rise. After all, you can't expect both!
Mr Trevor Lewis School of Physics
Pom replies to Aussie flag debate
I think I may safely tell you on be- half of other Poms that we really have no objection to the retention of the Flag of the United Kingdom in the comer of the Australian Flag. (Campus quickies 1/8/91)
It should be seen as a symbol of heritage not subvervience and appears for the same reason, as part of the flags of New Zealand, South Africa, and the US State of Hawaii to name but a few.
Nor will we feel slighted if you decide to replace it with a kangaroo.
The corresponding change in Canada was made a few years ago and caused hardely a ripple in the UK.
It did not affect Commonwealth relations significantly, nor visibly up- set the Royal Family.
By the way, the Oxford and Cam- bridge boat race is already sponsored, I am pretty sure, but by whom I cannot remember.
Professor David Sherwin
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Obituary
QUT staff and students mourn the loss of student David Howard who was killed in a car accident in Sydney on 26 July.
David, 22, national education officer with the National Union of Students, was travelling from Melbourne to visit Brisbane universities when the acci- dent happened.
Active in student politics throughout his student life, David was Kelvin Grove campus student guild president in 1988.
In 1990 he was elected as education officer for the QUT/Northern Cam- puses Student Guild.
A part-time diploma of education student, David went on academic leave in December last year to pursue student politics with the NUS.
Staff and students attended David's funeral in Brisbane on I August.
Fellow QUT education student Christopher Simpson is in hospital re- covering from spinal injuries received in the accident.
Christopher is the president of the NUS Queensland branch.
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SIDS parents grieve more, marriages may break down
One in every 500 children born in Australia is expected to die of Sud- den Infant Death Syndrome before the age of two years.
The term "Sudden Infant Death Syndrome" was coined at a conference in Seattle, USA, in the late 1960s.
Since then researchers throughout the world have tried to identify the cause of this baffling, distressing syndrome.
Red Nose Day, a community fund raising initiative of the National SIDS Council of Australia, will be held on 30 August.
QUT Associate Dean of Arts As- sociate Professor Gary Em belton says his joint research shows that parents who lose a child through cot death suffer more prolonged, intense anxiety than those losing an infant from other causes.
Mothers tend to suffer more grief symptoms which persist for longer periods of time.
Professor Embleton says the re- search is the first to compare family reactions to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), still birth and neo- natal death.
He says the five-year study points to the need for more support programs to help those touched by the tragedy ofSIDS.
The research has been conducted since 1985 with researchers from the University of Queensland and the Australian Catholic University.
According to the study, the intensity
of sustained grief for SIDS families can be explained in part by the un- known cause of the syndrome and the frequent need for police involvement and an autopsy.
But Professor Embelton says al- though research into the actual cause of SIDS must continue, not enough emphasis has been placed on under- standing the emotional, psychological impact.
He says the study shows that the SIDS group "stands out a mile" in terms of paternal and maternal anxiety and depression.
Significant grief symptoms persist for more than two years in SIDS mothers, 15 months for those experi- encing neonatal death and six months for stillbirth.
SIDS parents are worse affected than the other groupings. The pattern of symptom change over time is dif- ferent.
They are also more likely to expe- rience marital breakdown.
"The study shows that even if psy- chological symptoms improve, mar- riages are still at great risk," Professor Embelton says.
Issues of blame, guilt and anger often played a part in marital problems.
"The need for proper support for these families is clear," he says.
"We believe this data will improve our understanding of the grieving process and help in the design and implementation of support programs."
Professor Embleton says it would
be wrong to categorise people's grief processes or ignore the needs of fami- lies suffering neo-natal or still births.
"What we are saying is that the grieving process is probably longer than we think," he says.
"One of the real dangers is the idea that the grief process is a lock -step method.
"Some therapists take models for grief like some kind of bible dictating specific stages of denial, anger, blocking and detachment.
"I think the words that best define the impact of grief were by Sigmund Freud, that is, grief doesn't go away it just erupts less often."
Professor Embelton says the study is also the first to compare the three groups with a control group of 252 family members with a baby in the family.
It has traced the grief process of 512 individuals in South East Queensland since 1985.
Interviews with mothers, fathers and children have been conducted pro- spectively since a bereavement at in- tervals of two months, six months, 15 months and 25 months.
Funding of more than $235 000 has been allocated during the study through the National Health and Medical Research Council.
The project is expected to continue for at least another two years.
Professor Embelton says the need
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First summer school for QUT
QUT will hold its first summer school at the end of this year, says Continuing Education head Mr David Hall.
Mr Hall said all deans of faculties were approached earlier this month to help in developing programs.
About 50-100 programs in various disciplines throughout the university are expected to be arranged.
The summer school will run from December this year to February 1992.
Mr Hall said the initiative coincided with an exciting increase in demand for QUT's continuing education courses.
He said demand had soared 250 percent in the past year.
Since the QUT/BCAE amalgama- tion, the number of registered con- tinuing education courses had mush- roomed from 130 to 320.
Mr Hall said the programs were
expected to turn over more than $1.2 million for the university by the end of this year.
In July alone, the Continuing Edu- cation Unit conducted a total of 45 programs generating about $260 000 in turnover.
"The success of the courses has
largely been the result of professional presentation and targeting the right audience," Mr Hall said.
Overseas demand for QUT con- tinuing education programs was also increasing, he said.
A program in Singapore was held for the first time last month by Dr Pau I Schweinsberg of the School of Chemistry.
The course was an adaptation of the basic course in corrosion technology which Dr Schweinsberg has conducted at QUT and in Hong Kong. It was held in conjunction with the Nanyang
Technological University in Singapore and the Queensland branch of the Australasian Corrosion Association.
QUT's continuing education activi- ties are administered through the Of- fice of Educational Services.
Programs are designed for profes- sionals who want to update skills and knowledge. General vocational and personal development requirements are also embraced.
Most courses qualify as eligible training programs under the training guarantee legislation
Seminars, conferences and work- shops are either conducted on QUT campuses or off-campus in conjunc- tion with other professional, govern- ment or industry groups.
Programs can be designed to meet the specific needs of organisations. For more information contact Mr David Hall on 864 2196.
Traditional links disappearing so Asia our future
Following a whistle-stop global tour QUT's Vice-Chancellor Pro- fessor Dennis Gibson says Australia must accept that its future lies in Asia. Professor Gibson said the purpose of his tour was twofold -to cement QUT's contacts in Asian nations and to contribute to his own further education.
"Over the years we've developed a lot of very good contacts in a number of institutions in south-east Asia, the university and polytechnics in Singa- pore, two universities in Bangkok, the seed of a good arrangement with Sarawak and Borneo, and some ongo- ing arrangements with institutions in South Korea," he said.
It was important that he, as the chief executive officer of QUT, was seen to be genuinely interested in these con- tacts by visiting them.
Professor Gibson said: "It was im- portant to see them and tell them we like working with them and we want it to continue."
The secondary reason for the tour was to bring the Vice-Chancellor up- to-date on developments between QUT and south-east Asia.
He was very impressed with the achievements in higher education in Asian nations during the past three or four years.
"Certainly I came back from the trip with one feeling very strong, and it was reinforced by going to Europe.
The Europeans are just Eurocentric at the moment," Professor Gibson said.
"There's no other part of the world exists for them apart from Europe.
"They are concentrating on their own problems and the next big project they face after overcoming immediate problems is the assimilation of eastern Europe."
Australia and south-east Asia sim-
ply were on the other side of the world and Europe did not want to know about them.
"Certainly, the traditional relation-
ship that existed between England and Australia has all but disappeared, and our future is in Asia," he said.
The consolidation of Europe would create the most powerful trading bloc of nations in the world.
North America was taking care of itself and now encroaching on tradi- tional Australian export markets.
Australia had to find a solution and that solution was in south-east Asia.
The formation of a major trading bloc in south-east Asia, including Australia, should be a national goal.
Asian students studied at Australian universities and returned home with highly-regarded academic qualifica- tions, plus being bi-lingual and having experienced life in another culture.
"They're ideally set up to operate in that south-east Asian trading bloc, so our people have got to do the same.
"We've got to see our Australian
students spending similar time in south-east Asia," Professor Gibson said.
It was crucial that Australians be- came bi-lingual and understood other cultures if they expected to trade ef- fectively with our Asian neighbours.
Future Australian professionals, such as engineers, scientists or law- yers should be able to operate within two cultures, he said.
Campus quickies
Oops!!! Gardens Point staff who thought library reference service man- ager was Anne Newell were filled with misgivings and confusion when they read the last copy of Inside QUT. The woman they had come to know as Anne Newell was pictured on page 11 and captioned as "Janice Rickards", the associate librarian (collection management). Suddenly staff worried they had been calling her "Anne" incorrectly for at least four years. But fear not - we got it wrong. Posing in our photograph is indeed the real Anne Newell. We could say we published this deliberately just to make sure everyone out there was reading IQ thoroughly, couldn't we?
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• The Vice-Chancellor, no doubt following his navigator's instructions to the letter, lost his way to a QUT senior staff leadership conference at Kooralbyn 8-10 August. The conference began without his opening re- marks, which came later, but all was forgiven when he was frank about his reason for lateness.
• At the same conference, the observation was made that academic careers were forged easier through research performance than teach- ing. Lending some useful imagery to the scenario, the Deputy Vice- Chancellor likened the route to career progression through research as a yellow brick road - the route through teaching was a goat track. A clear policy was needed on what constituted excellence in teaching.
• Keynote speaker Professor Marcel Goldschmid (story page 4) said some students apparently saw university as a prison sentence: "we get out in two years". He recommended using students as a resource to teach each other.
• The two new pro-vice-chancellors managed to convince academic and administrative management that the goals it had previously adopted by consensus were in fact achievable.
• Phil Candy's paper on Quality Learning was highly acclaimed but his overhead slides were obviously designed to show that quality presentation was important too.
• 852 sorties took heavy toll on the first night. The Centre for Molecular Biotechnology is developing an effective triple A antigen but they are not there yet, apparently because of spacewars.
• The Registrar was concerned that the Planning and Budget Director had more than his fair share.
• Scott Holmes appeared to be a young, emotional and witty account- ancy professor but that anomaly was put to rest when he admitted his PhD was economics.
• Contrary to the popular image of a professor of computing science, John Gough remained very human and highly intellectual.
• In response to his invitation to two other early morning tennis players for mixed doubles came the response that Tom Cochrane looked like Jimmy Connors on the court - obviously a rejection.
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• a new administrative precinct adjacent to K Block on the Victoria Park Road and Blarney Street comer by 1994
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Top of page: A sketch of possible future development of Kelvin Grove campus.
Above: University Architect Mr Ron Goward (left) with architect Mr John Simpson.
Swiss professor highlights challenges at conference
As the 21st century nears the greatest challenge facing higher education is the successful integra- tion of the four dimensions making up a university - research, teaching, professional development and serv- ice to the community.
But a university's major purpose will always be to help students learn, says Swiss Professor Marcel Goldschmid,
Professor Goldschmid was brought to Australia by QUT to be keynote speaker at a senior staff conference.
The conference, called Quality Teaching, was held recently at Kooralbyn near Beaudesert.
Its theme was the development of QUT into a university for the 21st century.
Currently he is professor and di- rector of the Chair of Psychology and Higher Education at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland.
His academic career has seen Pro- fessor Goldschmid working in most of the world's major cities. He has distinguished himself in many areas, including teaching, research, publish- ing and consulting,
Governments, corporations and in- ternational organisations, including the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) have benefited from his ex- pertise.
Among the areas in which Professor Goldschmid has specialised are moti- vation, leadership and staff develop- ment. In 1977 the Australian Govern- ment presented him with a distin- guished scholar award. That year he visited Brisbane, Canberra, Hobart, Melbourne, Roclchampton and Sydney
during a hectic four-week round of conferences, seminars, workshops and consulting.
"We should not forget the students, after all, we only exist because of the students," Professor Goldschmid said.
"But the academic staff need to develop the skills, competence and right attitudes to integrate those four dimensions. I think that's the real challenge because some of us profes- sors consider it's important to spend a lot of time on teaching, others spend time on research.
"Yet others have good contacts with the community and enjoy that contact with different kinds of people and some are very involved in professional activities.
"The challenge is how you get those four dimensions worked into an aca- demic staff's job profile, and that's not easy,"
Universities should try to help aca- demic staff become more competent, interested and motivated in all four areas.
Academic staff needed to learn how to teach because their primary objec- tive was to help students learn.
"Unlike school-teachers, university professors do not learn how to teach,"
Professor Goldschmid said. "Most of them are appointed because they have research qualifications then they are, pardon the expression, let loose on the students, without really having the qualifications and competence in how to teach,"
Universities needed to look at ways of providing academic staff with services and courses enabling them to learn how to teach. This problem al- ready was being addressed at QUT through the Academic Staff Develop- ment Unit.
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"Now, if we take research, I feel that in order to be an interesting, dy- namic teacher who knows the latest developments in his or her field, who also experiences the discipline from the inside, research skills on a con- tinuous basis are needed," he said.
"I don't think it will do to do your research for your PhD and then drop it."
Staff should seek opportunities to sharpen their research skills, get into new topics and maintain a vitality in their teaching.
Practically every faculty member was a professional in their chosen field and they should seek opportunities for continuing their professional training.
"Lawyers, for example, should re- turn to specialised training. The same goes for engineers, psychologists, whatever. It keeps us in continuous touch with professional development,"
Professor Goldschmid said.
He explained that the fourth di- mension, service to the community, was linked to the other three, Teaching, resear.ch and professional development all \.vere services to the community,
He said: "But it could be something like consulting. You could consult with public institutions, governments and so on, and private employers.
"You can make your skills and ex- pertise available to corporations and to employers generally."
Consulting had a positive effect on teaching, research and professional development because it kept academic staff in touch with the community and employers, providing opportunities to advise students on real world matters they needed to know. This helped students to make more easily the transition from life at university and surviving in the work force.
site.
"One could be tempted to over- come the demand by building tall
* buildings," he said.
"We would not be responsible neighbours if we did that. We hap- pen to be located in an urban area characterised by brick and tiles."
He said red-tiled low-level build- ings nestled into the campus hillside would create a Mediterranean/
Southern Californian style in keeping with surrounding urban features.
The development of the campus would also coincide with broader community initiatives of inner-city action groups in the Kelvin Grove/
Herstoh area.
The proposed introduction of an inner-city rail loop would be a con- venient solution to increased vehicle traffic in the area.
The Hale Street development set to be ·completed in October 1992 would also lead to a quicker trip be- tween Kelvin Grove and Gardens Point campuses.
Planned capital development at Kelvin Grove campus include:
• demolition of the present B Block and swimming pool by the end of this year or early 1992
• a new general teaching building including a large lecture theatre to be occupied by 1993
• the completion of the Health/
Nursing building by early next year
• a new Information Technology building off Victoria Park Road by 1996 and a multi-purpose building behind D and E Blocks by 1997.
About two-thirds of the $75 mil- lion program would be funded through the Federal Government.
Mr Goward said there was also a possibility of student residential ac- commodation in the future.
Ten houses in the block bounded by Blarney Street, School Street and Victoria Park Road have been pur- chased by QUT.
Future development for QUT also includes the Sunshine Coast campus at Sippy Downs/Tanawah by 1997 and a new business building on Gardens Point to be occupied by 1996.
Mr Goward said John Simpson Associates had a long association with QUT.
The firm designed a number of former BCAE buildings including the award-winning Resource Centre at Carseldine.
It is also responsible for the new Information Technology/Engineer- ing building under construction at Gardens Point and Health/Nursing at Kelvin Grove.
Mr John Simpson is Adjunct Pro- fessor of Architecture and Urban Design in the Faculty of Built Envi- ronment and Engineering,
QUT is part of $650 000 high-tech laser network
The State Government has ploughed
$650 000 into a revolutionary manu- facturing design network which will include QUT.
Lasers linked to advanced three-di- mensional computer design technol- ogy will be used to produce 3D mod- els quickly and cheaply.
The processs is called stereoli- thography. It is part of new technol- ogy known as "desktop manufactur- ing" - a three-dimensional develop- ment of desktop publishing.
Funding of $350 000 has been pro- vided by the Department of Business, Industry and Regional Development.
Queensland Tertiary Education Foun- dation (QTEF) has invested $300 000.
QTEF is a Queensland Government organisation dedicated to fostering closer cooperation between industry and tertiary institutions.
QUT is one of six tertiary institu- tions throughout the state to be linked to the Brisbane-based stereo-lithog- raphy apparatus via advanced com- puter workstations.
Minister for Business, Industry and Regional Development Mr Geoff Smith said the network would give Queensland manufacturers a signifi- cant competitive advantage in the development of product prototypes and patterns.
"This will be an important tool in the product development process, al- lowing prototypes to be modelled without the need for expensive tool- ing," he said.
"Virtually anything for which a hands-on pre-production model is needed will benefit from stereolithography."
Stereolithography enables solid ob- jects to be built layer-by-layer directly from computer stored data images. A laser beam repeatedly traces cross- sectional slices of the image onto the surface bath of liquid acrylic resin.
The liquid solidifies on contact with the beam. After each pass, the cured slice is lowered into the liquid. The model is formed as each successive slice is bonded to the one before it.
Mr Smith said a unique element of this project would be that it would bring together a number of tertiary institutions to provide a network of regular users, Complementary ad- vanced computer workstations and advanced design and analysis software will be located at QUT, University of Queensland, Mount Gravatt T AFE College, University College of South- em Queensland (Toowoomba) and James Cook University (Townsville).
"Access to the Plastic Centre Stereolithography Apparatus means these institutions will be able to offer an advanced design and analysis service for local industry," Mr Smith said.
The $1 A million network is ex- pected to be fully operational by the end of this month. Private sector input has come from Melbourne-based YIP AC Engineers and Scientists and the US company Silicon Graphics.
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Light vehicle ruckus grates most on Brisbane residents
The sound of light vehicle traffic is the noise that irks Brisbane people most.
Heavy vehicle traffic noise comes a close second.
A survey carried out jointly by QUT and the Department of Environment and Heritage found that noise from the two traffic categories seriously af- fected more than 20 percent of resi- dents. The survey also showed that certain much-loved features of Bris- bane architecture, such as "stilt"
houses made predominantly of timber, did not help the noise problem.
Economics and Public Policy lec- turer, Mr Ted Duhs, one of the project
leaders, said timber did not present the same barriers to noise as the brick and stone more predominant in southern cities.
High-set houses also allowed a di- rect line of sight and hence direct noise transmission. Cyclone wire or low timber paling fences permitted more noise penetration.
Some 90 Bachelor of Business (Public Administration) students studying Administration Research conducted the survey at 36 Brisbane locations earlier this year.
The Survey on the Effects of Traffic Noise: Noise Pollution, Air Pollution and Vibration built on the work of an
earlier project, the Brisbane Noise Survey, which identified a broad range of noise, air and vibration pollutants.
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) ranks the quality of urban living according to three categories based on traffic noise levels - accept- able, not desirable and unacceptable.
Measurements at the 36 locations showed that many Brisbane sites were in the "not desirable" range with sev- eral reaching the "unacceptable" level.
The results of the survey will be used in policy papers on legislation regulating traffic and air pollutiqn, and by general town and traffic planners.
Students in US exchange deal
Tunes of "Sweet home, Alabama"
will ring out this semester as a joint student exchange begins between Australia and the deep south of America.
QUT students Karen McKeering and Susan Horsburgh are trading places with Monica Popov and Eve Perkins from the University of Ala- bama.
Karen and Susan are two of the first five QUT students to take advantage of the United States student exchange program established by the Interna- tional Relations Unit.
Fellow QUT business faculty stu- dents Lewis Ramsey, Jonathan Slatter and lain Tucker are also taking part in the exchange.
They will be studying at San Jose State University in the San Francisco Bay area and Trenton State College in New Jersey.
They follow Beryl Janz who re- turned recently after completing a Bachelor of Business (Communica- tion) at San Jose State University.
Monica and Eve, both from the University of Alabama, are among five American students studying this se- mester at QUT.
Monica, a microbiology student, will graduate in May next year, while Eve hopes to graduate with nursing qualifications at the end of this year.
Both say they are delighted to be in Australia. Both also agree that Ala- bama, believe it or not, is more devoted to football than Queensland.
The other American exchange stu- dents are Karen Samora from San Jose State University, Andy Cunard from Glassborough State University and Dana Rada from Trenton State College in New Jersey.
The exchange scheme is adminis- tered by the International Relations Unit of the Office of Educational Services.
Unit head Mr Kieran O'Brien said the exchange program offered students an opportunity "to add another string to their bow".
"In addition to the academic merits of the scheme, there are significant gains in terms of the international ex- perience alone and the new perspec- tives participants can obtain," Mr O'Brien said.
"On the flip side, QUT is hosting equal numbers from the partner uni- versities.
"The exchange students participat- ing at QUT are bringing with them a wide range of other experiences which they are sharing with staff and students.
"This makes a significant contribu- tion to the international complexion of the university."
Similar exchange programs are also
available in Japan and Korea.
Others are being negotiated in Sin- gapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Hong Kong. There are also a number of bi- lateral faculty exchanges in the United Kingdom, France and China.
"Given the worldwide push for the development of further international education opportunities it is likely that many more exchange programs will be added over the next few years."
"These will only be limited by the number of QUT students wishing to take a semester or two in an overseas university."
The International Relations Unit is seeking expressions of interest from students wishing to take part in an exchange program.
Under the exchange scheme, stu- dents do not have to pay tuition fees at the host university. Airfares and ac- commodation must be paid by the student.
Students should have completed the equivalent of two semesters full-time study. A grade-point average of at least 5 is required. For more information contact Susan Lockwood Lee on 864 2599.
Trading places are Monica Popov (left back), Eve Perkins (left front), Karen McKeering (right back) and Susan Horsburgh.
Japanese affluence leading to Western fast food diet danger
Japan's post-world war II success may be causing its young people to die earlier due to their passion for western-style fast foods.
Nutritionists have warned that fat now provides 28 per cent of the dietary energy of Japan's youth, compared with seven percent 40 years ago.
This boosted fat intake could be to blame for an increase in future diet related death and illness, they say.
Food experts fear Japanese fat intake will increase even more as the nation enjoys its affluence. Japanese now are substituting such items as tiramisu, an Italian dessert of chocolate, sugar and
cheese, for their traditional soya bean tofu.
Japanese food scientist Professor Yasuhiko Fujino, ofSonada Women's University, will visit Brisbane next month. He will be the guest of QUT, Sonada's sister university.
On II September, Professor Fujino will present a public lecture called Fats and Fatty Foods in the Japanese Diet at QUT. The lecture will be held in Room 405, G Block, Gardens Point Campus, beginning at 2pm and running for one hour. Course coordinator at QUT's School of Public Health Mr Claus Jehne, said that as Australians
were struggling to reduce their fat consumption from about 35 percent to less than 30 percent of total diet en- ergy, they could learn by examining the cultural and scientific factors af- fecting Japanese dietary habits.
An internationally eminent food scientist and researcher into lipid biochemistry, Professor Fujino has lectured in the USA, Europe, the USSR, China and throughout Asia.
While in Brisbane he also will par- ticipate in the Cereals International 91 Congress. Further information from Claus Jehne, School of Public Health, on 864 3368.
QUT space centre set for lift off
A multi-million dollar space tech- nology research and development centre has been established at QUT.
It is one of three Space Industry Development Centres funded under the Commonwealth Government's Aus- tralian Space Industry Development Strategy. It also has commercial backing.
The centre's creation was an- nounced on 6 August by the Federal Minister for Industry, Technology and Commerce, Senator John Button.
The other two centres will be at Griffith University and in South Aus- tralia (universities of Adelaide, NSW and South Australia).
The centres are guaranteed federal funding up to $500 000 each financial year for specific research and devel- opment projects. Each centre also will receive $25 000 per year for marketing, promotion and administration costs.
"These centres reflect the high calibre space-related expertise in in- dustry and in the research community,"
Senator Button said. "They will give added impetus to the development of Australian-designed equipment for satellites."
At QUT the facility is called the Space Centre for Satellite Navigation Technology. Centre director Profes- sor Kurt Kubik said it would begin operation as soon as possible.
He predicted that with centres at QUT and Griffith University, coupled to the proposed Cape York space port development Queensland would lead Australia into the space age.
The centre will be located with the School of Electrical and Electronic Systems Engineering but will be a joint venture with the School of Surveying.
Head of the School of Electrical and Electronic Systems Engineering Pro- fessor Miles Moody will be director of signal processing activities in the space centre.
Professor Kubik explained that there were five partners involved in the centre - QUT, the University of New South Wales, the CSIRO Division of Radiophysics, the Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO), and Auspace Ltd.
"The centre will be physically lo- cated in QUT but the work will take place at different locations when nec- essary because we combine all the experts in that area in Australia."
Professor Moody said his area would be in the signal processing and telecommunications activities.
"We're introducing our new aero- space avionics degree next year," he said. "And we have a history in our research centre for signal processing."
Managing Director of Canberra- based Auspace Ltd Mr Ted Stapinski said: "We actively sought a top uni- versity to be involved in the develop- ment of future Global Positioning System (GPS) products along the lines of Auspace products.
Professor Yasukiko Fujino
Mr Ted Stapinski
"We chose QUT because they're the best university, the most experienced in this area. We're very pleased the QUT centre has been selected by the Australian Space Office (ASO) and we believe it will be a very important part in the development and future mar- keting of GPS products."
Mr Stapinski said the world market for GPS products would be worth around $2 billion within four to five years. He agreed with Professor Kubik that the QUT centre would become self-supporting within five years.
Professor Kubik said the new centre was one of only four funded by the ASO. With support from Auspace, the centre's budget would be between $1 million and $1.5 million in its first year and would increase in successive years.
As well as military applications, GPS products had many civil uses, including the accurate positioning of fleet vehicles for the police, other emergency services and taxi compa- nies.
Professor Kubik is the Civil User Coordinator in Global Positioning for Australia, an appointment made by US GPS authorities.
GPS is navigational technology which by coordinating satellite signals allows the user to pinpoint their posi- tion anywhere in the world or in space.
Auspace specialises in compact, lightweight units with high perform- ance and at low cost.
In civil applications, for example, a police patrol controller or taxi despatch system would be able to trace a specific vehicle instantly if necessary.
Professor Kubik said he tried to coordinate the civil users and provide them with up-to-date information as it emanated from the US.
"We will work with DSTO to build up some networks to make this satel- lite positioning still more effective for both defence and civil'users," he said.
Professor Moody said his school currently was seeking staff experi- enced in the areas of avionics and GPS.
New book
A book published last month features a complete listing of Australia's higher education institutions and an independ- ent assessment of their strengths and weaknesses.
Universities in Australia also looks at student over-enrolment and over- crowding, and student support services.
Written by the Financial Review's higher education reporter Steve Lewis, the book assesses job prospects for graduates, analyses major university disciplines and reveals the hidden costs of study.
It includes advice on financial assist- ance available to students and an expla- nation of the higher education contribu- tion scheme.
Available from John Fairfax Group, 4th Floor, 235 Edward St, Brisbane, at a recommended retail price of $16.95.
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