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Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research) Professor Ken Bowman (right), Director of the Office of Research Dr and Head of Physics Associate Professor Brian W Thomas examine medical imaging equipment.
Cell analysis to curb cancer
A medical laboratory scientist is attempting to discover the trigger which throws leukaemia patients in remission into relapse.
Senior lecturer Ms Pam Stallybrass has begun a study to detect the point at which leukaemia cells reappear during remission in Acute Lym- phoblastic Leukaemia- the most com- mon malignancy in children.
Ms Stallybrass said it was com- monplace for patients to go from remission into relapse.
"Once relapse has occurred it is much harder to bring the patient back into remission. This cycle can con- tinue until the patient will not recover from a relapse," she said.
Scientists believe leukaemic cells which have escaped cytotoxic (cell killing) drugs cause the initial relapse but do not understand why.
The project is investigating whether this hypothesis can be proven. In order to do this Ms Stal- lybrass must discover whether the leukaemia cells which cause the relapse. called Minimal Residual Dis- ease, lie undetected in the body or grow again after being activated by an unknown factor.
Her research will help advance the technique of autologous bone marrow transplants, where healthy marrow is extracted from a patient in remission and then transplanted back if the patient relapses.
This technique needs no donors and dispels the fear of the patient rejecting the marrow.
Ms Stallybrass · research wi II enable doctors to test the extracted marrow to ensure it is free from leukaemic cells, thus reducing the probabjlity of relapse after the transplant.
"If the marrow does contain the cells then it can be treated with
the transplant," she said.
She will compare the two most common techniques for leukaemia detection - cell culture and DNA analysis.
In both techniques, cells are col- lected at diagnosis, after the first 28 days of treatment and at regular inter- vals during remission.
The techniques will determine whether leukaemic cells exist because the cells have characteristic mor- phologies and DNA patterns.
Ms Stallybrass has been aided in her work by Royal Brisbane Hospital's Director of Haematology Dr John Rowell and hospital scien- tists Mrs Barbara Fletcher and Mr Gary Ablett.
She has also approached the Prin- cess Alexandra, Mater and Wesley hospitals for sample cells.
The research has been supported with funds which are part of a $25 000 internal QUT grant.
cytotoxic drugs before the patient has Ms Pam Stallybrass analyses the DNA structure of cancer cells.
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QUT has received nearly $1 mil- lion dollars from the Federal Government to improve the research capability of six university centres.
Minister for Employment and Education Services, Peter Baldwin, an- nounced the funding last week.
It is part of a $9 million allocation to 23 former Colleges of Advanced Education to develop a capacity to un- dertake quality research.
QUT was allotted $945 000 to be distributed to the Centre for Eye Re- search ($153 000), Centre for Molecular Biotechnology ($157 000), Information Security Research Centre ($153 000), Medical and Health Physics Centre ($157 000), Centre for Biological Population Management ($165 000) and jointly to the Product and Process Development Centre and the Terotechnology Centre ($160 000).
Funding was allocated following ad- vice from the Australian Research Council (ARC).
QUT's application for research in- frastructure support emphasised the rapid improvement in recent years in the volume and quality of research.
The university'~ 'lew Prv Vice- Chancellor (Research), Professor Ken Bowman, said the application specifi- cally aimed at strengthening existing research activity and developing areas of immediate potential.
"In all cases the centres have taken significant steps to initiate and main- tain high quality research.
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"QUT's approach is to target major research support towards identified re- search nodes," he said.
"These also coincide with desig- nated state and national priorities."
Professor Bowman said the funding would be used to buy equipment, stock resources and employ support staff.
This would provide a structure for some of the researchers who "have a track record in research".
Professor Bowman said his division, which included the Office of Research, the Office of Commercial Services and Office of Educational Services, was a microcosm of the university.
As such, the division reflected the services QUT provided to the profes- sional sector and the beneficial interac- tion between higher education illStitu- tions and the wider community.
He said the amalgamation (QUT/BCAE) had enhanced the exper- tise QUT could offer the community with an exciting mix of technology, education and the arts.
"The university must build on this variety and continue to interact with the community of which it is a part,"
Professor Bowman said.
Professor Bowman was head of QUT's Optometry Department for eight years before becoming the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research) last month in an acting capacity.
He has lectured and researched in both Melbourne and France and had a private practice.
Fundraisers will win before school's out
Australia's first intensive fund rais- ing seminar has already been a huge success more than a month before its launch, according to Assistant Dean (Development) Mr Rod Miller.
Organised as a joint venture between QUT and the Fund Raising School of the Indiana University Centre on Philanthropy, the seminar set for 1-6 July has already reached its target of 50 people.
Mr Miller said it was the first inten- sive fund raising course to be con- ducted in Australia that would give participants a certificate accredited through the American university.
More courses were planned for Bris- bane and interstate, he said.
Classes will be conducted mainly by founder and principal of the Fund Rais- ing School, Henry Rosso. Mr Miller, Adjunct Professor Everald Compton and communication academic Wendy Scaife also will lecture.
Topics covered in the course will include marketing strategies, techni- ques for capital fund raising, budget- ing, psychology of motivation and giving, and team building.
Participants will receive a 300-page workshop manual, a bibliography and glossary of fund raising terms.
The course begins with an informal orientation dinner at 5.30pm on I July.
Workshops and lectures will continue during the week.
It will be held at QUT Gardens Point in B Block. For more information con- tact conference organiser Ms Lee Mc- Lean on 263 7686 or fax 263 7464.
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Vice-Chancellor's comment
New organisational structure emerging
In the remaining seven months of 1990, we all will be engaged in the process of determining the university's organisational structure to come into effect 1 January 1991.
Every member of the university is encouraged to put forward ideas on preferred organisational structure. We must build on our strengths but not be constrained by history. The structure that emerges must facilitate our teaching, research and community service. It must be responsive and capable of handling growth.
My major concern is how we all are going to continue to fit into our four campuses. Although national figures are not available, our cur- rent space ratio of 7.6 square metres per equivalent full-time student must be extremely low by Australian standards for universities. This problem is compounded by rapid growth (1200 equivalent full-time students between 1989 and 1990) which will continue throughout the 1990s. Furthermore we have many old buildings and a backlog of minor works.
Two major buildings (Nursing and Information Technology/Electri- cal Engineering) will be ready by the start of the 1992 academic year
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start of the 1993 academic year.
These buildings will barely keep up with growth, never mind relieving existing problems.
I believe that it will take a decade to complete a capital pro-
" gram that will convert our reor- ganisation into faculties located on specific campuses. Thus I see relocation of academic and non- academic units as a process spread over a number of years.
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Eag e r lawyer wins Oxfo rd sc holarship
A scholarship to Oxford University has come as a welcome relief and an exciting travel opportunity for QUT law graduate Brian Fitzgerald and his family.
Mr Fitzgerald, 27, is believed to be QUT"s first scholarship winner to the prestigious British university.
To top the excitement off, he and his wife Suzanne are due to have their third child in September just before they em- bark on the two-year masters degree study program beginning in October.
A QUT law medal winner in April 1989 after studying his degree part- time, Mr Fitzgerald was initially of- fered the inaugural Lionel Murphy Overseas Scholarship to study in America.
However, he finally accepted the Commonwealth Scholarship (UK Award) to Oxford for financial and family reasons.
"The idea of going to one of the most prestigious universities in the world is pretty awe inspiring," Mr Fitzgerald said.
"I was very relieved actually to get
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the scholarship because it's about the only way I'd be able to afford to do the study and have the family come along too.
"It's going to be a great opportunity to meet people from other countries and discuss their legal systems, and to lay the foundations for a good career at the bar."
He will study a Bachelor of Civil Laws (a masters degree) at Worcester College -one of 34 colleges at Oxford University. It will involve course work and a thesis, probably in public law.
Mr Fitzgerald was admitted as a bar- rister in May 1989 and worked full- time in the Solicitor General's Office in Brisbane before starting work as a re- search officer for the High Court in Canberra in July 1989.
He plans eventually to establish himself as a private barrister in Bris- bane specialising in public law.
Below: Oxford scholarship winner Mr Brian Fitzgerald with his wife Suzanne and sons Garrett, 3, and Riley, 14 months.
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Universities race away with a speedy computer network
QUESTnet, a high-speed computer network, will soon link QUT with other universities in South East Queensland.
QUESTnet (Queensland Education, Science and Technology Network) is now a vital part of TECHQUAD, the research and development arrangement between QUT, the University of Queensland, Griffith University and Bond University.
State Cabinet approved the $160 000 scheme in the first week of May and it is expected to by operating through Telecom's optical fibre cables by July.
Optical fibre networks are con- sidered world-wide as the best medium for transmitting large amounts of data, including voice, text and video image.
Manufacturing and Commerce Min- ister, Mr Geoff Smith, said the project would also eventually link with the Australian Academic and Research Network (AARNet).
"QUESTnet and the consequent ac- cess to high-speed computing facilities places Queensland at the forefront of research and development technology in Australia," Mr Smith said.
"It will bring immediate benefits to many high technology projects such as the Cape York Space Port, environ- ment studies and mine design."
QUESTnet will link the TECH- QUAD institutions to the State Government and the Royal Brisbane Hospital.
It will be used initially between the institutions to provide more efficient communication and co-operation, shared resources, and collaborative re- search and teaching programs.
Queensland already has a slow- speed regional communications net- work linking all tertiary institutions in the state.
This network, Queensland Tertiary Institutions Network (QTinet), has been used and funded by Queensland universities and colleges since 1987.
AARNet, currently at implementa- tion stage, is a communications net- work that will provide Australia-wide and international access to researchers and academics.
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challengers to become Dean
New Law Faculty Dean Professor David Gardiner was appointed this month after a three-round world- wide search for candidates.
Professor Gardiner, who forwarded his application in the third round, has served as Acting Dean since March 1989 after the retirement of former Dean Tom Cain.
His appointment will become part of a major re-structuring of senior posi- tions within the faculty which will take place by next year.
Professor Gardiner said the new senior-level structure reflected the growth of the faculty and an increasing administrative load.
"This new structure will free the dean to advance the wider issues and directions of the faculty," Professor
Gardiner said. For the first time in the faculty, an assistant dean position at professorial level is expected to be filled by the end of the year to direct undergraduate administration.
Associate Professor John De Groot will continue as Director of Legal Prac- tice, while the associate professor posi- tion of Director of Research is yet to be finalised.
By the end of this month three more professors are expected to be ap- pointed. Two will be attached to the Centre for Commercial and Property Law and the other will have a sig- nificant academic leadership role on staff.
According to Professor Gardiner, one of the most serious issues facing the faculty and other non-private
~~ AR~cttinn.s _ inviT-- for personal promotions
Applications are invited for the annual personal promotion scheme for Q UT academics. Promotion to Senior Lecturer, Associate Professor and Professor applications must be submitted to Mr Don Chayter, Administration Officer - Personnel, K Block, Kelvin Grove campus, by 8 June 1990.
Information sessions with the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Professor Tom Dixon, and Pro Vice-Chancellor (Academic), Professor Alan Cumming, will be held at 10.30 am on 17 May in Room V77l at Gardens Point and on 18 May in the Special Function Room at Kelvin Grove.
Information on eligibility and application procedure is available from Mr Chayter on 352 8164.
universities in general is the significant disparity between private sector and academic salaries.
He said "market loadings" should be vigorously pursued to attract and retain good-quality staff.
Other challenges ahead were to strengthen postgraduate study programs, retain the vocational orienta- tion of courses, and build professional links.
Married with three children, Profes- sor Gardiner, 41, was a senior lecturer and foundation member of the QIT Law School when it formed in 1978.
He established undergraduate courses in Torts, Constitutional Law and Equi- ty and was promoted to principal lec- turer in 1980.
He was admitted as a barrister of the Supreme Court in 1973 and to the High Court in 1977. He holds a Bachelor of Arts, and Bachelor and Masters of Law from Sydney University.
A highlight of his professional prac- tice was to work with Sir Maurice Byers, QC, Solicitor-General of the Commonwealth (1973-1976) in con- stitutional challenges to the High Court during the Whittam years.
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A QUT geologist has been granted
$200 000 to assess whether industrial salts, potentially worth millions of export dollars, could be processed from Australian salt lakes.
Industrial salts have replaced chlorine in many countries as a bleach- ing and flux agent in paper production.
Due to the environmentally friendly nature of the salt for this purpose, higher demand has increased price, making salt production a viable in- dustry.
Salts are also used for dietary pur- poses, medical applications, as flux in metal alloys, in glass and ceramic manufacturing and in colouring agents.
Geology lecturer and Director for the Centre of Sedimentary and En-
\ ironmental Geology Dr Aro Arakel said Australia could earn millions of dollars a year from producing salt from brine.
The fact that Australia imported 9S percent of all industrial salt when such a large untapped resource sat in the backyard was "disgusting", he said.
The Department of Industry Development approached him with the grant to a\sess the feasibility of estab- lishing an industry in a salt lakes dis- trict of the Northern Territory.
"The abundance of these playa lakes with high brine concentrations provides a firrn basis for economic development.
"A number of advanced salts could be processed on site as well as other industrial minerals including refractory clays, carbonates and zeolites. They all have an immediate industrial market."
Dr Arakel said.
He said mining industries in Canada, the United States and China were chal- lenging each other for the lead in the salt trade.
"One reason Australia has been so slow to react is the absence of any com- prehensive geological data on reserves
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of high-value minerals, hampering economic assessment by investment groups," Dr Arakel said.
He has been investigating and recording environmental aspects of
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Australia is more than two-thirds arid zoning, with more than SOOO salt lakes in that region.
Masters student Julie Appleton enjoys healthy eating with three-year-olds Christopher Bostrum (left) and Marisa Mackail.
Child nutrition is the core of study
A teaching kit to promote im- proved nutrition in pre-school children could be the final outcome of a Queensland Dairy Industry Authority funded scholarship at QUT.
The program has just been ap- proved as a research project for masters student Julie Appleton within the Public Health and Nutri- tion Department.
Lecturer, Dr Carla Patterson, said the study would involve about 400 pre-schoolers in 15 Brisbane metropolitan schools. A control group of 15 schools would also be included.
"Presently pre-schools have a
very flexible curriculum and so what we are aiming at is a program that could develop into a self-help kit for teachers," Dr Patterson said.
Ms Appleton's research work will be based on information from parents and teachers about the foods eaten by children. This infor- mation will be recorded before and after sessions at each pre-school and compared to gauge the effec- tiveness of her program.
Sessions will include puppet shows, stories and craft activities to reinforce a health food message.
Eating fruit and vegetables, and home-made rather than take-away snacks, and drinking more water in
preference to fruit juice and other sweetened drinks will be en- couraged in her program.
Ms Appleton will adapt her ses- sions with each school according to the feedback she receives to address particular nutritional problems.
A teaching information kit for use in Queensland pre-schools will then be the possible outcome.
Queensland Dairy Industry Authority marketing manager, Bill Elsy, said the $19 450 scholarship was the authority's main contribu- tion to research into nutrition.
He said QDIA had worked close- ly with QUT over the past two years.
Campus quickies
A few callers criticised the "Inside QUT" masthead for not listing the campuses alphabetically. The listing is in geographic order from the city outwards. In a couple of years, hopefully, we can add the Sunshine Coast to the bottom.
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Although pleased by the number of women choosing to follow an engineering or mathematics career, the university has been alerted to a distressing side-effect. The number of toilets in engineering and maths reflects the fact that the buildings were erected when those professions were male dominated.
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In an attempt to become one of the first to appear regularly in this column a business professor has driven his car into the low sign wall at the entry to the Parliamentary forecourt. The bearded professor, who begged not to be named, says he swerved to miss a student. His car was towed away.
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Public Affairs journalists would appreciate help in locating the source of the following story tip: "I'm a shy, sensitive administrator who likes scrabble, hot chocolate and toy dogs. I'd be very happy for you to interview me for an Inside QUT feature, MRM."
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Staff and students are already taking liberties with their own adaptations of the new OUT slogan "A university for the real world". So far we've heard of "An unreal university" and ''The university that rules the world".
Amnesty elects lecturer to head new world team
Amnesty International, a world- wide human rights organisation, has appointed QUT lecturer, Mr Ross Daniels, to a new international development committee.
Mr Daniels from Carseldine campus has been president of Amnesty Interna- tional (Australia) for the past two years and is now chairman of the five-mem-
r international group.
Based at the organisation's London office, the group comprises repre- '>entatives from America, the Nether- lands, Ghana, Tunisia and Australia.
Mr Daniels said it was only the second international Amnesty commit- tee to be f orrned and reflected the growing impact of the organisation.
"The International Development Committee came out of the Internation- al Council meeting in Dublin last August," he said.
"The meeting expressed its concern about human rights abuses around the world and Amnesty's ongoing capacity to address them.
"It was then seen that there was a need for a more sophisticated approach and this group will now be part of taking a strategic approach to protect and promote human rights throughout the world."
QUT has agreed to give Mr Daniels leave to attend week-long meetings in June and November.
The organisation has more than 700 000 members, subscribers and supporters in more than I SO countries.
It is a body independent of any government, political persuasion or religious creed. It seeks the release of prisoners of conscience, works for fair and prompt trails for all political
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prisoners and opposes the death penal- ty and torture or other cruel, inhuman treatment of all prisoners.
Mr Daniels is co-ordinator of the Bachelor of Social Science within the School of Health and Welfare.
Previously a social worker, he began teaching at Carseldine in 1984 and has since taught the human rights, politics and economics components of the course.
His involvement in Amnesty Inter- national was sparked in 197S when he read a report on torture in Greece.
He became an active member in 1982 and has served as a National Ex- ecutive Committee member since 1984.
Anyone interested in Amnesty · International can contact QUT group president Nick Burkett c/- the Gardens Point Students Guild (Tele- phone 223 2431).
Rostrum may form on campus
The Staff Development Section is planning a lunch-time public speaking club.
Staff Development Manager, Mr Bill Ryan, said: "The club has been established in response to repeated re- quests from staff for public speaking training."
He said effective presentation skills had become more important in daily work.
"Results of stress surveys suggest people fear speaking in front of groups next to dying."
Mr Ryan said negotiations were un- derway with Rostrum, a non-profit public speaking organisation, to spon-
sor the series. The organisation could provide expertise and materials to as- sist the club.
"The club will be open to all staff and hopefully will meet weekly with an enjoyable program of both speaking and learning programs," he said.
Interested staff can contact Sharyn Stokes, Staff Development Section, on extension 2927.
Flu shots-
The Health Service on Gardens Point campus advises students and staff that flu vaccinations are available for $11.
An appointment is necessary - phone the service on 223 2321.
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First director is chosen for design centre
A mechanical engineer with 20 implants, consumer durables and com- som.eone who can make ideas come Last year it generated more than years working experience has been ap- puter hardware. Before taking on his true," he said. $700 000 through project work paid by pointed as the first director of the new position with QUT, Mr Kohler The Centre for Product and Process outside industry. Three technologists, Product and Process Design Centre. worked in his own consultancy firm Design is jointly sponsored by the two tech!Jicians and about 20 academic
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the end of February and is employed on Pnor to that, he worked for V A_SO tunng ~ngmeenng; Electn_cal and The Fa~ulty of Engmeenn~ m1t1ated a one-year extendable contract. Products, a manufacturer of human 1m- Electromc Systems Engmeenng; Ar- the centre s work m an unoff1c1al way . plants, and for Ausonics, a subsidiary chitecture and Industrial Design, and as far back as 1984. Faculty Dean, He ho_lds a Masters ~egree 10 of the Nucleus group, the largest Management. Professor John Corderoy, said it was in Mechanical En_glneer~ng _from manufacturer of medical equipment in According to its new director, the that year that the faculty decided its Karlsruhe Techmcal Umvers1ty m Australia. centre will have four main functions: mission was to actively design new West Ge~any, a Masters _Deg~ee m Mr Kohler, who came to Australia in the innovation of product and process products and processes to boost Arts (Des1gn) from the Umverslty of 1982, has been employed to develop ideas coming from industry or within Australia's flagging economy.
Technolog~ Sydney a_nd IS a fellow of and establish the design centre's QUT; fostering research; encouraging Numerous projects are currently un- the Australian InstitutiOn of Engmeers. strategy and to establish its structure. postgraduate education through re- derway, including a market feasibility His work has involved medical diag- "I see my strength in this capacity search projects; and consulting to in- study into a computer textile weaving
nostic and electronic devices, human not necessarily as an engineer but as dustry and business. machine. Mr Wolfgang Kohler.
Lecturer pushes poisons register
A QUT social studies survey will provide the State Government with data on the suspected ill effects of
pesticides.
Social studies lecturer Mr Drew Hut- ton said the Queensland Government held no records on the incidence of poisoning from agricultural, household or garden pesticides.
This was despite some medical opinion pointing to pesticides as a cause of cancer, nervous disorders, skin diseases and a range of minor symptoms, such as nausea and severe headaches.
He said loose and ambiguous state legislation offered little defence to suspected sufferers although moves were underway to regulate pesticide use more carefully.
Mr Hutton said an irony existed in that a person responsible for allowing pesticide to drift over another property could be taken to court if livestock had been affected.
"More than 1000 chemicals are released on the market every year. We tend to rely on company testing and international research to reassure us that the chemicals are safe," he said.
Lecturer Drew Hutton.
The survey is being conducted as part of a national program aimed at gathering information on whether con- clusive medical evidence exists on pes- ticide poisoning.
The Toxic and Hazardous Chemi- cals Committee of the Sydney Total Environment Centre designed the sur- vey.
"I'm attempting to ascertain the dimensions of the problem. The survey asks people how they were exposed to the chemicals, to identify the chemicals and list their symptoms.
"In this way I hope to be able to classify the high risk areas of Queensland and those professions most likely to report problems from pesticides," Mr Hutton said.
For instance, cotton grown close to residences was proving hazardous be- cause of the intensity and regularity of pesticide spraying required for the crop.
"Agricultural land lying adjacent to a highly populated area, such as is the case in parts of the Sunshine Coast, is a very potent combination," he said.
Mr Hutton expects to detail his results in August.
Support staff vital in schools
A QUT education course coor- dinator has urged parents to secure the place of support staff in schools to safeguard their children's education.
Graduate Diploma of Education (Resource Teaching) coordinator, Mr Barrie O'Connor, said children with special needs would not gain the quality of education they deserved if the number of support staff, such as resource teachers, was slashed.
"These specially trained teachers are returned to regular classroom teaching when staffing numbers are squeezed,"
Mr O'Connor said.
"Parents should be asking questions of their principals and regional educa- tion officers if they are concerned over the level of support staffing."
He was adamant resource teachers had
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a critical role to play in any teaching institution committed to improving stu- dent motivation and study perfor- mance.
Many schools now have volunteer tutor programs to assist students having difficulties or requiring more challenging work.
To help lighten the burden being placed on regular class teachers, an ad- ditional 40 resource teaching students are likely to start the Graduate Diploma part-time next year.
A graduation ceremony held on 21 April saw the \OOth graduate, Ms Robyn Henderson from Bowen State High School, cross the stage. The majority of the teachers are now serv- ing in Queensland schools and T AFE colleges.
Fresh fish to perch on plates
A biology research project could see two species of native fish land on Australian dinner tables more often.
QUT's Barry McMahon and the Queensland Fishing Industry Training Council (QFITC) are assessing the aquafarming potential of golden perch and silver perch.
The research, which was recently granted continued Department of Employment Education and Training (DEET) funding, will pinpoint what pond and food conditions best stimu- late fast and large growth of the fish.
Once completed the QFITC will make the information available to in- terested people in the hope that the scheme will assist those wanting to enter the industry.
The QFITC will conduct training workshops following the completion ofMr McMahon's research.
The specific research objectives have been to investigate how fast the fish will grow and what use is made of natural food sources in farm ponds by fish of different ages.
The results of these trials will pro- vide farmers with an idea of the quan- tity of fish which can be expected to grow "naturally" in fertilised ponds.
"This information will also provide a useful yardstick against which to measure increased production which would result from a more intensive type of operation using higher stock- ing densities and supplementary foods," Mr McMahon said.
"Both species seem to grow similarly. There are, however, large differences between individuals within each species. About two-thirds of the fish Australians eat is imported.
The extent of this importation is un- necessary given these native fresh- water fish make good eating and are easy to grow."
Mr McMahon recommended the study of the golden and silver perch to the QFITC because the fish are widely distributed throughout south eastern Australia and southern Queensland, they can grow quickly to a good size
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and are readily available from hatcheries.
He said: "The fishing industry shouldn't see fish culture as a threat, but rather an opportunity."
The fishing industry could benefit from the government training scheme,
which was supporting the develop- ment of a new industry.
The research project was initiated in 1988 and will be completed later this year. DEET supported the QUT research to the tune of $12 500 in 1989 and $10 000 this year.
Requiem mass to inspire through songs
A QUT Carseldine-based choral group will perform a "mass for the dead" at St John's Cathedral on Saturday 26 May.
The mass, or requiem, will be a seven section musical commemora- tion for the souls of the dead.
The group, Musica Antiqua Col- legii, will perform the 40 minute re- quiem, composed by John Rutter.
Expressive arts senior lecturer, Mr Spencer Faulkner, will conduct the requiem.
Mr Faulkner said: "The requiem tends to remind us of the reality of death. It was written for chorus, soloists and small orchestra."
Expressive Arts lecturer, Ms Andrea Morris, will be the soloist.
Two of the seven sections in Rutter's religious text will be sung English while the others will be per- formed in Latin.
"It is a privilege for us to perform some of the world's greatest music,"
said Mr Faulkner.
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The choral group gives up to a dozen concerts a year featuring renaissance, folk, spiritual, Christmas and oratorio (major works) music.
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Musica Antiqua Collegii's perfor- mance of John Rutter's requiem at St Johns Cathedral on 26 May will commence at 8pm. Tickets, adults $8 and concessions $4, may be pur- chased from Spencer Faulkner on 263 6222 (ext 360) or Beverly Boyd on 263 6222 ~ext 357), or at the door.
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Gambling study urgent to gauge community cost
An independent study on the im- pact of a Brisbane casino is impera- tive if long-term community costs and benefits are to be gauged, ac- cording to a QUT gambling re- searcher.
Management lecturer, Ms Jan Mc- Millen, has expressed concern that Australian governments have not "bit- ten the bullet" to commission such studies in the past.
"Casinos have a huge, but undefined, impact on the local community. An im- pact study would identify the effects and pinpoint who would suffer or gain," she said.
The casino industry has become a global enterprise with large internation- al companies investing for massive profits.
"There has been a drift of gambling revenues away from welfare organisa- tions, the traditional benefactors of gambling in Australia, and this could create long-term economic problems for the community," Ms McMillen said.
She explained that Australia was unique in its early acceptance of gam- bling as an integral part of life, but historically the middle-class tolerated gambling on the condition that the less fortunate would benefit.
"Gambling in this country developed mainly to benefit the community it served. Late last century there was little entertainment infrastructure so Australians turned to sport -the perfect catalyst for gambling," she said.
Ms McMillen argued that gambling was Australia's largest industry with a strong productive base. "Everything from blood stock breeding to privately produced lottery equipment must be in- cluded in the category. Stock breeding, for instance, has played an important part in the evolution of the rural economy."
trol of poker machines was a
"courageous and innovative" attempt to curtail the criminal element.
Poker machines are expected to earn the government $90 million in the first full year - $36 million of which is ear- marked for sport and $18 million for charities.
"The machine manufacturers will be big winners," Ms McMillen said.
She established the National As- sociation of Gambling Studies (NAGS) in 1985 as a forum for commercial operators, government bodies, anti- gambling bodies and academics. She is also the Australian representative on the International Institute for the Study of Gambling and Commercial Gaming.
And just for the record - Ms Mc- Millen would never become a regular gambler. "The best odds for the casual gambler are usually found by sticking a pin in the form · ' "
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Mr Stephen Rainbird with Bill Robinson's "William, Josephine and others" (painted 1982-83).
QUT art investments skyrocket
Art is more than oil on canvas - it is an investment capable of increas- ing enormously in value according to QUT's art curator.
Mr Stephen Rainbird said the university owned a painting pur- chased in 1975 for $3500 now valued in excess of $75 000.
This is one piece of more than 700 featured in QUT's art collection.
QUT holds the fourth largest Queensland public collection, worth more than $1.4 million dollars.
Mr Rainbird said: "Contemporary Australian works dominate the collec- tion. They are both an important resource and a valuable asset.
"There is a growing awareness that Australian art is of high quality and work produced here is often on a par or better than works from overseas."
The collection features some of Australia's leading artists -Margaret Preston, Rowland Wakelin, Conrad Martens, Lloyd Rees, Hans Heysen, Margaret Olley, Arthur Boyd, Charles Blackman, Tan Fairweather, Grace Cossington Smith.
Fairweather's "Row of Figures"
painted in 1971 and Cossington Smith's 1947 oil painting
"Wildflowers in a Bucket" are master works, according to Mr Rain bird.
The largest number of works in Australian public collections by painter, Bill Robinson, and potter, Carl McConnell, are owned by the university.
"Robinson has particular impor- tance to the collection because of his long association with the former BCAE as a lecturer in the School of the Arts," Mr Rainbird said.
Robinson won the prestigious Ar- chibald Prize for portraiture as did David Allen whose works are also heavily featured.
The collection of paintings, draw- ings, sculptures, ceramics and prints was established in the 1940s when private collectors donated several sig- nificant works.
It received another boost in the 1970s when Federal Government funds were made available to pur- chase works of art.
Works are displayed at QUT's Kel- vin Grove, Kedron Park and Carsel- dine campuses.
The scattered nature of the collec- tion has prompted the decision to publish a catalogue funded through the corporate sector.
The catalogue will document and interpret the collection.
Mr Rainbird said: "It will be used to increase awareness of the collec- tion among those without a detailed artistic knowledge.
"The collection will be of great educational value to the staff and stu- dents of the new university as well as the wider community."
QUT is involved in coordinatiog exhibitions and will be the first ter- tiary institution to organise a sig- nificant art show in the Queensland Art Gallery.
The Helen Fuller exhibition featur- ing works from QUT's collection, will be shown at the gallery in August next year and will later tour Queensland regional galleries.
Australia has been innovative when it comes to gambling. The world's first lottery was introduced in Queensland
in 1916 to aid war veterans.
Podiatry treats 200 000 weary feet Shuttle bus
to bring trial campus link
"The country also led the way with off-track betting systems, such as the TAB," Ms McMillen said.
She explained that State Govern- ments would face financial upheaval without gambling.
"At one stage in New South Wales a couple of years ago gambling con- stituted 13 percent of the total govern- ment revenue. The Australian average usually sits around nine percent," she said.
She argued that revenue was not the major factor influencing government decisions to increase gambling and gaming outlets, however. "In real terms, government revenues are hold- ing, rather than increasing, although the same cannot be said about private enterprise profits.
"Commercial investors and operators of gambling enterprises have been the major beneficiaries of the more liberal approach to gambling,"
she said.
Ms McMillen said this commer- cialisation, for example in the casino industry, had moved gambling away from government control into the inter- national business scene. "The most visible difference for the person on the street is that traditional Australian char- acteristics, such as on-course book- makers, are disappearing. n
The Queensland Government's recent decision to introduce poker machines has sparked additional ques- tions to which Ms McMillen is seeking answers.
New South Wales and ACT clubs, such as the RSL and sporting groups, benefited from poker machine revenue because they held a monopoly.
Queensland may not see club facilities grow to the same extent because poker machines will be introduced into pubs at the same time.
She said the Queensland Government's move to maintain con-
Brighton woman Agnes Anderson became the 100 OOOth QUT podiatry patient when she visited the clinic earlier this month.
Just days before the start of Na- tional Foot Health Week (6-11 May), Mrs Anderson, one of the clinic's first patients 10 years ago, was presented with a bottle full of flat- footed jelly babies as a good- humoured token of her association.
As well as notching up a decade of exclusive tertiary training in Queensland this year, the QUT podiatry clinic also introduced its first degree course.
Students are now able to study a Bachelor of Applied Science (Podiatry) and aspire to higher levels of tertiary study as well. Previously a three-year full-time diploma course was the only course offered.
Acting course coordinator, Mr Mike Ablott, said the high calibre of QUT graduates had ensured auto- matic acceptance in all states.
However, public sector access to podiatry services, particularly for the elderly, was inadequate outside the Brisbane metropolitan area.
"Whilst the Queensland Govern- ment has recognised the problems of the increasing geriatric population and the ensuing problem with foot health, it has yet to put into action an extensive public-funded podiatry service to allow all Queenslanders access to podiatry care," he said.
Mr Ablott said restricted access to professional foot health care for senior citizens could have a direct impact on their mobility, inde- pendence and quality of life.
Left: Mrs Agnes Anderson (centre) is given a jar of flat-footed jelly babies from podiatry student Sherril Michael (left) and lecturer Mr Niclr Brown.
A shuttle service between QUT's Gardens Point and Kelvin Grove cam- puses has begun for a one-month trial.
Controller of Buildings and Grounds, Mr Bob Brownlie, said a mini-bus or eight-seat van would leave Kelvin Grove on the hour and Gardens Point at half-past the hour from Mon- day to Friday during the trial period.
It will stop outside K Block (former- ly Central Administration) at Kelvin Grove and at the front of U Block at Gardens Point.
Mr Brownlie said the shuttle would help service the increased demand for transport between campuses since amalgamation.
It will be available free to staff and students on a first-in basis.
The bus will leave Kelvin Grove at 8am and travel between campuses until the last pickup at Gardens Point at 4.30pm. It will break at Kelvin Grove at I 1.45am and re-commence at I pm.
For more information contact Mr Bob Brownlie on 352 8130.
- Colour copier
The Gardens Point campus library has bought a new colour photocopier.
Full colour copies can be made from slides, negatives, books and photographs onto A3 paper, A4 paper and colour transparencies for use on an overhead projector. As a trial offer, copies will be available for $2.25 each until June 16.
- Library hours -
Library hours at Gardens Point have been extended to Friday evenings until 1 Opm for those weeks in which evening opening is planned. The library also will be ope.i on Saturday and Sunday from 9am to 5pm during semester.
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under joint review
A cooperative writing venture be- tween an optometry clinician and a researcher could ultimately lead to better treatment for patients af- flicted with maculopathy, a blinding disease.
Maculopathy destroys central, as op- posed to peripheral, vision. It most commonly affects the aged - almost one in every three people over the age of 80 have Age Related Maculopathy (ARM).
Maculopathy researcher Adjunct Professor Stephen Whittaker and QUT senior lecturer and clinician Ms Jan Lovie-Kitchin came together last month for five months.
The pair said optometry clinicians and researchers rarely worked together in vision rehabilitation but were adamant their union would increase understanding of optometry matters, including maculopathy.
Professor Whittaker said: "The dif- ference between a researcher and a clinician is analogous to two people who speak different languages but share common problems."
Ms Lovie-Kitchin said clinicians at many institutions world-wide at- tempted research but a lack of struc- tural support prevented their success.
"QUT clinicians are fortunate because the university does possess the struc- ture to enable us to conduct research,"
she said.
One of the most common complaints in maculopathy patients is loss of read- ing ability through low vision. Profes- sor Whittaker has researched eye movements with a view to the rehabilitation of reading.
He explained that clinicians working with such patients could suggest a visual aid, but the degree of its success relied highly on trial and error.
"We want to refine the guidelines which give clinicians information on which visual aid would be best for each patient," Professor Whittaker said.
The pair agree rehabilitation, not only in reading but in all things, is stunted if the patient is not introduced to adaptive measures sufficiently early and with care.
Professor Whittaker said patients should be introduced sequentially to problems they needed to overcome.
"The key then is to identify only the next obstacle to build the patient's con- fidence."
In order to do that, however, clinicians and researchers need to predict what goals are achievable. The pair are convinced collaborative work between clinicians and researchers could provide the answer.
Professor Whittaker is visiting from Pennsylvania College of Optometry where he conducts research in physiological optics.
Radiography students step out in new clinic uniforms
Distinctive QUT clinic uniforms designed for students enrolled in Queensland's only degree course in medical radiation technology have had their debut in various hospitals.
Forty-six second year students donned the new attire as part of a five- week practical at the beginning of semester in hospitals from Cairns to Lismore.
It was their first block release in the new degree program which began in January last year.
The Bachelor of Applied Science (Medical Radiation Technology) course replaced diploma courses in Diagnostic and Therapeutic Radiogrpahy.
It is a three-year degree offered through the Physics Department in two strands -Medical lmaging Technology and Radiotherapy Technology. There are now 63 in the second intake of first year students.
The course will involve a total of 25 weeks' practical experience.
Students Robert Vaughan (left) and Sharon Brown (right) use a treat- ment simulator under the guidance of Mater Hospital radiographer Jo
Yuile.
Dress code in the 1940s
When stockings and ties were law not fashion
QUT's Kelvin Grove campus, renowned for students who dress to express their creative abilities, has seen days of less liberal attire.
Strict dress regulations prevailed during the 1940s when the campus was called the Teachers' Training
College and then the Senior Teachers'
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Women had to wear stockings and dresses with sleeves to practical les- sons, while the men were restricted to long trousers, a collared shirt and tie.
Oral historian, Ms Sue Peachy, has documented the dress regulations as part of a Kelvin Grove campus chronicle she was commissioned to research.
"In those days the college was con- sidered an extension to school," she said.
Ms Peachy has interviewed dozens of past students and staff to collect facts for the book to be published later this year.
She said the book-to-be was "a description of an institution which has metamorphosed seven times over the last 50 years". The QUT/BCAE amal- gamation made number eight.
The change in status each metamor- phosis brought with it was coupled with an alteration in the philosophy of
Classroom attire- 1940s style.
teacher training.
"There was such a desperate shortage of teachers during the 50s that in extreme cases students were
rushed through a crash six to ,.eight week course," Ms Peachy said. '
The campus was renamed the Queensland Teachers' College in 1950 and remained such until 1961 when it became the Kelvin Grove Teachers College.
Since then it has been known as the Kelvin Grove College of Teacher Education, the Kelvin Grove College of Advanced Education, the Kelvin Grove Campus of BCAE and finally QUT Kelvin Grove.
Ms Peachy said taped interviews dating back to the early 80s provided some of the information for the book, although she was searching for il- lustrative material.
She is interested in any historical material including trophies, books and photographs germane to the college.
An oral history disciple, she believes the field has much to offer written history. Although she admits it may not be definitive on its own, oral history adds detail and character.
"And some of the stories people share with you are an absolute hoot!"
"Oral history is not taught anywhere in Australia. All that's needed for the discipline to prove it- self is an innovative institution willing to start a course," Ms Peachy said.
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Science r~wards employers
Cooperative education employers who have consistently supported the QUT program were awarded inaugural plaques of appreciation at the Science Faculty's first awards night.
(Sugar Mills Group) and Industries As- sistance Commission, Canberra.
Making food look and taste wonderful is the motivating force behind students studying a human ecology elective.
Food Production and Presentation is one of six electives open to third year students in the Bachelor of Applied Science (Home Economics) course.
Only in its second year, the elective has already helped some students find work in the professional food produc- tion industry.
Lecturer, Sylvia Napier, said student folios, including mouth-watering photographs of various gourmet dishes, often became a very helpful job-hunting asset for her students.
"The course is very popular. It mirrors the sorts of things they are going to do when they are professional home economists," Mrs Napier said.
Students are not only required to master advanced cook- ing and presentation skills, they must learn to apply management principles, communication skills and prin- ciples of nutrition to specific food-related professions.
Right: Student Janelle Holston (left) works with photographer Mr Kev Boyle. Lecturer Silvia Napier offers guidance.
About 150 students, lecturers and business leaders attended the function at Education House in Mary Street on 30 April.
It was held to publicly acknowledge industry support, particularly coopera- tive education employers and donors of prizes, and science students who ex- celled in their studies in the 1989 year.
A wards were presented to eight of the 45 supporting employer groups for supporting cooperative education stu- dents for three or more year~.
Queensland Electricity Commission and CITEC were given special recog- nition for their support since the pro- gram began in 1986.
The other companies were Paxus Professional Systems, AMP, TPF&C, IBM (Brisbane and Sydney), CSR Ltd
Cooperative education is an optional program offered to science and infor- mation technology students who have completed the first two years of their course.
It gives them a year's paid work ex- perience with a cooperating employer.
The students return to full-time study after the year to complete their studies.
Mathematics graduate Amanda Court gave cooperative education en- thusiastic support during an address to the gathering. She was a coop student with IBM in 1988 and is now per- manently employed by the company.
A plaque of appreciation was also awarded to mathematics lecturer Mr Ed Dawson who initiated the cooperative education scheme.
Twenty-nine science students were awarded a total of 35 awards in recog- nition of ~igh academic achievement last year.
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Appointments
CAREW, Paul Computer Operator Business
CROWTHER, Jeffrey Research Assistant Med Lab Science
DE JAGER, Garry Lecturer Accountancy
KUEHNE, Michelle Secretary Planning & Land Arch LENNIE, June Snr Research Assistant Communication
MACKISASK, Margaret Lecturer Mathematics
McCOY, Charles Lecturer Management
MIDDLETON, Michael Snr Lecturer Information Systems
O'HAGAN, Julie-Anne Clerk Communication
REITER, David Lecturer Communication
ROBBIE, Trina Clerk Management
TINLEY, Paul Lecturer Public Health & Nut VAN DOORN, Timothy Snr Lecturer Physics
WIMMER, Sonya Administrative Assistant Law Resignations
BRIODY, Jacqueline Secretary Computer Services CAPPA, Clare Cataloguing Deputy Resource Centre
CLA THWORTHY, Robert Lecturer Surveying
FORDE, Margery Secretary Art
HEAD, Susan Secretary Built Environment
McCARTHY, Owen Director BCAE
McLENNAN, Colleen Clerk Kelvin Grove Admin
KANTHARAJAH,
Arumugam Research Fellow Biology
ROBERTSON, Ian Admin Officer Student Admin
SWENDSON, Carol Coordinator Nursing
WALMSLEY, Michael Computer Systems Officer Information Tech Retirements
ELMES, Barry Demonstrator Built Environment
Reclassifications
PATTERSON, Carla Lecturer Public Health & Nut Promotions
EULER, Terrence Snr Lecturer Management
GARDINER, David Dean of Faculty Law
STEVENSON, Tony Associate Professor Communication
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Kelvin Grove physical education student, Chris Ridler, must compare with the fittest students in Australia.
As the winner of the Survival of the Fittest, he endured 13 hours of exercise at QUT's Kelvin Grove campus gym last month.
Gym manager and fellow com- petitor, Jordan Hougan, said: "We were all very much on the same fitness level but Chris left us behind by doing over 300 situps and push ups in I 0 minutes."
Finishing with more than I 0 000 points Chris was 1000 points above runner-up drama student Attel Martschinke.
The competition began at 6am with a one hour circuit including bike riding, dumbell lifting, shuttle running, push ups and sit ups, bench stepping and stair climbing.
Similar circuits, alternating with one-hour aerobic sessions were held throughout the day with five-minute food break between each.
"There was a run in the middle of the day which demolished quite a few people," said Jordan.
"The day was designed to challenge gym regulars. While the exercises were physically exhausting, so to were they mentally taxing."
Competitors each had a support team to count and record repetitions in each exercise.
Student Shawn Brack and gym manager Jordan Haugan compete in the Survival of the Fittest.
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Age is no barrier in athletics accord- ing to Australian Veteran medal win- ner, Ms Annette Horsnell.
Annette, a pay officer at Gardens Point campus, proved this at Easter.
She won both the 100 and 200 metre sprints in the 50-54 age group at the annual Australian Veteran Athletic Clubs Championships.
What ' s on
This year's championships in Mel- bourne attracted competitors aged be- tween 35 and 90 years.
Annette trains at the university gym three times a week, as well as training five days a week at Windsor park.
Conference on the "Impact of the Asian Pacific Economy on Australasia - Problems and Issues"
15-16 September, ANA Hotel, Surfers Paradise. Organised through the QUT Centre for Pacific Basin Studies (Kelvin Grove), it seeks to provide an open forum on issues including the proposed Multi Functional Polis and the Very Fast Train Project. Key speaker will be Dr Yoshio Sugimoto, Dean of Social Science, La- Trobe University. Those wanting to present papers must submit an abstract by 31 May. For more information contact chairman and co-ordinator Bob Leach on 352 8597 or conference secretariat on 854 1531.
Key Centre in Strategic Manage- ment series
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17 May - Ian Saunders, Associate Professor at Bond University-Quality, MeaS!Jrement and Management.*
24 May -Peter Carroll, QUT lec- turer - Tourism, Government Policy and Economic Development.*
31 May -A.S. Cole, Industries As- sistance Commission chairman - The Role of Strategic Public Management in Microeconomic Reform.*
7 June- Greg Patmore, University of Sydney lecturer - The Labour Process in Australia before 1972.Scholarships
The Australian Federation of University Women is offering a four- week bursary to the Australian Nation- al University in Canberra to a female graduate or final year honours student.
Women from any university or tertiary institution in Australia, New Zealand, Papua-New Guinea or South Pacific may apply. The stay will enable the successful applicant to carry out a short study in any field that will assist their study or professional expertise. Ap- plications to the Fellowship Convenor, Australian Federation of University Women, GPO Box 520, Canberra, ACT, 2601 close on 15 September.
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The Britain Australasia Vocation- al Exchange (BA VE) offers Australian and New Zealand students the oppor- tunity to work and travel in Britain during the summer vacation from December 1990 to February 1991. BA VE links students with paid studies- related jobs. Application forrns are available from Sheraton House, Castle Park, Cambridge, CB3 OAX, England.
Telephone (0223) 460277 or Fax (0223) 31 1708. Closing date is 28 Sep- tember.
Leadership Centre seminar 4 June - Professor Richard Bates, Dean of Education at Deakin Univer- sity - Leadership and the Butterfly Ef- fect: Chaos and Structural Change.
Kelvin Grove Room E303, 12.30-2pm.
Dance collections
5-9 June- Woodward Theatre, Kel- vin Grove.
Carseldine Theatre dates
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22 May-Fanfare- Regional Final (Secondary) and 29 May for Primary.*
24-26 May - "Guys and Dolls" - Albany Creek State High School.LA Talent School Every Saturday (9am-4pm) and Salvation Army Ser- vices every Sunday (9.30am-6pm).
She has been competing since she was 15 and holds New Zeala:n,d sprint records in various age groups.
Some have not been broken for lO years.
Annette said: "The companionship of the veteran movement is fantastic because of the support received from both veteran and open athletes.
"I can't imagine not training or com- peting, it keeps me young. and alert."
Sporting achievements like Annette's are being recognised through QUT's quarterly sports awards. Sportspeople can be nominated through the Gardens Point sports office.
Uncle Vic wants you
QUT
Council is the governing body of the university, chaired by the Chancellor, Mr Vic Pul- lar.As part of the amalgamation process a new governing Council for QUT will take office on l July for a three year term. In accord- ance with the QUT Act and Statute 8, nominations are now called for the following positions on Council:
Academic staff (three posi- tions)
Academic staff are full-time staff employed primarily to teach, conduct research or manage an academic faculty, school, depart- ment or research centre, and the Vice-Chancellor and Deputy Vice-Chancellor.
Nonacademic staff(two positions)
Nonacademic staff are all full-time staff of QUT who are not academic staff.
Convocation members (two positions)
Convocation comproses graduates, past and present Council mem- bers, and academic staff. Please note that members within any of these categories are ineligible to nominate or vote in Convocation elections if they are employed full-time at QUT or enrolled as a QUT student.
Part-time academic staff who wish to vote as Convocation members may have their names placed on the roll by advising the Registrar's office by the closing date for nominations.
Nominations must be made on the appropriate form, available from the Registrar's office at Gardens Point and from the Campus Coor- dinators at Kelvin Grove, Kedron Park and Carseldine.
Nominations must be lodged at the Registrar's office, Gardens Point, by 2pm on Wednesday 23 May.
Voting will be by postal ballot. Ballot papers will be forwarded to electors following the close of nominations.
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