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Queensland Institute of Technology, George Street, Rri_sbane 4000. Telephone 223 2111.l\0\ ll\IBLR 28 (Christma..,), JIJ86 .
Ql coops two mor, teaching com
The Commonwealth Government has awarded QIT two more teaching companies under a jointly funded scheme in which a higher education institute and private enterprise co- operate to develop new products.
The latest awards are the only ones made in Queensland for the current financial year, and bring QIT's share to four out of a total of 43 teaching companies approved nationally to universities and CAEs since the scheme began in 1984.
The new QIT programs, represent- ing government and industry invest- ment of $145 000 over two years, arc between:
l. the Department of Electrical Engineering and Nu-Lec Pty Ltd o\ Hemmant, manufacturers of electrical switchgear and circuit breakers; and
2. the Departments of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering and the Waco! company, B&R Products, designers and manufacturers of electrical switchboards.
QIT's industrial liaison arm,
Q SEARCH, will be project managers.
The teaching company schemes involve the Department of Industry, Technology and Commerce and the selected company sharing the costs of a post-graduate research associate employed by QIT for two years to solve a specific problem related to product development.
The higher education institute con- tributes expertise through a staff member's supervising the work.
Senior lecturer in electrical engineering, Mr David Birtwhistle will supervise the Nu-Lec research project to develop an advanced circuit-breaker with a view to replac- ing import~ and eventual export.
The aim of the B&R Products project is to develop a computer- based system for the design of electrical switchboards and to help integrate this into the manufacturing, marketing and management systems of the company.
Senior lecturer in electrical engine- ering, Mr Jim Lyall, will supervise
Senior lecturer in electrical engineering, Mr David Birtwhistle (right) shows some equipment to be used in the teaching
co.
research to Mr Gee Maddox of Q SEARCH.an1 •
that project. Principal lecturer in mechanical engineering, Dr Walter Wong, and Mr David Birtwhistle will also be part of the team.
QIT teaching company schemes already underway involve the School of Computing Studies and the data systems security firm Eracom Pty Ltd of Burleigh Heads; and the Chemistry Department and Ipswich company, Systratec Services Pty Ltd in recovering silver from photo- graphic waste materials.
Electronic cattle caller
. ives---c a buzz
()II dt:ctron1c ~) stt:ms engmt:er, Mr Kt:n lurv.t:n, ~~not ~urt: it the cov.s n t:r t:amt: hom~: and he 1s past car mg.
·1 ht: ~tory bt:gan "'ht:n the Primary lndw,tnes Dt:partment decidt:d that a radiu-~:ontrolkd cattle caller would bt: a u~ctul dn1ce to ha\t: in
()uet:n~land.
It \\anted on~: that"' ould gi\e kad cuv.s a bu11 so tht:) v.ould get a mm t: on lor milking, lt:t:ding etc.
Appart:ntly radiO paging c4uip-
m~.:nt manulal:turers 111 Bmbane v.ere nut partil:ularl) inten:sted, but Mr Curv.t:n. v.orking hand in hand (or in this l:a~t: hand 111 collar) With
·1 urn~.:r lnstrum~.:ntation on the Sumner Park industrial estate decided to gi-.e it a go.
Smce the budget v.a~ only $1500, the agrct:ment v.as to try to adapt existing technology, and a channel coded radio rccci\cr v.as designed to be attat:hed to u large leather cov.
collar.
·1 here v.t:rc a lev. problems apart
!rom the lal:t that the battery was too small and had a range ol only a few hundred yards rather than the desired one and a halt kilometres.
Cows, having no l'espect for radio
re~eivcrs, dunked them in cattle troughs when drinking. As well. the cow ellectively earthed the original wire aerial threaded through the collar.
In the end, Mr Curwenachie~ed a satisfactory range "'ith a eov. -prool 'rubber duck) 'aerial of the CB radio type.
The antenna protrudes from the back of the cow's neck giving it u space-age look.
Mr Curwen is trying to forget the episode where he tramped around Sumner Park with a hca-.y cow collar strapped to his waist while Bob Turner ot Turner Instrumen- tation tried to bun. him so he would know it was time for milking.
t\ llllmht:l ol option~ haiL' ht:t:n dt:ldopt:d at VII to ht:lp nt.:t:d~
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Ud '.. l: \.Iii oJiJdl..lll. • 11~ ~'-~oJltlil' d..>i
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Clllllt:idcd v.llh thl' ()I Al ullt:l lapst:
datl'.
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to pa) tlw chargt:. l he ln~lltut..:
t:ould abo prm 1dt: a loan through the Spt:t:lul A~~~'>Ulnct: to Studt:nb St:ht:mt:.
lJ1 Holman 'aid loans !rom tht:
st:ht:mt: 11 ould bl' llllt:rcst I rt:t: until Apnl 30. I'JK7.
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,11\d the ill'>lllllt~· had hLLIIII~):!,lltldlill~
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lu1 '>llltknt Bani-.t:arJ appliL<ILllit'
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I ht: lullegc ( n:dil ln1ull 11111 t:llll'oiUcr IC4Lie'oh lol loan' itl IY.21,
p.a. llWil!hl) rt:Juung.
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hooklet 11111 ht: mailed 111th 0.:111 olm<.:llt lonn' e:-.platnlng opllom rt:galdtng
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\IOUid lal OUI\\t:lgh the t:ll'>l.
"\ot all .. tud~.:nh halt: tu pa~ tht:
cha1gc. ~tudt.:nh nut -...:..:1-..mg t:n:dn
lll\\Uid~ tht: rcqUIIl:llll'llh ul all a\IUrJ cour-,e arc t:\t:mpt a' <Ire thus..: \1 lw rcl:L'I\L' U ()II -,dwlal ,[lip. ~lUdO:Ill'>
on t:t:rta1n pt:ll'>lllll'> Ju not hale tu pa). and thu-,c rcu'l\ 111g I LA~ 11111 be rt:unbur-,~.:d 1ntht:11 llr'>t pa~ mcnt.
llmlt.:\cl. lJ1 Holman -,aid tht:
ch;ugL' \Ia' 1ndt::wd and \Ia'> c.\pt:t:tcd to rl'>t: ~·aLit ~t:a1.
QIT/RBH study to prevent infant
brain damage
QIT and the Royal Children's Hospital in Brisbane will collaborate next year In two projects looking at the diet of chronically ill children, including one study aimed at pre- venting brain damage.
1 he parallel projects are backed by a $10 000 Australian Sugar Industry grant and $14500 !rom the National Health and Medical Research Council.
They will involve researchers super- vised by Dr Conor Reilly, Head ol the lnstitutt:'s Department of Publil:
Health and Nutrition, and Dr Simon Latham, the hospital"s deputy medical superintendent.
The sugar industry grant v.ill fund a study of trace metal nutrients in tht:
diets of children with inborn errors of metabolism v.hich put tht:m at particular risk from po>siblt: nu- tritional deticiencics.
It follows on from a t\Hl year Qll study of chromium in tht: Australian diet which was funded by the sugar industry to the tun~: ol more than
$53 000.
1 he:>.. H& M RC proJeL"t 1~ t:ont:t:n- trating on children \1 ith the mburn disorder ot metaboh~m kl1llll n u' PK U "'hie h. il untrt:utcd. \1 11ilt:ad to mental delicicncy.
PKU (phcn)lkctonuria) "Lll1t: ul the four recessl\e disordt:r~ 11 hlt'h all nev.born habit:~ in Qut:t:n>land arL' routinell scn:cnt:d tor.
It is detc~tcd in about 25 hahi~·, per year in Austmlia. l ht: 1'1\. l clinic at the Royal ChiiJr~.:n \ HLhpll.il in Brisbane hu., about 50 ol tho:'L' children.
l'Kl' .,uflt:rt:rs. hko: all L'hildrL'Il.
re4uirL' small anwunh ol phcn~ l- ulu nine. u t:ompont:nt ol prlltL'In. <h
an t:sst:ntial nutrit:ntlm grt>llth and de\dopment. But \\ ho:r~·a, health)
~hilurt:n ~<tn co11>umo: lllthPut am ilkllt:l:t> more pht:n~lalan1n.: tha;, tlwir mininlllm nt:o:d~. L'luldro:n 111ti1 PKU l:Hnnot do till'>. llll' L'\tra pht:n) lalanint: an·umulat~·, 111 tlit:tl bod it:' and t'anL·au-,~.: hra111 dantag~·.
·Io a\ oid thi.,. the hluPd 111 l'ld
surtt:rcr~ nt:t:d> tu lw nlllnilPIL'd
rt:gularl~.
cont. on
pege 3.All Christmases came at once
One week last month, I felt all our Christmases had come at once -just a bit early.
F/fst, there was news from ARGS and then NH&MRC that 1987 grants to Ql Thad doubled over 1986, largely reflecting the h1gh quality of research m the Optometry Department. The School of Busmess Studies rece1ved 1ts first ARGS grant for a nat1onal management survey.
Second, there was the announcement from the Federal Department of Industry, Technology and Commerce that two of QIT's four teachmg company appl1cat1ons were approved - the only two 1n Queensland for 1986. Both mvolve the School of Engmeermg and Q SEARCH w1th outs1de compames, wh1ch underlines the nat10nal standard of the school.
Third, there was the CTEC report on the Rev1ew of £ff1c1ency and Effect1veness m H1ghor EducatiOn which made particular reference to the quality of the Law School's external program, recommendmg that the school be the specialist prov1der of extornal legal educatiOn m Australia.
Fourth. the masters degree m Urban DfJS/gn was approved by the Board of Advanced Educat1on and C TEC for mtroduct1on m 1987. Th1s program w111 ensure that the School of the Bwlt EnVIronment has a st10ng 1mpact on the urban onVIfonment m Queensland mto the 21st Century.
Fmally, 1mllal f1gures from Q TAG md1cated that f~rst preferences for Ql T entry mcreasod a gam as a proportiOn of all f1rst preferences m the State, followmg a four year pattern. Demand for courses 1s a good md1catot of how the commumty rates an mslilut/On m terms of 1ts pe1 formance.
All that good news 1n one week was better than any Chnstmas present as tar as I am concerned. It reflects a great deal of excellent wo1k by staff m the year.
To all staff and students, thank you for
a
successful year. Happy Chnstmas and I look forward to a bumper 1987.Dennis Gibson (Dr)
( 'M ONLY JUST" CA1tHING
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Cochrane appointed new Chief Librarian
First awards made for distinguished academic service
Mr I om (.'odmtnc
hu~hccn appointcu Chtd l.thruriun at (.)II utter eight
llHIIlth~acting in the
po~itionlclt
\ ucunt h) the rctin.:nwnt in h:bntllr) \ll Mr Colin
Cu)b~.I hl'
po~ttton \HI~ud\ertiscu inter·
national!) unu ullracleu 26
upplicant~.Mr Cochrane.
J6.1ut~a Bachel\lr ol
An~degree I
rom (.)uccn~la ndUtmerMty \\here he majorcu in
lu~tlll')
u nu lu
nguugc~.He \\
u~a\\arucu
II mu~tcr~ucgtW in cconomtc
ht~tot')
lrom (Jrillith
Uni\er~ityin October. I\JK5.
He .totncd
(.)1'1 111.htnUHr).
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Reader Sen
icc~l.ihranan.
Hpo~ition
he lwlu lor l\\\lanu a hall
.•. ) cars hct ore mmtng lltW the tl·dum
:a I~CI'\ ICC~ II
rca.
In hoth
capuctttc~. he lrc4uently Ul'ted a~(.hicl Ltbntriun.
M r Cochrane
hu~been
m.~ociatcd\\ ith
nw~tmujor
chungc~ tothe A M huscr librur)
~inccllJtD. He imple- mented the Cuybs initiutivc to n.:orgunisc the rclcrcncc urea inw
~u~jcct spcciuli~ttcum~
und
wa~instru- mentul in major inno\-ations in
~cr"icc~
in
llJK4the introuuction ol an
~~n-linccomputer cutaloguc anu ot a
mi~:rocomputcr-bu~cdsystem
l~lr
on-line inlormatilm retrieval.
Other c hu
ngc~ha vc i nd uucd
cJo.pun~ion to
all schoob olthc library's instructionul progmm lor tirst year
~tudcnl~.
and the upgruding ollibniry
publicution~.
,
As Chic! l.ihrariun. M r Cochrunc
tntcnu~
to continue innmation in the
type~
ol
~cnicc~ollcrcd. And he bcltc\
c~the big problem urea ol
co~t~ ~:an he tackled the ~umc
way.
Letters to the Editor_ _ _ _
Uncover campus history
1111.• ln~ltlut~· 1~
not )llltng an) nllltl'. I he t11nc
lw~ ~.:ometo rcl'ord and
pre~L:r\1.:our lmllll') lor
th~· neJo.tgencratton. \\ htlc
tho~c\\ ho l:<tn
1 ~·n1cmhcr
urc
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tlw
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~lund~.IXtrllcularl) th
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anu
illlCCUOtc~ Ill stall illlU o,tudcnts lromthe call) da)'·
I Ill\\ man) ol
u~an; a\\an:. lor c. \itmplc. thut thl' ()II \\ orblwp uwu to be the '!'ala " de
IJan~l' olthe
Limbic'~ ~Llldtct~ A~~ociattonul (.)uccn~lund'.'I am
~urcthat there
mu~t
he
mutt~nwrc Cl{Uall)
tntcrc~t tnga~pcu,ol our 'ttc h"tor) \\atttng to hl:
Utll'O\L:rcd.l'el£'1' f..J'I/~1·1, /'fannin~ {!j/in·r
Luttur\ twtc: \IC
'IImake the 'P<ICC
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rc~.:cntlyread comments b) the I nstitutc Architect that he\\ ishcd
tolllll\C away I rom the A to
Lcodtng ol
buildtng~anu gi\C llC\1- builumgs
name~.
I coulu not agree more \\ith Mr Mcal-.tn anu would
It I-.e to ~uggc~tu name lor the nc\\ Ia\\ health
~ci~:tH.:ebuilding. I propose the
'Lamingtun Buildmg'
a~u
mo~tsunuhlc name.
A~
stull unu
,tuucnt~ma) he
;marc. Lord Lamington
\\a~the Uu"crnur ul
(.)uccn~landbet \Wen
IKlJ5 anu llJOI during \\hich time heoccupied the butldtng on nunpu' we no\\ kno\\ us Olu (jo\crnml'nt House.
I bcltc\c the name Lamington Builuing \\-oulu iucntil)
tht~cdilicc in a most di,tinctl) Queensla nd manner.
lJal•id Mayunhi.
A.1.1i.llllnl lmemal A udiwr
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Advertising
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is free for staff and students.Peter Hinton.
, .. , .. ,.,., .. , ..223 2386 Acknowledgements
Letters to the Editor are also Published by the Public Relations welcome (maximum of about 250 Office, QIT, ('U' Block), GPO Box
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OffPublications.
Page 2 INSIDE OIT, November 28, 1986.
.. With in11ation and devaluation
ol the
Au~tralianuollar. costs have skyrod.ctcd during the past three
year~.
purticularly those for
~cicnccund technology periodicals." he said.
L.>cspitc
extra lunding lrom the
ln~titutc,
the library had not re- co\crcd lrom
la~tyear's 20 percent urop in the dollar.
One solution to uccrcased buying power
wa~b,ctter cooperation
umong~t
major libraries in the
Bri~banc
urea.
Mr Cochrane
~aidthere was now u
rca~onablygood regional system ol inter-library
loan~.However, in the long term. the answer was direct computer links bet ween
variou~libraric~.
\\ ith agrccu bacl-.up deliver)
sy~tems.
·1 hi~
was already being done in North America
. ·1 he technology wasnot yet gcncrully avail<1blc in Australiu, but some trials were being uonc in Vtctoria.
Bclore
hi~appointment to the
(.)rtlibrary, Mr Cochrane was with the then Mt Uravatt College ol Auvunccd Education library for six und a hall years. und the Uni\-ersity ol Sydney librar) lor live
year~.Mr Tom Cochrane
Student Council member elected
A new student member was elected to QlT Council on October 30 for an eight month term.
She is Ms Jo-Anne Porter, a second year communication student majoring in public relations and journalism,
Ms Porter was Activities Director for the QIT Union this year.
She will be proliled in the February issue of 'Inside QIT'.
Four QITstaffhave been honoured with the first Awards for Disting- uished Academic Service.
They are Mr Bernard Cairns(Law), Mr Darryl Low-Choy(Built Environ- ment), Mr PeterSwann(Optometry), and Dr Andrew Wolanowski (Applied Science).
The a wards, available to academic staff below principal lecturer level, recognise either long standing meritorious service, or particular achievement over a shorter period of time.
Up to seven a wards no more than one per school are to be offered each year, but for this first year there were nominations from only four schools.
Selection committee chairman. Dr Tony Webber, said each of the nominees had made a significant contribution to QIT in a variety of ways which could be clearly identified.
These are extracts from the citations:
• Mr Bernard Cairns, senior lecturer in law, for outstanding achieve- ments over an extended period of time in research and writing. and consultancy,
~Mr
Cairns' research and writing has resulted in the publication of a number of legal works of recog·
nised high calibre. He has under- taken research into the law of civil procedure and the conduct of civil litigation."
• Mr Darryl Lo\\--Chuy. lecturer, Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture for
~majorcontributions to teaching, adminis- tration and community relations.
"The consistently high rating
accorded by students to his teach- ing in each of these subject areas at both undergraduate and post·
graduate level indicates widespread appreciation of the talent, know- ledge and energy that he brings to his teaching.
"As well, Mr Low-Choy's
research, consultancy and liaison with external government bodieshas helped maintain the Institute's high reputation in the wider community."
• Mr Peter Swann, senior lecturer, Department of Optometry.
"In· a major contribution to optometric practice in Queensland, Mr Swann has pioneered the use of photography of anterior and posterior eye diseases and con- ditions. His use of photography of unusual eye conditions has developed into a highly effective clinical teaching technique."
• Dr Andrew Wolanowski,lecturrr, Department of Mathematics, "has excelled in his contributions to research and consultative activities within the department and in his contribution to the important Institute-wide problem of measur- ing student progression rates
.~since
joining QlT, he has main- tained a steady output of the highest quality research papers arising from individual and co- operative work, and contributed to virtually every facet of activity required of an academic
."The inaugural Awards for Dis- tinguished Academic Service will
bepresented at the 1987 graduation ceremonies in March and April.
Distinguished academic service award winners, from left: Mr Bernard Cairns (Law), Mr Darryl Low·Ohoy (Built Environment), Mr Peter Swann (Optometry), and Dr Andrew Wolanowski (Applied Science).
ARGS, NH&MRC grant to QIT double for '87
ARGS and NH & MRC grants to QIT for 1987 will be almost double those for this year.
The Optometry Department dominates the QIT grants.
The biggest increase is in medical research funding from the NH &
MRC.
Total Australian Research Grants Scheme and National Health and Medical Research Council funding to QIT for 19!17 will be $115 000, compared with $5!1 000 for 19!16.
NH&MRC
NH
&
MRC funding will leapfrom $12
500
to$45
000 for three projects.Two NH & MRC grants will go to Optometry and one to the Depart- ment of Public Health and Nutrition.
Optometry staff, Dr Brian Brown, Ms Chris Wildsoet and Mr Peter Swann will receive over $24 000 for the first year of a three year study concerning treatment for glaucoma, a leading cause of irreversible sight
lOSS.
Dr Brown will also receive almost
$13 500 to continue research aimed at devising laboratory tests to aid early diagnosis of the degenerative condition known as maculopathy, a major cause of blindness in elderly people.
Dr Conor Reilly of the Public Health and Nutrition Department has been awarded almost $14500 for a collaborative project to investigate the nutritional requirements of children with the inborn error of metabolism, PKU.
This will be a joint investigation with Dr Simon Latham, deputy medical superintendent of the Royal Children's Hospital.
ARGS grants
ARGS funds for 191l7 will amount to over $63 000 fur four projects, an increase of some $11 000 over this year.
The Optometry Department attracted more than half total 19!17 funding.
Twenty thousand dollars will
Course aims to
produce employers, not employees
A Qn lecturer says Australia ha~
too many paper entrepreneurs making deab, but nut producing saleable goods and services that boost the economy.
Management lecturer, Mr Bill Edwards, said thet·e was a critical need to create new products and services, especially in the technology area.
Qrl next year will launch a course, the tirst ol its kind in Queensland at postgraduate level, aimed at meeting thai need.
·1 he new strand within the
Graduate Diploma in Business Administration is targeted at poten- tial entrepreneurs.
., he course will be uttered on a tv.u year part-time basis, and is being strongly supported by industry.
Central to the program will be work with inventors; entrepreneurs examming the leasibility ut their products and developing busine~s
plans lor their \entures. 'I here will be liaison with government depart- ments, industry, consultants, and organisations like the Queensland Innovation Centre.
M r Edwards has been developing
the area of new technology entrepre- neurial ~tudies since 191l3 when he initiated special topk management degree subjects.
He said both entrepreneurs and 'intrepreneurs', who perlorm similar functions within large companies, were requited to inject new life into Australian industry, and the Qn course had been de~igned along these lines.
One reason lor the failure of countless small businesses in Australia each year was the inability to plan them eflectively. Yet some 90 percent ol business graduates had not been trained to draw up a business plan tor a new venture.
"Most business courses have been turning out employees," he said.
"What they should be turning out is employers, people who will go out and do things for themselves."
Enrolments for the Graduate Diploma in Business Administration dose on December I 0, and according to course manager, Dr Len Little, competition tor places will be lierce.
In recent years, there have been more than three applicants for every place, and demand could grow in 19!17.
enable continued research of the effects on peripheral retinal function.
Researchers are Dr Brian Brown, Mr Ken Bowman, from QIT, and Dr Boris Crassini from the University of Queensland.
Dr David Atchison will recei'vc over $13 000 to study the design of artificial lenses implanted in the eyes of cataract victims.
Chemistry Department researcher, Dr Graeme George has been a warded
$15 000 for studies ol the processing and properties of fibre-reinforced composite materials using fourier transform spectroscopy. The aim ib to achieve better control over the critical curing of certain plastics used us structural materials in commercial and military aircraft.
Ms Denise Conroy of Manage·
ment Department and Dr Phyllis Tharenou,now ol Grillith Uni\ersity, have been jointly awarded $15 000 for a national survey of opportunitic~
and barl'iers to managerial role attain- ment for both male and lemale managers.
Vacation science subjects will
prepare for tertiary study
QIT early next year will offer short updating courses in mathe- matics, chemistry and physics to prospective new 1987 students and other interested people.
lhe courses are specially designed for those who have not completed full secondary school studies in these subjects and for mature students returning to study after an extended break.
Emphasis will be on topics in the Year II and Year 12 secondary school syllabuses of greate~t relevance to maths and science-based tertiary courses.
Each unit involves a total of 15 hours tuition between January 27 and February 4, and students may enrol for one, two or three of the modules.
The fee for each module is $65, and enrolments should be lodged and fees paid by January 20.
Head of the School of Applied Science, Dr Ron Gardiner said students who had gained special entry to a tertiary course at Qil or elsewhere should find the program especially helpfuL
The units are open to all students who want to become more competent in pre-tertiary maths, chemistry or physics.
lcecream manufacturers have been assured that eating icecream is not bad for health in small doses.
Head of Department of Public Health and Nutrition at QIT, Dr Conor Reilly was invited to speak at the National Conference of the lcecream Manufacturers Association of Australia held at Juplters Casino on October 30 and 31.
He said that icecream was a fun food and contained a lot of nutrients such as calcium and protein.
Dr Reilly said attending the conference at Jupiters was definitely not a junket.
•
A QIT law lecturer has
been
appointedas a
full-timemember
of theQueensland
Law Reform Commission.Mr Alun Preece will
aerve a
three-year term commencing January 5, 1987.• •
Deputy Director,
Dr
Tom Dixon and his wile Glen were robbed during their recent three-month overseas tour.In Washington,
a
thief entered their hotel room while they were out fora
walk. As well asa
quantity of s11ver jewellery, their camera,a
purse and an electric travelling iron were stolen. The thief also took the Australian plug tor the iron which IS of no use in the USA.uper, pension funds could provide
cheaper home loans
Australia's housing problems could be solnd by earmarking pension and superannuation funds for housing finance, according to a leading town planner.
The Queen~land pre~ident ol the Royal Australian Planning Institute and Qrl academic, Mr Phil Heywood, said the outlook lor hundreds ot thousands ot young couples was bleak unless the 1-edcral Government got more control ol housing linance.
Mr Heywood is Head ut QrJ 's Department ot Planning and Land- scape Architecture.
He said that at a time of 15-16 percent interest rates, the only answer
to keep housing altordable was to
separate housing linance lrom risk and venture capital borrowing.
Similar initiatives in two very dissimilar economies the Asiatic managed lree market of Singapore and the European social democratic system in Norway. one red an ertectivc solution to one ot the key problems ot Australia and other advanced economies.
Singapore had used funds from its social provident (pension) scheme to transform its housing stuck in 20 years from rundown slums to ultra modern and cheaply bought and rented accommodation.
Norway had used a natl0nall1ou-,- ing bank sine~: the turn ol the ccntu1)
to control the costs ol mortgag1:~ tu home bu}ers and buildn~. Political pressure had been applied to pu~h
pensions schemes into housing.
Mr Heywood sa1d that th1s use ot supemnnuation funds v.as both legiti- mate and appropnate, ~ince the purpose ot these lund~ y.,as to a~~ure worker~ a sate and adequate mcomc on retirement, not to net "1ndtaJI gains.
"What is happening in mo~t
Western societies is that pens1on and superannuation tunds are acqUiring vast prolits, and tuelling unproducti\ e investment in takeo\er b1ds and escalation ol cit) centr..: propert) prices.··
He said that such une~tments
could cause boom-bu~t cycles v.h1ch could be di~astrous lor members ol the pension funds.
A paper suggesting the channelling of superannuation I unds into hous1ng finance \\as presented at the World Planning and Housing Congre.,s attendt·d b} Mr Ht:)'\\ood in Adelmdc last month.
The idea y.,as proposed b) LJr Cedric Pugh ol the South Australian Institute of Technolog). a noted Australian expert on international housing matters.
acultie dollar
to receive more na more student
Dr Len Little (left) and Mr Bill Edwards: promoters of entrepreneurs
QIT /RBH study
continued trompage
1 To keep their intake of phenyl-alanine to a safe minimum, the PK U children are given a diet which is low in protein. As a consequence of this diet, the children can have an inadequate intake of certain nutrients, including trace metals, unless supple- ments are given.
Supervised by Dr Reilly, QIT postgraduate student, Mr Ugang Tinggi will undertake a broad study of trace metals in PK U and other
chronic illnesses, while a research assistant still to be appointed will concentrate research on PKU.
QIT/ Royal Children's Hospital joint studies on children with inborn errors of metabolism like PK U began in 19!14.
Dr Reilly will report on results so far achieved in these studies at a scientific meeting organised by the Birth Defects Foundation at the University of Sydney next month.
All Qll faculties will have in- creased budgets for 19!17 compared with this year's school allocations.
However, a rise in student numbers, declining interest rates and other cost !actors will mean a small decrease in overall funding for the Institute per equivalent full-time student.
The Commonwealth Government has provided virtual lull-cost funding for an extra 240 students in 1987.
This includes HO new places for which $510 000 was set aside in the 19!16 Federal Budget and the re- mainder represents the pipeline effect of previous years'intakes. In addition, the Institute will accommodate llO new and continuing students without Commonwealth Funding.
Although total funding to academic faculties will fall by 1.3 percent in real terms per equivalent full-time student, QIT's Administration says it has attempted to redress past inequities and to support new courses.
Assistant Bursar, Mr Doug Brown,
said that 19!!7 would also see greater llexibilit) lor individual managers to initiate dliciencies and release dis- cretionary dollars tor new programs.
Individual faculties have nov. linalised their budgets and plans lor next
year. 1 hcsc ''ill be dcbatcd at tlh.
Financial Ad\ iwr) Group mccling in 1\0\embcr bel ore bcmg ~:onsulld
ated into the Institute budgct lor presentation to 1-i'nancc Commlltcc and Coum:il earl) in the nc\\ ~car.
Faculty funding increases for 1987 Faculiy
Built Environment Business Studies Engineering Health Science
Information Technology Law
Science
Total Academic Faculties Academic Support Central Services Total Funds Distributed Central Overheads Reserves
Total Funds
/IJ86 jwuling ($ 000)
214!1 4615 6073 3761 1811 1869 5734
260iT
- = 5119 4901 36 031 2421 till
~
Rni.1ed /WI,- hudgt't (S UUIJ)
224J 4779 6179 J9X7 1994 1915 5X77 26 974
===-
5491 50X5 J 7 550 2700 762 541 012=
INSIDE QIT, November 28, 1986. Page J
New high-rise plumbing system uses less power
A smaller, quieter industrial pressure s-ystem which will supply water in high-rise buildings using up to 30 percent less power, has been designed, built, and sold by a final year QIT mechanical engineering student.
Mr Mark Holme~ drew on 13
~car~ bat:kground in the pump 111dustry to develop the ·1 ripkx (three pump) Pn:~~ure Sy~tcm alter examin- mg hov. to make existing duplex pumping e4uipment mon: ell icient.
He ~aid the triplex ~y~tcm v.uuld be c4ually \aluablc lor area~ v.hcrc ma111~ water pn:~~urc v.a~ inadc4uatc.
A~ well, h1~ ~y~tcm \\a~ nHn- mcrcittllj compelili>e \\Ilh exi~ting
. unib and hall a number ol other
all>antagL:~ mclud1ng the lact that
the higher prc~~ure~ generated allowed it tube in~tallcd in high-ri~c building basemcnb, in~tcad or on roo!~ .. , hi~
would save civic construction co~t~.
·1 he ·1 riplcx Sy~tem wa~ covered, and therefore watcrprool ~o could be installed out~idc making a plant room unncces~ary.
More cumpaetthan pre~cnt unib, it occupic~ only .7 ~4uan.: metre~ ol lloor space compared with 2.2 ~4uarc metres and i~ said to be hydraulically and mechanically 4uictcr.
It u~c~ three pump~ each ~muller
than tho~L: in duplex unih. ·1 hl:
prc~L:nt unit~ haw one pump in operation and the other on ~tandb). M r Holml:~ ~aid hi~ ~:r~tem ran one ~mall pump con~tantly, and a
Jour nalism lecturer co mmen ded in
Wal kle y awards
1\ ()II academic \\ ho ~Pl:lll ~1.\
month~ I'Ll' lc;l\c \\OII-.Ing a~ a JOurnah>llor an lp~\\lch nev.~paper
"""one ol on I) three ()tu:cn>lander~
lughl) con.Jnlcnded in thL· national Wall-.le) a\\ard~ lor Jollrnali~m
aniHllliKed on Octohc1 21. Dr Len <.iranalo. a JOUIIlaii>m
>eiiloi lecture! 111 the Dcparlmentul l ommun1cation. \\orl-.cd lor I he ()uecn~land lime~ lor the l1r~l ~'' month~ ol lhl~ )Car.
I he Ulmmcndalion 111 the Bc~l
~lOr) ( l'rm lllCia11\c\\~Papcr) 'cellon olthe compel Ilion \\a~ lor a ~enc' ol
<llllcll'~ on ~lrccl Kilb puhil~hcd h~
thL· nev.,papn 111 .lui) and 1\ugu~t.
I he >LTIC~. v.Tillcn alte1 more than l\\0 lllOillh' OJ IC,CaiCh, lughiiglllL'd the phght ol I P""ch 1-.Ilb II\ 111g on
c11~ ~tree!,.
Dr liranalo 'aid the Idea lo1 the
~liCCl K1d~ ~erie> camc lwm an ullbcat a~"gnmcnl \\hcn hc 'pcnl thn:c night~ 111 a patrol ca1 \\llh lp\\\ICh pollee.
Bccau~c lmJoumaii~m cxpcncncc
""'" 111 America 10 year~ with LJiuted l'rL·~~ Intel nallonal and >hon 'lint' \\llh lour ncv.~papcr' thc /\tblrailan .lournali~t~ /\'MlCiallon could not PL'Imit l>r Granato
memhcr~l11p until he h .. gan \\uri-.
v. ith I he ()uccn~land lime~. Hot ill
"rite~ a \\Cc"l:,- column lor the
ncv.~papc1.
1>1 liranato attended the a\\ard
pre,cntalion~ 1n S)dney on :\o>cmhcr (J.
Other ()uccn~la ndn> l11ghl~ com- . .-"""'-"' IIIcnded \\cre M1 l'aul Bongioiilll
1 I \ 0) lor a ~Cril'' ol rcpon~ on the l allaghanlanlll) \ llll<lllCialtrouhlc~
.111d M1 l'aul Lcnnon (Dad) ~llll)
loriH,canoonallL'I.IU>llce 1\lurpil)
''"' luund not guilt). Dr Len Granato
El ectronics adds brightness to
laundromat wash
I he '"'" ol a ()II ckctrumc
\) !>lelll~ cngiiieCI \\Ill rc~Uil in the pioductiOII 111 B11~bane nc.\l )Carol thc l1r~t laund1 omat \\a,hmg machine to tal-.c lull ad1antagc ol thc ~1licon
ch1p.
I he machine \\Ill abo be the lir~t
1aundromat v.a,her to bc manu-
l<~clun:d m/\u~tralia lor many year~.
Lecturer. M r Ken CUI wen, dc- 'lgncd the clcctromc control unit and Wiring lor the wa~hing machine
a~ a con~ultanl v.ith the Sumner Pari-. electronic manulacturing compan:,-. ·1 urner ln~trumcntation.
l-Ie ~a1d that with the tall in thc 'alue ul the dollar. the Bri~bane
laundry c4U1pmcnt importer,, 1\ L(j I::C had decided to inve~tigatc
the lca~ibilit) ol manufacturing coin- opcratcd v.a~hing machine~ and had come to an agrccment with Hoover to ~uppl) thc work~.
\\- hcn no uthcr de~igner wa~ able to mcct 1\L(ii::C'~ dcadline. Mr ( un1cn v.a~ comm1~~iuned to dcvclup a prototypc controller.
It tool-. h1111 thrcc \\t:Ck~ tu de~ign
and mal-.c a circuit board and\\ rite a program lor the single chip micro-
proce,~or which controb all v.a~hing
machine !unction~ lrom com oper- ation to \\ a~h ~ctting.
·1 he~) ~tcm i, capable ol acccpllng
coin~ ol two dcnomination~.
"Wt: needed a system v. hereby you could easily change the number ul coin~ and thc amount ol money you had to put in lor the wash.
Mechanically. thi~ i~ very ditficult, but electronically. this was thc ea~iest part ~incc one thing a micropruct:~sor
is good at isarithmctic," Mr Curwen
~aid.
·1 urncr I n~trumentation ha~ been asked to supply IOU electronic control units lor AL(iEC to usc in washing machine manulacturc at its Fortitude Valley site.
'I hc lir~t production batch i~
planned tor next month or January, with production expected to build up to 300 machines per month,
ba~ed un pre~ent demand lor the impurtcd machines ul up to 500 per month.
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second pump v.hcn demand un thc
sy~tcm v.a~ grcatcr. A third ~mall
pump was on 'tandby.
...1 he unit i~ more cfl icient becau~e
thc pump~ operate at grcaterellicicncy over the rangc ul llows re4uircd during normal operation," he ~aid.
"Howcvcr my unit dcpcnds un an improvcd control ~y~tcm- thc late't prugrammablc logic cuntl'ol devicc.
"Valve~ and ancillary e4uipment wcrc abo care! ully analysed and
~elected."
·1 rip lex pres~urc ~y~tcm co~t~ range bctwcen $3000 and $450Udcpending on ~i1e, and two prototypes and the rinal dc~ign haw bcen ~old and
in~tallcd.
Mr 1-lolmc~ 'aid thc lir~t two
prototypc~ had bccn in ~ucces~lul
opcration on thc (iold Coa!>t lor
~omc timc onc in a high ri~c
building and the othcr ~upplying a retircment villagc. ·1 hc Widgce Shire Council ha~ in~tallcd thc linal de~ign
~y,tcm in ib \Hiler trcatmcnt plant at
·1 in Can Bay.
Another ()uccn~land local author- ity wa~ intcrc~tcd 111 thc ~y~tcm a' a mcan' ol 'upply1ng watt:r to a new estate rathcr than building a reservoir.
M r Holme' 1~ a ~eniur e~timatur
with thc Quccn,land-ov. ned indu~trial pump manufacturer and supplier.
/\jax Pump' Pty Ltd.
Qn 's Lav. School celebrated its tenth anniversary on November 21 with more than IOU representatives of Ql'l and the legal prulc~sion at a I unction in the Director·~ Suite.
'I he Sehoul uf Law took its tirst
200 students in 1977 with a total or six acadcmic and support stall. It now ha~ mure than I 150 students and 44 lull-time stall. and i' highly rcgarded by the proles~ion and lcdcml education authoritic~.
·1 he school's luundation Head, Mr'l om Cain, said the 4uality ol the degree and legal practice cour~es had becn c~tabli~hed in the decade. I he
~chou! would build on 1ts succc~~
with a numbcr ol joint degree cour~es and a ma,tcrs program in the next lew ycar~.
., hc ~chool ollt:r!> two cuur~c' thc LLB degrcc (since 1977) and the (iraduatc Diploma 1n Lcgal Practicc ('ince 197~).
A li\e year combined LLB, Accountancy dcgrce commenccd In
19~5 in coopcrallon ~~ith the ()1'1 Accountanq Dcpanmcnt. and Joint
dcgrcc~ In LLB, Computing and LLB (()II)/ Modern A'ian Studic~
(lirillith Uni>cr~Ity) ha\c bcen approved lor Introduction in 19~~-
., hc LLB and Lcgal l'racllcc
cour~e~ werc 'ct up b) Mr Cain, and the joint degree!> ha\ e bcen lm
initiati>es.
Mr Cain said the LLB degree I rum QIT was in high demand I rom student~ with a l E cut-oil ol 950.
The course graduated 150 ~tudents per year.
l he degree's external olfering was also set up by Mr Cain and the
~chooltakes advantage ot computer and -.ideo technology in servicing its 250 external students.
The CTEC rcpurt on the national 'Review ol Etticiency and Ettcctive- ness in Higher Education' relea~ed la~t month recommends that Qll take charge ol all external legal cducation in Au~tralia.
·1 he ~houl v.a~ thc li~t in Au~tralia
to hook into thc Computeri~ed Legal lnlormation Rctrinal Sy~tcm lor 4uick. up tu date relerence to Commom\callh and !>latc lcgi~lauon.
I he Legal Practice cour~e ~~a one year practical, po,tgrad uatc program which is an altcrnall\e tu t1~o year~
article~ ol dcrl-.!>lllp rc4u1red ol LLB graduate' bel on: bcmgablc to pract1~e a~ ~ulic1turs.
It 1~ thc only cour~c ul It!> 1-.md 111
()uecn~land and, accordmg to Mr Cam, give~ ~tudcnt~ a broader IIcld ol cxpcrience than artlclc~ v.ould normally achic\e. I he cour~c ha, been U!>cd as a model lor lav. !>Chuob 111 othcr slate~.
Council should control riverbank development
A leading Queensland town planner has called on the State Government to immediately return decision-making about Brisbane riverfront land to the City Council.
Queensland president of the Royal Australian Planning Institute and QlT academic, Mr Phil Heywood, said private developers should not be permitted to exploit riverfront land for short-term gain.
l-Ie said the City Council should suspend all approvals for new develop- ment until the whole situation had been thoroughly reviewed by experts who should also look at what was happening in other capital cities.
While places like Adelaide were keeping development as far away as possible from the riverbanks, the Brisbane River frontage was being buried rapidly under concrete.
Brisbane riverfront land develop- ment was piecemeal and insensitive, and only the local planning authority, in this case the City Council was in a position to integrate it into a coherent strategy for the city centre.
Mr Heywood claimed State Government proposals condoned
good at
delegating
QIT department heads rated a 'more than satisfactory' overall rating from their staff in a recent survey of academic staff by the Educational
Research and Development Unit.
However, some perceived weak- nesses emerged in the overall result.
The heads were judged to be only 'acceptable' in evaluating staff, in dealing with unsatisfactory staff performance, in maintaining morale and in promoting the department externally.
Most were rated 'good' in their ability to conduct meetings, keep staff informed, solve staff conflict, set priorities for funding, and to delegate.
what he called 'opportunistic harvest- ing' of the city's most important environmental feature, for short-term profit and that the result would be irreversible degradation of the riverbanks.
He said while the South Australian government, for instance, abided by local town planning regulations, the Queensland government had absolute control of large areas of riverfront
land, and answered to no-one.
Mr Heywood said the BCC had
;et up a high-powered committee to review all aspects of the future role of the Brisbane River and the Council should be given the power to put its recommendations into practice.
The Royal Australian Planning Institute vice-president, Mr Leon Fleming, said most members would favour retaining maximum public access to the banks of the Brisbane River. particularly in the city centre.
Cholera will remain small risk in coastal streams: lecturer
A Brisbane ecolog1~t headmg a big re~carch proJcct on cholcra in South East Queensland river~ 'ay~ it 1s unlikely it will ever be climinatcd. Lecturer in Qrl 's Department ol Biology and Environmental Science.
Ur Habib Ye1.dani, said dc~pite cight
:rear~· rc~carch, the origin ol the environmental cholera germ here
wa~ ~till a my~tery.
Usually the organi~m re4uired a human host. l-Ie could only speculate it was introduced I rom a cholera- pronc country by apparently well but inlected people.
Whatever the origin, the cholera organism seemed to have lound an ecological niche in South Ea~t Queensland.
Dr YeLdani said it would be impossible to control in a river sy~tem because it could not be precisely tracked.
l here was no reason to believe the organism would disappear naturally, ur that methods would be developed to thoroughly eliminate it.
"We must accept coexistence with the cholera germ and focus our ellorts on prevention," he said.
The risk of contracting cholera i~,
however, very slight.
According to Dr Yetdani, the number of organisms present in rive~
" generall) In!>UIIiCicnt tu cau!>c
di~ea!>e.
Neverthcle~s. to ensurc thcre i~ no risk at all, people ~hould not con~ume
untreated ~urlace water lrum river~
or creeks, particularly during the hot summcr month~ I rom Decembcr to March.
Dr YeLdani heads a JOint Ql'l State Health Department team which is attempting to trace the lilecycle ol the cholera organism.
An authority on the biology and water 4uality of South East Queen~
land freshwater systcms, he is collaborating in the research with a Health Department micrubwlogi~t
and an epidemiologist.
Epidemiologist, Dr l ony Bourke was the lirst person to record the hypothesis that the cholera organism survived in the rivers, and bacterio- logist, Mrs Yvonne Cossins, was the lirst worker to isolate the organism.
Dr Yezdani said the lirst recorded case of cholera in Queensland was reported in February, 1977, when epidemiological studies suggested that the primary infection was acquired from the Albert River in the Been leigh area.
A total ol only live ca~e~ had been recorded to date. All had been con- tracted by consumption ol untreated river water.
Dixon favours - interdisciplinary postgraduate orga ni sation after overseas study tour
Special research centres and insti- tutions within QIT might be formally recognised as the focal points for postgraduate research if Council accepts recommendations by the Deputy Director.
Dr Tom Dixon will also propose to the December meeting of Council that Academic Assembly nominate what new institutions are needed.
Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland.
He said ETH organised its under- graduate education into schools, and all postgraduate education into cross- disciplinary institutions focused around areas of interest.
One ETH procedure he hopes will be introduced at QIT is to have the Academic Planning Committee approve five year departmental plans
in detail.
In the USA, Dr Dixon found the current stress in higher education was on improving undergraduate training.
He said a study by the American Education Commission of the States had advised concentration over the next three years on the 4uality of undergraduate education.
Another recommendation Dr
Dixon '.\-ill make to Qn Council i~
that Qll should develop a program to imprme the 4uality ol under- graduate education ..
He said the Institute should develop objc~.:tivc indi~.:ator~ of that 4uality and needed to be more ~pecil ic about the learning outcome~ expected.
At the State level, it should also look at rationalising methods ol accredit- ing cour~e,.
A part-time law student, Mr Lindsay Lawrence, 22, is the new president of the QIT Student Union.
He believes that such a system would give QIT more llexibility to identity research area~ of most bene! it to Queensland's technological and export market development and to alter its research emphasts a~.:cordingly.
·1 he ~uggestion~ lollow Dr Dixon·~
three-month tour ol Europe, Britain, and the Umted States to study higher cducatwn government and accreditation.
Administration treats Childcare Centre with new playground
He won the position against opposition from two other candidates including 1986 president, Ms Jane Folliott.
The second year student ran on the newly formed Student Action Party ticket which scooped the pool of Union executive position~ in the October elections.
Dr Dixon cxam111ed planning method~ '.\-ithin European and British cdut.:atlon in~titution~. In the USA he '.\-a~ particularly intere~ted in
a~.:creditation method~ and ~tate system~ ol govcrnant.:c lor higher
edu~.:ation.
·1 he trip, I rom August 13 to November 7, took in lourt.:onlerence~.
~even tertiary administration bodie~
and 20 univcrsitie~ and colleges.
Overall, Dr Dixon lound higher education throughout the world laced '.\-ith ~imilar dilemmas. Univcrsitie~
and college~ ever} '.\-here '.\-ere being
a~t-.cd to tcat.:h man} more ~tudenb
lor only a little more money, while cxtcndtng their role~ a~ agent~ ol
indu~tltal t.:hangc.
"However, other educator~ had a~
much to learn lrom u~ a~ we have I rom them,'· he ~atlL "QII i~ very
\\ell plat.:ed in term~ ol the strategic~
1t ha~ developed to re~rond to the
problem~ ol h1ghcr edut.:ation."
One ol the 1nstitut1on' '.\-hich
1111pre~sed h1m most '.\-a~ l:'l H, the
Child Care Centre k1ds tnck or treat Registrar, Mr Brian Waters and Acting Deputy Director, Dr Tony Webber on October 31.
URBAN DESIGN Masters Degree
Community pressure for the highest quality of design in the built environment is creating new opportunities for Urban Designers.
Commencing in February 1 98 7, QIT offers the first Masters program in Urban Design by course work in Australia. It emphasises a design approach to improve urban areas by developing the traditions of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, and builds on the research and analysis skills of the Urban Planner in establishing design guidelines.
The course includes conceptual and practical work and opportunities for personal research. It is programmed for two sessions each week over six semesters part-time (3 years). A full time mode over three semesters ( 1112 years) is proposed to commence in 1988.
Applicants should normally be graduates in architecture, planning or landscape architecture, with at least two years work experience.
Deadline for 1987 enrolment is 10 December 1986.
For further information, contact Mr Gordon Holden on 223 2677 or write to the address below.
~UEENSLANO INSTITUTE
OF TECHNOLOGY
George Street. Bnsbane (neKIIo Bolan1c Gardens) G P 0 BoK 2434. Bnsbane. 4001
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·1 he Qrl 1Jn1on Prc,chool and Chtld Care Centre '.\-ill ha\c a ne\\
pia} }ard lor the ~tart ol next }Car.
replacing the area lo~t to the nc\\
~\\imming pool ~itc. It vvill re4u1re the land~caping and lencing ott ol an area next to the centre '.\-htch i~
pre~cntly a path\\a}.
A laundl'} \\til abo be con~1dcn:d
lor the ccntn:.
Unulthc State Umernmcnt pro- vided Ql'l \\ith additional building land bet \\ccn the campu~ and I rc~o:\\a}
recent I}, the child car~: centre \\a~
threatcm:d \\ ith relocation to make
\va} lor the ne\\ Ia\\ health ~cience
bUtldmg.
l'.o\\ that th~: real e~tate i~ settled, the Qll Union ~pon~ored child care
ccntr~: 1s loot-.ing to the lutur~: ol ib premi~e~ '.\-ith more certainty. l'.o longer, lor example, are local yachtie~
pnmitted to sho\\cr in the building.
"We could gro\\ I rom the existing 25 children to ~ay 35 while ~till
maintaining our intimacy and clo~e
contact \\ith parcnt~,"dlrccturolth~:
centre. M~ Jani~e McGullog ~a1d.
"Hut It '.\-ould 1c4u1rc cxpcn~l\l:
change~ to the bat-.ehou~e butld1ng ...
·1 he lo~:auon ul th~: ccntr~: on
campu~ wa~ 1mpunant. allo\\ tng
mother~ to brea~t-lccu bab1e~. and
par~o:nb to ~r~:nd luncht1111l:~ "'1th
ch1idr~:n.
I he ~er\tce~ ul th~: centre are 111
~trong demand"' 1th a genu me \\aiting
l1~t ol 120 children. Unl} about 10
place~ \\til b~:com.: \acant lor the
~t<Lrt ol n~:xt ~car.
l'nont} ol a~:c~:~' la\our~ lo\1
tncom~: lull-time !>tudenb.
1 he centr~: i~ ~tailed by 11\e lull- time and one part-ttml: tra111ed ~tall.
M~ McUullog ~1d Qll Admuu~
tratlon had been \el'} coopcratl\e in pro\iding lor the need~ ol the child care centre.
·1 he outdoor playmg space \HIS c~~cntiallur the children \1 ho ranged 1 rum inlants to p1-e~chooler~.
According to Mr Lawrence the SAP is apolitical. It was created by a group of friends who believed the}
could form a 'more cohe~ive exec- utive· because they already kne'.\- one another well.
"We intend to work as a team on a consensus basis," he said.
As a part-timer he is particular!~ concerned with improving their con- ditions. The committee will discu~~
asking the Coffee Shop to serve lull
· meals in the evenings, and organising social activities like jazz weekend~ to allow part-time students to become more involved in campus life.
Mr Lawrence said that to benelit all students the new executive would be on its guard against any Federal effort to introduce tertiary fees and against any further State Government move to make paying union fee~
voluntary.
The new Student Union hopes to have an immediate impact at the start of the 1987 academic year. It wants Orientation Week extended from two to live days.
Lindsay Lawrence
QIT planner elected president of Royal Australian Planning Institute
Head of Department ol Planning and Landscap~: Architecture at QIT, Mr Phil Heywood was elected president ol the Royal Australian Planning Institute (Queensland Division) for a two year term at the recent annual meeting.
He will also sit on the RAPI national council.
Mr Heywood said RAPI had a busy two years planned for Queensland.
An important tast-. was the prepar- ation of a dralt revised code of professional ethics for adoption by the national body.
One committee \\a~ currently involved in discussions \\tth the Department of Local Government on drafting a major rni~o:\\ ol the State's town planning legislation.
Another was r~:vic\\ing current
go\ernment and cit~ council policic~ to act-.nm\ ledge th~: mo~t llllt,tand1ng on public transport and car part-.ing. contribution~ to Qu~·e1bland ·,
The in~titute \\as abo mounting a phy~ical em ironment.
public exhibition ol to\\:n planning :\ationall}, th~· plannmg 111,t1tut~:
111 the Ioyer ul Bmbane ~ Adm1111~- i~ also acti\l:.
tration Centre on J\iovember J to
commemorate World -I U\\ n Plannm ' M r He~ \I ood ha' J u~t r~:t u rn~:d Day. The exhibition \\Ould be
opene~
I rom~he ltr~t
\\ orld l'lann1ng anJ by the Lord Mayor ol Brisbane. Housmg ( ungr~:~' 111 :\dda1d~:Alderman Sallyanne Atkinson. attended b~ dclegat~:~ 110111 about ~0 It was Mr Heywood's idea to countnc~.
launch an annual state-wide en\ iron- I h~:~:ongrc~~ tiK'IIll: Cl:lllr~:d an1und mental de~ign and planningcompet- social and ccononHl' ad1 a mag~:~ l>l it ion to highlight the man} con- gr~:ater public im oh~:m~:ntlniwL"Ing tributions which town planners arc and planning in both d~-:1 dllpl:d and making to imprU\e theemironmcntal d~o:\doping countri~:,. anu th~· cru~·1al 4uality of modern Queensland. rok of \\OIIll:ll in nwuldmg lwm~·,
Local authoritie~ and consultant and ~:m ironm~o:nb.
planners as well a' mcmb~:rs ol the 1\lr H~o:~\lood and ()II k~·tu1~·1. public \\ill be im ited to submit 1\1 r Darr~ I Lo\\ -Cho~ pr~:'~'IH~·d ,1
~chemcs lor JUdgmg by a panel ol joint paper at till' n>nkT~o:nc~: on
distingui~hcd planner~. ASih~:r Plan- pubhc parlll'lpatlllll 111 plannllll! 111 ning Cur \\ill be a\\ard~:d each ~~:at' Bmban~:. -
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