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Robert Napier (left) and Peter Cassar rehearsing for Shakespeare's birthday. (Photo: Sue Burow)
Bard's birthday bash
William Shakespeare's birth- day party will come alive when nine QUT drama students leap into action at the Queensland Performing Arts complex later this month.
The students will dart about the crowd, throw vegetables and generally create a hurly-burly atmosphere in true Elizabethan tradition.
As part of a public celebration of the great English dramatist, the QUT team will join top Brisbane actors Chris Betts, David Brown, Perry Gaddes and Julian StJohn for two matinee performances on 23 April.
William Shakespeare was born on 23 Aprill564 and died on that date in 1616.
The birthday production, to be staged in the main foyer of the complex, will be a compilation of at least 10 well-known plays and sonnets.
Extracts from Macbeth, King Lear, Hamlet, Two Gentleman of Verona, Henry V, Measure for Measure, Richard III, and Romeo and Juliet are sure to delight thea- tre enthusiasts.
The production will centre around narrations from actors playing the parts of Shakespeare's original theatre company greats - Richard Burbage, William Sly, William Kemp and John Rice.
Writer and director, Mr Donald Hall, said: "There will be a lot of action and a lot of comedy, and some of the hard drama as well."
A huge grizzly bear with Coke cans for teeth and a live dog will add to the craziness.
Visiting dance and movement specialist at QUT, Ms Jacqui Carroll, has choreographed the show.
Mr Hall, a part-time lecturer this year in the QUT drama program, will also play Renaissance
instrumentals for the perform- ance.
Brisbane audiences who caught the breath-taking Ashgrove quarry production of Gilgamesh last year will already have heard a sample of his talent.
A life-long Shakespearian devotee, Mr Hall organised the Bard's first public birthday party in Brisbane last year.
He aims to establish a Festival of Shakespeare in the future in- volving Brisbane secondary schools, universities, musicians and performers.
The in-house QPA production will be performed at lOam and lpm. Tickets can be booked by telephoning 840 7125.
The students involved are David Kidd, Robert Napier, Pe- ter Cossar, Bernie Buikstra, Sandro Collarelli, Chris Uhlman, Carita Farrer, Alison Boleyn and Kirsten Devitt.
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More than 2000 Australians each year could escape the pain of Ross River arthritis if QUT researchers get funds to continue developing a vaccine. But senior lecturer in the School of Life Science, Dr John Aaskov, said it was difficult to interest industry in the program because there was little or no financial profit to be made from marketing the vaccine.
"With the cost of producing a Ross River virus vaccine and doing the clinical testing for a market the size of Australia there will never be a profit, so pharmaceutical companies are re- ally not interested," he said.
Dr Aaskov 's major research interest is in mosquito-borne virus diseases.
He revealed that Australia had more than 50 viruses carried by mosquitos, ticks and biting midges.
They were known as "arboviruses", a contraction of the term ARthropod- BOrn VIRUSES, but most had no known human or veterinary disease associations.
At least seven arboviruses in Aus- tralia were known to cause disease in humans.
These were the Ross River, Barmah Forest, Sinbis, Dengue, Kunjin, Murray Valley encephalitus and Kokoberra viruses.
The Ross River virus caused about 1200 cases of arthritis each year in Queensland and more than 2000 cases Australia-wide.
Pr Askov s!Ud there was a miscon- cept~on i11.:ti the Ross River virus was limited to tropical zones but it was common in areas close to Brisbane and
as far south as Tasmania.
There had also been major epidem- ics of Ross River virus infection in Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, the Cook Islands and New Caledonia.
"It's a major cause of morbidity. Nobody ever dies from Ross River virus infection but people commonly have 30 or 40 weeks of arthritis,"
he said.
The reason the Ross River virus had not made a bigger impact with society was because at least half the victims were women in the age group 18 to 45, who were not in the commercial workforce.
Many were mothers at home and it was difficult to put an economic cost on a mother's inability to perform household chores.
Another area of major concern was in family businesses, such as farming.
"If you've got a family farm and
Dad gets a Ross River infection, he's got arthritis for 40 weeks or more but in the present economic climate the family can't afford to hire labor," Dr Aaskov said.
This was_ one reason why the
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Local environmen policies to come under examination
Innovative Greenhouse policies implemented by local governments in Australia are about to come under the scrutiny of QUT town planning senior lecturer, Dr John Minnery.
Dr Minnery has been awarded $12 000 under the Federal Govern- ment's Greenhouse Information Program Grants Scheme to conduct the study.
He aims to publish his findings on three separate levels suitable for upper secondary school students, local authorities and tertiary insti- tutions.
Policies relating to sea-level rise, gas emission prevention, land deg- radation, tree planting, waste recy- cling and education initiatives will be investigated.
"Local government is the most suitable level for initiating local en- vironmentally important policies,"
Dr Minnery said.
"This study therefore aims to identify and investigate examples of good practice and disseminate this information as widely as possible.
"A fundamental assumption here is that in environmental areas, de- cision makers are happier following the demonstrated lead of others rather than being first cab off the rank.
"There are enough similarities among local governments across Australia for lessons learnt in one place to be transferred to another."
Dr Minnery said he would study the background to the adoption of
various policies, including barriers to and justifications for implemen- tation. The overall effectiveness of policies would also be gauged.
He said Redcliffe City Council and some NSW authorities were among those which had already imple- mented policies considering the po- tential effect of possible sea-level rises on coastal land uses.
Explaining the proposed three variations of his final report, Dr Minnery said: "One will be for sec- ondary schools where the decision makers of the future are being edu- cated.
"The second will be written for local councillors setting out the legal and community ramifications of such policies.
"And the third will be for tertiary institutions to use as examples in their teaching within a public policy- making context."
Dr Minnery's project will be con- ducted through the Centre for Ur- ban and Regional Development. A research assistant has not yet been employed.
The study is one of five Queens- land proposals to be awarded fund- ing as part of the Hawke Govern- ment's nationwide strategy to ad- dress Greenhouse effect induced climatic changes.
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Vice-Chancellor's comment Qld students don't get 'fair go'
For nearly two decades, underfunding of higher education in Queensland has been a matter of public record.
The issue is not only the inequitably low share of Commonwealth funded places that comes to this state, but also the relatively low level of funding for each place.
It is amazing that this inequality, openly acknowledged by govern- ments at state and federal levels, has been allowed to continue for so long. Whatever the historical reason, be it a mis-match of priorities or poor communication between state and federal governments at political or bureaucratic levels, two decades surely is enough time to sort it out.
For the places the state does have, the Commonwealth's recently developed relative funding model has shown we get less money per place than other states.
This aspect is receiving incremental annual attention and, hopefully by 1994, funding per student could be on par with other states.
Getting back to the number of places, it would be different ifunmet demand for university places was lower in Queensland or if university age population projections for the state suggested an easing of demand.
The opposite is true. Without a state commitment to fund more than 2000 places in 1990-91, the situation would be even more desperate.
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velopment of QUT's first student "Kelvin Grove is an old established accommodation facility. inner city area with a lot of services QUT students are sharing their available while Carseldine is a newer, views on Jiving away from home with more spacious suburb."
sociology lecturer, Ms Pam Byrle, to , Ms Byrle expects to survey some help the university "get it right". 300 students. She said the Student Ms Byrle is asking students about Guild was being very cooperative in their experiences, their preferred areas helping to find candidates.
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There is nothing new under the sun - or should that read son?
We should, perhaps, have antici- pated on the Ides of March that ass au It was a distinct possibility.
Yet, there we were, unsuspecting, lecturers and students alike, subjected to the most extraordinary display of man errs purporting to be manners from one of our very own QUT lee- turing staff.
Just when we might have begun to think that gender equity was beginning to be taken seriously in this institution it became clear that, for self-confessed old men, a mixed-sex audience could be addressed with impunity as blokes.
Now we're as sentimental as the next feminists, but we have yet to read the fine print in QUT's equity policy which makes exceptions for the sexist language of poor academics of more than 60-years-old who just can't help putting their foot in it in a public forum on campus.
Thank God (who was herself alluded to often and with some histrionics during the 25-minute harangue at the audience) that the said lecturer undeceived us all at the end by de- claring that he really liked women.
What a relief- especially when he had departed a little earlier from the bloke motif, temporarily, to settle on the rather more offensive you lot. We Page.2· INSIDE Ql:JT,'H Aprif f991
might otherwise have felt less than valued in the whole experience.
We were, however, still concerned as to whether we were deemed to be as charming as the ladies whom he honestly believed himself to have been complimenting on the appropriateness of their dress.
What's the betting they really were in the pink after that?
Now we know that it gets right up the collective noses of the old brigade to hear from the lunatic, bra-burning feminist lot again ... and when you're trying so desperately to be nice, too.
Probably it is almost as galling as be- ing told by someone, who takes his own capacity for learning so seriously, that he is unable to learn this particu- lar set of behaviours.
Surely QUT policy and practice cannot be so low on his academic agenda?
Some light reading is again sug- gested to him and those like him in their endeavours: Guidelines for Non- Sexist Speech and Writing, which is included in the QUT booklet Policy and Guidelines on Non-Discrimina- tory Presentation and Practice.
Erica McWilliam, Lecturer, Cul- tural and Policy Studies, and Jacqueline Trad, Director, Student Guild.
Ms Byrle also wants to speak with overseas students.
Business Services Manager, Mr Allan Sutton, said offering student accommodation would greatly enhance QUT's chances of attracting top stu- dents from throughout the state.
"Not being able to offer accommo- dation has always been one of our biggest disadvantages," he said.
Mr Sutton said the planned facility would initially provide accommoda- tion for about 200 students with sub- stantial growth planned by the tum of the century.
Students wanting to take part in the survey should contact Ms Byrle on 864 1006.
Drama students play Woyzeck
Third year drama students will present the play Woyzeck at the Woodward Theatre, Kelvin Grove campus, later this month.
The play, written by German play- wright Georg Buchner, should be fa- miliar to QUT English literature stu- dents who have studied it as part of their course.
Directed by Nicki Smith, the per- formance is in association with the Fractal Theatre Company which is presenting Metamorphosis at the Princesss Theatre.
The play opens on 25 April and will continue until4 May.
Performances start at 8pm. Tickets are $8 adults, $5 concession and $4 for groups of more than ten. Bookings can be made on 8444776 or 366 7157.
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Matthew Den Elzen, 20, Bachelor of Business (Management): ''I'm working at the moment at QUT as a tutor primarily because of the eco- nomic climate. Most of the companies in my field have cancelled a Jot of graduate recruitment.
"Australia is at a crossroads right now. What we do now will determine our future. It seems the government must look at increasing the export side, rather than trying to reduce spending.
Efforts to change spending levels re- ally won't affect the country's future."
Aaron Wright, 23, Bachelor of Engineering and Bachelor of Applied Science (Electronic Systems and Computing): "I feel Australia is in a mess which was many decades in the making and will take just as long to fix. As long as people are prepared to put in the effort I am optimistic we can reverse the situation.
"We are well endowed naturally but we take things for granted. There are plenty of well qualified people here but if everyone keeps running off overseas we won't be able to get back on track."
Inside QUT is initiating a new col- umn Student Say to canvass the views of our students across the disciplines.
To launch Student Say, we ap- proached this year's medal winners - the most distinguished of our latest graduates.
Given the topical nature of Aus- tralia's economic woes, we asked the following medal winners how they saw their future in Australia.
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John Creces, 35, Bachelor of Ap- plied Science (Medical Laboratory Science): "As a scientist, the future seems a little bleak probably because of the attitude towards science in Australia. Science, research and de- velopment seem to be the first to go in a tough climate.
"There is a huge brain-drain hap- pening in Australia. Qualified people from Australia are leaving for greener pastures and immigrants, some who may be well qualified, are not able to practise because their qualifications are not recognised."
Juliane McAlloon, 20, Bachelor of Applied Science (Built Environment):
"I feel optimistic about my profession (architecture). It can improve the standard of peoples' lives. I am not so optimistic about the economics. Ar- chitecture follows building industry cycles. I don't know how much it will improve in the long term.
"Australia is a great place to get a degree because of the wonderful life- style. But I think it's also necessary to study overseas because Australia has no long-term history of architecture."
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This year 13 graduates have been awarded the OUT medal, a prestigious recognition of academic excellence. Photographed (above) outside the Performing Arts Complex were (from left) John Creces (Science), Bill Kwiecien (Science), Matthew Den Elzen (Business- Management), Siobhain Ryan (Business -Communication), Dr Donald J Martin (Business - Health Administration), Russell Vorpagel (Engineering - Mechanical), Aaron Wright (Engineering - Electronic), Jonathan Leiboff (Law), Larry Laikind (Law), Juliane MeA/loon (Built Environment) and Peter Elliott-Green (Information Technology).
Absent were: Julie Albietz (Optometry) and Rene Malingre (Optometry).
Research funds needed for Ross River virus vaccine
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Cattlemen's Union had nominated tne QUT -Health Department Centre for Arbovirus Reference and Research as the recipient for the proceeds of the 1991 Cattle Queen quest.
"The Ross River virus impacts fairly heavily on their livelihoods," he ex- plained.
When Dr Aaskov first began to study the problem it took weeks to get the results of blood tests, but there have been major improvements in diagnos- tic techniques.
"You can diagnose a Ross River virus infection in hours now, if you have to, but it's commonly done in days," he said.
"So the number of diagnosed cases went from about 50 in 1975 to 2000 now."
The figures did not represent an in- crease in the disease but more com- prehensive diagnoses.
Apart from the loss of productivity due to Ross River virus disease there was also the very tangible cost of visits to the doctor and blood tests. Few patients would escape with medical bills lower than $200 to $300.
Despite this, one of the major problems with the disease was misdiagnosis.
Dr Aaskov said: "The symptons of Ross River virus infection are similar to a number of other forms of polyarthritis.
arbovirus diseases and how to diagnose them.
DL AasJwv said the book would overcome many nli!:Concepdons and emphasise the necessity of a blood test to reliably diagnose an arbovirus dis- ease.
"We've gone through the phase of improving diagnostic serology and developing a simple, easy test and variations of that are being used eve- rywhere now," he said.
"We were also the first to show that Ross River virus would cross the pla- centa in pregnancy. It affects foetuses very readily in mice but in humans it doesn't seem to be anywhere near as serious.
"It's probably only three or four percent of pregnant women infected with the Ross River virus who are af- fected."
There was no evidence the virus caused any damage in human preg- nancy but there could be subtle prob- lems which remained to be identified.
For example, the immune system of a foetus could be affected by infection during pregnancy.
Dr Askov said Barmah Forest virus had recently been shown to cause a significant amount of human disease.
It was a fever-style illness but in some cases caused arthritis or arthralgia.
the 50s eventually were recognised as the haemorrhagic form of Dengue.
Dr Aaskov said: "It's now a major problem in all the tropical countries of the wor'ld and it kills hundreds of kids every year."
There were four strains of Dengue virus. Infection with one did not make a patient immune against the other three.
The haemorrhagic form of Dengue usually occurred when someone had a second infection but with a strain of virus different to that which infected them the first time.
This created a major problem in developing a vaccine against Dengue, because unless the vaccine immunised against all four strains it could set up a patient for severe disease.
With proper clinical management a Dengue patient's chances of survival were good but often people, especially children, living in rural areas of de- veloping countries could not get to a hospital.
Dr Aaskov said that because of mutual interest he had a collaborative program to study Dengue with the Virology Research Division of the Department of Medical Research in Myanma (formerly Burma).
All strains of the Dengue virus were capable of causing disease and all were potentially deadly.
"Pragmatically, we are always going to be at risk while we've got mosqui- tos," Dr Aaskov warned.
Land rights- state urged to study New Zealand's example
The Queensland Government has been urged to study New Zealand's Waitangi Tribunal before setting up a system to deliver promised land rights to the state's Aborigines.
QUT law lecturer, Mr Ian Wilson, says this is essential if the granting of land rights is to win approval from both black and white Queenslanders.
Mr Wilson is basing a doctoral thesis on his studies of the Waitangi Tribunal.
Although the Queensland Govern- ment has stated its intention to grant land rights, no model for the process has yet been decided on. Various in- dustry groups have expressed concern over legislation expected to be in place by December.
Mr Wilson returned recently from two weeks of further research in New Zealand.
He said the Waitangi Tribunal was established in 1975. Its functions were:
• to interpret the Waitangi Treaty signed in 1840 between the combined Maori chieftains and the then British Governor, William Hobson;
• to hear claims relating to breaches of the treaty; and
• to advise the New Zealand Parlia- ment whether acts or regulations being contemplated were in breach of the treaty.
Mr Wilson said the major differ- ence between the land claims of Maoris and Aborigines was the existence of
the treaty. But a High Court ruling later this year could change the situation.
Under scrutiny was the 250-year- old Blackstone Doctrine which stated that if a country being colonised did not have an established system of government it was regarded as "terra nullius".
"In effect it means that colonists can walk in and take over the lot," he ex- plained. "New Zealand was regarded as having a system of government and so the Treaty of Waitangi was drawn up. Australia was not regarded by British authorities at the time as hav- ing a system of government."
Mr Wilson said if the ruling went against the doctrine, the workings of the Waitangi Tribunal would have even greater relevance to Aborigines.
Even now the tribunal offered an admirable blueprint.
"It has the complete confidence of
the Maori population so its decisions are respected and accepted," he said.
"There also is a recognition in the white - or 'pakeha' - population of wrongdoing to the Maori. The tribu- nal is seen as a way to solve many of the problems which historically have been troubling New Zealand society."
Dr John Aaskov and research assistant Rick Bulich examine the Dengue virus proteins separated in a polyacrylamide gel.
"What happens is that people say 'oh, it's just the same as what Mrs Bloggs down the road's got', so they don't have a blood test.
A major area of research was into the Dengue virus, which also was mosquito-borne. The first re- corded deaths in Australia from the severe haemorrhagic form of Dengue were in Charters Towers, Queensland, in 1897.
Outbreaks of Dengue in Australia were now rare, despite one which be- gan in North Queensland late last year and was continuing.
Sir Walter to receive doctorate
"The implications from that are, and we've already seen it happen, that there's been an outbreak of Ross River virus when there hasn't."
This meant that local authorities were pressured into expensive mos- quito control programs to deal with a non-existent problem.
One of the projects to be funded by the donation from the Cattlemen's Union will be a book written by QUT researchers in conjunction with the Rural Doctors Association and the Health Department.
The book will describe local
Sufferers from the haemorrhagic form of Dengue "leaked" blood plasma leaving the blood cells behind, Dr Aaskov said. The volume of blood could become so small that the heart could no longer pump it and the pa- tient died.
The "leaks" could become so large that the patient bled from the nose, the gums and into the gut.
Big outbreaks ofhaemorrhagic fever in the Philippines and Thailand during
The Governor of Queensland, Sir Walter Campbell, will become an honorary Doctor of the University this week.
QUT Chancellor, Mr Vic Pullar, will confer the honour at the graduation ceremony of the Faculty of Law and Faculty of Arts on Thursday night at the Performing Arts Complex at which Sir Walter is guest speaker.
It is the second honorary doctor- ate awarded by QUT. The first was conferred at the university's inau- guration in January 1989 to Mr Jack
Parkinson, who served as QIT Council Chairman from 1974 to 1983.
Vice-Chancellor, Professor Dennis Gibson, said Sir Walter was an obvious choice for the award.
"Sir Walter has been very closely associated with the QUT Faculty of Law since its inception and is Pa- tron of the QUT Foundation," he said.
"He has made a distinct contribu- tion to Queensland through law and an outstanding contribution to Queensland education as Chancel-
lor of the University of Queensland for many years."
Professor Gibson said an honor- ary doctorate would now be pre- sented annually.
Governor of Queensland since 1985, Sir Walter was appointed Judge of the Supreme Court in 1967 and Chief Justice of Queensland in 1982.
Previously he has received hon- orary awards of Doctor of Laws from the University of Queensland (1980) and the Doctor of Letters from James Cook University (1988).
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Banana studies to bear fruit
Birds living in isolated patches of bushland in rural Queensland will provide important clues to the state of the nation's environmental health says researcher, QUT post-doctoral fellow, Dr Penny Slater.
In her two-year study, birds living in forest remnants will be used as in- dicator species to determine the overall effect changes in their habitat have on the ecology of an area.
It is hoped the results will help de- termine to what extent forest remnants can assist in maintaining the natural ecology, or whether they can in fact help to reverse environmental damage already done.
"We don't know yet if damage is irreversible," said Dr Slater.
"But we do realise forest remnants are important. Even as remnants they still have a role to play.
"The study will help show what that role is, whether we use remnants to conserve species, whether they can halt further damage or possibly reverse damage."
Dr Slater is well experienced in
"bird watching".
For her zoology PhD from the University of Queensland, she exam- ined silvereyes at Heron Island.
During this study she was super- vised by zoology Professor liro Kikkawa who, for a number of years, had banded successive generations of the silvereyes.
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structure to determine its relationship to social structure and ecology.
She chose birds as the focus of her post -doctoral fellowship project in line with a conference on forest remnants in 1987, which suggested any species used in such a study should be
"widespread, abundant, easily andre- liably sampled and be responsive to changing environmental conditions".
"The bird community can cater for all those conditions," she said.
The study will look at such factors as the size of forest remnants, the ef- fects of corridors between remnants, their isolation, edge effects, habitat structure, diversity and composition, species diversity and relative abun- dance, and the life history and ecology of the bird species.
"In small fragments edge effects may alter vegetation in such a way that species dependent on the original type of habitat may be disadvantaged in some way as far as gathering re- sources like food or nesting material,"
said Dr Slater.
"If a bird is a specialist rather than a generalist it may not be able to survive in its altered habitat.
"By looking at all these charac- teristics we will be able to deter- mine questions such as which rem- nants are most effective, whether small remnants hav·e any value and what width corridors are viable to help our overall assessment of the role
remnants can play." Dr Sarah Roberts-Oehlschlager
Corrosion eats $8 billion
A problem eating away at Australia's economy at the rate of $8 billion each year - rust - will come under scrutiny by QUT post-doctoral fel- low, Dr Adrian Jin.
Dr Jin who holds degrees from China's Univer- sity of Zhongshan and the University of Queens- land, _specialises in surface corrosion science.
He will use the School of Chemistry's laser Raman Fourier Transform Spectrophotometer to study the action of certain chemical compounds which are adsorbed to prevent metal corrosion in aggressive environments.
He also will look at the action of chemical addi- tives which are adsorbed during the process of elec- troplating metal.
Chemistry senior lecturer, Dr Paul Schweinsberg, described Dr lin's research project as a good example of both inter-school and inter-university cooperation.
Dr lin will be working with both the School of Chemistry and the Terotechnology Centre. Corro- sion and its prevention are important aspects of maintenance engineering.
In studying the action of chemical additives, Dr lin will also work with Dr Greg Hope in the Division of Science and Technology at Griffith University.
Dr Schweinsberg said while it was known some compounds worked effectively to prevent corrosion it was not always known why.
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Post-doctoral fellow, Dr Sarah Roberts-Oehlschlager, will spend many hours tramping around ba- nana plantations on the Sunshine Coast hinterland as part of her re- search.
Dr Roberts-Oehlschlager has joined a team of scientists in QUT's Centre for Molecular Biotechnology aiming to produce a banana plant resistant to the devastating virus,
"bunchy top".
Her trips north will provide dis- eased plants to work with.
"We need a lot of tissue to purify small amounts of virus," said Dr Roberts-Oehlschlager.
The disease, spread by aphids, se- riously stunts fruit and tree growth causing a "bunchy top" appearance.
Because the banana is a staple food source in many nations, the disease has been listed as one of the world's most economically threatening plant viruses.
Her research is aimed at trans- forming banana tissue culture with the coat protein of bunchy top virus.
If a plant can be produced that carries this coat protein gene it will be resistant to infection.
She said it was difficult to regen- erate cells because the exact re- quirements for banana tissue culture were not known.
Dr Roberts-Oehlschlager studied pollen embryogenesis in barley for her doctorate at the John Innes In- stitute at Norwich, in the United Kingdom.
She also spent a year at Bond University studying pine tissue cul- ture and transformation.
New approach in teacher test
Lecturers seeking student evaluation can turn to a new scheme introduced this month through the Academic Staff Development Unit.
ASDU director, Associate Professor Phil Candy, said the system would help lecturers improve as teachers and provide information necessary for promotion applications.
The Student Evaluation of Teaching (SET) scheme will replace former procedures and streamline student feedback across the university.
"It is fair to say that many lecturers feel un- comfortable about their role as teachers as the new university seeks to raise its research profile," Pro- fessor Candy said.
"This scheme is in line with the university's commitment to reward excellence in teaching as much as excellence in research.
"It must be stressed that this is not a punitive scheme nor is it a managerial exercise.
"However, a by-product will be that lecturers will be able to easily access information proving their performance on paper to submit to appropri- ate review panels."
Professor Candy said evaluations would be confidential and voluntary. The new forms would be quicker to complete and would be analysed within a week. These forms, now distributed throughout all faculties and schools, were devised in response to a review conducted last year. Each questionnaire consisted of two mandatory sections- six standard items and an overall rating.
Optional features are a tailor-made review of the lecturer's performance in relation to a specific sub- ject and a section for students to make written or open-ended comments.
Top indusJrial design graduates take out awards
Aircraft safety and travel for the aged were the foundation for the latest award-winning QUT indus- trial design student projects.
Warren Stewart won the Design Institute of Australia (Queensland branch) A ward with an acousto- ultrasonic testing unit for aircraft.
This testing method is designed to detect faults in composite mate- rials like fibreglass.
Anthony Lloyd's prototype suitcase with retractable wheels and pop-out trolley won the Aus- tralian Design Council Student Award for its commercial manu-
factoring potential.
These awards are presented an- nually to the best industrial design students in Queensland.
Warren and Anthony will both graduate this month with a Gradu- ate Diploma of Industrial Design, after having completed the Bachelor of Applied Science (Built Environ- ment).
The award-winning designs were their final year thesis projects.
The awards will be presented of- ficially at the opening of the QUT Industrial Design Exhibition at the Queensland Museum on 9 June.
Aircraft saftey test to take off in future
Aircraft in the future may be kept flying safely with a test method ex- plored by industrial design graduate, Warren Stewart.
As part of his graduar.-diploma thesis, Warren tackled the burgeon- ing area of non-destructive testing on composite materials using acousto-ultrasonics.
By applying basic sound theory, the unit is designed to "hear" minute structural faults which, if left unde- tected, could be the seeds of disas- trous malfunction.
"Although already used in defence aviation, the method is still in many ways at a developmental stage and is not commercially available," Warren said.
The unit is geared specifically to test composite materials, like fibre- glass and new carbonfibre. Com- posite materials are known to be lighter and stronger than steel, but more expensive.
"The application of ultrasonic technology in the field of non-de- structive testing has played a prominent role in the metals industry for many years," Warren said.
"The advent of composite materi- als has advanced the push for a method of testing that is appropriate to its structural characteristics.
"Composite materials fail in dif- ferent ways to steel. They may look fine to the eye but very small cracks
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or voids can transfer extra load throughout a structure and cause gen- eral malfunction."
Warren said his design concept could become more applicable to the aviation industry once the use of com- posite materials gained greater ac- ceptance and testing technology pro- gressed from a developmental stage.
Non-destructive testing, as the name implies, evaluates the internal structure of a material without dismantling the product.
Warren's unit, called Echo, includes a hand-held mouse with two underside rolling transducers. The mouse would be used to manually scan an area, such as the wing of an aircraft.
Sound waves would be emitted into the test site and the unit's computer would "listen" for an echoed frequency response signal.
Each frequency response would be compared to known frequencies which indicate faults like cracks and voids.
The Echo's computer would be able to program a range of known fault parameters according to the type of material to be tested.
Warren now works as a designer for D&D Electrical Group in Sumner Park, Brisbane.
BELOW: Graduate Warren Stewart with a model of his Echo acousto-ultrasonics testing unit.
Anthony Lloyd and the "Chaperone" suitcase prototype ready for easy travelling.
Travel made easier for aged
The changing role of the aged in society spurred graduate, Anthony Lloyd, to design an easy-to-carry suitcase for the older traveller.
Although crafted for well-off older persons (affectionately known as WOOPERS), Anthony says the
"Chaperone" suitcase has a univer- sal application creating easier bag- gage handling for travellers of all ages.
If manufactured, weary travellers no longer will need to hunt down airport trolleys or do battle with wayward suitcases rolling out of control on flimsy metal wheels.
The suitcase's pull-out trolley handle and sturdy retractable wheels do away with those hassles.
Anthony says his two-year over- seas travelling stint after completing a Bachelor of Applied Science (Built Environment) in 1987 influenced the
design.
"So many things are designed for the mythical fit healthy person,"
Anthony said.
"Whether young or old, if you've got a crook back, lifting a 20kg suit- case around an airport can be very difficult.
"I agree with the principle of a universal design. If you design something for an older person, it should pretty well suit everyone else."
Anthony said the suitcase com- bined practical aids with a "fun bright" design in an attempt to shatter ageism stereotypes.
"So many things designed for older people are institutionalised and stigmatising. I wanted to change that," he said.
"Travel is going to become an in- creasingly popular recreation for the
growing aged population.
"This design will help an older person to be completely inde- pendent, mobile and confident when travelling."
The standard-sized suitcase re- places the old-fashioned lid fas- teners with larger, easy-to-slide latches. It also features a flip-out tray for hand luggage and a pop- out pouch compartment for medication or other essentials.
A large combination lock does away with the hassle of of keys.
The wheel design makes for easy manoeuvring onto luggage con- veyor belts.
Now a freelance designer with Nouveau Image Design, Anthony concedes the suitcase is pitched at the upper end of the market, but says he believes it has clear manu- facturing potential.
English study to aid Cambodia
Two Cambodian medical doctors are studying English intensively at QUT as a stepping stone to fighting killer diseases in their home country.
Both married men, they face more than a year of separation from their wives and children in their quest for further medical knowledge.
Dr Sophal Oum and Dr Phauly Tea are taking a six-week intensive English course at the Insititute of Applied Linguistics, on Kelvin Grove campus.
IAL director, Dr Ed Burke, de- scribed them as dedicated and ex- tremely hard-working.
Drs Sophal and Phauly are spon- sored by UNICEF. The cost of their study is being paid by the Australian International Development Assistance Bureau.
Upon the successful completion of their intensive English studies, the doctors will go on to the University of Queensland to study for masters de- grees in tropical health.
Dr Sophal said they expected to be away from Cambodia for 14 months.
On their return they would use their experience gained here to help as many Cambodian people as possible.
Part of their work would be to help establish a wide-spread immunisation program.
Dr Phauly said the practice of medicine in Australia was quite dif- ferent to that in Cambodia. Some dis- eases no longer threatening Austral- ians, including tuberculosis, still were widespread among Cambodians.
He said: "Dr Sophal and I work on Asked what he did in his spare time, the same program at home, but he Dr Phauly replied: "No time."
works in Phnom Phen and I work in a Dr Sophal nodded in agreement but province a long way away. said:"While our work here is very hard,
"The worst health problem in my it is never as hard as in Cambodia."
province is tuberculosis, mostly in He said he thought many Australians young children." Child health is a had a wrong perception of Cambodia.
major concern for both men. Dr Sophal When he arrived at Brisbane Airport, has three children, Dr Phauly has four. he filled out a card stating his nation-
Or Sophal said Cambodia re- ality was Cambodian. But an immi- ceived financial help for medical gration officer altered it to read programs from international health "stateless".
organisations. "This is not true. Cambodia is a Letters are their only contact with nation just as Australia is," he said.
their families because telephone use The men said they were grateful is too expensive. for the opportunities provided by The intensity of their studies leaves both UNICEF and the Australian no time for leisure pursuits. Government.
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Cambodian doctors Dr Sophal Oum (right) and Dr Phauly Tea with their tutor Dr Vanessa de Vos.
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Crime victims need not be alone
A QUT lecturer is keen to see sup- port groups for crime victims estab- lished on all four campuses.
Associate Professor in Corporate and Taxation Law, Peter Little, is state secretary to the Victims of Crime As- sociation.
He stressed the association was not for victims only. It also worked to support the families and friends of victims.
Professor Little said: "Any com- munity organisation these days can only thrive if it has widespread com- munity support. We need plenty of volunteers."
About three years ago he was legal adviser for a young woman who was abducted, brutally assaulted and left for dead.
After her attacker was arrested and convicted of an interstate murder, Professor Little sought and won a record compensation payout from the Queensland Govertlment.
At a press conference that day, the woman said she wanted to live a nor- mal life but felt she should share her experience with other victims.
Channel Seven, Brisbane, adopted her idea as a corporate project. The concept of a support organisation for
victims was launched on a current af- fairs television show.
The first public meeting, held at Brisbane City Hall, was "packed out".
Professor Little said: "There was a large number of victims there who were in all states of trauma."
Now, the association had three counsellors always available to give court support and other advice to crime victims.
A long-term plan was to form a telephone network with the assistance of churches and service clubs. Older people, in particular, felt vulnerable.
Once the network was established, they would be able to call for help.
Volunteers would advise them on se- curity or counsel them if they had be- come victims.
Strong association branches had been established on the Gold Coast, in Logan City, Toowooomba, Ipswich and some country centres. New branches were being formed in Cairns and Townsville.
Professor Little said: "It's a fair task getting a branch up and running be- cause you need committed people to hold it together."
He had no doubt there would be a number of victims at QUT.
"It's a very isolating and dehuman- ising experience for victims," he said.
"Meeting people who have gone through similar experiences offers some hope of reassurance and reha- bilitation."
This was especially true when members of a group shared similar backgrounds or interests. They were better able to relate to the other pres- sures upon each other, he said.
For more information on the Victims of Crime Association, call:
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Future film-makers weekend shooters
oi:::;."*'m~,Most students attend lectures dur- ing the week but a group of 12 studying Film Drama Production at QUT gets the bulk of its teaching on weekends.
For the first half of the semester, the students attend lectures for a full day each weekend.
There is also a field trip one week- end from Friday night to Sunday af- ternoon.
"The hours are negotiated in ad- vance with the students," senior lec- turer in film and television, Mr Ridley Williams said.
"They have to shoot their own film in the second half of the semester and for that they need the knowledge and skills gained in lectures.
"The only practical thing to do is to cover the whole semester's lecture material in the first few weeks."
Mr Williams said the students al- LEFT: Film and television
students on a techniques field trip at Dayboro.
ready were working on the script for the film they would produce in the second half of semester. The script was largely prescribed by him. The stu- dents would act as the production crew.
A Life After Death dealt with the relationship between an older couple- a single man and a woman whose hus- band had died recently.
"This is entirely different to writing your own stuff from scratch and then producing it, which tends to happen at high school," Mr Williams said.
"They have to give meaning to something someone else hands them."
Mr Williams said students were re- sponsible for finding actors to star in the film for no pay.
They operated as one crew in shooting the film.
After that, copies would be made of the footage and three groups of stu- dents would each edit a different film from the same script and footage.
"This is where it really gets inter- esting," Mr Williams said.
Hope for dance heritage
The rich dance heritage of indig- enous Australia will become an inte- gral part of the national performance agenda if QUT and interstate dance professionals have their way.
A major policy initiative adopted by the National Dance Summit, held in Canberra during the Easter break, is to promote a higher profile for Abo- riginal and Torres Strait Island dance.
Support also was expressed for the establishment of a permanent national indigenous dance company.
Acting head of QUT's dance pro- gram, Ms Shaaron Boughen, who with lecturers Kristen Bell and Tony Greeves represented QUT at the summit, described as arrogant the as- sumption by white Australians that their art forms were more important than those of indigenous people.
he said all dance forms had their roots in traditional life. Aboriginal dance had much to offer a developing Australian style.
"There is an Australian style but it is hard to define because of European and American influences," said Ms Boughen. "Aboriginal dance would be an important contribution to an Aus- tralian style."
The summit also recommended that attention be paid to indigenous art
Ms Shaaron Boughen forms in education syllabuses.
Ms Boughen said the advent of the summit reflected the growth and rec- ognition of dance in the community, particularly over the past 10 years. The meeting had provided an opportunity for both performing and academic dance professionals to exchange ideas and iron out problems.
A major achievement was the for- mulation of a draft policy document aimed at showing in which direction professionals wanted to see dance heading in the next decade. The final document would provide a basis for any necessary lobbying with decision makers.
New deal at QUT for Singaporean students
Carseldine health service revival
QUT has entered into an innovative agreement allowing Singaporean polytechnic commmunications diplo- mas to count towards degrees.
The new arrangement will signifi- cantly shorten the time Singaporean students will need to study for a QUT degree.
The manager of the Office of Edu- cational Services, Mr David Stent, has just returned from a tour of Malaysia and Singapore.
The purpose of the tour was to en- courage the recruitment of overseas students to QUT.
In Singapore, Mr Stent represented QUT among more than 30 Australian higher educational institutions at the Austrade Educational Fair.
It was sponsored by the Australian Trade Commission.
Head of International Relations with the OES, Mr Kieran O'Brien, said:
"What we have found recently is that there is significant interest right throughout south-east Asia in mass communication studies."
Singapore was QUT's second larg- est market for international students, largely in the areas of engineering and information technology.
"We now expect that there will be substantial increase in students in mass communication courses joining us
from Singapore this year," he said.
The new arrangements entered into with Polytechnics would enable stu- dents with communications diplomas to convert them into QUT degrees within one or two years, depending on the diploma level.
The arrangement was reciprocal in the sense that masters students and staff would be encouraged to take part in exchange programs with Singapore.
The average length of a staff ex- change program would be about six months.
QUT was looking specifically at the possibility of masters students spend- ing at least one semester at an Asian university.
Mr O'Brien said greater interaction with Asia meant that Australians would have to "lift their game" in re- gard to their knowledge of Asian lan- guages.
"Most of the people we deal with now speak English, particularly in Singapore, but in some places you can feel really out of it if you have no understanding of the language," he said.
QUT degrees were regarded highly throughout south-east Asia.
"Asians related particularly well to the QUT concept of being a university for the real world," Mr. O'Brien said.
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Ailing staff and students at Carsel- dine campus will have a new nurse to tum to from 22 April.
Sister Cathy Elliott officially started at QUT on 8 April for a two-week introduction at Gardens Point.
Health service nursing officer, Sis- ter Margaret Gough, said Sister Elliott's appointment would resurrect Carseldine's health services which had been closed for at least a year.
Sister Elliott is also expected to service the Kedron Park campus later next semester.
She will be stationed at Carseldine in C Block, Room 225, on extension 4566 or 4673.
Sr Gough said Gardens Point health service consultation hours would al- most double when new medical officer, Dr Gordon McGrath, began full-time at the end of April.
A new after-hours service for staff and students has also begun.
A recorded message on the health service 864 2321 number will link callers to the Brisbane Family Care Service.
This service will refer patients to a doctor or arrange a doctor's visit.
Sr Gough said staff and students would be referred back to the health service during office hours to foster a continuity of care.
She said this would be particularly helpful for those who did not have a family doctor.
New OUT health service staff are Sister Cathy Elliott and Dr Gordon McGrath.
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The following information on staff movements and changes 1-31 March has Brett MASON Lecturer Justice Studies KG been provided by the Personnel Department. Madeleine McPHERSON Librarian Library GP
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Monalisa MENDOZA Admin Assistant Business GP
RESIGNATIONS Terry MEREFIELD Admin Assistant Personnel KG
Margaret BROOK Secretary Human Movement Studies KG Madonna MORRISON Lab Assistant Optometry GP
DamienBRYAN Builders Labourer Buildings & Grounds GP Suzanne PAUGA Admin Assistant Finance & Facilities GP QUT is set to star in Japan when a Kathy CASEY Admin Officer Pay Office GP Trevor POYNER Asst Acct Pble Officer Finance & Facilities GP television company records a tour here Anthony CHALKER Computer Operator Computing Services GP Kathleen REDFORD Admin Officer Business GP by 45 Japanese teenagers.
Joy DOUGHERTY Research Officer Key Cntr Strategic Mgt GP Janice RICKARDS Assoc Librarian Library GP Temporary homes are needed for the Robert GRINDROD Tutor Social Science C Melodie RUZZENE Counsellor Counselling Services GP students who will attend an English David HArNSWORTH Senior Lecturer Elec Engineering GP Victoria SANDFORD Switchboard Operator Buildings & Grounds GP language and cultural orientation Tracey HENDERSON Systems Advisor Computing Services KP Amanda Applns Programmer Computer Based Educ GP course at QUT's Institute of Applied
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Kathryn RICHARDSON Research Assistant Library GP Constania SEETO Admissions Officer Student Admin GP International Student Services staff Suzanne SCHWARTZ Cataloguer Library KG James SIMMONDS Senior Journalist Public Affairs GP are seeking 23 families each prepared Julie STOWER Snr Admin Officer Personnel GP Penelope SLATER Postdoctoral Fellow Office of Research GP to host two students. ISS would prefer AJanTREWIN Buildings Officer Buildings & Grounds KG Warwick SMITH Snr Admin Officer Education KG the students to be boarded in homes
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All families offering to board stu-
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Selina ACKINCLOSE Switchboard Operator Buildings & Grounds GP Sabaratnam Computer Sys Officer Information Tech GP dents will be visited by ISS staff before
Richard ALLBERRY Admin Assistant Finance & Facilities GP VASUDEVAN the Japanese teenagers arrive. Those
Timothy BARKER Postdoctoral Fellow Physics GP Jennifer WINN Instructional Designer Computer Based Educ GP families approved for homestay ac-
Alan BARNARD Lecturer Nursing GP Irene WISEMAN Admin Assist Business KP commodation will be paid weekly
Helen BERGEN Lecturer Computing Science GP board of $115 per student.
Wayne BOXALL Computer Sys Officer Info Technology GP PROMOTIONS A Japanese crew will film the
Shane BROWN Fitter Buildings & Grounds KG Paul CAREW Computer Sys Officer Business GP complete tour for a television docu- Adrian BRUCE Postdoctoral Fellow Optometry GP Steven CASH Accounts Payable Off Finance & Facilities GP mentary.
Melissa BURTON Admin Officer Secretariat GP Sandra CLAUT Admin Officer Business GP QUT staff or their friends interest-
Chuen CHAN Tutor Elec Engineering GP Robyn DANIEL Admin Officer Academic Staff Dev GP ing in hosting students should call Sue Deborah COSGROVE Admin Assistant Business GP Lenore FOSTER Admin Officer Counselling Services GP Stuart (864 1595) or Graeme Baguley Paula DANN Computer Sys Officer Computer Based Educ GP Colleen JAMIESON Snr Admin Officer Business GP (864 2806).
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Jane HADAWAY Senior Tutor Acct Legal Studies GP Elizabeth LIPOWITZ Secretary LawGP QUT microbiologist, Dr Peter
Leona HANCOCK Secretary Early Childhood KG Diane MAJoR Secretary Lang & Literacy Ed KG Wood, has been awarded a distin- William HEATH Course Coordinator Rural Mgt Dev Cntr GP Blair MURDOCH Campus Facilities Campus Registrar GP guished service award by the Austral- Kristen HILTON Admin Assistant Arts KG Tadeusz MYNC Mgr Net Hardware Computing Services GP ian Society for Microbiology.
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