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WebCT Essentials Series 2 WebCT Essentials is a three part series for staff needing to develop skills in building and managing a WebCT unit. This series is recommended for new and inexperienced academic and general staff planning to develop online units in WebCT. Tuesday 26 August — Part 1: Introduction to WebCT (1.00pm to-300pm, TR2, Library) Friday 29 August — Part 2: Using WebCT Discussions and Mail (1.00pm to 3.00pm, TR3, Library) Wednesday 3 September — Part 3: Adding Contents to WebCT Units (1.00pm to 3.00pm, TR3, Library) For details, please see: http://www.cfl.mq.edu.au/html/schedule.htm, and the Diary entries in Staff News. For more information about training, contact Judy King, x9945, judy.king@mq.edu.au or Chris Lavina, x7593, chris.lavina@mq.edu.au. For bookings send your name, Department, Staff Number and session details to: training@library.mq.edu.au. Chris Lavina CFL

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Media mentions:  We are now using both print and broadcasting monitoring services, but they do sometimes miss Macquarie mentions. To ensure a more comprehensive and accurate MACQUARIE IN THE MEDIA column, please always let us know whenever you have been a subject or an author of any print media item, including reviews of your work or letters-to-the-editor from you, and if you appear on the electronic media.  Kindly forward the information by email to Kathy Vozella: kathy.vozella@mq.edu.au by fax to (9850) 9457; or through internal mail to W6B 148.  Professor Tony Adams (Macquarie International): has rejected the Australian Universities Quality Agency’s criticism of Macquarie’s relationship with Times Management Institute of Singapore as “basically absurd”, The Australian, 6 August; said the University realised there were ‘some administrative problems with the program’ in early 2002 and employed a consultant to investigate, Sydney Morning Herald, 6 August; rejected as “an absolute absurdity” the most damaging criticism levelled by the AUQA panel that the Times Management Institute was offering an ‘unauthorised’ bachelor of business administration program in Singapore under the auspices of Macquarie University, Campus Review, August 6-12; said that there was implied criticism in the AUQA report and an expectation that courses at Najing Normal University would be taught in English but courses are deliberately taught in Mandarin and English, Northern District Times, 13 August Associate Professor Frank Ashe (Centre for Applied Finance): said consumers want a low-cost low-turnover product and believes separately managed accounts must be aimed at medium/sub-net worth investors, Asset, 1 August; said that during financial crises or periods of economic downturn, reactions of people depend on previous experiences, Financial Standard, 11 August Mr Robert Banks (Macquarie Christian Studies Institute): said leadership isn’t about making a profit, it’s also about being a prophet for your company, Boss, Australian Financial Review, 8 August Professor Peter Bergquist (Research Institute for Biotechnology): said the Institute would bring together a number of interdisciplinary research areas from within the University, providing them with opportunities to interact with each other more easily, Northern District Times, 6 August Miss Anita Chang (Asian Languages): was mentioned as one of the twelve writers’ of biographical stories published in a book The Brilliance of the Eminent Australian Chinese, Chinese Daily, 26-27 July; is one of a dozen eminent Australian Chinese included in a biographical book Chinese Literati in Australia, Daily Chinese Herald, 23 July; her article “Cherishing Life” was published in Australian Chinese Daily, 2-3 August; her Chinese Martial Art Novel subject is the first such course in Australian universities, Sing Tao Daily, Australian Chinese Daily, Chinese Daily, 8 August Professor John Croucher (Statistics): said the chance of winning Powerball with a single entry is about one in 55 million, compared to NSW Lotto of about one in seven million and OZ Lotto of about one in eight million, Money Magazine, 1 August; mentioned on Radio 2UE, 7 August Professor Paul Davies (Australian Centre for Astrobiology): wrote that Mars, closer to Earth on August 27 than at any time in the past 60,000 years, could hold evidence of a second genesis but proving it means sending humans, not machines, Bulletin with Newsweek, 12 August; believes it is a ‘racing certainty’ that we are descended from Martian microbial life, Sydney Morning Herald, 7 August; will present a lecture on ‘Dark Energies’ at the Macquarie University astronomy open night, Manly Daily, 15 August Professor Bob Fagan (Human Geography): is researching the impact of globalisation on local labour markets and said that while there’s a slowing world economy, some of the ways in which Australia connects to the global economy haven’t been affected, Sydney Morning Herald, 6 August Associate Professor Michael Gillings (Biological Sciences): was profiled on the ‘Cool Job’ segment of The Big Arvo, Channel 7, 5 August Dr Rob Harcourt (Graduate School of the Environment): he and his team were in Newcastle to take DNA from the southern right whales resting off the coast of Newcastle, ABC Radio Newcastle, 6 August; responded to claims that he and his research team had run over the (southern right) whales (off Susan Gilmore Beach in Newcastle) with their boat and were harassing them, by saying the whales simply swam under the boat twice to have a look around, Central Coast Herald, 7 August; Newcastle Herald, 7 August; was interviewed about the whale and said his research is needed to prevent the Japanese from reintroducing whaling, Radio 2NUR Newcastle, 7 August Dr Marie Herberstein (Biological Sciences): has studied sexual cannibalism among Australian spiders and found a variety of reasons for this behaviour, Sydney Morning Herald, 11 August Professor John Hewson (MGSM): has dismissed rumours about his illness, his marriage and business affairs and accused the Liberal Party of spreading stories in an attempt to blacken his name, The Australian, 6 August; is on sick leave as Dean of the MGSM, The Australian, 7 August; frequently criticises Howard Government policy in his newspaper column, The Australian, 8 August; his war with the party he once led exposes the hardship of political life, The Weekend Australian, 9 August; wrote that the government and the Reserve Bank of Australia are on a collision course over housing, Australian Financial Review, 8 August; wrote that innovation is needed in the financing of conservation, Australian Financial Review, 15 August Professor Ernie Jordan (MGSM): his study reveals that less than 10 per cent of Australian businesses have a disaster plan in place, National Business Bulletin, 1 August Mr Ron Kendall (Undergraduate Studies): said that if you failed to get into a course such as accounting you can start a BA, complete one semester full-time, get a pass average and make the switch across faculties, Sydney Morning Herald, 14 August Dr Kevin McCracken (Human Geography): wrote an opinion piece on problems in the South Pacific titled “Law and order is the least of the Solomon Islands' problems”, The Age, 1 August Dr Cathy McMahon (Psychology): said that her previous research had identified a high incidence of post-natal depression among first-time mothers who went to facilities like Tresillian for help with unsettled babies, Manly Daily, 12 August Ms Sheila Mylvaganam (Career Development Office): said companies that favour graduate-training programs are visionary, Sydney Morning Herald, 6 August; said graduates with double degrees are seen as hardworking and, importantly, more flexible in their thinking because they can come at problems from different angles, Sydney Morning Herald, 14 August Associate Professor Pam Peters (Linguistics): interviewed about how words are deleted from the Macquarie Dictionary after falling out of use, ABC Port Pirie, 11 August Dr David Raftos (Biological Sciences): was interviewed about resistance to QX disease in oysters, Catalyst, ABC TV, 7 August Professor David Rich (Centre for Flexible Learning): said online learning in Australia has grown dramatically in the past few years, Sydney Morning Herald, 14 August; said that at Macquarie about a quarter of the student population studies one or more subjects online, The Age, 18 August Ms Michelle Riley (Public Relations and Marketing): advised potential students to find out how many hours they need to do at university and get a realistic picture of how difficult it will be to juggle study, social life and paid work, Sydney Morning Herald, 14 August Dr Ben Searle (Psychology): was quoted on how important it is to use organisation-wide efforts when trying to encourage workplace innovations, HR Monthly, July Professor Christina Slade (Humanities): has been appointed Dean of Humanities, replacing David Blair who retired from the position earlier this year, The Australian, 13 August; Campus Review, August 13-19 Professor Robert Spillane (MGSM): said personality tests did not usually predict how a person would perform in a job, Sydney Morning Herald, 15 August Professor Di Yerbury (Vice-Chancellor): has been asked to steer Macquarie through the federal Government’s planned higher education reforms for 2005 and will stay another year at the helm of Macquarie University, The Australian, 6 August; wrote a letter to the editor saying that contrary to the Herald article on August 6, Macquarie University received a very positive report on core functions and services from the Australian Universities Quality Agency, Sydney Morning Herald, 9 August; said students may take Macquarie Christian Studies Institute units for credit in any degree, but the University has no involvement in the institute’s fee arrangements, Boss, Australian Financial Review, 8 August; will be participating in an online forum called DollarsandSense for young entrepreneurs, business owners and school students, Sydney Morning Herald, 13 August; will battle it out for the leadership of the AVCC with Sydney Uni VC, Professor Gavin Brown, The Australian, 14 August; wrote about the AUQA report on Macquarie University, Campus Review, August 13-19; is expected to face stiff competition for the presidency of the AVCC from Sydney Uni’s Gavin Brown, Australian Financial Review, 16 August; was at the Australian Museum’s Eureka Prizes Award Dinner, Sun-Herald, 17 August Issues and Events Lisa Wozniak is compiling information about the humpback whales’ northern migration on the South Coast for her Masters degree in marine mammal research at Macquarie University, South Coast Register, 30 July Macquarie University has received a clean bill of health in most areas following an academic audit of its quality assurance programs by the Australian Universities Quality Agency, The Australian, 6 August The Australian Universities Quality Agency has found Macquarie University has failed to ensure its overseas students meet the entry requirements of courses, Radio 2GB News, Radio 2SM News, Newcastle New-FM News, Radio 2KY News, Geelong Bay FM Radio News, 6 August Second-year Bachelor of Social Sciences student at Macquarie University, Nick Bennett has the winner’s podium of the javelin competition in his sights at the World University Summer Games, The Australian, 6 August The Roland Wakelin exhibition on show at Macquarie University art gallery was mentioned on the Sally Loane program, ABC 702, 6 August A new Biotechnology Research Institute is virtually operational at Macquarie University, Northern District Times, 6 August Macquarie University was mentioned in an interview with NSW Environment Minister Bob Debus about the culling of kangaroos at the former ADI site, Radio 2UE, 7 August The Macquarie University research venture to study a whale and her calf off Bar Beach in Newcastle may have scared them off, with no sightings of the pair this morning, Newcastle New-FM Radio News, 7 August Macquarie University has received a damning audit report from the Australian Universities Quality Agency alleging lack of robust policy management, an intense ownership by senior staff over activities that is believed to produce counter-productive consequences and a highly critical assessment of the management of its offshore programs, Campus Review,August 6-12 The Macquarie Trio performed a special one night only concert at Oxley College recently, Southern Highlands News (Bowral), 1 August Macquarie University is part of a consortium of NSW universities to acquire Australia’s most powerful computer that can perform 1.5 trillion calculations a second and will be managed by the Australian Centre for Advanced Computing and Communications in its secure data centre, Sun-Herald, 10 August Macquarie University is among 70 Australian medical research centres which will participate in the Global Health Roundtable to increase Australian involvement in health research in the developing world, Sydney Weekly, 6 August The university-based Unicom, with branches at Macquarie University, Sydney University, UNSW, Newcastle University and Royal Randwick Shopping Centre, will transfer all its business to the Illawarra Credit Union, providing members of both vote to support the merger, Illawarra Mercury, 8 August The Greek Drama Festival is a prestigious competition sponsored by Macquarie University’s Ancient History Faculty, Milton Ulladulla Times, 6 August Macquarie University Ancient History student Clare Rowan scored a perfect UAI of 100 and took a scholarship at Macquarie to pursue her passion, Sydney Morning Herald, 14 August Second-year law/applied finance student Simon Colyer enrolled in a five-week summer course at Macquarie University to study standard statistics, topped his class and after two more non-award subjects enrolled in a bachelor of science then transferred to the combined law and finance degree, Sydney Morning Herald, 14 August Macquarie University astrophysics and astronomy student Tina Clarence found herself overwhelmed by her environment and the standards expected during the first few weeks, Sydney Morning Herald, 14 August Caroline Rae of the University of Sydney and Macquarie University led the study that found that adding extra creatine to someone’s diet can significantly improve memory as well as increasing general intelligence, Canberra Times, 14 August A review of MBA programs found that only the Macquarie Graduate School of Management, AGSM, Victoria University, International Management Centre Association, James Cook University, and the University of Queensland had operations management as a core subject, The Australian, 13 August The Principal of Marsden Road Public School said that Macquarie University contacted the school for a visit from 20 Taiwanese delegates because of its extensive learning programs that catered for the 80 per cent of students from non-English speaking backgrounds, Liverpool Champion, 13 August Macquarie University student Jill Raey took a punt and enrolled in a general Bachelor of Arts program at Macquarie University which gave her the freedom to check out all sorts of subjects, Western Advocate (Bathurst), 14 August; Port Macquarie News, Highlands Post (Bowral), 13 August At a pre-concert drinks party hosted by Macquarie Graduate School of Management it was revealed that the Macquarie Trio’s sixth CD for ABC Classics will be launched at the next Sydney concert on September 16, Wentworth Courier, 13 August If you are trying to stop smoking, go on a diet or exercise more, researchers at Macquarie University would like you to take part in a study on self-change, Northern District Times, 13 August Macquarie University student, Nathan Henderson, is also an actor in the Ryde Youth Theatre Forum, Northern District Times, 13 August A study of Sydney university students by Macquarie University researcher Sue Kippax found 13 per cent who’d never had intercourse, had had oral sex, Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, 18 August Kathy Vozella Media Manager