Number 20/99

27 November 1998

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   HEADS OF DIVISIONS IN NEW 
    ACADEMIC STRUCTURE ANNOUNCED

NEW CAMPUS CARD FOR STUDENTS AND STAFF

The old photocopying cards which were used in the library will also be replaced by the new campus card, which will include a magnetic stripe to hold the stored value. Any value held on existing photocopy cards can be transferred to the new card on presentation to staff in the library photocopying room on Level 3. The Library will retain two of its existing card readers to facilitate this process.

Staff and other library users will also benefit by the replacement of the existing range of plastic or laminated cards with the new photo ID card. For the first time staff will have a high quality photo ID card. Both staff and student cards will retain the library bar code used for borrowing books.

The stored value system will also be used to pay for computer printing from workstations in the library's public areas. Some Departments have already expressed interest in installing the system in their computer laboratories.

The University will monitor technology changes closely and would wish to migrate to chip card solutions when they become standard, proven and cost effective.

The implementation of the new campus card system will be coordinated by Liz Walker, who will be based in the Lending Services Department on Level 2 of the Library

A web site will be created to provide information to card holders and users for next year. If you have any questions please contact Liz Walker (x7551) or Doug Stewart (x9718).

  VACATION CARE MOVES TO NEW BUILDING

Macquarie University Vacation Care is now managed by Banksia Cottage (the Macquarie University Child Care Centre). Vacation care is provided for children from the first year of school to Year 6, and trained and experienced staff will develop a program appropriate to the age of your child. Suitable excursions will be offered to all who attend, and these will be optional.

Dates of opening during the long school vacation, times and booking information are as follows:

Dates:                 21 to 23 December 1998
                            4 to 25 January 1999

Hours:                 8.00am to 6.00pm

Cost:                    $20 per day ($15 for second child)

Bookings:         (Essential for guaranteed placements)
                              Call x7781 for an enrolment form or collect form
                              from Banksia Cottage (Building X6A).

Caroline Brigden, Director

  MUPRA OFFICE CHRISTMAS BREAK

On enrolment day, MUPRA will be giving out its annual publication Lighthouse - the Postgraduate Survival Guide. In the meantime the website at http://www.mq.edu.au/mupra/ is available for postgraduate information. The website will be revised for 1999 in the new year.

Seasons Greetings from the MUPRA Committee. We wish you all well in the New Year.

  MACQUARIE SCIENTIST PROBING 
    FOR WATER ON MARS

Paul will be involved with the scientific work of two Mars probes scheduled for launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA, on 3 January 1999.

The two probes are scheduled to arrive at Mars in early December 1999, and will free-fall to the surface with a miniature laboratory of instruments that will be plunged a metre into the planet’s surface. These will be the first remote probes to penetrate the surface of another planet. Their primary purpose is to probe for water or ice below the Mars surface, and Paul Morgan will be using temperature data from the probes to discriminate between cooling of the probes in dry or ice-rich soils.

Information about the project may be found on the Deep Space 2 web site at http:nmp.jpl.nasa.gov/ds2.
 
 
 

MACQUARIE SINGERS TO PERFORM IN COLLEGE CHAPEL   Wolcum Yole, a collection of Christmas music, songs, carols, and readings, will be presented in the Robert Menzies College Chapel (136 Herring Road) on Saturday 12 December at 8.00pm.  The Macquarie University Singers Christmas Concert and Recitations will be conducted by Margot McLaughlin, and accompanied by Joy Lalchere. The College Chapel accommodates about 250 people, so there will be plenty of space for members of the University to join in the celebration of the Christmas season.  Tickets at $12 (concession $8, family $35) are available from the Union Spot. Enquiries: Telephone Roger Nurse on x8341 or 9894 6111.

 

  SIBT ELIGIBILITY LISTS FOR TEACHING IN 1999

ECON 110, 111; ACST 101; BBA 101; 102; 111; STAT 170; COMP 123; COMP 124; COMP 125; MATH 130; MATH 135; ELEC 166; EAP 100; CUL 100; MAS 104; 106; PHIL 134.

Units will be offered subject to course confirmation and student enrolments. Semester 1 dates are 1 March - 11 June 1999.

By agreement with the university, academic staff may teach on the SIBT programs on a casual basis with the approval of the Head of Division. The following hourly rates currently apply for teaching at SIBT, plus the required superannuation contribution:

Lecture: $109.16                                                  Tutorial: $53.61

Further information may be obtained from Andrew Dawkins, x6233 or e-mail: adawkinsk@sibt.nsw.edu.au.

  REVIEW OF THE TEACHING EVALUATION SERVICE

Macquarie University aims to be an exemplary provider of modern education based on research, innovative teaching and flexible delivery, and designed for graduates of the 21st century.

From the community standpoint the central activity of higher education is that of educating individual students. The present need for universities to be accountable to the community means that continuing improvement in our educational processes lies at the centre of our concerns over quality. If educational processes are to be improved, we need to be informed of the current state of things in order to improve them. Thus evaluation performs an essential role in the development and maintenance of quality.

Valuing and assessing teaching
Effective evaluation of teaching, however, requires more than one source of data. Universities are generally conscious that one of the prime sources of assessing the quality of teaching and courses is the experience of students (the clients). But good teachers may excel in many different ways and many attributes of teaching and learning are valued. Some indicators of good teaching are:

Self-reflection. A strongly developed teaching philosophy linked to a portfolio of teaching achievements has characterised the successful nominations for outstanding teaching awards and promotions achieved primarily on the basis of excellence in teaching.

Range and extent. Although mere quantity is not a useful indicator, a good teacher usually contributes to a range of teaching activities according to the opportunities available in the discipline. Contact hours and other duties related to teaching compared to the discipline profile are therefore relevant

Peer assessment. Peer review should be useful, but there is little tradition of critical analysis at this stage. Scales for good teaching modelled on student evaluation questionnaires may help this process. In some cases, such as service teaching, the views of the client department may be useful.

Grants and awards. Teaching honours are very competitive and should be highly regarded. They represent high regard by peers and clients against explicit criteria.

Student evaluation. Student evaluation of teaching by means of formal questionnaires should also be useful, but usually provides rather indigestible statistics. The multiplicity of questions can be helpful in providing a prompt for self-reflection, but does not readily facilitate judgements about good teaching. The Course Experience Questionnaire has attempted to resolve this problem by combining the question items into a small number of teaching scales. Non-standard questionnaires suffer even more from the lack of context. Anecdotal evidence such as letters of appreciation from students is rarely helpful in assessing good teaching as it needs corroborating evidence.

Student performance. The difficulty with measures such as pass rates and retention rates is that they do not necessarily reflect the value added by the teacher. Performance and persistence measures are likely to be useful is measuring teaching in the discipline as a whole. Student satisfaction and performance have been proposed as indicators for performance-based funding for teaching.

Employer satisfaction. Graduate destination surveys provide some relevant information on employer satisfaction. Advisory Boards can also help assess this information at least at the discipline or program level.

Impact and innovation. Impact in teaching may be judged by acceptance of teaching ideas and curriculum development and invitations to contribute to teaching in other institutions, and by reflective papers and presentations on teaching, especially where there is opportunity for peer review. Internationalisation and flexible learning are particularly important and valued areas in the teaching and learning plan.

Student evaluation of teaching
While professional peers are in the best position to evaluate the content of a course, its soundness, depth, relevance and currency for example, feedback from students forms an important balance to this information. Learning outcomes alone lack meaning except as they indicate value added; that is, they should indicate how much the university has contributed to learning and understanding as it relates to students' prior learning and skills.

Data collected through student evaluation highlight strengths and weaknesses in existing practice and provide individuals and organisational units with information necessary to revise and improve existing practice. It contributes to the quality cycle of reflection, planning, action and reflection, providing important data to inform the reflection and planning stages of the cycle. Effective teaching development involves the organisation and the individual in regular cycles of critical reflection on existing practice.

The Teacher Evaluation Service was first established at Macquarie in 1987 to provide a formal means by which the University and staff might engage in ongoing review and improvement of teaching. While the Teaching Quality Project (funded by the National Priority Reserve Fund, 1993/94) engaged in research and development of aspects of the Teacher Education Service, there has not so far been a comprehensive, formal review of its operations and services.

During second semester 1998, a small panel drawn from the Centre for Professional Development and the users of the Service has been conducting a review of the evaluation of teaching in the University. It is investigating:

* The range and nature of evaluation instruments to be offered by the Teaching Evaluation Service,
* The efficiency and effectiveness of the operations of the Teaching Evaluation Service,
* The presentation of reports and the provision of advice on their interpretation, and
* The mission, goals and priorities, administrative location and resources of the Teaching Evaluation Service.

The draft report should be available for comment early in 1999. A number of valuable submissions has already been received and further comments are welcome.

Moya Adams, Centre for Professional Development
John Loxton, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic)

  LAST STAFF NEWS UNTIL 1999!

Staff News is a useful way of reaching all staff and having your information disseminated so that others in the University will know what is happening. You can discuss your idea for a Staff News attachment, or a regular column, with the editor (x7379).

Please keep and consult the 1999 schedule of dates set out below to ensure that you will submit your information about activities, plans, services and changes to access information in good time. All members of staff may submit classified advertisements (free of charge).
 

DEADLINE FOR COPY                                         PUBLICATION DATE
        (BY NOON)

Mon 15 February                                                      Fri 19 February
Mon 1 March                                                             Fri 5 March
Mon 15 March                                                           Fri 19 March
Fri 26 March                                                             Thurs 1 April
Mon 12 April                                                              Fri 16 April
Mon 26 April                                                              Fri 30 April
Mon 10 May                                                               Fri 14 May
Mon 24 May                                                               Fri 28 May
Mon 7 June                                                                Fri 11 June
Mon 21 June                                                              Fri 25 June
Mon 5 July                                                                  Fri 9 July (3 week break)
Mon 26 July                                                                Fri 30 July
Mon 9 August                                                             Fri 13 August
Mon 23 August                                                           Fri 27 August
Mon 6 September                                                      Fri 10 September
Mon 20 September                                                    Fri 24 September (3 week break)
Mon 11 October                                                          Fri 15 October
Mon 25 October                                                          Fri 29 October
Mon 8 November                                                        Fri 12 November
Mon 22 November                                                      Fri 26 November

Copy for Staff News may be sent to the Publications Unit by fax (x7391), e-mail, vilma.monios@mq.edu.au, by delivery to Building W6B 152, or by internal mail if time permits.

Hard copies of Staff News are despatched on the date of publication but may not be delivered in the mail until a day or two later. Each Staff News is also uploaded on to the Web at http://www.mq.edu.au/staffnews/ and back issues for 1997 and 1998 are available from a link at the top of each new issue.

Barbara McGarity
Editor

  HOW WILL THE RESTRUCTURED DIVISIONS 
   AFFECT YOUR WEB SITE?

• Anthropology - http://www.bhs.mq.edu.au/anth/
• Psychology - http://www.bhs.mq.edu.au/psy/
• Sociology - http://www.bhs.mq.edu.au/soc/
• Institute for Aboriginal Studies http://www.bhs.mq.edu.au/abst/

A search of AltaVista shows 755 links to pages on the site http://www.bhs.mq.edu.au/; many are within BHS and Macquarie but several are from around the world.

The Division of Information Services has published a page on the web of the new structure, which includes existing links: http://www.mq.edu.au/DIS/internetservices/newstructure.html . The Division will be contacting web administrators and web developers to provide assistance and support with restructuring issues.

Services provided by the Division to assist with the restructure include:

• web site hosting on the central Internet server
• virtual web sites - http://www.yourdepartment.mq.edu.au
• redirection from your old site to your new site (example:

• searching - a campus-wide searchable index to assist users in finding new pages

Peggy Havukainen
Web Coordinator

  EXOTIC PLEASURES: CREATIVE WORKSHOPS 
    FOR TEACHERS

The workshop day is structured so that participants will experience at first hand a comprehensive overview of the creative journey that is taken to create a new theatre work such as Exotic Pleasures, a work that combines the diverse and dynamic elements of text, music, puppetry and film with actors and dancers to tell its story on stage. Illustrated talks, discussions, demonstrations, resources such as CD-ROMs, video and puppetry will all be used to best illuminate the production’s exciting development process from page to stage.

Artist presenters include Kim Carpenter, Sarah de Jong, Peter Dasent, Michele Mahret, Garth Frost and Rosetta Cook.

The workshop will run from 9.30am to 3.30pm and will be presented twice at two different venues as follows:

Dates:                         Saturday 16 January OR Saturday 23 January

Venues:                     Institute of Early Childhood (16 Jan), OR
                                    Seymour Centre, City Road/Cleveland Street (23 Jan)

Cost:                           $100 per person - exotic lunch included and farewell drinks.

Workshop Bookings: Contact Amorelle Dempster, 9410 2436, 9360 4734 or
                                      fax: 9410 2437 to secure your place.

Exotic Pleasures will be performed at the Seymour Centre in a season from 12 March to 3 April 1999. In it the two source stories are used to present distinctive and contrasting views of Australia, past and future. For information on the performance season phone 9957 4514.

  ALL GENERAL STAFF INVITED TO DRINKS BY TAG

TAG provides a forum where general staff from Schools/Divisions and Offices can communicate regularly to share ideas and problems. Membership constitutes being added to the e-mail list and is open to all general staff in administrative roles dealing with student, financial, personnel or physical resource administration. In addition to regular monthly meetings TAG operates an active e-mail list and a web site (http://www.mq.edu.au/TAG/). Enquiries about TAG: Doug Stewart on x9718 or e-mail: Doug.Stewart@mq.edu.au.

  UNION OFFERS CHRISTMAS MENU OR QUICK SNACKS!

The new Café 142 located at the eastern entrance of Building E7B operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to provide vending facilities for an assortment of refreshments including hot and cold drinks, coffee, confectionery, flavoured milk, daily fresh sandwiches and hot chips. It will be especially useful for those working in the evenings or at weekends!

Steve Thompson
Marketing & Member Services Manager - Union

  THE RETURN OF THE JED.....BUSHWALKERS

(Strong Shoes, Not So Easy Walking, 50 minutes each way - not recommended in wet or windy weather, or after rain)

This is the last bush-walk in this series. Other nearby bush-walks can be discovered by reading the National Parks Brochure on The Great North Walk, and by reading the STEP Reports on the local Fauna, Flora, and Geology. Members of the Department of Biological Sciences might be able to help.

Other Bush Walks were published in Staff News as follows:

No. 1 Christie Park and the Waterfall 10/98 10 July 1998
No. 2 Christie Park and the Creek Bank 11/98 24 July 1998
No. 3 The Christie Track (to Waterfall) 12/98 07 Aug 1998
No. 4 The Other Side of Mars Creek 13/98 21 Aug 1998
No. 5 Around the Playing Fields 15/98 18 Sep 1998
No. 6 The Forest Track (the best one!) 16/98 2 Oct 1998

All the walks together give you access to a beautiful tract of bush-land, partly spoilt by privet, bamboo, brambles, vines, honeysuckle, and other weeds, but it can still be saved. People need to visit it and publicise it so that a few may take action.

Begin Bush Walk No. 7 by taking the start of Bush Walks No.1 or No.2, and also see the discussion in Bush Walk No.4 about it. Cross Talavera Road and Follow Christie Road to the carpark of the Soccer Club. Go along the front of the Club-House and cross the top of the practice soccer field to the north-west, follow the M2 Fence. Cross Mars Creek by the Toll Gates, and up the other side, follow the curving track until you see the Black Sewer Pipe on Concrete Piers. The start of the Hillside Track is under the sewer pipe, just beside the gravel track.

You can also reach this point by following this gravel track down from the Tennis Courts, which are accessible by car from Culloden Road and the Playing Fields Car-Park. This gravel track begins just behind the Tennis Club House; easy to find.

The Hillside Track is exactly that, and roughly follows the 40-metre contour all along the northern hillside of Mars Creek. It has been made as straight as possible and heads north-east. Move steadily forward through wattle and young gum-trees, and listen for the sound of the Waterfall below and to your right. The bush is very thick in places, but the path is clear enough. When the Waterfall is directly to your right the track climbs slightly to reach a large angophora tree among thick wattle, and the track is joined from the right by the Waterfall Track.

The track levels out again and you come to the falling tree in Bush Walk No.4. Duck under the tree, (without rocking it) and keep on along the hillside, between thick privet. (Yuck!!) You may be able to hear the Waterfall, far behind to the right. The path narrows and passes a thick clump of pampas grass; the leaves have very sharp edges. The area down to the right is The Shambles (in Bush Walk No.4). A black snake lives here somewhere near; it may be on the path. Shout or stamp your foot, it may go away.

Cross a tiny creek, which comes down from the Oval; I call it Golden Creek because of the orange coloured algae that grows. Press on over some sloping rocks, and on through an open space. I suspect that this was once a garden or even a vegetable patch. Keep on following this track through more privet, climbing very slowly, and eventually you will find wattle forest again with a few big trees. The Playing Fields Fence is about 100 metres to the left, and there is a small gate half way along, the Joggers' Gate, but persevere with the original track, still heading NE.

Soon you will be following a rocky surface, and a few twists and turns will bring you to the corner of the Fence, or close to it. Turn left, SW along the fence to find the Joggers' Gate, to get easy access to the Playing Fields, head for the Tennis, or turn right heading North to follow the Back Fence to Busaco Road, and follow Busaco Road, and Talavera Road, back to the Culloden Road Car Park; or follow Talavera Road all the way to Christie Road.

This walk is worth doing on a cool cloudy morning. Have fun. Many thanks to our readers for all the positive feedback given!

Roger T Nurse, Earth Sciences

  LECTURE IN INDIA ON DEMOCRACY

Morris Morley, Politics

WEATHER AT MACQUARIE for  1998

MARSFIELD (Macquarie University No.1) On Campus, Square E5

Note: Mean values for temperature and rainfall are from this station for 25 years from 1971 to 1995.

TEMPERATURES (C) (for 23 days from 1st to 23rd)
Mean Maximum for Month.	22.2	2.2 below average
Mean Maximum for Nov (25yrs)	24.4
Highest Maximum (Warmest Day)	29.5 on 22
Lowest Maximum (Coldest Day)	16.9 on 02
Mean Minimum for Month	14.5	1.2 above average
Mean Minimum for June (25yrs)	13.3
Lowest Minimum (Coldest Night)	8.2 on 04
Highest Minimum (Warmest Night)	19.4 on 13
RAINFALL (mm)(24hrs to 09:00)   (for 23 days)
Total Rain for Month (23 days)	44.6 on 12 days	Well below average
Wettest Day (24hrs to 09:00)	12.8 on 13
Average for Nov (25yrs)	93.6 on 13.1 days
Total for 11 Months so far	1353.6 on 128 days	Well above average
Average for 11 Months (25yrs)	1069.2 on 120.9 days
Annual Average Rainfall (25yrs)	1142.8 on 129.9 days

 

SUNRISE & SUNSET
(Sydney.EST.hr:min)   (Add 1hr for ESDST)	Date	Sunrise	Sunset	Difference
	01 Nov	04.55	18:22	13:27
	11 Nov	04.47	18.32	13.45
	21 Nov	04.40	18.42	13.58

 

SUMMARY
The month was slightly cooler than average with many cloudy days and not much rain, but the rainfall so far is well over the annual average. 1998 is already our seventh wettest. There was a spectacular thunderstorm late on the seventh, and fog early that morning.
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Note: Temperature and Rainfall means at this station are being compared with the 25 year mean from M.U. No.1

TEMPERATURES (C) (23 days from 1st to 23rd)(AWS2)
Mean Maximum for Month	21.7	2.7 below average
Highest Maximum (Warmest Day)	28.4 on 05
Lowest Maximum (Coldest Day)	16.9 on 01
Mean Minimum for Month	13.4	0.1 above average
Lowest Minimum (Coldest Night)	06.3 on 04
Highest Minimum (Warmest Night)	19.3 on 13
RAINFALL (mm)(24hrs to 09:00) (23 days)(AWS2)
Total Rain for Month	41.5 on 11 days	Well below average
Wettest Day (24hrs to 09:00)	10.0 on 13
Total Rain so far this year	1388.3 on 126 days

 

SUMMARY
Macquarie No.2 was rather cooler than average and apparently drier than No.1 but otherwise would have had similar conditions. AWS2 AWS data show that there were strong winds on several days with a 15min average speed of 7.8m/s twice on the 1st, and 6.1 on the 2nd, 8.6 on 7th, 6.3 on 18th, 6.3 on 19th. The month was cloudy with very dull days on 6th, 8th, 12th, 16th, 17th, 18th, and very sunny days on 4th, 11th, 22nd.

November can be a very spectacular month with many thunderstorms in some years. November 1984 had 355.6mm and the Macquarie Centre underground car park was wrecked when Shrimpton's Creek overflowed on the 7th November when 172mm fell in one day. It is estimated that 120mm fell between 06:30 and 07:30, our wettest hour, which caused the flood. A tree got stuck in the culvert. The hottest day was 42.0 on 25th November 1982 when six students fainted in the gymnasium during an exam. We also had 40.0 on 18th November 1980. Our warmest November was 1982 with a mean maximum of 26.7. Wow ! November can be cold, our coldest was 1971 with a mean minimum of 11.6. Our Coldest November morning was 5.3 on 18th November 1983.
View the automotic weather station No. 2 on
http://atmos/es.mq.edu.au/~aws2/

  CPD News

Enrol now for the CPD Certificate in Higher Education
A reminder that applications are now being invited for the CPD Certificate in Higher Education (Learning and Teaching or Leadership and Management strands). This postgraduate-level course is for academic and general staff interested in enhancing their teaching, leadership and management skills.

Further information on the Certificate course, and an application form, are available on the CPD homepage at: http://www.cpd.mq.edu.au/ or contact Alison Cameron, x7598.

Applications are due to reach CPD by Wednesday 2 December. Classes will commence in the last week of February 1999.

e.learning program
The 1998 e.learning@mq program is now finished and a big thank you goes to all 1998 contributors and participants.

All Macquarie staff are warmly invited to contribute to the 1999 e.learning@mq program. Offers for 1999 SPEAKERS, WORKSHOPS and SHOWCASES are very welcome. For more details contact Andrew Litchfield x9780, e-mail: andrew.litchfield@mq.edu.au.

Performance Management Supervisor Training 1999
Training programs for supervisors nominated under the Performance Management system will continue in 1999. Dates of training sessions are:

February:
Monday 1 and Tuesday 2
Thursday 11 and Friday 12
Monday 15 and Tuesday 16
Thursday 25 and Friday 26

March:
Thursday 4 and Friday 5
Thursday 11 and Friday 12
Tuesday 23 and Wednesday 24

April:
Monday 12 and Tuesday 13
Thursday 22 and Friday 23

May:
Monday 3 and Tuesday 4

Each program runs for two full days, 9.00am to 5.00pm. Bookings are essential for all sessions. Please call Naomi Bower, x9721 to book. Enquiries: Mariejosee Shurey-Boesten, x9619.

  MACQUARIE IN THE MEDIA

Mr Andrew Baillie (Behavioural Sciences): quoted saying that panic attacks could develop into a panic disorder and become chronic and disabling, Northern District Times, 11 November; Radio 2 JJJ, 13 November.

Professor Tony Blackshield (Law): quoted saying that the High Court’s rejection of NSW Treasurer’s appeal to keep his documents secret from NSW parliament strengthened the case of the Senate in its demand for the federal government to supply GST documents, ABC Radio News 19 November; Financial Review, 20 November.

Ms Sheelin Coates (Graduate student, GSM): said that MBAs are becoming a prerequisite for certain jobs but such qualifications are not unique anymore, Sydney Morning Herald, 23 November.

Ms Anita Chang (Modern Languages): noted as a guest of honour at an exposition of Chinese audio-visual products in Australia, Sing Tao newspaper, 3 November.

Dr Naren Chitty (English, Linguistics and Media): quoted on spotting signals of displeasure among visiting leaders to the APEC summit in Malaysia, this, in reference to the Anwar affair, The New Paper (Singapore), 16 November.

Mr Robert Cleworth (Economic and Financial Studies): as author of new book Australian War Graves: Western Europe 1939-1945 said that his motivation for researching and writing it was the wartime death of his serviceman brother, Northern District Times, 18 November.

Mr Richard Dunford (Graduate School of Management): took part in a discussion on the trend of appointing CEOs from overseas, Radio National, 3 November.

Dr Donna Gibbs (Education): interviewed about the virtues of the Macquarie Children’s Dictionary for young children in their first years of reading, on Radio 2ST (Nowra), 18 November.

Mr Stuart Grant (Economic and Financial Studies): was quoted by columnist Pierpont saying the quality of financial reporting of trust accounts leaves a lot to be desired, Australian Financial Review, 6 November.

Professor Alan Hayes (Institute of Early Childhood): reported as having audited early intervention programs for disadvantaged young children for a book for Oxford University Press, Sydney Morning Herald, 16 November.

Associate Professor Vivien Johnson (Behavioural Sciences): mentioned as the teacher of a course which evolved into The House of Aboriginality CD-ROM, The Australian, 17 November.

Ms Catharine Lumby (English, Linguistics and Media): in her column suggested that the sensitive new age male is giving way to the new bloke, who is a bit like the pre-SNAG old bloke but with a sense of irony, Sydney Morning Herald, 16 November.

Ms Simone Paterson (Union): her home-as-living-art featured, Northern District Times, 18 November.

Ms Juliet Richters (NCHSR): in an article on student sexuality said research revealed that students at Macquarie overwhelmingly use condoms and that many avoid multi-partner sex, 14 November.

Professor Jill Roe (History, Philosophy and Politics): talked about history today on Radio 2 SER Future Shock program, 19 November.

Mr Sean Turnell (Economic and Financial Studies): in a letter-to-the-editor quoted J.M. Keynes about the world leaders who attended the World Economic Conference during the 1930s Depression – having "no cat in the bag, no rabbits in the hat, no brains in the head" – and drew a parallel with the recent APEC Summit, Sydney Morning Herald, 23 November.

Dr Andrew Vincent (History, Philosophy and Politics): in an opinion piece suggested Australia’s reputation in the Arab world is being hurt by the role of Ambassador Richard Butler as an "enforcer" for the UN Special Commission on weapons of mass destruction, Weekend Australian, 14 November; interviewed on the Middle East crisis, Radio Canberra, 15 November; Australia Talks Back program, Radio National, 16 November; ABC Radio 5AN (Adelaide), 16 November; was criticised by columnist Piers Akerman for saying Butler is doing untold damage to Australia’s image in the Arab world, Daily Telegraph,17 November, commenting on Richard Butler and the Arab world, Radio 2BL, 17 November; 3AK (Melbourne), 17 November; on Palestinian autonomy and the Wye Plantation agreements, Radio 3CR (Melbourne), 18 November; his ‘untold damage’ quote brought up in a profile of Richard Butler, Sunday Telegraph, 22 November.

Professor Duncan Waterson (History, Philosophy and Politics): interviewed on Labor leader Ben Chifley, Radio 2CN, 9 November.

Mr Ken Wark (English, Linguistics and Media): in his regular column castigated the ABC for being spineless and irrelevant for shelving John Safran’s television series pilot called John Safran: Media Tycoon, HES, The Australian, 18 November.

Mr Michael Webster (Financial Services): responding to claims by UNSW’s Accountancy Professor Bob Walker who said that universities’ administrations were shielded from performance scrutiny by badly drafted reporting guidelines, Mr Webster was quoted saying that universities needed to revisit the instructions (to them) to establish what they should be reporting and in what format, The Australian, 18 November.

Professor Di Yerbury (Vice-Chancellor): in an article on Council special meeting about staff redundancies she was quoted as saying that Macquarie was accommodating 70 per cent of the salary increase with methods other than redundancies, but the job losses were inevitable, HES, The Australian, 11 November.

Issues and Events

Croatian Studies at Macquarie cited as evidence of dynamic growth of Croatian community activities, Canterbury-Bankstown Express, 20 November.

Sculpture symbolising cultural significance of Darug women unveiled on campus, Northern District Times, 18 November.

In the Macquarie Research Park, Baulderstone Hornibrook has two headquarters under construction for Siemens and Becton Dickinson, The Australian, 20 November.

Macquarie’s Institute of Early Childhood given credit for honing the craft behind The Wiggles legend, Herald Sun (Melbourne), 23 November.

Macquarie University in rail link plans, Sydney Morning Herald, 19 November.

Macquarie University Psychology Department calls on people who suffer from panic attacks to take part in treatment run by Macquarie, North Shore Times, 13 November.

Macquarie University tops in graduate full-time employment and graduate starting salaries indicators as reported by DEETYA, The Australian, 18 November.

Macquarie University was alleged to have understated its administrative expenses, according to a report by Professor Bob Walker quoted in HES, The Australian, 11 November.

Macquarie University offers bridging programs in mathematics and other disciplines, Daily Telegraph, 11 November.

Sir Asher Joel obituary mentions him establishing a foundation at Macquarie University for furthering studies into the Middle East, The Australian, 10 November.

  SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS

THE AUSTRALIAN FEDERATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN
SOUTH AUSTRALIA INC. TRUST FUND

1999 Jean Gilmore Bursary up to $6,000
1999 Thenie Baddams Bursary up to $6,000
These Bursaries are open to women with a good Honours degree or equivalent to assist with research towards a Master by Research or PhD degree at any Australian university. Applicants must have completed one year of postgraduate research.

1999 The AFUW-SA Inc. Trust Fund Coursework Bursary $3000
This Bursary is open to women with a good undergraduate academic record to assist with a Master by Coursework degree at any Australian university. There is no restriction on field of study. No lodgement fee is required when applying for this Bursary.

1999 Winifred E. Preedy Postgraduate Bursary $5,000
This Bursary is open to women of academic merit to assist with coursework study or research towards a Master or higher degree in dental or related postgraduate study. Further information and application form is available from the Postgraduate Studies Section (Level 1, Lincoln Building).
Closing date for all bursary applications: 1 March 1999.

SCHOLARSHIP EXCHANGE BETWEEN FINLAND AND AUSTRALIA 1999-2000
The Centre for International Mobility (CIMO) is offering up to 2 scholarships of 9 months duration for postgraduates and researchers from different fields under 35 years of age. The scholarship includes a monthly allowance of FIM4,100. Further information and application form is available from the Postgraduate Studies Section (level 1, Lincoln Building). Closing Date: 1 February 1999.

   POSITONS VACANT 
    GENERAL AND ACADEMIC STAFF

Senior Teacher: MULTILIT Initiative (full-time (fixed-term)) - Ref. 17743. The Senior Teacher will work under the direction of the Coordinator, MULTILIT Initiative. The appointee will assist the program Coordinator with the day-to-day management of the educational programs within the MULTILIT Initiative, and practicum placement of postgraduate students undertaking Special Education practicum in the programs. Resource development within the education programs is also a function of the position, as well as participation in clinical work. In addition the Senior Teacher may be required to assist the Coordinator with the presentation of workshops or professional development courses. Applicants must demonstrate collaborative management skills and competence in the use of data-based teaching methods and behavioural methods of classroom management. Applicants must hold a degree and a recognised specialist teaching qualification in Special Education with relevant experience working with students with special learning needs. A current NSW drivers licence is also essential. Preference will be given to applicants with postgraduate training in Special Education and experience teaching in mainstream classroom/programs. The position is available on a full-time one-year fixed-term period from 27 January 1999, further appointment subject to the availability of funding. Salary range: Level 6 $39,837 to $43,700 per annum, effective from 1 January 1999. All enquiries concerning this position or your application should be referred to Ms Margrit Frischknecht on x8701.

Assistant Teachers (full-time (fixed-term)) - Ref. 16446. Up to 6 positions are available. The appointees will work across the MULTILIT Initiative and Early Years Initiative programs at the discretion of the Director, Macquarie University Special Education Centre. Assistant Teachers will work under the direction of the Coordinator or Senior Teacher of the relevant Initiative and will be responsible for the general organisation and day to day operation of the relevant classroom or program.

Early Years Initiative
The successful applicants will work with the Early Years Coordinator and/or Senior Teacher assisting them to plan and implement instructional programs. The appointees will work with consultant therapists and may involve the supervision of a Teacher’s Aide. Assistant Teachers may be assigned to one or more of the programs conducted through the Early Years Initiative, including off-campus programs, and implementing supported programs in preschools and 'next environment’ schools.

MULTILIT Initiative
The successful applicants will work with the MULTILIT Coordinator and/or Senior Teacher assisting them to plan and implement instructional programs. Assistant Teachers may be assigned to one or more of the programs conducted through the Centre, including off-campus programs. Applicants must have formal qualifications in Special Education and be familiar with data-based instructional techniques and behavioural techniques of classroom management. A current NSW drivers licence is also essential. Preference will be given to applicants who indicate a willingness to undertake further study in Special Education. Experience as a Special Education Teacher will be viewed favourably.

The positions are available on a full-time one-year fixed-term period from 27 January 1999, further appointment subject to the availability of funding. Salary range: Level 5 $34,525 to $38,991 per annum, effective from 1 January 1999. All enquiries concerning this position or your application should be referred to Ms Dawn Chadwick, Early Years Initiative on x9621 or Ms Margrit Frischknecht, MULTILIT Initiative on x8701. Applications, including full curriculum vitae and quoting the reference number, visa status, and the names and addresses of three referees should be forwarded to the Recruitment Manager, Personnel Office, Macquarie University, NSW 2109 by 4 December 1998. Applications will not be acknowledged unless specifically requested.

INTERNAL ADVERTISEMENT (Only Available to Staff Members in the Institute of Early Childhood and School of Education)
DIVISION OF EARLY CHILDHOOD AND EDUCATION (Division Office): Personal Assistant (Full-time (continuing)) - Ref. 18618. The appointee will be responsible to the Head, Division of Early Childhood and Education for the effective provision of high quality secretarial, administrative and research management support. Applicants must have evidence of high level computer literacy and word processing ability; previous office management experience is essential together with highly developed written, oral and interpersonal skills. Applicants must also be able to deal with confidential and sensitive matters. Preference will be given to applicants with experience in a similar position. All enquiries concerning the position or your application should be referred to Professor Alan Hayes on x9850. The position is available from 4 January 1999 on a full-time (continuing) basis, and may be subject to the satisfactory completion of a probationary period of three months. Salary range: Level 5 $34,525 to $38,991 per annum, effective from 1 January 1999, plus superannuation. Applications, including full curriculum vitae and quoting the reference number, visa status, and the names and addresses of three referees should be forwarded to the Recruitment Manager, Personnel Office, Macquarie University, NSW 2109 by 4 December 1998. Applications will not be acknowledged unless specifically requested.

INTERNAL ADVERTISEMENT (for Macquarie University Staff Only)
SCHOOL OF ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL STUDIES: Desktop (PC) Operating System Specialist (Full-time (continuing)) - Ref. 18619. This position reports to the IT Services Manager. The appointee will primarily be responsible for developing and maintaining standard desktop configuration images, as well as setting up and administering server based distribution of software applications for staff and students. Other duties include solving problems relating to desktop configurations, and providing appropriate training when required. Applicants must possess a University degree with appropriate industry certification, or an equivalent combination of relevant experience and/or education/training supported by considerable experience in installation and configuration of various Microsoft Windows desktop environments and Widows based applications. Previous experience in developing standardised configuration images is essential. Preference will be given to applicants with experience setting up and administering server based distribution of software applications. A background in Netware 4 and NDS will be advantageous, and knowledge of Novell’s various administration software suites would be favourably regarded.

All enquiries concerning the position or your application should be referred to Mr John Sims on x8476. Salary range: Level 7 $42,974 to $46,322 per annum, plus superannuation increasing to $44,908 to $48,407 effective from 1 January 1999. Applications, including full curriculum vitae and quoting the reference number, visa status, and the names and addresses of three referees should be forwarded to the Recruitment Manager, Personnel Office, Macquarie University, NSW 2109 by 4 December 1998. Applications will not be acknowledged unless specifically requested.

INTERNAL ADVERTISEMENTS (For Macquarie University Staff Only)
OFFICE OF COMPUTING SERVICES: Microcomputer Support Officer (Full-time (continuing)) - Ref. 17224. The Microcomputer Support Group is part of the Office of Computing Services which has responsibility for a large range of computers and networks including the fibre optic campus wide network. It also provides information technology services to the administration, research and teaching functions of the University. Applicants must have technical experience on PC and/or Macintosh computers, technical experience with some of Novell, Microsoft, WordPerfect or Borland products, be able to demonstrate a service oriented approach as well as provide direction and advice. An ability to interact and communicate at all levels and keep up to date techically is also required, as is knowledge of Win95/98/NT, DOS, networks, protocols and frames. Relevant tertiary qualification or appropriate experience is also required. Experience in NetWare 3/4/5., TCPIP and GroupWare is desirable. All enquiries concerning the position or your application should be referred to Mrs Laraine Armfield on x7420 or e-mail: Laraine.Armfield@mq.edu.au.

Salary range: Level 6 $39,837 to $43,700 per annum, effective 1 January 1999, plus superannuation. The position is available from January 1999 on a full-time (continuing) basis, and will be subject to the satisfactory completion of a probationary period of three months. Applications, including full curriculum vitae and quoting the reference number, visa status, and the names and addresses of three referees should be forwarded to the Recruitment Manager, Personnel Office, Macquarie University, NSW 2109 by 11 December 1998. Applications will not be acknowledged unless specifically requested.

INTERNAL ADVERTISEMENT (For Macquarie University Staff Only)
VICE-CHANCELLOR’S OFFICE: Administrative Assistant (Part-time (Fixed-term)) - Ref. 7026. The appointee will provide administrative support to the EEO Officer, including providing secretarial support to the Equal Opportunity Committee and the Student Grievances Committee, and will also maintain the EEO home page. Applicants must have a relevant tertiary qualification or equivalent experience; understanding of EEO principles and practices; excellent oral and written communication skills; good organisational ability; high level expertise in word processing and ability to maintain and update Web site. Preference will be given to applicants with conflict resolution training. All enquiries concerning the position or your application should be referred to Sarah Levin on x7471. The position is available from January 1999 for 21 hours per week for up to 18 months, while the present incumbent is on secondment. Salary range: Level 5 $34,525 to $38,991 per annum (pro rata rates apply) from 1 January 1999, plus superannuation. Applications including full curriculum vitae and quoting the reference number, visa status, and names and addresses (including e-mail address) of three referees should be forwarded to the Recruitment Manager, Personnel Office, Macquarie University, NSW 2109 by 4 December 1998. Applications will not be acknowledged unless specifically requested.

  SURPLUS EQUIPMENT FOR SALE

  CLASSIFIED

WANTED: 6 volt car radio. Contact Tim Glover on x9649.

ACCOMMODATION WANTED: Visiting academic from South Africa with husband and 2 teenage children require accommodation for one year from late January 1999. A fully furnished 3 bedroom house or unit in the general northern Sydney area preferred. Please contact Megan Seneque on tel: +27 (31) 237 716 (Home), +27 (31) 2601 493 (W), fax: +27 (31) 260 1610 or e-mail: seneque@iafrica.com.

TO LET: Jervis Bay area - characterful cottage to let at Erowal Bay, close to bay and Jervis Bay national park and beaches. Sleeps five, TV, BBQ. Rent: $350p.w. or $120 w/end. Phone 9368 0294, or e-mail: rferrell@laurel.ocs.mq.edu.au.

TO LET: MacMaster's Beach. Holiday home with 3 bedrooms, large north-facing deck, beach views, easy walk through National Park to beach. Some vacancies in December and January (16-30th). Rent: $700 p.w. ($180 per weekend). Phone Allen Blewitt on 9412 4592 (evenings) or e-mail: rblewitt@efs.mq.edu.au.

FOR SALE: Olympus 28mm F3.5 wide angle lens, in perfect condition, $255 ono; Brand new girl’s runners, size 8, white/mauve/pink, never worn. Suit 2 to 4 year old, $20. Phone x7385.

FOR SALE: TV/video/stereo cabinet, black, 3 storage cupboards under, 120cm x 120cm on wheels, $110 ono. Phone Sue on 9457 0451 (after 3.00pm).

FOR SALE: Excellent two-seater sofa $175; good Sealy queen size mattress $175; good futon mattress $80; four garden chairs $20; excellent colour TV $100; microwave $30; Wardrobe $20; coffee table $15 (more items available). Phone x9948 or 9870-7075.

FOR SALE: Electric gemstone tumbler with 2 canisters and small amount of abrasives. Very quiet and works well. $80. Phone Fay on x9816.

FOR SALE: Beginner set of golf clubs: 4 irons, 1 wood, 1 putter, bag, fold-up buggy, balls & tees. Everything you need to get started. The clubs are well-worn but the buggy and bag hardly used. $70 the lot. Phone Fay on x9816.

FOR SALE: VW books and magazines, $50; Better Homes and Gardens magazines (20), $10; cross stitch books (8), $30, magazines $20; various craft books (4), $12; children’s books (20) suit 3-6 years, $8; Mickey mouse activity toy for cot, $10; tupperware blocks, $10; children’s curtains and quilt cover, jungle print in greens, $15, big rabbit quilt cover, $8; clown suit and fairy dress; Avon sample case (eyeshadow, blush, lipsticks) $30; wooden curtain rod 250cms, $25. Phone Sue on 9457 0451 (after 3.00pm).

FOR SALE: Microwave, Sanyo, large, 610mm wide x 410mm high x 460mm deep, "as new" in appearance and excellent working condition. $100 ono. Phone Maree on x8649 or 9999 1914 (AH).

FOR SALE: Trampoline, good mat and frame, working condition, size 1700 x 2600 (14x8 springs) $50; colour TV, 25", Rank Arena, working, good condition, $30. Phone Ray on x8765 or 9489 8561.

BOOK FOR SALE: The Heart of the Campus: A History of The Macquarie University Union, 1968-1998. Book Available from the Union Spot or the Union Shop on Level 1 of the Union Building at a cost of $18.95.

BOOK SALE: Macquarie University Special Education Centre (MUSEC) Educational Book and Resources Clearance: Up to 40% off marked price on selected items. Other MUSEC resources available at catalogue prices. To be held on Thursday 3 December 1998 from 2.00 to 4.00pm in the Special Education Centre courtyard (Building X5A). For further information, call Emmalee Hale on x8696.

 DIARY

Tues 1 December
HAIL SEMINAR SERIES: CSIRO Mathematical & Information Sciences: Some Projects Carried Out by CMIS’ Image analysis, presented by Mark Berman (Image Analysis Group, CSIRO). 11.00am in E6B Room 128.

Tues 1 to Wed 2 December
WORKSHOP: Biological Resources in Soil: Implications for Production and Restoration Macquarie University - First announcement. Website: http://www.bio.mq.edu.au/kcbb/soilworkshop/

Thurs 3 December
BOOK SALE: Macquarie University Special Education Centre (MUSEC) Educational Book and Resources Clearance. Up to 40% off marked price on selected items. Other MUSEC resources available at catalogue prices. To be held on Thursday 3 December 1998 from 2.00 to 4.00pm in the Special Education Centre courtyard (Building X5A). For further information, call Emmalee Hale on x8696.

Fri 4 December
CLOSING DATE FOR MUPRA PROSE AND POETRY COMPETITION: Entries from enrolled postgraduates can be either in the form of a poem (500 words maximum) or prose (1500 words maximum). Prize money of $250 for winner of prose section and for winner of poetry section. The subject is open. Information: MUPRA, E7A Room 108. Telephone x7699 or e-mail: mupra@mq.edu.au.

Thurs 10 December
CPD Program: Supervisor Training (and Fri 11 Dec). 9.00am to 5.00pm. Enquiries: Bronwyn Clarke, x9799. Bookings: Naomi Bower, x9721, e-mail: naomi.bower@mq.edu.au.

Sat 12 December
CHRISTMAS CONCERT: The Macquarie University Singers will present a collection of Christmas music, songs, carols and readings in the Robert Menzies College Chapel (136 Herring Road). Tickets $12 (concession $8, family $35) available from the Union Spot. Enquiries: Roger Nurse x8341 or 9894 6111.

1999
January

Mon 4 to Fri 15
ANCIENT GREEK: The Macquarie Greek Summer School offers an intensive two-week course on classical and Koine Greek on week-day mornings 9.15am to 1.00pm. Beginners through to advanced students catered for. Cost: $115 ($95 for full-time students under 26 years). Closing date: 11 December. For application forms phone Pat Geidans on x7512 or Anne Irish on x8844.
 

MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY: ACADEMIC STRUCTURE

COLLEGE OF COMMERCE
 
Division of Economic and Financial Studies
    Department of Accounting and Finance
    Department of Actuarial Studies
    Department of Business
    Department of Economics
    Department of Statistics
    Applied Finance Centre
 
Graduate School of Management
    Asia-Pacific Research Institute Macquarie (APRIM)
 
 
COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
 
Division of Early Childhood and Education
    School of Education
    Institute of Early Childhood
    Macquarie University Special Education Centre (MUSEC)
 
Division of Humanities
    Department of English
    Department of Ancient History
    Department of Modern History
    Department of Asian Languages
    Department of European Languages
    Department of Legal Institutions
    Department of Politics
 
Division of Law
    Department of Business Law
    Department of Law and Justice
        Centre for Environmental Law
     Department of Legal Theory
 
Division of Society, Culture, Media and Philosophy
    Department of Anthropology
    Department of Critical and Cultural Studies
    Department of Media and Communications
    Department of Philosophy
    Department of Sociology
    Institute of Aboriginal Studies and Research
    Institute for Women’s Studies
 
 
COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
 
Division of Environmental and Life Sciences
    Department of Biological Sciences
         Australian Proteome Analysis Facility (APAF)
        National Key Centre for Biodiversity and Bioresources
        CRC for Conservation and Management of Marsupials
    Department of Chemistry
    Department of Chiropractic
    Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
        National Key Centre for Geochemical Evolution and Metallogeny of
            Continents (GEMOC)
        CRC for Australian Minerral Exploration Technologies
    Department of Human Geography
    Department of Physical Geography
      National Hazards Research Centre
 Graduate School of the Environment
 
Division of Linguistics and Psychology
    Department of Linguistics
         National Centre for English Language Teaching
            and Research (NCELTR)
    Department of Psychology
 
Division of Information and Communication Sciences
    Department of Computing
         Joint Research Centre for Advanced Systems
            Engineering (JRCASE)
        Microsoft Research Institute
    Department of Electronics
    Department of Mathematics
         Numeracy Centre
    Department of Physics
          Special Research Centre for Lasers and Applications
 

The next issue of Staff News will be published on Friday 19 February 1999.