Staff news - Curtin University of Technology

HERDSA Rekindled 2008: Engaging Communities of Practice

Hosted by
The Western Australian chapter of the
Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia
Wednesday 27 August 2008
12 noon-5pm
Edith Cowan University
Joondalup Campus,
Room 1.2107

Map: http://reachyourpotential.com.au/downloads/JO_Campus.pdf

Lunch, afternoon tea, closing drinks and nibbles will be provided.


See http://www.ecu.edu.au/CLT/directorate/dates/HERDSA-rekindled-prog.pdf for the program.

Please register (for catering purposes.
Email clt@ecu.edu.au or call Silvia Torezani on 9370 6101.

For further information, please contact:
Gill Matthews or Alison Bunker

gillian.matthews@ecu.edu.au 6304 5242

a.bunker@ecu.edu.au 9370 6759

Bric-a-brac Sale at Monties

Due to the closure of Montie's Bistro,
bric-a-brac will be on sale
starting
Wednesday, 20 August
to
Friday 22 August
between 9.00-4.00pm.

Sue invites you to pop in
and see if anything takes your fancy.

Items for sale include

glassware,

crockery,

cutlery,

knick-knacks.

'left-overs'.

All offers welcome.

Have your Say and Feel Good About It! Assertiveness Workshop for Students

Do you have trouble being assertive?

Want to know the difference between
passive,aggressive and assertive
communication styles?

This and more can be learned in the following workshop

Monday 1st and 8th September
2 - 3.30 pm

Book on-line at
http://counselling.curtin.edu.au/program.html

Just Do It - Easier Said than Done. Workshop for Postgraduate Students

Procrastination is often related to the Dreaded Thesis ....
Do you feel like you're floundering?
Worried about getting finished?
Worried about whether it will be good enough?

These 2 sessions will help you gain a new sense of perspective and strategies to manage your progress.

Sessions run on Tuesday 2nd and 9th September
2.30 - 3.30 pm
Act now, while places are available!

Book online at
http://counselling.curtin.edu.au/program.html

The Learning Centre PowerPlus Intensive Programs on the Tuition Free Week

The PowerPlus Essay and PowerPlus Writing Intensive Programs are a series of free three-hour seminars from Tuesday 26th August to Friday 28th August 2008. The programs are held in Building 105 Room 153 (underneath the Library) unless otherwise indicated.

The PowerPlus Essay program is designed to facilitate both undergraduate and postgraduate students to organise, structure, and find focus for their essays. The program uses The Little Blue Writing Book - Essays which can be purchased from the Curtin Bookshop. Please note that you will need the book for the first class. The seminar runs from 9am to 12pm.

Click here to register.

The PowerPlus Writing program covers sentence structure, punctuation, grammar, syntax, and writing powerful sentences for academic and professional success. The program uses the The Little Red Writing Book - Better Sentences which can be purchased from the Curtin Bookshop. Please note that you will need the book for the first class. The seminar runs from 12.30 to 3.30pm.

Click here to register.

Perfectionism - Gain or Pain? Workshop starts Thursday 4 September.

This interactive 4-session workshop gives students
an opportunity to explore more about themselves
and their love/hate relationship with perfectionism.

Hurry - enrol now!
Sessions on Thursdays 10 - 11.30 am

Please register on-line at:
http://counselling.curtin.edu.au/program.html

Freaking Out About Exams? Workshop for Students starts 9 October!

Learn how to manage your anxiety!

This workshop consists of two consecutive sessions
and is run by the Counselling Service.

The workshop is free!

Starts Thursday 9 October
2 - 3.30pm

Hurry!
Places are limited!

Book now at
http://counselling.curtin.edu.au/program.html

Curtin Celebrates 20 Years

Collectable souvenir stamps
available now
Faculty use $13.50 per sheet
Personal use $15.00 per sheet

Contact:
Pam Cox on 9266 1929 or email:
P.Cox@exchange.curtin.edu.au

Ruth Williams on 9266 2766 or email:
R.Williams@curtin.edu.au

The 2008 ASAIHL Conference

The Association of SouthEast Asian
Institutions of Higher Learning (ASAIHL)
and
Universiti Sains Malaysia
invite you to the
2008 ASAIHL Conference
on
University Autonomy: Interpretations and Variations

12-14 December, 2008
Universiti Sains Malaysia

Call for Papers and Participation
ASAIHL and Universiti Sains Malaysia would like to invite higher education institutions to participate in the 2008 ASAIHL Conference on University Autonomy: Interpretations and Variations.

Objectives

The main objective of this conference is to provide a forum for higher education institutions and educators to present researches and to exchange views on University Autonomy, especially in the different interpretations of the meaning of University Autonomy and the various different ways of achieving autonomy. In addition, this conference also hopes to promote perspective of the private sectors towards University autonomy and how it will enhance and further encourage collaboration between public and private universities and also that of the industries.

Main Theme
University Autonomy: Interpretations and Variations

Sub-Themes

• Governance and New Opportunities
  
• Funding and Self-Sustainability
  
• Benefits and Challenges of Autonomy
  Unpacking University Autonomy
  Ramifications of Autonomy for Professional, Executive and Vocational Education
  

Register online: http://www.usm.my/asaihl2008/
By fax before 30 October 2008

Norpisah Mat Isa
Deputy Registrar
(Academic and International Affairs)
Universiti Sains Malaysia
11800, Penang
Malaysia

Tel: 604-6532770
Fax: 604-6532781

Current flow - issue 8 now available

The flow project has been established to provide easier and better ways for people to find, use, share and keep documents. Each month the flow team publishes the "Current flow" newsletter to keep stakeholders informed of Curtin's enterprise content management activities.

This issue discusses the selection of Alfresco for Curtin's Enterprise Content Management needs.

Follow this link to view issue 8 of Current flow.

Many Thanks,
Kye O'Donnell
Project Manager, flow
University Information Management
Curtin University of Technology
Phone: +61 8 9266 1199
Fax: +61 8 9266 2673
Email: Kye.ODonnell@curtin.edu.au
Web: flow.curtin.edu.au

Help us organise Curtin's forms

The flow team is developing a central location for staff and students to easily access and submit forms electronically. In the first stage flow has documented a total of 677 forms used at Curtin. To verify that all current forms have been documented we are asking staff to look through a register of forms and contact us with any errors or omissions. Please click on the link below to review the list for your area.

http://flow.curtin.edu.au/activities/forms.cfm

We also request that you submit a brief (1-2 sentences) statement outlining the purpose of each of your area's forms. These will be used to describe the function of the forms to staff and students and to help in searches. The purpose statements should be in the format: "Use this form to ... apply/request/appeal/recommend etc."

Let's get focused

The flow team will also be conducting focus group sessions to obtain staff input into the design of a user interface in OASIS and to raise any issues. If you or anyone else from your area would like to attend one of these focus group sessions, please contact us now.

Duty of Care: Where are the Boundaries? This conference explores a range of issues associated with our duty of care to students

The ANZSSA and ISANA annual Duty of Care conference is the major professional development event for staff in a range of student support roles - as well as being of interest to many teaching staff.

The 2008 conference includes a range of parallel sessions on topics such as:

Understanding Middle Eastern culture

Models for tracking at-risk students

Understanding Gen Y students

Dealing with the consequences of the death of an international student

and more!

Details:

Date: Friday 12 September 2008
Time: 8.30am-4.00pm
Venue: Burswood Convention Centre

The conference brochure and registration brochure are available at http://www.adcet.edu.au/anzssa/ViewFAQDetail.aspx?itemID=882

Further details: contact Jim Elliott on 9266 1821, j.elliott@curtin.edu.au

New-to-Curtin Student eNewsletter #3 Released

Do you interact with new students?

New-to-Curtin students are sent seven eNewsletters during their first semester with timely information regarding their transition to Curtin.

If you are interacting with New-to-Curtin students, then you may find that the information provided can save you time and energy when helping students with their transition issues.

You can view the latest New-to-Curtin eNewsletter at www.unilife.curtin.edu.au/newtocurtin

Launches 27 July 2008 to 31 August 2008

This year's FREE book the new crime thriller Bombproof by Michael Robotham has been written exclusively for Books Alive. This limited edition book will be offered FREE with the purchase of any book from the Curtin Bookshop choice on display and only while stocks last. Hurry in so you don't miss out!

Registrations Now Open - Clare Burton Memorial Lecture

The Clare Burton Lecture is an annual national event and honours the significant contribution made by the late Clare Burton to gender equity and organisational change in higher education and other areas. The lecture is proudly brought to you by Curtin University of Technology on behalf of the Australian Technology Network of Universities (ATN) with sponsorship provided by the Office for Women's Policy. All proceeds from this event are donated to the Clare Burton Memorial Scholarship Fund.

This year we are pleased to welcome Prof. Daniela Stehlik, Director, Alcoa Research Centre for Stronger Communities, Curtin University of Technology as the guest speaker who will address the topic of:

"Australian women: still flourishing in a changing environment"

Date: Friday 29th August 2008

Time: 12.00 - 2.00pm (Registration from 11:45am)

Venue: Hyatt Regency Perth, 99 Adelaide Tce, Perth WA 6000

Cost: $75 (inc GST) per person which includes a 2-course lunch and drinks

For further details please visit our website for speaker information and registration forms www.odu.curtin.edu.au
Registrations for this event will close on Wednesday 20th August 2008

Recruitment & Selection Training - 2008 new policy

In January 2008 the Recruitment and Selection Policy and Guidelines were updated.

It is recommended that all Curtin staff acting as Panel members/Chair on recruitment and selection panels participate in Recruitment and Selection Refresher training to ensure they are aware of the updated Recruitment and Selection Policy and Guidelines. The Refresher training is aimed at staff members who have experience acting on selection panels within Curtin either as a Panel member or Chair.

For staff who have not participated in ANY recruitment and selection training within Curtin and have been asked to act as a Panel/Chair you MUST participate in Recruitment and Selection Panel/Chair training.

Those who have attended refresher training sessions facilitated by Janice Burmaz and/or Priscilla Cheney in recent months (from December 2007 to present) are not required to attend any further Recruitment and Selection Training as at July 2008.

Alternate session times are available for both workshops. For session details and further information please visit the ODU website.

Introduction to the Blackboard Learning Management System Seminar

In preparation for the move from WebCT to Blackboard, academics are invited to attend an introductory session on using Blackboard.

The session will cover how to:

• Upload content into Blackboard


• Create content modules


• Include external web links


• Establish discussion boards


• Modify the "look and feel" of your unit

Book now!

Current flow - issue 7 now available

The flow project has been established to provide easier and better ways for people to find, use, share and keep documents. Each month the flow team publishes the "Current flow" newsletter to keep stakeholders informed of Curtin's enterprise content management activities.

This issue discusses the outcome of the recent online cardsorting exercises and introduces the flow team.

Follow this link to view issue 7 of Current flow.

Many Thanks,
Kye O'Donnell
Project Manager, flow
University Information Management
Curtin University of Technology
Phone: +61 8 9266 1199
Fax: +61 8 9266 2673
Email: Kye.ODonnell@curtin.edu.au
Web: flow.curtin.edu.au

Frontiers in Science Education Research 2009 (FISER'09)

FISER’09
Frontiers in Science Education Research 2009
international conference on undergraduate science education
22–24 March 2009
Famagusta, North Cyprus

My colleagues and I, as the organisers here at Eastern Mediterranean University, are from different disciplines with differing interests. We all, however, came to realise the great need to research the education of our own respective disciplines. This was what motivated us to organize FISER’09 - to bring together seasoned and novice education researchers in Science and Mathematics.

The rapid and unstoppable transformation of the world into the global knowledge society, the accompanying massification of higher education, the greater demand for accountability and quality assurance, and the demand for desirable skills and competencies in graduates have necessitated a rethinking of higher education.
Mehmet Garip, PhD

Keynote speakers:

• Professors Lillian McDermott
  
• David Hestenes
  
• Cedric Linder

Conference main topics

1. Undergraduate Curricula
   
2. Teaching and Learning Strategies
   
3. Technology in Teaching and Learning
   
4. Faculty Development
   
5. Teacher Training
   
6. Contemporary Issues

Important dates

• Deadline for submission of abstracts: 15 August 2008
  
• Notification of acceptance: 1 September 2008
  
• Camera-ready paper submission deadline: 15 December 2008
  
• Last day for registration: 15 December 2008
  
• Printed Proceedings available: 22 March 2009
  

For more information go to:
hhttp://fiser.emu.edu.tr

Conference venue and Accommodation
Salamis Bay Hotel
North Cyprus
Organized by: Minas Tourism Cyprus
Email: mertakkok@minasturism.com

Curtin Courses Handbook 2008

The current printed Handbook is available at

$35 each.


Please place your order by sending cost centre number
and delivery details (including building and room number) to
c.lau@curtin.edu.au

or fax to 9266 2266.

Please note that whilst due diligence will be followed to ensure items are labelled and despatched correctly, Publications cannot be responsible for items once they leave our office.

Thank you,
Laraine McClelland
Corporate Communications
9266 4214