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Issue No 79 Gardens Point, Kelvin Grove, Kedron Park, Carseldine Campuses and Sunshine Coast Centre 18 November 1991

Students make Us top again

Ho ho ho ... what a feeling! It's nearly Christmas. OUT photographer Phil Keefe-Jackson agreed to pose on the other side of the camera as our very own Santa. Fellow photographer Sue Burow took the photo when she had finally stopped laughing.

T his is the final edition of Inside QUT for 1991. We

would like to wish all staff and students a very happy, safe Christmas and continued success in the New Year. Our next issue will be published in mid-February 1992.

OUT Central Administration 2 George Street Brisbane 4000 Telephone (07) 864 2999

For the second consecutive year QUT is the state's most popular university with students seeking first-year undergraduate placement. On first preferences there are slightly more than 16 000 applications for entry into fewer than 6000 undergraduate places. This compares with 13 355 first preference applications for about 6000 places at the University of Queensland and 11 568 for an approximate quota of 3100 at Griffith University.

QUT admissions manager Ms Joan Linde said: "We're well ahead in the first preferences. We actually have 27 percent of total first preferences."

She explained that this was a slightly smaller percentage than in 1991 but added: "There are more players this year. T AFE has come on deck for the first time through the Queensland Ter­tiary Admissions Centre (QT AC) and they've got about 10 percent of the total first preferences.

"Our total number of first prefer­ences is up by about 400 at this stage compared to the final closing date for QTAC last year."

Ms Linde said QUT last year had 6195 places available. Quota figures lo t thi s year hull aol yc: been finalbed but the estimated number of places available was 5833. ·

In the pilot year of the Q-Step pro­gram to encourage applications from socioeconomically disadvantaged stu­dents total applicants (all preferences) numbered about 270. She said the ini­tial interest was pleasing. The under­graduate entry quota for Q-Step was 50 places.

Under the ATSI program for Abo­riginal and Torres Strait Islanders 234 applications had been received to date.

"For Students with Disabilities , which is another main target area, in the main disability areas of visual, hearing, speech , and mobility impair­ment and learning difficulties we have 99 applicants," Ms Linde said.

In another special consideration cat­egory dealing with chronic medical conditions and other problems, more than 250 applications were received.

Ms Linde stressed that the figures were applications only at this stage

and not all would gain entry to QUT courses.

"It is a good indication that more people are becoming aware of QUT's policies in these access and equity ar­eas and are responding to them," she said.

Commenting on the overall admis­sions applications spectrum, Ms Linde said: "We continue, in Queensland, to hold the greater number of first preferences ... this is a clear indication that more people are considering QUT as their first option."

The QUT ratio of first preferences to quota places available had increased to 2.75 applicants for every available place.

This d;d not appear to be a great increase but most likely would result in a higher TE score cut-off level, she said.

"Regarding first preferences per­centage-wise we have 27 percent, the University of Queensland has 22 per­cent and Griffith has 19 percent," Ms Linde said.

"Our figures at the moment also in­dicate that we definitely will have more applications than last year for post­graduate studies.

"A due date for applications of 30 September saw most people respond by that date.

"There has been further advertising since that date for some courses and the absolute closing date will be 6 December.

"Therefore, applications continue to come in.

"Even at this stage we ' re on a par with the figures for the very end of applications last year, so we ' re expect­ing a significant increase."

Cell change may be key to cancer

A QUT researcher working on the cellular structure of breast tissue has uncovered a potential new weapon for the fight against breast cancer.

His findings also could help detect and manage cancers of the cervix, skin and other tissues.

Senior lecturer in pathology in the School of Life Science Dr David J Allan is working in conjunction with colleagues in Britain.

They have determined that pre­menopausal women with diagnosed fibrocystic change and breast carci­noma have a lower proportion of breast epithelial cells undergoing apoptosis, relative to mitosis, than those with fibroadenoma alone.

Apoptosis is the process of pro­grammed cell death, or cell "suicide". Mitosis is cell division.

Dr Allan said it was yet to be deter­mined whether the cell imbalance was a result of, or had played a role in, the development of particular breast dis­eases.

If, however, the cell imbalance pre­ceded fibrocystic disease and breast cancer, it could indicate a role for tis­sue biopsies in women who fell into high risk categories.

Dr Allan said factors influencing high risk included age, a family hi s­tory, exposure to ionizing radiation from x-ray therapy, early menarche and late pregnancy.

Dr Allan began working on the project in 1988-89 while on study leave as a research fellow at the Paterson Institute for Cancer Research in

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Vice-Chancellor's comment 1992 the year for progress

In the last issue of Inside QUT for the year, it is traditional to reflect on what has been achieved in the year. Looking back over 1991, I am amazed how much has been achieved in one year.

If we label 1990 as the year of amalgamation, then 1991 will be remem­bered as the year of reorganisation. And, logically, 1992 would be the year where we start to make progress towards our targets of quality teaching, research performance and graduate employability.

The facts are that even during a year of turmoil associated with imple­menting a new eight faculty/three support division structure and filling all positions within the university by internal or external advertisement, QUT's performance rankings in 1991 were impressive.

Key performance indicators are demand for courses and ARC grants. In both areas, QUT has demonstrated clearly that it is on the path to becoming

one of Australia's leading uni­versities.

For 1991 undergraduate en­try, QUT was the most popular university in Queensland and, on early figures for 1992 en­try, this margin has increased further. ARC grants increased by 112 percent in a year, putting us ahead of some uni­versities which have had the benefit of government research funding over many years.

It is an exciting time to be associated with this university, as a staff member, student or an adviser from industry. I thank you for an excellent 1991 result and have no doubt that 1992 will extrapolate this. I wish you a safe and happy Christmas.

Professor Dennis Gibson • Applications outstrip available undergraduate places - story page 1

'Think tank' will Marketplace approach to highli.ght use of research projects urged S U Per C 0 m P Ute r Sound business principles were es- ally, greater access to government

QUT Vice-Chancellor Professor Dennis Gibson is to be chairperson of the Fourth Australian Supercomputer Conference (4ASC) to be held at Bond University in December.

The conference will examine the latest supercomputers technology. During a three-day "think tank" it will bring together leading experts to fo­cus on future commercial applications in Australia.

Two supercomputers are in opera­tion on QUT's Gardens Point campus.

Professor Gibson said the high per-

ln ., brief Between I 00 and 150 people are

expected to attend the QUT Founda­tion Christmas party, to be held on Tuesday, 10 December, from 6- 7.30 pm.The party will be held at Old Gov­ernment House, on the Gardens Point campus.

0 0 0 The Project Officer for Q-Step is

Mr Derek Bland. He is looking for vol­unteers for a special three-day orien­tation program in February next year.

It is for students from socio-eco­nomically disadvantaged backgrounds.

Anyone who could help give a posi­tive introduction to QUT for such stu­dents should contact Mr Bland at Stu­dent Administration, Kelvin Grove campus on 864 3731.

The volunteers would need to be available on Thursday, 6 February 1992.

0 0 0 The Head of Environmental and De­

velopment Studies at the London Re­search Centre, Mr David Hutchinson, will address the third colloquium in the Brisbane City Council Chair in Urban Studies colloquium series at noon on Monday 2 December. The seminar, in Room 308, Level 3, 0 Block, will discuss the increasing con­cern being expressed in many coun­tries about the environmental conse­quences of road traffic growth, par­ticularly as a major source of carbon monoxide.

formance and sheer power to process huge amounts of data had made supercomputers essential research and development tools for industry and universities in the world's major de­veloped nations.

"In countries like Japan, Germany and the United States supercomputers have become the driving force in re­search and development programs for the manufacturing and scientific sec­tors," he said.

"Increasingly, they are also being used in sophisticated financial and utilities management, and economic forecasting."

Supercomputers operate up to sev­eral thousand times faster than a stand­ard personal computer.

They are invaluable in situations where fast results are needed from huge data sets.

Examples of areas where they are being most used include weather fore­casting, airline scheduling and finan­cial management.

They also have application in cases where physical testing is prohibitively costly, such as vehicle safety or aero­space design.

Supercomputers are used exten­sively in situations where physical testing is impossible, such as investi­

gating disastrous fires, analysing mas­sive oil spills or predicting wind effects created by skyscraper build­ings.

Professor Gibson said 4ASC would be the catalyst for Australia's indus­trial and business communities to capi­talise on the huge commercial poten­tial of supercomputers.

They were becoming more accessi­ble to commercial concerns in Aus­tralia with the development of a number of supercomputer bureaux.

A range of facilities were located in Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney and Brisbane. A national and international communications network was linked by AARNet, he said.

The conference is being hosted by the four technology quadrangle (TECHQUAD) universities of south­east Queensland- Griffith University, University of Queensland, Bond Uni­versity and QUT.

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sential in project.sel~ctio_n, manage- sche~es, .impro.ved internatio~al ment and expl01tat10n tf research relat10nshtps, bemg more attractive and development was to play a com- to students and a broadened univer-plete, strategic role in generating sity economy. successful companies for Australia. "Innovation is fundamental to the

This warning was sounded by sustained international competitive-QUT's Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Re- ness of manufacturers and services," search and Advancement) Professor Professor Poole said. Millicent Poole when she addressed "Research and development is a meeting of the Queensland branch only one element in innovation, al-of the Australasian Institute of Ter- beit an important one. Research and tiary Education Administrators on development findings remaining 6 November. uncommercialised yield little, if any,

She said there was a growing view economic benefit to Australia. that universities should contribute "For research and development to a nation's economic performance p f M"lr t p 1 to play a complete strategic role in and global competitiveness through ro essor 1 ICen °0 e generating successful companies for research, especially in the areas of of researchers with government Australia, sound business principles science and technology. agencies. Contract research funding must be used in project selection,

But one consequence of this view was on the increase. management and exploitation." was the increasing importance But Professor Poole said that what Professor Poole said this was placed on the role of commercial was under challenge in the new sys- where the QUT Office of Commer­services within universities, and the tern was the notion of excellence. cial Services had a crucial role which increased potential of intellectual "Who defines it?" she asked. was: property to contribute to the cl'\ang- "That is, is it defined by the govern- • to provide a commercial inter­ing perception of the modern uni- mentor an international community face between university and indus-versity. of scholars?" try, commerce, government and the

The subject of Professor Poole's Universities, in particular, had professions address was Changing Perceptions striven to achieve and promote ex- • to operate throughout Australia of the Modern University: The Role cellence. Professor Poole argued that and overseas providing expert con­of Commercial Services and lntellec- excellence was vital to the mainte- sultancy services and undertaking tual Property. nance and development of Austral- contract research and development

Professor Poole said a new em- ian society. • to be responsible for the com-phasis had been placed on collabo- She described the business of a mercialisation of inventions arising ration between industry and higher university as "the research and out of the research work of the uni­education in research, resulting in training business carried out by aca- versity. joint research projects, consultan- demic stafr'. Professor Poole defined intellec­cies and the sharing of facilities. "It is not the business of a peri ph- tual property as an intangible asset,

She said the changing focus was era I technology transfer company represented by rights and privileges based on perceptions of Australia's which is separate from the academic to commercialise the underlying cha"ging economic needs and that community," Professor Poole said. "know-how" and expertise. interdisciplinary research could She said the benefits of being en- She said intellectual properties solve complex problems by tran- trepreneurial included extra income could be patents, registered trade­scending traditional discipline for teaching, better links with in- marks, copyright, registered de­boundaries. There also was an in- dustry and commerce, greater po- signs, confidential information or creasing emphasis on collaboration litical relevance locally and nation- trade secrets.

Senior staff positions announced The following senior staff appoint­

ments have been announced. Dr Gisela Kaplan, who is visiting

research associate at the University of New England and the University of New South Wales, will take over as Professor and Head of the School of Social Sciences on 6 January 1992.

Mr Peter Lavery , who has been acting head of the Academy of Arts,

has accepted appointment as the Pro­fessor and Head of the Academy of Arts.

Professor Robert Norton, Chair of the Department of Communication at the University of Oklahoma, will be­gin as Professor and Head of the School of Communication and Organi­sational Studies on 6 June 1992.

Associate Professor Peter Little,

who has been acting head, has accepted appointment as the Professor and Head of the School of Accounting Legal Studies.

Professor Mike Papazoglou, from the Department of Computer Science at the Australian National University, commences on I February 1992, as Professor and Head of the School of Information Systems.

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Canadian project for asthma could reduce puffer use

A QUT asthma researcher will travel to Canada this month to further develop a theory likely to reduce puffer-dependency. The project has received $246 000 funding from the Canadian Government as part of a five-year campaign to tackle the debili­tating disease.

School of Human Movement Studies lec­turer Dr David Jones has studied asthma for more than I 0 years as part of his speciali sa­tion in adaptive physical educat ion .

Since 1985, he has collaborated with Cana­dian rcspirologist Dr Gary Brown from the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Toronto.

Together the pair have studied the effects of environmental condi ti ons on asthma and the efficacy of medication .

In a similar study in Canada in 1989-90 funded at $200 000, they found the use of warm moist air increased the efficacy of medi­cation by 18 percent.

One of the objectives of the latest study is to develop a hand-held air pump to use with conventional puffer sprays.

It will also seek to determine whether the use of warm moist air better prepares the lungs for medication, a theory which could have major implications for sufferers in cold cli­mates such as Canada.

Dr Jones says one in e ight children world­wide will develop some mild form of asthma in their li ves.

The latest Australian Bureau of Statistics health report released earlier this month indi­cated that one in I 0 Australians suffer asthma.

More than half of the 1.4 million affected are younger than 25 years of age.

Dr Jones says the incidence of asthma in Brisbane is well above the national average, possibly as high as one in four.

He says the lure to research in Canada was the generous funding and availability of suit­able facilities.

Dr David Jones

ference in Canada when a women stood up and asked: 'Is there any truth in the old rumour that if my child ge ts asthma I should rush him into a hot shower?'

"Warm moist air has certainly been identi­fied for quite some time as ideal.

"Research has tended to investigate what constitutes an optimal environment for asthma treatment.

"B ut by the same token, the problem in the real world is those same conditions promote rapid plant growth and pollination."

He says the research will determine what is the ideal combination of warm moist air and medication.

" If this link is further established, it could mean asthma sufferers will not have to use as much medication to find relief," he says.

"It is generally considered beneficial to limit dependency upon medication - both for con­venience and the general self-esteem of the individual."

Yesteryear's crafts saved "The Canadian Government is particularly

interested in this research because of the ex­tremes in temperature in the country," he says.

"The temperatures can get down to -25 de­grees celsius and gets up around 25 to 30 degrees in summer.

The study will test 600 young asthma suf­ferers across Canada and The United States. Research will be based in hospitals in Toronto, Toledo and Cleveland. They say a stitch in time saves nine. School

of Public Health textiles lecturer Mr Michael Marendy (above) has been appointed to pre­serve an historic textiles collection recently donated to the One-Teacher School Museum at Kelvin Grove campus.

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The museum, administered by the QUT School of Cultural and Policy Studies, is also about to receive a collection of 300 garments donated by the famous Brisbane family, the Petries.

"Extremes in Australia don't last for as long and the effect on asthma sufferers is probably less of an issue."

Dr Jones says the research is sc ientifically attacking what essentially is an old home rem­edy.

"The research really was sparked at a con-

Asthma will be induced by exercise. A 40-50 percent drop in lung capacity after induc­tion will be considered as clinical asthma.

Dr Jones says the research will have a flow ­on effect in Australia. It will also find applica­tion when research facilitie s in the new physi· cal education and nursing buildings are com­pleted at the Ke lvin Grove campus.

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Document to inspire quality teaching ~J

UT's commitment to quality teaching has been drafted into a unique document ready for

release early next year. Described as "inspirational and strategic" by Pro­Vice-Chancellor (Academic) Profes­sor Janice Reid, the document is enti­tled Quality in Uni1•ersity Teaching (QUT).

Otherwise known as Teaching and Learning Development: A Discussion Paper, it aims to encourage commu­nication between the I 000 or more staff at the chalk-face of QUT teach­mg.

The five-year plan clearly echoes the already-established university goal to be one of the top teaching institu­tions in the nation by the turn of the century.

It also neatly coincides with last month's statements on quality by Fed­eral Minister for Higher Education and Employment Services Mr Peter Baldwin.

Initiatives highlighted in the docu­ment include the establishment of a QUT teaching development grants scheme analogous to the university's research and development grants scheme.

The formation of a new teaching council or committee to champion the cause of quality teaching is also fore­shadowed.

Commissioned by the QUT Aca­demic Committee, the document draws together various initiatives already underway within the university as well as pinpointing future plans and goals.

It is at draft stage ready for submis­sion to Academic Committee at its 6 December meeting.

Professor Reid says the document not only communicates QUT's teach­ing initiatives and philosophies - it is set to become a key negotiating tool to compete for "a healthy share" of the $70 million earmarked in the Federal Government quality funding program

effective from 1994. But Professor Reid says the plan

does not represent "yet another set of directions or changes for staff' who have only just emerged from the ex­hausting process of amalgamation .

Rather, it aims to facilitate consoli­dation and communication.

"It's intended to foster discussion, experimentation and innovation - and to encourage those already doing this," Professor Reid explains.

"It really is a matter of watering and ferti I ising staff ideas rather than imposing new ones.

"There's nothing revolutionary about our plan except that perhaps we are somewhat revolutionary just do­ing it.

"Teaching hasn't had a high profile in the Australian tertiary sector. But it will increasingly assume higher status and we want to be ahead of the wave of change in supporting and promot­ing teaching improvements."

The document stands by five fun­damental values:

• learning consists of more than the

acquisition of subject matter • the purpose of teaching is to fa­

cilitate learning • teaching, learning and the aca­

demic program can always be im­proved

• individual academics have the prime responsibility for improving their teaching

• the university has a responsibility to support initiative to improve teach­ing and learning, and the quality of academic programs

Plans to enhance the quality of teaching and learning within faculties and divisions will be supported by five broad initiatives:

• a university-wide teaching devel­opment program

• continual improvement of aca­demic programs

• "teaching councils or committees" at university and faculty level

• further encouragement, recogni­tion and rewarding of innovation and excellence in teaching

• creation of a "learning commu­nity" characterised by mutual and re-

ciprocal assistance in teaching and learning

In the same vein as the recent Baldwin education statement Quality and Di1•ersity in the 1990s, the strat­egy clearly fosters diversity in teach­ing styles within QUT.

"We don ' t want a single teaching direction for the university.

"That would only stifle the good work that is already going on," Pro­fessor Reid says.

Current initiatives outlined in the document include an academic staff promotion system which equally val­ues excellence in research and teach­ing. Other strategies highlighted are the use of teaching portfolios, self­evaluation, peer and student evalua­tion, an extensive offering of staff de­velopment courses, and the course ac­creditation and review process.

The increased use of educational technologies is also targeted as a vital priority in the light of QUT's multi­campus structure and its large, and growing, student body.

Finally, like a rolling stone, the

document is not expected to gather moss. It will be revised and updated annually.

Director of the QUT Academic Staff Development Unit (ASDU) Associate Professor Phil Candy will take a lead­ership role in the implementation of the five-year strategy.

He says the essence of ASDU's role will simply be helping lecturers to be good teachers.

"The responsibility for quality teaching rests with individuals and teams of lecturers in each school. Our job is to help them meet that responsi­bility," Professor Candy says.

He sees the teaching and learning document as a natural progression from discussions emanating from the Clear Mountain workshop and Kooralbyn conference for senior and middle-level staff earlier this year.

It is also written in the spirit of the first teaching forum held at the Kelvin Grove campus last month.

"I hope this will be a continuing process of refinement, discussion and negotiation," he says.

"It ' s a matter of getting people to think about and then articulate what they think is important in teaching."

He sees the document as a positive tool for teaching staff.

"Very often people see initiatives launched by the university as an im­position from above and they often respond to it, depending on how over­worked they are, with fairly negative feelings," he says.

"They say 'yes it's a good idea, but we don't have the energy or the time to put it into effect'."

He says teaching profiles from each school (which will be published as a companioned volume) are a particu­larly helpful exercise.

"If we get the discussion that un­derlies this process going across the university, I think the process will be just as important as the product."

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Art scholarship goes four ways The Queensland Art Gallery re-wrote its own rules to

award the 1992 Melville Haysom Scholarship to four young emerging QUT artists.

"I think it's an indication of the maturity of this school to produce four students of this standard," he said.

The residencies will be held consecutively, but details have not yet been finalised. School of visual arts lecturer Mr John Armstrong said

the annual award was usually given to only one young Queensland artist.

In other visual arts news, the graduate exhibition will be held at the Palace Gallery, 46 Merivale Street, West End, 6-20 December. It includes a three-month residency at the Queensland

Art Gallery plus $3000 for materials. It will feature work from 63 students - double the en­tries in last year's show. But because the judges could not decide between the

work of the four, they finally opted to honour them all. Four students have also been selected to exhibit work in the inaugural National Graduate Show at the Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts from II January to 16 February next year.

The winners are final-year Bachelor of Art (Visual Art) students ic Drummond, 19, and Allyson Reynolds, 21, and QUT graduates Scott Whitaker, 22, and Don Heron, 21.

Mr Armstrong described the win as a "massive coup". They are John Coleman, Tracy McDowall, Jude Kent­

ish and Allyson Reynolds.

Physicists host Year 12 visitors

QUT's Centre for Medical and Health Physics played host to 40 year-12 Brisbane Grammar School students late Ia t month. The visit for students with an interest in science or engineer­ing was organised by their teacher, QUT physics graduate Mr Phillip O'Neill.

Administration officer Mr Jim Dennis said the group was given a short lecture and some vivid demonstrations of the principles of physics and their application to medical physics areas by Mr Brian O'Leary, Dr Tim van Doorn and Associate Professor Brian J Thomas.

The students then had a tour of the centre's research laboratories to where current research ac tivitie s suc h as day lighting, mole imaging, ultraviolet radiation dosimetry and medical imaging are carried out.

Asian experiences • From page 4

offer to pay accommodation ex­penses for graduate or undergradu­ate students for a semester.

"Students will only be responsi­ble for airfares and out of pocket expenses," said Mr O'Brien.

For Pusan the International Re­lations Unit is prepared to offer stu­dents, most likely postgraduate, a return airfare to Korea. Students would have to find living and ac­commodation expenses.

In both countries students would probably be expected to do some English language teaching for which a small honorarium would be paid.

Mr O'Brien said while various faculties would take the running in particular countries overall links would be maintained through the In­ternational Relations Unit.

He said it was important for students to have experience of other cultures because in the working world they would have to cope

not only locally but with the global environment.

"The manager of a PR campaign involving an Asian country, for ex­ample, will need to understand that the Australian approach doesn't al­ways apply outside Australia," said Mr O'Brien.

"An example was an advertise­ment for an American airline first flying into Asia which featured a hostess carrying a bunch of white roses which she handed to passen­gers.

" In Asia white roses are used at funerals. "

Mr O ' Brien said while QUT links with Asian tertiary institutions would provide an initial introduc­tion for students it was hoped some would go on to specialise in particu­lar countries.

Academic staff would also benefit from collaboration with their Asian counterparts.

For more information contact Mr O'Brien on (07) 864 2599.

Program takes quake shakes from buildings

Tall buildings in Australia will be better able to withstand earthquakes when a unique QUT computer pro­gram is completrd.

Inspired by the devastating New­castle earthquake which took Australia by surprise in 1989, the program will help local designers prepare for the worst quickly and inexpensively.

Dean of Built Environment and En­gineering Professor John Corderoy is designing the computer package with civil engineering lecturer Dr David Thambiratnam.

Professor Corderoy says Australia should not ignore the reality of earth­quakes.

"In Australia we don't have a his­tory of designing tall building for earthquakes," he says.

"But everyone has earthquakes. It's been ignored in Australia because the country is so large and population so small - they usually occur in places where few people experience them.

"But Newcastle took us by surprise, but it could happen any time in any city."

The computer program project started this year under a QUT research and development grant of $12 000.

As part of the research, Professor Corderoy studied at theEarthquake Engineering Centre at London Univer­sity's Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine for two months this semester.

Professor Corderoy says many com­puter analysis programs available tend to be very expensive and also take a long time to operate.

He says the new program will over­come these problems and also tackle the specific requirements of asym­metrical buildings.

"These buildings are particularly dangerous in an earthquake," he says.

"It is more susceptible to damage because the centre of mass of the build­ing does not correspond to the centre of stiffness of the building. This leads to a twisting effect.

"There are very few packages around that will enable you to include this effect in a time scale suitable for a design office."

Therefore Professor Corderoy and Dr Thambiratnam aim to simplify the problem down to a minimum configu­ration, starting with a model with three degrees of freedom per floor level.

Simply speaking, three degrees of freedom means that movement in two

horizontal directions at right angles and a rotational twist are included in the mathematical model.

"We will build up from there, build­ing in more and more degrees of free­dom until we get something that is reasonably close to reality.

"We want this program to run on an ordinary personal computer and be completed within the hour, which is what a designer wants."

Professor Corderoy has taken Dr Thambiratnam 's work and extended it to include the inelastic quality of con­crete and steel structures.

"In earthquake analysis, you have to accept that the building will go into the inelastic range, that is, it will be­come very seriously deformed.

"It is designed to go into the inelas­tic range in order to absorb the energy of the earthquake and hopefully stop it collapsing completely and killing people.

"This computer program will model the building when it is in this inelastic range, something which designers are not able to do at the moment."

He says the program will help in the classification of buildings to withstand certain earthquake scales. It will also give the designer the ability to decide how much damage is acceptable in view of the possible use of the build­ing after an earthquake.

Cyclone-resistance design for tall buildings will be another application for the program.

The plan for next year is to cali­brate the analytical model with a physi­cal model to fully simulate earthquake movement.

The work will also include PhD stu­dent Shaun Wilkinson.

PhD student Shaun Wilkinson

Nominations called for Distinguished Academic Service Awards

The awards for distinguished academic service acknowledge outstanding contributions made by QUT staff members in support of the university's mission and goals.

The awards may be made in rec­ognition of excellence in any one of four categories: research and scholarship, academic leadership, teaching performance and leader­ship, and professional leadership.

Since these same categories ap­ply in the assessment of applica­tions for personal promotion, the receipt of an award for distin­guished academic service may be favourably viewed when a promo­tion application is considered.

The award will be judged on the degree of excellence attained by the nominee and the impact of the nominee's achievements out­side the normal working environ­ment.

The awards will be recogni sed by an official presentation of a cer­tificate at an appropriate gradua­tion ceremony . A recipient also will receive a $5000 grant for ap-

proved academic purposes. A maximum of I 0 awards are

offered each year. They will be made on the recommendation of a sub-committee of the Academic Committee.

The Academic Committee may decline to make any award if it decides no nominations have suf­ficient merit.

An award for distinguished aca­demic service may be made to any academic staff member holding substansive appointment below associate professorial level. A staff member may receive only one award in any given year, although he or she may be nominated in more than one category.

Nominations must be proposed by five members of the Q UT com­munity - that is, academic staff and/or past and present students.

Nominations must be made on the correct forms, which are avail­able within each school. Nomina­tions for this year close with the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Academic) at 5pm on 16 December.

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M~ Leading Gold Coast swimwear

manufacturer Cheetah has received help from four second-year QUT Bachelor of Applied Science (Home Economics) students in detecting fabric design faults which could threaten valuable markets.

As part of a textile science assign­ment Deanna Grove, Meta Goodman, Anda Ramuss and Tonya Sela, developed a simplified testing scheme for evaluating swimwear fabric.

School of Public Health lecturer Mr Steve Pyott, who teaches the Textile Science subject and coordi­nates the textile testing services of­fered by QUT, said Currumbin­based Cheetah was a successful manufacturer for both local and ex­port markets.

He has previously carried out ex­tensive testing for Cheetah to solve specific fabric problems.

The students devised ways to test aspects such as fibre identification, fabric construction, shrinkage, strength, dye quality, suitability of sewing thread and abrasion resist­ance.

Cheetah fabric quality coordina­tor Ms Amanda Connelly said the company was so impressed with the students' work on fabric evaluation that copies of the scheme had been sent to all Cheetah's overseas con­tractors for their use. Tonya Seta has been accepted by the company to carry out her final-year practi­cum as part of her degree course.

New sampling technique aims at saving work

The discomfort of checking sam­ple plots in sugar cane fields to as­sess rodent damage could be greatly reduced if Dr Ril:k Engeman's ef­forts to design a new sampling tech­nique are successful.

It may also simplify the collection of data for a variety of other statistical surveys.

Dr Engeman is a statistician with the Denver Wildlife Research Centre in Colorado, USA, and leader of its Statistical Service Research Project.

As the inaugural beneficiary of a sabbatical program established be­tween QUT and DWRC he has spent the past six months in the School of Life Science ' s Centre for Biological Population Management.

He has taken the opportunity to con­tinue research into developing new sampling methods motivated by work in Hawaiian canefields .

Queensland ' s canefields offer op­portunities to further test the methods developed.

"Queensland's cane fields are easier to work in because of their one-year crop cycle," said Dr Engeman.

"In Hawaii there is a two-year cycle so the cane fields become very over­grown and are difficult to work in."

Although the assessment of rat dam­age in cane fields is really only a vehi­cle for the development of the new sampling method it certainly will be welcomed by fellow researchers who must carry out the work.

"Collecting data is very labour in­tensive," said Dr Engeman.

"To add to the discomfort the cli­mate where sugar cane is grown is usu­ally hot and sticky, and the researcher needs to wear clothing to protect against an irritating fuzz from the cane, called hairy Mary, which gets under the skin."

Under the usual sampling method a number of plots are set out within the cane field and examined in their entirity for damage.

The system he is working to develop will simplify the task considerably by measuring the damange from random points in the field to a small number of damage sites.

"Such a sampling method could be used for data collection for any fixed area of objects," explained Dr Engeman.

"It would be suitable for a wide range of situations, for example, from the density of plants in a particular area to nesting seabirds.

" It could even have geological ap­plications."

Th;: nature of Dr Engeman's aca­demic field has provided him with excellent opportunities to see the di­versity of Queensland's terrain- from the lush cane fields of Cairns to the arid desert of Camerons Corner on the Queensland-New South Wales-South Australian border.

He has consulted on a variety of projects, from koala research to wal­laby damage to spinifex grass on South Stradbroke Island.

He has found working at QUT in­structive because of differences in ap­proach to research projects.

"Because we are funded directly by the Federal Government, and we rely on being granted funds each year by Congress, we tend to be involved mainly in highly focused, short-term projects," said Dr Engeman.

"Research here seems to have a more long-term, holistic perspective."

Because of this he believes QUT and DWRC would do well to collabo­rate on a range of projects.

He has also been interested to study methods of funding for research, par­ticularly private sector funding.

Library - that's another storey

Kelvin Grove campus library is undergoing a $1.5 million extension set to be complete by February next year.

The extension will add an extra floor to the building making way for additional staff and computer facilities.

It will also create much need stack areas for the incoming nurs­ing collection and library holdings expansions. University Architect Mr Ron Goward said the extensions would ensure the unique prize-win­ning building would retain its char­acter.

Architects Heathwood Cardillo Wilson and construction managers Graham Evans and Co (Queens­land) will complete the work.

Teacher is innovative

Academy of the Arts Lecturer in Art Education, Mr Ian Hutson, has won the inaugural Faculty of the Arts award for innovative teaching methods.

Mr Hutson won the $5000 prize for developing a system to modify com­puter software packages to make them more user-friendly for teachers.

"Not all teachers and lecturers are computer literate," explained Mr Hutson.

"But there are simple ways teach­ers can put together complex presen­tations using their own data."

Mr Hutson has worked with simple software packages to allow teachers to manage visual material, store it, and present it later in a variety of ways.

His aim was to break down the bar­riers for teachers to allow them to make use of what computers have to offer particularly in the multi-media area.

Mr Hutson will use his prize money to "buy an even bigger computer and explore more software".

Lecturer in the School of Social Science, Mr David Axten, was highly commended for his contribution.

He devised innovative approaches to a course dealing with interpersonal and group processes.

Mr Jan Hutson

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• culations, S'olar angles and time, 1-V char­acteristics of a solar cell, PV system con­figurations, systems sizing in direct cou­pled PV systems, sizing of PV systems with long tenn storage, cost analysis, loss of load probability. Gardens Point Campus 23 January 1992, 9:00am -5:00pm. Keith Hoffman $200 (2 units) (Students $100 -2 units)

ELEC017 Identification of Power System Loads Module 2 -2 units

This topic includes: identification algo­rithms (bulk and recursive least squares techniques, frequency domain methods), Linear models (ARX, ARMAX, Output Error BOX-JE KI S), applications to the identification of power systems and plant impedance functions and load forecasting, practical and demonstrations. Gardens Point Campus 24 January 1992, 9:00am -5:00pm. Keith Hoffman $200 (2 units) (Students $100per2 units)

HUMAN MOVEMENT STUDIES KHMS002 Sports Psychology

This is a growing area of interest to coaches involved at all levels of representa­tive sport. This course is designed to intro­duce coaches to the psychological factors which influence perfonnance. Factors to be examined include planning for competi­tion, the build-up to competition, interven­tion strategies used during competition and restructuring goals for the next perfonn­ance. Kelvin Grove Campus January 20-24 1992, 9:00am-3:00pm. Pam Dickson $350.

KHMS003 Junior Sports Administrators' Program for Years 11 & 12 and schoolleavers

A successful activity director needs to be able to lead groups effectively in a vari­ety of fonns of physical activity by select­ing appropriate activities and presenting them· to varying groups of participants in such a way that they are involved in satis­fying and rewarding experiences. This workshop explores the process of activity leadership and includes the selection of ap­propriate activities, the basic concept of teaching and learning, the characteristics of an effective leader and specific strate­gies for conducting activities in such areas as games, social dance and nature activi­ties. This workshop would be valuable to those people interested in conducting so­cial and physical activities in camps, tour­ist resorts and club programs. Kelvin Grove Campus February 3 - 7 1992, 2 days 9:00am- 12:00 + 2 days 9:00am-3:00pm. Pam Dickson $200

KHMS004 Physical Activity Directors' Program

Thts program is designed to provide schoolleavers with the skills and learning experiences required for them to play a key role in the administration of club and dis­trict level sporting organisations. Partici­pants in the program should gain confi­dence in their ability to handle different administrative roles and consequently not only improve their self-concept but also fonn the nucleus of an on-going supply of efficient voluntary administrators for club and district level sport. These experiences should provide a sound introduction for those considering further involvement in this area. Basic communication skills; the principles of different fixture draws; the functions associated with various adminis­trative positions; long tenn and short term planning considerations, would be included in the program. Kelvin Grove Campus Janu­ary 28 - 31 1992, 3 days 9-00am-4:00pm, 2 days 2:00pm-8:00pm. Pam Dickson $400

JUSTICE STUDIES KJSTOOllntelligence Methodology: Development of Research Skills and Strategies. For law enforcement and other justice professionals

This course is the 'cornerstone' of Intel­ligence studies at QUT. It concentrates on the learning of essential research skills and strategies and their application to the Intel­ligence Process and Intelligence Assess­ments. Students will identify their particu­lar learning and thinking styles. These will be developed as students are introduced to the 'meaning' of inte-lligence and protec­tive security. Students will combine a range of thinking operations, skills and strategies with a knowledge of the principles of intel­ligence and security in mastery of intelli­gence process and assessment methodolo­gies. Students will also apply written and oral communication skills to tasks relative to the intelligence process and in produc­ing intelligence assessments and hypoth­eses. The emphasis in this course is on mastery of the essential process skills and strategies. (CREDIT). Kelvin Grove Cam­pus 25 November - 8 December. Bevin Wigan $1650 Includes accommodation

KJST002 Intelligence and Security: Applying Research Skills and Strategies. For law enforcement and other justice professionals

This course involves the detailed study and application of the intelligence process and the intelligence assessment in support of operational staffs and organisations in­volved with law enforcement, justice and protective security. The first segment of the course concentrates on the application of research skills and strategies to assess­ments. collection management and intelli­gence production. In the second segment. students study threat, risk and vulnerabilities relative to protective secu­rity - personnel. materials and infrastruc­ture. Students will apply their research skills and strategies to assessment and process methodologies in a range of protective se­curity areas. The emphasis in this course

will be on practical work and application of process methodologies to strategic and tactical concepts of intelligence and secu­rity. (CREDIT). Kelvin Grove Campus 7-21 February 1992. Bevin Wigan $1650 In­cludes accommodation

LANGUAGES KLAN002 Introductory Japanese

(Useful for trade, tourism and contacts in the age of Australian integration into the Asian/Pacific Basin Economy) An intro­ductory language program with components of Japanese culture. Students will learn situational dialogue and a vocabulary suf­ficient for visits. Materials provided. Kel­vin Grove Campus 6-17 January,5:00-8:00pm 10 nights. Robert Leach $250

KLANOOS Introductory Spanish A five day by 6 hours course includes

language, grammar, culture and customs of Spanish speaking nations. Situational dialogue and survival level language will be covered with tapes and written materi­als provided. An excellent preparation for your visit to the 1992 Olympic Games. (Useful for trade, tourism and contacts in the Pacific Basin and the European Com­mon Market. A choice of either an inten­sive 5 day (6-1 0 January) course or 8 weeks by 2 nights commencing 13 January. Kel­vin Grove Campus 6-10 January 1992, 9:00am-4:00pm or Monday & Wednesday nights for 2 hours each for 8 weeks. Kelvin Grove Campus 13 January 1992, 6:00-8:00pm. Robert Leach $250

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE LAND002 Land Use Policy Planning

This course is designed to develop un­derstanding and skills in Policy Planning. Topics include the place of creativity in planning method; prediction uncertainty and planning horizons; the shape of the planning process; objective fonnulation; data collection and analysis; resource analy­sis; policy fonnulation and plan generation and evaluation and monitoring techniques. Gardens Point Campus 20 February -4 June 1992, 14 weeks x 4 hours per evening 5:30-9:30pm . Phil Heywood $300

LAND004 Summer School -Basic Design and Graphics

Course includes, freehand drawing, per­ception and basic design and technical drawing. Gardens Point Campus 9 Decem­ber 91 -8 February 92, 14 weeks (81 hours); (21 hrs freehand drawing); 39 hrs percep­tion design), (21 hrs Technical Drawing). George Williams $125 (freehand drawing); $250 (perception/design), $125 (technical drawing). Day sessions 9:00am - 4:00pm Evening 5:30-9:30pm

LAW LA W027 A Summer School to update skills for Re-Entry into the Practice of Law

This one week program of lectures and workshops will include such topics as prop­erty law, family law, commercial law, suc­cession law and securities. Gardens Point Campus I 0-14 February, 9:00am- 4:00pm. Margaret Ridley $95

ACCOOS Preparatory Course for Students commencing the Study of Law subjects

This course is designed for those who have not undertaken a Law subject before to give you the tools and essential back­ground for the successful study of any law subject. Many students struggle through­out their course with law subjects because they do not understand how to research law, how to deal with legal exams, or how to read a case or a statue. This course offers a guide on these and other matters and will be invaluable knowledge throughout your course and provides the opportunity for an enhanced grade point average. Gardens Point Campus 6 & 7 February 1992, 2 days -9:00am - 5:00pm. Nonnan Katter $90

MANAGEMENT ADMIN201 Managing Your Time and Priorities

This program is designed for busy peo­ple in office and workshop settings in plan­ning and priority setting in work and life. Personal time logs, time management skills and techniques, coping with interruptions, dealing with the paper war. How to del­egate and develop your staff, and develop­ing an action plan. Gardens Point Campus 12 February, 9:00am - 5:00pm. Penny Muller $125

MANOOl Strategic Management Training Course

The Strategic Management Training Course is an exciting computer-based simu­lation designed to provide participants with a broad perspective of running a business. Participants are divided into management teams which compete against competitors in an interactive simulation environment. Each team manages its company by dcvel­opmg plans and strategies and implement­ing decisions that deal with both problems and opportunities. In the "real life" market place the company learns to develop a com­petitive advantage and deal with market share, product awareness and fierce com­petition. Each team managers their busi­ness for several simulated years making decisions on every phase of the operatio~ including: product mix. pricing. advertis­ing, budgets, credit terms. operations. scheduling, capacity. expansion. research and development. human resources plan­ning, salaries and short and long tenn fi­nancing. Each annual decision round is fol­lowed by extensive feedback and analysis of the results obtained by each manage­ment team. Detailed results are supplied in

the form of an "Annual Report" and "In­dustry Report". Gardens Point Campus 4-6 December. 9:00am - 4:00pm. Mike Walker $549

MAN002 Graduate Certificate Courses for Managers

These courses provide training for mid­dle management executives in the area of Business management. Financial manage­ment, Public sector management, Advance management and Advanced Human Re­sources Management. Additional Certifi­cates will be available in areas such as -Communication, Industrial Relations, In­ternational Business, Marketing, Strategic Management and Quality. Candidates are expected to satisfactorily complete 4 sub­jects to obtain the Certificate within a 2 calendar year period. Gardens Point Cam­pus 17 February 1992, 4 weeks x 3 hour evenings, 6:00-9:00pm. Tim Robinson $600 per subject

KMGP006 Effective Negotiation This three day program will be made up

of four by one and a half hours sessions each day mostly in a small group work­shop style for input sessions, skill develop­ment sessions, small group discussions and problem-solving. Some use will be made of video taping and playback in the skill development sessions. The course content includes: theory and research related to negotiation processes; identification and description of component skills in negotia­tion; evaluation of alternative approaches to negotiation; social influences; power, assertion. Kelvin Grove Campus 2-4 De­cember- 9:00am-4:00pm. Ron Adie $340

KMGP004 Developing Assertive Relationships

This two day course/workshop will pro­vide time for a good deal of practice in assertion skills. There will be focus on spe­cific assertion sub-skills such as making requests, saying 'no', tenninating conver­sations, standing up for your rights and existing aggression. The program will cover relevant aspects of communication theory and research, behaviour modification and other change processes. Emphasis will be placed on skill development using practi­cal structured activities segments of which will be video-taped for playback and dis­cussion. Kelvin Grove Campus 16 & 17 December- 9:00am-4:00pm. Ron Adie $260

KMGP002 Agents of Change This five day program of lectures and

group workshops conducted by a team of lecturers aims to provide practitioners in this field with the requisite knowledge and skills to act Agents of Change, or to pro­vide a review/refresher program to experi­enced people. Topics covered are: organi­sational change and development; training; roles, consulting skills; facilitation; group dynamics; group leadership; group deci­sion-making techniqu ; communie ion skills training; problem solving in organi­sations; counselling skills; organisational culture analysis and interventions. Kelvin Grove 2-6 December, 9:00am-4:00pm. Merv Wilkinson $650

KMGP003 Catalysts of Change This three day program is designed to

immerse consultants, trainers and manag­ers/coordinators of projects of change into a supportive, structured negotiated frame­work of consultative support for organisa­tional effectiveness. Integrated sessions of theory/practice relating to client's contexts. Analytical support groups concerning spe­cific client problems, short lecture inputs as appropriate and within negotiated frame­work are the basic structure of this course. Kelvin Grove 11-13 December, 9:00am-4:00pm. Merv Wilkinson $585

MATHEMATICS MATHOOS Statistical Variation and Data in Engineering for Engineers

To provide a succinct but hands-on in­troduction to statistical methods in the en­gineering context, for working engineers who wish to revise and update their statis­tical backgrounds. The course aims~ give participants sufficient familiarity and un­derstanding of the basic statistical methods not only to use in the workplace, but also on which to build further statistical skills .. Gardens Point Campus I 0 -I I February 1992, I 1/2 day, 9:00am-5:00pm & 9:00am-12:30pm. Nancy Spencer & Helen MacGillivray $250

MA TH006 Data and Statistical Skills in the Engineering World

Building on the introductory statistical knowledge of an engineering degree or equival_ent, the course aims to provide sta­tistical-'skills of importance in modern en­gineering, using engineering contexts and problems for hands-on examples. The course will be based on use of statistical computing packages. This will not only provide tools for data skills but also aid understanding of the methods. Gardens Point Campus 13 -14 February, 9:00am-4:00pm. Nancy Spencer & Helen MacGillivray $350

MA TH008 Mathematics Refresher Course

This course is designed for students who have completed Maths I to Senior level. It provides tuition in Mathematics I knowl­edge that is relevant to tertiary courses in­volving mathematics. Topics being re­viewed include: Basic algebra, Graphs, Functions. Trigonometry. Introduction to studies in Matrices. Probability. Statistics. Calculus. Gardens Point Campus 20 Janu­ary -II February. (Monday. Tuesday, Thursday). 6:00 - 9:00pm. Ruth Hubbard S200

MA TH009 Mathematics Bridging Course -Full year

A tertiary preparation course approxi­mately parallel to the year II and 12 maths I, units 1,2,3. The topics include algebra, analytical geometry, trigonometry, differ­ential and integral calculus, matrices and a selection of applications from elementary statics, kinematics, dynamics, probability and statistics. Gardens Point Campus 18 February- 2 June 1992 and 21 July - 3 November 1992, 6:00-9:00pm, (Tuesdays) 28 weeks x 3 hours per evening. Ruth Hubbard $600

MATHOIO An Introduction to Mathematics and Statistics Careers Course

This course is designed to (a) infonn perspective students of the career opportu­nities and employment potential for gradu­ates in Mathematics and (2) to assist QT AC applicants in their choice of mathematics courses. Gardens Point Campus 7 Decem­ber 1991, 1/2 day 9.15 am-12.15pm. Michael Kelly $10

MABOOl Mathematics (Recovery Course)

This course is designed for students ei­ther repeating the subject because of fail­ure or wishing to complete the subject in a condensed program. The topics include: Data Handling; algebra; analytical geom­etry; trigonometry and calculus; vectors; complex numbers. Gardens Point Campus 6-31 January 1992-84 hours. Tony Pettitt Accredited subject -HECS charge. Enrol­ment enquiries through head of school

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING MECHOOl A Short course in Engineering Drawing

This short course is designed for grade 12 students intending to pursue tertiary study, who, whilst lacking in Engineering skills intend to commence a degree in En­gineering. This course will cover such top­ics as: use and care of instruments, geo­metric constructions, pictorial views, (iso­metric and oblique parallel) and the princi­ples of third angle projection. Gardens Point Campus 3 -17 February 1992 (QUT stu­dents). 10-14 February 1992, (UQ students) 9:00am-5:00pm. Dick Hall $80

MECHOIS Failure Analysis The short course offers to participants

tutorials, lectures and tutorial demonstra­tions on the three main aspects of failure analysis, viz diagnosis, statistical failure analysis, and post-mortem examination. The workshop program will include such topics as -Role of the Designer, Manufac­turer and operator in achieving high reli­ability -The structure of metals -Systomatic Fault Diagnosis - Failure Modes -Surface treatments to reduce fatigue -Analysing fail­ures -Weibull analysis - Machine condi­tioning monitoring - Laboratory and open forum. Garden Point Campus 6 & 7 Feb­ruary, 9:00am- 5:00pm. Will Scott $530

MECH016 Fault Finding and Maintenance of Hydraulic Systems

This course offers participant tutorials, and laboratory demonstrations on the sub­ject of hydraulic systems with emphasis on fault finding and maintenance. The work­shop program will include such topics as -Graphic symbols -Sub-circuits and circuit reading - Hydraulic components - Fluid contamination control - Installation and commissioning- 0-Ring and valve failure analysis- Systematic fault diagnOSIS- Labo­ratory and open forum. Gardens Point Cam­pus 3 -5 December, 9:00am- 4:00pm. Will Scott $790

MECH017 Lubrication Workshop This course offers participants tutorials,

lectures and laboratory demonstrations on the subject of lubrication. The workshop program will include such topics as -Fun­damentals of Lubrication -Lubricants and Lubricants testing -Application of lubri­cants -Gear lubrication -Bearing lubrica­tion -Internal combustion engine lubrica­tion -Laboratory and open forum. Gardens Point Campus 3 -5 February, 9:00am -4:00pm. Will Scott $790

MEDICAL LAB SCIENCE MELSOOl Current Concepts in Haematology

In depth study of selected areas of inter­est in haematology. Gardens Point Cam­pus 20 February -29 May, 12 weeks per semester, 6:00-9:00pm. Pam Stallybrass $300

MOLECULAR BIOTECHNOLOGY MBIT002 A basic Introduction to Molecular Biotechnology

The course covers aspects such as; types of nucleic acids, the genetic code, DNA replication and repair, protein synthesis, gene structure and function and related laboratory skills. Gardens Point Campus 18 February -3 June 1992, 70 hours over 14 weeks, 4:30- 9:30pm. Peter Timms $495

NURSING EDUCATION NURS0161ntroduction to Nursing Informatics

A brief introduction to the present and future use of computers in nursing practice including hands on elementary acquisition. The course will enable the registered nurse to apply introductory computing skills in the provision of patient management. Gar­dens Point Campus 5 & 6 February 1992, 8.30am -5:00pm. Joanne Foster & Moya Conrick S 195

NURS013 Clinical Teaching Nursing Education

A program focusing on aspects of clini­cal teaching from a tertiary educational

perspective addressing the principles of teaching and learning; teaching/learning environment; teacher/student roles; and teaching strategies for the clinical set­ting. Gardens Point Campus 4, 6, II and 13 February 1992, 4 evenings,5:00pm -8:00pm. Lyn Stockhausen & Alan Barnard $150

PHOTOGRAPHY KIFSVOOI Understanding Photography - Black and White

Two 8 hour days of lecture and work­shops sessions. A strong emphasis will be placed on the practical aspects of this sub­ject. Camera skills, judging exposures, film and print processing, enlarging, print pres­entation and lighting techniques for black and white will be acquired. Kelvin Grove Campus I & 8 February, 9:00am- 4:00pm. Kevin Boyle $150

PHYSICS PHYSOOl Radiation Protection

This course consists of lectures and prac­tical laboratory work on such topics as: Basic Radiation Physics, Interaction of Radiation with matter, Radiation Protec­tion, Detectors of Ionizing Radiation, Bio­logical effects of Radiation and Legisla­tive controls. Gardens Point Campus 3 -7 February, 9:00am- 5:00pm. Brian O'Leary $530

PHYS012 Physics Bridging Course A tertiary preparation course approxi­

mately parallel to senior high school phys­ics. The topics covered include Physical Measurements and units: Kinematics (uni­fonnly accelerated linear motion, motion in gravitational fields, circular motion, sim­ple hannonic motion); mechanics (newtons laws, force, momentum, energy, conserva­tion laws); Electricity (electrostatics, cur­rent electricity, electrical circuits); and magnetism (pennanent magnets, electro­magnetism, electromagnetic induction). Gardens Point Campus 17 February -I June 1992, (Mondays) 14 weeks 6:00-9:00pm. Trevor Lewis $350

PHYSOl3 Physics Refresher Course This course is designed for students

who have completed Physics to senior level. This course consists of lectures and

tutorials on topics that are included in Sen­ior Physics syllabus and that are of particular importance for those intending to do physics subjects at Tertiary level. Topics include Kinematics, mechanics, electricity and magnetism. Gardens Point Campus 23 January - II February 1992, (Tuesdays & Thursdays) 2 days x 2 weeks x 3 hours,6:00-9:00pm. Trevor Lewis $150

RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS KEDU016 Program Evaluation

Two four hour sessions of lectures, work­shops will o over the use of a selected evaluation model as the basis for an inves­tigation of the purposes, processes and out­comes of an evaluation process. Some strat­egies for acting upon the results of evalua­tion studies. Kelvin Grove Campus 20 Janu­ary 1992,9:00am-4:00pm. John Lidstone $125

KLAD002 Introduction to Computer Analysis of Quantitative Data

This two day course will cover the use of computer package - descriptive statis­tics, inferential statistic, ANOV A, ANCOVA, MANOVA, factor analysis, re­gressions, non-parametric statistic. Kelvin Grove Campus 20 and 21 January- 9:00am-4:00pm. Dr Bill Atweh $200

KSCE021 Introduction to Strategies for Qualitative Data

This two day course will show a variety of strategies for analysis of qualitative data . For example: protocol analysis, inter­views, phenomenology, ethnography. A knowledge of a wide range of research strat­egies and practice in critical data analysis arising from these methodologies will be acquired. Kelvin Grove Campus 22 and 23 January, 9:00am-4:00pm. Bill Atweh & Rod Gerber $200

SURVEYING SUR016 Head Start Surveying Program - Introduction to Surveying for Intending QUT Students

This program has been designed to give intending surveying students a headstart by introducing them to the profession of sur­veying, surveying equipment and instru­ments and surveying tcnninology. The day will comprise of short talks, demonstra­tions and tutorials on simple surveying in­struments and computer packages. Gardens Point Campus 5 February 1992, 9:00am-5:00pm, lunch included. Stephen Warner $45

TERTIARY STUDIES PREPARA­TION COURSE KEDU012 Preparing for Tertiary Studies: New skills in reading, note­taking, assignment writing and active learning.

This course will introduce participants over three days to the new study/communi­cation skills expected of students at terti­ary level. Some of the clements of the course are: making the most of new learn­ing situations; coping with large volumes of information and diverse sources; writ­ing, essays, assignments, etc.; Presenting oral seminars, etc.; making the best use of time. All, 9:00am -4:00pm; Kelvin Grove Campus 3, 4 & 5 February. Repeated 6, 7, & 8 February; Carseldine Campus: 3, 4 & 5 February. Peter Kendal & Ross Muller SIOO

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Scholarships A number of scholarships and fellow­

ships are currently on offer to QUT and others students.

For further detalis telephone the Post­graduate Students Office on 864 2932.

Sun map scholarship for overseas stu­dent; QUT; postgraduate; MBA; closes I December.

Sun map scholarship in business; QUT; postgraduate; communication; closes I De­cember.

East West Centre graduate student award ; United States; postgraduate; all fields; closes I December.

Swedish scholarships for studies, training or research ; Sweden; all levels; all fields; close I December.

NSERC international fellowships; Canada; postdoctoral; natural sc iences & engineering; close I December.

Scientific exchanges with China ; China; postgraduate; science; close I De­cember.

Tokyu Foundation Scholarship; Japan; postgraduate; all fields; closes 5 Decem­ber.

Netherlands government scholarship; Netherlands; postgraduate; all fields; closes 14 December.

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Au­thority augmentive research support; Australia; closes 14 December.

Julie Robertson marketing award ; NSW; postgraduate; marketing; closes 15 December.

Japan exchange and teaching pro­gram; Japan; postgraduate; teaching/pub­lic administration; closes 18 December.

Forestry postgraduate research awards; Australia; postgraduate; forestry; close 20 December.

DPIE postgraduate research awards; Australia; postgraduate; all fields; close 20 December.

Sugar Research Council rural re­search scholarship; Australia; postgradu­ate; science farm management; close 21 December.

Menzies scholarship to Harvard; United States; postgraduate; all fields ; closes 31 December.

Geology Department honours bursa­ries; QUT; honours; geology; close 31 December.

Zonta International Amelia Earhart fellowship award; all countries; postgradu­ate; engineering/science; closes 3 I Decem­ber.

Scholarships to China; China; post­graduate/undergraduate; all fields; close 31 December.

BTR/FCO scholarship to Oxford ; United Kingdom; postgraduate; science/ eng i neeri ng/1 a w /man agemen t/h is tory ; close 31 December.

BTR/FCO scholarship to Cambridge; United Kingdom; postgraduate; all fields; closes 31 December.

Packer Cambridge scholarshi ps; United Kingdom; postgraduate; all fields; close 31 December.

CSIRO postgraduate research awards; Australia; postgraduate; science; close 31 December.

Cambridge Australia scholarship in law; United Kingdom; postgraduate; law; closes 31 December.

Pegasus Cambridge scholarship; United Kingdom; postgraduate; law; closes 31 December.

Coles Myer Cambridge scholarship for Australia ; United Kin gdom; postdoctoral ; closes 31 December.

Cambridge Australia scholarships; United Kingdom; postgraduate; closes 31 December.

British Telecom Cambridge scholar­ships; United Kingdom; postgraduate; all fields; close 31 December.

Wordsworth Memorial scholarship; QUT; postgraduate; all fields; closes 3 I December.

Burnett fellowships ; Australia; postdoctoral; medicine; close 31 Decem­ber.

Coopers & Lybrand fellowship; Aus­tralia; postgraduate; accounting; closes 3 I December.

Queensland University of Technology Newspaper

Muscling his way to trophies

Bodybuilding is just a hobby for Brian Cazzulino but after only two years training he placed second in the junior (under 21) section of the Redlands Bodybuilding Champtionship. He is a first-year property economics student in OUT's Built Environment and Engineering Faculty. (Photo: Suzanne Burow)

Boys in green beat reigning champions

QUT's soccer team has scored an upset win over the Fiji Whites to triumph in the grand final of the Fiji Students Association tourna­ment by the narrow margin of two goals to one.

QUT team, the boys in green, was founded only this year. After being a goal down in the grand final they put in a mighty effort to overcome the previously unbeaten Fiji Whites, who have been champions for the past few years.

The tournament designed for in­ternational students has become an annual fixture in Brisbane where ther~ are teams from Malaysia, South Korea, South Africa, Fiji, Hong Kong and the United Arab Emirates.

Team manager Irshad Ali con­gratulated team president Afzal Shariff on doing a good job and keeping the team together.

Mr Shariff said Mr Ali had been the team's outstanding supporter.

"The team has more than 20 play­ers now but we're always on the lookout for more people interested in joining us," Mr Shariff said.

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"We congratulate our team cap­tain Nizamudean, who has retired. He put in a tremendous effort all through the season. We're really going to miss him."

Mr Ali said: "We had huge sup­port from spectators which really gave a boost. If you know of a story which should

be told in Inside QUT submit it or phone the Public Affairs journalists.

Jim Simmonds 864 2130 Anne Patterson 864 2361 Fax 210 0474 Letters to the Editor are also wel­

come (maximum of 250 words) . Published by the Public Affairs Of­

fice, QUT (Administration Building), GPO Box 2434 Brisbane 4001.

Typeset by QUT's Publications Unit

using PageMaker desktop publishing software.

The opinions expressed in Inside QUT do not necessarily represent those of the university.

Media can reproduce stories from Inside QUT.

Each story has been checked with the source prior to publication to en­sure accuracy.

Next issue will be published mid­February 1992.

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"Our players forgot the physical stuff and concentrated on soccer. It was a well-deserved win and we hope to repeat the feat next season."

QUT soccer team played in two tournaments this year.

In the first, they went out on pen­alty kicks in the semi-finals.

Right: Eddie Reddy in action (Photo: Suzanne Burow)

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Sports awards

• even1ng QUT sports enthusiasts will

gather on 29 November for the second annual sports awards night.

It will be held at the Bellevue Hotel, George Street, starting at 7.30pm.

Various awards will be pre­sented to students to recognise achievements and contribu­tions to university sport.

Student Guild recreation programs coordinator Mr Dennis Cook said the 1992 QUT Sporting year had been highly successful.

"We have achieved a lot in a year since amalgamation and the awards evening should highlight this," he said.

The first winner of the Jody Martin Perpetual Trophy will be announded at the function.

The trophy was initiated last year at the first awards night and handed over to the Martin Family. It is held in memory of former QUT recreation officer Ms Jody Martin who was killed in a rafting accident on 13 June 1990. The award honours serv­ice to university sport and rec­reation.

The QUT Sportsperson of the Year will also be announded along with Sports Blue winners. The sportsperson of the year will be chose from Sports Blue recipients. The Sports Blue is awarded to students who have been involved in QUT sports and have played at natioal ter­tiary or open state level.

The Sports Achievement Award will also be announced along with the Team of the Year, Club Person of the Year and QUT Cup awards.

Nominations will be accepted until Friday 22 November. Guest speaker at the dinner will be Northern Conference Uni­versity Sports Association de­velopment officer Ms Rhonda Oliver.

Limited tickets at $20 will be available from Student Guild offices.

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