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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR 2004 TEACHING DEVELOPMENT Applications for 2004 teaching development grants are now open and close on Friday 31 October 2003.   Three funding schemes are available to support projects which extend beyond the normal curriculum development activities expected within Divisions and Departments. 1. Macquarie University Strategic Curriculum Innovation Grants (MUSCIG) MUSCIG grants support the process of curriculum development and innovation. Grants to a maximum of $30,000 over one or two years will be made available for substantial team projects built around whole programs or sequences of units. Smaller grants, up to a maximum of $6,000 will be made to support individual and/or small group initiatives.  Guidelines are available at: http://www.cpd.mq.edu.au/lern_tch/lt_grant.htm More information is available from Sharon Fraser, CPD, x8446, email: Sharon.Fraser@mq.edu.au. 2. Macquarie University Teaching Development Grants (MUTDG) MUTDGs support small-scale innovative teaching development projects which usually involve the development of a tangible product or outcome. A maximum of $6,000 is available per project, to be spent over one year. Guidelines are available at: http://www.cfl.mq.edu.au/cfl/grants/grantint.html More information is available from Maree Gosper, CFL, x9752, email: maree.gosper@mq.edu.au 3. Macquarie University Flagship Grants – Expression of Interest Flagship grants support substantial teaching projects across whole programs or sequences of units which usually involve the development of a tangible product or outcome. A maximum of $50,000 is available per project, to be spent over one or two years. A two-stage selection process is involved in which expressions of interest are called for and short-listed applicants will then be asked to present a more detailed application to the Selection Committee at a later date. Guidelines are available at: http://www.cfl.mq.edu.au/cfl/grants/grantint.html More information is available from Maree Gosper, CFL, x9752, email: maree.gosper@mq.edu.au Teaching Development Grants Information Workshop A workshop to provide additional details of the schemes and allow you to discuss your plans with staff from CPD and CFL will be held on Wednesday, 24 September 1.00pm to 3.00pm in the Workplace Relations and Services Building C4B, upstairs Meeting Room - Mezzanine level. The closing date for all three schemes is Friday, 31 October 2003. Please refer to the respective guidelines for application and submission details. Professor David Rich Director, Centre for Flexible Learning

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CFL e-LEARNING WORKSHOPS Going online in 2004? Are you thinking about putting all or part of your course online? In this workshop we will look at what others have done and discuss the issues you are likely to encounter and options that are available to you, who can help you and the resources CFL provides. Recommended for staff wanting to find out about what is involved in teaching online. Bookings not necessary. Date:    Tuesday 30 September 2.00pm to 4.00pm Mollie Thomson Room, Library Level 5 WebCT Essentials Series 3 WebCT Essentials is a three part series for staff needing to develop skills in building and managing a WebCT unit. This series is recommended for new and inexperienced academic and general staff planning to develop online units in WebCT. Thursday 2 October Part 1: Introduction to WebCT 10.00am to 12.00noon TR2, Library Wednesday 8 October Part 2: Using WebCT Discussions and Mail 10.00am to 12.00noon TR2, Library Friday 10 October Part 3: Adding Contents to WebCT Units 10.00am to12.00noon TR2, Library For details please see: http://www.cfl.mq.edu.au/html/schedule.htm, and the Diary entries in Staff News. For more information about training, contact Judy King, x9945, judy.king@mq.edu.au or Chris Lavina, x7593, chris.lavina@mq.edu.au. For bookings send your name, Department, Staff Number and session details to: training@library.mq.edu.au. Chris Lavina CFL

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Media mentions:  We are now using both print and broadcasting monitoring services, but they do sometimes miss Macquarie mentions. To ensure a more comprehensive and accurate MACQUARIE IN THE MEDIA column, please always let us know whenever you have been a subject or an author of any print media item, including reviews of your work or letters-to-the-editor from you, and if you appear on the electronic media.  Kindly forward the information by email to Kathy Vozella: kathy.vozella@mq.edu.au by fax to (9850) 9457; or through internal mail to W6B 148.  Dr Lawrence Ang (MGSM): says Singapore is Starbucks city because in Asia they like American things, Australian Financial Review, Boss magazine, 12 September Emeritus Professor Frank Clarke (Modern History): has received the title of Emeritus Professor after retiring as professor of modern history at Macquarie University in August, Campus Review, 3-9 September Professor George Cooney (Education): said that the different school systems appealed to different people, and would be surprised (if the reduction in applications for selective schools) had anything to do with private schools because parents often choose selective schools in order to save private school fees, Sydney Morning Herald, 10 September Professor John Croucher (Statistics): his weekly Number Crunch column included statistics such as ‘most hours spent non-stop on a rollercoaster: 147’, Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, 6 September; his weekly column included statistics such as ‘number of camels once offered by an Arab sheikh to Dennis Hamilton in exchange for his wife, the actress Diana Dors: 23’, Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, 13 September Dr Jenny Donald (Biological Sciences): has collaborated with scientists at the Garvan Institute, and the Universities of NSW and Tasmania and says they are on the brink of unlocking the gene involved in bipolar disorder, Mercury (Hobart), 9 September; Sydney Morning Herald, 11 September Professor Richard Dunford (MGSM): interviewed about the benefits of doing an MBA and who is likely to undertake the study, Sky News Australia, 12 September Ms Megan Etheridge (Public Relations and Marketing): said that although the University was committed to offering a service to the local community, it was important the school partners program was reciprocal and that there were benefits for the University, The Australian, 10 September Ms Friederike Gerull (Psychology PhD student): is doing her PhD at Macquarie University and her study is looking at how media images of ‘ideal’ men impact on how men see themselves and whether greater exposure to the male body image affects a man’s image of himself, Campus Review, 3-9 September Dr Marie Herberstein (Biological Sciences): interviewed about why female spiders cannabalise their mates, ABC 666 Canberra, 8 September Professor John Hewson (MGSM): wrote that the Chinese economy is in danger of tripping over itself, Australian Financial Review, 5 September; wrote that political leaders ignore key domestic issues at their peril, Australian Financial Review, 12 September Dr Lesley Hughes (Biological Sciences): said many species may not be able to survive in the future due to global warming, ABC TV News, 7 September Ms Jennifer Kingston (GSE PhD student): is trying to find out what makes male seals attractive to females, Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, 6 September Ms Michelle Lemon (GSE PhD student): interviewed about dolphin research, Totally Wild, Channel 10, 1 September Mr Leonard Janiszewski (Modern History): discussed the Americanisation of Australian eating and social habits by the 'Greek cafe', and Gunnedah's Busy Bee Cafe, Newcastle Herald, 16 August; will talk about Greek cafes in Australia at Macquarie University during History Week, Sydney Morning Herald, 15 September Associate Professor Ruth Mawson (Earth and Planetary Sciences): said that there is so much in museums that has to do with science, particularly the conservation side of things, Weekend Australian, 6 September Dr Kathryn Millard (Media): has returned to the scene of her upbringing for both of her films to date – Parklands and Travelling Light, Weekend Australian, 13 September Emeritus Professor Jill Roe (Modern History): received the title of Emeritus Professor after retiring from Macquarie University last month, Campus Review, 3-9 September Associate Professor Graeme Russell (Psychology): has studied families for 30 years and sees that more men are now putting up their hand to say they want to be more involved in their children’s lives, Sun-Herald, 7 September; surveyed almost 4,000 workers and found work pressures were having a negative impact on people’s intimate relationships, Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, 6 September; Herald Sun, 6 September Dr Nonna Ryan (European Languages): was interviewed about the X International Congress of the Teachers of Russian Language and Literature (MAPRYAL) which took place in St Petersburg in July, SBS, 13 August Ms Cathy Rytmeister (CPD): interviewed about NTEU’s push for one year’s parental leave for university staff, Radio 2SM, 2 September; said people are putting off having children so late that they have only one child or leave it too late to have any, Daily Telegraph, 8 September Professor Karl-Erik Sveiby (MGSM): splits his year being professor in knowledge management in Helsinki and honorary professor at Macquarie and Griffith Universities, The Age, 2 September Dr Andrew Vincent (Politics): interviewed about the Israeli Government removing Yasser Arafat, The World Today, ABC National Radio, 12 September Ms Kathy Vozella (Public Relations and Marketing): took a mix of paid and unpaid leave after the birth of her first child, Anna, 15 months ago, Daily Telegraph, 8 September Professor Di Yerbury (Vice-Chancellor): said she is sympathetic to the needs of all our universities, and will not be party to one group being played off against the other, Campus Review, August 27-September 2; was the first woman Vice-Chancellor and last month she was elected AVCC president for the next two years, Bulletin with Newsweek, 9 September; proudly describes the need for universities to be entrepreneurial but insists the main reason she believes in international education is for the educational benefits, including the social and cultural ones, Australian Financial Review, 13 September Issues and Events The University of Newcastle’s Law School defeated a combined Macquarie University/University of Wellington team in the international criminal law moot, Newcastle Herald, 2 September The Inverell Shire Council has on loan from the Early Childhood Road Safety Unit at Macquarie University a demonstration kit used to highlight the risk of off road injury for the young child, Inverell Times, 29 August The Alternative Nation Festival was held on the grounds of Macquarie University in 1995, Daily Telegraph, SLM Magazine, 3 September The Macquarie Trio brings a salon flavour to Piazzolla’s music with the combination of piano, cello and violin, Canberra Times, 4 September Artist Peter Griffen said a career highlight was a recent exhibition at Macquarie University held by the Vice-Chancellor, who is a big fan, Glebe and Inner Western Weekly, 3 September Media Central is a monthly forum put on by the Macquarie University Media Department, The Australian, 4 September Chiropak was designed by a research team at Macquarie University’s Department of Health and Chiropractic and was a finalist in the recent Australian Design Awards, Sydney Morning Herald, 4 September Next year Macquarie University will launch online a new professional doctorate, the Doctor of Applied Linguistics, which will have coursework and research seminars online, Weekend Australian, 6 September When it comes to Australian business schools, the Macquarie Graduate School of Management is in the top four, Weekend Australian, 6 September Data from Macquarie University’s Psychology Department reveals that 40 percent admit to the problem (of work pressures denying fathers time with their families), while 49 per cent of children complain that their father’s work interferes with family life, Herald Sun, 6 September In an address to the Macquarie Graduate School of Management, Federal Sex Discrimination Commissioner Pru Goward said that most men were still to share the care of children while they were married, Courier Mail, 5 September Two Macquarie University astronomers, Dr Jeremy Bailey and Sarah Chamberlain, obtained the sharpest images of Mars ever taken by a ground-based telescope, Northern District Times, 3 September A Macquarie University study of workers has shown that stress is a major pressure on intimate relationships, Radio 2GB, 6 September Three Sydney universities (Sydney and Macquarie University and UNSW) are pushing ahead with a claim to allow staff 12-months paid leave to care for a baby, Gosford SEA FM News, 8 September; 2DAY-FM News, 8 September; Radio 2AY Albury, 8 September UNE band ‘Velvet Underlay’ won the 2003 NSW Campus Band Competition after competing against entrants from the University of Newcastle, UTS, University of Sydney and Macquarie University, Armidale Express Extra, 3 September Macquarie University is one of the universities doing very well out of the niche international student market, Australian Financial Review, 10 September Macquarie University is one of the biggest earners from overseas students in business studies, Australian Financial Review, 10 September Only Macquarie University, UNSW and the University of Sydney made large sums from full-fee paying domestic students, Sydney Morning Herald, 10 September The Macquarie University School Partners program operates like a frequent flyers scheme, and under the scheme some schools have doubled the number of students they send to Macquarie in just 12 months, The Australian, 10 September Macquarie University and Killara High School have offered St Ives High School open library facilities in the wake of last week’s devastating fire that destroyed its library, Sydney Weekly, 10 September Macquarie University student Abbey Woodward won the FHM Magazine ‘Miss University’ competition, Hills Shire Times, 9 September The Macquarie Trio’s latest CD ‘Libertango – The Music of Astor Piazzolla’ was launched by the Argentine Ambassador this week, Canberra Times, 12 September Politician Peter Debnam says one of the best things he took from the MBA course he did at the Macquarie Graduate School of Management a decade ago was the ability to analyse complex data, Australian Financial Review, Boss magazine, 12 September The Macquarie Graduate School of Management, the AGSM, Monash University and Melbourne Business School head the MBA rankings this year, Australian Financial Review, Boss magazine, 12 September Macquarie University student Chris McDonald and his university mates have formed a comedy troupe and are fast making their mark on the local scene – The Beatification of Newt Berton first featured as part of the Macquarie University’s drama club annual review, Daily Telegraph, 13 September Stephen Thomas, for whom Egyptology has been a life-long passion, studies with the Egyptology Foundation at Macquarie University and completed two tours of Egypt in 1988 and 1990, Daily Liberal (Dubbo), 13 September The Macquarie Trio must have been heartened by the prolonged applause at the fourth concert of their 2003 Brisbane season, Courier Mail, 15 September The Macquarie Trio’s latest CD Libertango – The Music of Astor Piazzolla was reviewed in The Canberra Times, 15 September   Kathy Vozella Media Manager

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