UNISUPER SEMINAR

This seminar will provide you with information relating to how the Federal government's "Simpler Super" changes have impacted on UniSuper pension products available from 1 July 2007.

The seminar will cover:

• A summary of the "simpler super" changes
• The new pension payment rules
• Taxation of pensions
• The impact on existing and new:
  * indexed pensions
  * allocated pensions
  * term allocated pensions (TAPs)
• The new Simple Pension product which is replacing new allocated pensions
• Social security changes from 20 September 2007.

The seminar is suitable for all members but with particular relevance to members approaching retirement.

Presenter: Frank Scarrabelotti, UniSuper
Date: Wednesday 6 June
Time: 1.00pm–2.00pm
Venue: C5C T2
Registration: http://www.unisuper.com.au/resources/seminars.cfm

Moya Sue Tin
Superannuation Officer
Human Resources

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PRINTERY DATES — SEMESTER 2, 2007

To ensure that printed class material is ready for the beginning of Semester 2 we recommend that material be submitted to the Printery by the dates specified below.

Ideally we would like material in by the dates listed, but if we can be contacted beforehand and advised of approximate quantities we will do our best to accommodate late entries.

Distance Education Units

Submit by: Friday 1 June
Ready for first despatch of course material by the Centre for Open Education (COE) in early July.

Internal Units

Submit by: Friday 22 June
Ready for commencement of classes Monday 30 July.

Internal and Distance Education Units

For sale in the Co-op Bookshop
Submit by: Friday 22 June
Ready for sale by Monday 25 July onwards.

Please correctly enter all information on the Requisition for Printing Services Form and check your account number before submitting your material for printing. The requisition form is available at: http://printery.mq.edu.au/pdf/requisitionform2.pdf

For all enquiries please contact the Printery on x7385.

John Cason
Manager
Macquarie Lighthouse Press

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GRADUATE RECRUITMENT—JOBS A PLENTY

The Graduate Recruitment Fair in late March, organised by the Career Development Office (CDO), was highly successful with 54 exhibitors and over 1,900 students in attendance. It attracted many major private industry and government employers, with representatives from accounting, banking, manufacturing, multinationals, not for profit and State and Commonwealth departments.

The Fair is a terrific opportunity for students to speak to employers and to collect information in their search for graduate employment. Exhibitors were also pleased with the Fair, with over 90% rating it as a valuable opportunity to showcase their organisation.

The Teaching Opportunities Showcase held a week later, attracted 17 exhibitors from all sectors of teacher recruitment. Over 150 students reported that they found this event influential in their career decision making.

The Career Development Office organises a number of events each year which attract graduate employers to campus, in particular during the graduate recruitment season between March and June, and assists students and employers with a range of programs and services.

Staff are welcome to discuss how we can customise our services and seminars to suit the needs of your department. To view examples of recent collaborations with academic staff please go to http://www.careers.mq.edu.au/staff.htm

Further information:

Sheila Mylvaganam
Head, Career Development Office
sheila.mylvaganam@mq.edu.au

Julie Doherty
Training Officer
julie.doherty@mq.edu.au
Tel: x7372

Jackie Simpson
Career Development Specialist (Recruitment & Advice)
Career Development Office

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ACCESS MACQUARIE—INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SEMINAR

Had any good ideas recently? Think they may have commercial potential? Not sure how to protect and commercialise them? To start you thinking about these issues, you are invited to attend a free intellectual property (IP) seminar, hosted by Access Macquarie Limited, the commercial arm of Macquarie University.

Intellectual property (IP), the product of your hard work and research, can be valuable to both you and the university, but it is easy for this value not to be fully realised. Whether you are a lecturer, researcher or student you need to know how to identify, protect and commercialise your ideas and innovations.

Experienced IP experts will provide relevant information about IP created in the university community. Some of the topics to be covered in the seminar include:

• What is this IP stuff?
• The mechanics of patenting — driving a career with patents and publications
• Commercialisation at Macquarie University — the system and where to go for help
• A success story: commercialising with Access MQ.

Those who attend will learn:

• The value and need for protecting innovation
• Patents, trade marks and designs
• Copyright: your rights
• Commercialisation of IP, forming a start-up company
• The commercialisation process and support mechanisms at Macquarie.

The seminar will commence with a free lunch and conclude with the opportunity to talk with the guest speakers.

• Who should attend? — Everyone with an interest in research, ideas and inventions
• What will you learn? — How to protect your research, ideas and inventions
• Why attend? — As professional development and to introduce you to "commercialisation".

Date: Friday 1 June
Time: 12.00 noon–4.30pm. Lunch will be provided.
Venue: Access MQ, level 1, Dow Corning Building, 3 Innovation Road, Macquarie University Research Park. For location map please visit: http://www.access.mq.edu.au/contactus/index.html
RSVP: Before 4.00pm Wednesday 30 May.
Book online: http://www.access.mq.edu.au/newsandevents/ipseminarform/index.html

For more information please contact:

Bryan Williams
Knowledge Researcher
Tel: (02) 9850 9275
Email: bwilliams@access.mq.edu.au
Website: www.access.mq.edu.au

Bryan Williams
Knowledge Researcher
AccessMQ

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AUSTRALIAN HISTORY MUSEUM—HISTORY WEEK

In support of Archaeology Week, 21–27 May, the Australian History Museum will be hosting a lecture by Dr Ted Higginbotham, professional historian and archaeologist: Satanic Mills—Aspects of the Industrial Revolution, Past, Present and Future.

Since we live in an age where the fruits of the Industrial Revolution are now changing our planet, can we learn from the past how to safeguard our future?

Most people associate the Industrial Revolution with steam power and technological wonders, but this talk looks at one of the unintended consequences, slum development in Manchester by the 1840s. This paper will explore the developments in the cotton industry, the progress in enclosure and agriculture to explain why this happened. Along the way we will seek to alter the way historians and archaeologists explain change, and brush shoulders with people like Charles Dickens, Elizabeth Gaskell, Friedrich Engels, William Blake, David Dale and Robert Owen.

And if we can explain change in a way that is relevant today, how will that help us in the future?

Date: Monday 21 May, 1.00pm–2.00pm
Venue: Australian History Museum, Room 127, Building W6A
RSVP: whilst the event is free, places are limited so please contact Tracy Sullivan, Education Officer/Manager, to express interest in attending.
Phone: 9850 8870
Email: tracy.sullivan@humn.mq.edu.au

Tracy Sullivan
Education Officer/Manager
Australian History Museum

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MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY SINGERS 40TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT

The Macquarie University Singers will celebrate its 40th Anniversary with a performance of Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem) at Pymble Ladies’ College on Saturday 2 June.

Macquarie University Singers is a choir of over 120 voices drawn from students, staff and members of the community. Founded in 1967 as Macquarie Music Makers, it is the University’s oldest society, and performs regularly at concerts and events on campus, as well as making regular appearances at the Sydney Opera House and in major events such as the Tattoo Spectacular.

This magnificent work was written by the young Brahms and continues to be one of the best-loved and most inspiring works in the choral repertoire.

Soprano Heather Lee is an award winning soprano who can move between both eastern and western compositions. Her latest disk through ABC Classics, The Sacred Fire, music of Hildegard Von Bingen, has recieved great acclaim, and she is about to record Mozart Arias with the State Sinfonietta Zilina in Slovakia. Gennadi Dubinsky possesses one of the most extraordinary bass voices in Australia and has gained an excellent reputation as an opera singer, actor and entertainer through performances in Opera Afloat and his one man show based on Ivan Rebroff. In 2007 he is covering leading roles in Il Trovatore and Don Giovanni for Opera Australia.

Macquarie University Singers, conducted by Musical Director Margot McLaughlin, will be joined for this performance by the 60 piece Ku-ring-gai Philharmonic Orchestra, recognised as one of Australia’s leading community orchestras. The KPO regularly performs in its own concert series on the North Shore, and will commence the concert under the baton of their Artistic Director, Henryk Pisarek, in a performance of Kabalevsky’s Colas Breugnon Suite, a lively and exciting work that showcases the Orchestra’s abilities.

The concert will take place at 8.15pm on 2 June in the Gillian Moore Centre for Performing Arts, a superb new concert hall located within the grounds of Pymble Ladies’ College. Free parking is available through the main entrance in Avon Road, and refreshments will be provided during the interval.

Tickets: $30 adult, $20 concession, $15 students
Bookings: MCA 1300 306 776 or http://www.mca-tix.com
Further information: David Goodwin, tel: 0410 505 562 publicity@mus.org.au

David Goodwin
Macquarie University Singers

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LACHLAN'S RESTAURANT

Lachlan's Restaurant is conveniently located on the Macquarie University Campus at the award winning MGSM Executive Hotel & Conference Centre.

Lachlan's offers a relaxed setting to enjoy fine cuisine, featuring:

• Contemporary à la carte dining
• Creative Australian and seasonal menus
• Fully licensed with an extensive wine list
• Award winning chef—"IAAC Australian Copper Skillet Champion"
• Ideal for business lunches and private dining
• Private function rooms are also available for any social or business event
• Lounge bar available for pre meal drinks.

Lachlan's Restaurant is open for business:

• Breakfast and Dinner Monday–Sunday
• Lunch Monday–Friday.

For more information, or if you would like a copy of our menus, please contact Lachlan's Restaurant on x9139 or email lachlans.restaurant@mgsm.edu.au

Nigel Logue
Hotel Manager
MGSM

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ACCESS MACQUARIE—CONFERENCE AND BOARD MEETING FACILITIES

 Access Macquarie, the commercial arm of Macquarie University, has high-grade, professional and well-equipped conference and board meeting facilities available for hire. The facilities are available for hire for seminars and conferences, staff events and company board meetings. 

Access Macquarie facilities that will be provided to your event include: 

• Security access
• Reception for your guests
• Amenities. 

The meeting room facilities include: 

• Presentation equipment (data projectors, white boards)
• Refreshments upon request
• High quality fit out.

Access Macquarie is located on Level 1, Dow Corning Building in the Macquarie University Research Park. 

For more information or if you would like a tour of the facilities, please contact: Mel Moore, Personal Assistant/Office Manager, telephone: (02) 9850 4729 or email: mmoore@access.mq.edu.au

Tanya Davies
Executive Manager
Access Macquarie Limited

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POSITIVE EMOTIONS AND RESILIENCE TO STRESS-RELATED ILLNESS

All Macquarie University staff members aged 18 years or older are invited to participate in a biological study being conducted in the Department of Psychology on the relationship between positive emotion experience and resilience to stress-related illness.

Prolonged exposure to stress is associated with increased susceptibility to chronic diseases such as heart disease, cerebrovascular disease and diabetes. Participants will be asked to complete a 30-minute survey on the internet and to participate in a biological assessment of indicators for health risk such as levels of stress hormones and cholesterol (time commitment of 30 minutes).

To be a part of this study or to obtain further information, please contact the researcher at: Vicki.Williams@psy.mq.edu.au or on 0414 801 093.

Vicki Williams
Department of Psychology

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2007 Childcare Places

Are you or your family, friends or work colleagues still searching for that hard to find childcare place for 2007?

If you want a safe, nurturing, fun filled and educational environment for your children then do not hesitate to contact any of the centres below.

For further information please contact:

• Gumnut Cottage, Julie George, Cheryl Twohig (02) 9850 7740
• Banksia Cottage, Jennifer Watkins (02) 9850 7781
• Waratah Occasional and Long Daycare, Danielle Hadley (02) 9850 9450.

SAM Shop

20% off Mac Uni Merchandise

Need a logo appliqué jacket or hooded top for the cooler months?

Then head on down to the SAM Shop between 14 May and 1 June 2007 and get 20% off the marked price while stocks last. Conditions apply. No rainchecks, strictly for a limited time only.

Rock Sack Nokia 1110i

Run on into the SAM Shop and get yourself a Rock Sack Nokia phone package for only $55.00. That's a huge saving! The phone comes with Polyphonic Ringtones, built in hands free and a FREE cooler with speakers and 512mb MP3 Player. Quick as stock is limited! 

Marion Malouf
Students at Macquarie

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CPD NEWS

http://www.cpd.mq.edu.au 

Research Writing Series

Workshop 5: Methods, Results, Discussions, Conclusions

The focus is on a strategic analysis of the remaining sections of the research article. Participants will analyse and evaluate examples from published articles, and (re-)organise their own sample texts. We will also look for textual and interpersonal metalanguage and for manifestations of an authorial voice.

Date: Tuesday 22 May
Time: 9.30am–12.30pm
Venue: E6A 116
Facilitator: Dr Alan Jones

 Overcoming Procrastination in Postgraduate Study

 Research suggests that over 60% of University students would like to reduce their level of academic procrastination, and approximately 25% of students experience chronic problems in this area. Postgraduate study can be a potentially high-risk time for students in terms of procrastination problems. This may be partly due to the often large workloads and associated high stress, as well as the challenge of undertaking and completing a large body of work such as a thesis. There is also evidence suggesting that procrastination is a pattern that worsens over time, often peaking in student’s mid-20’s. Academic procrastination has potentially significant costs to the postgraduate student. These costs can be both academic (poor performance, lower marks and course withdrawal) and health-related (stress problems, increased risk of anxiety or depression, poor physical health, poorer quality of life).

 The good news is that academic procrastination is a problem that can be addressed and significant improvements achieved in a relatively short period of time. This half-day workshop will not only present a model of procrastination that students can use to assess their own areas of difficulty, but specific topics and associated strategies will be discussed including:

• Identifying Factors Leading to Procrastination
• Effective Time Management
• Effective Task Management
• The Role of Self Esteem and Study Beliefs
• Perfectionism
• Managing Background Stress
• Identifying Potential Obstacles to Change 

Date: Tuesday 29 May
Time: 10.30am–1.00pm
Venue: E6A 116
Facilitators: Dr. Julie Erskine, Principal Counsellor, Macquarie University Counselling Service; Jonathan Gaston, Clinic Director, Macquarie University Centre for Emotional Health

To book call CPD on x9721 or email cpd@mq.edu.au

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HUMAN RESOURCES AND ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Professional Development

The following Professional Development workshop is being offered to all staff in Semester 1:

Successful Business Writing (1 day program)

This program focuses on how to plan, prepare, and present written information that will appeal to the reader. It will demonstrate how to present your content/material more clearly, and provide details on how to deliver documentation at the appropriate professional standard.

Please bring along some samples of your writing—letters, emails, short reports—as you will have an opportunity to review and edit your current business writing.

This program is offered to both general and academic staff. Lunch will be provided.

Date: 31 May

For workshop information and enrolment, please see http://www.cpd.mq.edu.au Workshop Bookings.

Enquiries:
Robyn Clark x9619, robyn.clark@mq.edu.au
Sharon Messina x9734, sharon.messina@mq.edu.au

Tim Sprague
Director, Human Resources

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WHAT’S ON IN PR & MARKETING

Movies at Macquarie 
An Inconvenient Truth

If the vast majority of the world's scientists are right, humans are dramatically modifying the Earth's climate and weather. Some scientists are now suggesting that we have just 10 years to avert a major catastrophe that could send our entire planet into a tail-spin of epic destruction involving extreme weather, floods, droughts, epidemics and killer heat waves beyond anything we have ever experienced. An Inconvenient Truth offers a look at one man's crusade—former Vice President Al Gore—to halt global warming's deadly progress in its tracks by exposing the myths and misconceptions that surround it.

Join Dr Mark Taylor and Dr Neil Holbrook from the Department of Physical Geography, to discuss the inconvenient truths of climate change, and find out how individual impacts—from rising temperature and CO2 levels, to changing rainfall and vegetation patterns and heightened bushfire risk—are already combining to affect Australia, and how if they continue as scientists believe they will, could fundamentally change the way we live in Australia.

When: 20 May, 7pm
Where: Macquarie Theatre

If you would like to be kept updated on what movies are in store for 2007, please send an email to Emma Norton at emma.norton@mq.edu.au with your details.

The podcast of the discussion with Dr Chris Forbes and Dr Malcolm Choat after the screening of The Da Vinci Code earlier this year can be found at: http://www.pr.mq.edu.au/mqmovies/

Engineering at Macquarie University Information Evening

Macquarie University’s new engineering programs focus on equipping students with skills and experience to enable them to push boundaries. All degrees feature a strong practical focus, highly desirable to students and employers alike.

 The information evening will enable parents and students to:

• Explore study options in computer engineering, electronics engineering, instrumentation and control engineering, photonics engineering, software engineering, telecommunications engineering and wireless engineering.
• Chat to our academic staff and industry professionals from leading companies such as Optus, Microsoft and Honeywell.
• Discuss possible pathways to Macquarie University.

When: Tuesday 22 May, 6.30pm
Where: Venues@Macquarie, SAM Building, C10A Level 3, Macquarie University, Herring Rd North Ryde
Booking: Required
Contact: 02 9850 4280 or visit www.engineering.mq.edu.au

The Macquarie Experience Program

The Liaison Services team is working with Departments across the University to coordinate a number of Macquarie Experience activities throughout May. The Macquarie Experience program enables high school students, parents and teachers to participate in activities that highlight the University's degree programs to them.

Activities for May include:

• 15, 17 and 21 May: Modern History—Lectures for high school students
• 15, 16, 17 and 18 May: Macquarie University Art Gallery—Art in movements
• 22 May: Engineering Information Evening for parents and students
• 26 May: Computing workings for high school students
• 31 May: Global Leadership Program—Global citizenship.

For further enquiries regarding the Macquarie Experience Program or activities being held throughout the year please contact Katherine Johnston on x9446 or katherine.johnston@vc.mq.edu.au

Sign up to find out what we’re doing

Each month the Public Relations and Marketing Unit produces reports for the Executive, Deans, Heads of Office and the Marketing Advisory Committee on the range of activities we are undertaking. If you would like to receive a copy of our report, or if you’d like to have a look at one prior to signing up to receive them each month, please contact Deborah Jackson at x4110 or deborah.jackson@vc.mq.edu.au

Kathy Vozella
Media Manager
PR and Marketing

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MACQUARIE IN THE MEDIA

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 Fiona Crawford: fiona.crawford@mq.edu.au by fax to (9850) 9457; or through internal mail to Level 2, BD Building, Macquarie University Research Park.

Media mentions

Ms Effy Alexakis (Modern History): her photographic work and research on Australia's Greek Cafe is part of a major touring exhibition, Cuisine and Country: A Gastronomic Venture in Australian Art, presently on display at Orange Regional Gallery, Sydney Morning Herald, 5 May

Ms Deidre Anderson (MUSR): interviewed about MUSR's new water management system which will be utilised to irrigate its sports fields, Northern District Times, 9 May

Professor Gayle Avery (MGSM): interviewed about the implications of an ageing Australia, Business Review Weekly, 3 May

Mr Harvey Broadbent (Modern History): interviewed about his research project on the Turkish archives which he is undertaking in partnership with the Australian War Memorial and the Middle East Technical University, Radio Adelaide, 10 May

Ms Maxine Brodie (Library): interviewed about the recent rehanging of artworks in the University Library, Northern District Times, 9 May

Miss Anita Chang (Asian Languages): mentioned her talk at the book launch of the Chinese version of Li Cunxin's Mao's Last Dancer, Singtao Daily, 1 May; mentioned her participation as one of the adjudicators in the preparatory meeting for the 2007 Chinese Recital Competition organised by the NSW Chinese Education Council and Singtao Daily, Singtao Daily, 7 May

Professor Max Coltheart (MACCS): co-authored a letter to a Senate inquiry into the academic standards of school education expressing disappointment that Curriculum Corporation, which uses a whole reading technique, was given the tender for a reading assistance program, Sydney Morning Herald, 3 May; West Australian, 4 May

Professor George Cooney (Education): interviewed about the prospect of universities allowing more fee-paying but less capable students into their courses, The Australian, 11 May

Professor John Croucher (MGSM): his weekly Numbercrunch column included statistics like '"proportion of surveyed British veterinarians who say they have treated an intoxicated dog: 25 per cent", Age, 5 May; Sydney Morning Herald, 5 May; his weekly Numbercrunch column included statistics like "estimated average IQ of serial killers: 105-120, the general population: 100", Sydney Morning Herald, 12 May

Emeritus Professor Peter Curson (Health and Chiropractic): interviewed about the decline in the standard of food preparation and the illnesses that patrons of unclean restaurants are at risk of catching, Sydney Morning Herald, 12 May

Ms Rhonda Davis (Art Gallery): interviewed about the recent rehanging of artworks in the University Library, Northern District Times, 9 May

Dr Emilia Djonov (IEC): co-authored a letter to the editor regarding current approaches to literacy education in Australia, Sydney Morning Herald, 4 May

Professor Alma Fleet (IEC): co-authored a letter to the editor regarding current approaches to literacy education in Australia, Sydney Morning Herald, 4 May

Professor Ian Gibson (IEC): co-authored a letter to the editor regarding current approaches to literacy education in Australia, Sydney Morning Herald, 4 May

Ms Wendy Goldstein (Graduate School of the Environment): interviewed about the popularity of mid-year enrolments with international students, Sydney Morning Herald, 7 May

Associate Professor Paul Gollan (Business): interviewed about Labor's plans to replace AWAs, Australian Financial Review, 1 May; wrote about WorkChoices, Canberra Times, 7 May; Courier Mail, 9 May

Associate Professor Rob Harcourt (Graduate School of the Environment): photographed a giant sunfish off Point Perpendicular in the Jervis Bay Marine Park, Underwater Photography, 1 May; interviewed about whaling, Sydney Morning Herald, 12 May

Ms Kiri Hill (Art Gallery): interviewed about the recent rehanging of artworks in the University Library, Northern District Times, 9 May

Dr Stephen Llewelyn (Ancient History): interviewed about the discovery of King Herod's tomb by an Israeli archaeologist, ABC 702 Sydney, 9 May

Mr Victor Ma (MUSC): a series of articles have discussed corruption within the student council and the subsequent removal of Ma from the SAM Board, Sydney Morning Herald, 4 May; The Australian, 4 May; The Weekend Australian, 5 May; Sydney Morning Herald, 5 May; The Australian, 9 May; The Australian, 11 May; Sydney Morning Herald, 11 May; Sydney Morning Herald, 14 May

Ms Margaret McNaught (IEC): co-authored a letter to the editor regarding current approaches to literacy education in Australia, Sydney Morning Herald, 4 May

Mr Craig Oliver (MUSR): interviewed about MUSR's new water management system which will be utilised to irrigate its sports fields, Northern District Times, 9 May

Professor Pam Peters (Linguistics): interviewed about the evolving nature of grammar and the release of the revised edition of her book The Cambridge Guide to English Usage, Sunday Tasmanian, 6 May; Hobart Mercury, 12 May

Dr Susan Roberts (IEC): co-authored a letter the editor regarding current approaches to literacy education in Australia, Sydney Morning Herald, 4 May

Mr Iain Rothwell (Assistant Vice-Chancellor): interviewed about Macquarie's new $1 billion commercial property development plan, Campus Review, 8 May

Professor Steven Schwartz (Vice-Chancellor): wrote about the changing nature of universities, The Australian, 2 May; has been announced as a member of a new steering group to provide advice to the Federal Government on the European Bologna Process of education reform, The Australian, 2 May; earns a salary of $600,000 with an annual bonus of $100,000 paid if performance indicators are met, Sydney Morning Herald, 3 May; has asked three former officers of Macquarie International to repay tens of thousands of dollars to the University after an independent audit found there had been excessive spending on entertainment and travel, Australian Financial Review, 7 May; interviewed about Macquarie's new $1 billion commercial property development plan, Campus Review, 8 May; wrote about the Federal Government's proposed $5 billion Higher Education Endowment Fund, ABC 702 Sydney, 10 May; Sydney Morning Herald, 10 May; interviewed about Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd's promise to abolish full-fee paying undergraduate places, Sydney Morning Herald, 11 May; interviewed about corruption within the student council, The Australian, 11 May; an opinion piece by Miranda Devine discussed ongoing issues at Macquarie as well as Macquarie's plans for the future with regard to developing research excellence and making entrance to Macquarie more equitable, Sun Herald, 13 May

Mr Adam Smith (Linguistics): wrote about the different approaches to words and meanings that language columnists employ, The Australian, 9 May

Associate Professor Jane Torr (IEC): co-authored a letter to the editor regarding current approaches to literacy education in Australia, Sydney Morning Herald, 4 May

Professor Kevin Wheldall (MUSEC): co-authored a letter to a Senate inquiry into the academic standards of school education expressing disappointment that Curriculum Corporation, which uses a whole reading technique, was given the tender for a reading assistance program, Sydney Morning Herald, 3 May; West Australian, 4 May

Issues and Events

The Centre for Ultrahigh-bandwidth Devices for Optical Systems (CUDOS), which involves five universities—Macquarie, Sydney, Swinburne, ANU and UTS—is in discussions with venture capitalists about seed funding in order to bring next generation optical telecommunications networks closer to commercialisation, The Australian, 1 May

Macquarie University environmental management student Arian Lemal completed a 32-day expedition of Mt Aconcagua in Argentina in which he collected 150kg of rubbish left by tourists, Manly Daily, 26 April

MGSM is hosting the seminar Is Australia ready for biofuel? on 7 May, Sydney Morning Herald, 1 May

MGSM will host the 19th Women, Management and Employment Relations conference on 2–3 August, Campus Review, 1 May; Campus Review, 8 May

Macquarie University Bachelor of Media graduate Dionne Moskow is the director of her own public relations company Polkadot PR, Sydney Morning Herald, 2 May

Macquarie University hosts "Fly without Fear", a program designed to help anxious flyers overcome their fears, Northern News, 1 May; St George & Sutherland Shire Leader, 1 May

Former Macquarie University student Mikaela Dockrill who graduated with a Bachelor of Creative Arts and International Studies is the event assistant of Kempsey's CrocFest celebrations, Macleay Argus, 1 May

An Autism Awareness Expo will be held on 12 May at Macquarie University, Sydney Morning Herald, 3 May; North Shore Times, 4 May; Hills News, 8 May; Hills Shire Times, 8 May; Northern District Times, 9 May; Parramatta Advertiser, 9 May; ABC 702 Sydney, 11 May; Daily Telegraph, 12 May

Labor party recruit for Eden-Monaro Colonel Mike Kelly has arts and law degrees from Macquarie University, Bega District News, 1 May; Tumut & Adelong Times, 4 May

New artistic director of the Sydney Dance Company Tanja Liedtke began a media and communications course at Macquarie University before her dance career took off, The Australian, 4 May

The Australian College of Natural Therapies has partnerships with Macquarie University and the International College of Management, Sydney, Sydney Morning Herald, 7 May

Karen Strates enrolled at Macquarie University mid-year in a Bachelor of Arts, Sydney Morning Herald, 7 May

The late Robert Fontanot, the former ACT chief executive of Diabetes Australia, completed a Masters of Accounting at Macquarie University, Canberra Times, 5 May

Macquarie University, in the electorally sensitive seat of Bennelong, may try its luck with the Government for increased funding, The Australian, 9 May

Macquarie University's iLecture, the digital streaming lecture service, was the topic of an online debate, The Australian, 9 May

Students at Macquarie University said they would be reading the Budget closely and combing through the detail of the announcements on higher education, Daily Telegraph, 9 May

Recent financial scandals at Macquarie University have raised questions about whether state controls over universities are working, Sydney Morning Herald, 10 May

In light of the Federal Government's $5 billion Higher Education Endowment Fund Macquarie University may request funding for a variety of initiatives including new equipment for the Australian School of Advanced Medicine, Daily Telegraph, 10 May

The Macquarie University Fauna Park is mainly used to conduct non-invasive research on marsupials, Totally Wild, Channel 10, 9 May

Former Macquarie University law graduate Martin Kelly has been made partner at law firm Moroney Rutter and Mantach, Newcastle Herald, 12 May

Former Federal Education Minister Brendan Nelson once phoned Macquarie University in pursuit of a claim from a student that a particular course was biased, Australian Financial Review, 12 May

The opening of Macquarie City College has raised concerns among academics about the quality of degrees offered at the city campus, Sydney Morning Herald, 12 May

Auburn Council won an Outstanding Program Award from Macquarie University at the 2006 Drawing Innovation Awards for the art collection in the community space at Auburn Library, Auburn Review Pictorial, 9 May

New courses on corporate social responsibility and sustainability have been added to business and management degrees at various institutions including MGSM, Australian Financial Review, 14 May

MGSM reports an increase in full-time enrolments after a dip in 2005, Australian Financial Review, 14 May

Kathy Vozella
Media Manager
PR and Marketing

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MUSR NEWS

http://www.musr.mq.edu.au

Macquarie University Sport and Aquatic Centre

Official opening—11.30am Friday 29 June

To celebrate the completion of a significant University landmark, the Vice-Chancellor Professor Steven Schwartz and the Macquarie University Sport and Recreation Executive Board cordially invites all university staff to celebrate the opening of the Macquarie University Sport and Aquatic Centre. This celebration will mark the commencement of the Vice-Chancellor’s commitment to making Macquarie University a healthy campus for staff and students.

To RSVP please email bronwyn.simmons@musr.mq.edu.au by Friday 22 June.

Don’t forget to bring your bathers!

For more information visit www.musr.mq.edu.au

Staff prices

Not just for students!  To recognise your contribution to Macquarie and help you relax, recover and get fit, MUSR is offering significant discounts on casual visits and membership prices for all Macquarie staff.  Call reception on x7636 or pop down to the Centre for details.

Swimming squads/lessons

Will swimming be Macquarie’s most popular sport?  Starting on 2 July, MUSR’s adult and children learn to swim and squad training will commence.  With bookings opening from 4 June, our squads will cater from beginners to champions and are cheaper for both you and your family if you become a Centre member.  Call David Munro on x7636 or email david.munro@musr.mq.edu.au for more details.

Jim Corbett
Business Development Director
Macquarie University Sport and Recreation Inc

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ALUMNI

http://www.mq.edu.au/alumni/index.htm

The Alumni Awards Ceremony

Date: Wednesday 23 May
Time: 6.00pm–8.30pm
Venue: SAM, level 3
Cost: Invitation only

The Standing Committee of Convocation provides the funds for these alumni awards, prizes and scholarships. We aim to raise additional funds through the alumni and other networks to provide even more awards and scholarships for students. If there are any staff who are able to assist us in this endeavour by making a donation, we’d be very please to hear from you.

The winners of the following awards will be acknowledged at the ceremony:

Alumni Prizes 2007— These prizes are awarded to the students with the highest UAI entering the first year of an undergraduate degree in each Division. They will receive a book voucher valued at $250 from the University Co-Op Bookshop

Macquarie University Kathryn Murphy Memorial Prize 2006— This prize is valued at $2,500 and is awarded for academic merit in 300-level units undertaken by a female student proceeding to an honours degree in the Division of Economics and Financial Studies.

Macquarie University Raymond Powys Memorial Prize 2006— This prize is valued at $2,500 and is awarded for the most meritorious performance over all units in the Master of Commerce.

Macquarie University Science/Technology Prize 2006— This award is valued at $2,500 and is awarded to a student proceeding to the award of the Honours Degree of Bachelors within the Divisions of Environmental and Life Sciences, Information and Communication Sciences and Linguistics and Psychology.

2007 Alex Mitchell Scholarship— This scholarship is valued at $2,500 and is tenable for three years. It is awarded to a full-time incoming first year student enrolled in a Bachelor degree majoring in a subject area within the Division of Humanities.

2007 Macquarie University Garrawi Indigenous Scholarship— This scholarship is valued at $2,500 and is awarded on the basis of academic merit and commitment to Indigenous community advancement to an Indigenous student enrolled in a postgraduate degree.

2007 Macquarie University Honours Scholarship— This scholarship is valued at $5,000 and is awarded to a student enrolled in a Bachelor Honours degree in any discipline. This is a new scholarship in 2007.

2007 Macquarie University Family Scholarship— This scholarship is valued at $5,000 and is awarded to a first year student in any discipline to encourage the legacy of family members attending Macquarie University across generations. This is a new scholarship in 2007.

2007 Alumni Awards for Meritorious Performance, Hong Kong & Singapore— This Award is presented to the student with the most meritorious performance over all units, listed to graduate in a ceremony in Hong Kong and Singapore in 2007, who has studied the majority of their units in Hong Kong or Singapore.

2006 Alumni Award for Distinguished Service (Professional and Community Service Categories)— This Award recognises the outstanding achievements of alumni at Macquarie University for Distinguished Service to either their profession or to the community.

All enquiries:

Alumni Office
Tel: x7310
Fax: x9478
Email: alumni@reg.mq.edu.au
Booking form: www.mq.edu.au/alumni/html/FormBooking.php

Mark Herndon
Director, Alumni Office

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POSITIONS VACANT

DIVISION OF ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL STUDIES
Department of Economics
Professor of Economics
(Full-time (continuing))
Ref. 3551

Macquarie University Department of Economics seeks to appoint an outstanding academic and internationally distinguished researcher who will maintain a high research reputation in one or more areas relevant to the Department of Economics. The Department is part of one of the largest and most eminent Commerce and Business Schools in Australia, and it offers the full range of economics and finance units to support both traditional economics degrees and commerce and business degree programs at both the undergraduate and postgraduate level. The Department and the Division also provide significant resources and support for staff applications for competitive grants and scholarship support for quality PhD students.

The successful candidate(s) will provide academic leadership, conduct research, teach at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, including higher research degree, and contribute to the design and development of the Department’s undergraduate and postgraduate programs in one or more of the range of traditional economics areas offered at Macquarie. The appointee(s) will maintain an active research program and provide research supervision, leadership, and mentoring to research students and staff. More than one position may be available, and while all areas of economics interest are welcome, preference will be given for strong candidates with research and teaching emphasis in macroeconomics or financial economics.

Essential Selection Criteria: PhD in Economics; an internationally recognised and continuing publication record; extensive experience in developing and leading research projects; success in attracting research funding; and evidence of effectiveness in supervising research students. The successful candidate will also have extensive tertiary teaching experience, and evidence for their commitment to high quality teaching. They should also have strong interpersonal and collaborative skills.

Enquiries: Associate Professor Ronald D Ripple (Head of Department) on 61 2 9850 7063 or rripple@efs.mq.edu.au

Applicants MUST obtain an information package available from Ms Jo Pettorino on 61 2 9850 8507 or jpettori@efs.mq.edu.au Selection criteria must be addressed in the application. The position is available on a full-time (continuing) basis

Information on the Department of Economics may be found at: http://www.econ.mq.edu.au

Package: From $143,194 pa, including (Level E) base salary $121,001 to $126,778 pa, annual leave loading and 17% employers superannuation. There is a 3% increment scheduled for November 2007. Conditions include the possibility of performance-based market loadings. Salary sacrificing opportunities and relocation allowances are available.

The appointment is currently governed by the terms of the Macquarie University Enterprise Agreement 2006-2009. The successful applicant will be offered the choice of an Australian Workplace Agreement for this appointment.

Please visit www.jobs.mq.edu.au to apply online. We cannot accept emailed or paper applications.

Closing date: 31 July 2007

OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR AND VICE-PRINCIPAL
Centre for Open Education
Personal Assistant
Full-time (continuing)
Ref. 5049

The appointee will be the Personal Assistant to the Head of the Centre for Open Education, to provide keyboard services including desktop publishing of the Centre’s and other publications, and support the Head in the human and financial resource management of the Centre in a devolved HR and budgetary environment.

Essential Selection Criteria: Formal keyboard and desktop publishing skills; strong interpersonal communication and organisational skills, understanding of principles of sound financial management; previous experience as a personal assistant.

Desirable Selection Criteria: Skills and experience in managing and maintaining a website; practical experience in a procurement or stock management environment.

Enquiries: Alan Tilley on (02) 9850 7467 or email alan.tilley@mq.edu.au

The position is available on a full-time (continuing) basis and may be subject to probationary conditions. Selection criteria must be addressed in the application.

Package: From $55,533 pa, including (Level 5) base salary $46,926 to $52,921 pa, annual leave loading and 17% employer’s superannuation.

The appointment is currently governed by the terms of the Macquarie University Enterprise Agreement 2006-2009. The successful applicant will be offered the choice of an Australian Workplace Agreement for this appointment.

Closing date: 30 May.

Please visit www.jobs.mq.edu.au to apply online.

Equal Employment Opportunity is a University Policy.

www.jobs.mq.edu.au

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CLASSIFIEDS

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DIARY

May

Monday 21 May

AUSTRALIAN HISTORY MUSEUM — HISTORY WEEK Satanic Mills - Aspects of the Industrial Revolution, Past, Present and Future. Dr Ted Higginbotham, professional historian and archaeologist. In support of Archaeology Week, this paper will explore the developments in the cotton industry, the progress in enclosure and agriculture to explain why this happened. Australian History Museum, Room 127, Building W6A 1.00pm–2.00pm. RSVP: whilst the event is free, places are limited so please contact Tracy Sullivan, Education Officer/Manager, to express interest in attending. Phone: 9850 8870 Email: tracy.sullivan@humn.mq.edu.au

Tuesday 22 May

RESEARCH WRITING SERIES Workshop 5: Methods, Results, Discussions, Conclusions. 9.30am–2.30pm in E6A 116. Facilitator: Dr Alan Jones. To book call CPD on x9721 or email cpd@mq.edu.au

Wednesday 23 May

MODERN HISTORY SEMINAR The Most Uninhibited Party They'd Ever Been To: The Post-War Encounter between Psychiatry and the British Lesbian. Rebecca Jennings (Modern History, Macquarie)12 noon–1.15pm in W6A 107. For further information, contact Hsu-Ming Teo x7018 or hsu-ming.teo@humn.mq.edu.au All welcome.

GENES TO GEOSCIENCES BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES SEMINAR The Role of Soil and Biological Evolutionary Processes in the Development of Hillslope to Catchment Scale Spatial Organisation of Soil Water (Hydrology and Ecosystem Function in Water-Limited Environments. Dr Gary Willgoose (University of Newcastle). 1.00pm in the Biology Tearoom E8A 290.

Friday 25 May

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICS AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS RESEARCH SEMINAR SERIES The Australian Republican Movement: Past, Present and Future. John Warhurst (Australian National University). 3.00pm in W6A 107.

Tuesday 29 May

OVERCOMING PROCRASTINATION IN POSTGRADUATE STUDY, 10.30am–1.00 pm, E6A 116. Facilitators: Dr Julie Erskine, Principal Counsellor, Macquarie University Counselling Service; Jonathan Gaston, Clinic Director, Macquarie University Centre for Emotional Health. To book call CPD on x9721 or email cpd@mq.edu.au

Wednesday 30 May

MODERN HISTORY SEMINAR Everything Begins and Ends at Exactly the Right Time and Place: Picnic at Hanging Rock and the fin de siècle Imagination. Mark Hearn (Modern History, Macquarie). 12 noon–1.15pm in W6A 107. For further information, contact Hsu-Ming Teo x7018 or hsu-ming.teo@humn.mq.edu.au All welcome.

GENES TO GEOSCIENCES BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES SEMINAR What Rising CO2 Levels are Doing to Trees. Professor Brian Atwell (Macquarie University). 1.00pm in the Biology Tearoom E8A 290.

Thursday 31 May

MACQUARIE LAW SEMINAR SERIES 2007 RECONCEIVING REGULATION: A PLACE AT THE TABLE Rural Support for Farmers: from Governing through ‘Character’ to Governing through the ‘Entrepreneurial Subject’. Associate Professor Malcolm Voyce (Macquarie, Law). Trevor Martin Moot Court, located in Building W3A Room 328 from 1.00pm–2.00pm with a light lunch preceding the presentations. Contact: Ms Vijaya Nagarajan 9850 7911; vijaya.nagarajan@law.mq.edu.au, Dr Niloufer Selvadurai 9850 7103; niloufer.selvadurai@law.mq.edu.au, Mr Simon Rice 9850 7867; simon.rice@law.mq.edu.au

June

Friday 1 June

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICS AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS RESEARCH SEMINAR SERIES States and Empires in the International System. Jason Sharman (Griffith University). 3.00pm in W6A107.

Saturday 2 June

MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY SINGERS Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem — A German requiem. Macquaire University Singers with the Ku-ring-gai Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Margot McLaughlin. Gillian Moore Centre for Performing Arts, Pymble Ladies’ College, 8.15pm. Adults: $30; Concessions $20; Students $15. Bookings: MCA 1300 306 766 or http://www.mca.tix.com

Sunday 3 June

MUSIC ON WINTER SUNDAYS TOPS Orchestra. Macquarie Theatre, 2.30pm. Free admittance on first come, first served basis. Seating is limited to 495 people. Free parking in W4 and X3 carparks, elsewhere $7.00.

Wednesday 6 June

GENES TO GEOSCIENCES BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES SEMINAR Dr Ian Blair, ANZAC Research Institute. 1.00pm in the Biology Tearoom E8A 290.

UNISUPER SEMINAR UniSuper Pension Product Changes from 1 July 2007. Information on how the Federal government's "Simpler Super" changes have impacted on UniSuper pension products available from 1 July. The seminar is suitable for all members but with particular relevance to members approaching retirement. Presenter: Frank Scarrabelotti, UniSuper. C5C T2 at 1.00pm–2.00pm. Registration: http://www.unisuper.com.au/resources/seminars.cfm

Thursday 7 June

MACQUARIE LAW SEMINAR SERIES 2007 RECONCEIVING REGULATION: A PLACE AT THE TABLE Self Regulation, Public Participation and the Installation of Wireless Facilities Exempt from Local Planning Requirements. Ms Karen Lee (University of New England). Trevor Martin Moot Court, located in Building W3A Room 328 from 1.00pm–2.00pm with a light lunch preceding the presentations. Contact: Ms Vijaya Nagarajan 9850 7911; vijaya.nagarajan@law.mq.edu.au, Dr Niloufer Selvadurai 9850 7103; niloufer.selvadurai@law.mq.edu.au, Mr Simon Rice 9850 7867; simon.rice@law.mq.edu.au

Friday 8 June

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICS AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS RESEARCH SEMINAR SERIES New Growth on Deep Roots: Pan-Africanist Precedents for Changing Norms in the African Union. Kathy Sturman, Macquarie University. 3.00pm in W6A 107.

Wednesday 13 June

GENES TO GEOSCIENCES BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES SEMINAR Origins and Diversity of Class 1 Integrons. Professor Michael Gillings (Macquarie University) 1.00pm in the Biology Tearoom E8A 290.

Friday 15 June

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICS AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS RESEARCH SEMINAR SERIES Australia, New Idealism and Civilization. Shazia Lateef. 3.00pm in W6A 107.

Sunday 17 June

MUSIC ON WINTER SUNDAYS NSW Police Band. Macquarie Theatre, 2.30pm. Free admittance on first come, first served. Seating is limited to 495 people. Free parking in W4 and X3 carparks, elsewhere $7.00.

Wednesday 20 June

GENES TO GEOSCIENCES BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES SEMINAR Professor Mike Lee (University of Adelaide). 1.00pm in the Biology Tearoom E8A 290.

Friday 22 June

CRITICAL AND CULTURAL STUDIES SOMATECHNICS SEMINAR Coaching Bodies. Dr Greg Downey (Anthropology, Macquarie University), Associate Professor John Sutton (Philosophy, Macquarie University), Dr Ian Maxwell (University of Sydney). All welcome between 1.00pm–3.00pm in W6A 820. Light refreshments served. For further details see www.ccs.mq.edu.au/Somatechnics2007-1SemSeries.pdf . For further enquiries contact Dr Nikki Sullivan on x8760 or email nikki.sullivan@mq.edu.au.

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICS AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS RESEARCH SEMINAR SERIES What is Secession? Glenn Anderson (Macquarie University). 3.00pm in W6A 107.

Friday 29 June

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICS AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS RESEARCH SEMINAR SERIES Unemployment, Authoritarian Regimes,and Diversionary War. Ben Goldsmith (Macquarie University). 3.00pm in W6A 107.

OFFICIAL OPENING — MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY SPORT AND AQUATIC CENTRE To celebrate the completion of the Sport and Aquatic Centre Vice-Chancellor Professor Steven Schwartz and the Macquarie University Sport and Recreation Executive Board invite all university staff to the official opening, starting at 11.30am. To RSVP please email bronwyn.simmons@musr.mq.edu.au by Friday 22 June 2007. For more information visit www.musr.mq.edu.au

July

Sunday 1 July

MUSIC ON WINTER SUNDAYS City of Sydney Wind Ensemble. Macquarie Theatre, 2.30pm. Free admittance on first come, first served. Seating is limited to 495 people. Free parking in W4 and X3 carparks, elsewhere $7.00.

Sunday 8 July

MUSIC ON WINTER SUNDAYS Roman Rudnytsky, solo pianist. Macquarie Theatre, 2.30pm. Free admittance on first come, first served. Seating is limited to 495 people. Free parking in W4 and X3 carparks, elsewhere $7.00.

Sunday 22 July

MUSIC ON WINTER SUNDAYS Bourbaki Ensemble. Macquarie Theatre, 2.30pm. Free admittance on first come, first served. Seating is limited to 495 people. Free parking in W4 and X3 carparks, elsewhere $7.00.

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