Crustacean elation !
A
very
merry
UniTAS
SCIENTISTS AT THE University of Tasmania have
achieved a breakthrough – they have produced
Australia’s first hatchery-reared rock lobster.
The Director of the Tasmanian Aquaculture and
Fisheries Institute, Professor Colin Buxton, paid
tribute to Dr Arthur Ritar and his team of
researchers who reared the larval lobsters from
eggs spawned in captivity at the Marine Research
Laboratories in Taroona.
“This is a major achievement in the move
towards sustainable farming of lobsters.
“It is also a triumph in terms of technical complexity because the delicate larvae progress through
11 stages of development, for up to two years in the
open ocean before the final metamorphosis into a
tiny colourless lobster called the puerulus.
“At this stage they settle out of the plankton
onto inshore reefs where they grow into adults,”
Professor Buxton said.
“We have already shortened this larval period to
12 months in the hatchery.”
The milestone is the result of almost $6.5 million
in research funding over the past seven years,
including $3.7 million provided by the State.
The Minister for Primary Industries and Water,
Steve Kons, said the breakthrough came after
attempts to develop the aquaculture of southern
rock lobster started at TAFI in 1997 with Special
Initiative funding from the State Government.
Dr Ritar attributed the success to improvements
in husbandry, system design and feeding practices,
but also to his dedicated team.
“Our high technology experimental facilities
hold a broodstock population as well as increasing
numbers of rock lobsters at all stages of
development,” Dr Ritar said.
“A key ingredient has been a better understanding and control of larval health. Minimising
bacterial diseases has been a key to our success and
will have significant applications to the intensive
hatchery rearing of other species.
“These methods will place Australia at an
advantage in the commercialisation of lobster
farming in the future.”
The young lobster, affectionately known as
Peter the Puerulus, remains at TAFI in swimmingly
good health.
In this, the last issue for
2004, the Media Office
wishes all of UTAS a safe
and happy Christmas and a
restful break. Like you,
we hope to come back
rejuvenated and refreshed
for 2005.
As UniTAS takes a break
over the Summer months,
we will be deciding how to
structure, plan and revamp
next year’s publications.
Your suggestions are
more than welcome at:
Media.Office@utas.edu.au
UniTAS
Volume 271
7 December
2004
In Brief
Left Costume Masks used in
Leigh Oswin’s play “He”.
Below “Duologues” by Joanna
Noela Anglesey.
The new way to ‘do your masters’
Bottom “The Wheel of Life” by
Molly Tay.
UTAS sporting stars are being given the
chance to strut their stuff at the Australian
UniMasters 2005 being hosted by the
University of New England from 25 to 28
March next year.
Up to 2,000 athletes from more than 40
universities throughout the country are
expected to converge on Armidale for the
first Masters Championships held under
the umbrella of Australian University
Sport… giving current or past staff members
an opportunity to pit their sporting skills
against other university teams.
The championships are open to mature age
students (over 30 for women, 35 for men),
university staff, graduates or mature age
sports association members. So whether
your game’s hockey, rugby union, touch,
netball, or soccer, you can register now at
www.unimasters.com.au
Summer of Music
The University’s Community Music
Program will once again run the Tasmanian
Summer Music School in January 2005.
The School, which runs from 2–8 January,
regularly attracts about 100 participants
from Tasmania, mainland Australia and
New Zealand.
“The School is a good example of how the
University can engage with the community
in fulfilment of the EDGE agenda,” said
Greg Parkinson, Deputy Director of PRUE.
“It is a visible extension of the University’s
teaching, yet is both run and attended by
members of the broader community.”
The School will be held on the University’s
Launceston campus and is an outreach of
the University’s Community Music Program
which, in itself, engages about 200 members of the community on a weekly basis in
its six graded ensembles.
Participants in the Summer School learn
and develop in the context of both large
and small ensemble work. The tutorial
staff, under the direction of Musical
Director, Monte Mumford, will be drawn
from New South Wales, Victoria and
Tasmania in 2005 and have wide experience as both instrumentalists and teachers.
“The program is structured to let people of
all ages and performance experience develop in a caring and supportive learning environment while having fun and gaining great
satisfaction from their achievements,” said
Monte.
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Bright sparks
THE BEST WORK OF UTAS School of Visual
and Performing Arts postgraduate students has lit
up the Academy Gallery at Inveresk.
Among the works were two and three-dimensional paintings, photographs and sculpture from
students who graduated during 2004.
“I chose the theme of ‘spark’ to reflect the feel
of energy that’s flowing around the studios here at
the art school,” said curator Dr Wayne Hudson.
The diverse collection was chosen from hundreds of pieces submitted for assessment.
Performing Arts student Melanie Knight’s honours project incorporated an installation of moving
images and a written document about where theatre
students head post-graduation.
“I am interested in professional practice, I conducted research on how regional theatre companies
are set up and managed and I accompanied this
with a visual presentation which I narrated,” she said.
From Adam Foster’s vivid oils on canvas to
Buddhist student
Molly Tay’s
“Wheel of Life”,
most of the artists
used their work to communicate relationships,
clashes of culture and coming to terms with one’s
own identity.
Textile student Joanna Noela Anglesey dried
hundreds of used teabags to create a skirt and hat in
her piece entitled “Duologues” and Trudy Humphries
used a variety of fabrics in the whimsical sculpture
“Second Skin”.
The exhibition incorporated around 100 pieces
from 18 students, many who hail from overseas.
“Some of our international students are very
experienced in multi-media from high exposure to
this art form within their own countries. This has
spread throughout the School and there’s been a
real development and expansion in this area in
recent years,” said Dr Hudson.
Commitment to
communication
from the
Vice-Chancellor
IF YOU HAVE been watching the back pages of
UniTAS you will have noticed the increased
number of seminars, lectures, presentations,
colloquia and other forms of communication being
advertised. I cannot stress too much how important
this is for our University. We are charged to create,
present and disseminate knowledge – a mission that
has related to all universities since their modern
incarnation, initiated by the charter that established
the University of Bologna a millennium ago. We do
create knowledge per se, through our research.
We organise and preserve knowledge through our
complex information systems, libraries and
electronic collections. We disseminate knowledge
through our curriculum development, our teaching
and learning and, vitally, by our placing the
outcomes of our work (and that of our students and
graduates) – our publications, presentations,
reports, exhibitions, performances, advice and
consultancy – all in the public domain, deep within
our communities, regionally and globally.
Yet, often we forget that the University is its
own public domain. Scholarship, our most basic skill,
requires both enquiry and discourse. Knowledge is
created in the social domain, ultimately, and in
many ways our University community is the first
tier of that creative social domain. It must be a rich
field, even a hot bed of communication – ranging
from discussions over the lab bench, in the corridors,
the tea/ coffee room, in cars, the Staff Club, airport
lounges. Anywhere where colleagues meet opens
opportunities for knowledge exchange and development of concepts, ideas for teaching and research
programs and so on. It is just as important that we
communicate amongst and between ourselves as
with our community stakeholders, our partners and
the world at large. Perhaps more so.
Indeed, if you peruse our University Plan and
the EDGE values that drive it, you will quickly
realise that commitment to communication is the
basis of our intellectual and social life. Without
communication we cease to be a community and
become little more than a collection of lone scholars.
Here’s a challenge then – how can we intensify
the sense of a richly communicating academic and
professional community, a creative social domain?
Well, we can do more of what started me thinking about this piece - research seminars, colloquia,
lunchtime talks and discussion/workshop sessions,
performances, exhibitions and so on. I would really
like to see all Schools and Divisions making regular
announcements in UniTAS about forthcoming
events of this kind, with generous invitations to all
colleagues or staff to attend and actively participate.
These sessions are ideal ways of exchanging ideas,
gaining much needed critique, fostering interdisciplinary developments and simply stimulating one
another with the richness of UTAS creativity.
Naturally these sessions are also open to our wider
public, given that UniTAS reaches a wide array of
our graduates, partners and stakeholders.
On a less formal level I would encourage the
tea/ coffee room culture among and between our
various Schools and Divisions. Clearly there is
benefit in the levels of discussion, bonding, team
building and idea sharing that comes from such an
environment. But we should avoid being too
exclusive in this kind of culture. What about
inviting staff from another School into your tearoom for chats about areas of mutual interest?
One of our EDGE priorities is to build a system of
learning hubs – places for both intellectual and
social interaction among students and staff. We
should also look hard at places where more
informal meetings can be encouraged. Places that
encourage colleagues to balance life between individual offices where we get on with our necessary
personal work, and other places - tea rooms,
conversation corners, meeting rooms and so on –
where we can engage in the level of discourse that
is the intellectual glue of our University.
What about more activity in the wider public
domain? We already run exhibitions and performances, public lectures, events such as Philosophy
Café, Open Days and so on. But we can do more in
my view to engage our communities and to make
their wellbeing the subject of our study.
So, in forthcoming issues of UniTAS I would
love to see several jam-packed pages of events
offered by a wide range of Schools and Divisions.
Don’t hold back.
This is the last issue of UniTAS before we all
take a well-earned break over the Festive Season.
In a year of many achievements we should be well
pleased that we continue to grow and enhance our
performance across the wide spectrum of our
activities. This is your success – so enjoy it. I look
forward to catching up with you at one of the
celebratory end-of-year functions being held at
each campus in the coming weeks.
My thanks to all for making another year so special
for me. I trust that you rest and enjoy your families,
partners and friends and that you stay safe and well.
Warm regards,
Daryl
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In Brief
continued from page 2
The Summer School ends with concerts on
the evenings of Friday 7 January and
Saturday 8 January in the Auditorium on
the Newnham campus. Members of the
general public are encouraged to attend.
International Alumni Reception
The University of Tasmania Alumni will hold
receptions for international graduands and
their families in Hobart on Sunday 12
December, and in Launceston on Friday 17
December. This is the third year in which
the Alumni has acknowledged international
graduands in this way.
“We seized on the idea of holding the
receptions after noticing that many parents
visited Tasmania to attend their children’s
graduation ceremonies but received no
acknowledgement from the University,”
said Alumni Manager Greg Parkinson.
The reception in Hobart on Sunday 12
December at 6 pm in the Classics Museum
will also be a General Meeting for alumni in
the Hobart region. The Chancellor, Dr Mike
Vertigan, will report on developments at the
University. All UTAS graduates are welcome
to attend.
•
Oops!
In the 16 November issue of UniTAS an
article appeared entitled Filling the gap in
public dental care in which it was wrongly
stated that Dr Rosemary Cane of the
University Department of Rural Health and
Dr David Butler, Clinical Director of Oral
Health Services, Tasmania, were ‘about to
publish a paper about the deficiencies in
the State's public system’. The editor of
UniTAS wishes to make clear that the copy
upon which the article was based made no
mention of ‘deficiencies’.
The paper written by Drs Cane and Butler is
entitled Developing primary health clinical
teams for public oral health services in
Tasmania. It reviews the broad issue of
socio-economic and health inequalities
both nationally and internationally. On the
basis of the review, the authors present the
rationale for using a combination of
approaches; primary health care, a ‘common risk’ approach and increasing work
force numbers as a method of showing the
most potential to improve access to
equitable oral health care.
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Dr Natalie Moltschaniwskyj, Roger Villanueva and Anna Bozzano.
Life in the fast lane
LIVE FAST AND DIE YOUNG. That appears to be
the mantra of squid species being studied in collaboration between UTAS and a number of oceanographic
institutes in the United States.
Dr George Jackson, a senior lecturer at the
University’s Institute of Antarctic and Southern Ocean
Studies (IASOS) is working with teams from the
University of San Diego, the Californian Department
of Fish and Game and NOAA on how recent climate
changes have impacted on squid populations.
“We call them ‘The Weeds of the Sea’. When fish
stocks are depleted through fishing, squid no longer
have predators or competitors so they move in and
populations soar.”
Dr Jackson has been monitoring the age and population size of squid species, and how they’re affected
by environmental change, but his studies have been
thrown into the international spotlight following several
recent mass strandings along the US West Coast.
“Squid make great ecosystem indicators – they
track the environment very closely, and they respond
very rapidly to subtle changes in temperature or feed
supply.”
Dr Jackson has been tying these environmental
changes with the biology of squid for several years
but his studies are about to take a quantum leap in one
of the world’s longest series of squid data ever collected.
“Scientists in California have been collecting
samples since the last El Niño event in 1997/98. This
means we have a time frame of more than 5 years in
which to examine how the changes in the environment
have impacted on squid biology.”
From Global Warming to Global Impact
Meanwhile another UTAS project examining
squid populations is leading the world.
Researchers at the School of Aquaculture are
looking at the impact of salinity and light on the
development of squid embryos. The results could be
used by fisheries managers to formulate strategies for
the future of the southern calamari fishery in Tasmania.
“The main issue in Tasmania is we know a lot
about spring/summer populations but we know very
little about eggs that are laid in autumn and winter.
We know they must be laying them because we catch
animals that have hatched in autumn,” said Dr Natalie
Moltschaniwskyj.
The team is holding eggs under controlled
conditions in large aquariums and is gathering information on how changes in light and day length affect
the embryos.
“We are trying to mirror the seasons by changing
these factors as they would change in the wild and
monitor how this affects gestation.”
Spanish marine biologists Roger Villanueva and
Anna Bozzano have joined Dr Moltschaniwskyj in the
research project.
“Roger’s area of expertise is early life history and
Anna’s is visual development of calamari so their
input is critical.”
The findings of the project are expected to impact
on a global scale.
“The work we’re doing on southern calamari
biology and fisheries is being watched by our international colleagues very closely. They’re interested in
what we’re doing in terms of their own species.”
Early results are expected this month.
Embracing
Diversity
A NEW GUIDE for managers and staff that will
help improve working conditions for Aboriginal
employees at UTAS has been launched.
The new Embracing Diversity manual is
designed to help UTAS managers ensure that
Aboriginal staff maintain their cultural integrity
and that differences are not only accepted, but
embraced, by colleagues.
This is a proactive way for UTAS to address
the recognised difficulties in managing a diverse
and changing workforce. It reinforces the
University’s commitment to fostering a culturally
safe and supportive working environment. It also
recognises that UTAS managers have a responsibility to make a difference for Aboriginal staff, and to
assist all staff in embracing diversity.
The manual combines guidelines with real
reflections from past and present Aboriginal staff at
the University, giving insights into the issues that
impact on Aborigines in the workplace. It also offers
strategies for dealing with these issues and offers
Professor Bill Mulford and his
latest publication.
Leading
the way
IT HAS BEEN a busy year for Faculty of
Education Professor Bill Mulford.
Not only has the UTAS expert in education
leadership been in charge of professional development courses and lectures around Australia and
New Zealand, he has been asked to sit on Masters
of Education accreditation boards in Hong Kong,
the Netherlands, Bulgaria and South Africa and
been invited to give research papers in Crete and
Venice. Bill was the only Australian selected to participate in the International Leadership in
Education Research Network (ILern), a select and
influential network bringing together 20 researchers
to share, develop and disseminate research that
highlights the human side of school leadership.
In his “spare time”, Professor Mulford has
published a book based on his ARC research into
school leadership and organisational learning in
Tasmania and South Australia. Leadership for
organisational learning and student outcomes:
A problem-based learning approach moves away
from the “great man” theory of leadership. It
a wide range of solutions and suggestions for
managers and supervisors to use.
The manual was launched at Riawunna by the
Vice-Chancellor, Professor Daryl Le Grew, who
emphasised the importance of such a guide being
used in conjunction with the Aboriginal
Employment Strategy.
“The idea is really to throw the manual away,”
he said.
“We want to get to the point at which the ideas
and guidelines in the Embracing Diversity manual
are so entrenched and embedded in our minds and
hearts that we just don’t need it anymore.”
Jim Everett, esteemed Aboriginal Elder from
the Bass Strait community welcomed guests and
acknowledged the site’s traditional owners. Also in
attendance was Andrew Morris, representing the
Federal Department of Employment and Workplace
Relations, who suggested that the manual was
likely to become a guide for other institutions and
organisations.
While the focus of the gathering was the
manual, the stars of the show were children from
the Aboriginal Children’s Centre in Hobart, who,
dressed variously as hunters, kangaroos and
echidnas, presented Aboriginal songs and dances.
focuses instead on the development of “learning
communities”, which value differences, support
critical reflection and encourage members to question, challenge, and debate teaching and learning
issues. The book argues that successful educational
restructuring depends on teams of leaders, staff and
school personnel working.
Perhaps most importantly, Professor Mulford’s
eventful year has been capped off by a prestigious
appointment; he will spend the next two years as a
Visiting Professor at the National College for
School Leadership (NCSL) at the University of
Nottingham in the UK. This honorary title is
awarded to a small number of scholars and thinkers
with international reputations and high standing
with practitioners. The NCSL provides a focus for
school leadership development, research and innovation and is a driving force for world-class leadership in schools and the wider community. Professor
Mulford will be “on-call” as an advisor and educator throughout the appointment.
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Surgical spirit
Alec Hawkins, brother of the late John
Hawkins (centre) and Senator Bob Brown.
POLITICAL, BUSINESS AND ENVIRONMENTAL
leaders have come together in support of a new
scholarship appeal established in honour of a
Tasmanian pioneer environmentalist.
An athlete, filmmaker, surgeon and fearless
adventurer, UTAS graduate Dr John Hawkins is
credited with forging the way for the early environmental movement in Tasmania.
Born in 1927, John was educated in Tasmania,
undertaking tertiary studies at UTAS and the
University of Melbourne. He spent most of his
professional life working in remote communities in
the Northern Territory. At the time of his death in
1979 John was a specialist surgeon at the Alice
Springs hospital, a member of the medical board of
the Northern Territory, an active member of Rotary,
a movie-maker with documentaries circulated
worldwide and a freelance film producer for the
ABC and BBC.
At the recent launch of the John Hawkins
Scholarship in Environmental Studies, Australian
Greens Senator Bob Brown said:
“His tireless skills are still acknowledged by
the naming of a street, a Royal Flying Doctor
aircraft, a lecture theatre and a block of flats which
all bear his name.”
But his passion was for the challenge of
Tasmania’s wildest rivers. In 1951 he and three
mates were the first to tame the raging Franklin
River in a hand-made fibreglass canoe after a
number of life-threatening attempts in crude canvas
crafts.
His unique film records of the Franklin River
were made into a video entitled Hawkins’ Rivers.
“I knew John as a fellow doctor, river-rafter
and wilderness adventurer. His film and accounts of
his epic canoeing trips in the 1950s helped Paul
Smith and I plan our own rafting trips and consequent filming of the Franklin River in the 1970s
and so, led to our campaign to save the river,” said
Senator Brown.
The John Hawkins scholarship will be a
perpetual one for which tax-deductible donations of
$1,000 or more are being sought. These donors will
receive a copy of Shooting the Franklin by Johnson
Dean which is dedicated to the memory of John
Hawkins. Smaller donations are welcome and are
also tax deductible. A total amount of $100,000 is
required and the scholarship appeal closes on
30 June next year.
Pulling all the right strings
Jan Sedivka, recipient of the
Don Banks Award.
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UTAS MASTER-MUSICIAN-IN-RESIDENCE Jan
Sedivka has been honoured for his outstanding and
sustained contribution to Australian music.
Professor Sedivka, a violinist and former Director
of the Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music was
awarded the prestigious Don Banks Award recognising
his distinguished role in the art of string playing and
40-year influence on Australia's musical landscape.
“The six-member committee voted unanimously
to recognise Jan, so it was a particular honour in that
respect,” said his wife, Beryl Sedivka.
The award, which includes a certificate and significant cash prize, was established in recognition of
Don Banks, whom Jan knew personally.
Dr Graeme Koehne, Chair of the Music Board of
the Australia Council said, “For decades, the city of
Hobart, with the Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music
at its hub, has been a national centre for string players
and students. Its reputation for excellence in string
performance and training as well as the musical
impact it has had on the island and indeed the rest of
the country is attributable to the formidable influence
of Professor Sedivka.”
Born in Czechoslovakia, Professor Sedivka
studied in Prague, Paris and London before coming to
Australia in 1961 to fill the position of Chief Lecturer
of Violin and Chamber Music at the Queensland
Conservatorium of Music. He joined the Tasmanian
Conservatorium in 1966 and became director six years
later, a position he held for 10 years.
Professor Sedivka has made significant contributions to music education and music development
through his work with various associations and
departments and as a member of several state and
federal arts funding bodies.
“Jan has been playing for more than 40 years
and is one of the few people in our history to have
promoted Australian composers of concertos and
chamber music. He continues to encourage his young
students to compose and write commissions,” said
Beryl Sedivka.
This passion and recognition ensures Professor
Sedivka’s work will continue to inspire future
generations of Australians.
The fine art of politics
Community
minded
Vice-Chancellor’s
Awards for
Outstanding
Community
Engagement
LONG AFTER THE VOTES have been counted
and the polls declared, both the winners and the
losers in the recent federal election will have an
enduring reminder of their parliamentary pitches
through their campaign posters – even if it’s an
experience they’d rather forget.
UTAS graphic design students are putting their
own slant on these posters at an exhibition, Pollies
Unsaturated, at the Inflight Gallery in North
Hobart.
The students were randomly allocated one of
50 Tasmanian election hopefuls and asked to create
a propaganda poster to promote their MP. Associate
lecturer in the Tasmanian School of Art, Justy
Phillips, admitted that this proved a challenge for
students who didn’t see eye to eye with their subject.
“Sometimes in the workforce the students will
get clients whose views and opinions they will
have to support, whether they like them or not.”
The second half of the task required the young
artists to design a personal ID or logo for their
candidate based on their personal opinions.
“Some of these pieces are positive, some
negative because they reflect the true feelings of
the students towards their allotted MP’s profile and
policies.”
Justy said the project was timed to encourage
debate among the students - many of whom were
first time voters. The exhibition was opened by the
Hon. Duncan Kerr!
TWO INDIVIDUALS AND TWO TEAMS from
within the University have been acknowledged for the
outstanding contributions to the Tasmanian community.
The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Daryl Le Grew,
said that in this inaugural year of the Vice-Chancellor’s
Awards for Outstanding Community Engagement, the
high degree of interest and the exceptional quality of
all the nominees showed a significant commitment to
community engagement throughout UTAS.
The awards will be presented at the ViceChancellor’s end-of-year staff functions. Individuals
receive a $5000 grant, while team awards consist of a
$10,000 grant.
“The involvement of University staff and students
and community volunteers to deliver a diverse range
of on-air programs has been a great success, and
formed a unique and special link between the
University and the community, especially in terms
of interacting with young people.”
For Creative Partnerships with the Community
Individual Lorraine Hamilton
Flexible Education Unit.
For the development of the UNIaccess program at
four Online Access Centres across the State and the
involvement of four corresponding branches of the
State Library. The success of this significant and
important project subsequently led to the Statewide
implementation of the program.
Professor Le Grew said: “This form of outreach
service is critical to ensure a quality student experience, and to build closer links between UTAS and
local communities throughout the State. Such links
significantly enhance the University’s role in community life throughout Tasmania.”
Team Liz Tynan and Tracey Thomas
Faculty of Arts.
For outstanding, pivotal contributions to the creation
and continuing successful development of Edge Radio.
Professor Le Grew said: “The achievements of
Edge Radio have been most impressive.
For General Engagement with the Community
Individual Associate Professor Carey Denholm,
Dean of Graduate Studies.
Professor Le Grew said: “Professor Denholm’s
extensive achievements and outcomes have been
accumulating for many years. He has established a
personal and professional reputation for exceptional
contributions to the Tasmanian Community.
“In the last twelve months alone, his diverse
activities have included involvement in the
Tournament of Minds and the Rosny Children’s Choir,
along with media and personal presentations relating
to doctoral candidates, adolescent behaviour and
support of the ABC Giving Tree Appeal.”
Team
Michael Edgar and Malcom Bywaters
Cultural Activities Office,
School of Visual and Performing Arts.
For the Cultural Activities Office’s development,
management and presentation of an extensive outreach
program.
Professor Le Grew said: “The Cultural Activities
Office has established itself as an extremely pro-active
and successful advocate for cultural activities in
northern Tasmania. The support and goodwill
engendered through partnerships with business, local
and State Government, and the involvement and support
of the general public has produced an impressive
array of activities programs and exhibitions.”
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Chris Carstens
Eddie Makin
David Gerrard
Lyn Copeland
Rhonda Ewart
U TA S L O N G - S E R V I N G S TA F F
Stephen Aldous
James Alexander
Lois Anderson
Rodney Anderson
Geoffrey Appleby
Jenni Arthur
Steven Avery
Peter Ball
Ian Barton
Thomas Beattie
Gregory Behrens
Michael Bennett
Ron Berry
Rod Bilson
Adrian Blackman
John Blackwood
Keith Bolton
Anne Borish
William Bostock
Lindsay Broughton
Clive Burrett
Allan Canty
Chris Carstens
Megan CavanaghRussell
Don Chalmers
Geoffrey Chapman
Angela Charles
Denis Charlesworth
Kathryn Charlesworth
Neil Chick
Jayne Clarke
Lyn Copeland
Peter Cornish
Brian Cousins
Patrick Dalton
John Davidson
Noel Davies
Peter Davis
Peter Dove
Richard Easther
Rhonda Ewart
Bruce Felmingham
Maria Flutsch
Noeline Foster
William Friesen
Paul Gallivan
Barry Gardner
Jim Garnham
David Gerrard
Wayne Goninon
Tony Grainger
Christopher Halloran
Greg Hannan
Keith Harris
Richard Herr
Neil Hickey
Claire Hiller
Jonathan Holmes
Peter Jarvis
Alison Johnston
Glenda Jones
Sally Jones
Chris Keen
Roger Kellaway
Robyne Kerr
James Kirkpatrick
Thao Le
David Lees
David Lewis
Rudi Lidl
Ross Lincolne
Martin Line
Steven Lockwood
David Lovell
Kenneth Mackie
Moira Mahony
Eddie Makin
Michael Maskrey
Gerard McGarry
Stuart McLean
Thomas McMeekin
Heather Medhurst-Hyatt
Neville Mendham
Zita Mitchell
Celebrating our staff…
AS THE YEAR draws to a close, UTAS is celebrating its staff.
One special group has been singled out, in particular, for their long and
highly valued service to the University. This year UTAS is commemorating
the enduring commitment of more than 100 staff members with a special
presentation to those who have completed 25 or more years of service.
Each long-serving staff member will receive a limited edition “Southern
Ice” cup and saucer set handcrafted by world-renowned ceramicist Les
Blakebrough. Hand painted and signed by Les, these sets cannot be bought;
they are produced exclusively for UTAS.
The name “Southern Ice” is given to the porcelain to reflect Tasmania’s
particular qualities – the whiteness of snow and the translucence of ice, as
the set is made with the whitest, most translucent clay available on Earth.
The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Daryl Le Grew, said: “One of the key
goals of the EDGE agenda is for UTAS to develop a culture of recognition.
“This token of our appreciation goes towards doing just that – creating
an environment where staff are valued and where their commitment to the
growth and development of the University is acknowledged.”
The public presentations to show the University’s appreciation and
esteem of these staff members will be made at the Vice-Chancellor’s
Christmas Cocktail Parties in Hobart, Launceston and Burnie.
PLEASE NOTE
This list has been compiled from staff who currently work and/ or have
worked at UTAS and its antecedent institutions. If you have inadvertently
been left off the list, PLEASE contact Michael Plakalovic in Human
Resources on 6324 3309 or at Michael.Plakalovic@utas.edu.au
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Southern Ice
by Les Blakebrough
Richard Easther
Luana Nandan
Lindsay Nelson
Stewart Nicol
Manuel Nunez
Sue Overton
Jan Pakulski
Suan Payne
William Peterson
Geoffrey Phillips
Murray Plaister
Debra Ploughman
June Pongratz
Robyn Pryce-Jones
David Rayner
Graeme Rayner
Jim Reid
Alastair Richardson
Sally Jones
Martyn Ricks
Philip Robinson
Randolph Rose
Barry Rumbold
Arthur Sale
Robert Sheehy
Upendra Singh
John Smith
David Sommerville
Tom Sommerville
Michael Stokes
Regina Stokman
Robert Tennent
Peter Trotter
Cherrill Vertigan
Greg Walker
Lana Wall
Alison Johnston
Upendra Singh
Zita Mitchell
Don Chalmers
Jayne Clarke
Paul Waller
Gillian Ward
David Waters
Jane Watson
William Weller
Rob White
Christopher Williams (Dr)
Christopher Williams
Heather Williams
David Woodward
Ah Chot Yong
Paul Zika
academic promotions and chairs
THIS END-OF-YEAR column provides, as is usual at this time of year,
the opportunity to reflect on the year that has gone, to look ahead
towards the new year and to celebrate. I cannot think of a better topic
for celebrations than the outstanding achievements of many of our academic staff who were successful in the 2004 promotions round, with their
promotion to be effective from March 2005. We look at the past and
recognise their hard work, we look at the future and look forward to
their further contributions to UTAS, and in between we enjoy celebrating with them.
The University had a record number of applications for promotion
this year, demonstrating the confidence of our academic staff to ‘go for
it’. But more importantly, the outcome of this round of promotions
showed the excellent academic talent that exists at UTAS. It is proof of
the tremendous contribution of academic staff covering the whole spectrum, from the young, aspiring and often already inspirational academics to the nationally and internationally outstanding achievers at the
higher rungs of the academic ladder. Congratulations and three cheers to
all of you!
The University has some rising stars amongst its academics and will
introduce shortly a new, special award to recognise and acknowledge
their achievements. Watch this space.
This last column for the year also provides an opportunity to refer to
the significant appointments the University has made during 2004,
either through the Chairs appointments process or through the avenue of
Personal Chairs. As Chair of the selection committees, I can attest to the
competitiveness of UTAS in academic fields in Australia and overseas.
We were fortunate to be able to make appointments from an excellent
range of applicants. Recent appointments to Chairs are:
• Michael Hess, School of Management (January 2004)
• Chris Carter, School of Aquaculture (January 2004)
• Richard Coleman, Marine Science (March 2004)
• Peter Marshall, Woolworths Chair in the School of Information
Systems (June 2004)
• John Dickey, Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics (July
2004)
• Carey Denholm, Dean of Graduate Studies (January 2005).
Personal Chair appointments are always very special occasions.
They demonstrate the outstanding quality of our own staff and enable us
to retain highly talented academics at UTAS. In 2004 we made two such
appointments: Professor Douglas Paton, School of Psychology and
Professor Jocelyn McPhie, School of Earth Sciences and CODES. We
warmly congratulate our ‘new’ Professors.
Although this column does not mention the A-(UQA) word, this does not
mean that it is out of our mind, does it?
Seasons greetings and warm regards,
Rudi Lidl
Deputy Vice-Chancellor
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Life skills 101
Alistair McIntosh and Australian Ambassador
to Sweden, Richard Roe.
UTAS SECOND YEAR
education students are
to become role models
for other young
Tasmanians.
The University has
teamed up with the
Launceston City
Council and the Esk
Education District in the
Co-pilots program
which will see up to 30
student teachers giving
lessons in life to young
people in the
Launceston area.
In the course of the program, which kicks off in
July next year, each student will spend two hours a
week with a special-needs child working on a
particular project such as tree planting.
According to Faculty of Education Executive
Officer, Peter Brooks, “The students get exposure
to situations they might not face in the classroom
while they’re on prac. It allows for one on one
mentoring”.
The Faculty’s Dean, Roslyn Arnold, agrees it’s
mutually beneficial for the children and the young
teachers.
“It helps students identify special needs and
develop a repertoire of teaching techniques, so they
get a sense of worth and achievement from being
able to help a young person.”
In other Education news, a former UTAS
academic has been recognised in the National
Minister’s Awards for Outstanding Contribution to
Improving Literacy and/ or Numeracy.
Now retired, Associate Professor Alistair
McIntosh has established an international
reputation for his work with students and teachers,
particularly in the areas of mental computation and
number sense.
During his time at UTAS (1999-2003), Alistair’s
research challenged teachers, schools and policy
makers to think differently about numeracy and the
way it is learnt.
Federal Education minister Dr Brendan Nelson
said: “His findings have led to changes in teaching
practices and improvements in students’ levels of
achievement in mathematics”.
Coordinating
Research
THE SIXTH ANNUAL Graduate Research
Coordinators Day was held in early November at
the Derwent Sailing Squadron in Sandy Bay.
Pictured here with the Dean of Graduate Research
are most of the 40 attendees, including members
of the Graduate Research Unit and the Board of
Graduate Research. Content centred on the Research
Management Training Plan, quality outcomes in
research education, results from the exit survey of
candidates, EDGE targets and load report and
graduate research community initiatives for 2005.
Coordinators enjoyed analysing case studies in
the “You be the Dean” segment, the first annual
showcase of graduate research school activities was
launched and induction materials for graduate
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research candidates were displayed. Professor
Andrew Glenn spoke about the EDGE agenda and
the upcoming AUQA review and confirmed the
crucial role played by Graduate Research
Coordinators. The President of TUPA, Andrew
Saunders spoke about recent State-wide initiatives
and support provided for graduate research
candidates. Professor Arthur Sale presented a
demonstration of the Universities Eprint repository
and Richard Coleman educated the meeting on the
Co-Tutelle Programme. Congratulations to
Dr Kelvin Michael from IASOS who was awarded
the inaugural “Care Bear Award” for outstanding
pastoral care of candidates.
Nursing potential
David Williams from the Student
Association, Mt Nelson Award winner
Jessie Anderson and Award trustee
Michael Weitnauer.
Copyright 2004 Arthur Sale
USOLVE solution
NURSING STUDENT
Jessie Anderson has won the
2004 Mt Nelson Award,
the major prize offered each
year by the Student
Association at the University of Tasmania.
It is only the third time in the award’s 22-year
history that a nursing student has won the prestigious
prize. The previous nursing winners were Ewen
McPherson in 1994 and David Bon Chai Koh in 1991.
The chairman of the Board of Trustees for the
award, Stephen Nichols said that the $3000
Mt Nelson Award was one of the important prizes
offered to students at the Launceston campus.
“It recognises not only academic and practical/
professional achievement by an individual in their
course of study but also their potential for success
in their chosen field and community at large,” he said.
“The selection committee is looking to identify
the successfully well-rounded person who displays
qualities that it believes demonstrates the individual’s
capacity to make an important contribution to the
future.”
Jessie graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree
from Flinders University in 1999. At Flinders she
played a major part in student politics and was
Vice-President of the Student Association.
After University she travelled and worked
overseas with a number of aid and volunteer
organisations in Europe and South America which
led her to make a commitment to pursue a future in
rural and third world health.
On returning to Australia Jessie enrolled in the
School of Nursing at UTAS where she has finished
her first year with distinction. She has also been
recently elected to the position of Women’s Officer
with the Student Association.
Jessie has also played a leadership role in
the cause to stop violence against women and was
convenor of the Reclaim the Night Collective, a
member of the women’s advisory council and has
done voluntary work supporting women facing
domestic violence and family court trials.
“Success in any field requires personal vision,
commitment, persistence, untiring motivation and
above all a belief in oneself. Add to this the
courage to consistently challenge oneself as well as
others. Jessie, we believe, displays such qualities,”
Mr Nichols said.
After finishing her nursing degree Jessie hopes
to work with Australia’s indigenous communities to
improve health conditions as well as volunteer for
an organisation such as Médecins Sans Frontières.
Computers, creations and
crosswords !
The passions of
an award-winning
professor
A UTAS STALWART is being recognised for
his long-term achievement both in and outside the
University.
Professor Arthur Sale was last month
announced as the 2004 winner of the Tasmanian
ICT Industry “Individual Contribution” Award
in recognition of his ‘major and sustained
contribution’ to the Tasmanian computer industry.
Professor Sale has been involved in shaping the
University’s information technology reputation
since day one. He was the foundation professor
when the Faculty of Computer Science was formed
in 1974.
“We started from scratch and set up the first
three-year computer science program in Australia.”
The Faculty of Computer Science is now the
School of Computing and Professor Sale is now
focused more on research than on teaching but in
the course of his 30 years on staff he has been a
witness to some phenomenal changes in technology.
“One of the most unique parts of being
involved in computer science is that the discipline
moves much faster than any other school at the
university. You basically have to re-invent yourself
every five years… there’s no using 20 year old
teaching notes in this department,” he joked.
But Professor Sale has been honoured for more
than his academic credentials. For decades he has
had significant input into the formation and running
of several industry organisations and government
advisory bodies.
The former UTAS Pro Vice-Chancellor has
another passion in life as a glass artist. His platters
and glass sculptures are gracing three local
galleries, and as if that’s not enough, Professor Sale
spends his spare time creating the crossword that
has been so well received in this year’s UniTAS.
“It’s been a personal interest of mine for some
time, but since I’ve been contributing to UniTAS
I’m getting a lot of positive feedback and hear that
it’s the cause of some competition within faculty
tea rooms,” says Professor Sale.
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Campus Critters
STAFF AND STUDENTS at UTAS are lucky
enough to share the leafy UTAS campuses with a
variety of Australian fauna.
The birch trees around Hytten Hall are home to
a group of tawny frogmouth owls, who, while camera shy (look carefully through the leaves!) do not
seem to be bothered by the car park that surrounds
their residence.
Those resident in the Administration Building
at Sandy Bay avidly watched a young family of
welcome swallows grow over the spring – and
hoped the fire alarm holding their nest to the wall
would not be needed.
And for some time, the Optical Astronomers in
the School of Mathematics and Physics have been
having trouble with one of the circuits at the telescope out at Mount Canopus. This is an important
circuit that allows the mirror in the telescope to be
positioned remotely, by a controller back at the
University.
When the circuit finally died the other day,
Dr Kym Hill went out to investigate, armed with
his toolbox and digital camera. The sleepy
inhabitant he encountered in the circuit junction
box had made an expensive nest!
Vital support for Tasmania’s nurses
IN NOVEMBER, OVER 100 nurses from across
the State met at the UTAS Newnham campus to
hear and present their experiences and research
on how best to manage the competing demands on
registered nurses, to ensure new recruits get a
quality introduction to nursing.
“Every year health care agencies are faced with
the dilemma of how best to orientate, teach and
support undergraduates, postgraduates and new
nursing employees. Registered nurses have to juggle the competing demands of providing quality
patient care and mentoring,” said Dr Denise
Fassett, School of Nursing and Midwifery.
Tasmania’s nurses are being given vital support
through the Preceptor Education Program, an initiative where registered nurses provide education for
nurses who assist their colleagues, nurses entering
or re-entering the public, private, community and
aged care sectors. Tasmania is the only State where
nurses from the public, private, community and
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aged care, State government, UTAS and the
Nursing Board have joined forces to provide a program to prepare registered nurses for this important
role.
“If new employees are not adequately prepared
or supported they are likely to leave, which puts
extra pressure on an already stretched workforce,”
said Professor Gerry Farrell, Head of the School of
Nursing and Midwifery.
Feedback from those attending the conference
was overwhelming, with most nurses agreeing that
it is good to be acknowledged for the work they do
and that they look forward to this as an annual
event. A highlight of the conference was the launch
of a new website, with information, resources and
links for registered nurses to assist them in their
mentorship role.
The new site is at:
www.healthsci.utas.edu.au/ tson/ preceptor/
Building on
success
Photographs from Megan Baynes’
recent trip to New York.
Interstate
interest
A YOUNG UTAS architecture student has already
started building her international career. Megan
Baynes has picked up a swag of prestigious design
awards, worked with leading industry professionals
and just recently had her work exhibited in New York.
“A friend and I
entered a competition
to design street lights
for New York City.
Our work was sent to
represent the UTAS
School of Architecture,
then the curators of the
exhibition chose to
display our entry from
hundreds of submissions from around
the world.”
She has recently returned from a three month
Praktikanten in Berlin where she worked on several
high profile projects including the Museum for the
Brandhorst Collection in Munich and The Federal
Agency for the Environment.
“I learnt an awful lot about new developments in
environmental design. The company I worked for
just designed a building that uses 70 per cent less
energy than a normal high rise, and I think this is
going to become the way of the future in Australia.”
Two years ago, while on exchange, she picked
up first prize in the northern European category of
the Glasshouse International Competition, one of
the largest architectural competitions ever held. Her
work beat 750 entries from around the globe and was
included in an exhibition at ‘Glasstech’ in Dusseldorf
and published in Architecture Today.
Since returning to Australia, Megan has been
working with several leading architects as she completes her final presentations and prepares to graduate
this month. Her next challenge is deciding whether to
stay in Tasmania and combine work with post
graduate studies, or launch her career overseas.
“Because of the boom in Tasmanian real estate
there’s a lot of building and design work going on
across the State so it’s a very exciting time to be
involved in the industry.”
AFTER THE GREAT SUCCESS of the Careers
Symposium in July this year, the Student
Recruitment and Marketing Unit provided an
encore – this time focusing on interstate participants.
A total of 26 careers advisors attended the
symposium at the Hobart campus, including 14 from
metropolitan and regional areas of Victoria and 10
from Canberra. The Canberra contingent took the
opportunity to extend their experiences in Tasmania,
and arrived on the Friday prior to the symposium so
that they could enjoy a short holiday weekend in
Hobart.
Invitations to the UTAS symposium were given
as a priority to careers advisors who are also presidents of career networks or associations, to ensure
that there is an effective mechanism for follow-up
through to individual schools.
The program included an overview of new
offerings in Science and Health Science, degrees
combined with teaching, and a choice of tours of
Edge Radio, IASOS or Engineering. The proceedings
finished at the Conservatorium of Music, where
guests were treated to a performance by PhD violinist
David Le Guen, followed by a talk from Professor
Douglas Knehans about initiatives and course
developments at the Conservatorium.
Responses from the interstate participants in the
week following the symposium have been extremely
favourable. A number of interstate career counsellors
have indicated that UTAS will be invited to have
further involvement in Victorian Tertiary Information
Service events in 2005 (for non-Victorian universities,
attendance at these events is by invitation only), as
well as career expos and school information sessions.
In a thankyou email to SRMU staff, a Traralgon
careers advisor, said:
“I found Monday to be extremely valuable and
now have no hesitation in encouraging our students
to attend UTAS.”
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Saint-satur…ation
Sarah Fitzgerald, Dr Bert Peeters and
Patrick Ball with the copy of
Le Berry Républicain.
WHEN FRENCH STUDENTS Sarah Fitzgerald, in
2002, and Patrick Ball, in 2003, embarked upon
their prescribed web project, a report on a French
village or town in the Cher region, written in the
target language using material found on the internet,
little did they know that their work, which ended
up on the School’s website, would one day attract
the attention of a French journalist curious to know
what the world thought of his village, Saint-Satur.
Last month, on 7 November, Julien Rapégno, of
the regional newspaper Le Berry Républicain,
published an article titled Tasmaniens gagas du
Agriculturally minded
Dr David Russell, Professor Rob Clark,
the Hon, Peter McGauran MP and
Dr Peter Lane at the Awards ceremony.
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AT THE RECENT 2004 BHERT (Business/Higher
Education Round Table) Awards for Outstanding
Achievement in Collaboration in Research and
Development and Education and Training, the UTAS
School of Agricultural Science received a prestigious
award for the best Science Lectureship Initiative in
Partnerships in Tasmanian Primary Industry Science
Education.
In 2000, the UTAS
School of Agricultural
Science initiated a Federal
Department of Education,
Training and Youth
Affairs (now the
Department of Education,
Science and Training –
DEST) project, co-funded
by industry partners and
the University.
Nine local primary
industries combined
Cher (Tasmanians besotted with the Cher) in which
he quotes both students at length, and expresses his
amazement at the detail and the accuracy of their
descriptions.
Admittedly, there are some inaccuracies.
Sarah can be forgiven for having sailed down a
little steamer in the Saint-Satur yacht harbour:
rare privilège, says Rapégno, by which he probably
means it’s unlikely to happen. And Patrick, who
put bats on the menu of one particular restaurant, is
told that they are “sacred animals” in that part of
the world. “But then,” says Patrick, “the website
of that restaurant was kind of weird; it lured its
customers into visiting a local museum of
witchcraft and a yack farm. With that sort of
recommendation, wouldn’t you expect to see bats
served on the menu?”
Lyricism was what struck Rapégno most in
Sarah’s piece. She had paid a visit to the abbey
church where, she writes, she could almost hear the
monks of yesteryear singing hymns in their low
voices, together with the canons of the regional
chapter. “The volunteers at the local tourist office
will be blushing at this much poetry,” says
Rapégno.
Dr Bert Peeters (School of English, Journalism
and European Languages), who makes this sort
of web project part of the regular assessment in
the unit HEF301, is “over the moon” with the
unexpected publicity the University has earned in
“la France profonde”. And, needless to say, so are
his students, whose name and work has now
appeared in print in a French newspaper!
forces with the School of Agricultural Science, to
address the shortage of tertiary educated science
graduates seeking work in primary industry, as well as
promoting in schools, the value of and excitement of
careers in primary industries. This was achieved by
developing two programs, one to increase student
awareness of the available science careers in primary
industry (Education Program), the other program to
deliver tertiary modules relating to the needs of current staff in industry (Industry – AgPD Program).
As a result of this collaboration between
industries, educators and UTAS, the project has
caused a significant and positive attitudinal change
in teachers and students towards potential career
options in primary industries and has also greatly
contributed to the further education of primary
industry field staff.
The project involved and continues to involve
members from Tasmanian Alkaloids, Botanical
Resources Australia, Australian Hop Marketers,
Simplot Australia, Serve-Ag, Impact Fertilisers,
Essential Oils of Tasmania, the Department of
Primary Industry Water and Environment and what
was the Tasmanian Rural Industries Training Board.
Celebrating
TasSTAR 2004
AN EXCITING PILOT INITIATIVE that
promotes interest in science and technology was
recently hailed as a great success during a unique
celebration across all of the University campuses.
To celebrate the successful year for the TasSTAR
program, a three-way video conference brought
together UTAS students and staff, college
principals and teachers in Burnie, Launceston
and Hobart. The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Daryl
Le Grew officially launched the Celebration with
an opening address from Hobart.
The TasSTAR Peer Tutor Program – which
began this year in Burnie’s Hellyer College,
Launceston’s Newstead College and in Hobart
College – matches trained, volunteer, university
science students with a range of science classes.
The peer tutors, from the Schools of
Agriculture, Aquaculture and Computer Science,
have been weekly guests in science classes, helping
students individually or in small groups, and
joining class excursions. In addition, the tutors also
recently organised a suite of class visits to UTAS,
to give their students an inside view of the three
campuses, and of their particular science at work.
The TasSTAR Celebration provided a great
opportunity to give feedback from the recent
evaluation, which shows TasSTAR has been
extremely well received. College students are able
to learn first-hand what university life is all about,
and they report that their peer tutors have made
science interesting and easy to understand. Teachers
have also enjoyed the extra pair of hands in the
classroom and the improved links to the University.
For the peer tutors, improved self-confidence
and communication skills are real benefits. Their
voluntary commitment, alongside study and work,
clearly demonstrates their initiative, their time
management and organisational skills.
The Celebration was also an opportunity for
tutors and teachers to share experiences with their
counterparts in each region. The project team paid
special tribute to the Link Teachers in each college
and to the significant input of UTAS staff members
from Schools of Agricultural Science, Aquaculture
and Computing. The highlight of this unique ‘virtual’
gathering was the presentation of certificates to the
inaugural TasSTAR peer tutors, and to the college
principals.
The TasSTAR team members now have their
fingers crossed for continued support to expand the
program through 2005. This pilot initiative has clearly
demonstrated its potential to raise the aspirations
of our young people and to make a real impact in
fostering interest in science and technology. Project
Coordinator Anna Renkin can be contacted on
6430 4908 or anna.renkin@utas.edu.au
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Royal Society of Tasmania Public Lecture
Is GM Food fit to eat?
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10 December
School of Agricultural Science Seminar
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4 pm. Life Science Lecture Theatre 1, Hobart campus.
Further information: 6226 2620
12 December
Christmas Concert
Sir Christèmas is a concert of a cappella choral
music spanning the centuries from Byrd and
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Jane Franklin Consort with guest artist Nico Bester
on the organ. Tickets $15/$10 at the door. Includes
champagne and Christmas cake for afternoon tea.
2.30 pm. St John’s Church, New Town.
Further information: Brian.Yates@utas.edu.au
14 December
Philosophy Café
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The Vice-Chancellor
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invites
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All Staff
All Staff
All Staff
to a Christmas Cocktail Party
Thursday 9 December 2004, 4.30 pm
to a Christmas Cocktail Party
Friday 17 December 2004, 4.30 pm
to a Christmas Barbeque Party
RSVP:
Yvonne Shaw 6226 2003
Thursday 21 December 2004, 1 pm
*
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Sandy Bay Campus
Degrees Restaurant,
Launceston Campus
RSVP:
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RSVP:
Rosie Wasson 6430 4949
Email:
Rosie.Wasson@utas.edu.au
by Thursday 16 December
by Friday 10 December
Email:
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Email:
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