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UC Diary
19 March 2004Published by the Communications and Development Department
What's on at the University
See also: UC Events Monday 22 March
Tuesday 23 March
Wednesday 24 March
Thursday 25 March
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| 10.00 am | Sociology and Anthropology seminar. Dr Sarah Nettleton (University of York) on The emergence of E-scaped medicine. Room 252. |
| 11.00 am | Physics and Astronomy seminar. R A Cowley (University of Oxford) on Do phase transitions have one-length scale? Room 701. |
| 12.10 pm | Civil Engineering seminar. Dr Roger Nokes on Particle tracking velocimetry - quantifying fluid flow visualisation. E11. |
| 1.00 pm | School of Music seminar. Anthony Ritchie on 24 Preludes for pioano: Trying a new approach to compostion. Room 205. |
| 1.00 pm | History seminar. Robert Nicole on Religious syncretism and early anti-colonialism in Fiji: Navosavakadua and the Tuka movement. Room 311. |
| 2.10 pm | Electrical and Computer Engineering seminar. Professor P S Bodger on Assessment of non-fossil fuel energy and field waste minimisation: Research opportunities for Antarctica New Zealand. E16. |
| 2.10 pm | National Centre for Research on Europe seminar. H.E. Professor Jorgen Orstrom Moller (Danish Ambassador, Singapore) on A new international system. Level 2, Geography building. |
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From a meeting of the Senior Management Team held on Tuesday 9 March 2004
Discussion included:
Technician Review
The SMT considered the outcome of a possible review of technical services.
The Committee agreed:
1. The College PVCs and College Managers should be requested to review
technical services within their Colleges, and between Colleges, to consider
how any duplication of technical services can be addressed.
That review would also take into account the technical skills within FM, and look at rationalisation and skills set requirements.
2. Changes in UC will now lead to PVCs needing to be well aware of the requirements to scrutinise all staffing and all spending, and to set priorities for spending such that the Colleges are within the contribution margins required and being developed by the Budget Advisory Committee for recommendation to the Chief Operating Officer.
3. A separate formal Review of Technical Staffing is not required at this stage.
PBRF Results Process
The communication process on the PBRF results, both to individual members
of staff on 18 March (date since altered, see notice) and the overall
report which would be released on 23 March, was discussed.
Canterprise
John Walley and Sir Angus Tait, Canterprise Board members, were in attendance
to make a presentation on Canterprise.
There was a wide ranging discussion.
The future potential of Canterprise, and the importance of participation by staff members from all Colleges and the School of Law, was noted.
Independent Researchers on Campus
The proposed policy for individual researchers on campus as outlined
in the recommendations from the Research Committee, was endorsed.
Vice Chancellor’s Forum
The Vice Chancellor will be holding the first all staff forum for the
year at 3.30pm in C1 on Wednesday 7 April. All members of the University
will be welcome to attend.
The forum will be the opportunity to address a number of issues, concerning the current “state of the University”. Matters to be discussed will include the 2003 Annual Report and Financial Statements, the outcomes of the PBRF exercise and 2004 University enrolments.
The Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) has announced that the release of the Performance-Based Research Fund (PBRF) Public Report has been delayed due to court action by the University of Auckland and Victoria University of Wellington. The release of staff Quality Categories has also been delayed. These will not be released to staff on 18 March as was previously stated. TEC expects to release these after the outcome of the court case is known next week.
Enjoy a memorable night out at Canterbury Opera's "A Little Night Music". Hailed as Sondheim's most popular work, with elegant waltzes and witty lyrics, the show is sung in English and features internationally acclaimed Sondheim interpreter Geraldine Turner, as well as Heather Begg, Rima Te Wiata and the University's Brigitte Murray. Performances at the James Hay Theatre commence at 7.30pm and finish at 10.15pm.
University of Canterbury staff can obtain 2 x A tickets for $90, or
2 X B tickets for $75.
These special price tickets are available for the performances on Thursday
25th March and Saturday 27th March. UC staff can order by phoning Canterbury
Opera (03 366 9932) or emailing customerservice@canterburyopera.com
stating: Name, telephone number, number of tickets required, date.
The ordered tickets can be collected at the Box Office Reception (in
the foyer of the Town Hall) on the night of the performance from 7pm,
cheque or cash payment required.
It Happens at Home is an exhibition highlighting issues of family violence. Created by Halina Ogonowska-Coates in the medium of visual art, the work highlights a critical social issue - domestic violence. Made up of five standing panels (doors), it features edited interviews and photographs of two men and two women who have experienced family violence.
The work is compelling, shocking and courageous - for all of those involved; its contributors, its creator and its audiences.
The exhibition can be viewed at the Department of Social Work, Arts Road until the end of March.
WebCT internals: Extending WebCT CE via its APIs and other means
Venue: E16, 2.10pm, Wednesday 31-Mar-04
Peter Love, WebCT consultant
Outline: WebCT CE provides a great set of generic learning tools and
web-based interfaces to a variety of administrative tasks. It also includes
an auto-signon mechanism, two APIs and a few command line utilities.
Together, these can be used to automate a variety of tasks and integrate
WebCT with other tools and systems.
This presentation will give an overview of WebCT's internal structure
and API interfaces and present examples of how they can be used to add
functionality to WebCT.
The UCSA has secured the rights to operate a Ticketek outlet from within the Unimart Convenience Store in the Students' Association building.
It is a great service for the campus community and everyone is encouraged to use it.
7.30pm, Tuesday 6 April, UCSA Ballroom
Yes, it’s that time of year again, when the faculties and departments put forward their finest brains to compete in a pitched battle for the Canterbury Challenge Cup!
Staged annually by the Alumni Association, in conjunction with Macfarlane Dougall Stringer Barristers & Solicitors, the Canterbury Challenge is a team quiz event, held during the Graduation festivities, that brings together all members of the campus community – students, staff and graduates – for a fun-filled evening of stimulating brainteasers and live entertainment. Five people per team, free to enter, great prizes. Contact the Alumni Office for a Registration form, ext 6913, alumni@canterbury.ac.nz.
The Health Centre is holding special flu vaccine clinics for staff to get through as many as possible before term ends. The clinics will be: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday between 1.0 and 3.0 pm for the next two weeks. Please phone the Health Centre on 6402 to arrange a time. If you are unable to come during these times, we will accommodate you after this.
Cost: Staff $15.00, students $10.00.
Significant reductions on selected items – pens, mugs, umbrellas,
business card holders, keyrings, mousemats, wine cooler sets and more.
See www.canterbury.ac.nz/Alumni/amemo/intro.htm
for a full price list.
Location: the Alumni Office, Communications & Development, Level
5, Registry, ph: (03) 364 2344, alumni@canterbury.ac.nz.
Please ensure equipment bookings for 2004 are arranged as soon as possible. We do not carry forward any bookings from the previous year. Early notification of room changes after bookings have been made is essential.
Phone Judith or Joan on ext 6428, or call at the Audio Visual office beside the student café, ground floor, James Hight Building. Email bookings are not accepted.
The Health and Safety Section of the Human Resources Department in association with the University Health Centre is pleased to advise that Wellness Assessments for staff will resume as follows:
The service will re-commence on Tuesday 6 April 2004 and be available until Thursday 2 December 2004.
The service is provided on Tuesdays from 9.00am to 1.00pm and Thursdays from 9.00am to 1.00pm.
This is a free and confidential service, available at the University Health Centre, and is being done by Theresa Madden of TriEx Health.
Assessments include: Die, body mass (height versus weight), exercise,
stress, blood pressure, blood test (cholesterol and blood sugar), vision,
cancer prevention principles, heart disease prevention principles, goal
setting, skin checks (non occupational) for solar radiation exposure,
hearing tests (non occupational).
Access to the service is by appointment. To make an appointment please contact the University Health Centre, ext 6402, and request an appointment for a staff wellness assessment. Appointments will be approximately 30 minutes duration.
Please note that if you work outdoors, or you are exposed to hazardous noise in your occupation, you should have a skin examination and hearing test arranged through the Health and Safety Section. Please contact Paul Perry ext 6936 for further details regarding this monitoring.
For any enquiries regarding this service please contact Dr Joan Allardyce on ext 8471.
The Scholarships Office is located on Level 3 of the Registry building and holds information on a wide variety of undergraduate and postgraduate awards. Scholarship details are advertised by way of this column, monthly newsletters, in the Awards Handbooks, and by flyers to departments, the Students' Association and on the website. Students are also encouraged to visit the office to check the latest listings.
Check out everything you need to know about scholarships on www.canterbury.ac.nz/scholarships
The November newsletter is now available at http://www.canterbury.ac.nz/scholarships/current.shtml
To find out about any scholarships that have become available
since the last newsletter was produced, go to http://www.canterbury.ac.nz/scholarships/latestnews.shtml
To search on the nationwide awards and scholarships database “BreakOut”,
go to http://www.fis.org.nz/BreakOut/
ICOMST Travelling Scholarship
$3000 support for attendance of the International Congress of Meat Science
and Technology to be held in Helsinki, Finland, August 8 –13,
2004. Closing Date 5pm, 26 March 2004
Applications open to Staff and PhD students of Universities and CRI’s.
Researching in any area that impinges on the Meat Industry.
The research areas that may be funded are very wide. Generally animal production areas will not be funded, but research on product, quality and safety, process, engineering and worker issues and the whole range of consumer expectations may be funded.
For further information go to http://www.canterbury.ac.nz/scholarships/latestnews.shtml
Word for Thesis and Research Students
This is the same as the session above. Each session is a one and half
hours long (with time at the end for questions). NOTE: These sessions
are not suited to absolute beginners but for those who have used Word
regularly in their undergraduate degree.
Admission is on a first-come, first-served basis (you cannot reserve a place). Everyone welcome. Where: A4 - 100 Seat theatre, Monday 22 March 4pm to 5.30pm, Friday 26 March 10am to 11.30pm
The outline is at: http://www.it.canterbury.ac.nz/resources/workrooms/training/doc/outline.doc
If you have any questions about these classes, email james.oxnam@canterbury.ac.nz.
WASS -Student Services
WASS offers four seminars. There has been huge demand for places in
the WASS classes for thesis writers, and all the sessions this term
have been fully booked.
To enable as many people as possible to have access to these classes, we have arranged to hold four more sessions at the beginning of Term 2. These will be held in bigger rooms than the one used this term. The details are as follows:
Monday 26 April, 3 pm ,MSCS 031, The thesis proposal; Tuesday 27 April, 3 pm, A 5, Managing your supervision; Wednesday 28 April, 3 pm, A 5, The literature review;
Thursday 29 April, 11 am, MSCS 031, Time management.
Masters and doctoral thesis writers are welcome to attend.
If you have any questions about these classes, email sam.gill@canterbury.ac.nz
EndNote for Engineers/Foresters
EndNote is a powerful tool for managing bibliographic references. In
this workshop you will learn: How to create and manage your own EndNote
Library; Using EndNote with Engineering/Forestry databases; Combining
EndNote with Word.
Monday 22 March 11am, Thursday 24 March 9am, Tuesday 30 March 2.10pm, Friday 2 April 11am.
Places can be booked at the Engineering Library Lending Desk or contact Dave Lane, dave.lane@canterbury.ac.nz phone ext 7150.
2004 Graduate Recruitment Programme
The CAS Graduate Recruitment Programme enables employers to recruit
final year students for positions commencing in 2005. Some employers
also offer summer internships or vacation work experience for penultimate
year students. New and recent graduates can also register on CareerHub
and access immediate vacancies for up to one year after completion of
studies.
The following will be of particular interest to students in Accountancy, Finance & Information Systems, Economics, Law and IT, plus opportunities for other degrees.
Employer Information Sessions
(Full details on CareerHub Events/Employer Information Sessions)
NB: Academic staff and students at all levels of study are very welcome
to attend any recruitment presentations of interest.
22/3 Accenture, 22/3 KPMG, 23/3 Deloitte, 24/3 Polson Higgs, 26/3 Reserve
Bank, 29/3 Treasury, 29/4 Ministry of Economic Development.
Virtual Careers Fair: 29 March-8 April – Australasia’s online meeting place for students and employers – visit www.vcf.gradlink.edu.au
Application closing dates
(Full details on CareerHub Jobs)
22/3 LEK Consulting; 26/3 First NZ Capital, KPMG, Bain International,
UBS Investment Bank, Macquarie Bank; 29/3 PricewaterhouseCoopers; 31/3
Polson Higgs; 1/4 Deloitte, 2/4 Gosling Chapman; 3/4 Staples Rodway;
5/4 Ernst & Young; 8/4 Accenture, Audit New Zealand; 14/4 Queensland
Treasury; 28/4 NZ Treasury; 29/4 Reserve Bank.
Full details of the Graduate Recruitment Programme and CAS activities are available on Canterbury CareerHub www.canterbury.ac.nz/student/careers Having registered on CareerHub, students and graduates can readily access graduate recruitment and vacancy information, recruitment events, employer details, seminars, web links, news and articles of interest to job seekers both on and off campus. Please encourage your students to register, particularly final and penultimate year students.
Staff can also register, as a student, on the CareerHub student module (with the degree/major subject of most interest) by using their university IT username and password.
Canterbury CareerHub is now established as the prime source of employment information for Canterbury students and graduates and we would therefore encourage staff members to refer any recruitment or vacancy enquiries from employers on to CAS so we can assist them. We offer a professional service to employers, including booking presentation venues, catering, campus-wide publicity, accepting CVs/applications, arranging interviews and rooms. Contact Shirley MacDonald, Employer Liaison Co ordinator, on 6592, or Janet Warburton, Vacancy Clerk, on 6551.
CAS Seminars – open to all students –
Level 7 Seminar Room, Central Library (Full details on CareerHub Events/Seminars
or from CAS)
Seminars, including CV Covering Letters & Application Forms,
Preparing for a Successful Job Interview, Finding Some Direction-Which
JobWould Suit Me?, are repeated several times a week throughout
the year.
Career counselling is available to students either
by appointment or, for brief enquiries, CV checks etc, at the daily
drop in sessions: Mon, Tues, Thurs, 2pm-5pm; Wed & Fri, 9am-12 noon.
CAS remains open throughout the year, including vacations.
Careers Advisory Service, Level 7, Central Library.
Tel: 364-2591 Email: careers@canterbury.ac.nz
UC Careers & Employment Fair
Wednesday 12 May 2004, 10am-3.30pm, UCSA Ballroom
Careers Advisory Service is again organising the University of Canterbury’s
own Careers & Employment Fair. This event is open to all Canterbury
students and brings a wide range of organisations on campus to promote
employment and career opportunities. Staff are also welcome to attend.
Are there any companies you would like us to invite?
If so, please forward details to: Shirley MacDonald, Employer Liaison
Co-ordinator, 364-2592 (or 6592), email: shirley.macdonald@canterbury.ac.nz
E-Learning at Canterbury: the single access point supporting staff using computers and other Information Technology systems in education.
Briefing Session on Postgraduate Processes at Canterbury
Dean of Postgraduate Studies, Associate Professor David Shelley
Tuesday 16 March 12.30 – 2.00 pm, OR Friday 19 March 12.00 - 1.30 pm
UCTL Seminar Room, 4th floor Law building.
Attendance at a briefing session on the University of Canterbury’s
Postgraduate regulations, policies and procedures is now required for
all new academic staff wishing to be appointed “Senior Supervisor”
even if they are already experienced supervisors (since UC’s processes
differ from those elsewhere).
Experienced supervisors are also welcome to attend.
Please feel free to bring your lunch. We will provide Tea/Coffee.
To Enrol: Telephone ext 6827 or use our Web Page online www.uctl.canterbury.ac.nz
The Scholarships Office is located on Level 3 of the Registry building and holds information on a wide variety of undergraduate and postgraduate awards. Scholarship details are advertised by way of this column, monthly newsletters, in the Awards Handbooks, and by flyers to departments, the Students' Association and on the website. Students are also encouraged to visit the office to check the latest listings.
Check out everything you need to know about scholarships on www.canterbury.ac.nz/scholarships
The November newsletter is now available at http://www.canterbury.ac.nz/scholarships/current.shtml
To find out about any scholarships that have become available
since the last newsletter was produced, go to http://www.canterbury.ac.nz/scholarships/latestnews.shtml
To search on the nationwide awards and scholarships database “BreakOut”,
go to http://www.fis.org.nz/BreakOut/
ICOMST Travelling Scholarship
$3000 support for attendance of the International Congress of Meat Science
and Technology to be held in Helsinki, Finland, August 8 –13,
2004. Closing Date 5pm, 26 March 2004
Applications open to Staff and PhD students of Universities and CRI’s.
Researching in any area that impinges on the Meat Industry.
The research areas that may be funded are very wide. Generally animal production areas will not be funded, but research on product, quality and safety, process, engineering and worker issues and the whole range of consumer expectations may be funded.
For further information go to http://www.canterbury.ac.nz/scholarships/latestnews.shtml
The AUS recommends that its members use Uni-Care Insurance for sabbatical, other study and very long-term travel overseas. Uni-Care allows 15% off standard rates to all university staff members, full time tertiary students and their families and, uniquely, can maintain cover for greatly extended periods overseas. The policy includes medical and loss of deposits cover in New Zealand for long term travellers who return home temporarily. Please note that Canterbury University has an in-house, business travel insurance policy which applies to staff travelling on behalf of the University.
Uni-Care International Insurance Service, PO Box 32-167, Devonport, Auckland 9. Telephone +64 9 446 1166, Fax +64 9 445 8832 email: insure@uni-care.org website: http://www.uni-care.org (secure online application facility).
Audiovisual equipment bookings
The following positions are vacant. Please call extension 6147 quoting
the appropriate vacancy number for the Information for Staff Vacancies
and a Position Description or check out our Web site at:
http://www.canterbury.ac.nz/hr/vc/vcintro.htm
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Manufacturing Engineering/Department
of Mechanical Engineering, Vacancy No. ME12733/0404A, Closing
Date: 30.4.04
Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Structural Engineering/Department of Civil Engineering, Vacancy No. CE12512/0404A, Closing Date: 28.4.04
SERVICE DEPARTMENTS
Director – University Centre for Teaching and Learning,
University Centre for Teaching and Learning, Vacancy No: TL10854-0204,
Closing Date: 29.3.04
COLLEGE OF ARTS
Flexible Learning Co-ordinator, BTchLn Programme (Part-time,
fixed term) Vacancy No: ED11167/0404G, Closing Date: 2.4.04
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
Administration Assistant, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Vacancy No: EE11965/0304G, Closing Date: 24.3.04.
SERVICE DEPARTMENT VACANCIES
Liaison Officer (Pacific), Liaison and Recruitment Unit,
Vacancy No: LI2675-0304, Closing Date 23.3.04
Enrolment, Course Change, Tuition Fee Advisor, Student Administrative
Services, Vacancy No: AR11539-0304, Closing Date 23.3.04
Warehouseperson, Facilities Management, Vacancy No:
FM11485/0304, Closing Date: 24.3.04
Trained Teachers – Casual, Early Childhood Learning Centre,
Vacancy No: EC12669, Closing Date 25.3.04
Receptionist/Administrator, Centre for Continuing Education,
Vacancy No: CO11990/0304, Closing Date; 26.3.04
Development Administrator, Communications and Development,
Vacancy No: CD11973, Closing Date: 26.3.04
Organisational Development Administrator (Fixed Term),
Vacancy No: OD13679/0304, Closing Date; 26.3.04
Director – University Centre for Teaching and Learning,
Vacancy No: TL10854-0304, Closing Date: 29.3.04
Accounts Clerk – Part Time, Communications and Development,
Vacancy No: CD11307-0304, Closing Date: 29.3.04
Employment Broker, Student Services – Careers,
Vacancy No: SS56536, Closing Date: 31.3.04
Professor Andrew Hornblow, Director of the Health Sciences Centre, (also the Chair of the Joint Board of Studies in Health), College of Science, 19.1.04 to 15.2.05
Prof Ian Shaw, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, College of Science, from 22.3.04
to 31.3.09
Natalie Chaban, Lecturer, National Centre for Research on Europe, from
18.3.04 to 17.3.06
SERVICE DEPARTMENTS
Rebecca Robinson, Cleaner – Part Time (Continuing), University
Hall, 8.3.04
Janice Jackson, Contact Centre Telephonist – Part Time (Continuing),
Student Administrative Services, Academic Services Department, 15.3.04
David Mann, Teacher, Continuing Education, from 23.2.04 to 2.7.04
Delwyn McGartland, Kitchen Hand – Part Time (Continuing), University
Hall, from 16.2.04
LARGE three/four bedroom fully furnished home with three bathrooms just two minutes' walk from campus available for two months May 15 to July 18. Underfloor heating, solar hot water, double glazing and all modern conveniences. Very private garden. Would be ideal for visiting academic to university who is willing to look after two cats. Low rent negotiable in return for house and cat minding. Phone 348 4369, john.hearnshaw@canterbury.ac.nz or vickie.hearnshaw@clear.net.nz
FENDALTON, pleasant, spacious, sunny semi-furnished home. Four double bedrooms, two bathrooms, large lounge, separate living and dining, sunroom, attractive garden. Suit family or group. Available now. $350 p.w. Phone 942 8184, or 027 444 4637.
AVAILABLE mid-April, cosy, single furnished bedroom. Consider mature student or visiting academic, must like two friendly dogs, short walk to university. Room $85 per week + expenses. Please contact june.walter@canterbury.ac.nz
ACADEMIC from the University of Western Australia is spending sabbatical at the University from mid-August 2004 - January 2005, accompanied by his wife (no children). We would like to rent a 2-3 bedroom furnished apartment/flat/house within approx. 3km of the University. House swaps considered also. Please contact Andrew Rate, andrew.rate@uwa.edu.au, phone +61 8 6488 2500 (w).
PURIRI STRET, four bedroom + study house, sunny north-facing outlook to attractive garden, private lane, quiet. Contact: susan.wurtzburg@canterbury.ac.nz for details.
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