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UC Diary
29 October 2004Published by the Communications and Development Department
What's on at the University
See also: UC Events Sunday 31 October
Monday 1 November
Tuesday 2 November
Wednesday 3 November
Thursday 4 November
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| 11.00 am | Chemistry seminar. Sean Devenish on Studies of Natural Product Derivatives: Targeted Polymer Drug Conjugates. Room 531. |
| 11.00 am | Physics and Astronomy seminar. Dawn McMillan on Update 2004 - What's new in your library. Room 701, Rutherford Building. |
| 12.10 pm | Civil Engineering seminar. Professor Emeritus Ian Wood, on The interface smoothness criteria and its application for two layer flow from a circular weir. F3. |
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University of Canterbury sets tuition fees for 2005
From a meeting of the Senior Management Team held on Tuesday 19 October 2004
Discussion included:
Tuition Fees – 2005 Budget
The revised tuition fees and the 2005 Budget has been recommended by
the Finance, Planning and Resources Committee to the Council, for its
meeting at the end of the month.
Public Finance (State Sector Management) Bill
The Vice Chancellor drew attention to some of the significant issues
involved in the Crown Entities Bill, currently under consideration.
The matter would be considered by the Academic Board and the Council.
There were major concerns developing.
Health Research and Ethics Processes
The question of future possible change in dealing with Human Ethics
research proposals was signalled in a discussion with the Chair of the
University Human Ethics Committee, Dr Alison Loveridge.
Cycle 3 Audit
The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Roy Sharp, and the Assistant Vice-Chancellor
(Academic), Dr Jan Cameron, outlined the process which would be followed
for the Cycle 3 Audit “Teaching and Learning”. The self
review was underway: the portfolio would be finalised early in 2005.
The Audit Review Panel would be visiting the University in July 2005.
Statement of Service Performance – 3rd Quarter Report
The 3rd Quarter Report on the Statement of Service Performance, prepared
by the Planning and Institutional Research Unit, was noted: the report
was being recommended by the Audit and Risk Committee to the Council
at its meeting to be held at the end of the month.
PBRF Action Group
A PBRF action group, chaired by the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Science), Professor
Ian Shaw, had been set up and would initially comprise the following:
Professor Tim David (Engineering)
Dr Barbara von Tigerstrom (Law)
Professor Miles Fairburn (Arts)
Associate Professor Dave Kelly (Science)
Professor Les Oxley (Business & Economics)
PBRF
The four further PBRF consultation documents received:
• Proposal for a ‘Partial’ Round Consultation Paper
• Participation and Eligibility Consultation Paper
• Panels and Subject Areas Consultation Paper
• Evidence Portfolio and Information Technology: Future Direction
and Potential Changes Consultation Paper were noted.
Comments from members of staff to Stuart Broughton at the Research Office
are being sought by 29 October 2004.
The University’s response to the documents will be considered
at the SMT meeting to be held on Tuesday 2 November 2004. The response
is due with TEC by 5 November 2004.
Leave
The Vice-Chancellor advised that he would be on leave from 8-11 November
2004 on a UGC visit to the University of the South Pacific in Suva.
Staff, students and alumni are invited to attend a garden party at the delightful “Frensham” garden (187 Old Taitapu Road) owned by Margaret and Ron Long. When: 2-4pm, Sunday 21 November; tickets: $25 per person (includes entry to garden, glass of champagne on arrival and afternoon tea). RSVP by 16 November to the Alumni Office, ext 6344, email: alumni@canterbury.ac.nz.
Signature Travel invite you to attend a Travel Expo for UoC travellers and coordinators on Thursday 18th November from 4:00pm until 6:00pm at the Coppertop. Come along and meet the campus Signature Travel Team and talk with UoC travel suppliers. Amongst the suppliers attending are Air New Zealand, Airpoints, Emirates and Singapore Airlines. Limited Numbers - RSVP no later than Monday 1November 2004 - Lyndah@sigtravel.co.nz.
The University is planning a major upgrade of lighting on Levels 2,
3 and 4, of the James Hight Building. It is planned to take place from
Show Weekend onwards (November 12-14, 2004), and to be completed by
early February 2005. This may impact on services available to users
of the Central Library and the student computing facility, “The
Loft.” The Central Library will be closed for public access on
Monday 15 November, to allow contractors to move in, and for Library
staff and some collections to relocate to up within the Tower. The Central
Library will reopen to the public on Tuesday 16 November at 8.30 am.
Entry will from Level 1 West Tower lifts, and the service desk will
be located on Level 6. For up-to-date information on progress, please
refer to:
http://library.canterbury.ac.nz/news/lighting/index.shtml.
Tuesday 2nd November, 2 – 3pm, Coppertop, Commerce Building
The UC Web Project invites you to attend a 1 hour seminar on Writing for the Web. The seminar is presented by the Write Group, and concentrates on editing and writing body copy to make information on web pages instantly skim-readable, concise and crystal clear. You don't need any special technical knowledge or HTML skills. This seminar highlights the differences between writing for print and writing for an online audience. All staff members are welcome, there is no restriction on numbers attending and registration is not required.
For further information please email sue.woodgate@canterbury.ac.nz.
Information Technology Department
Word for Thesis and Research Students
30-November, Tuesday, 1.30pm to 3.30pm (limited to 100 students)
Each session is a two hours long (one and an half hours teaching- 30 minutes for questions, extra exercises and individual questions about your own long document). NOTE: These sessions are not suited to absolute beginners but for those who have used Word regularly in their undergraduate degree. Everyone welcome. Both sessions cover the same content.
Creating graphs and charts: for post-grad arts students
1-December Wednesday 1.30pm to 2.30pm (limited to 20 students)
PowerPoint: post-grad students
29-November Monday 1.30pm to 2.30pm (limited to 20 students)
Library-Information and Research Skills Programme
The Library is running a series of workshops for postgraduates over
the summer period.
EndNote
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 subject databases
• Combining EndNote and Word
Monday 29th November at 12 noon, Wedesday 1st December at 11am, Tuesday 7th December at 2pm
Keeping up to date - Current Awareness for postgrads
Current Contents, Global Books in Print and other subject databases offer automatic email search alert services. This session will show you how to use these services to keep up to date in your research area.
Thursday 2nd December at 11am , Wednesday 8th December at 2pm
Student Services - Writing and Study Skills
A course of lectures for thesis writers on the following topics:
The Literature Review, Monday 22nd November
The Research Proposal, Tuesday 23rd November
Managing your supervisor, Wednesday 24th November
Time Management, Thursday 25th November
The Extended Logical Argument, Friday 26th November
All held at 2.00pm in A5. Students can find lecture outlines and downloadable materials for these lectures by clicking on "Postgraduate Lectures" on our web site: http://www.studentservices.canterbury.ac.nz/wass/.
These lectures are open to all postgraduate students and booking is not necessary. If you have any questions about these classes, email stephanie.day@canterbury.ac.nz
The Health and Safety Section of the Human Resources Department and the University Health Centre are pleased to advise that appointments for Wellness Assessments for staff are now being made. The service is available now and is accessible 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:
• Diet
• 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
(optional, by request only)
• Hearing tests (non occupational) - optional, by request only.
Access to the service is by appointment. To make an appointment please contact the University Health Centre on telephone 6402, and request an appointment for a staff wellness assessment. Appointments will be approximately 30 minutes duration.
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 on telephone 6936 for further details regarding this monitoring. For any enquiries regarding this service please contact Dr Joan Allardyce on ext 8471.
Canterbury CareerHub: www.canterbury.ac.nz/student/careers
CareerHub links students and graduates to the following:
• Pre-final year students: Summer Internships or vacation work
experience.
• Final year students: graduate positions commencing in 2005.
• Recent graduates: immediate vacancies. Graduates can use UC
Careers and Canterbury CareerHub for up to one year after completion
of studies.
• Seminars on Job-seeking, CV Preparation, interviews, postgraduate
study etc.
• Links to useful websites.
• News and articles of interest to students and job-seekers.
UC Staff interested in monitoring career opportunities for their students 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.
NB: Job notices continue to be added daily to CareerHub, however now
that lectures have ended we will no longer be distributing copies for
display in departments or lecture blocks. Please encourage students
to register and use CareerHub.
Employer Liaison
Canterbury CareerHub is widely used by Canterbury students and graduates
and we would therefore encourage staff members to refer any recruitment
or vacancy enquiries from employers on to Employer Liaison staff 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 Hilde Celie, Employment Broker,
on 6551.
Career Development
Lynda Clark - Manager, Career Counsellor, extn 6986
Chris Bridgman - Career Counsellor, extn 4821
Lynda and Chris are qualified counsellors able to offer a comprehensive
career counselling service to prospective and enrolled students and
recent graduates. This includes one-to-one counselling, daily drop-in
sessions, course and career planning, postgraduate study options, graduate
destination information, career development and employment-related seminars.
They also provide specific subject/department career-related programmes
on request.
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.
UC Careers Seminars – open to all students – Level
7 Seminar Room, Central Library
(Full details on CareerHub Events/Seminars or from UC Careers)
Seminars, including CV Covering Letters & Application Forms,
Preparing for a Successful Job Interview, Finding Some Direction-Which
Job Would Suit Me?, are repeated several times a week throughout
the year, including vacations.
UC Careers remains open throughout the year, including vacations, apart from the Christmas/New Year period.
Career Development and Employer Liaison Centre,
Level 7, Central Library.
Tel: 364-2591 Email: careers@canterbury.ac.nz
www.canterbury.ac.nz/student/careers
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. For more information please check
out the Human Resources Web site at:
http://www.canterbury.ac.nz/hr/vacancies/index.shtml
Position |
Closing Date |
Term of Contract |
Who Can |
29 October 2004 |
Continuing |
Open to All |
|
Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Manufacturing and Production Engineering |
23 November 2004 |
Continuing |
Open to All |
30 November 2004 |
Fixed-term |
Open to All |
|
Review - 1 December 2004 |
Continuing |
Open to All |
|
Review - 1 December 2004 |
Continuing |
Open to All |
|
6 December 2004 |
Continuing |
Open to All |
|
No Closing date |
Continuing |
Open to All |
|
Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Electrical and Computer Engineering |
No Closing date |
Continuing |
Open to All |
7 January 2005 |
Continuing |
Open to All |
|
30 November 2004 |
Continuing |
Open to All |
The following Post-Doctoral Fellow vacancies are available:
Department |
Closing Date |
Term of Contract |
Who Can |
Mechanical
Engineering |
30 November 2004 |
Fixed-term |
Open to All |
Mathematics & Statistics (Biological Models) |
1 December 2004 |
Fixed-term |
Open to All |
Mechanical Engineering (Breast Imaging) |
1 February 2005 |
Fixed-term |
Open to All |
Department |
Closing Date |
Term of Contract |
Who Can |
Physics
and Astronomy |
30 October 2004 |
Fixed-term |
Open to All |
Geological Sciences (Mesozoic granitic rocks) |
31 October 2004 |
Fixed-term |
Open to All |
Physics and Astronomy (Nanotechnology Research) |
1 November 2004 |
Fixed-term |
Open to All |
Biological
Sciences |
17 December 2004 |
Fixed-term |
Open to All |
Biological
Sciences |
17 December 2004 |
Fixed-term |
Open to All |
Psychology (Investigating offending behaviour in Children) |
Review - 17 December 2004 |
Fixed-term |
Open to All |
Department |
Closing Date |
Term of Contract |
Who Can |
Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies (Resource Management Models) |
17 December 2004 |
Fixed-term |
Open to All |
Department |
Closing Date |
Term of Contract |
Who Can |
School of Law (Models of regional governance) |
17 December 2004 |
Fixed-term |
Open to All |
Position |
Closing Date |
Term of Contract |
Who Can Apply? |
27 October 2004 |
Fixed-term |
Open to All |
|
29 October 2004 |
Fixed-term (15 months) |
Open to All |
|
5 November 2004 |
Continuing |
Open to All |
|
5 November 2004 |
4-5 months |
Open to All |
|
8 November 2004 |
Continuing |
Open to All |
|
15 November 2004 |
Fixed-term |
Open to All |
|
15 November 2004 |
Continuing |
Open to All |
Kevin Whiston, Facilities Management, Resignation ,20.10.04
Shirley Hall, Information Technology, Resignation, 15.10.04
Joanne Dephoff, University Hall, Resignation, 17.10.04
Dave Insull, Works & Services, Retirement, 26.11.04
Nathan McCluskey, Contact Centre Operator (Rostered), Academic Services,
30.8.04
Yuan Xiao, Financial Accountant – Cash (secondment), Financial
Services, 11.10.04 to 31.12.05 incl
Ursula O’Donohue, Management Accountant (Fixed Term), Financial
Services, 8.11.04 to 3.11.06 incl
Sally Maynard, Trained Teacher – Toddler Unit Early Childhood
Learning Centre, 18.10.04
Sean Rainey, Part-time Information Clerk/Typist, Part-time Enrolment
Course Change and Tuition Fee Advisor, Academic Services 18.10.04 to
31.12.05 incl, 18.10.04 to 4.3.05 incl
BRYNDWR, modern 3 bedroom house, spacious living areas, double garage with internal access, rear section, small sunny garden adjacent to park and play area, near shops, school and bus routes. Current tenant paying $330 p.w. Available from 6th December 2004. Contact ejc43@student.canterbury.ac.nz or phone Nigel Cooper 355 0505, 389 7995 or mobile 021 123 2402.
AVONHEAD, very tidy, 3 bedrooms, open plan, private garden, single garage. $300 p.w. Phone 357 8486 or email ann.mcgrath@cce.ac.nz.
Furnished house required for visiting academics from Oxford (with two young daughters) from early January to early April, 2005. Prefer Beckenham or Cashmere area. Contact Mike Steel ext 7688 or mike.steel@canterbury.ac.nz.
GOING AWAY? Leave your pets & house worries behind with a screened live-in sitter from $12 per day or book our Housecall service from $9. Contact Blair at Homesit Christchurch 3526-778 or email homesit.christchurch@xtra.co.nz website www.homesit.co.nz.
VISITOR to the University offers to house-sit between 11 December and 11 January. Alternatively a house exchange with their house in Woodbridge, Suffolk is also possible. Please contact ext 7383.
PLANTS, rhododendrons, camellias, deciduous azaleas - large grades available. Phone Simon, ext 6445, Monday - Friday, 7.30am - 3.00pm.
FOOSBALL table, free standing, good condition $100. Contact Euan Mason, ext 6584, or mailto:euan.mason@canterbury.ac.nz.
Video footage of the gospel song Precious Memories sung by Aretha Franklin from her 1972 album, Amazing Grace. For a choir for practise. Please email james.oxnam@canterbury.ac.nz.
