THE UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE
NUMBER 8 ISBN 1032-2280 REGISTRATION NBH3127 MAY 19-JUNE 2, 1989 ,Three institutions legally merged
As the Bulletin ...... going to press, It -..... ezpected that the Govemor would , Ie hi. anent to the Act providing lor the amalgamation ofthe Unlver .ity, the HIHE and the Newcastle Conservatorlum of Music. The University of Newcastle , . ''I'''lgamatlon Bill had been passed F the Lower House of State Parl iament and. finally. the Upper House on May 11. prior to Parliament going into recess. The Vice-Chancellor. Pro fessor K. Morgan. said the Bill submitted to Parliament by the Minister for Education. Dr Metherell, which had incorporated a number of amendments following represent ations by the Council and campus groups. had not been changed. Professor Morgan said Dr -therell had agreed to look to the , ,Averstty for advice on the people whom he would appoint to serve on the Interim Council. which would govern the University until the· establishment of the new Council...... ,e University would give the Min- ~r names. Apart from the Chancellor, the Vice-Chancellor. the Principal of the HIHE. the Principal of the celebrate and their and friends who give congratulations. Newcastle Conservatorium of Music At the morning ceremony on May 13, Ms AlIson KInder, PresIdent of and the Deputy Chairman of Senate, the Studenta' Representative Council jmnped with joy after receiving who were included in the Interim het BA degree. She was a1so celebrating her birthday. Council under the terms of the Act, people rep-resenting staff and OLD UNIVERSITY'S LAST GRADUATION l students of the University. the HlHE Degree. were conferred upon 838 Although the skies were hlack and the Newcastle Conservatorium, people by the Chancellor. Justice . and threatenlng on May 13, rain held as well as the community would, it Elizabeth Evatt, at four 1989 off for post-ceremony congratulat was understood. be appointed to the gnoduations In the G
The various disciplines of 3 the humanities also Instill logical thought processes, language skills, aesthetic appreciation and enhan ced self-knowledge.' Numbers In Australia's Arls Faculties remained high, Mrs Chadwick sald. The figure In 1985 was 60,000 - almost twice that of Science. She sald that In the week of the graduations she had Introduced a Bill Into the Upper House of the State Parliament providing for amalgamation of Institutions of higher learning In New South Wales. There was no need for trepidation or unease because of the BUI. 'The University of New castle and the University of Tech ,f'ilplogy, Sydney, will not become '':J(,twork universities. 'In each case, partners have agreed that they will merge fully In order to create a new Institution. The Institution will take the name A the previous university. \itj)/ 'An Interim CouncIl will be proclaimed to ensure the new University CouncIl Is established within 12 months. Its role will be to bring together the components of the University.' , I Mrs Chadwick said Dr • MIs Gay Reeves Metherell's task was to ensure his Director wins CouncIl appointments reflected a JIen from 1971 In the Department balance of the interests represent scholarship to 'of Education. Her MA degree was ed In the participating institutions awarded on the basis of her and the community. Germany research study Into factors Influ <111\ Speaking at the Medlclne/ Mrs Gay Reeves, Director of the enclng the study of German In the [wience and Mathematics cere Language Laboratory, has won a Junior high schools, with partlcu mony, the Hon. Mr Varnum said "",stlglous scholarship to a Goethe- lar reference to Newcastle. that In several areas of:communlty Institut Seminar in Augsburg in Mrs Reeves Is a former Hon life Newcastle and the University West Germany, The seminar, from orary Director of the Deutscher had succeeded In establishing an July 16 to 29, will discuss the Schulverein, which provides "~enda that had credibility and , training and further education of classes outside schools for people (~0ceptance In the wider SOCiety teachers of German as a foreign wishing to learn German. beyond Newcastle. language. Mrs Reeves has been the 'The notion of creating our Mrs Reeves will attend the Director of the Language Labora own agenda may be lost on many seminar with 24 scholars from 18 tory since 1976. In this role she has people .... but It has a massive countries In Europe and North, been Involved In many aspects of relevance to how this region and America The Goethe-Instltut wUl the study of foreign languages and University develop and go forward contribute substantially to the cost of English as a second language Into the future. of the airfares and provide free ' (ESL). ·In 1978, as an educational 'Today, the Hunter Region accommodation In Augsburg. consultant to the Red Cross she was industrial relations community Is In Augsburg, the Interna- responsible for Inaugurating and not only a 80phlstlcated Innovator ,tlonal group will discuss alms, 'teaching In an honorary capacity of new practices, It Is a respected content and design of education and an English program to migrant beacon to practitioners elsewhere further education courses for mothers from Vietnam. This In Australia,' Mr Varnum said. , teachers of German as a Second . English program Is still being Language. PartiCipants wUl present conducted by the Red Cross In 'It Is acknowledged as being par.>ers on teacher education and association with AMES but the at the forefront of consultative German curricula In the schools of 'migrants now come from a range of restructuring of Industry. lis tech their countries. countries. In 1981 she was one of niques are being copied and The seminar topic and the founding members of the adapted In thecapltaI cities and In discussions relate closely to Mrs Hunter Adult Migrant Education national wage and restructuring Reeves' teachlnl( and research Co-ordlnatlng Committee negotiations and decisions. Interests, for she' has lectured In (HAMECC) and was the founding 'The key to that success was , teacher education In Modern Lan- president of the Hunter Association our confidence In making our own guages since 1960, firstly at the of Teachers of English as a Second agenda.' ,Newcastle Teachers' College and ,Langual(e. 4 -rhere are, In fact, two gen-· mission be pressured by Ihe Uni .continued, eralisatlons I would optimistically Federal Government and the but different want to make. employers then universities could 'First, that there Is now' do exactly what they liked. In a . The Vice-Chancellor. who gave a some recognition that quality has sense the Vice-Chancellor's report to every graduation. men to be pald for. There Is a popular reluctance would be over-ridden by tioned that the Bm giving effect to misconception' that in universities events outside Newcastle. the amalgamation of the Univer It is Intrinsically good to force down costs, to buy cheap and get 'Under the 4 per cent wage sity. the Hunter Institute of Higher agreement. provision was made for Education and the Newcastle more for less. 'As in most areas, and espe staff development. The Vlce Conservatorium of Music had Chancellor told us that he had a passed through State Parllament . cially In universities. ultimately you get what you pay for. committee to organise It. However on May 11. the committee has no money and 'In the words of the Bill. this Universities exist to provide excellence - not always can we. we are not even sure if it has a establishes the University of New- . proper brief: Mr Mackie sald. castle as "a continuation of and the achieve It. I believe that taxpayers same legal entity as the (existing) recognise this and are not opposed The rally will be held In University·.' . to supporting the highest stan Lecture Theatre BO 1 If there Is wet weather. ·Yet". Professor Morgan dards for the future graduates', sald. 'patently It will differ. At the . Professor Morgan said. stroke of a pen. the number of ·Second. that the universi students will rise to ll.500; the ties and research community do Prize for work range of academic courses and. speak with knowledge and author on the Press disciplines will be greater than In Ity as expert opinion In these' the past; and the aspirations of matters: The Australian Pre"" Counen has students will embrace wider objec recently eatabllshed a prize for the tives. best honours theals. or simi'" -rhls all represents a major Staff Association's work. by a student enrolled It. opportunity for the University to campaign Australian University or College of make an Increasing contribution Advanced Education on a topic to national and regional life .. As the Bulletin was going to press, relating to aspecta of freedom of 'In doing so we need to· 'the University's Staff Association' speech and of the preas. recognise two clear duties. First. was ftna11aing arrangementa for· Examples of appropriate that we should continue to ita participation in an all topiCS include. but are by no means welcome the new challenges with unlveraities campaign agalnat restricted to. the legal restraints on new responses. The University has redundancy propoaa1a. news reporting. contempt of court a deselVed reputation for academic The Association will be a In relation to the Press and other Innovation. We must expect to partner with the Lecturers' Associ Media and the constitutional pro exercise this in meeting the wider ation and the Federation of College tection of freedom of speech. demands that will properly be Academics from the HIHE In the The reCipient Is to be chosen made on the University in the staging of a 'no redundancy' rally on the recommendation of a pr \ years to come. In the Courtyard between the of judges and the prize will " 'Second, we must ensure McMullin Butldlng and Lecture awarded at a reception by the that the hall-mark of our work Theatre BOlon May 24 at 1 pm. Counctl. It Is antiCipated that the continues to be the pursuit of Union representatives who prize will be awarded annually but, excellence In teaching. SCholarship have been taking part in discus as Is customary In these matters. and research. This will be individ sions on the redundancy proposals the Council reserves the right. ~ ually a matter of professional are expected to address the meeting to award a prize. ' pride and achievement for staff to give progress reports. The amount of the prize Is at across the whole University; and The PreSident of the Staff present $1.000. for students the perception of Association. Mr Robert Mackie, Students who are undertak· excellence Is an essential compo-· described the decision that unlver- . Ing theses or similar research wor~ nent of their education. We shall sltles could terminate the in these areas should submit a cOPl be clear that for this University the employment of any academic If he of such work to The Secretary, Th' objective will be pervasive excel-' or she were surplus to reqUire Australian Press Council. 14! lence and on this basis we can ments as the most Immediate Castlereagh Street. Sydney, 2000 approach the future with confi concern of academics nationally. by November 30. dence,' Mr Mackie sald the decision The Council would seek t( Professor Morgan spoke to justtlled redundancy In very lim encourage publication of thE the new graduates and their fami Ited circumstances and the Arbi winning submission. lies about the Federal Govern-' tration Commission had ordered' ment's announcement_ of new staff associations and universities measures to provide for expansion to negotiate procedures to deal Guest Lecturer of scientific research In Austra1la. with retraining, redeployment and . Professor Howard Selperln, of ·It Is particularly good staff development. Maequarie University. will because the Government has lis The parties had held nego- . lecture on tened to the concerted advice from tiatlons. unfortunately without CUltural RIetics us Cultural the universities and the research much success, he said. Materialism community that action of this sort 'The Vice-Chancellor has In Room A132, on needed to be taken. It reverses a sald oflen that he doesn't favour a Wedneaday. May 24, trend both in funding and in policy of redundancy. Nonethe at2pn accepting advice. less. should the Arbitration Com- 5 'from the abolition of the From the subsidised program by attracting · Professor to arrive AVeC more full-fee students. • on June 1 Industry Training Professor Gordon Burns has The AVCC has called for an Informed the Vice-Chancellor that The AVCC met at the Flinders , enlarged commitment to training he intends to take up his appoint University of South Australia. on the part of Industry. In a ment to the NBN Chair of Cancer This Is a report of the main response to the Federal Govern Research on June 1. matters discussed at that meeting. il ment's paper on skills training, The NBN Telethon Chair, the AVCC argued for an expansion support staff for Professor Burns Admission of New Member of the training concept to cover Ii The Queensland University of ,and research facilities have been II university courses and postgradu endowed by the NBN Telethon Technology has been admitted as ate training. The document also the 23rd member of the AVCC. A Trust and established within the I emphasises the need for Improved University's Faculty of Medicine committee headed by Professor credit transfer arrangements i I from monies contributed by the Laurie Nichol, Vice-Chancellor of between Institutions and between the Australian National Univer people of the Hunter Region to the special training courses and more , 1983 and 1985 NBN Telethons. III sity, and including Professor Keith fonnal courses. 11 7 Morgan, Vice-Chancellor of the Professor Burns will be In 11 University of Newcastle, visited Industrial Relations charge of a unit located alongside T and reviewed Its application. The two employer groups repre the Oncology Unit at the Mater Ii f i e committee said that QUT, senting higher education have Mlsericordlae Hospital at Waratah. n ",0r:£ ormerly the Queensland Institute agreed to merge to form a single He will be responsible for of Technology, met the standards "!' body. The decision by the carrying out and directing funda set down for full membership of Australian Universities Industrial mental research Into the ways In the AVCC. It said QUT compared Association and the Australian which cells become cancerous and ;dIl!.ery favourably with other Advanced Education Industrial then grow and spread. 'VJJjIlllverslties In respect of the Association means there could be a Professor Burns Is presently "quality of Its undergraduate slngk body by early next year. student Intakes and programs and · Assistant Director of Research and facilities. However, It Indicated Chief Hospital Scientist In the Academic Fraud Division of Human Immunology at some concern over the limited The AVCC has asked Professor record of staff qualifications, · the Institute of Medical and Veteri David Caro, acting Vlce nary Science In Adelaide. publications and postgraduate Chancellor of the Northern research. Territory University and former Vice-Chancellor of The University Criteria for Membership of Melbourne, to examine the Issue The AVCC Is developing a compre of academic fraud. The Issue was Newcastle SkeptiCS hensive statement on the nature of debated last year by the Executive Hunter Regional a university and membership of of the AVCC, but was put on hold, Branch .Ae AVCC. The document Includes with the AVCC arguing that the '\ypI' number of criteria, which the second-tier provisions relating to Annual General Meeting AVCC believes should be met for an misconduct were an adequate Institution to have university on mechanism for handling any cases Friday. May 26 status; a number of performance of academic fraud. While the AVCC at 7.30 pm Indicators which can be used to Is still of this view, It believes that ,{'1st these criteria In a quantitative in the some analysis of the Issues could ScIence Lecture Theatre EOI at Uay; and processes for developing be useful. new universities. the University. Educational Television Overseas Students The AVCC will set up a task force to After the agm and election of The Federal Government's decision consider a number of options officers will be a public talk and to phase out the subsidised pro relating to educational television. discussion on gram for overseas students from Universities In New South Wales 1990 continues to cause significant . have carried out preliminary work Shooting Down VFO's problems for universities. The on the possibilities of education by the current President, subsidised program will be Interests becoming Involved In a Professor Colin Keay. replaced by a full scholarship pro 'channel-sharing operation or gram which will cover far fewer securing a separate licence In the The talk will deal with the students but pay all their course next decade. The need for natural phenomena which give and living costs. The phasing In of . universities to exploit television rise to UFO reports and detail the new program In an orderly way more effectively as an educational many cases where an which will not suddenly Impact on tool Is Increasing. A television explanation has emerged from Institutional budgets Is compli , capability could be used to develop careful Investigation of cated and the Department of Em Industry training packages; otherwise baffling ployment, Education and Training develop packages for the off-shore observations, often by sober has taken some time to develop a -market; conduct tn-seIVice train witnesses. formula. Under the current pro Ing for teachers; develop more posal, Institutions will be ,sophisticated distance education Supper wUl be servedfollowtng protected from any loss of funds material; and for eomblnlng on the discussion. for the next four years but after and off-campus education for that will have to offset any losses ,metropolitan students. 6 We all know that size is not G d t" f ADMIN everything and I am not seeking to ra ua e s view 0 stir up again the 'bigger is better'. new University NOTES argument. The figures nevertheless demonstrate the full strength that accrues to the University with 'We do not ...... t this Institution to 'Up where we amalgamation, especially with the - be run by politicians and their incorporation of the Conservato- minio.... with the freedom of staff, belong' rium and the extension of the and etudenta d6&troyecll University's charter to the Central- One of the four spokesper- Elsewhere in this issue there are Coast. sons for the new graduates reports on the amalgamation legis expressed his own concerns this lation and an extract from the L F HelUle8BY way at the Arts conferring of RepOrt of the Task Force on Amal degrees on May 13. gamations. The latter is hard to come by: I got my copy as a result of - Mr Christopher Wright, BA visiting Canberra recently. It was a Schools Visit Day with Honours Class I and the Uni little of the flavour of 'for old times versity Medal in Classical Studies, sake'. in other words. it was given -1989 asked: to me by an old (former) CTEC On June 5 approximately 5,000 What of the future of this colleague. Year 12 .chool .tudent. are University once we leave? In the In handing it over, he drew expected to attend the annual current climate, who can really~ my attention to Table 6.1 in the 8choolB VIsit Day, sure? ( ) Report, which shows the student The students represent 'Via the University of N~w load and discipline representation schools from Newcastle, the Hunter cas tie Act, 1964, this University of higher education institutions Valley, Sydney, the Central Coast, became autonomous as of January which will result from the great the North Coast, the Northwest and I, 1965, and it has remained restructuring of higher education the West. autonomous from that day to t'Jl<; , going on around the country. This year a group from St. Mr Wright said. \ . ) _ It is too large to be repro- Patrick's College, at Goulburn and 'Now there is going to be a duced here, as it shows the size of a TAFE group from Gymea in new University of Newcastle. with some 40-50 higher education insti- _ Sydney will be included among the a new Act going through state tutions (Inside and outside the Visitors. Parliament Just the other day-. Unified National System), the The tally of students is We do not want a single number of disciplines in which_ expected to be a record. facet eliminated from the Univer they are engaged and in how many The reasons for the greater sity's currently excellent range -of of these they enrol more than 500 participation in the Schools Visit educational opportunities. We do EFTSU: measures of size, diversity_ Day are understood to be the not want our standards compro and strength in diverSity. enlargement of the area covered mised. We cannot be cowed by an At the top of this 'league and the increased number of economic tyranny. table' of Australian higher educa students being retained in Years 11 'The fundamental purp~)C', tion is the University of Sydney, and 12. of a university is to foster kno_ !. which, after It incorporates the Because of the greater popu edge in all of its forms. The world Cumberland Institute of Health' larity of the schools visits, lecture is becoming a detestable place, if it Sciences and others. grows to more rooms on the campus have become is to be ruled by money alone. than 22,000 EFTSU, with II disci packed in recent years. 'And, if these are not the plines; for all 11 diSCiplines it has' The program for the 1989 at least 500 EFTSU. It is the- only thoughts of all the graduates ( -) • visit shows a comprehensive offer front of me, and almost all t, institution which registers 11 / 11. ing of lectures, demonstrations, It is followed by other very big" staff behind me, then I would be films, tours, workshops, etc. very much surprised: universities (Monash with more Included are 'live' workshops, than 21.000 EFTSU, also in 11 dis which will be presented by the_ Mr Wright said that 'off the ciplines but with only 9 of at least- Department of Drama, and talks soapbox' it seemed approprtate for 500 EFTSU; and Melbourne with on admission to the University and him to mention a few of a gradu 19,600 EFTSU, in 11 disciplines_ how to become a school teacher. ate's feelings on the occasion of the and 10 with at least 500 EFTSU). ceremony: pride at completing The program is divided into one's studies; relief at completing The new University of New 10 half-hour sessions. Conse castle, with some 8,500 EFTSU, one's studies; hope that the piece of quently the students will be able to - paper would contribute to finding comes in at position No. 15 in size choose from a variety of University out of 38 institutions in the Unified satisfying employment; gratitude activities. The sessions begin at for support from two sources, National System. However, in' 9.10 am and finish at 3.30 pm. - terms of the number of disciplines family and the staff of the Univer which It teaches and its strength In Because of the Introduction sity. those major discipline groups (the of the Federal Government's Higher' 'And, there is a certain measure of at least 500 EFTSU), it Education Contribution Scheme, sadness at leaving university life ranks much higher. It teaches in 10 or Graduate Tax, the visitors will and friends. On the other hand, discipline groups and it has at least be offered a talk on the provisions graduation isn't always the end of a 500 EFTSU in 9 of them, a 10/9 of the scheme. university career. ranking that puts it ahead of most_ An information centre will 'For those who do leave, other universities other than the operate in the Union. ft will - some friendships are made for life, big half-dozen in Sydney, Melb distribute study guides and give and memories of the place remain,' ourne and Brisbane. answers to the students' questions. _ he said. 7 Shortland Wetlands Centre's links with universities Assoc, Profe88or Mal< Maddock, Chairman of the Directors of the Shortland Wetlands Centre, has been told by the Vice-Chancellor that the University will donate $1,000 to the Wetlands Centre, In his letter Professor Morgan said while the donation would be reviewed annually he hoped to maintain it 'at least in the immedi ate future', The gesture Is very much appreciated by the Board of Direc tors of the centre', Professor Maddock said, 'It represents a ~rther step In the consolidation of jelelatlonshlps established with the - University and other higher educa tion Institutions: • Centre DIrector, Mr Brian GUUgan. Centre's Project Professor Maddock proVided Officer Interpretive Servlcea, Mr Kevin Markwell, a University the Bulletin with the following graduate, brief Diploma students on the afternoon's activities. A.'eport on the Centre's links with teaching practice In the Centre's grove, of the Pollution Control ';, tlfiniversities: school program. Commission. - 'Set up In 1985 by the Hunter 'Last year the Department of This year, the Board of Wetlands Trust to promote conser Biological Sciences conducted a Directors' $1.000 scholarship to vation. education, research and field excursion by canoe to study support an honours thesis project passive recreation In wetlands, the the ecology of the lronbark Creek · in a wetland research area has been Centre has continued to grow. system. The Centre Is playing a role awarded to Mr Ian Amos, of the The links with universities this year In the newly-Introduced Geography Depariment, for a pro- have Involved the provision of Master of Environmental Studies · ject on heavy metal accumulation resources for university courses course. The construction of the In the swamp, where the egret and reciprocal assistance. such as library was funded by Tomago colony is located.' the surveying expertise provided by AlUminium and much of the shelv Professor Maddock added the Faculty of Engineering during Ing was contributed by the that the Centre was also providing the Centre's establishment phase: Auchmuty Library on long-term advice to the University on the I\!''' Professor Maddock, of the loan.' · management and development of . : :f Mr Rhett Cleal, Bachelor of • The Great Hall provide. room for many l..eople to attend Metallurgy graduate, I. well- . graduatlona. Dr Mohammed Alauddin, who gra uated with a PhD known for his successes as a degree In _omlea took the opportunity to invite his Dmlly and a member of the University's Golf close friend (from left): Rich., his daughter, Ruba, his wife, J.R. Club. Gupta, a Mend, Farzana and 1oI\mI, .hIs dsughten. A1auddln I. now a Lecturer at the Unlvendty of Melbourne. • With more than 70 higher degrees awarded In a range of fields, the Master of Surveying degree conferred opon Mr Brian Donnelly was • Mr Ted Miller I. demonstrating hi. significant. Mr Donnelly Is the first recipient of the degree. Mr· keen Interest In Epic Poetry by Donnelly Is employed by the School of SurveyIng at the University of ohtalnlng several distinctions In the New South Wales, He chose to do his thesis In the Deportment of fleld_ Previously he was awarded Civil EngIneering and Surveying under the supervision of Assoc •. double honours (In Claaa\cal Studies Professor John Fryer for the reason (pIctured at left with him) the and English). At the morning grad e~rtlae avallahle at the University In the field of close-range uation an May 13, he received an MA photogrammetry and ana1ytlcal stereo-plotters Is ...... gntsed world- . degree. He Is presently enrolled for a wide. Doctorate. Ms of· ence, was mother, MIll Sugglt. a member of the Unlver • ty's staff. was on hand to see her graduate~ . • Above right - Dr Charles Penglase. wrote a thesis and who carried out research In Classics. graduated with • Doctorate. His mother. Dr Bethl. Penglase, a member of the Univer. sit,.s staff. helped to make the day a funiJy celebration. A At right - Mr Malcolm Engel. one ~ the four people to receive Univer sity Medals. was congratulated by his father. Assoc. Professor Brian Engel. Dean of the Faculty of Science and Mathematics. Malcolm received a .Ilop.chelor of Engineering degree with ~onours Class I in Chemical EngIneering. • (RIght) It Is unusual for people to ~eturn specially from overseas to receive degrees. Me Tamara Raanan had her BA conferred. although she Is studying Japanese IV at Kumunoto University In Japan. and was photo graphed with her parents and the Head of the Japanese Section. Assoc. Professor It. OlIo. 10 staff at all levels In the process of' case of Strindberg's The Ghost Letters to change. Sonata she has neither. I would expect the quality of the Ed itor J.W. McQua1ter. reviewing in a University·s house Hon. Secretary. journal to be higher than that of University of Newcastle Staff the city newspapers. not lower. I Dear Sir. Association. would expect a campus reviewer to have a broad knowledge of. and The Executive of the UNSA feels aympathy with. the main styles of that some of the comments of Mr Dear Sir. serious drama and with modem Lance Hennessy In Bulletin 6. prodUction techniques. I would defending the Increase In adminis Consider these recent events; expect to be able to encourage trative staff numbers might be • full houses in the Drama students in a University Drama directed towards the Association. StudiO. with even the standing Department to experiment at or so we feel constratned to reply. room packed on the last two near the frontiers of the discipline. UNSA is certainly not re nights. great performances by in the knowledge that where the sponsible for any rumour that student actors of a macabre final product deserves criticism. administrative staff numbers are drama from the turn of the this criticism will be made with increasing faster than academic century whose chief burden is to understanding of what they are staff numbers. nor has It been show that all human life is trying to do. and is helpful and tryI.lg to prove in any forum that wretched and pitiable. Their constructive. the administration is being gener mood Is a hushed. intent con I believe these are th('\ ally 'Iushed up'. to use Mr centration. broken only for reasonable expectations. I do AI.: Hennessy's word. laughter at the few moments of believe that your present theatre In the recent Staff Associa bitter humour which Strindberg critic satisfies them. tion meeting. which passed a ironically juxtaposes to the Michael Ewans, unanimous motion of no extraordinary events of his Drama Department. confidence in the Vice-Chancellor. play. And congratulations pour reference was certainly made to the • In from all sides to the director Appointed to advertisement for a Project Officer (who is. by the way. the first at $30.000 to assist Mr Hennessy to student to produce a show In the Psychology. write submissions for Canberra. Drama Studio since 1985). The argument then was that it was • a professional director from prOfessorships passing strange to advertise such a Sydney. visiting Newcastle to Two graduates of this University posItion when Faculties were being. work with the HVTC. declares' were recently appointed to Pay told to shed staff and save money to the show to be the best student chology professorships at other balance the University budget. and production he has ever seen. universities. when the University Administra- . tlon was facing amalgamation • the Assoc. Professor of Drama, They are Professor Graeme who specialises In research on Halford - at the University of with a separate tier of administra Queensland - and Foundation tion at HiHE. which might just as . and teaching of Expressionism· Professor Wan Rafaei Abof'\' easily do the job Mr Hennessy (the dramatic movement which Ral1man _ at the National UniM, sought. was pioneered In this play) and sity of Malaysia. That point bears on one of lectures every year on Strind- . Professor Halford obtained Mr Hennessy's own questions: berg. supervises the production his PhD from this University in and finds the commitment and what will the University do to dedication of both cast and crew' 1969. He has continued ~s improve the resources required for research contact with this Univ. ' essential administrative purposes? quite extraordinary. even by the sity since he left in 1972. He 0 high standards which the Surely the answer Is that the Department has set Itself. recently elected a Fellow of the University will use the resources They have palpably demon- Academy of Social Sciences in available to It in the consolidated strated an understanding of Australia in recognition of his institution as efficienily as possi-. Strindberg's Intentions. and of' research contributions mainly in ble to avoid empire building in the an acting style and production the related fields. of cognitive pro bureaucratic model. Effective concept whereby these might be. cesses and cognitive development. administrations are not necessar-· Professor Wan Rafaei Abdul Uy big. They should be hungry to brought home to a modern Ral1man completed his BSc(Hons) serve (as indeed academics should audience. and MSc in 1972 and. later. his be) and sensitive to the collegiate' • even the critic of the Newcastle doctorate in the United Kingdom. atmosphere of a university. Herald. who by his own admis- He has also continued to collabo Amalgamated bureaucra sion is unsympathetic to this rate with Professors Daphne and cies have the knack of becoming style of drama. commends the John Keats in studies in cross bigger than the combined previous production in a favourable cultural psychology. bureaucracies. Perceptions of what review. Last February Professor is going on are crucial. At this' Then we come to Ms Wan Rafael Abdul Ral1man organ point academic staff are not con Nesmith. Where our performers Ised a national seminar to mark vinced that distinctions between have a right to expect insight from the formation of the Malaysian academics and administrators In a a reviewer. she offers patronising Psychological Association. The university are false. as Mr kindness. Where your readers have two Professors Keats attended this Hennessy would have us believe.. a right to expect understanding seminar by invitation and con Too much has been imposed with both of a playwright and of a trtbuted papers. Further collabo out respect for Informed objections dramatic style. her few comments ratlve research is planned for the arid without the attempt to involve on this production show that In the. near future. .The major advantages of · Icant commitment by the Govern-" LIBRARY · Interactive videodisc Include: ment and the universities recog • Students can learn at their own nised that, as the total package for ROUND-UP pace. · Industry, universities, NH&MRC • As an Interactive program, It Is and CSIRO, It was an attempt to superior as a training tool to develop a co-ordlnated approach to Interactive Videodiscs Videotape which Is essentially · Australia's research effort. passive. The decision to extend the On May 8, Mr Bill Llnklater • Immediate feedback Is provided. _150 per cent R&D tax concession launched a new technology In the • It Is a tension-free learning was a particularly welcome Auchmuty Library, with a demon environment. recognition that the Involvement stration of Interactive video for the • Branches allow the student to · of higher education with Industry Library Committee. take alternative routes through was developing effectively. The laser based technology the same program. !'rolessor Wilson said: 'Late encompasses the use of a digital • Frame by frame advance Is · last year, the universities called for videodisc containing moving and possible at the student's own a new alliance between Industry, still Images with overlay of text speed. government and higher education and graphics, connected to an • The interactive process accom -to take the nation's research effort Intelligent monitor and a micro modates all students. forward, and today's statement Is computer. • Rapid random access provides the star! of that process. Sound, colour and full superior retrieval to videotape. · 'However, the fact remains • Unlike a classroom situation, • .("'\lotion are stored on the videodisc that unlversltle~ and colleges - \.':Al analog format and digital data steps can be retraced. where the bulk of the nation's encoded for use with the micro • It can be easily Integrated Into research Is conducted - have computer. One of the major the student's program and Is received less than half the funds applications for such a mixed always available for revision. · recommended by the Independent media Is education and training. • After the Initial capital outlay Smith Committee. The committee .r.\ Sysllnk (Systems LINKIng the videodisc has an Indefinite called for an extra $281 million ~ople with technology) has been a life as no wear Is Incurred In the over three years: the system will driving force behind the Introduc laser playback. get $138.4 million. tion of optical disc based If you wish to use the The Government has got It technology Into the Australian videodisc packages or want infor · pretty right In terms of policy and market over the last five years. mation about other available personnel - the commitment to set The Auchmuty Library has courseware, please contact Ms up an EPAC-style advisory' council purchased their Comsell Learning Sheila Brown In the Audio-Visual and the big Improvements In Centre courseware, consisting of Section of the Library at Extension postgraduate stipends are very videodiscs and manuals that pro 605. welcome. But direct funding to . Jim Cleary and vide Instruction, testing, remedia support research efforts at the coal tion and evaluation. The following ElIzabeth GuIlIord face Is about 60 per cent of what packages are available: Smith recommended over the next f~ Introduction to the IBM PC three years.' (Iv two to four hours of fundamen- Science statement Other key pOints made by s on the IBM PC and compatibles · the AVCC chief Included: ... Internal and external opera is first step, tions, keys and function keys, not sollution • The AVCC would continue to formatting and copying disks, the press the Government to accept ":,,peratlng system, and Illes and file Australian university chiefs wel the Smith call to Improve the ~ctures. comed the Federal Government's career paths for young scientists Wordper:fect - a six to eight statement on science and technol through a system of career hour course on word processing ogy made on May 9, but warned fellowships. 'The job prospects and how It Is applied through this that It must not become compla for young researchers remains a popular and versatile word pro cent about the state of Australian crucially Important area for cessing software ... creating a science. Australia', Professor Wilson document, revising and printing a The Chairman of the Aus said. 'The Government's failure document, creating an extended tralian Vice-Chancellors' Commit to bit the bullet In this area Is document, paginating and editing, tee, Professor Brian Wilson, said one of the more disappointing 1 formatting text, verllYlng spelling the statement must be seen as the aspects of the statement. The and using additional Wordperfect -first step In a long-term strength need for action Is crucial If we utilities. ening of sclenttflc and technologi want to stop the brain drain and Dbase m Plus - a four to six cal research and development, not accelerate the entry of top stu hour course on using Dbase III ... · the solution. dents Into postgraduate study.' creating database Illes, adding and 'Australia Is at the cross • The AVCC would continue to changing Information, performing roads In science', he said. 'The press for the removal of the time saving searches, retrievals · Government has provided some 'graduate tax' for all postgradu and arithmetic calculations, Important gUide-posts In terms of ate research students and hon extracting selected data and policy and general support but the ours students. Professor Wilson printing reports. · journey Is just beginning and could said that the Increase In the Lotus 1-2-3 (Release Two) - easily be aborted unless the Gov stipends for postgraduates was eight to 12 hours of spreadsheet set ernment maintains its momen excellent news but the Higher up, data entry and edits, mathe tum.' Education Contribution Scheme matical computations, and Professor Wilson said that remained a deterrent for young macros. · the statement represented a slgnlf- people, and should be removed. 12 Strong demand for higher' strong demand for higher educa- . education tlon courses In the region and It has submitted a proposal to In a recent Bulletin we reported In establish the first stage of a· a 'stop press' news item that the campus at Ourlmbah. Task Force on AmalgamatiollS had The two Institutions wel recommended that $12.1 milllon comed the State Government's' be provided for the remucturlng of decision to Include the Newcastle the anuolgamated University. branch of the New South Wales The Task Force reported on Conservatorlum of Music In the' the proposal In the following new University. The Hunter Insti terms: tute has been Involved In teaching 'A new university. the students enrolled at the Newcastle' University of Newcastle. Is to be ConseIVatorium for many years. formed by amalgamation of the An amount of $12.1 rnIllton University of Newcastle and the' Is recommended for the amalga-.· Hunter Institute of Higher Educa mated Institutions. This amount tion. The University will serve the comprises $0.9 million from the Hunter and Central Coast Regions National Priority (Reserve) Fund. of New South Wales. $1 millton for early retirement The University Is a medium and $10.2 million for capital sized Institution situated at Short- . projects. land. 12 kilometres west of New The proposed capital pro castle. In 1988 the University had gram Includes provision for a new. a student load of 5,128 EFTSU Science Building to provide which was concentrated in the speCialised facilities for science areas of bUSiness. humani teaching to accommodate enrol-· tieS/SOCial sciences, science and ment growth In this area. engineering. It also has a Faculty A new Administration of Medicine with 389 EFTSU In Building will be provided to enable 1988. The University has grown the amalgamated Institution to experience from 3.670 EFTSU In 1983 and has consolidate Its administrative very rewarding substantial potential for further operations. The bulldtng will free growth. up needed teaching space on each Hit I'm Lisa Zucca. I came from The Hunter Institute of campus which Is now occupied by Irrawang High School (where'. Higher Educa tlon Is located on a the dispersed admtnlstratlon that?) at Raymond Terrace for one site Immediately adjacent to the actlvttles. week of work experience In jour University of Newcastle. The Also Included In the pro nalism at the Information Unit of .Instltute·s student load (3.395· posed capital program Is a new the University of Newcastle fr~ EFTSU In 1988) Is divided evenly link road to facilitate access Maylto5. across the disciplines of education. between the two campuses and The aim of work experlen • health sciences. humanities/social provision for new teaching which Is a two- week program In sciences and visual and perform accommodation on the Central most schools. Is to give Year 10 Ing arts. Nearly 40 per cent of Its Coast at Ourimbah. students first-hand experience In load Is at the sub-degree level. It· just about any job imaginable. 1'9" has very few higher degree stu glad that I had the opportuntty ~ dents. It also has recorded strong THREE COURSE participate In work experience a growth. up from about 2.100' SMORGASBORD this University. EFTSU In 1983. I think that work experi The two Institutions have Thursday. ence Is a great way of helping young agreed to amalgamate and signed a . (during tenn time) people decide which careers they Heads of Agreement In September. between would like to follow In future years. 1988. Progress towards amalga-. 11.30 am IIIld 2 pm I have not only learnt a great deal matlon Is proceeding well and will in the about Journalism. but also about take effect. at the latest. from Southern ere.. Lounge. the amount of work and time January 1. 1990. The new Unlver- . Coat: $7.50 which goes Into the production of slty will have a combined student Menu tncludes: the University's two newspapers. load of about 8.500 EFTSU and a Homestyle soup of the day All the staff and everyone comprehensive and well balanced· Hot dish of the Day else whom I met were greatlll academic prome. Variety of cold meats Among the highlights were Consistent with Its charter Rice my tour of 2NUR-FM and the to meet the higher education needs Variety of Salads printery. of the Hunter Region and the Breads The week I spent In the Central Coast. the University of Sweet of the Day Information Unit helped me to Newcastle Is now offering the first Tea/Coffee decide that I definately want to be a journalist. year of selected courses at Ourlm No bookings necessary. bah on the Central Coast. which Is Howeuer. should you wish In I would like to thank Ltnda the geographical centre for a reserue a table. please telephone Aurelius, John Armstong and population of around 250.000 Extenslnn 442. everybody else I met. They gave me people. The University reports. a week to rememberlill Staff Association's concern about two issues The Staff Association met as the Bulletin was going to press and voted to propose how the Interim Council of the amalgamated Uni versity should be composed and to serve a log of claims on the University to maintain current titles and salaries for academic staff. The main resolutions that emerged from the special meeting: • The Association communicate to the Minister for Education. Dr Metherell. and the Vlce Chancellor Its belief that the 15 t"\" members of the Interim Council • ,{"J appointed by Dr Metherell should be composed as follows - eight members representing the University Council. five repre teachers for the remainder of the senting the HIHE Council and Positive feedback course. which will take place one ,fI"\ two representing the Newcastle · on Aboriginal day per month over the next six {_t} conservatorlUffith0f Music months. Mrs Deirdre Heitmeyer Committee - and e University orientation program · and Mrs Sue Gibson. both qualified Council segment should be Day One of the Aboriginal Campus Aboriginal teachers will be pre composed as follows - one Orientation and Study Skllls senting the study skiDs component academic staff. one general · Course, organlsed by the Univer · of the course. staff. one student. one Prof sity's Equity Project. was attended The visitors to the Univer essor. two appOinted by the by 55 Aboriginal senior high sity braved the Inclement weather Minister and two Convocation. · school studenta from the Hunter · and undertook a brief tour of the • The association Insist that and Manning RegIons. The dsy .... campus prior to adjourning to academic staff members of the also enjoyed by the parenta and Wollotuka. the Aboriginal Educa consolidated University shall , friends of the students. representa tion Centre. at the Hunter Institute maintain their current titles tives of community organisatioQ of Higher Education. and shall not experience any and members of the University. The course Is designed to "t~ loss In working conditions. The Deputy Vice-Chancellor 'tlvl salary or status. UASA (NSW). (Administration). Mr Lance Hen Introduce students to the Univer In consultation with the Staff nessy. offiCially welcomed the sity of Newcastle and to the career Association. shall serve a log of students and visitors, most of ,opportunities available to them clalms on the Vice-Chancellor through hlgh,er education. The whom were on campus for the first course also provides practical to this effect. , time. at a ceremony In the Great ,assistance In the form of study t1.~~l The association advises that the Hall. skills training. ~, title of Professor Is one attached Dr Bill Jonas acted as Mas- to a teaching and research , ter of Ceremonies for the day. as · Preliminary feedback from pOSition and Is not one to be well as delivering a most enlight students has been extremely attached to a ranking In admin enng and very well received talk positive - with a number of Istration. This principle should on Aboriginal Education. Dr Jonas students having decided already to be refiected In the amalgamated Introduced the students to their come to the University next year. University by not titling Heads of Schools from the HIHE as the Conservatorlum. Including , position paper by the Ch'alrman of Professors and by removing the preparing new by-laws. the Industrial Relations Working title from those Professors who In lobbying all parties Group of the Amalgamation Imple move from teaching and resear represented In State Parliament. mentation Committee. Mr D.C. ch occupations to full-time the association had proposed 13 Foster. proposed. among other administration. amendments to Introduce more things. that all Hunter Institute The President. Mr Robert democratic elements Into the legis Heads of School transfer to the Mackie. said the association had lation. Mr Mackie said. professorial salary scale and all made an enormous effort to They were not to be. and the Hunter Institute principal lectur improve democratic represent · draft bill. which we condemned 'ers transfer to the associate ation on the Council of the because of Its defects. was passed by professor salary scale. amalgamated University and the · Parliament virtually unchanged. Mr Mackie said that. as Interim Council. The latter would after the Labor Party backed Important Industrial principles govern the University for one year down.' and the Integrity of academic after the commencement of the Introducing discussion on poSitions and courses were Invol new Act and would have a wide the Integration of salaries and ved. a log of claims would be served remit In connection with the pOSitions for the University and In the Interests of the Staff current University. the HIHE and the HIHE. the President said a Association members to achieve recognition of the status quo. Unforlunately this has insufficient mark. She was able to work well 14 Multiple Sclerosis i power and so fails to hold the with Cella Ireland and Dean Research grants audience's Interest set as It Is Watson, retaining the deliberately I agalnst the outrageous and hllarl-' blurred outline of a character with ' available ous antics of the young friends. no sense of Its own Identity. The National Multiple Sclerosis Nevertheless there Is much Without a doubt 'the most Society of,Australia has invited to recommend the play. Whenever impressive performance came from applications for the following: It slows and becomes bogged-down Cella Ireland whose portrayal of • Project grants for approved In selfconsclous monologues ex Varl was energetic and endearing as clinical, laboratory-based, pressed by a mother to an Inatten she moved from comic childhood to I, epidemiological or rehabilita tve and uncomprehending daugh worn-out womanhood. She gave tive studies. ter (and perhaps audience), or to an· substance and touches of subtlety to • Training Fellowships. unconcerned and purportedly non a role which could so easily have • Grants for equipment for use In existing god, there Is the sudden remained merely a comic stereo research relevant to mUltiple intrusion of Varl (Cella Ireland) or type. sclerosis. Ewan (Dean Watson) and the pace As Is often the case, Aus The dosing date for. picks up again along with the tralian actors do not all fare well applications Is May 31. laughter. , with British accents but this was The Society has also Invited It Is In these encounters that not a Significant obstacle to applications for postgraduate. the play takes rtsks as It hits out enjoyment. research scholarships. somewhat wildly at a number of , The scholarships are areas of anger or fear or expecta by: Jane O'SuWvan o , awarded to registered medical or. ton. These leave behind the rather. 0 dental graduates, science graduates too precious and almost didactic or health professionals for train monologues on adolescence and Ing In research relevant to parenting. multiple sclerosis and applicants On the subject of sudden Stage props are required to enrol for a higher Intrusions and changes of mood degree, and pace there were, In the second needed The closing date for appli act, a number of abrupt and inex cations Is August 31. plicable outbursts on what could be The Department of Drama Is Information and appllca-' mounting a production of described as a variety of social and . Chekhov's tlon details are available from: women's issues. A few such unsus Mrs Brenda Bradley, Research Co tained, albeit witty, backhanders Three Sisters, ordinator (NMSSA) Neurology' to open on about nuclear power and the trendy n-day,JuIy 11. Department. Royal Adelaide Hos nature of some student protestors pital, North Terrace, Adelaide S.A. read like 'a playwright's quick We urgentiy seek a number of 5000. Telephone 08- 232 0275). checklist of universal themes and late 19 century pieces of concerns'. VarI's heartfelt and gutsy furniture. for example. a words on the predatory nature of wardrobe. a chaise lounge. REVIEW marriage and offspring were an annchairs and occasional rn exception. Her performance tables. (consistently powerful) coupled Please help make this a with a greater strength In the text sumptuous production by When I Was A Girl I Used To &ream telephoning Extension 705. And Shout, by Sharman Itself made this section the saving MacDonald, begins with what Is' feature of the second half and throughout the play to remain a constituted one of the very rare rather unconvincing and serious moments of the play that unresolved portrayal of the' worked. relationship of Fiona McBrldle and Judith Hoddinott's set cap her mother. The two are reunited tures well the concrete and grey of a . for a quiet weekend at the beach Scottish beach and the director, ,-______-, resort of FIona's childhood and Christopher Williams has the adolescence. Here, with the arrival actors move comfortably and uses Philosophy of her childhood friend, Varl, the space well enough, although the, memories are evoked and presented promenade cried out to be used for Club Seminars In a series of vignettes. The result more than just the frequent and. Second semester dates: Is, In the main, an Immensely doubtless exhausting exits en July 18. August 8 and 29, funny and relentlessly unabashed trances of characters. Also the September 19 and October 17. portrayal of the child's and adol-. actors seemed to forget the· escent's comic and at times sad existence of an ocean ahead of them Venue: Godfrey Tanner Room. explorations and misconceptions for It was disconcertingly absent University Union. of their own and adult sexuality· from their stares towards the' and the world Into which they distance, and Indeed from the 11me: I pm gradually move. dialogue Itself. There Is of course a serious' Helen Mutklns gave a For further Information please side to the play - essentially that of convincing performance as FIona contact either the Secretary or the relationship of mother and McBrldle ---quite a demanding role the President of the Philosophy . daughter struggling to overcome as the tabula rasa upon which her Club. C/- the University of . i their separate and yet very much circumstances and those of the, Newcastle. I related sense of guilt and blame.. characters around her made thelri L.______~ 15 . 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May 24. 1.10 pm , dlnare) In the Bar. Admission, King. Venue: Vlll, Mathematics free. Michael Dudman (organ), Bach, BUilding. Walond and Dupre. $2 and $1 Wednesday, May 24, 2 pm 1 pm concession. Language and Literature Board and Informal Lunchtime Mathematics ThUlliday. May 25. 1.10 pm Some Prob Sydney Conservatorium APSUN Joint present a seminar type seminar entitled Chorale - Four centuries of entitled Marxism, Postmodernism. !ems In the Water Supply Industry. music from Madrigals to Pop. and Renaissance Studies. Guest Speaker: Dr Vlswanathan. $2 and $1 concession. speaker: Professor Howard Wednesday. May 31. Noon FrIday. May 26. S pm Felperln. Macquarle University. German feature film enUtled Das Sydney Conservatorium Chor· Venue: A132, McMullin BUilding. Brot der fruhen Jahre' pJr'\;; ale and Newcastle Conservat Deutschlandspiegel. 'English su .; onum Choir - Combined choral' Thunday. May 25. Noon titles. Venue: A132, McMullin concert. $3 and $1. 50 Movie: Harold and Maude (1960s BUilding. cult movie - Black comedy classic) concession. Noon Wednesday. May 31. 1.10 pm , will be screened In the Bar. Entertainment In the Souther Audley Green (harplschord) - A Donation: 50cents. Cross Lounge featuring Pet''''''', program of works from the Baroque Era. $2 and $1 1 pm Allsop (folk singer). Admlsslohl concession. Faculty of Architecture Open free. Lecture Series. Emeritus Professor Spm John W. Reps (Urban Historian and Thunday, J1Dle I, Noon Organ Studio Series (I) - Town Planner, recently retired Department of Sociology Depart Michael Dudman (organ). Stan from Cornell University) will ment seminar entitled Enterprise ley Organ Concerto and major speak on the topic Making a Restructuring and Class Struggle in Bach works. $10 (season ticket Capital City: The Planning and the Steel Industry: A Canadian available). Development of Washington DC. Case. Guest speaker: Professor ThUlliday. J1Dle 1. 1.10 pm Venue: VI07, Mathematics' David Livingstone (OntariO Instl- School childrens' concert - BUilding. tute for Studies in Education meet the Instruments. $2 and $1 Toronto, Canada). Venue: W326~ concession. 5.30 pm ~:~~: ~~~; ~:.!sents Gentle- Social Sciences Building. . ,)-. Meet the Staff Series (II) - man's Agreement (1948 USA, Noon Jenny Barnes (soprano). Kevin starring Gregory Peck. Winner of' Movie: Young Einstein will be Murphy (clarinet), David Jones 1947 Academy Awards including screened In the Bar. Donatlon: (plano), Philip Matthias (organ) best picture) wtll be screened In the 5Ocents. and Ann O'Hearn (plano). $4' Bar. Admission, free. ' and $2 concession. ' 7-10 pm FrIday. J1Dle 2. 6.30 pm 7.30 pm Last Day Rage featuring TD Board Room Series (III) Historian, Jim Miller, introduces Witchdoctors In the Bar. Carmel Lutton (plano). Chopin the outstanding film based on his Admission. free. and Debussy. $10 (season ticket best-selling history of Aboriginal available). people, Koori, A Will to Win. Wednesday. June 7.1.10 pm Venue: Lecture Theatre K202, Med- University of Philip Matthias (organ) - Bach" Ical Sciences BUilding. Cesar Franck and Eben. $2 and Tasmania $1 concession. Monday. May 29.11 am The University will be Department of History seminar Spm celebrating its centenary In Organ Studto Series (II) - Rose entitled Australian Labour and' February 1990. A brochure mary Blake (organ). Stanley Social History, Past and Present. about the centenary has recently Organ Concerto, Bach, Krebs,' Guest speaker: Professor Robin , been posted to all graduates Buxtehude and Frescobaldl. $10 Gollan (retired from ANU). Venue: whose addresses are known. (season ticket available). History Common Room. Tasmanian graduates who have not received the brochure are May 29. 30 '" June 5, 9 am to 5 pm Enqulrles: 29 4133. Techniques in Drug and Alcohol asked to contact the Centenary Work - workshop which alms to Office, University of Tasmania. demystUy drug and alcohol work Box 252C, GPO. Tasmania, 7001. 9 WEEKS TO BOOK FAIR, July 22 to 30 ,C"O--=------=-==--.----~--,~,