ISSUE 9 20 May 2011 OTAGO BULLETIN FORTNIGHTLY NEWSLETTER FOR UNIVERSITY STAFF AND POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS

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Participants and audience members at a public event to showcase Otago’s cutting-edge research last month. The symposium, For the Public Good, attracted a record 30 early to mid-career staff from across the four academic Divisions to the Barnett Lecture Theatre.The group volunteered to boil down their work into mere four-minute presentations, creating a series of snapshots of the exciting research under way at Otago. A member of the public audience commented afterwards that “it was better than going to the movies,” says organiser Dr Jacob Edmond, who was delighted with the turnout of researchers – double last year’s – and the extremely high standard of all the presentations. Continued on page 2... Next Research Deputy Vice-Chancellor named Otago’s next Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Enterprise) in 1993. From 2002 he was the Deputy Director of the Professor Richard Blaikie is excited about returning to the MacDiarmid Institute, succeeding Sir Paul Callaghan as university at which his scientific career began. Director in 2008. Professor Blaikie, who is currently a Professor at the University In addition to his Deputy Vice-Chancellor role at Otago, of Canterbury and Director of the MacDiarmid Institute for Professor Blaikie will hold a personal Chair in Physics. Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, will take up the He says he is looking forward to taking up his new position. position in December. He replaces Professor Harlene Hayne, whose appointment as Otago’s next Vice-Chancellor was “Otago is noted for the strength of its research and my goal is to announced earlier this year. maintain and enhance the University’s outstanding performance in this area.” After graduating with a first class honours degree in Physics from Otago in 1988, Professor Blaikie was a Rutherford For the intervening six months before Professor Blaikie begins, Memorial Scholar at the University of Cambridge, where Professor Helen Nicholson will be the Acting Deputy Vice- he received his PhD in Physics in 1992. He returned to New Chancellor. Professor Nicholson is currently the Dean of the Zealand to take up a position at the University of Canterbury Otago School of Medical Sciences. ABOUT THE Researchers showcase their work ... Continued from Page 1 Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Enterprise) Professor BULLETIN Harlene Hayne said at the beginning of the event she was “extremely proud” of the researchers who had “bravely put their In this issue hands up to present”. “It is important that they present the results of their work to the public. It reflects one of the key strengths of the University 2 News of Otago – our ongoing commitment to our local and national 13 General Notices for all Staff communities,” she said. 14 Dunedin “We are all public servants to a certain extent, and we cannot be 21 Wellington complacent about the need to explain to the public that they’ve 21 Postgraduate Notices actually made a really good investment in both the people and the research at the University of Otago.”

Seven of the 30 researchers were selected to go to Wellington Sharron Bennett Photo: Next Issue: to present their work to Parliament next month: Jonathan Dr Caroline Larsen presents her research in four minutes during a Friday 3 June. The deadline for Broadbent of Dentistry, Elspeth Gold of Anatomy and public event to showcase Otago’s notices and advertisements is Structural Biology, Dione Healey of Psychology, Anne-Louise cutting-edge research. midday, Friday 27 May. The Heath of Human Nutrition, Pete Jones of Physiology, Caroline Bulletin is published fortnightly. Orchiston of Tourism and Robert Thompson of Mathematics and Statistics. Advertising: This is the second year that a group from Otago has visited Parliament to showcase their research. Go to www.otago.ac.nz/news/ Dr Edmond says the event at Parliament last year was so well received the University had been bulletin/ fill in the details in the asked to visit again. template and submit. But he says the symposium in Dunedin was also one he hoped would become popular in its own Advertising in classifieds is free to right and become an annual event. staff and postgraduate students only. To Electronically Subscribe: Otago launches MEntr in Queenstown Go to: http://lists.otago.ac.nz/list- info/otago-bulletin, enter email ad- Otago is launching a new stream of its people wishing to set up innovative new dress and then click on subscribe. popular Master of Entrepreneurship degree in ventures in the tourism and hospitality Queenstown in July. sectors. Website: The Master of Entrepreneurship programme Classes will be held in the modern and well- The Bulletin can be viewed at www.otago.ac.nz/news/bulletin/ is designed to provide emergent entrepreneurs appointed Queenstown Resort College. with the skills they need to succeed and thrive The degree is three semesters long, with the Copyright: in business, and is ideally suited for people first two spent doing seven six-week papers. We welcome reprinting if wanting to turn a new business idea into Each paper begins with an intensive three permission is sought. Contact commercial reality or for those exploring new the Editor. day on-campus course, followed by a number venture opportunities. of assignments which students complete Printed By: Queenstown is New Zealand’s “adventure off-campus. The final semester consists of a Taieri Print. capital” and is therefore ideally suited to business incubation report. iTunes U – pick of the month The Bulletin is produced by: Marketing and Communications, Business Lectures: Associate Professor Jeremy Kees – University of Otago, Scott/Shand House, The Elusive Goal of Good Health: Common Barriers and 90 St David Street, Dunedin Innovative Solutions In March Associate Professor Jeremy Kees (Villanova School of Business) visited the University of Otago as the recipient of the Australian and New Zealand Marketing Academy (ANZMAC) International Visiting Scholar Award. In this podcast Associate Professor Kees looks at the relationship between marketing and public health, and in particular how the social sciences can be used to help understand and then positively influence people’s decision making process with regards to obesity. He explains how for many of us the short-term pain of exercising is seen as a negative, while it is hard to place a ‘worth’ on long-term benefits of that exercise when those Contact details benefits may be two, six, or 12 months away. In contrast, ITS Teaching and Learning Editor: Lisa Dick and Jo Register certain fatty foods may have long-term negative effects but Facilities Manager Emerson Pratt Ph: 03 479 4378 these normally only eventuate over time while the food www.otago.ac.nz/itunesu Email: [email protected] tastes good in the here and now. This is something I have Address: PO Box 56, Dunedin experienced, making his discussion particularly interesting.

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Globe The very entertaining Director of Education at visitor Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London, Patrick Spottiswoode, will visit Otago next week. Mr Spottiswoode oversees a department of 25 full-time staff and 65 freelance practitioners that provide lectures, workshops, courses and productions for over 100,000 people at the Globe every year and many more through outreach and distance learning. He will present a public lecture Shakespeare and the Globe Theatre on Thursday 26 May at 5.30pm in the Burns 1 Lecture Theatre. The University is a major sponsor of the annual University of Otago Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival for secondary schools, and Mr Spottiswoode’s visit is in association A new analysis rates Otago as one of the world’s best research institutions for oceanography. with Shakespeare Globe Theatre New Zealand. Top oceanography ranking Recycling A survey examining how Otago’s various A new analysis of scientific articles published in international results departments, divisions, residential colleges journals since 2000 has judged the University of Otago as being and food and drink outlets are recycling has amongst the best research institutions in the world for oceanography. revealed broad support for sustainability at the University. After analysing the top one percent of oceanography-related The survey by Property Services staff papers published in journals since that year, the UK Times Higher showed that most departments are using the Education magazine ranked Otago as the institution with the existing central campus recycling programme highest average citations per paper in the world. The second placed to some extent, although there is certainly institution was the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). room for improvement. In the analysis, oceanography was defined as encompassing many In addition, Campus Resource Planner Katrina specific disciplines and their journals, including marine biology, Roos says it has also revealed some of the limnology (study of inland waters), fisheries science, ecology and innovative things people are doing. geophysics. Papers published in multidisciplinary journals such as “We have people running worm farms, Science and Nature relating to the discipline were also included. donating old computer equipment to schools, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Sciences) Professor Keith Hunter says even collecting food scraps for stock feed.” that while caution is required against reading too much into The results will be used to review the existing individual ranking exercises and their particular measures, the campus recycling programme, expand University’s result confirms the high quality and influential nature coverage to include different types of waste and more bins in offices and to negotiate a of oceanography-related research carried out at Otago. better deal on existing collection contracts. He says the achievement is the result of a team effort, with Full survey results will be the subject of a many University staff from across several departments, and report to be shared with staff and students on collaborators at the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric the upcoming Sustainability @ Otago website, Research (NIWA), all contributing. scheduled to be launched later this year.

Goodall Famed chimpanzee researcher and DVDs help teaching update environmentalist Dame Jane Goodall will present her public lecture at the University In an innovative approach, the Department of Public Health at the between 5-6pm on Thursday 23 June. Entry Wellington campus is using popular movies to familiarise fourth is by ticket only and from June 1 these are year medical students with the role of public health in society. available for free from Zoology’s reception The Medical School library is lending 20 commercial movies (340 Great King Street). with public health themes to fourth-year students. So far this Two Jane Goodall-related films will also be novel approach to public health education is working quite well, shown at the University next month. On 2 according to a recent report in the New Zealand Medical Journal June, the 2010 documentary Jane’s Journey, by Associate Professor Nick Wilson and colleagues. which has yet to be released in New Zealand, will play at Castle 1 at 6pm. On 16 June, the He says the most popular titles for fourth-year students were 2005 documentary Return to Gombe will Sicko, a documentary feature about the American health system by screen at the same venue and time. Michael Moore, followed by Born into Brothels which deals with There will be opportunities at the film the lives of the children of sex workers in an Indian city. screenings and lecture to donate towards Research co-author Dr Peter Gallagher says further research on Dame Jane’s Tchimpounga Chimpanzee the educational value of watching DVDs for medical students is Rehabilitation Centre. desirable.

3 POSTGRADUATE NEWS Strength in numbers: Otago’s distance learning programme The Bulletin talks to Director of Distance Learning, Dr Bill Anderson, about Otago’s distance learning programmes and the growing importance of distance learning in the postgraduate education mix. 1. Tell us about the size and extent of Otago’s distance learning programme. Otago has 127 programmes available by distance. Most of these are at the postgraduate level since the University is focusing on distance education at the postgraduate level in areas where we have special expertise. We offer over 430 papers but only around 350 are offered in any one year. We are New Zealand’s largest provider of postgraduate distance education in the health sciences and we also offer qualifications in the Sciences and Humanities in areas in which the University is acknowledged as having particular expertise, including Dietetics, Clothing and Textile Sciences and Theology and Religion. 2. What are the particular strengths of our distance learning programme? The staff. Distance papers are taught by people who are wonderfully enthusiastic about and interested in the subjects they teach. Our administrative staff are also vital. 3. What areas offer opportunities for growth in Otago’s distance programme? Distance Learning Director Dr Bill Otago’s international reputation for research in the health sciences and other subject areas Anderson. enables us to provide professional leadership through research-informed teaching. We can reach out to members of professional communities no matter where they are located. That’s “We can reach the great strength of distance education. out to members 4. What consideration needs to be given to developing courses which will be of professional delivered via distance? communities no Our departments recognise the value of distance courses. There is also increasing recognition that new digital technologies are blurring the lines between distance and on-campus matter where they courses. There is one distinct aspect that makes distance courses different, however: people are located.” formulating new distance courses need to realise that their students are nearly always part- time, and that they’ll possibly never appear on campus. Most likely studying is a distance student’s ‘third shift’, after working 40- to 60-hours-a-week and after time spent with family. So clarity of materials, certainty of expectations, open communication channels and clear pathways to learning support are essential. 5. What lies in the future for distance learning at Otago? The future of distance learning lies in ensuring that we have a great batch of excellent teachers who excel in their field and are passionate about their subject. Courageous art rescues by Otago Master’s student Lydia Baxendell’s life currently resembles that collection, it is a big job. Her storage area is of a superhero. By day she rescues art works overflowing, and she has had to arrange for more from the walls of earthquake struck Canterbury to be built. The works will be kept safe until the University; by night she works on her Otago buildings are repaired and the university is ready Master’s thesis. to re-display them. The Otago Art History student took a job When her day’s work is complete, she heads as Art Collections Curator for Canterbury home to work on her Otago thesis - Nigel Brown University just three weeks before the September and New Zealand’s National Identity. earthquake, and since the second major It has been difficult, particularly in the weeks earthquake in February has been visiting every immediately following the February earthquake floor of every building to rescue art works that when power was intermittent and she had to are at risk during repairs. compulsively back up her work to avoid losing “I’m taking the art works out so that crews anything and had no access to resources. coming in to fix things don’t put a hole in a Otago Art History Master’s But she says Otago has been on her side. student Lydia Baxendell painting, or scratch it with scaffolding,” she “The University Library has a distance learning with a Van der Velden oil explains. “These really are our treasures; they are painting c.1895 which she service. They scanned and emailed me pages of really important to salvage.” rescued from Canterbury books and even sent me whole books. They have University’s Registry With over 3000 pieces in the university’s been tremendously supportive.” Building.

4 WHAT’S NEW First EdD graduate for College of Education The first graduate of the University of Otago College of Education’s Doctor of Education programme will cross the stage during tomorrow’s graduation ceremony. College Teaching Fellow David Berg is the first person to complete the EdD programme, which was launched in 2008 as an alternative doctoral-level degree to the PhD. Rather than being aimed at professional researchers, the programme is designed for scholarly or researching professionals – with their research projects closely related to their professional practice. Mr Berg worked as a teacher in Liverpool for 10 years and Nepal for one. He then spent two years at a local university working on their teacher education programmes, before coming to Otago to do a PhD. But, he says, when he saw the planned design of the EdD he decided to complete this programme, because he liked the expectation that theory should be linked to practice. The programme has three components – a 12-month paper in the first year, a thesis, and a research to practice portfolio, in The first graduate of the University of Otago College of Education’s Doctor which students have to provide evidence of the link between their of Education programme, David Berg. research and practice. It is primarily a distance programme, with they usually admit fewer than 10. students only physically required on campus for one five-day “We now have four cohorts, with a total of 27 students. We residential school in the first and second year. probably only have about 20 PhD students at College, so I would The programme was designed by Professor Kwok-Wing Lai, who say it is a popular programme.” did a thorough literature review and visited nine universities, It is expected to take up to six years part-time, but Mr Berg including four in the United Kingdom, two in Australia and one worked on it full-time to complete it in just three. in Hong Kong during its development. “I am delighted to have finished. It has been hard work and a And it is certainly proving popular. significant challenge – but well worth it.” Professor Lai says there are 15 to 20 applicants every year, but

In Brief ... Forest is a great opportunity to highlight Esteemed scholar visits the increasing importance of the plants In May and June the Division of about us. Humanities is hosting esteemed scholar and author Professor Casetti (pictured below). Foreign Policy School Professor Casetti, from the Film Studies Next month’s Foreign Policy School at Program at Yale University in the United the University is putting the spotlight on States, is a William Evans Fellow for 2011. ‘science diplomacy’ − the new catch-cry His vast biography includes his role as for international relations. “consultant” of the Pontifical Council for The School, which features an impressive Social Communications at the Vatican. Forests celebrated line-up of national and international Professor Casetti’s publications and A Botany Teaching Fellow is joining speakers, will address the potential interests cover the fields of literature, forces with the Dunedin Botanic Gardens and the realities for science diplomacy, philosophy, media and the arts in equal in the coming months to celebrate the particularly as they apply to this part of measure, although he has achieved most International Year of the Forest. the globe. recognition as a film and television scholar. John Steel (pictured above with students Staff and students from across the See page 17 for details of events during Aimee Pritchard (left) and Kelly Frogley) University as well as members of the local his visit. will run a joint workshop with Botanic community are welcome to register to Garden staff on conifers in July, give a talk take part in the event. about “The forests beneath our feet” in The School runs from the evening of Friday August, and speak on Radio New Zealand 24 June until the afternoon of Sunday National as part of a series on New 26 June at St Margaret’s College. Further Zealand trees in October. information, including how to register, can Mr Steel says the International Year of the be found at: www.otago.ac.nz/otagofps/

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Twelve months ago the University, together with local music company dunedinmusic.com, launched the New Zealand Music Industry Centre at the University’s Albany Street Studio – with the installation of a world-class recording console. A year on, the Centre is at the heart of a booming Dunedin music scene as the Bulletin discovers. A year on at Albany Street A walk down one of the long This means that not only can it hallways of the Albany Street record musicians in the facility’s studio gives you an appreciation historic main studio and two of the range of work taking place smaller studios; it can also record at this busy facility. The sound of events at an external venue. drums pounds out of one room, Last year it was connected to a bass from another. A peep Dunedin’s Regent Theatre via through a silent window shows a fibre optic cabling. Currently guitar lab in progress and in the connections between the studio main recording studio someone and the University’s main Union fine tunes a children’s song they Building and Marama and Allen have written, adjusting levels on Halls are being trialled and these the Centre’s pride and joy – a should be operational in the next state-of-the-art Solid State Logic couple of months. (SSL) recording console. The Centre is also in discussions The console – the only one of with the Dunedin City Council its kind in New Zealand – was about connecting to the Town officially launched last May and Hall, and also the new Forsyth brings the studio to the forefront Barr Stadium. of music recording in the country. Music Department Studio It can record from nearly 100 Technician Stephen Stedman “inputs” or microphones in a says this technology allows band or orchestra at one time them to realise the potential of and can link to high-speed existing spaces. Also, doing this broadband networks.

“It will encourage performers to come to Dunedin. If they can create a high- quality live recording during their Senior Lecturer in Contemporary Rock Music Dr Graeme Downes, also of Dunedin band The Verlaines, performs in the studio (left), while Music Department Studio Technician Stephen Stedman works on performance it certainly adds value to the Centre’s pride and joy, the state-of-the-art Solid State Logic recording console (right). a Dunedin visit.” in Dunedin, where everything is close, makes things easy. “The Town Hall is just three First 12 months – the highlights kilometres away from the studio, so you don’t have to travel for ~ Recording the latest Verlaines album, recording the Chills’ three quarters of an hour to Christmas song, and recording local trio Delgirl. change a wire,” he laughs. ~ Connecting to the Regent Theatre via fibre optic cabling. Mr Stedman says the remote recordings made so far from the ~ Extending cabling to include the University Union Regent are of an exceptionally Building, Marama Hall and Allen Hall. high standard and enhance Dunedin as a performance ~ Exploring collaboration opportunities with other destination. universities. “It will encourage performers to ~ Discovering the capabilities of the new console. come to Dunedin,” he says. “If they can create a high-quality

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the studio and any city or community group. These developments are all contributing to a music scene that is booming in Dunedin. Mr Muir says four private engineers have built recording studios in Dunedin in the last year, and in the last month or so five bands have relocated to the city from other New Zealand centres. While the Centre doesn’t claim credit for these developments, Mr Muir says there is no doubt it has contributed to this momentum. Other first year highlights have included recording the latest Verlaines album, recording the Chills’ Christmas song, and recording local trio Delgirl. The first year has been a learning one, Mr Stedman says. “We are still discovering capabilities within the desk. It’s about spending the time to figure out the best ways of doing things. “From where we are now, this desk is a real showcase for Otago music. It keeps us at the forefront of music and emphasises our importance as a music educator in New Zealand.” But that, they say, is not something they wish to lord over other tertiary providers. Mr Egenes says the emphasis is on collaboration, rather than competition, and they are in Senior Lecturer in Contemporary Rock Music Dr Graeme Downes, also of Dunedin band The Verlaines, performs in the studio (left), while Music Department Studio Technician Stephen Stedman works on discussions with Waikato and the Centre’s pride and joy, the state-of-the-art Solid State Logic recording console (right). Auckland.

live recording during their with musicians overseas – using “Although there is a temptation performance it certainly adds the internet to connect to their to go the other way, it is always value to a Dunedin visit.” recording consoles. better to collaborate with people who could be your competitors. But the capabilities of the desk “It will in a very meaningful do not stop here. It can connect way connect us to the rest of the “It’s one of the main reasons we to the rest of New Zealand and world.” got the desk; for research and the world using the high-speed collaboration.” And, at a micro level fibre-optic KAREN network. adds dunedinmusic.com With one year down, they are Executant Lecturer in strategist Scott Muir, it also certainly not feeling complacent. Contemporary Music John allows the University to connect The possibilities for this desk and Egenes says the goal is to be with the rest of Dunedin, with this studio are endless, and they able to perform in real time connections possible between are enthusiastic about exploring every one of them. “... this desk is a real showcase for Otago music. It keeps us at the forefront of music and emphasises our importance as a music educator in New Zealand.”

7 PEOPLE UNSUNG HEROES This month’s Unsung Hero is the Manager of the Pacific Islands Centre, Tofilau Nina Kirifi-Alai – who sees her role as a vocation. The heart of the Pacific Islands Centre Tofilau Nina Kirifi-Alai has been manager of the Pacific Islands Centre for nine years and is known for her generosity of spirit, inclusive style and vibrant sense of humour. She engenders a family atmosphere at the Centre and is indefatigable. She sees her role as vocational, and believes her community work also contributes to the progress of the Centre. “Parents often approach me at church, or at other community events, to talk about their children attending Otago. I think it is important that I am part of their community and part of the University community too,” she says. Involvement of all University staff has been key to the Centre’s success. Ms Kirifi-Alai is considered central in motivating many people to work toward the shared goal of advancing opportunities for Pacific Island students at Otago. “Ever since I arrived here nine years ago I have always been tapping everybody on the shoulder for help. I am proud to say that staff here at Otago have not hesitated to help – be it academic or general staff. This month’s Unsung Hero, Pacific Islands Centre ManagerTofilau Nina Kirifi-Alai. “This is why we have been able to grow and develop. Therefore, I believe the success of the PI Centre is the success of the The Pacific Islands Centre is part of Student Services. Director University.” David Richardson speaks of Ms Kirifi-Alai’s seemingly limitless Perhaps not surprisingly, Ms Kirifi-Alai was honoured by the energy. ‘Council of Chiefs’ by having the title ‘Tofilau’ bestowed upon her. “It has always been a pleasure working with Nina. She seems to Professor Vernon Squire is Chair of the Otago Pacific People’s work 24/7 and is one of life’s great characters. She has a strong Reference Group. He commends Ms Kirifi-Alai’s commitment to the sense of presence which she uses to great effect.” learning achievements and pastoral care of Pacific Island students. And as for the future, Ms Kirifi-Alai says there is still plenty to “Nina’s dedication to the Pacific Island community, both achieve. locally and nationally, is legendary,” he says. “What makes Nina “Yes we have made wonderful progress, but I’m mindful of the exceptional is that along with her big picture vision of where challenges ahead. Our aim is to raise the standard of PI education Otago can be, and should be, in regard to the Pacific, she is an – we still have a great deal of important work to do.” utterly wonderful human being. Her loyalty to the University If you know someone who makes a difference on campus and should is unquestionably absolute; she is a modest unsung hero who be celebrated in our Unsung Heroes series, please contact Bulletin always brightens my day.” Editor Lisa Dick, Email: [email protected] Medical School – DHB awards celebrate research The Dunedin School of Medicine and Southern District Health The 2011 Research Support Person Awards went to Vicky Board held their seventh annual awards ceremony to celebrate Phillips of Surgical Sciences and Carmen Lobb of Women’s and health research and research initiatives last month. Children’s Health. This year the Division of Health Sciences’ new Pro-Vice- The 2011 Research Publication Awards went to Dr Kirsten Chancellor, Professor Peter Crampton presented a new award, the Coppell of the Edgar National Centre for Diabetes and Obesity Dunedin School of Medicine Dean’s Research Award recognising Research for Nutritional intervention in patients with type 2 significant and long-standing achievement in research. This diabetes who are hyperglycaemic despite optimised drug treatment went to Professor Barry Taylor of Women’s and Children’s – Lifestyle Over and Above Drugs in Diabetes; Dr Brian Cox Health for Excellence in Departmental and School Research of Preventive and Social Medicine for School Milk and Risk Development. Professor Taylor is an eminent researcher with an of Colorectal Cancer: A National Case-Control Study; and Dr exceptional history of involvement in research relating to infant Tania Slatter of Pathology for Hyperproliferation, cancer and and young people’s health. inflammation in mice expressing a (Delta) 133p53-like isoform. Other awards included the 2011 Southern District Health Board Dr Mira Harrison-Woolrych of Preventive and Social Medicine Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Practitioners Awards which went and Kate Thomas of Surgical Sciences won the 2011 Research to Clinical Psychologist Dr Kumari Fernando, Professional Poster Awards, Jenny Rhodes of Pathology won the 2011 PhD Director of Dietietics Ruth Harvie and Neonatal Intensive Care Student Research Publication Award and William Shelker won Nurses Frances McCaffrey and Jo Robertson. the 2011 Gil Barbezat Summer Studentship Prize.

8 Mozart Fellow happy doing what he loves At age eight, Christopher is based on politician Gerry Adams’ penchant for Brownlee. composing music was already From his small office and evident, in a slightly worrisome piano in Black-Sale House, way, to his music teacher. one of the original professorial In order to pass Grade 1 houses on the north side of Music, he was tasked with the Clocktower, Mr Adams has playing a Beethoven piece. had a productive fellowship Only he wanted to change the so far, thoroughly enjoying ending of the piece to a new the environment of Otago’s one he had devised himself. “incredibly supportive” Music “My music teacher was a bit Department where his office worried I’d go to the exam and is based. play my own ending instead, He has composed eight pieces which I didn’t do,” he says. since the start of 2010, with Nowadays, the Otago Mozart more on the way. Fellow (for the second year “I’m lucky enough to be running) has the freedom to University of Otago Mozart Fellow Christopher Adams. able to exclusively focus on compose what he wants as composing here, and to have part of his own career, and the the other arts fellows to work pleasure of seeing his works “For me, composing music is about with as well,” he says. performed by some of New communication and having an impact.” There are a lot of people Zealand’s best and brightest involved in the arts in New trios and orchestras, including about politician Rodney Hide. could be an event.” Zealand, but the challenge for the NZSO. “It is quite an angry piece. It Jekyll Rat, where the “anger most, and for himself, is to In a new world far removed could be applicable to a number is in the middle movement; “create sustainable careers” from his days practising of public figures, though, a slamming of the keys, or a out of it. the classics on violin (his people who often forget that cluster chord”, was recently For those interested in finding favourite instrument) and they were elected by the people, performed by The New Zealand out more about Christopher piano, the inspiration for his but become absorbed by the Trio in Auckland, Oamaru Adams’ work, his Symphonic compositions draws on his power and prestige of the and in Dunedin as part of Dances will be performed by thoughts about politicians and position,” he says. the Marama Hall Lunchtime the Southern Sinfonia at The environmental issues, and also “For me, composing music Showcase Series. It was well King and Queen’s Performing from the satirical words of is about communication and reviewed and the audience Art Centre, South Dunedin on Christchurch-based poet and having an impact. Sometimes seemed to like it, he says. Sunday 19 June. There are also good friend Sam Mahon. the way to do that most easily An earlier piece is also based sound files on the Centre for One of Mr Adams’ recent is to be influenced by things on a Sam Mahon poem, and New Zealand website: http:// pieces is called Jekyll Rat – that are contemporary – it drawn from the political sounz.org.nz/contributor/ entirely based on his feelings could be a personality or it sphere: Requiem for a Big Man composer/1230. Research focus for new Accountancy Professor The new Professor of He is looking forward to Accountancy at Otago’s the challenge of his new School of Business, Professor role, and to enhancing David Lont, believes the Otago’s growing reputation University is in a strong for research in the field of position to significantly quantitative accounting, bolster its research into the which looks into the part complex world of accounting played by audited financial and company behaviour. information and accounting Professor Lont, a well- regulation in the commercial respected researcher in world. He also hopes to quantitative accounting at attract more PhD students the University, was appointed who want to conduct to his new role last month. empirical research in quantitative accountancy. The University’s new Professor of Accountancy, David Lont.

9 RESEARCH Pantheon theory attracts international attention The television company CNN the sun at particular times of the has made a short film based on year within the building, especially Otago Classics Professor Robert at noon,” he says. Hannah’s Marsden-funded “I had pointed out in Time in research into the cultural uses Antiquity how the noontime of astronomy in antiquity – in sun at the equinoxes in late particular his collaboration which March and September, when day showed that the Pantheon in and night are practically equal, Rome was probably intended to had picked out a major design be a gigantic sun dial. feature of the interior of the huge The research had been reported building: the juncture between in New Scientist, following the cylindrical wall and the the publication of Professor hemispherical domed ceiling. Hannah’s book, Time in Antiquity “In other words, the midpoint (Routledge 2009). The article was of the building’s elevation was picked up by Deborah Rivers, a highlighted at the midpoint of London-based Kiwi producer for the day when the sun reached the CNN International. midpoint of its course through The film series airs as part of the seasonal year, between the the prime-time line-up on winter and summer solstices.” CNN International and will Professor Magli’s work in the be broadcast to more than 230 Pantheon similarly focused on million households worldwide, in the noontime sun, but on another 180 countries. day of the year, 21 April. This is The collaboration on this work traditionally celebrated as the was with Professor Giulio Magli ‘birthday’ of the city of Rome. in Milan, who shares the same “On this day, Giulio noted that passion for cultural astronomies, at midday, the sun shone directly or archaeoastronomy, as the field on the large doorway which gives is now called. access to the interior. So anyone The pair has collaborated on standing in the doorway then another paper on the role of the would be bathed in sunlight.” Otago researcher Professor Robert Hannah’s research on the sun in the Pantheon, which will Roman Pantheon will feature on CNN International. CNN managed to film this effect. appear in the European history of religion journal, Numen, later Professor Hannah is about “... the Pantheon was constructed this year. to begin another three-year with a conscious eye on the Marsden-funded project: ‘Myth, “We have developed a theory that Cult and Cosmos: astronomy in passage of the sun at particular the Pantheon was constructed with ancient Greek religion’. times of the year...” a conscious eye on the passage of Otago receives HRC emerging researcher grants Two University researchers are among the latest recipients of that require movement to play, such as Nintendo Wii games, are the Health Research Council (HRC) Emerging Researcher First promising tools for improving quality of life and reducing disability Grants and will pursue studies involving breast cancer and in people with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). rehabilitation in respiratory disease, respectively. Dr Taurin and colleagues will investigate how the drug raloxifene The grants, which have gone to 11 up-and-coming health works to suppress growth of triple-negative breast cancer researchers nationally, support the recipients in establishing tumours. Though sensitive to chemotherapy, these cancers are independent careers in health research. aggressive, have a poorer prognosis, and are likely to spread to The HRC last week announced that Dr William Levack of other parts of the body earlier. the Wellington campus will receive $81,686 for an 18-month Raloxifene is already used to treat ER-positive forms of breast project titled: “Pulmonary Wii-habilitation: a Pilot Study” and cancer, and now the team’s preliminary data indicate that it is Dr Sebastien Taurin of Pharmacology and Toxicology will gain also toxic against several ER-negative breast cancer cells. They $145,000 for a three-year project titled: “Effect of Raloxifene on will examine the mechanisms and pathways involved in the Oestrogen Receptor Negative Breast Cancer Tumour Growth”. drug’s suppression of these tumours and prevention of their Dr Levack is a Senior Lecturer in the Rehabilitation Teaching and spread. This will provide valuable information for how raloxifene Research Unit. His pilot study will examine whether video games might best be used in treating patients.

10 Ocean metal cycling examined by Otago researcher Otago research examining what form trace metals take in oceans and how they travel through oceans could have implications for climate change predictions. Senior Research Fellow Dr Sylvia Sander of Otago’s Marine and Fresh Water Chemistry group has been examining metals, such as iron and copper, which come out of hydrothermal vents deep under the sea. These vents occur where tectonic plates pull apart, for example on mid-ocean ridges and along volcanic arcs. Sea water seeps through cracks and reacts with the molten crust. This hot and metal rich fluid then escapes back into the ocean through narrow chimneys or diffuse vents. Previously, Dr Sander and her collaborator Professor Andrea Koschinsky of the Jacobs University in Bremen, Germany, have travelled to the North Fiji Basin, the Lesser Antilles Arc in the Caribbean and the mid-Altantic ridge to collect high quality samples of hydrothermal vent fluid using remote operated submersibles and other highly-specialised equipment. There they found organic compounds capable of binding these metals to make them more soluble, similar to those found in Photo: Courtesy of MARUM, Germany. Germany. Courtesy of MARUM, Photo: surface waters produced by biota in order to condition their Sampling of hydrothermal vent fluid using specialised equipment attached environment. to a remote operated submersible. So far, this organic stabilisation of heavy metals has not been taken into account when calculating how much metal is actually which includes their sources, sinks and processes of biological escaping into the deep ocean. recycling, is still not well understood, although the role they play is very important. In their recent research, published in Nature Geoscience earlier this year, they modelled two scenarios – the purely inorganic case “Iron is known to be a limiting factor in primary productivity in in which no organic compounds are expelled from the vents and large areas of the ocean,” she says. “If you fertilise these areas with in the presence of these metal-binding organic compounds. iron, for example through iron laden dust storms, you can induce algal blooms which use up carbon dioxide. There are still many The results suggest that only in the presence of binding facets of the biogeochemical cycling of heavy metals in the ocean compounds is a significant fraction of heavy metal transported that are not well understood even for such biologically important away from the hydrothermal vents and into the ocean, to become metals as iron. A better understanding of biogeochemical cycling part of the biogeochemical cycle. is feeding into climate change models and will enable us to better Dr Sander says the exact biogeochemical cycling of these metals, predict the future of our planet.” Redesigning primary care for people with diabetes As is well known, the burgeoning growth in people suffering GPs, but also other health professionals such as practice nurses, from diabetes is one of the big challenges facing the health nutritionists and podiatrists. The researchers conducted extensive system. Improving the care of newly diagnosed patients so they qualitative interviews with staff and patients covering every manage their disease more effectively is critical. aspect of their treatment. Professor Tony Dowell and a team from Primary Care at the Professor Dowell says the report suggests the current diabetes Wellington campus are concluding a major report on improving systems, with a strong emphasis on symptom checklists and diabetes care. For the first time, it biochemical testing, may not be closely observes and analyses how “… there is room for significant flexible enough in recognising diabetes patients are managed as where the patient is at with their they pass through the health system. improvement in diabetes care…” health problems. “This is a very interesting and exciting study because we’ve used “There needs to be greater understanding that many patients direct observation through video of how 32 patients have been come to their consultations in primary care with a significant treated by the health system over six months,” he explains. level of knowledge, as family or friends often have diabetes. “This will enable us to make a number of important and Patients tell us there is a lot of unnecessarily repetitive practical recommendations to improve the system, the care information, indicating the need for improved coordination pathway and treatment of newly-diagnosed diabetics. It will also between different health professionals. enhance self-management of this challenging and costly disease.” “Our final report will clearly show that there is room for All key interactions between health professionals and the patient significant improvement in diabetes care without necessarily the sample have been videoed and analysed in detail, not only with need for more resources or time at the primary level.”

11 IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Common factors for behavioural problems Blood clot risk with Christchurch campus researchers recently newer pill gained attention for a study identifying common factors in the far-reaching An Otago co-authored study childhood behavioural conditions, providing new evidence that certain Conduct Disorder (CD) and Oppositional types of oral contraceptive pill carry Defiant Disorder (ODD). a higher risk of serious blood clots made the news during Easter. The factors included mothers smoking while pregnant and exposure to family In a study appearing in the British violence. Medical Journal, the researchers found that UK women currently Data for the study was drawn from the using the drospirenone pill were long-running Christchurch Health and about three times more likely Development Study and results were to develop non-fatal venous published in the Journal of the American thromboembolism than similar Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. women taking levonorgestrel Lead researcher Dr Joe Boden says formulations. the study examined the influence of a Study co-author Dr Lianne number of common childhood social and Parkin of Preventive and Social environmental factors which contribute to Medicine said that venous the development of CD and ODD. thromboembolism is a rare CD and ODD are behaviour disorders but potentially life-threatening which emerge in childhood and have been condition involving blood clots in shown to have adverse effects on mental the legs which sometimes break off health and psychosocial adjustment in and travel to the lung. adolescence and early adulthood. “Previous studies have found that Dr Boden and colleagues found the two the so-called third-generation oral disorders had several factors in common: contraceptives, and those containing low family socioeconomic status; family the progestogen cyproterone acetate, instability; childhood exposure to physical are associated with a higher risk of abuse, sexual abuse or inter-parental venous thromboembolism than Christchurch researchers have found common violence; maternal smoking during social and environmental factors in two levonorgestrel formulations. Our pregnancy; child IQ; and affiliation with far-reaching childhood behavioural conditions. study adds to emerging evidence deviant (delinquent and substance that the drospirenone pill also using) peers. factors will likely reduce the effects of CD carries a higher risk,” Dr Parkin said. He said the study provides hope for and ODD on the sufferer in later life. “However, unlike the third- those with the disorders as treatment and 27 to 28 Apr ODT, Greymouth Evening generation and cyproterone prevention approaches which target these Star, Gisborne Herald, NZPA acetate oral contraceptives, the drospirenone pill has never been subsidised in New Zealand, so it is New Zealand kids’ skin infection woes not widely used here.” A disturbing rise in serious skin infection hospital admissions a year for children The researchers used data rates in New Zealand children over the zero to 14 years of age, plus a further 850 from the UK General Practice past two decades was recently revealed children admitted as day patients. Research Database to undertake a study based on 318,825 women by Wellington campus Public Health Associate Professor Baker said the findings researchers. aged 15 to 44 years who used were “a distressing picture for our children”. drospirenone or levonorgestrel oral Associate Professor Michael Baker, Dr “We already had high rates of these contraceptives at any time between Cathryn O’Sullivan and colleagues infections compared to other similar 2002 and 2009. Women with major published a study showing that more countries. This research shows a large rise risk factors for thromboembolism than 100 children a week are now being in children being admitted to hospital were excluded from the study admitted to New Zealand hospitals for every year with serious skin infections like and influences such as body mass treatment of skin infections. cellulitis, abscesses and impetigo.” index and smoking were taken into Their study appeared in the international The study also makes the point that account in the analyses. journal Epidemiology and Infection. serious skin infections are only the ‘tip of 22 to 23 Apr Press, NZ Herald, A key finding was that serious skin the iceberg’ as they do not take account of ODT, Southland Times, Manawatu infections, caused mainly by the bacteria the thousands of other cases which do not Standard, Hawke’s Bay Today, Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus result in hospitalisation. Newstalk ZB, Nelson Mail, ONE pyogenes, have almost doubled since 1990; 27 Apr to 7 May RNZ Morning Report, News, Tonight from 298 cases per 100,000 to 547 cases. Checkpoint, NZ Listener, ODT, Dom Post, There was now an average of 4450 overnight NZPA, Newstalk ZB News

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Jakob der Lügner (Jacob *Regalia Loan Scheme for Staff Speaker: Dr Kirsten Lovelock (Senior Research the Liar), 1974, German Democratic Republic, The University has a loan scheme to enable Fellow, School of Pharmacy). Venue: Room Directed by Frank Beyer. Venue: Burns 3, Arts staff to purchase academic regalia. 713, Adams Building. Building. The purpose of the scheme is to encourage Molecular mechanisms of antifungal drug Friday 27 May and enable staff to participate in University resistance - 4pm Kaitiakitanga: Zoology’s participation – ceremonial occasions. Microbiology and Immunology Departmental 12noon Seminar. Speaker: Professor Richard The scheme is available to all academic staff who Zoology Public Seminar. Speaker: Dr Khyla have a confirmed or confirmable appointment Cannon (Oral Sciences). Venue: Room 408, Microbiology Building. Russell (Pou here Tangata, Zoology).Venue: and any other staff (either academic or general) Benham Lecture Theatre, 2nd Floor, Benham approved by their Divisional Head. Was the death of Bin Laden a Turning Point Building. Details of the scheme are as follows: in Building a Safer World? - 5pm Is the Climate Change Challenge too big for • An interest-free loan of up to $NZ5,000 will Public Forum. Speakers: Professors Robert democracies? – 12noon be provided to staff for a maximum of two Patman (Politics), Kevin Clements (National Peace and Conflict Studies Public Lecture. years to assist with the purchase of academic Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies) and Speaker: Jonathan Boston (Professor of Public regalia. Andrew Bradstock (Centre for Theology and Policy, Victoria University of Wellington). Public Issues). Venue: Allen Hall Theatre. Venue: Burns 7 Lecture Theatre, Arts Building.

14 From Film as Text to Cinema as Experience PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WOMEN’S PROFESSIONAL – 5.15pm Higher Education DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME Media, Film and Communication Studies Development Centre (HEDC) Negotiating Confidently Public Lecture. Speaker: Professor Francesco 2011 PROFESSIONAL Ruth Chapman (University Mediator) Casetti, (Film Studies Program, Yale DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME FOR University). Venue: Archway 3 Lecture Theatre. Thu 16 Jun and Thu 23 Jun, 9am to 12noon, ACADEMIC STAFF HEDC Seminar Room Sunday 28 May Upcoming Workshops This is a split workshop, open to academic Collegiate Orchestra Semester One Concert Please register through the web if you wish and general staff women, but limited to 12 – 7pm to attend the Professional Development participants. We all negotiate every day but Collegiate Orchestra Semester One Concert. Programme or to check upcoming HEDC sometimes feel diffident or unsure about Venue: Marama Hall. events. To register please go to: our negotiating skills, especially when we are negotiating for ourselves. This two-part http://hedc.otago.ac.nz/workshops/ workshop de-mystifies the negotiating process Monday 30 May listWorkshops.do and gives you the opportunity to practise some A time to live and a time to die: p53 and Lunchtime Learning with Technology simple skills so that you can negotiate more dendritic cell function – 1pm Series: iMusic confidently in the future. School of Pharmacy Departmental Seminar. Speaker: Professor Margaret A Baird Professor Henry Johnson and Dr Shelley Brunt There will be some theoretical discussion and (Microbiology and Immunology). Venue: (Music Department) also practical opportunities to understand and Room 713, Adams Building. Mon 23 May, 1pm to 2pm, HEDC Seminar practise negotiation. Room, 65 Union Place West http://hedc.otago.ac.nz/hedc/asd/Professional- Wednesday 1 June Find out how virtual instruments are being Development-Programme/workshop.html Southern Youth Choir – 1pm used in teaching and learning at Otago. There Lunchtime Concert. Southern Youth Choir, will be plenty of opportunity for discussion HUMAN RESOURCES TRAINING conducted by Josh Clark. Venue: Marama Hall. and debate. AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT What if? Education for Survival – 4pm University of Otago Research Grants A full list of courses and application forms Seminars at CSAFE. Speaker: Dave McKay can be found on the web at: www.otago.ac.nz/ (PhD student at CSAFE).Venue: CSAFE Professor Fiona McDonald (Physiology) and Dr Elaine Webster (Research and Enterprise) humanresources/hr/development/training. Seminar Room, 547 Castle Street. php or email [email protected]. For Tue 31 May, 12noon to 1.50pm, St David How the natural numbers freeze – 5.30pm enrolment enquiries please contact Katherine Seminar Room 2, St David Complex Inaugural Professorial Lecture Series 2011. van der Vliet on 479 4101, Human Resources Speaker: Professor Iain Raeburn (Mathematics The facilitators will provide an introduction to Division. and Statistics). Venue: St David Lecture Theatre. writing a research grant and will then outline the nuts and bolts of the ORG application General Staff Orientation Programme Thursday 2 June process, including budget and timeline. A Fri 3 Jun or Fri 24 Jun, 9am to 12noon question session with the Divisional Research Voyager 7 – 1pm Human Resources provides a regular Advisors will follow. Lunchtime Theatre. Devised by the THEA 152 orientation programme for members of the General staff. Attendance is compulsory for Theatre Technology class. Venue: Allen Hall Attracting, recruiting and selecting Theatre. all staff who have a contract of 12 months or candidates for postgraduate research more, but staff who have shorter contracts are Friday 3 June degrees also welcome to attend provided they have the Dr Carol Bond (HEDC) support of their department. Ethics: From paperwork to principles – 12noon Thu 9 Jun, 11am to 1pm, HEDC Seminar www.otago.ac.nz/humanresources/hr/ Zoology Public Seminar. Speaker: Dr Craig Room, 65 Union Place West development/coursesPages/orientation.php Preston (Zoology). Venue: Benham Lecture In this workshop we look at the different ways Theatre, 2nd Floor, Benham Building. that postgraduate research Master’s and Doctoral Supervisory Skills: The basics students are typically recruited and selected, and The aim of this nine-session programme is to Voyager 7 – 1pm practical ways in which potential supervisors can help participants gain insight into the key tasks Lunchtime Theatre. Devised by the THEA 152 make their research interests known. involved, and the basic skills and techniques Theatre Technology class. Venue: Allen Hall required to be an effective supervisor. Please Theatre. Helping students to write and publish note: These modules build on one another so it is helpful if participants attend all sessions, Tuesday 7 June their research Dr Carol Bond (HEDC) but they can be attended as single units. Plant-environment interactions: plant Thu 14 Jul, 11am to 1pm, HEDC Seminar www.otago.ac.nz/humanresources/hr/ strategies and applications – 1pm development/coursesPages/super_basics.php Botany Departmental Seminar. Speaker: Dr Room, 65 Union Place West Rainer Hofmann (Senior Lecturer in Plant In this workshop for research supervisors, we Dates: Biology, Faculty of Agriculture and Life look at practical strategies that will encourage Session Four: Communication Thu 26 May Sciences, Lincoln University). Venue: Benham students in academic writing and publishing. Session Five: Diversity in your team Thu 23 Jun Seminar Room, Zoology Department. Session Six: Performance Thu 21 Jul Don’t put off ’til tomorrow what you Session Seven: Delegation Thu 25 Aug Monday 13 June can change today Session Eight: Growing your team Thu 22 Sep Session Nine: Health and Safety Thu 27 Oct Regulation of Gene Expression by Cohesin Brian Johnston (Centre for Innovation) – 1pm Times: 9am to 12noon Thu 19 Jul, 10am to 12noon, Centre for Cost: $250 for the programme or $35 per session Physiology Departmental Seminar. Speaker: Dr Innovation Seminar Room Julia Horsfield (Pathology). Venue: Red Lecture Theatre, Scott Building. This workshop will help you explore your Time Management: finding the time to personal and professional options and plan and organise Thursday 16 June implement action plans to help you achieve Wed 25 May and Wed 8 Jun, 9am to 12noon, your goals. Finding a balance between productive and $70 cultural use of Mäori freehold land – 4pm Seminars at CSAFE. Speaker: Dr David Goodwin (Senior Lecturer, School of Surveying). Venue: CSAFE Seminar Room, 547 Castle Street. 15 This course aims to provide practical tips on www.otago.ac.nz/humanresources/hr/ FN 1.2 Finance One Enquiry and how you can better manage your time enabling development/coursesPages/career_under_opp. Reporting Overview you to feel more organised and giving you time php Wed 25 May, 9am to 12noon to plan. An introduction to Enquiry and Reporting Participants are required to attend both HEALTH AND SAFETY TRAINING PROGRAMME for staff with ‘Enquiry Only’ access. This is a sessions. hands-on course where staff will learn how www.otago.ac.nz/humanresources/hr/ A full list of courses and application forms can to navigate their way around Finance One, development/coursesPages/time_mgmt.php be found on the web at: perform enquiries and run reports in Finance www.otago.ac.nz/humanresources/hr/ One. This training will be performed on the Career Development: understanding development/training-healthandsafety.php or Training environment using training logins. your skills email [email protected]. For enrolment Note: Staff must complete the Application for Tue 31 May, 10am to 12noon, $35 enquiries please contact Katherine van der Vliet Finance One User form (available on the FSD (Human Resources Division), Ph: 479 4101. This workshop should assist staff to identify webpage: www.otago.ac.nz/financialservices/ FSDForms/index.html) and attend FN 1.2 the key skills they possess and analyse how and Refresher First Aid to what extent they currently use them in the training prior to gaining ‘Enquiry Only’ access workplace. Tue 30 Aug, 9am to 3.30pm, $60 to Finance One. www.otago.ac.nz/humanresources/hr/ This course is for holders of Standard/ development/coursesPages/career_skills.php Workplace First Aid certificates. As treatments FN 1.5 Finance One Ledger Reporting and techniques are constantly updated, it (Level 2) is recommended that a Refresher course be Delegation: more than just passing it on Wed 15 Jun, 9am to 11am undertaken every two years. This is a detailed session on running reports Fri 10 Jun. 9am to 12noon, $35 www.otago.ac.nz/healthandsafety/training/ in Finance One using the enquiry screen, EIE This short course provides a framework to refresher_firstaid.html screen and standard XLOne reports. This is a discuss and find solutions for many of the hands-on session where attendees get practical issues that stop us from delegating – or at least Workplace First Aid experience in running their own Finance One delegating effectively. Thu 1 Sep, 8.30am to 5pm and Fri 2 Sep, ledger reports. An open question session will www.otago.ac.nz/humanresources/hr/ 8.30am to 12.30pm, $95 also be included where questions relating to development/coursesPages/delegation.php reports can be asked. The Workplace First Aid course is a comprehensive 12-hour course and is the Prerequisites: Users must have attended FN Pacific Awareness minimum requirement for those appointed as 1.2 (Finance One Enquiry and Reporting Wed 22 Jun, 9am to 10.30am, $20 the Departmental First Aider. Overview) and had at least three months’ Finance One Enquiry Only experience. This workshop is designed to give participants www.otago.ac.nz/healthandsafety/training/ an awareness of the diversity of Pacific peoples. workplace_firstaid.html They will also learn and practise some relevant FN 2.1 Marketsite E-Procurement greetings. Fire Warden Training (online purchasing) Tue 24 May, 9.30am to 12noon Mon 20 Jun, 10am to 11.30am, $35 Communicating: building effective An introduction to purchasing via the Fire Wardens and Deputy Fire Wardens must relationships with your colleagues University’s online purchasing system, be appointed on every floor within every Tue 28 Jun, 9am to 12noon, $35 Marketsite. This is a hands-on course, where University building. All staff appointed as staff learn how to create, approve and receipt This session looks at how to build productive Fire Wardens or Deputy Fire Wardens should purchase orders in MarketSite. The completion working relationships with colleagues by attend this course. This course will also of practical exercises will reinforce course understanding their communication styles. provide valuable skills to those that may find content. www.otago.ac.nz/humanresources/hr/ themselves in a fire situation. Note: Staff need to complete the Marketsite development/coursesPages/comm_colleague. www.otago.ac.nz/healthandsafety/training/ New User Application form (available php firewardens.html from the FSD webpage: www.otago.ac.nz/ Facilitating Meetings FINANCIAL SERVICES TRAINING financialservices/FSDForms/index.html) prior to attending this training session. Thu 30 Jun, 9am to 12noon, $35 The full Financial Services Division’s (FSD) This course will focus on giving meeting 2011 training programme is on the FSD IT TRAINING facilitators the skills to control and encourage webpage www.otago.ac.nz/financialservices/ participation in order to achieve the meeting’s training/index.html. For training module Endnote - Styles objectives. enquiries or registration contact: fsd.training@ Mon 23 May, 1pm to 2pm, $45, Windows but otago.ac.nz. Upcoming sessions include: www.otago.ac.nz/humanresources/hr/ the same on Macintosh development/coursesPages/fac_meetings.php Learn how to download and/or slightly edit FN 1.1 Finance One Administrators’ journal styles or style manual styles from the Overview Conflict: managing it better EndNote website to use in your document Wed 8 Jun, 2pm to 5pm Fri 1 and 8 Jul (workshop held over two days), 9am to 12noon, $80 An introduction to Finance One for staff with Word 2007 - Styles and Layouts ‘Administrator’ access. This is a hands-on course This workshop looks at how our attitudes to Mon 23 May, 1pm to 3pm, free for staff/$90 for where staff will learn how to navigate their way conflict can affect its outcome and includes others, Windows around Finance One, process Creditors, Debtors components on conflict-resolution skills along Learn how to format paragraphs correctly, get and Journal documents in Finance One. 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In this two-hour session discover an incredibly move up, but are not sure how to make choices useful way of categorising data and producing and identify what is best for them. summary statistics using Excel 2007 Pivot Tables.

16 PowerPoint 2007 - Creating a Blackboard - Anti-Plagiarism EXECUTIVE RESIDENCE Presentation Thu 2 Jun, 1pm to 3pm, free for staff/$90 for Upcoming book launch, retirement function, Wed 25 May, 9am to 11am, free for staff/$90 others, Web farewell, strategic planning session? Check out for others, Windows The University has the SafeAssign system the Executive Residence for your requirements. Learn how to create presentations: working available for checking student work for Contact Jenni Wright (Acting Manager), Ph: with outlines and layouts, changing text, indications of plagiarism. This system is 479 9151, Email: [email protected] adding graphics and applying themes. Learn available via Blackboard, though you do not about printing and slideshow delivery options. have to be using Blackboard as a teaching tool EMTECH to use SafeAssign. This course provides an Electromechanical Technology for Teaching Illustrator - Overview overview in using SafeAssign. and Research at Otago. A fully-equipped Thu 26 May, 9am to 12noon, $125, Macintosh high-precision workshop with highly skilled but the same on Windows Python - Intermediate engineers. We design, build, service and repair An introduction to the computer drawing Fri 3 Jun, 9am to 12noon, $125, Macintosh but scientific equipment and instruments for program, Adobe Illustrator, including its uses, the same on Windows teaching and research, as well as electronic and audiovisual repairs. Contact Jim Woods or Leo tools and information windows, creating a This course expands on the Intro to Python van Rens, Ph: 479 7304. Email: emtech@otago. drawing, importing files, formatting text, course to explore Python in more depth. editing and printing. ac.nz Word 2007 - Introduction Blackboard - Journalling ARE YOU PREGNANT AND WILLING Fri 3 Jun, 9am to 11am, free for staff/$90 for TO PARTICIPATE IN RESEARCH? Thu 26 May, 11am to 12noon, free for staff/$45 others, Windows for others, Web If you are in the early stages of your FIRST Learn key features in Word – creating and pregnancy and aged between 18 to 38 years, Journals and Blogs with Blackboard are a way saving documents, text selection, inserting you are invited to take part in this research a student or group of students can record and deleting text and symbols, working with study that investigates the anatomy of a their activities over time. Learn to set up and multiple documents, undo/redo feature and joint in the pelvis. The study involves having manage Journals and Blogs. cut, copy and paste. ultrasound scans of your pelvic bones during

and after pregnancy. The scans will be University Blogs - Demo Photoshop - Layers and Selections undertaken at the Department of Anatomy Tue 7 Jun, 1pm to 4pm, $125, Macintosh but Mon 30 May, 1pm to 2pm, free, Web and Structural Biology, Great King Street, the same on Windows This 30-minute demonstration covers setting opposite Dunedin Public Hospital. We will up a website for a small group/occasion. Learn about working with layers in Photoshop, try to reimburse your travel expenses. This Bookings are not necessary, but we recommend advanced selection techniques, masks, and study has ethical approval from the Lower that anyone planning to attend the hands-on building composite images and panoramas. South Regional Ethics Committee. For further introductory course attend the demo first. information, please contact Ines Becker (PhD Bookings candidate), Ph: 479 7549, Email: ines.becker@ Excel 2008 - Formulas For bookings, please complete the online anatomy.otago.ac.nz. Mon 30 May, 1pm to 3pm, free for staff/$90 for booking form which is available by clicking on others, Macintosh the “Make Booking” button beside the course THE FILM EXPERIENCE date on the web - www.otago.ac.nz/ITS/training Understand the basics of how to create A series of events with Professor Francesco - click on the courses by date link on the left - formulas and work with functions. Casetti (Film Studies Programme, Yale click on the month link - click the course link University and University of Otago William and then the Make Booking button). Dreamweaver - Cascading Style Sheets Evans Fellow 2011). For more information and other training dates, Tue 31 May, 9am to 12noon, $125, Macintosh Public Lecture: From Film as Text to Film as see www.otago.ac.nz/ITS/training/trainingdb/ but same on Windows Experience subject.php Learn to edit and create Cascading Style Sheets Fri 27 May, 5.15pm to control web page appearance. Archway 3 Lecture Theatre GENERAL NOTICES Conference on ‘Screen Cultures’ Macintosh - Productivity Fri 3 and Sat 4 Jun SCIENCE “FOUR”TE Wed 1 Jun, 9am to 11am, $90, Macintosh Keynote lecture by Professor Casetti: Some Wed 22 Jun, 7.30pm Thoughts on the Relocation of Cinema There is a wide variety of ways to automate Centre for Innovation Seminar Room, 87 St The conference is open to the public, repetitive tasks using a Macintosh. This course David Street explores what options are available to have the registration is required. computer work for you. The Association for Women in the Sciences For details Email: [email protected] (AWIS) invites members and supporters to or visit www.otago.ac.nz/languagescultures/ Outlook 2007 - Mastering Email attend Science “four”te. In this networking screencultures.html Management event we invite you to give a brief presentation about your science strengths and interests. The Postgraduate Masterclass led by Professor Wed 1 Jun, 1pm to 3pm, $90, Windows evening is intended to stimulate discussion and Casetti: Early Film Theory and the Problem of Learn how to manage your Outlook Inbox networking. It will be a fantastic opportunity Modernity more effectively by: changing email settings, to find out more about the wealth of science Sun 5 Jun, 9.30am to 3pm. using folders, finding related messages, expertise we have right here in Dunedin. Can Free to postgraduate students and early career setting up search folders, converting emails to you tell us in four minutes and using just four staff, registration is required. appointments or tasks and applying categories. powerpoint slides: Who are you? How did you For details Email: [email protected] get into science? What are you doing now? Professor Casetti holds a position at the Access 2007 - Introduction Where is science going to take you in the future? forefront of contemporary international film Thu 2 Jun, 9am to 11am, free for staff/$90 for For further information, please contact Natalie theory. This programme of events is offered others, Windows Harfoot (Dunedin Co-convenor for AWIS), by the Department of Languages and Cultures An introduction to databases using Microsoft Email: [email protected]. and the Department of Media, Film and Access 2010, including database terminology, Communication at the University of Otago. planning and creating a database, defining fields and data types.

17 INTRODUCTION TO ASTRONOMY Thu 26 May, 10.30am SITUATIONS VACANT COURSE Coffee at the home of Kathy Petrie, 24 Michie ACADEMIC VACANCIES The Dunedin Astronomical Society is running Street, Belleknowes (477 4978). a course at the Beverly-Begg Observatory over Senior Lecturer (Gastroenterology) and Thu 2 Jun at 10.30am May and Jun to assist new observers looking at Consultant Gastroenterologist the night sky. Coffee at the home of Jackie Innes, 42 Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences Musselburgh Rise, Musselburgh (455 3253). Dunedin School of Medicine and Otago Topics: District Health Board Session 1 - Using a telescope Tue 17 May Thu 9 Jun at 10.30am (Confirmation Path) Session 2 - How to observe Tue 24 May Legally speaking: How to turn around a Reference Number: A08/08 Session 3 - Star & Planet Finding Tue 31 May disastrous day Closing Date: There is no formal closing Session 4 - Deep sky fuzzies Tue 7 June Coffee at the Otago Room, Clubs and Societies date and applications will be considered Registration forms are available by writing to: Centre followed by a talk presented by individually on receipt. Dunedin Astronomical Society, P.O. Box 6019, Galloway Cook Allan lawyers. Different areas Dunedin, or Ph: David Jaquiery (Secretary) of the law will be examined (i.e. property, Skills Laboratory Clinical Director 456 3640 or 027 4374 161, Email: davidja@ financial, family, wills and enduring Powers of Dunedin School of Medicine xtra.co.nz Attorney) by looking at a day in the life of a (Part-time) person called Daisy. Reference Number: A10/61 CARLUCCIO AND THE QUEEN OF Closing Date: There is no formal closing Thu 16 Jun at 10.30am HEARTS date and applications will be considered Coffee at the home of Sheila Ward, 118 Jeffery individually on receipt. Thu 26 May to Sat 4 Jun,7.30pm (except Sun at Street, Andersons Bay (454 3700). 2pm, and no performance Mon) Senior Lecturer in Orthodontics Globe Theatre, London Street Sat 18 Jun at 6.30pm Department of Oral Sciences This modern play by English writer George Mid-Winter Feast School of Dentistry Rosie concerns the later life of the aging Pot luck supper at the home of Lesley and (Confirmation Path) “Bonnie Prince Charlie” – now exiled in Italy Bill Gillespie, 8 Como Street, Maori Hill (467 Reference Number: A10/91 with his much younger wife (the Queen of 5174). An evening for all the family. Soft drinks Closing Date: There is no formal closing Hearts). Directed by Nigel Ensor. Warning: will be provided. BYOB. date and applications will be considered some content and language may offend. individually on receipt.

Bookings, Ph: 477 3274, www.globetheatre. Thu 23 Jun at 10.30am org.nz or door sales (NB no eftpos). Tickets: Coffee at the home of Elizabeth Rades, 14 Postdoctoral Fellow (Organic Chemistry) $18/$15 or $12 each for parties of five or more. Elliot Street, Andersons Bay (455 2811) Department of Chemistry Opening Night special price: $10. (Fixed-term) 30 Jun and 7 Jul at 10.30am Reference Number: 1100116 For further information, please contact Don Mid-year break Closing Date: There is no formal closing Knewstubb (AV Specialist), Ph: 479 4238, date and applications will be considered Email: [email protected] We will continue to meet informally for coffee in The Link in the University’s Information individually on receipt. Services Building. Please phone Lesley Gillespie *DO POSSUMS VISIT YOUR Colgate Lecturer/Senior Lecturer PROPERTY? (467 5174), or another committee member, if you would like directions. Periodontology and Oral Health We are looking for people who live between Department of Oral Sciences Aramoana and Port Chalmers who already trap THE UNIVERSITY CLUB (Inc) School of Dentistry possums on their properties, for the purpose Mercure Leisure Lodge, Duke (Confirmation Path) of obtaining genetic samples within this area. Street Reference Number: 1100117 For further information, please contact Amy Closing Date: There is no formal closing Adams (PhD Student), Email: adaam558@ The University Club provides for its members date and applications will be considered student.otago.ac.nz. speakers of good quality, a luncheon and individually on receipt. friendly companionship on a weekly basis. *FEEDING A NATION: OUR Luncheon Speakers May Senior Lecturer in Orthodontics PROVINCIAL PANTRY 12.10pm for 12.30pm Department of Oral Sciences Faculty of Dentistry 2 May to 10 Jun 20 May (Confirmation Path) Archives New Zealand, 556 George Street Reference Number: 1100237 Mon to Fri, 9.30am to 5pm, free admission Bruce Munro (Senior Reporter, Star Community newspaper) Closing Date: There is no formal closing An exhibition featuring an assortment of date and applications will be considered Joys, Gripes and Journalists: Why I angered archives that illustrate the Government’s individually on receipt. involvement in food and administration in the Michael Hill and other thoughts on being a community newspaper reporter Deep South. The exhibition forms part of a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Mäori Physical programme of food-themed events organised 27 May Education and Health by Dunedin archives institutions in the month Warren Tate (Department of Biochemistry) School of Physical Education of May to celebrate Records and Archives (Confirmation Path) Week 2011. The link between the dawning of the genetic code, our pathogenic viruses, and the smooth Reference Number: 1100238 Closing Date: Mon 23 May 2011 OTAGO UNIVERSITY STAFF integration of the cells in our body FAMILIES ASSOCIATION WELCOMES To come as a guest contact: Alan Jackson: Lecturer in Strength and Conditioning NEWCOMERS AND VISITORS Secretary, 55 Evans Street, Opoho, Dunedin, School of Physical Education 9010, or Ph: 473 6947, or Email: alanjackson@ (Confirmation Path) We run a varied social programme each xtra.co.nz semester for university staff members, their Reference Number: 1100239 partners and families. We particularly welcome Closing Date: Mon 23 May 2011 newcomers and visitors to the University. For more information contact Lesley Gillespie (Ph: Senior Lecturer / Associate Professor in 467 5174, Email: [email protected]) International Trade or Jennifer Angelo (Ph: 021 243 5813, Email: Department of Economics [email protected]), or please just come (Confirmation Path) along to any of the events listed below.

18 (Journal of Economic Literature Codes F1 Research Assistant to anything useful. Contact Gordon, Ph: 479 and F2) Department of Psychology 8139, Email: [email protected] Reference Number: 1100241 (Half-Time, Fixed Term) Closing Date: Thu 30 Jun 2011 Reference Number: 1100267 Two br, $260 p/w, OSP, unfurn, avail: 17 Jun Closing Date: Fri 27 May 2011 or sooner, area: Roslyn. Sunny location, just 25 Associate Professor in Economics/ minutes’ walk or five minutes’ drive to town. Econometrics Head of Marketing Services Available on a short-term or long-term basis. Department of Economics Marketing Services Dishwasher, fridge freezer, washing machine, (Confirmation Path) Reference Number: 1100271 log burner. Beautiful outlook. Photos available (Journal of Economic Literature Codes C, D, E, Closing Date: Wed 1 Jun 2011 on request. Contact Ann-Marie, Ph: 479 8262, F, H, I, J, L, N, O, Q and R) Email: [email protected] Reference Number: 1100242 CAMPUS TEMPS Closing Date: Thu 30 Jun 2011 Experienced general administrators required Two br, $295 p/w, OSP, fully furn, avail: 28 for temporary assignments. Wide variety of May, area: Broad Bay. Warm, sunny, heat Senior Lecturer in Higher Education both roles and assignment duration available. pump, spectacular views, wee beach at the Higher Education Development Centre If interested, please view further information bottom of the garden. Fully equipped from (HEDC) online and apply via – www.otago.ac.nz/ towels to teaspoons. Ideal for visiting staff. (Confirmation Path) humanresources/campustemps/ Enjoy the real kiwi experience in the heart of Reference Number: 1100248 Dunedin’s Peninsula. Contact Ainslie, Ph: 478 Closing Date: There is no formal closing Application Information 1255, Email: [email protected] date and applications will be considered To see a full job description and to apply online individually on receipt. go to: www.otago.ac.nz/jobs Two br, $330p/w, OSP, part furn, avail: 27 Jun, area: Central City. Modern, double-glazed, Equal opportunity in employment is two-level apartment. Heat pump in open Associate Professor/Senior Lecturer and University policy. Consultant in Nephrology plan living on upper floor to keep you warm Department of Medicine E tautoko ana Te Whare Wänanga o Otägo i throughout the winter while enjoying the Dunedin School of Medicine and Southern te kaupapa whakaörite whiwhinga mahi. amazing views across the harbour. Carport, District Health Board balcony, great neighbours. Contact Nina, (Confirmation Path) CLASSIFIED Email: [email protected] Reference Number: 1100258. Closing Date: There is no formal closing TO LET Two br, $350 p/w, OSP, fully furn, avail: date and applications will be considered One br, $200 p/w, OSP, fully furn, avail: 3 18 Jul to 23 Jan 2012, area: St Kilda. Very individually on receipt. Jun, area: Maori Hill. Downstairs apartment. warm, beautiful, two-bedroom townhouse. Kitchen, dining/lounge, shower/bath, washing Dishwasher, fridge and washing machine. Research Fellow / Postdoctoral Fellow machine, gas plates, microwave, small oven, Double-glazed, heat pump. No smoking, Department of Anatomy and Structural granite bench, dining table/chairs, bar stools, no pets. Access by public transport, close to Biology TV, queen size bed, desk, good carpets. Fifteen amenities. Handy to supermarket. Ideal for Otago School of Medical Sciences minutes’ walk to University and Hospital. academics and postgraduate students. Contact (Fixed-term) Garden with trees and lawn. Lease: One to two Adelso, Ph: 455 4361 or 021 404 305, Email: Reference Number: 1100262 years preferred. Contact Zoe, Ph: 482 1000, [email protected] Closing Date: Tue 7 Jun 2011 Email: [email protected] Two br, $390 p/w, OSP, fully furn, avail: now, Lecturer/Senior Lecturer, Foodservice One br, $230 p/w, OSP, unfurn, avail: early Jun, area: Maori Hill. Brick home with kitchen, Management area: Fairfield. Quiet, sunny, rural outlook. dining, lounge, shower/bath, gas stove, fridge Department of Human Nutrition Fifteen minutes’ drive to the CBD. Large freezer, microwave, washing machine, dining (Confirmation Path) kitchen/living, large bedroom. Heat pump, table, leather lounge suite, Yunca, fireplace, Reference Number: 1100268 dishwasher, fridge, washing machine. No night stores, king and queen beds, linen and Closing Date: Fri 3 Jun 2011 smoking or pets. Contact Peter or Kath, Ph: decking. Fifteen minute walk to University 488 3786. and Hospital. Contact Zoe, Email: merzo350@ Chair in Philosophy student.otago.ac.nz Department of Philosophy One br, $255 p/w, OSP, fully furn, avail: 10 Reference Number: 1100272 Jul, area: Central City. Spacious, beautifully Three br, $200 p/w, OSP, fully furn, avail: 13 Closing Date: Fri 1 Jul 2011 refurbished, studio apartment with kitchenette Jun to 14 Jan 2012, area: St Clair. Cosy and and private bathroom in gracious, historic tastefully decorated. Double bedroom, single Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Philosophy house. Stunning harbour views. Courtyard bedroom and office. Whiteware. Good heating/ Department of Philosophy garden, BBQ. Includes power, phone, and insulation. TV, stereo, DVD. Garage. Pretty (Confirmation Path) weekly service. Optional internet. Twenty garden. Private and quiet. Fantastic sea views. Reference Number: 1100273 minutes’ walk to University. Ideal for senior Short hop to beach and Esplanade cafes. Close Closing Date: Fri 8 Jul 2011 students/staff. Contact Beverley, Ph: 021 159 to public transport. Contact Alexandra, Ph: 8275 or 467 9431, Email: beverley.lawrence@ 479 8965, Email: [email protected] GENERAL VACANCIES otago.ac.nz General Practitioner Three br, $280 p/w, OSP, unfurn, avail: now, Student Health Services One br, $300 p/w, OSP, fully furn, avail: Oct, area: Karitane. Outstanding views with large (Part-time, 30 hours per week) area: North Dunedin. Modern, one-bedroom sun deck. Contact Diane, Ph: 465 7196, Email: (Starting date: May 2011) apartment with one bathroom. Very sunny and [email protected] Reference Number: 1100203 well built. Perfect size for a young professional Closing Date: There is no formal closing couple or for people studying/working at the Three br, $290 p/w, OSP, unfurn, avail: now, date and applications will be considered University. Just minutes’ walk to the University. area: Roslyn. Sunny flat with great views. Three individually on receipt. Contact Mo, Ph: 021 153 4423, Email: minutes’ walk to Roslyn supermarkets, shops, [email protected] cafes and schools. Close to City Centre, on bus Medical Receptionist route. Totally renovated three years ago. Heat Student Health Services One br, $270 p/w, OSP, unfurn, avail: 22 Jul, pump and wood burner. Whiteware, including Reference Number: 1100263 area: Roslyn. Stand-alone townhouse. Modern, dishwasher. Contact Steve, Ph: 021 279 5171, Closing Date: Fri 27 May 2011 sunny, well cared for, with garage. Extra attic Email: [email protected] room. Shower and separate bath. Wood burner, sheltered outdoor areas. Easy walking distance

19 Three br, $295 p/w, OSP, unfurn, avail: now, or media studies buff. Access to massive media Large corner study desk. Tidy condition. area: Port Chalmers. Five-year-old home. Three collection. Double br, $100 p/w, +exp, unfurn, New Zealand tawa (light wood) veneer, 2.1m double bedrooms with built-in wardrobes. avail: now, area: North East Valley. Contact from corner to end in both directions, with Open-plan living, north-facing deck, two heat Martin, Ph: 473 8829. adjustable keyboard extension. Email for a pumps, whiteware, two car parks. Ten minutes’ photo if required. $40. Contact Janine, Ph: 479 drive to town, two minutes’ walk to shops and Newly renovated, warm dry home. Five 8666, Email: [email protected] cafes. Close to bus stop. Ph: 022 6147 947, bedrooms, two full bathrooms, large lounge Email: polso_nz@yahoo with wet back fireplace that heats the whole King single bed with expensive mattress and house. Great quiet neighbourhood, short wooden bed frame, just so comfy and nice Three br, $300 p/w, unfurn, avail: 28 May, area: 15 minute walk through Botanic Gardens looking, pics on request. $500. Contact Wendy, Opoho. Sunny brick home in great location. to University/Polytechnic. My Sky, large TV. Ph: 479 4515, Email: wendy.steenkamp@otago. Large deck from living area with views of Double br, $100 p/w, +exp, OSP, unfurn, avail: ac.nz valley. Heat pump, solar hot water, flower and now, area: Opoho. Contact Michelle, Ph: 0210 vege gardens, separate laundry, one bathroom. 714 790, Email: [email protected] Sony 32 inch LCD widescreen TV. Two-and- Close to Opoho School, bus, Gardens and a-half years old. Small scratch on screen, only University. Contact Kim, Ph: 021 562 896, Share two-bedroom townhouse with female visible when TV is off, does not affect picture. Email: [email protected] academic. Internet, heat pump, close to bus Excellent TV for crib or kids. Email for picture. routes. Ten to 15 minute walk to Octagon, $300, ONO. Contact Theresa, Ph: 479 7911, Three br, $300 p/w, OSP, unfurn, avail: May 20 minute walk to University. Suits mature Email: [email protected] to Dec, area: Quiet Dunedin suburb. Situated postgraduate or professional. Non-smoker. on quiet cul-de-sac with rural views. Close Single br, $125 p/w, +exp, fully furn, avail: 29 Small wrapped bales of baleage for sale. Winter to shopping centre, park, supermarket, bus May, area: Central City. Contact Sheri, Email: feed ideal for all stock including horses. Phone route and primary and secondary schools. [email protected] or email Tina. Leave a message if necessary. $14 Ten minutes’ drive to City Centre. Warm, dollars each. Contact Cristina, Ph: 476 4314, tidy house, garden, open plan dining/kitchen, Master bedroom available with built-in Email: [email protected] separate lounge and large wood fire. Contact wardrobe, in awesome insulated house. Heat Kat, Ph: 03 231 3390, Email: blairandkat@ pump, quiet area, back deck, nice private Ricoh Aficio black and colour printer/scanner/ gmail.com garden, great views. Periodic lease. Flatmates: photocopier. As we are upgrading, the Ricoh is One male University staff member and one no longer required. Model Number MP C4500. Three br, $310 p/w, OSP, unfurn, avail: now, female PhD student (not a couple), late 20s. Bought brand new in Dec 2007. Feel free to area: Normanby. Sunny, modern, spacious, Seeking someone responsible like us. Double contact us for a viewing/demonstration. $All private home. Two living areas, enclosed deck. br, $100 p/w, +exp, unfurn, avail: now, area: reasonable offers considered. Contact School Heat pump, dishwasher, bath and separate Dalmore. Contact Paul, Ph: 022 676 1337, of Pharmacy, Ph: 479 7275, Email: pharmacy. shower. Quiet neighbourhood, sunny side, Email: [email protected] [email protected] upper Normanby. Lawns maintained by landlord. Cats fine. Two weeks bond plus two HOUSE FOR SALE WANTED TO BUY weeks advance rent. Contact Graham, Ph: 021 Two br, $GV395,000, OSP, Suburb: Waverley. Want to buy house up to $400,000 in Opoho/ 199 2288, Email: [email protected]. Stunning views, second living area/TV room/ Maori Hill/Roslyn, etc within 30 minute walk ac.nz study on mezzanine floor, log burner with to University. Two or more bedrooms. Prefer wetback, double-glazing throughout, low brick, sunny, not too steep/old/damp/windy, Three br, $330 p/w, OSP, fully furn, avail: now, maintenance exterior, established gardens, no leaks, freehold. Contact Wendy, Ph: 021 800 area: Roslyn. Two bedroom brick house with modern bathroom, separate toilet and en suite. 563, Email: [email protected] study. Available now, negotiable length of Conservatory/balcony, security alarm, garage/ stay. Views of city and harbour. Heat pump, workshop. Contact Neil, Ph: 476 1638 or 479 VEHICLES FOR SALE garage, rumpus room with table tennis. Twenty 8958, Email: [email protected] minutes’ walk to town or bus outside door. 1991, Mitsubishi, Gallant, current wof, current registration, 181,000km. Manual, Garden and lawns maintained by neighbour. HOUSEsitting Contact Marilyn, Ph: 477 4987, Email: marilyn. battery warranty (2013), transferable third [email protected] House sit available. One br, OSP, avail: now, party insurance. Serviced regularly, reliable, area: Waverley. Short-term accommodation economical (11-12 km/L petrol). Tow bar, all Four br, $350 p/w, OSP, fully furn, avail: second available: Visiting academic/Fellow/volunteer. drive belts replaced, fully serviced last month, semester, area: Blueskin Bay/Warrington. one big, furnished, double room. Linen and owner moving overseas, $1600, ONO. Contact Refurbished cosy three-bedroom cottage with towels provided. Two bus options or free ride Dip, Ph: 021 141 1701, or 479 7803, Email: sleepout and spa pool ready for your family. with University staff member. Sunny, big and [email protected] Fully equipped/furnished (towels, linen, dishes, private. Share with Univerity staff member. etc.), fully insulated with double-glazing, and Contact Lynn, Ph: 479 8306, Email: lynn. 1997, Honda, Civic LXI, current wof, current 180 degree sea/bay views. Car available and [email protected] registration, 126,000km. 1.6cc, automatic, free firewood. Contact Maia, Ph: 021 171 0226, economic to run, regularly serviced, CD, tow Email: [email protected] HOLIDAY ACCOMMODATION bar. $3000. Contact Gail, Ph: 479 9199, Email: Three br, $100 per night, 700 p/w, OSP, fully [email protected] Four br, $485 p/w, OSP, fully furn, avail: furn, avail: from 9 Jun, area: Port Chalmers. between Dec 2011 and Dec 2012, area: Opoho. Modern bach 600m from beach. Three 1998, Mitsubishi Galant, VRG, current wof, Versatile family home. Walk to campus, bedrooms, clean and tidy. New bathroom and current registration, 200,000km. Two litre, schools, Gardens and shops. All whiteware, kitchen. Close to Dunedin. Great as a weekend automatic techtronic. Very economical, wood burner, Satellite TV, wireless internet. getaway. Contact Sonya, Ph: 027 228 8715, excellent condition, well maintained. Office, sundeck and double lounge for extra Email: [email protected] Recent tyres, brakes and new battery. Drives living spaces. Secure parking and lockup beautifully, genuine reason for sale, $2200, garage. Prefer 12-month lease. Contact Fiona FOR SALE ONO. Contact Pip, Ph: 479 5583, Email: pip. and Graham, Ph: 473 1338, Email: fiona. [email protected] Pearl Target series five-piece black drum kit [email protected] with hi-hat, crash and ride cymbals. Comes MISCELLANEOUS with throne, practice pads and cymbal bag. FLATMATE WANTED In almost mint condition. $1200 new from Architectural draughting service: Designs and Mature flatmate wanted to share with one the Rock Shop. Photos available. $650, ONO. detailed drawings for new homes, alterations other in cosy house. Great views. Dishwasher, Contact Suki, Ph: 027 447 8743, Email: suki. and Building Consents. Licensed Building heat pump, fire. Good sized room. Five [email protected] Practitioner (Design) experienced in all aspects minutes’ walk to supermarket. Suit mature film of residential design. No-obligation free initial

20 consultation to discuss your specific building Italian Cooking Classes. Learn to cook a four- POSTGRADUATE COFFEE HOUR needs. Contact Jeremy, Ph: 027 481 6428 or 478 course Italian meal, have fun and socialise. Take a break from your busy schedule and 0848, Email: [email protected] Places still available for Sat 16 Jul, 11am to join OUSA for their weekly Postgrad Coffee 2.30pm at Port Chalmers Library. Umbria Hour. The Postgrad Coffee Hour is an OUSA Clothing alteration and curtain/soft furnishing Menu (vegetarian): Spelt soup served with initiative to give postgrads a time to connect making services offered. Quality workmanship walnut bread, egg-free handmade pasta in with each other... and to get out of the office! at reasonable prices. I also make patchwork cot a tomato, chilli, garlic and parsley sauce, Held every Wednesday from 3pm to 4pm in quilts, which are a fantastic baby gift. Please cannellini bean stew with tomatoes, sage the Gazebo Lounge on the first floor of the inquire for examples of my work. Contact and garlic, pears roasted in red wine. $45 per University Union. Coffee, tea, and biscuits are Anya, Ph: 021 061 5709 or 473 7070, Email: person. Bookings essential. Contact Samantha, provided. All you need to bring is yourself and [email protected] Email: [email protected] the conversation. Hope to see you there!

D.W. Hasler Builders, for all types of building, Free to an approved home. Six-year-old, small, DOCTORAL LOUNGE maintenance and joinery work. We can also male Border Collie. Lovely natured and very organise all sub-contractors. Free quotations. pretty dog. Great with children and other Located on the first floor of the University Same day service for urgent work. Contact animals. Micro chipped and vaccinated. Needs Union building, the Doctoral Lounge is Tom, Ph: 455 5159. a large, secure back yard. Owners relocating available for use by all Doctoral candidates. overseas and unable to take with them. Comes Facilities in the Lounge include free tea and Registered Feldenkrais practitioner available for with kennel and run and some food. Contact coffee, a daily newspaper, a PC with internet individual tuition. Improve your coordination, Carol, Ph: 027 472 2753, Email: carol.elliott@ access and Endnote, and comfortable furniture balance and efficiency in movement. Great for otago.ac.nz for relaxing or studying. Access to the performers, athletes, those doing repetitive Lounge is via your student ID card and can tasks, living with pain, injury or chronic Toastmasters, past and present. Time to brush be arranged by contacting Susan Craig, Email: conditions. Phone for appointment. Contact up those public speaking skills. Tabletalk [email protected] Catherine, Ph: 453 6043 or 021 122 1421, Email: Toastmasters is a dinner club that meets on the [email protected] first Thursday of every month in restaurants CALL FOR Events for GRADUATE in the Dunedin area. Our meetings are social, RESEARCH MONTH Grazing wanted for one pony. Approximately while still retaining the standard Toastmasters Last year’s very successful Graduate Research one acre. Very responsible owner. Contact format. Low, semi-annual fees and great club Month programme put graduate students in the Bonnie, Ph: 027 273 9963, Email: bonnie. meetings. Only requirement is that you have University’s spotlight. Postgraduate students are [email protected] completed your first ten speeches (CC or an enormously important part of a world class CTM). Our next meeting is at Scotia on 2 Jun. research university and this is an opportunity to Seeking loving family for cat. Cameo colour, Contact Merilyn, Ph: 479 7726, Email: merilyn. celebrate their role at the University of Otago. male, de-sexed, two years old. Contact Audrey, [email protected] Amongst other events, this August will see the Ph: 021 189 0537, Email: audrey.santana@ Wanted house cleaner. Two to three hours per return of the extremely popular Three Minute otago.ac.nz week. Contact Donna-Rose, Ph: 021 279 8245, Thesis Competition, a number of popular Email: [email protected] workshops, social events, as well as new The Melrose Choir, a community based choir initiatives like a Twitter Conference. for women, seeks new members of all ages and ability. We meet every Monday evening If you are planning on doing something special at Logan Park High School. We sing a variety Wellington for your graduate students please consider of music from folk to sacred to show songs SITUATIONS VACANT doing it in August and let us know so we can and have a lot of fun along the way. Contact include it in our programme. Rosemary, Ph: 479 5576, Email: rosemary. ACADEMIC VACANCIES Contact: Claire Gallop (Manager, Graduate [email protected] Assistant Research Fellow/Research Fellow Research Services), Ph: 479 3447 or Email: Department of Public Health [email protected] Do you require great live music? Then popular (Fixed-term) Dunedin covers band Livewire are perhaps Reference Number: 1100266 SCHOLARSHIPS the next choice for your ball, wedding or Closing date: Fri 27 May 2011 Scholarships for Postgraduate Students closing social function. We play classic rock and pop soon: hits from the 60s through to today’s current Application Information 31 May New Horizons for Women Research chart toppers. Totally professional and very To see a full job description and to apply online Awards 2011 affordable so come and check us out at www. go to: www.otago.ac.nz/jobs 31 May Cranfield MBA Mäori Scholarship livewireband.co.nz and “live” on Friday nights 31 May Cranfield MBA Scholarship at The Bog Irish Bar, George Street from 10pm. Equal opportunity in employment is 31 May AMP National Scholarship Contact Adrian, Ph: 479 7709, Email: aevans@ University policy. 1 Jun Elman Poole Travelling Scholarship chemistry.otago.ac.nz E tautoko ana Te Whare Wänanga o Otägo i 1 Jun Heart Foundation Postgraduate te kaupapa whakaörite whiwhinga mahi. Scholarship Professional photographer with a friendly 14 Jun Malaysia International PhD service and affordable prices for graduation, Scholarship wedding, events, commercial ads or even just Postgraduate 15 Jun NZFGW (Otago Branch) Travel a portrait. Services are most flexible to suit all Award needs. Contact Chom, Ph: 477 5137, Email: POSTGRADUATES ON FRIDAYS – 31 Jun Diane Campbell-Hunt Memorial [email protected] GAZEBO LOUNGE Award Each Friday from 4pm to 7pm Graduate Life Coaching. Australian trained in Research Services hosts “Postgraduates on For more information please contact the transpersonal psychology and coaching. Fridays” at the Gazebo Lounge, on the top floor Scholarships Office Email: scholarships@otago. Supporting you with personal and professional of the University Union. Toasted sandwiches ac.nz development, managing change, life balance, are available for purchase at just $4 each with and clarity of purpose. Contact Te Ara Pathways a variety of fillings. These evenings are a great PERSONAL PERFORMANCE AND Transformational Life Coaching, Ph: 0274 554 opportunity for you to have a break from your DEVELOPMENT COACHING 575, Email: [email protected] studies and meet up with other students for Brian Johnston offers Personal Performance a wind down at the end of the busy working and Development Coaching to all University week. We look forward to seeing you there – of Otago students. Costing just $15, his goal- all postgraduate students welcome. oriented one-to-one sessions can help students

21 set themselves realistic, achievable goals. is repeated the following Thursday. It is also supervision of Professor Stephen Duffull. The Based at the Centre for Innovation, he can be available as downloadable podcast from the successful candidate would have completed a contacted by Ph: 479 8461 or 0800 479 821 or Toroa Radio website. Bachelor of Sciences with Honours or a Master Email: [email protected] If you would like to be involved in 2011, please of Science majoring in Statistics. contact Dr Dave McMorran, head of the SNAP A project would be designed in line with CAREER DEVELOPMENT CENTRE committee on [email protected] designing of experiments particularly relating The Career Development Centre has organised to nonlinear mixed effects modes and GLMs PhD Opportunity - PhD Position in and MCMC for design and estimation and the a range of events for the month of May. These Space Physics: Physics Department are advertised on OtagoCareerHub. candidate would join an established group of The Space Physics group at the Physics Contact [email protected] or pop into PhD students in the Lab. The position would Department, University of Otago has a funded our office to check out our Career Resource be conditional on the candidate successfully PhD student position available. The position Library. View our new and updated obtaining a University scholarship. is funded through the European Union FP7 website including our CV Tools also access Initial enquiries may be made directly with project “A new, ground based data-assimilative OtagoCareerHub from our website: www. Professor Duffull, Email: stephen.duffull@ modeling of the Earth’s plasmasphere - a otago.ac.nz/careers otago.ac.nz critical contribution to Radiation Belt May is the official month for the Otago Career modeling for Space Weather purposes”. More information is also available at www. Festival with a wide range of opportunities for This project includes multiple institutions otago.ac.nz/study/phd/otago016199.html all ages and stages. worldwide, including Europe, the USA, ww.otagocareersfestival.co.nz. South Africa and New Zealand. The student’s Look for some exciting opportunities to gain research will be part of a work package inside information that will be relevant to the next this project, under the supervision of Associate step in your career. Professor Craig J. Rodger. The PhD student ADVERTISERS is intended to start from 1 Aug 2011 and the DIVISION OF SCIENCES NOTICES position will remain open until it is filled. The deadline for notices and advertisements for the next issue of the Science Notes: an opportunity! For more information please contact Professor Craig Rodger, Email: [email protected]. Bulletin is 12noon, Friday 27 May. So if Science Notes is an initiative from the SNAP ac.nz. you are looking for flatmates or want to (Science News and Promotion) Committee. sell, buy, swap or rent, then please go to: Postgraduate students from various *PhD Opportunity - Modelling and www.otago.ac.nz/news/bulletin departments are being interviewed about Simulation Laboratory: National School Advertising in classifieds is free to staff their research for a fortnightly programme on of Pharmacy and postgraduate students only. Thursday evenings on Toroa Radio. A PhD candidate position is available in the Advertisements are accepted at the The interviews are interspersed with the Modelling and Simulation Laboratory of discretion of the Editor. student’s favourite music, and each programme the National School of Pharmacy, under the

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