Adelaidean Volume 12 Number 7 News from the University of Adelaide August 2002 INSIDE

National Information Roseworthy Science Week Day Information Day August 9-30 August 18 August 16 Space science Andy gives thumbs degree blasts up to space interest off in 2003

TWO new degrees—one in Space Students will also have opportunities to take Science and the other in Optics—are part in project work with established scientists expected to be in high demand at the in the field. University of Adelaide next year. "Direct exposure to professionals in the fields Both degrees offer a unique educational of space science and astrophysics will enable students to form mentoring relationships, and experience to students who want careers in give them a unique educational experience," these exciting fields. Dr Reid said. Details about the new degrees will be available "We expect interest in this new course to be at the University of Adelaide's Information very high." Day on Sunday, August 18, at the North Terrace campus. The new Bachelor of Science (Optics & Photonics) will not only provide an exciting The new Bachelor of Science (Space Science new career path in applied physics, but also and Astrophysics) aims to produce graduates help to address an expected shortfall in this that are well suited to careers in space and area of expertise in South Australia. astrophysical research. Photonics is the exploration and development Graduates are likely to follow career paths in a of the use of laser light in any endeavour, be it range of industries, putting into practice the scientific, technological, medical or artistic. knowledge gained in astronomy and other areas of physics and geophysics. Photonics is a key part of the State's hi-tech Opportunities include employment in hi-tech research sector, from defence and industry to research and development industries, medical applications. This activity is enabled Andy Thomas is fitted into a flight suit prior to his last Space Shuttle mission. Photo: NASA. including defence, as well as universities, other by a strong optics research effort at the research institutes and national space agencies. University of Adelaide, supported by the University, the Defence Science and ASTRONAUT Andy Thomas says "This means that they must be given the "Space Science and Astrophysics explores the Technology Organisation (DSTO) and local he's thrilled to see an increase in capability to understand the technical issues fundamental processes of our universe, from industry. interest in space at the University of facing the modern world as well as the the atmosphere of the earth and the other vision to see the benefits that embracing While graduates from all aspects of photonics Adelaide and in South Australia local planets to the most distant regions," said generally. them can bring to Australia." the course coordinator, Associate Professor are in high demand, an acute shortage of Dr Thomas said most of the opportunities Iain Reid from the Department of Physics & graduates for optical communications and Not only has the University announced a for graduates seeking jobs in space remained Mathematical Physics. data handling has been predicted for the new Space Science degree for next year, coming decades. This shortage is predicted interest in aerospace engineering has been in the "academic arena". "The understanding of those processes for graduates at all levels (BSc to PhD). building at Adelaide over the past few years. "But that is very important because without underpins much of the world's research into In 2004 Adelaide will also be a host of one a strong academic base in teaching and astronomy, studies of the solar system and the Graduates from this new degree have the of the most prestigious space education research, the country will never be a practical use of space, such as space travel and option of immediate rewarding employment events in the world, the International Space competitive player on the world stage. It is observation," he said. in the communications industry and defence, or continued education in the University's University [see story on page 6]. only in strong commitment to teaching and "Work in this field is vitally important in honours and PhD programs. A University of Adelaide engineering research that the future economic strength improving our knowledge and understanding graduate, Dr Thomas has had a successful of the country lies. It does not lie with the of the universe as a whole, and in enabling us The Bachelor of Science (Optics and career as an aeronautical engineer and, in importation of all its knowledge and skills." to understand the environment within which Photonics) degree is designed for students more recent years, as a NASA astronaut. Dr Thomas encouraged Adelaide graduates space vehicles and planet Earth must operate." who have enjoyed physics in school, and who would like a career making use of physics "It is important for the community to to use their knowledge to travel and The Bachelor of Science (Space Science and without necessarily having to complete a PhD. prepare the next generation of leaders for experience other cultures and environments, Astrophysics) program consists of core the challenges of the 21st Century," "and to enhance their skills and widen their training in the disciplines of astronomy, space Dr Thomas told the Adelaidean. viewpoints". science and physics. Continued on page 6 Continued on page 6 PAGE 2 AUGUST 2002 ADELAIDEAN COMMENT A YEAR AT ADELAIDE

PROFESSOR Cliff Blake officially ends his term as developments, and additional staff appointed to areas where Vice-Chancellor this month, having stepped into the staff/student ratios are excessive, or to areas deemed to be of role almost exactly one year ago. strategic significance in the future. This renewal strategy is intended to invigorate the University by the introduction of Professor Blake (pictured) came out of retirement to accept the some new and younger staff and to concentrate areas of position, pending the appointment of a permanent Vice- research strength with higher degree training capacity. Chancellor. That new Vice-Chancellor is Professor James McWha, formerly of Massey University in New Zealand. (5) While reducing operating costs, the University has sought Professor McWha officially takes up his position at the to grow its revenue base. To do this, an International Office University of Adelaide on Monday, August 5. has been formed to increase the number of international fee- paying students, and Adelaide Research and Innovation has The following piece written by Professor Blake sums up his been established to better manage, coordinate, and expand time at the University. research consultancy activities as well as the commercialisation of research outcomes. A strong commitment to planning, and During the last 12 months, the University of Adelaide has to data collection and analysis for quality assurance and undergone many changes, each intended to make the management purposes, has led to the establishment of a University more client-focused, responsive to changes in University Planning Unit. employment opportunities for graduates and improve internal The University is also investing more in marketing and public efficiencies. relations to better promote the University among school leavers Many of these changes have been made relatively late compared and adult learners who wish to enrol in undergraduate to the restructuring and repositioning strategies employed by programs or in postgraduate fee-paying courses. the other research-intensive universities in Australia. The (6) The University has made significant changes to its changes made at the University of Adelaide include: Sciences with the Faculty of Science. This amalgamation leadership team. Professor James McWha, Vice-Chancellor of (1) The Council has recommended to the South Australian reduces duplication, creates viable courses and encourages Massey University in New Zealand, has been appointed Vice- Government a substantial overhaul of the 1971 University of interdisciplinary programs to better underpin both teaching Chancellor and will enter on duty on August 5. Professor Peter Adelaide Act. Principal among these changes have been: and research. Rathjen has been appointed Executive Dean, Faculty of Sciences; Professor Michael Innes as Executive Dean, Faculty • a clearer statement of the role and responsibilities of Some 40 different departments have been reduced to about 10 larger and more interdisciplinary schools, thereby cutting of Humanities and Social Sciences; Professor Fred MacDougall Council to set strategic directions, monitor performance, as Executive Dean, Faculty of the Professions; Mr Paul Duldig and define accountabilities overhead costs, creating larger and more flexible administrative groupings and providing opportunites for greater synergies in (formerly of State Treasury) as Executive Director, Finance and • to recognise the Academic Board as the principal academic both research and teaching. Infrastructure; Ms Susan MacIntosh (formerly of the body within the University and to empower the Board to Department of Premier and Cabinet) as Executive Director, make academic decisions on behalf of Council as well as to (4) To balance the University’s operating budget, some $13 Student and Staff Services; Ms Susan Graebner to the newly set the broad teaching, learning and research policies. million has been withdrawn from the annual budget through a created position of University Secretary; and Mr Peter Ball as combination of reducing staff numbers, introducing better Director, International Office. Shortly, a new Dean of • to change the structure of the membership of the Council internal financial controls, outsourcing, and savings in the costs Graduate Studies will be announced. so that its composition is more appropriate to contemporary of utilities, services, and purchasing arrangements. Most While the changes made in the past 12 months are substantial, needs. significantly, the University has sought to better align the many of the issues addressed have persisted for a number of numbers and distribution of academic staff with the pattern of (2) Standing committees of Council have been established with years and contributed to the financial difficulties identified in clear statements of responsibility and reporting lines. The student enrolments and to reduce the number of administrative 2001. That these problems are now being addressed should structure adopted is based on a review of the governance of the staff. This has involved removing staff from areas of low enable the University to return quickly to a stable financial University undertaken by Professor David Penington, and is enrolment and transferring those positions to areas of high position and to embark upon a vigorous program of investment intended to provide Council with well-considered advice on all student demand. in infrastructure and growth on many fronts. The University aspects of the University’s operations and to assist Council with While the total number of staff has been reduced, at the same looks forward with confidence to playing a vital role in the its monitoring role. time the University has put in place an active program of staff future economic, social and cultural development of South (3) Six faculties have been reduced to five by the amalgamation renewal and system enhancements. New leadership positions Australia and beyond. of the former Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resource are being created to lead key teaching and research This piece was printed recently in Campus Review. Economics hits 100 Quality high on ECONOMICS is celebrating 100 per head is just $50. Tables of up to 10 are years at the University of Adelaide, available for bookings. and next month there are three main For more information contact Wendy events to help it do so—a public Zweck at the Centre for International Adelaide’s agenda lecture, a dinner, and a major Economic Studies, phone (08) 8303 5672 or email: [email protected] conference. THE University of Adelaide is leading "Quality audits promise to be an invaluable The Joseph Fisher Lecture will be given by In the same week (September 30 to the way in introducing a national quality tool for Australian higher education leading economist Professor Edward October 4) around 300 delegates will assurance system aimed at improving institutions," she said. "They will enable us to Barbier (University of Wyoming) at converge on Adelaide for the annual standards in Australian higher education. identify where improvements are needed, 4.30pm in Napier Lecture Theatre 102 on Australian Conference of Economists. whether in the courses and services we offer to Some of Australia's most crucial and hotly Monday, September 30. His topic is the Adelaide is the first South Australian and first students, in research and research training, role of natural resources in economic debated economics issues will be discussed Group of Eight university to undertake a self- learning and teaching, management and development. at the conference, which features internationally renowned speakers. assessment audit as part of a process developed administration, or in other areas. That night, the School of Economics is by the recently established Australian "They will help to provide better and more holding its Centenary Dinner at the For more information: Universities’ Quality Agency (AUQA). National Wine Centre, 7.30pm. The price www.ecosoc.org.au/conf2002.html consistent analyses of institutional The University’s self-analysis has been performance across the higher education forwarded to the Agency which will send a sector. This will help inform the wider team to Adelaide to undertake its own community better about the activities and Adelaidean independent audit later this year. contributions of our universities. The University of Adelaide is one of eight "For the University of Adelaide, the self- Editor Contributors Advertising assessment process has been most instructive. David Ellis Alison Beare higher education institutions participating in Rosslyn Cox External advertising is handled by KRL Media the first year of the audit. Under the new The rigorous self-appraisal we undertook has Layout Kim McBride Tel: +61 8 8231 5433 system, every Australian higher education helped us to identify areas in need of Chris Tonkin Joan Soon Fax: +61 8 8212 1238 improvement and develop strategies for Email: [email protected] institution is required to undertake a detailed Paul Wilkins addressing them. It has also highlighted those Writers self-appraisal, identifying its strengths and Ben Osborne Printed by Coming Events weaknesses, and to host an AUQA audit visit areas in which we continue to out-perform John Drislane Cadillac Color Please send all coming events to the editor at the every five years. All audit reports will be made many bigger and better-resourced universities. David Ellis address below. There is no charge for coming available publicly. "We look forward to the AUQA audit visit events, but they must be University related. later this year and to working with the Agency Deadline for next issue: August 22. The University of Adelaide’s Deputy Vice- to ensure that the University of Adelaide Room G07 Mitchell Building, South Australia, 5005. 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Material may be reproduced without permission but acknowledgement must be given to the Adelaidean. such an early stage. —John Drislane ADELAIDEAN AUGUST 2002 PAGE 3 New VC hits ground running NEWS IN BRIEF Hugo wins $1.1 million fellowship PROFESSOR James McWha becomes Professor McWha has been strongly involved One of Australia's most prestigious the University of Adelaide's new Vice- in the higher education sector on a global research fellowships has been awarded to the University of Adelaide's Professor Chancellor on Monday, August 5. level, and last month he became Secretary- General of the International Association of Graeme Hugo (Geographical & University Presidents. Environmental Studies). Formerly Vice-Chancellor and President of Professor Hugo has been awarded a Massey University in New Zealand, Professor The University's Chancellor, Mr Robert $1.125 million Federation Fellowship over McWha is the 19th Vice-Chancellor in the Champion de Crespigny, is holding a formal dinner on August 5 to welcome the new Vice- five years for his research project, "The University of Adelaide's 128-year history. Chancellor and to thank the outgoing Vice- new paradigm of international migration Professor McWha has an outstanding Chancellor, Professor Cliff Blake, for his to and from Australia: dimensions, causes and implications". record as an academic administrator and contribution to the University over the last 12 communicator. Before his appointment at months. Professor Hugo is one of Australia's best- Massey in 1996, Professor McWha had Professor McWha's official engagements in known demographers and commentators extensive experience in the management of his first week at Adelaide include a meeting of on population and migration issues. biological research institutes. He also played the University's Council on August 5, a He was one of only 11 Australian meeting with the other two South Australian a formative role in the development of academics to receive a fellowship in this Vice-Chancellors on August 6, the launch of latest round announced by Education, the New Zealand universities' quality the University's Faculty of Sciences on August assurance system, a system similar to that Training and Science Minister Dr 7, and the opening on August 9 of the SA Brendan Nelson. currently being introduced in Australia [see node of the National Networked Tele-Test story on page 2]. Facility for Integrated Systems. Professor James McWha. The Federation Fellowships are the most prestigious and richest publicly funded research fellowships ever offered in Australia. Language education prize awarded Careers and Course Information Day Professor George Smolicz has been awarded a UNESCO Linguapax Prize for ONE of the University of Adelaide’s Specific course talks will be held at various his work in language education. most important events in 2002, other locations around the North Terrace The prize was awarded at the World Information Day, will be held at the campus—check the Information Day flyer Congress on Language Policies in North Terrace Campus on Sunday, or the website for details. Barcelona. August 18 from 10am until 4pm. University life is more than just studying a Professor Smolicz is well known for his course, however, and Information Day has work in the University's Centre for Information Day offers the chance for all aspects covered. Intercultural Studies and Multicultural prospective students and their families to Some of the information available on the Education, and he was singled out for the see first hand what the University is like, day includes how to apply and enrol, award from the top researchers and why it is widely regarded as the best accommodation, potential careers, and scholars in the field. university in South Australia, and to find studying abroad. out more about the areas of study that He has also been appointed to the interest them. Also covered will be the latest trends in Advisory Committee of Linguapax, which study, the newest degrees at the University, includes members from around the world. The main centre of activity will be being online, and double degrees—and if Eureka Prize nomination Bonython Hall, which will host the there’s anything we’ve missed, there’s even Information Day expo. the special Question Me sessions where you Science communicator and former The expo will feature displays from each get to ask the questions. University of Adelaide science journalist of the University’s five Faculties, and To find out more about Information Day, Dr Rob Morrison is a finalist in the Faculty representatives will be on hand to including a full program of the day’s events, Eureka Prize for Critical Thinking. The $10,000 prize is awarded for investigation answer any questions and to give friendly visit the website: into beliefs that owe little or nothing to advice. www.adelaide.edu.au/infoday/ the rigours of scientific method. Dr Morrison has been nominated for an article entitled Trust Me, I'm a Science ROSEWORTHY CAMPUS, UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE Communicator, a study examining how the mechanics and requirements of successful Friday, August 16, 10am to 4pm science communication differ sharply from those of formal scientific research reports, CAREER and study opportunities in computing suites, the library and residential and the bias of science communication the increasingly hi-tech world of halls, and will speak about the sporting and towards the sensational, speculative, agricultural science will be on show to social activities available on campus. hyperbolic and even fanciful. the public at the University of Adelaide's Roseworthy Campus on Academic staff will give talks in the An edited version of his article was printed Friday, August 16. morning and afternoon about the courses, in the Adelaidean last year. entrance requirements and other To eat or not to eat? From 10am to 4pm, potential students and information vital to students. their families can learn about the excellent Dr Rob Morrison is hosting a hypothetical career opportunities in agronomy, animal Information about travel to Roseworthy and this month on the provocative issue of industries, natural resource management options to stay overnight is available. what goes into our food. and rural enterprise management. For more details phone Lynne Brown on "To Eat Or Not To Eat?" is presented by (08) 8303 7854. Current students will conduct tours of the the Australasian Plant Pathology Society campus including lecture theatres, School groups are welcome. (SA Branch) and the University of Adelaide for National Science Week. The hypothetical features an eight- member panel including Professor Rick Roush (CRC for Weed Management), Grab a psychology sausage for science! Professor Edwina Cornish (Deputy Vice- Chancellor Research), Dr Hugh Wallwork THE University of Adelaide’s sciences diverse range of science expertise, from (SARDI) and David Bruer (Templebruer chemistry, physics and genetics, to wines). NATIONAL faculties will be on display during Information Day on Sunday, August 18. environmental biology, anatomical sciences, Topical issues such as genetic modification mechanical engineering and more. and the use of pesticides on our foods will SCIENCE As part of National Science Week in August, be discussed. the three faculties of Sciences, Engineering, Displays include virtual reality and artificial WEEK Computer & Mathematical Sciences, and intelligence, and there’ll be psychology Where: Charles Hawker Centre, Waite Health Sciences are holding an event called sausages to munch on! Campus AUGUST Science on Show. Staff and students will be on hand to talk When: Wednesday, August 21, 6pm about degrees and careers that suit you. There Science on Show will be held in a marquee on All are welcome. For bookings, phone the 9 - 30 will also be tours of some science departments the plaza between Bonython Hall and the University of Adelaide's Faculty of for those who want to take a closer look at the Ligertwood Building. Hands-on displays will Sciences office on (08) 8303 5673. showcase the University’s fascinating and University’s top facilities. PAGE 4 AUGUST 2002 ADELAIDEAN Schools urged to form links with parents

SCHOOLS must develop stronger "They have to develop that partnership from "The movement to independent schools is links with parents if inequalities in two perspectives: (1) what parents do happening, in part, because of a perception children’s education are to be reduced, educationally for the child inside the family, that they offer more enriched educational according to a new book by the and (2) how the family relates to the school. opportunities than state schools and have Head of the University of Adelaide’s "Schools have to develop supportive stronger links with higher education. In Adelaide and Australia we have had a fine Graduate School of Education, interactions with families, with special efforts tradition of splendid state secondary schools Professor Kevin Marjoribanks. being made for those parents who find it difficult to engage with schools. that could compete academically with any The book, Family and School Capital: Towards other school. a Context Theory of Students’ School Outcomes, "Parents need to understand the nature of the curriculum that is being offered in the school "If many schools are to recapture their suggests that the influence of parents on educational standing within communities and children’s educational outcomes is so powerful so that children, especially those from economically disadvantaged backgrounds, be an attractive choice for parents they should that it cannot be disentangled from what ensure that they (a) have a curriculum and an happens in schools. aren’t placed inappropriately into curriculum structures that limit their life chances. academic organisation that optimise the In his analysis, Professor Marjoribanks draws possibility of educational and occupational on several large-scale longitudinal studies as "One of the concerns of this and other success for students from all backgrounds, (b) well as memoirs of unemployed young adults research is that children, especially those from are supportive of caring teachers who are and postgraduate students. In addition, he poorer families, often have schooling passionate about their teaching, and (c) examines published autobiographies to explore experiences that don’t lead to further develop meaningful and active parent-school how individuals recall the effect of parents and education possibilities. Parents and teachers partnerships. have to keep all children’s options open for as teachers on their lives. long as possible." "If governments fail to provide adequate Professor Marjoribanks identifies "getting resources to support the enrichment of our The book also addresses the "continuing ahead" families in which parents have high state secondary schools then social group flight" to non-government schools. Professor aspirations for their children, provide inequalities in educational and occupational Marjoribanks said that if the pattern stimulating home learning environments, and outcomes will continue to grow. continued, students at traditional government- become meaningfully involved in their supported schools were likely to come "What we need in Australia is a system of children’s education. increasingly from poor families and from vigorous independent and state schools that In contrast, "getting-by" parents tend to have Professor Kevin Marjoribanks. minority ethnic/race groups. He said this offer a genuine choice for all parents. Unless low-to-moderate aspirations and are not would increase further the power of we have such a system the country will be the particularly involved in their children’s "If schools are going to help overcome economically advantaged parents to shape the poorer." education. "Getting-by" parents are often educational inequities they have to form nature of educational systems and, potentially, Family and School Capital: Towards a Context doubly disadvantaged, being unable to help strong and meaningful partnerships with disadvantage to an even greater extent the Theory of Students’ School Outcomes is published their children at home and unable to interact parents from all social backgrounds," said educational opportunities of children from by Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers. satisfactorily with teachers in schools. Professor Marjoribanks. poorer families. —John Drislane

Where have the Free public gates gone? lectures by new professors

FROM grapes to IQ and everything Thursday, August 22: "Health Services in between, the second semester series research and the health of Australians" by of Inaugural Lectures has a fascinating Professor Janet Hiller (Department of range of speakers and topics sure to Public Health). interest and entertain all listeners. Thursday, August 29: "Who matters in law, Given by recently appointed Professors to and why?" by Professor Ngaire Naffine the University, the lectures highlight the (Law School). breadth and depth of the institution’s Thursday, September 5: "Plant hydraulics: research capabilities, and also serve as an channels in membranes to water movement update of the latest developments in each into grape berries" by Professor Steve Professor’s area of expertise. Tyerman (Department of Horticulture, The lectures are free, and held each Viticulture and Oenology). Thursday in the Council Room (Level 7, Thursday, September 12: "The Somogyi The Mitchell Gates as they appeared in 1934. Wills Building) beginning at 1.10pm. phenomenon. Sacred cow or bull?" by The first lecture, given by Professor Professor Andrew Somogyi (Department Alastair MacLennan, will take place on of Clinical and Experimental A GENEROUS donation by the opposite the Uni Footbridge on Victoria Drive Pharmacology). Chancellor, Mr Robert Champion de in the early 1960s. Thursday, August 15. Please note: due to unforseen circumstances, the lecture Thursday, September 19: "What has Crespigny, has enabled work to begin on The gates are listed on the Australian scheduled for Thursday, August 8 by research got to do with dentistry? A Heritage Commission's Register of the the restoration of a unique piece of Professor Julie Owens has had to be periodontist’s perspective" by Professor National Estate. University history. postponed. Mark Bertold (Department of Dentistry). The gates have now been removed to undergo Thursday, September 26: "Smarter not The Sir William Mitchell Gates have been a The full list of lectures is: an intricate and painstaking restoration. This faster; the IQ paradox" by Professor Ted feature of the University's North Terrace Thursday, August 15: "‘The Ascent of will involve the repair of all metal work, Nettelbeck (Department of Psychology). Campus since 1934. Donated by then Vice- including repainting, repairing the existing Woman’—from the tyranny of unwanted Chancellor Sir William Mitchell, the gates plaster columns and granite bases, and pregnancy to the tribulations of longevity" Thursday, October 3: "A role of natural were originally constructed facing onto Frome restoration of the University crest to its by Professor Alastair MacLennan history in modern biology" by Professor Road as the start of a boulevard leading to the original state. (Department of Obstetrics and Roger Seymour (Department of grand entrance of the Barr Smith Library. Gynaecology). Environmental Biology). The work is due to be completed by the end of They were moved to their present location February 2003. ADELAIDEAN AUGUST 2002 PAGE 5 GRADUATIONS THE CLASS OF 2002

THE UPCOMING August graduations not entirely research orientated. It has some 27.5% suffered confusion, which they said was promise to be special for Clinical Nursing coursework components, and also makes its the most distressing thing they remembered, lecturer Ms Judy Magarey. students examine the same problem or issue and 16% suffered hallucinations, which they from different angles. also found highly distressing. She will become the first person in Australia to receive the higher degree of Doctor of "The attraction to me of doing a DNurs was "Another thing that was interesting was going Nursing, at the graduation ceremony on that it allowed me to do three research studies, through the patients’ medical and nursing Monday, August 12. rather than using one methodology the whole notes from their time in intensive care, very way through," Ms Magarey said. few had had their experiences documented. Ms Magarey’s award—not to mention several Many patients had undergone some very "I was able to look at something from three other current DNurs candidates well on the intense and realistic dreams, nightmares or different points of view, which I’ve found way to similar achievements—reaffirms the hallucinations, but it was very hard for the really helps not only with your understanding University of Adelaide’s development as a nursing and medical staff to pick these up due of the topic but also impacts on the way you nursing education and training provider. to the patient appearing relatively inactive." teach as well." A modest Ms Magarey said she hadn’t The implications of Ms Magarey’s research In one study for her DNurs, Ms Magarey expected to become Australia’s first DNurs centre around better communication between recipient, and was thrilled and honoured with studied patients who had been placed under health care providers and intensive care the achievement. sedation in intensive care, and their patients. subsequent memories—if any—of their time "There were a few of us who started at a there. "It’s important for the nursing and medical similar time, and for one reason or another I staff, if they can, to reassure patients before managed to finish first, while the others are Her findings could have major implications they go into intensive care that these finishing off now," she said. for the way intensive care patients are treated sometimes unpleasant experiences can and monitored both while they are in intensive "I certainly hadn’t planned on being the first happen, and also to reassure them that it is care, and after leaving it. and it’s not something I’m going to dwell on, normal and commonplace," she said. but at the same time I guess it is an honour "I found that about 43% of the people I "Follow-up with patients is also vital after they and something to be proud of." surveyed remembered being in intensive care, are released from intensive care, to see if they and that the main things they remembered The DNurs is a professional nursing award can remember their time in intensive care and Judy Magarey will become Australia’s first included pain, nausea and thirst," she said. that is the equivalent of a PhD, and differs to counsel them if it is appropriate." Doctor of Nursing at the August graduation from a traditional PhD in the sense that it is "In addition, about 10% suffered nightmares, —Ben Osborne ceremonies.

Mid-year How your graduation helps others

GOWNS and graduations go hand in Doreen McCarthy Bursary - $2500 Graduations hand, but looking the part is only one Eric Achankeng—PhD in Geographical reason why the University's graduation and Environmental Studies MORE than 900 students are expected to garb is so important. take part in the University’s three Barbara Crase Bursary - $2500 The gowns, caps and hoods are hired by the Alice Bignall—PhD in Politics graduation ceremonies in August. Australian Federation of University Women (AFUW), which gives money back to Cathy Candler Bursary – $2500 Held in the grand surroundings of Bonython Australian university students in the form of Alexandra Harvey—PhD in Medical Hall, the ceremonies are traditionally one of bursaries. Science the highlights of the academic year. The bursaries provide financial support to Brenda Nettle Bursary - $2500 The first ceremony will be held at 10am on students for their studies, and are available Madelyn Zawitkowski—PhD in Monday, August 12 for graduates from the to both male and female students in all Transplantation Immunology Faculty of Engineering, Computer and disciplines. Mathematical Sciences, and the Faculty of This year the AFUW-SA Inc. Trust Fund Winifred E Preedy Postgraduate Bursary Health Sciences. has given away $65,000 in bursaries to 22 – $4000 Dr Asilah Yusof—PhD in Craniofacial The speaker at the first ceremony will be students across the nation. Six of those Biology and Morphology Professor Hock Tan, who is the Inaugural winners are from the University of Professor of Paediatrics at the University and Adelaide: For more information about next year's Director of the Department of Paediatric AFUW-SA Inc.Trust Fund Special Grant bursaries, contact the University of Surgery at the Women’s and Children’s - $1200 Adelaide's Graduate Centre on Hospital. Patricia Njuki Master of Arts (08) 8303 3044 or visit the University's (Population and Human Resources) website: www.adelaide.edu.au The second ceremony will be held at 9.30am on Tuesday, August 13 for graduates from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (including the Elder School of Music) and the Faculty of Sciences (including Agricultural and Natural Resource Science). The speaker at the second ceremony will be Professor James McWha, the new Vice- Chancellor of the University of Adelaide. The third and last ceremony in August will be held at 2.30pm on Tuesday, August 13 for graduates of the Faculty of the Professions (Law, Economics, Commerce, Architecture, Graduate School of Business and Graduate School of Education). The speaker will be Professor Tony Travaglione, Dean of the Adelaide Graduate School of Business. For more information about the August graduations, visit the Graduations Office website at www.adelaide.edu.au/student/ graduations/ The next graduations to be held at the University will take place from December 16-20, also at Bonython Hall. PAGE 6 AUGUST 2002 ADELAIDEAN Andy gives thumbs Space University touches up to space interest From page 1 "I would also encourage them to think about careers in government, because it will only be when these kinds of people are in public office down in Adelaide that they will be able to influence policy. By bringing a fresh new paradigm about what is important to long-term prosperity, and IT'S a big year for space studies at the Authority and the State Government building on their vision, we will be able to turn University of Adelaide, with the through Australian Major Events. Australia in a new economic direction, finally announcement that Adelaide and the "We're delighted to be playing a part in breaking from the traditional strategies of the other two South Australian universities boosting the profile of space research in last 20 years that are eroding the economic will be co-hosting one of the most South Australia," said the University of competitiveness of the country." prestigious space education events in Adelaide spokesman for the event, Dr He also said it was personally gratifying to the world. Gerald Schneider (Sir Ross and Sir Keith know that his own experiences as an astronaut Adelaide is part of a successful bid for the Smith lecturer in Aerospace, Department had sparked so much interest in space at a Summer Session of the International of Mechanical Engineering). local level. Space University in 2004. "The University of Adelaide will host the "More than just gratifying, it has also been very surprising. I sense great excitement in Headquartered in Strasbourg, France, the all-important opening and closing many of the young people when I talk about International Space University is the ceremonies for the event, and most of the space flight," he said. world’s leading space education lectures will be held in our lecture institution. theatres. "They will carry that feeling all their lives, and perhaps one day we will see those feelings Each year the university's nine-week "Many of the Space University's activities crystallize into a tangible involvement, by Summer Session program is held in a will be right here on our North Terrace Australia, in some of the exciting space different part of the world. campus. explorations that will be taking place in this century. Although called the Summer Session, it "We will use the opportunity to highlight will be held in our winter ( June to August our own expertise in the field of aerospace "Leaders who have failed to understand the 2004), attracting more than 250 of the engineering, and to build on our long-term return of these kinds of investments world’s top space professionals, relationships with others from around the have sentenced their communities to dependency on the strengths of other researchers and academics to Adelaide. world in these and other areas," Dr countries, with a subsequent loss of economic The successful bid for the program was Schneider said. prowess and competitiveness. We have seen made by the universities of Adelaide, "The benefits to our staff and students of this happen in Australia. It is my belief that Flinders and UniSA, supported by the this event will be immeasurable." the new generations of students taking these Adelaide Convention and Tourism kinds of studies will be equipped to seize the —David Ellis Dr Gerald Schneider at Woomera. future opportunities, and thereby reignite the economic strengths of the country." —David Ellis New science degrees in 2003 Putting Adelaide on the space map

ADELAIDE has the chance to become one of three world leaders of research and development in the "space environment", according to University of Adelaide scientists.

The World Space Environment Forum "The recent Forum and our ongoing work was held at the University last month. convinces us that Adelaide is primed to The forum brought together scientists lead Australia and the region in further from all over the world to discuss key developing expertise in the space space environment issues. environment," said the Director of the National Institute for Theoretical These include the impact "space weather" Physics, Professor Tony Thomas. has on Earth's climate, environment and technology, and how space weather can be "With support from governments and Lasers play a key role in the new Optics and Photonics degree. forecast. industry, there would be many key benefits to the State and the nation from Space weather includes solar storms and From page 1 our work," he said. other phenomena, some of which can The degree program consists of core training Dr Murray Hamilton from the Department of have a direct impact on the Earth. These benefits include: improving in the discipline of physics, with emphasis on Physics & Mathematical Physics. Australia's access to international space The Forum was organised through the electromagnetic radiation, optics, fibre-optics, programs, encouraging the development "Currently Australia has an estimated capacity University's National Institute of quantum mechanics, solid state physics and of a space industry in Australia, and to produce less than 10% of that number. Theoretical Physics, which hosts one of lasers. building on Australia's reputation in hi- South Australia is already finding difficulty in three Centres of Excellence of the World tech research and development. A strength of the program is the inclusion of obtaining suitably qualified graduates, with Institute for Space Environment tutoring sessions by guest presenters from job vacancies remaining unfilled," he said. Research (WISER). The Director of "We are currently involved in work with photonics companies and defence. As with WISER is Adelaide's Professor Abraham 20 countries around the world," said "This new degree offers exciting opportunities the new Space Science degree, this exposure to Chian (Department of Physics & Professor Chian. industry professionals and academics will for science students to get involved in a Mathematical Physics). "Adelaide is also singled out as one of the enable Optics and Photonics students to form fascinating and rewarding field, and to find As a Centre of Excellence, Adelaide three world centres of excellence, along mentoring relationships, providing an insight lasting employment." physicists have responsibility for with Italy and Brazil, in this area. Now is into varied options for future career paths. For more information about these and other coordinating research and training the time for us to capitalise on that and "The Australian photonics industry degrees at the University of Adelaide, visit activities in the Asia-Pacific Region. really put Adelaide on the 'space map'." anticipates that about 25,000 jobs will need to Information Day on Sunday, August 18, —David Ellis be filled in this area over the next decade," or contact the Student Centre on said the coordinator of the new degree, (08) 8303 5208. ADELAIDEAN AUGUST 2002 PAGE 7

NATIONAL SCIENCE WEEK AUGUST 9 - 30 2002

Closer look at musicians behind the music

MUSICIANS ride a roller-coaster of insecure career choice. Many performers emotions before, during and after their justify their choice of career by saying they stage appearances. But how much of the have always had an innate passion for music self is intertwined with their and that that they feel they were born to be performances? And how much is identity musicians." linked to the emotions experienced in Ms Munro said performance anxiety is a musical performance? subject she was interested in exploring further. These and other intriguing questions are being "For a performer, there’s always a sense of explored by a PhD student in the University of being judged. Many performers will say that Adelaide’s Department of Psychology, Ms they know the performance is not all they are, Gemma Munro, one of the few researchers in and will describe themselves as a vehicle for the world investigating the social psychology the music. But when a performance is judged of musical performance. badly or goes awry they can have difficulty Ms Munro has interviewed 28 performers— separating the self from the performance." mainly singers—questioning them on such Last year, Ms Munro was awarded the Naomi issues as identity, self-fulfilment and Cumming Postgraduate Musicology prize, an performance anxiety. annual award commemorating one of "Singing is particularly tied up with identity Australia’s leading young musicologists, who because there’s nothing between the performer died from stroke in 1999, aged 38. As part of and the audience," she said. that prize, Ms Munro presented a public seminar on her research at the University last "Musical performance is seen as a month in association with the Musicological performance of the self. I am taking a close Society of Australia, SA Chapter. look at the language that performers use when speaking about musical performance, and at In April this year, Ms Munro received three how this language constructs their identities as scholarships that enabled her to present her performers. research at conferences on music psychology at the Royal College of Music in London and "I’m also examining how their identities as the University of Liege in Belgium. musicians are influenced by our culture. For example, music is often regarded as an — John Drislane PhD student Gemma Munro. Photo Ben Osborne.

Infectious diseases Mums and babies needed for and the future Mutual videotape study Community Public Health Lecture ADELAIDE mothers are being asked to volunteer to be videotaped interacting with their babies as part COMMON infectious diseases associated of a new study at the University with poor housing, poor nutrition and of Adelaide looking at mothers' poor education have largely disappeared behaviour. from Australian society, but a new threat to public health is emerging: diseases caused The study aims to improve our by lifestyle factors and age. understanding of how a mother’s life In a public lecture for National Science Week, experience affects the quality of the way she Dr Justin Beilby, Head of General Practice at bonds with her child. The research may the University of Adelaide, will address one of better inform parents about the quality the most important questions facing modern of their interactions with their children Australian society: how should healthcare be in early life. delivered in the future? The study is being conducted by the This talk will examine how the general University's Department of Psychiatry practitioner in 2002 is adjusting to new at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital management models for people with asthma, diabetes and heart disease at a time when there in association with the Department are little or no new available resources. of Psychology. A panel discussion featuring medical "This study is looking specifically at how specialists will follow Dr Beilby’s talk. life experience impacts on the mother- child relationship," says Masters student Masters student Carrie Kruck. Photo David Ellis. Where: Florey Lecture Theatre, Medical School North Building, Frome Road Carrie Kruck, who is supervised by Ms Kruck is seeking 60 women from the "This study isn't about looking at mothers Dr Clara Bookless (Psychiatry) and When: 6.30pm, Friday, August 16 Adelaide metropolitan area, and their and saying 'what are they doing wrong?', Dr Jane Blake-Mortimer (Psychology). babies (aged 6-24 months), to take part in it's about trying to understand what are the Admission is free. For catering purposes "The theory is that in order to have a the study. things that influence good relationships please register your interest with Alumni and Community Relations on (08) 8303 5800. healthy development, to be able to form The mothers will be asked to fill out a with their kids or what things might make relationships in their lives and develop questionnaire, will be given a brief it more difficult for them. It's about how For further details on the lecture contact security in themselves, children need to interview, and will be videotaped we can better support mothers and Robert Perrin, Chair of the Sciences Chapter, form a strong, positive bond with a interacting with their baby. The learn more about the relationships with on (08) 8303 4965. significant caretaker. It's believed that the questionnaire can be filled out at their child." The public lecture is a joint presentation of the way a caretaker interacts with the infant is home, while the videotaping and For more information or to join the study, Sciences Chapter and Florey Medical Chapter one of the things that impacts upon the interviews will be conducted at the phone Carrie on 8222 6515. of the University of Adelaide's Alumni bond that's formed." Queen Elizabeth Hospital. Association, and is sponsored by Mutual —David Ellis Community. PAGE 8 AUGUST 2002 ADELAIDEAN Dazzling examples of knowledge

A DIVERSE exhibition of artwork— Curator Anna Willoughby says the idea came artists' co-op of Nyirrpi, entomologists' work spanning Australian Aboriginal works, from spending eight days and nights camped from Applied & Molecular Ecology, and other paintings from the University of with several hundred Aboriginal women at a images from the Centre for Electron Adelaide's and Barr Smith Library's lore gathering in Western Australia. With Microscopy and MicroStructure Analysis. collections, and images from science— songs, dances and dreaming images goes on show this month at Urrbrae transferred to body, sand, and other objects, Where: Urrbrae House, Waite Campus House. Willoughby says it gave her the idea to link Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal cultures and When: August 7-18, Wednesdays to Sundays, Called Dazzle, all the works in the exhibition science through visual art. relate to the use of symbols to hold and 11am-4pm transfer knowledge and experience. Images include works from the Kunajarrayi Admission is free COMING EVENTS August 2002

FRIDAY, AUGUST 2 4pm Obstetrics and Gynaecology Seminar: 7.30pm Theatre Guild: Shakespeare’s Much 4pm Obstetrics and Gynaecology Seminar: 1.10pm Elder School of Music Lunch Hour "Oestrogen: What is the Relevance of Adout Nothing. Little Theatre $20/$15, 8303 5999. "A mouse model to study Flt-3 ligand mobilised Concert: emerging artists from the Australian Alzheimer’s Disease?" by Professor Victor FRIDAY, AUGUST 16 prostatic dendritic cells and the effects of Henderson (University of Southern California). castration" by Dr Michael Brown (Hanson National Academy of Music. Sally Cooper 1.10pm Elder School of Music Lunch Hour Seminar Room, Level 6, Medical School North. Institute). Seminar Room, Level 6, Medical (violin), Kristian Winther (violin), Michael Concert: Rosalind Martin (soprano) and Diana 7.30pm Theatre Guild: Shakespeare’s Much School North. Robertson (viola), Minah Choe (cello), Grace Kim Weekes (piano) perform songs by Robert and (piano) and Professor Frank Wibaut (piano) Adout Nothing. Little Theatre $20/$15, 8303 5999. Clara Schumann. Elder Hall, admission $4. MONDAY, AUGUST 26 perform works by Ravel, Kats-Chernin, MONDAY, AUGUST 12 4pm Obstetrics and Gynaecology Seminar: Milstein/Paganini and Shostakovich. Elder Hall, 1pm Colgate Australian Clinical Dental 1pm Colgate Australian Clinical Dental "Sex and the aging motor cortex: Are you ever admission $4. Research Centre Seminar: "Optimisation of the Research Centre Seminar: "Various microscopy too old for stimulation" by Dr Julia Pitcher physical properties of glass ionomer cement MONDAY, AUGUST 5 technologies in dental research" by Dr Hien Ngo (Physiology). Seminar Room, Level 6, Medical through varying mixing speeds and storage 1pm History Seminar: "Writing William (Research Director). CACDRC Board Room, 2nd School North. Willshire" by Dr Robert Foster (History) and Dr Floor, Adelaide Dental Hospital. 7.30pm Theatre Guild: Shakespeare’s Much conditions" by Dr Michelle Fraser (Research Amanda Nettelbeck (English). Common Room 1pm History Seminar: " ‘The feminine common Adout Nothing. Little Theatre $20/$15, 8303 5999. Coordinator). CACDRC Board Room, 2nd Floor, Adelaide Dental Hospital. 420, Level 4, Napier Building. welthe’: the ladies-in-waiting on Anne of SUNDAY, AUGUST 18 1.10pm Student Workshop: "Meditation". Denmark, queen consort of Jame VI & I: 1pm History Seminar: "Dealing with the Great 11.30am Don Dunstan Foundation Luncheon: and Good" by Dr Kerrie Round (History). Common Counselling Centre, ground floor, Horace Lamb collective biography and an early seventeenth- "The first 100 days" by Mr Mike Rann (South Building. century female elite" by Dr Helen Payne (Visiting Room 420, Level 4, Napier Building. Australian Premier). Governor Hindmarsh Hotel, 1.10pm Student Workshop: "Meditation". TUESDAY, AUGUST 6 Research Fellow in Department of History). Port Road. Tickets $22 (includes light lunch), for Counselling Centre, ground floor, Horace Lamb 7.30pm Theatre Guild: Shakespeare’s Much Common Room 420, Level 4, Napier Building. bookings phone (08) 8303 3364. Adout Nothing. Little Theatre $20/$15, 8303 5999. 1.10pm Student Workshop: "Meditation". Building. Counselling Centre, ground floor, Horace Lamb MONDAY, AUGUST 19 8pm Classical Association of South Australia WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7 Building. 1pm History Seminar: "Unfinished Business: meeting: "The Image of the Witch in Antiquity 10.10am Electrical & Electronic Engineering TUESDAY, AUGUST 13 Postcolonial Perspectives on Colonial Lives: and Beyond" by Dr Marguerite Johnson Seminar: "Research Activities on Surface 1.10pm Student Workshop: "Developing A Gillian and Angus McLaine in Java and South (University of Newcastle). Council Room, Level 7 Combatant Active Sonar in Australia" by Tim Lifestyle That Reduces Stress And Worry". Australia" by Dr Roger Knight (History). Common Wills Building. Shaw (Maritime Operations Division, DSTO). Counselling Centre, ground floor, Horace Lamb Room 420, Level 4, Napier Building. Room S112, Engineering South Building. Building. 1.10pm Student Workshop: "Meditation". TUESDAY, AUGUST 27 12.30pm Clinical Nursing seminar: 6pm Don Dunstan Foundation and the Counselling Centre, ground floor, Horace Lamb 7.30pm Musicological Society of Australia "A descriptive study of patients’ satisfaction with Academy of Social Sciences "The Price of Building. S.A. Chapter AGM: featuring presentation wound healing using ‘Vacuum Assisted Closure’," Prosperity" seminar: Speakers include Professor "Colonel Light’s Impaired Vision: Musical Life in by Newton Panicker (CNC Plastic Surgery, RAH). WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21 Sue Richardson (Flinders University), Professor Colonial Adelaide and its Legacy" by Jula Szuster Room 36, Level 3, Eleanor Harrald Building. 12.30pm Clinical Nursing seminar: Lois Bryson (Academy of Social Science) and (MSA SA Chapter president). Room 1107, Level 1pm Centre for the Molecular Genetics of "Critical "door to needle" time in administration of Professor Michael Webber (University Development seminar: "A critical role for sonic thrombolytic therapy for acute MI- influenced by 11, Schultz Building. of Melbourne). Upstairs at the Stag hedgehog signalling in the early expansion of the the process of procedure and protocol" by Hotel, Rundle Street, for bookings and THURSDAY, AUGUST 29 developing brain" by Dr Joanne Britto (Western Michael Smigielski (CNC, ICU Modbury Hospital). more information phone (08) 8303 3364. Australian Institute for Medical Research). Room Room 36, Level 3, Eleanor Harrald Building. 12.05pm Psychology Seminar: 7.30pm Theatre Guild: Shakespeare’s Much 1.02, Molecular Life Sciences Building. "Undergraduate and postgraduate training in Adout Nothing. Little Theatre $20/$15, 8303 5999. THURSDAY, AUGUST 22 7.30pm Theatre Guild: Shakespeare’s Much Psychology: Current lessons from a reading of 12.05pm Psychology Seminar: "Antenatal day Adout Nothing. Little Theatre $20/$15, 8303 5999. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14 contemporary philosophy and sociology of care for common conditions of pregnancy-A science" by Professor Mike Innes (Executive THURSDAY, AUGUST 8 10.10am Electrical & Electronic Engineering randomized controlled trial of 395 women" by Dr Dean, Humanities and Social Sciences). "Computer game Seminar: "Highly Compact, High Performance Deborah Turnbull (General Practice). 12.05pm Psychology Seminar: Departmental Library, Room 526, Hughes embedded testing: Assessing social behaviour Parallel Multipliers Based on Threshold Logic" by Departmental Library, Room 526, Hughes Building. symbolic in a symbolic conflict/cooperation Peter Cilinski (PhD student, Electrical & Electronic Building. 1pm Chemical Pathology Seminar: "Battens simulation" by Dr Eugene Aidman (DSTO). Engineering). Room S112, Engineering South 1pm Chemical Pathology Seminar: Disease: an Update" by Vivienne Muller Departmental Library, Room 526, Hughes Building. Departmental Updates from Professor John Building. 5.30pm Centre for Biomedical Engineering Hopwood (Enzyme Replacement Therapies), Dr (Women’s & Children’s Hospital). Seminar Room 1pm Chemical Pathology Seminar: "To Sleep, Seminar: "Mechanoelectric Feedback in the Kim Hemsley, and Enzo Ranieri (Neonatal 1, 4th Floor, Reiger Building. Perchance to Breath – Sleep and Breathing Heart" by Dr David Saint (Physiology). Hone Screening). Seminar Room 1, 4th Floor, Reiger 1.10pm Inaugural Lecture: "Who matters in law Disorders in Children" by Dr Yvonne Pamula Lecture Theatre, Ground Floor, Medical Building Building. and why?" by Professor Ngaire Naffine (Law (Women’s & Children’s Hospital). Seminar Room South. 1.10pm Inaugural Lecture: "Health services School). Council Room, Level 7 Wills Building. 1, 4th Floor, Reiger Building. 7.30pm Theatre Guild: Shakespeare’s Much research and the health of Australians" by 1.10pm Inaugural Lecture: Due to unforseen Adout Nothing. Little Theatre $20/$15, 8303 5999. Professor Janet Hiller (Public Health). Council FRIDAY, AUGUST 30 1.10pm Elder School of Music Lunch Hour circumstances, this lecture has been postponed THURSDAY, AUGUST 15 Room, Level 7 Wills Building. until next year. FRIDAY, AUGUST 23 Concert: emerging artists from the Elder School 7.30pm Theatre Guild: Shakespeare’s Much 12.05pm Psychology Seminar: "Risk perception of Music. Sha Liu (violin), Lauren Turton (viola), Adout Nothing. Little Theatre $20/$15, 8303 5999. of genetically modified foods- Relationships to 1.10pm Elder School of Music Lunch Hour Courtaney Tainsh (flute), Leigh Harrold (piano), information processing strategies" by Dr Carlene Concert: Stefan Ammer (piano) performs works Anthony Hunt (piano) and Michael Ierace (piano) FRIDAY, AUGUST 9 Wilson (CSIRO). Departmental Library, Room by Schumann and Chopin. Elder Hall, perform works by J.S. Bach, Muczyn´ksi, Enesco, 11am Departments of Social Inquiry and 526, Hughes Building. admission $4. Debussy and Ravel. English "Reconciliation, Citizenship and 1pm Chemical Pathology Seminar: "Enterprise 1.10pm Student Workshop: "Reconnecting 1.10pm Student Workshop: "Using the Breath". (Auto)biography" seminar: "A comparative Bargaining in the Public Sector" by Kate Stephens Mind and Body: Skills For Study And Life". analysis of reconciliation and nation-states in (Office for the Commissioner for Public Counselling Centre, ground floor, Horace Lamb Counselling Centre, ground floor, Horace Lamb Australia Canada, South Africa and New Zealand" Employment). Seminar Room 1, 4th Floor, Reiger Building. Building. by Professor Martine Piquet (Université Paris IX- Building. 3pm Departments of Social Inquiry and 3pm Departments of Social Inquiry and Dauphine). Seminar room, 3rd Floor, 10 Pulteney 1.10pm Inaugural Lecture: "‘The Ascent of English "Reconciliation, Citizenship and English "Reconciliation, Citizenship and Street. Woman’ – from the tyranny of unwanted (Auto)biography" seminar: "Queer citizenship in (Auto)biography" seminar: "Personal Narrative 1.10pm Elder School of Music Lunch Hour pregnancy to the tribulations of longevity" by Tasmania: the impact of the campaign for in the Time of Human Rights: telling Stories about Concert: William Hennessy (violin) and Lucinda Professor Alastair MacLennan (Obstetrics and gay law reform" by Dr Barbara Baird (University Sexual Servitude under Japanese Occupation" by Collins perform works by Weiland and Prokofiev. Gynaecology). Council Room, Level 7 Wills of Tasmania). Seminar room, 3rd Floor, Professor Sidonie Smith (University of Michigan). Elder Hall, admission $4. Building. 10 Pulteney Street. Seminar room, 3rd Floor, 10 Pulteney Street. ADELAIDEAN AUGUST 2002 PAGE 9 Trauma study targets memory loss THE CAUSE and treatment of memory We know that severe stress changes its and concentration problems in people production and this may have long-term suffering post-traumatic stress disorder effects. (PTSD) is the subject of a new research "Medications that increase the availability of trial to be conducted by the University of acetylcholine are useful in improving the Adelaide. memory problems in Alzheimer’s Disease. While it’s still early on in our research with Difficulty focusing attention and forgetfulness PTSD, we’re hopeful that we will achieve are well-documented symptoms associated some positive results and be able to identify with PTSD. The typical memory problems in medications that could help with PTSD." PTSD patients are in the domain of day-to- day memory that is critical to self Ms Goble said PTSD was an often-disabling organisation. The functions include the ability condition which impacted not only on to remember small things such as to remember sufferers themselves, but their families and where the car keys are and to plan tasks. friends—emphasising the need for effective treatment. Head of the University’s Psychiatry Department Professor Sandy McFarlane—an "The problems with memory are often some internationally regarded PSTD expert—and of the most resistant to treatment," she said. PhD student Ms Elizabeth Goble are "In the Australian community, nearly 2% of conducting a study into these memory the population currently suffer from the effects problems. They are examining the role of one of PTSD, indicating the need to address the particular chemical, acetylcholine, in PhD student Elizabeth Goble. Photo: Ben Osborne. ongoing distress that traumatic events cause in functioning of memory in the brain in people our lives" she said. suffering from PTSD. aware of the distress caused by their determine levels of acetylcholine receptors in recollections of the traumatic event that led to the brain. The first stage of Ms Goble’s trial will be "Acetylcholine is used by a number of areas in conducted soon, with people urged to their symptoms, we believe that the problems Ms Goble’s research has been stimulated by a the brain to organise memory functions," Ms with day-to-day memory may underpin the volunteer. Goble said. "We suspect that for people with large body of research that has studied the role severity of their traumatic memories. The trial is open to both PTSD and non- PTSD, the levels of acetylcholine are different of different brain networks in memory Improving memory may have the effect of PTSD people between the ages of 18 and 65, to people without PTSD. disorders such as Alzheimer’s Disease. decreasing the entire range of symptoms that and involves undergoing a 20-30 minute brain "For the first part of the trial, we will try and people experience. Memory is an important "Acetylcholine plays a central role in memory scan to monitor brain receptors for determine whether this is the case. We can cause of disability and we hope to improve function and increasing its availability in the acetylcholine. then trial medications which can counteract people’s ability to function." brain has been shown to improve memory," If you would like to take part, please contact the imbalance of acetylcholine and therefore she said. Volunteers are now needed for the first stage Elizabeth Goble on (08) 8222 6944, or email counteract the effects of this abnormality. of this study, which involves both PTSD and "For this reason, we believe an investigation of [email protected] "While people with PTSD are often most non-PTSD people having brain scans to its role in PTSD is likely to be rewarding. —Ben Osborne Constitutional Libraries turn new page convention with electronic print A NEW method of storing academic papers—called E Print—represents the AUSTRALIA’S leading constitutional experts will future of scholarly communication, a recent seminar at the University of gather in Adelaide this month for a major Adelaide has heard. Hosted by the University's Barr Smith conference examining the State Constitution. Library, the seminar papers were presented by two key staff from the Australian National University, Mr Colin Steele, Director of Hosted by the University of Adelaide, the Conference co-organiser Dr Clem Scholarly Information, and Ms Lorena Constitutional & Parliamentary Reform Macintyre said it will be an important Kanellopoulos, Electronic Publishing for South Australia conference is a forerunner to the State Convention. Coordinator, Scholarly Information Services. precursor to the State Constitutional "The best constitutional minds in the E prints are electronic copies of academic Convention brokered between the Labor country will be here, and we expect that the research papers. They may be journal articles, Party and Independent MP Peter Lewis, to outcomes of this conference will have a be held later this year. major influence on the issues that will be conference papers, book chapters or any other form of research output. The University of Adelaide conference, examined at the State Convention," Dr held on August 17-18, will feature a host of Macintyre said. At present academic authors largely give their high-profile politicians, legal figures and Co-organiser Dr John Williams said: research output to commercial publishers who academics from Australia and overseas "Many of the ideas being proposed by the provide refereed publication. It is then bought speaking on a variety of constitutional speakers at our conference relating to the back through library journal subscriptions or topics. Among those speaking will be State Constitution and Parliamentary licensed electronic access. Attorney-General Mr Michael Atkinson, reform are interesting and thought- An ‘e print’ archive is simply an online Mr Lewis, Chief Justice of South Australia provoking, and this will provide a stimulus repository of these materials in addition to the John Doyle, and Federal Parliament for some engaging debate and discussion." refereed publication. Ray Choate, University Librarian (left) with Colin Steele and Lorena Kanellopoulos from ANU. Speaker Mr Neil Andrew. The Constitutional & Parliamentary The best known international example is for Overseas speakers include Professor Hugh Reform for South Australia conference will physics and mathematics, mirrored at Corder and Professor Christina Murray be held at the Art Gallery Auditorium on Adelaide (a Barr Smith Library initiative) at Mr Steele explained how the creation of such talking on the South African constitutional August 17 and 18, and has been organised http://au.arXiv.org/. The materials may take an e print archive extends access freely to a experience, and New Zealand High Court through the Australian Association of the form of 'pre-prints' (papers before they broader community of readers than journal Justice Ellan France. University of Adelaide Constitutional Law. It is sponsored by the have been refereed) or 'post-prints' (after they subscriptions or licensed publisher access academics speaking at the conference University of Adelaide, Johnson Winter & have been refereed). allow. Such access can only increase the Slattery (Barristers and Solicitors) and the include constitutional law expert Dr John E print archives are being established using citation and sharing of University research. E Attorney-General’s Department. Williams, and Politics lecturers Dr Clem the internationally accepted open standards of print access is also more timely, avoiding Macintyre and Dr Greg McCarthy. The public is welcome to attend both days the Open Archives Initiative. Shareware publisher bottlenecks, he said. Topics to be covered include the size and of the conference (although registration software meeting these specifications was With these benefits in mind, the Barr Smith function of State Parliament, a bill of rights fees apply): for more information, demonstrated at the seminar by Ms Library will be encouraging the E print visit the conference website on: for South Australia, ministerial Kanellopoulos. As this trend gathers critical archive strategy at the University of Adelaide. www.arts.adelaide.edu.au/AACLCnCon/ responsibility and citizen-initiated mass it would be possible for a number of Interested readers are invited to contact referenda. —Ben Osborne archives to be harvested and collected together the University Librarian by sending an in a searchable database. email to: [email protected] PAGE 10 AUGUST 2002 ADELAIDEAN COMMENT OUR MEDICAL WORKFORCE Our medical workforce: Medical expertise in effective patient care will remain important but by itself will not be are universities responding sufficient for practice. Society also expects today's doctors to be good communicators, to the needs of the nation? health care team members and collaborators, community health advocates, life-long scholars, ethical and compassionate By Dr Elizabeth O’Driscoll professionals, as well as wise managers of Head of Clinical Education Development scarce resources. Unit, Queen Elizabeth Hospital These newer expectations of our graduates present challenges for the University to review Clinical Studies Advisor, Faculty of Health curricula and develop corresponding new Sciences, University of Adelaide assessment strategies capable of evaluating As gatekeepers to the medical profession, these objectives. there are profound implications for our role as Previously "difficult to assess" higher order a university in developing students who will skills of reflective practice, self-regulation of form the medical workforce of the future. learning and other behavioral and attitudinal A recent survey reported that declarations of objectives are assuming equal importance ethical commitment are made by graduating with traditional knowledge and skills. medical students at seven of the 12 current Accordingly, there is a need to develop and Australasian Faculties of Medicine, including research tools more appropriate to helping the University of Adelaide (Mc Neill & undergraduates achieve these professional Dowton 2002). Whether the oath is the development objectives. Hippocratic oath, the Geneva Declaration or Because greater emphasis needs to be placed formulated by students and faculty, all reflect on high-quality assessment, far greater the solemn covenant of Medicine to serve Firstly, we know that the most pressing needs opportunities for families in the rural setting. expertise in assessment is needed than in the society. Universities too must have a of Australian society include provision of Universities need to be more proactive in the past. We must acknowledge the pivotal commitment to ensuring that we promote the health care in rural Australia, improving the postgraduate arena and can derive substantial highest possible standards of care for all health of indigenous Australians and importance of assessment and allocate benefits from following the progress of resources to enhancing assessment quality. Australians. developing a health system that can anticipate graduates, being involved in ongoing training the needs of our aging population. This will enable the University to take Acknowledgement of this obligation is and feeding back into undergraduate advantage of opportunities to participate in gradually leading to a paradigm shift. The Our approach to the rural issue provides one education those lessons learned from the international assessment consortia, with selection and training of medical students is clinical practice environment. Entwining the example. Selection of medical students has accompanying educational research and moving away from the focus of the university two strengthens the position of the university changed dramatically in Australia in recent leadership prospects that international as a "supplier" of education to a model focused in many areas—politically, financially and years, including greater intakes of students cooperation creates. instead on the needs and "demands" of society. from rural backgrounds. This is based on morally—and this should be pursued. It follows that the successful university of the evidence that students from rural backgrounds The recent "Adelaide to Outback" initiative is External stakeholders including government 21st century should be asking "what are the are more likely to work in rural areas after an example of the University moving outside and the community have a particular interest needs of our society?" rather than "what are graduation. There is also evidence that the traditional constraints of undergraduate- in ensuring the quality of our medical our interests as providers?" Our role is now medical education in rural districts assists graduate boundaries in medicine and finding graduates. The unique connection of medical seen in terms of looking outward to the needs recruitment of doctors to rural areas, and this an opportunity for cooperation. There are student education to practice is exemplified in of the health sector, producing graduates who has led to the advent of rural clinical schools potentially many more. recent changes to the Medical Practitioners are responsive to societal needs and fully and rural clubs. These changes to selection Act, which will require registration of medical Secondly, we recognise that it is no longer prepared for their future roles. and training are clear evidence of our students with the medical board. The sufficient for us to produce graduates who If the fundamental purpose of medical University's responsiveness to national need, have merely completed study of a fixed assessment objectives and standards put in education is to produce health professionals but does our role end there? domain of biomedical knowledge and clinical place by the University must therefore reflect who can meet societal needs, then it follows Selection, curricular and extra-curricular skills. We know that the future practice of our the underlying principle of producing that every aspect of our selection and changes may still not be sufficient to ensure graduates will be akin to a "trek across rugged graduates who are fit to practice under educational process needs to be tailored and retention of the rural workforce in the long ground" where knowledge quickly becomes supervision in their preregistration intern accountable to that purpose. term. Factors such as adequacy of continuing obsolete and performance will rely more and year. Accountability to the public for the What are the needs of our society and medical education and locum support have a more on the ability of graduates to recognise competence of our medical graduates is corresponding roles expected of new substantial influence, as do non-medical their own educational needs and continue with inherent to our role in medical education. If graduates? Is our institution rising to these aspects including spouse background, self-directed learning to maintain their we are to meet the future medical workforce challenges? occupation and support, and facilities and competence. needs of the nation, nothing less will do. ASQ has Great graduate returns for concert guest player VIOLINIST Sally Cooper will return to Cellist Liwei Qin, a prizewinner at the Helen Ayres, and pianist Anna Goldsworthy THE Australian String Quartet is in Adelaide for the opening concert in the Tachaikovsky Competition in Moscow, will are both former students. appear with the Australian String Quartet in a the process of seeking a new viola Second Semester series of Lunch Hour There are also a number of very exciting performance of the magnificent quintet by player. For its August concert, the Concerts in Elder Hall on Friday, August student performances including another 2, at 1.10 pm. Schubert. The Macquarie Trio featuring ASQ welcomes UK-based Graham Nicholas Milton (violin), Michael concert by the Elder Conservatorium Oppenheimer. As one of the youngest students ever to enrol Goldschlager (cello) and Kathryn Selby Chamber Orchestra, with student soloists performing concertos by Telemann, Corelli Graham studied at the Royal Northern in the single studies program at the Elder (piano) return to Adelaide for a performance Conservatorium, Sally Cooper is recognised as and the double violin concerto by JS Bach. College of Music, Manchester and the of Haydn and Smetana. Jeffrey Crellin, one of Australia’s leading young musicians. Emerging artists from the Elder School of Eastman School in the US with Atar Arad. Principal Oboist with the Melbourne She has won numerous competitions and Music can be heard in recital on August 30 He gave his Wigmore Hall debut in 1989 Symphony Orchestra, will give a recital with scholarships including prizes at the Yehudi and in competition on November 22. and since then has played concertos with a Lucinda Collins and Keith Crellin, who are Menuhin International Violin Competition respectively Head of Keyboard and Head of number of orchestras including the City of and the ABC Young Performers’ Awards. Admission is $4 and tickets are available at the Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and the Strings at the Elder School of Music. door from 12.30pm on the day of each Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, and has Ms Cooper is currently studying at the Several distinguished alumni of the Elder concert. Special subscription passes are also broadcast in the UK, US, Germany and National Academy of Music in Melbourne Conservatorium also feature in the new series. available for the whole or part of the series. Italy. Graham is also the founder and and for this concert she will perform solo and Violinist Sophie Rowell will return from chamber music works with other emerging For more information or to obtain a detailed Artistic Director of the Leicester Sydney for a recital with Renate Turrini. Ms artists from the Academy. The program brochure contact the Concert Office on International Music Festival. Rowell leads the Tank Stream Quartet which features music by Ravel, Kats-Chernin, has just returned from Tokyo after winning the (08) 8303 5925. Australian String Quartet Milstein/Paganini and Shostakovich. Osaka International Chamber Music The 2002 Elder Hall Lunch Hour Concert Homage to Haydn This is the first in a series of 17 concerts being Competition. The Serephim Trio, Series is proudly supported by the Doris West Adelaide Town Hall August 23, 7pm held in Elder Hall every Friday until prizewinners at the Second National Chamber Bequest and 5UV Radio Adelaide. Book at BASS 131 246 (service fee applies) November 22. The program features some Music Competition will perform in the series Tickets $15-$42 truly international artists. for the first time. The Trio’s violinist, —Alison Beare, Elder Hall Concert Manager ADELAIDEAN AUGUST 2002 PAGE 11

Alumni event to draw Sarawak launch huge success hundreds from overseas MORE than 500 alumni and distinguished guests from throughout HUNDREDS of international graduates Many graduates and staff of the University South East Asia travelled to the will be attending the convention to renew of Australian universities are preparing to province of Sarawak in East Malaysia their links and build on existing ties. converge in Melbourne next month for to support last month's launch of the one of the biggest events on the alumni In conjunction with the Australian Alumni Association's fifth calendar: the Australian Universities Universities International Alumni international chapter—the Sarawak Convention, the University of Adelaide International Alumni Convention. Alumni of the University of Adelaide Alumni Association will be hosting a The convention, held every two years, offers networking event in Melbourne on Thursday, (SAUA). an opportunity for Australian university September 5 at the Melbourne Museum from The occasion was as much a celebration as alumni from across the globe to network, share 4.30pm to 6.00pm. it was an opportunity for guests to learn experiences, and form new corporate and This event will provide an opportunity for the about the latest developments at the government connections. It also gives them A Welcoming Dance performed at the University’s alumni, both internationally and University and how alumni and friends of the chance to renew their connections and launch of the new Sarawak alumni chapter. locally, to build new friendships, meet past the University can play a role in its future. links with Australia. acquaintances and keep abreast with current With the Chief Minister of Sarawak, YAB This year's convention is the third, following events at the University. Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri (Dr) Haji Abdul the inaugural convention in Adelaide in 1998 All University of Adelaide alumni who will be Taib Mahmud, leading the Chapter into and Kuching, Malaysia in 2000, both of which in Melbourne on that day, especially our its first year as inaugural President, the were highly successful events. Melbourne Alumni, are invited to attend this coming months are sure to bring much The theme for 2002 is "Networking in the event. activity and a strengthening of bonds with Knowledge Economy", with corporate, social the University of Adelaide. The Alumni & Community Relations Office and education issues on the agenda. is currently compiling a list of alumni residing AGM and Family Picnic Keynote speakers include Government in Melbourne who wish to participate in an The Sarawak Alumni of the University of ministers from Australia and Asia, CEOs of ongoing Melbourne Network. This resulted Adelaide (SAUA) will be holding its major companies and prominent from alumni expressing interest in Annual General Meeting on Saturday, businesspeople, high profile representatives maintaining contact with each other in August 10 at 4pm. The meeting will be from government and non-government Melbourne and the surrounding region. followed by the launch of the new SAUA organisations, as well as leading academics, If you would like to play a part in this website and a family picnic-style BBQ. scientists and educators from around the globe The activities will be hosted by the Chief A souvenir exchange at the launch of the initiative, please register your interest with Ms Sarawak alumni chapter. YB Dato Sri Haji —many of whom are alumni from Australian Minister at his residence in Kuching. Joan Soon by phone (08) 8303 3317 or email: Adenan Satem hands over a souvenir to Universities. [email protected] All members of SAUA including their Dr Harry Medlin, witnessed by the Deputy The speakers include Asgari Stephens, CEO family members are invited to attend. Chief Minister YB Tan Sri Alfred Jabu and Homecoming of Intelligent Capital Malaysia; Huy Truong, For further information please contact Mr the Organising Chairman Mr Rodger Chan. CEO of Wishlist; Dr Tikki Pang, Researcher Immediately following the convention will be Rodger Chan, SAUA Secretary, at for the World Health Organisation, and Dr the inaugural Homecoming program in [email protected] Peter Doherty, Nobel Prize Laureate in Adelaide. All international alumni are invited Medicine. to revisit the city and campus they called home during their study here, and meet with other According to the latest figures by the agency alumni and University staff during a series of IDP Education Australia, there are more than events held over two days (Sunday, September 150,000 international students at Australian 8 and Monday, September 9). universities this year. The program includes a reception at the Australian Universities International Adelaide Town Hall, a breakfast on campus Alumni Convention hosted by the Vice-Chancellor and a Melbourne, Australia discussion on world firsts and innovation at September 5-7 the University of Adelaide. www.auiac2002.com Entrance to all events is by invitation only, but Adelaide at the Convention expressions of interest are welcome. If you are While gathered in Sarawak, some of the More meetings of international friends and The University of Adelaide's new Vice- going to be in Adelaide and would like to international alumni chapters used the colleagues (from left): YB Jacob Sagan, Chancellor, Professor James McWha, will be participate, please contact Rosslyn Cox as opportunity to have a formal meeting. From Datuk James Ting, Rodger Chan, Organising chairing a session on Friday, September 6, soon as possible on +618 8303 3692 or via left: Matthew Thomas Philip, Greg Crafter, Chairman, Hon Greg Crafter, Dr Harry called "Communities in the Asia Pacific". email: [email protected] Rodger Chan, Harry Medlin and Henry Lau. Medlin, Dato Sri Joseph Kong.

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Reunion Program readers who may know of a 1952 graduate other young alumni we would like to hear Manager, Scorecard Project, Justice who has yet to receive an invitation. from you. The Alumni and Community Relations Portfolio, will be the guest speakers. office is organising the inaugural 30 Year For additional information or to Further information can be obtained from The seminar will be held on Tuesday, Reunion later this year. provide details about our ‘missing Ms Joan Soon at (08) 8303 3317 or by August 20 at 6.00pm in the BankSA graduates’ please contact Ms Rebecca email: [email protected] Graduates from 1972 are invited to attend Room, Level 5, Adelaide Graduate McMillen on (08) 8303 5800 or email: the reunion scheduled for November 23. School of Business, 233 North Terrace, [email protected]. Performance Measurement: Adelaide. Although we have contact details for Scorecards many of our alumni, there are still Young Alumni Program A scorecard is like the dials in an airplane Tickets at $10 can be purchased at the graduates for whom we do not have any Are you aged between 18-30 years? Do cockpit—it gives complex information at door on the evening. information. If you know of someone you feel that the current programs offered a glance. Which dials should you use? who graduated in 1972 but have not yet by the Alumni Association and associated Alumni are invited to network following received an invitation, please let us know Chapters can be further diversified? The MBA Alumni Association will the seminar over drinks and nibbles. To present a professional development so that they can be invited to participate The Alumni Association would like to assist with catering please register your seminar on using a scorecard approach to in this celebration. offer more programs that will appeal to interest with the Alumni and Community measuring performance. The 1952 Golden Jubilee will be you. A Young Alumni Program has been Relations office at (08) 8303 5800. celebrated on Friday, October 18. The conceived to facilitate this new initiative. Peter Murchland, Chair of South Further information can be Alumni and Community Relations office If you would like to be part of this new Australia Business Vision 2010 Scorecard obtained from Ms Pamela Lee at has a ‘missing graduates’ list for those venture and have the opportunity to meet Committee, and David Mazzone, Project [email protected] PAGE 12 AUGUST 2002 ADELAIDEAN World stage for Adelaide music students

STUDENTS and graduates of the Elder School of Music are among those performing at this month's 6th World Symposium on Choral Music in the United States. The students and graduates are members of one of Australia's leading chamber choirs, the Adelaide Chamber Singers (ACS), which will perform at the World Symposium in Minneapolis from August 7-11. While in the United States the group will also perform in New York. The 17-member ACS, which has toured Britain and Europe twice, and Singapore in recent years, will be the only Australian choir to participate in the Symposium, which is by invitation only. The ACS contains eight current students or past graduates of the University of Adelaide, most from the Elder School. The choir was founded and is directed by another University of Adelaide alumnus, Carl Crossin, one of Australia's best-known choral conductors and a lecturer at the Elder School of Music. The ACS will join more than 20 leading choirs from around the world to showcase their skills and their country’s music and culture during the Symposium’s formal evening concerts, lunchtime events and workshops. In preparation for their US appearances, the ACS gave a Bon Voyage Concert in Adelaide late last month. The concert included the group’s Minneapolis and New York program featuring music by Maclean, Leek, Crossin and an entirely new work by English composer Roderick Williams. "The World Symposium on Choral Music is one of the most prestigious events a choir can attend. Our invitation is the result of our highly successful tour to Singapore in 2001 and participation in the first Asia Pacific NEWSMAKERS Symposium on Choral Music," said Mr Crossin. Adelaide Chamber Singers has toured in the International concern about hormone Members of the Adelaide Chamber Singers. UK, Norway and South-East Asia in recent replacement therapy focused media years. The choir has given highly acclaimed attention on HRT trials in Australia. performances at the Norwich and Norfolk The ACS has released three CDs, performed amount of newly commissioned Australian Among those interviewed was one of the Festival (1999); the 10th Annual National at Australia’s leading festivals and given choral music works. chief investigators of the Australian trials, Convention of the Association of British frequent national broadcasts on ABC The Choir’s Bon Voyage Concert was the first Professor Alastair MacLennan, on 891 Choral Directors (1996); 'live' performances Classic FM. of three concerts in the Adelaide Chamber ABC ( July 19). for BBC Radio 3; and concerts in Oslo, The group’s repertoire is varied and wide- Singers 2002 Subscription Series. The second Receiving worldwide coverage for her London, Cambridge, Oxford, and several ranging and includes classics of the chamber and third concerts will be held in October paper on GM crops in Science was Dr regional centres in England and Norway. choir repertoire as well as an increasing and December. Mary Rieger, who spoke to the Wall Street Journal, Daily Telegraph (UK), Japan Times, National Post (Canada), Le Figaro (France) and Folha de S.Paulo (Brazil). Animal scientist Professor Phil Hynd Getting up close and told The Advertiser ( July 8) about the development of an all natural alternative personal for the Theatre to the process of mulesing sheep to Guild’s production of prevent blowfly strike. Much to Much Ado About ABC TV’s Stateline program ( July 12) featured two University of Adelaide Nothing are cast academics: Professor Maciej Henneberg members Zo Poppyjon speaking about the changing body shapes of Australians, and Dr Paul Babie on the rave about and Simon Davey. government’s use of Crown leases as a way of retaining control of Crown land. Dr Arthur Saniotis was interviewed by A RAVE warehouse is the unlikely In Much Ado About Nothing, sexual rivals "Good drama is great storytelling, and The Australian ( July 22), 891 ABC ( July contemporary setting for the University Benedick (played by Dominic Pedlar) and Shakespeare was a great storyteller," he said. 11) and 5UV Radio Adelaide ( July 11) of Adelaide Theatre Guild’s latest Beatrice (Wendy Bos) find themselves in the "When the matchmaking starts, that’s when about his timely community course production, of Shakespeare’s much-loved rave warehouse Club Messina, owned by the story really begins to get interesting, as it program on Western perceptions of Islam. comedy Much Ado About Nothing. Leonato (Peter Ferriss). They are determined documents these feisty relationships as well as Professor Edwina Cornish told The not to fall in love with anyone—least of all jealousy and stealth. Director Martin Laud—who has received Advertiser ( July 17) that, on a research each other. acclaim for his direction of Hamlet in 2001— "It’s a lot of fun to direct and I’m sure the level, South Australian universities Meanwhile, their friends Claudio (Simon has assembled a youthful and energetic cast for audience will have a lot of fun too." collaborate and work together better than Davey) and Hero (Zo Poppyjon) are out to the production, and promises that it will anyone in the country. prove love can happen at first sight—but the Much Ado About Nothing is at the Little reflect a zest and vibrancy not often associated evening takes an unexpected turn for everyone Theatre (located at the Cloisters on the Leanne Redman made local and national with Shakespeare by young people. after the devilish Don John (Scott Harrison) grounds of the University) and runs from TV with her story on the relationship "This is not the Shakespeare of a gently gets involved. 7.30pm on selected dates from Saturday between the menstrual cycle and losing flowing stream or brook, meandering serenely August 3 until Saturday, August 17. Tickets weight, with coverage on Seven News Mr Laud, himself a graduate of the University through a lush green valley," he said. are $20 or $15 concession, and are of Adelaide’s B.Ed Drama/BA Ed. Theatre ( July 1) and Channel 9's Today show ( July available by phoning the Theatre Guild on "This is Shakespeare of the rapids: tumbling, course, says the story of Much Ado About 4), as well as the Cordeaux Show on 5DN (08) 8303 5999 or BASS on 131 246. ( July 4) and ABC 891 radio news ( July 5). fast-paced, and vibrant—so bring a kayak!" Nothing carries the play.