The University News, Vol. 3, No. 1, February 24, 1977

Arc"-.{" gp • VOL3,N01 FEB24, 1977 Newsletter for The University of Newcastle CHILD CARE CENTRE OPENS SHORTLY The Corrmunity Child Care The project was funded to The fees for full-day care Centre will begin operations provide care for the child are $27 per wee!: and for on March 7. ren of parents in need, who part-time care $6 a day. '\he Di rector of the Centre, have been categorised as : Parents who fall into the lathie Bartholemew, who is Single parents. handicapped need category are able to a trained pre-school teacher, parents and mi grant parents apply for a subsidy. The will be responsible for who have lived in Australia rates of subsidy: 40 cents a staff of: a second pre for less than three years. an hour for children under school teacher, three nurses Applications are being three and 25 cents an hour and three aides. invited from students and for children over three. ,he Centre will cater for members of staff of the Cathie Bartholemew was p children aged from one Unive~sity, C.A.E. and the formerly a Pre-school Adv co five and operate between Community who wish to have iser for the Department of 8.30 a.m. and 5.30 p.m. their chi ldren cared for Youth and Community Services, every week day for 48 weeks in the Centre. involving her in visiting every year. pre-~chools in the area which includes Sydney, the Hunter Valley and New England. She graduated from the Kindergarten Teachers' College at Waverley in 1966 and has taught at pre-schools in Canberra and overseas. I l'la.yroom 3 ----3torage {above} Cathie Bartholemew (left) The Child Care Centre layout ORIENTATION SUPPLEMENT INSIDE page two UNIVERSITY FM - FOUNDATION PROFESSOR BORN IN NEWCASTLE RAD I 0 STATION A Newcastle-born Doctor with an in ternational reputation for his research The University Council has into hypertension has taken up dutie's approved the establishment of at the University as Foundation a radio station to be operated of Medicine. by the University with the call He is Dr. Trefor Morgan who was ed sign 2NUR-FM. ucated at Newcastle Boys' High and The University was granted a the University of Sydney. licence in June. 1976, for a He graduated from the University of transmitter with these specif Sydney with Honours in Medical ications: Science. Medicine and Surgery. and received his Doctorate in Medicine from Frequen.cy. -'103.9 MHz the same University in 1972. pOlar;zltion - Horizontal and He was a Resident and Registrar at ,mi_l:'ed horizon Rayal Price Alfred Hospital from 1960- tal and vert 1963. and Clinical Superintendent ical (Medical) of the same Hospital from 1964-1966. Power 10 KW (ERP) He has been a Visiting Scientist at Directional the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, U.S.A .• and in 1969 was Pattern Omni- lJr>. Morgan directional Senior Visiting Research Fellow of the Medical Research Council (U.K.) On Subsequently. the call sign return to Australia he was Renal 2NUR-FM was approved. Physician at the Princess Alexandra' The assigned frequency is in Hospital. Brisbane. One of the important aspects ot the the band formerly used for More recently, he has been First Channel 5 television. teaching with which he has been Assistant in the Department of associated has been an attempt to inte By arrangement with NBN-3 the Medicine at the Repatriation and University will use the NBN grate medical students into the team of Austin Hospitals in Victoria, which medical personnel caring for patients. antenna on Mount Sugarloaf. are teaching hospitals of the Uni NBN-3 will also purchase and Another aspect has been an attempt -) versity of Melbourne. to dev ise a system of health care de operate the transmitter, which He has an international reputation for will be leased to the Univers livery in which patient care, under his research into the causation, in graduate teaching. post graduate ity. Studios will be estab vestigation and treatment of hyper lished on the University campus teaching and research are all inte tension, with particular emphasis on grated leading to. benefits to all. to be equipped and operated by the role of the kidney and the impor the University. Dr Morgan is married with two tance of the distribution and control children. During 1976 extensive enquiries of sodium within the body, were conducted in Newcastle to He has'wide clinical experience and It has been announced that Professor determine the extent of the is -a Fellow of the Royal Australasian Morgan has been awarded grants of interest of other educational College of Physicians. $16,800 this year and $14,100 in institutions and community He has been involved in the teaching 1978 for research by the Cl ive and bodies in the use of the fac of undergraduates and graduates for Vera Ramaciotti Foundations. ility. ,It is expected that the past 18 years; in many of his Glaxo Australia Pty. ltd. has opportunities will be made appointments he has been responsible provided $2500 to help Professor available for these organis for the development of teaching Morgan start his Departmental funds ations to participate in the programmes. and widely recognised in Newcastle. () preparation of programme as an excellent educator. material. In general. the station will operate within the framework of the policies which guide "RELEASE OF COMMONWEALTH/ the University's Department of WELCOME TO NEW GOVERNMENT RECORDS" Community Programmes. It will COUNCIL MEMBERS be controlled by a Board to be Information has been received (J appointed by the University Mr. S.B. Jones. the Member for from the Director-General of Counci 1. Waratah, and Mr. W. Schultz, a the Australian Archives con The station is licensed ,to student of the uni vers it,}', were cerning the release of operate as a stereo-transmitter welcomed 'by the Deputy Chan Commonwealth Government records and it is proposed that its cellor to their first meet- of 1946. Copies of the programmes should include the ing of the University Council detailed notice have been sent broadcasting of music using on January 21. to the Departments of History, this system. The NSW legislative Assembly Geography, Sociology, Economics The University is proceeding elected Mr. Jones, whilst and Conmerce. Should anyone with arra~gements for the students elected Mr. Schultz. else require a copy of the purchase of the necessary Under the UniverSity's Act one detailed notice one may be equipment and the preparation member of the Council is obtained by contacting Mrs. of the studios. It is expected elected by the legislative G. Durham (ext. 240). that broadcasting will commence Assembly after each general about mid-1977. election. This seat was The station will be powerful occupied by Mr. C.M. Fisher. UNIVERSITY DINNER enough to reach main centres of Mr. Schultz defeated Mr. P. the Hunter Valley. Tullgren in an election for In deference to the Newcastle the student position last climate the annual University October. Dinner in 1977 will be held in Edwards Hall on 15th July. As the Council will be meet ing on the afternoon on that day it is hoped that the new date will make it easier for members of Council to join with the staff at the Dinner. • page thr>ee G. FRANK (MICK) ROONEY annuation. redundancy pro STAFF ASSOCIATION visions, study and con ference leave, salaries of The Executive has been active Senior Tutors. Status of over the break in connection women academics, University with matters arising from Government. Science Policy. the Third Term Meeting and Book Pricing, ~ndustrial the 1976 FAUSA Council Meet Registration, ~he Inquiry ing. into Education- and Training. Superannuation, in particular, Annual Leave. Community has been an active area and Colleges. Fixed Term Appoint the Superannuation Committee ments, the F.A.U.S.A. News- (Professors R.G. Keats, G. 1etter and the censure on '[ Kellerman,- Mr. R.B. Taylor the University of Queensland and Mr. P. Sherwood) has Senate. An urgency motion produced a number of lengthy indicating a "holding pol icy" letters and reports on a on merges of Universities range of issues here. and Colleges of Advanced Correspondence with the Vice Education was also passed Chancellor and the Admini and p document consolidating stration has concerned the F.A.U.S.A. policy over a implications of the finan wide range of topics was The many University friends cial situation for staffing. endorsed in principle. of G. Frank (Mick) Rooney, the review of Senior Tutor former student and staff positions, motions from the The First Term Meeting of the Association is to be held on ~~ber in the Department Third Term meeting, the Tenure »Commerce. were saddened statute forwarded after the Thursday, 10th March 1977 _..; learn of his death on 20th 1976 A.G.M. and transfera at 1 - 3p.m. in the Lecture December, 1976. after a long bllity of Long-Service Leave. Theatre, R02 - Geography - illness. Negotiations with other N.S.W. and followed by a joint Frank Rooney began his long University Staff Associations function wlth the Staff association with the University included discussions of the House Club at 4 - 6 p.m. ")Newcastle in 1965 when he actions of the Higher Edu Members of the Association all ed 1"n the course for cation Board in relation are invited to bring any degree of Bachelor of to University affairs. and the new members of staff in Commerce. He completed his question of submissions to their D~partments to the honours degree whilst in full both the Federa 1 Enqui ry function and to inform time employment at Newcastle into Education and Training them of the existence Technical College and proved and the Working Party and benefits of member- to be one of the Faculty's most enquirying into the matter ship of the Association.

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