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Conservatorium Travel Procedures NOTICES Fundraiser CLASSIES As a further initiative to streamline current procedures, it has been deter­ The Conservatorium of Mus'lc Housesitting Wanted Call for Nominations mined that TVL forms will not be required Foundation will be holding a major Lecturer seeks housing for first semester for travel related expense claims under fundraising concert on 1997. If you are going on leave and need 1996 Convocation Medal and the value of $50. Such claims may be Saturday 19 October at 7.30pm someone to take care of your house, your Newton~John Award submitted to the Accounts Payable Section to raise funds for the purchase of plants. your pets, please contact Pam on 5160 using the 'Claim for Travelling Expense' Nominations are now being called for Northumberland House previously For Sale form C2, or paid through the University the prestigious Convocation Medal and the Dept of Planning, King St, Large glass topped oblong dining table with Cashier using a Petty Cash form. Receipts Newton-John Award which recognises Newcastle. grey edging/legs 6 very sturdy comfortable the achievements of our outstanding substantiating all claims will still be chairs, very good condition. $250 ono. The tickets are $35 each and include graduates. required, as will the Signature of an officer Contact Anne Burtoft 6444 or (ah) 33 4247. pre and post-concert drinks (wine, The Convocation Medal is awarded for with the appropriate financial delegation. champagne, tea, coffee); a wonderful professional excellence to a graduate at There is no change to the requirement variety concert by staff and students; International Conference the forefront of innovative developments of the University insurer that authorised free entry into the draw for 26 prizes or discoveries in any freld. The Newton­ University travel is to be notified to the on Federation to the value of.over $5000 (including John Award is presented to a graduate Head of Department by memorandum, or trips to Coffs Harbour, overnight who has contributed towards enhancing noted in a Departmental register if a TVL Hosted by the University of Western accommodation; lunch for 2; tickets the quality of life in the community with Form is not completed in respect of the Sydney to be held at the Gazebo Hotel, to Beauty & the Beast; sets of CD's; an emphasis on originality, aesthetic or travel. Parramatta 20-22 November 1996 a guitar etc etc) and supper. long lasting value. If further information is required please Enquiries: (02) 9678 7820, Nominations close 31 October, Tickets available from the contact Wayne Leslie on 5124. (02) 9678 7846 1996 and the awards are presented at the Conservatorium. Travel Related Rates/Allowances fax, (02) 9678 7804 Convocation Annual Dinner to be held on Mileage· Private MotorVehicle Use email: [email protected] 8 March, I 997. All information provided is Engine Capacity Cents Per Km treated with the utmost confidentiality. British Council 1600" and under 48.1 For further information, please contact International Seminar 160 I" to 2000" 54.5 AVCC Ms Alison Kinder, Convocation Officer on 200 I" to 3000" 65.2 300 Icc and over 58.8 6459 or email: [email protected]. Effective Water Quality Management au. Reimbursement of mileage to Central Post Budget Statement The seminar aims to discuss recent Coast Campus will not be paid unless (issued 20 September, /996) current developments and future there are exceptional circumstances, and It is essential for Australia to continue Tighes Hill Reunion proposals in integrated water quality with the approval of the Pro Vice­ to have a higher education system of management - freshwater, drinking, Chancellor Central Coast Campus. world standing. This system should be a A reunion of all students, graduates and operational monitoring and methods, New daily rates for accommodation for diverse one with the highest possible staff members of the University and its policies and strategic issues. staff travelling interstate or overseas as access. antecedents who were working or Details to be announced April 1997. well as meal break allowances can be There are long term issues which must enrolled at the University at the Tighes Promotions Manager found on the CWIS be addressed on the role of Australian Hill campus during the I 960s, will be held International Seminars higher education, the contributions it in conjunction with the Convocation The British Council Symposium makes to the society and economy, and Annual Dinner on Saturday 8 March, 1997. I Beaumont Place the levels of funding which are necessary While this sounds a long way off, we are Oxford OX I 2PJ, UK for the universities to fulfil the role and collecting contact details for anyone who telephone: +44(0) 1865 316636 A half day symposium, Conference­ contributions required of them. It is may be interested in attending so we can fax: +44(0) 1865 516590/557368 Ville Newcastle, hosted by the expected that these issues wiU

recommendations might generate, Avec Thursday 31/10/96 2-4 consideration be given to the introduction World Wide Web I of a wider range of incentives to encour­ age the up-front or early repayment of NOVEMBER HECS such as: • in addition to providing a 25% discount Monday 4111/96 10 - 12 for up-front payment at the time of it: World Wide Web I MATTERS enrolment, to provide also a discount of Thursday 7111196 9-12 20% if payment is made before the end of LlBNOTES Endnote Plus the semester of enrolment; PROXY WEB CACHE IMPROVES • in addition to providing a 15% discount WWWACCESS HOTSPOTS for voluntary repayments of $500 or TRAINING PROGRAMME The new campus Proxy caching server A continuation of our series of interesting more, to provide HECS debtors with a The Library is offering training in is now available for widespread use on~ Web sites: once only opportunity of a 25% discount if information resource discovery and campus. FOR THE COOKS: they repay their total debt within one management to all staff and students of "What is a Proxy caching server?" you Epicurious is about food "for people year; the UniverSity. Should a department or mayask. .. who eat".While you are there. visit the • that the proposed new threshold level group with specific subject interests BaSically it's a network server that you epicurious travel section ("you are for HECS repayments not be retrospec­ require a course tailored to its members' configure your web~browser software to Virtually there"). http://www.epicurious. tive, but the AVeC supports the proposed needs, please contact your Faculty use to fetch information from the Internet. com new schedule of repayments for present Librarian (p.1 0 of the Internal Telephone This server has plenty of disk space so it HECS debtors above the old threshold of SERIOUS THINKING: can store the information locally and then Directory). 28,494; If all of that fun has left you in the mood serve it out to anyone else requesting the Auchmuty and Huxley LibraryTraining for more serious pursuits then you • that while acknowledging the Govern~ same information (after checking that it Sessions ment's decision on the introduction of could try: hasn't changed of course). To register. please obtain a registration differential HECS, and expressing some THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE By using it you will help reduce our form including course descriptions from concern over the disincentives to student The Smithsonian is a network of muse­ Internet traffic and speed up the access to the Reference Desks, Auchmuty Library enrolments in some areas, consideration ums, art galleries, research projects in commonly visited web pages and files. Our 585 I, Huxley library 6453.Training be given immediately to changing some of the fields of science, the arts and history. preliminary testing indicates that around Sessions are listed on the University the discipline allocations between the http://www.smithsonianmag.si.edu/ 33% of the web pages are accessed more Library's home page at http:// bands, for example mathematics, medical than once. When you use the new server www.library.newcastle.edu.au OTHER MUSEUMS: science and legal studies, on the grounds these can be displayed by your web If you'd rather spend time wandering of course costs and income earning browser software from the cache without Callaghan OCTOBER around museums or libraries, then spend potential, and that all band allocations be the usual Internet link delays. some time at this site. You can visit the reviewed within two years based on Wednesday 2110/96 4 - 5 To configure your web browser (eg Guggenheim Museum, the Museum of experience with the enrolments; World Wide Web - Intro Netscape NaVigator), select the URL Modern Art, the Museum of Natural • that any action to modify the measures Thursday 3110/96 10 -12 http://www.newcast/e.edu.au/utilsl History, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, announced in the 1996 Federal Budget World Wide Web I proxy/proxy.html for instructions. the Whitney Museum of American Art, should not lead to a further reduction in The IT Divison would welcome any Thursday 311 0/96 2 -3 the Cloisters Museum. the Museum of universities' operating grants for 1997-99; feedback about the new server. Please Definite Article American FolkArt,and the Museum of • the Government to legislate funding email any comments or questions to the Television and Radio. Then you can visit now for 1999 in addition to 1997 and Friday 4110/96 2-3 Networks Group at networks@newcastle some libraries: the New York Public 1998 to demonstrate a commitment to World Wide Web ~ Intro . edu.au Library and The Pierpont Morgan library. the triennial principle; Tony Nicholson, Tuesday 8/10/96 10 - 12 http://www.cityinsights.com/nymuseums. • the Minister to issue determinations in lTD WorldWide Web I h'm respect of funding levels for 1997, 1998 THE ELECTRONIC VISUAL ARTS MAGAZINE and 1999, following the release fo the Tuesday 8110/96 2-3 AOLpress CHOSEN FOR WWW This journal is "dedicated to the explora~ Funding Report for 1997-99, to give Expanded Academic Index AUTHORING tion of the visual arts in all their complexi­ universities a more secure base for their Wednesday 9/10/96 4-5 Anyone who plans to produce docu­ des: artistic, porlt·leal. phllosoph'lcal, forward planning; World Wide Web - Intro ments for publication on our university technical, and conceptual." Produced at • that urgent attention be given to the Web pages (the CWIS) may be interested Thursday 10110/96 10 - I the University of Western Ontario, the development of more appropriate to know that the Information Technology EndNote Plus publication seeks "developments, ideas. indexation arrangements for cost in~ Division is now recommending the use of artists and investigators interested in and creases; and friday 11/10/96 2-3 AOLpress.After an investigation of the participating in the visual arts. http://www. • that, while welcoming the additional World Wide Web ~ Intro various HTML editors available we uwo.calvisarts/evo.html funding for research infrastructure, concluded thatAOLpress was the product Monday 14/10/96 9 -10 consideration be given to distributing the A CLOSE LOOK AT NEXT jANUARrS US which best met our requirements at this CDROM Searching $90M in equal instalments of $30M each PRESIDENT stage.AOLpress runs on all platforms in year. Monday 14110196 10 -I Between now and November, Bill Clinton common use in the University (Macintosh World Wide Web 2 and Bob Dole will be fighting it out for the and Windows 3.x) and Windows 95/NT American presidency. If you want to read Wednesday 16110/96 2-4 1997 is NOT as far off versions are planned. It has many good WorldWide Web I about this contest, and the two men as you might think features including a WYSIWYG interface involved then visit Parallel lives, hosted and table~building and the price is right­ Wednesday 16/10/96 4-5 by the PoliticsNowWeb site. httl':lwww. it is free! For full details of our investiga~ World Wide Web - Intro Given that most teaching staff are PoliticsNow.com/campaignlinter_bioI tion visit the Web page: http://www.new still trying to survive Semester 2 Friday 18/10/96 2-3 fron,1 castle.edu.au/utilslhtm/eva/uation.html 1996, the requirements for 1997 are World Wide Web ~ Intro We found that the commercial product probably not high on your agenda Claris Home Page is the easiest to use and Monday 21110/96 10 - II Library Coordinator for YET. most fully featured HTML editor that we Discussion Lists International Students Nevertheless a little forward tested. It is only available for users of planning as this stage of the year is Wednesday 23110/96 10 - II Macintosh,Windows 95. and Windows NT. required to assure textbooks and Expanded Academic Index Did you know there are over 900 We can also recommend Adobe PageMill readings for Semester I 1997 will be international students representing version 2 for these users. Wednesday 2311 0/96 4-5 available for your students in the approximately 50 countries, presently From November, lTD will teach and World Wide Web ~ Intro Library. studying at the University~ supportAOLpress and make arrange­ This is just a friendly reminder that Thursday 24110/96 2-3 Debbie Booth is employed as the ments for access to the product on if new texts are reqUired for your Definite Article Library Coordinator for international campus. In the mean time, you can courses next year this is the time to Friday 25110/96 2-3 students. She acts as a contact for the download it from http://www.aolpress. order them (not February 1997). If World Wide Web - Intro students. and organises library tours and comlpresslindex.html . A free trial copy material is destined for the Short instruction sessions for them. of Ciaris Home Page can downloaded Monday 2811 0/96 2-3 Loan collection please indicate and Debbie is located in the Auchmuty from http://www.daris.comlproductsl ABS Time Series include its course code. Library (on 8627, email: uldbv@dewey) or clorispagelclarispage.html . Contact jenny Bennett on 5821 or Wednesday 30110/96 4-5 you may visit the International Students' For further information please contact: .~ [email protected] for World Wide Web - Intro Services Home page, http://www.library. Terri Nowak, newcast/e.edu.auloslosmin.html on the prompt, friendly assistance in this Thursday 31110/96 10 - II Information Technology Division University Library Home page. You'll find matter. Wilson Databases email: [email protected] many links to general, educational, news -.- and current affairs resources of interest to .. ---., both international students and to those The following information is available on the CWIS: involved in the teaching of international University Legislation students at the University. Travel Procedures If you aren't familiar with the procedure this is what you do. Open the computer program National Tertiary Education Union (Uni Branch) Contacts Netscape and you should automatically find Deadline 1997 Rhodes Scholarships Details yourself on the University's home page {URL English Department Seminar Program http://www.newcastle.edu.au).You then click Deadline for the next issue of the Inner Music Appreciation Group Program on University of Newcastle local information Ear is Monday 22 October at lOam. Music Lovers Club Program then click again on campus news and services. Now you're on your way. Continuing Professional Education Unit Program