Adelaidean Vol 6 No 12 AdelaideanN EWS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE JULY 14, 1997 ‘Horse course’ targets industry needs
The ‘horse course’ at the University of interested and willing to do whatever Adelaide’s Roseworthy Campus is it takes to get the work done. now well on track to produce gradu- “We want them to adopt a work ates who are better suited to the ethic so that when they get out into needs of industry. the real world they have suitable expe- The Diploma in Horse Husbandry rience and initiative, making them of and Management has this year under- value to their employer.” gone major changes following consul- Graduates of the course have a wide tation with representatives of the rac- range of career options open to them ing, training, riding and retail in the horse industries. This includes industries. working in stud management, racing, The two-year diploma course pro- horse-related recreational and service vides students with skills in the han- industries, nutrition, equine journal- dling, riding and training of horses, as ism, business, marketing and advertis- well as property, personnel and busi- ing. ness management. Occasionally one of the Roseworthy Students are responsible for main- Campus horses is bred for the racing taining the Roseworthy stables, and in industry. The current hopeful is a the second year of their course they yearling thoroughbred, the last foal undertake industry experience either bred at the campus. in Australia or overseas. “So far the second year students Mrs Annette Warendorf, who last have broken him in and done some year was the top graduate from the pre-training with him,” said Mrs Horse Husbandry and Management Warendorf. “His half sister won a race course, was this year appointed to the only a month ago. She’s doing quite new position of student supervisor. well, so we’re hoping this one will do the same.” She said the input from industry and TAFE was an important influence The future of the horse course at on the course’s development. Roseworthy is looking very good, “Essentially what the horse indus- according to Mrs Warendorf. She said tries want is someone who has a good this year’s restructuring of the course Annette Warendorf with the yearling thorougbred bred at Roseworthy Campus. had been an excellent move, and more work ethic, someone who knows what Photo: David Ellis they’re doing, who’s confident in their feedback from industry was expected horse handling ability, who can work in the coming years. with a wide range of horses, and has to the mid 50s. for lectures and study. “The aim is to have our graduates some kind of a business or manage- A typical day for the students “I’m really big on punctuality, self- as close to what industry wants as pos- ment background,” Mrs Warendorf involves a great deal of hands-on prac- discipline, safety, being well presented, sible. Next year our current first-year said. tical work. They start at 8.00am, and and doing things right,” Mrs students will go on to do industry- This year there are 13 first-year the whole morning is taken up with Warendorf said. based training, so we’re hoping to get students—from South Australia, New cleaning the stables, riding and vari- “The students have got into the rou- valuable feedback from industry as to South Wales, Tasmania and ous other work around the stable tine. They’ve knuckled down and how they’re doing.” Malaysia—whose ages range from 18 block. Afternoons are set aside worked hard, and they all seem very —David Ellis
Kaurna language subject under way University Forum to The Vice-Chancellor, Professor “It’s the key to understanding Thursdays from 9.00am to explore future directions Mary O’Kane, the Principal of Kaurna identity, aspects of local 12noon throughout second Kaurna Plains School, Alice Nunga and Kaurna culture and semester. The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Mary O’Kane, will lead Rigney and the Chair of the Nunga English, as well as local The official launching on 31 discussion on the directions of the University of Kaurna heritage committee, place names, our environment, July will be followed by a panel Adelaide at a series of University Forums this year. and our history,” he said. Scharlene Juliano will jointly discussion with members of the The first Forum was held last month and focused launch the new linguistics sub- The new subject is a second Kaurna community. on the University’s goal of becoming recognised as one ject ‘Kaurna Language and semester unit within the This will address issues of of the world’s great universities within the next 25 Language Ecology’ on Thursday Faculty of Arts, offered at cultural and intellectual proper- years. 31 July at 10.00am in the Levels II-IV and also with com- ty, etiquette and protocol in rela- munity access. A packed audience in the Hughes Lecture Theatre University Club. tion to the Kaurna language. discussed the practicalities of achieving this goal—the Kaurna is the Aboriginal lan- It aims to help participants “It is important from the need to attract excellent staff, find new sources of guage of the Adelaide Plains. learn some of the language, start that students gain some funding, and promote our already excellent perfor- Although the last-known fluent study its structure, understand sense of who the Kaurna com- mance. the context in which the lan- speaker died in 1929 and the munity are and how Kaurna The next forum will be held on Wednesday 30 July guage existed at the time of language probably ceased being people speak about their lan- and will discuss ways the University can enhance its used on a daily basis some time colonisation, and appreciate the guage and its inclusion in teach- circumstances under which the strengths. The venue and time will be announced in last century, there has been a ing programs. the next edition of the Adelaidean. strong movement to rekindle it language is being revived. “Students need to be alerted A subsequent forum will discuss issues raised by
565001/00046 in recent years, and the estab- The subject will feature guest to the sensitivities involved,” Mr the three working party reports produced by the lishment of the new subject lectures by Kaurna elders and Amery said. Information Technology and Information Services recognises the importance of representatives of the Kaurna
Post Strategic Advisory Committee.
this revival. Aboriginal Cultural and Her- For further information con- tact Rob Amery on 8303 3405, The University Forum is an initiative of the Course coordinator Mr Rob itage Association (KACHA Inc), and excursions to important or email: Print Amery said the Kaurna lan- laide.edu.au>. guage was part of Adelaide’s Kaurna sites. —David Washington unique heritage. It will be taught on —John Edge For ed v Two commentaries on Gawler bibliography a Field trips provide ‘real- INSIDE the fees issue, pp.2/6 ‘living resource’, p.4 world’ education, p.5 Appro PAGE 2 JULY 14, 1997 ILLUMINATION ADELAIDEAN Thanks for Kongsi support ered an effective assurance of com- Building dismay mitment which enabled the The Vice-Chancellor was Agreement. I wonder how many of very gracious in her last Mr Bruce Webb, Convenor of your readers shared my column to note the Finance Committee and also an dismay with the appall- involvement that I had ‘outside’ Councillor, gave unstint- ing ‘Artist’s impression’ in getting the arrangement with the ingly of his time to the Reference of the new Science building which Ngee Ann Kongsi to finalisation. Group, as did Mr Chris Harris, will replace the Fisher Building (30 As Convenor of the Reference Chair of the AGBS Advisory Board. June). Group established by Council, I I would like to think that the three Due North want to convey my personal thanks of us exemplified one way in which I am unsure whether the role for the work done by University peo- ‘outsiders’ can, by applying our model for the building was a bank Each year the Commonwealth sets two ple in concluding successfully what commercial and industrial experi- of industrial filing cabinets or a parameters for each of the universities it was, for both parties, a detailed and ence, support the University. wall of private mail boxes in a coun- funds. These are the student load and novel arrangement. Particularly, Dr It is flattering that the Kongsi try post office. the operating grant. In 1997 we have a Mike Evans of the GSM should be chose Adelaide to work with in this It would appear that the roof has student load of 10,075 and an operating mentioned in addition to those grant of about $129m. Our grant is simi- venture. They, too, worked—and been pitched to allow for the laying already named, for a contribution negotiated—hard. We enjoyed lar to that of University of Technology, within the School, in the Reference of four cricket practice pitches, working with them, and they are although why the wickets have Sydney in New South Wales and Deakin Group, and in liaising and negotiat- now our friends. The University University in Victoria, both of which ing both in Adelaide and in been increased to four stumps can, in a collective way, feel happy instead of the traditional three, have about 14,000 EFTSU load. We Singapore with our colleagues from about this Agreement. receive more per EFTSU for two reasons. the Kongsi. Additionally, the sup- remains a mystery. One variable is the research quantum of port given by staff of the GSM was, But now, of course, comes the the operating grant. UTS and Deakin I think, superb. In a time of consid- hard part ... Peter J Davies each receive less than $2.5m in the erable change, under the present I J Bettison Alumnus research quantum while Adelaide Head, Hugh McClelland, they deliv- Senior Deputy Chancellor Dulwich receives over $14m as a result of its excel- lent research performance. The other variable is the student mix. Adelaide has GUEST COMMENTARIES: THE FEES ISSUE much of its activity based in very expen- sive disciplines such as Agriculture, Medicine and Dentistry. Part of the Fees, Subsidies and Taxes: Applying User Pays expense lies in the need to give students experience in the real world—in hospi- to Universities tals in the case of medicine and farms in the case of agriculture. It will not be possible for good Australian by been misapplied. In this commentary, universities to maintain their deservedly Professor Jonathan Pincus however, I will concentrate on the fund- However, it is one of the joys of teaching high reputations unless they are funded Economics ing of undergraduate education. agriculture that we must operate a cam- under better arrangements. University pus that has a farm. Adelaide has two I believe that Australian public universi- costs are rising faster than university ties should be permitted to charge fees important agriculture campuses; one in incomes. They pay salaries set in a competitive market, town, the Waite campus, and one to the for all Australian students but not as up-front fees: and buy books, equipment, etc at international prices or income-contingent loans of the HECS type must be avail- north of the city at Roseworthy. higher. But the public sector, urged by the National able. These proposals are discussed in a submission to Established in 1883 as Roseworthy Commission of Audit and the Australian Financial the West Review by Paul Miller of the University of Agricultural College, the campus has Review, is increasingly stingy. Stingy and mean: the gov- Western Australia and myself. We suggest that the magnificent teaching and student labora- ernment sets the tuition fees for most Australian students undergraduate student should be responsible for half his tory facilities, student accommodation and then keeps the fee revenues for itself! or her costs of standard tuition. Publicly-funded operat- and attached to it, the University farm. How can public universities escape the cost squeeze, ing grants to universities, equal to fifty percent of stan- It is here that we jointly host SARDI’s Pig without further sackings? The challenge for the higher dard course costs, would make up the difference. and Poultry Institute and run our flock of education sector is to reorganise its activities to deliver sheep, herd of Holsteins, and one of the Students should pay some fees towards the cost of their quality programs with fewer resources, and to seek alter- education, for they generally are the chief ones to benefit major deer herds in South Australia; we native funding arrangements to expand the resources from their education, mostly in the form of increased also grow a range of crops suited to the available. Entrepreneurial efforts of universities have income, but also in enhanced life chances (including dry-land climate. It is here too that we generated limited funds, but provide little support for health). concentrate much of our research work in undergraduate education. Private benefaction, never environmental science and rangeland strong in Australia, will not bridge the gap between uni- However, not all of the benefits of higher education go to matters. versity means and university costs. From 1997, universi- the student. Some of the benefits flow to other members ties can charge fees for some Australian students. of society generally, from the presence of better educated Inevitably, however, there are frustra- These changes do not resolve the funding issue satisfac- citizens and voters. Some benefits flow to other workers tions for those at Roseworthy despite the torily. in the workplace, in the form of increased productivity beautiful setting and the facilities. Staff from having graduates as workmates. And higher educa- feel cut off from University life and stu- In addition to creating a cost squeeze, the existing fund- ing arrangements are neither efficient nor fair. I am con- tion produces research with huge, broadly distributed dents have to travel to North Terrace and benefits. the Waite as well as Roseworthy for vinced, as are impartial commentators, that too little sup- teaching. We do have a bus, but it is port has been given to university research, and that it has Continued Page 6 clear that we have major problems other than distance to solve. We need to decide exactly what sort of a campus we should In Favour of Fees have at Roseworthy. Should it be a full- blown teaching and research campus Education is a good in itself. It is not a by free education. The second meaning is, such as North Terrace and the Waite? Or commodity. It has no price. From these Professor Michael Detmold as I have said, a rather spurious one, at should it look more like Thebarton, true thoughts the conclusion comes: Law least at one level. Education is to be which is very much a research and com- education must be free. But the conclu- free in the sense of gratis. But since mercial precinct with only a small sion is nonsense. Teachers’ salaries do this cannot hold in a world in which amount of undergraduate activity? not drop from the heavens. Someone pays, and the only teachers’ salaries do not drop from the sky the question Those at Roseworthy certainly suspect question is: who? arises: what do the proponents of free education in this that the campus isn’t highly valued by oth- It will not have escaped notice that there are two mean- second sense really mean? ers. I think part of the reason it may be ings of ‘free’ involved in the issue, and that the previous I think they mean that every child, indeed every person, undervalued is lack of knowledge. Does paragraph moved from one to the other. Education is in a free community must have access to education. On the rest of the University community part of the constitution of a free person, one who is this interpretation the second meaning is simply the prac- know the extent of the farm, and the range incommensurate, an end or good in themself rather than tical implementation of the first. I shall call it the principle of the teaching and research facilities? a (commensurate) means to the end of another. And so of access, imagine that we all agree with it, and ask: Roseworthy provides a wonderful confer- education takes on the character of human freedom; and what does the principle of access require of the ence venue complete with accommodation presents always a radical contrast to indoctrination where University of Adelaide in 1997? and beautiful walks. The campus also has the pupil is not free but a means to whatever is the doctri- the University swimming pool. nally conceived end. This is the important meaning of Continued Page 6 This year’s University Open Day will be held at Roseworthy. Mark it in the diary The newspaper of The University of Adelaide now and enjoy an entertaining and infor- Adelaidean Writers Contributors mative afternoon on 19 October. I should John Edge Patricia Cree Sheila Bryce also mention that our host for that day Editor David Ellis Adrienne Eccles David Washington Geoff Sauer will be the University Rainbow Serpent Julie Ryke Printed by who featured in very early versions of Layout Cadillac Color Deadline for next issue is 17 July this column. See you there! Room G07 Mitchell Building, South Australia, 5005. Tel (08) 8303 5174; Fax (08) 8303 4838; Email: [email protected] MARY O’KANE WWW: http://www.adelaide.edu.au/Adelaidean/home.html Material may be reproduced without permission but full acknowledgement must be given to the Adelaidean. ADELAIDEAN CAMPUS NEWS JULY 14, 1997 PAGE 3 Focus on European studies TheNewsTheNews The University of Adelaide’s new IN BRIEF Centre for European Studies was launched last week, coinciding with CELLIST’S SWANSONG the opening of a major conference Cellist Janis Laurs will give his final per- dealing with European/Australian formance with the Australian String relations. Quartet at the Quartet’s second subscrip- The Centre combines the disci- tion series concert on Monday 21 July at plines of the former departments of 8.00pm in Elder Hall. Mr Laurs, a Classics, French Studies, German founding member of the ASQ, is leaving Studies and Linguistics. the ensemble this month. Head of the Centre Dr Jean The Quartet will perform Beethoven’s Fornasiero said it aimed to provide a String Quartet in E flat major opus 74 focus for European studies within the (Harp), Australian-born composer University. The formation of the Malcolm Williamson’s String Quartet Centre not only recognised a renewed number 3, and Schubert’s String Quartet commitment to the cause of European number 15 in G major, D887. studies, but would also complement ASQ leader Peter Tanfield said the con- the teaching and research conducted cert was a fitting tribute to Janis in other disciplines, particularly in Laurs—”the vast G major Schubert quar- History, she said. tet, the warmth and tenderness of the She said changes to the curricu- Beethoven and the transparent beauty of lum had already been adopted, with the Williamson”. other significant changes expected. After an extensive national and interna- This included restructuring of tional search, the ASQ has appointed subjects in French and German Scottsh-born cellist Niall Brown to Studies to provide an opportunity for L to R: Dr Ric Zuckerman, Dr Peter Monteath, Mr Aneurin Hughes, Dr Jean replace Janis Laurs. Mr Brown, who has greater interdisciplinary teaching, Fornasiero and Professor Doug McEachern before the launching of the most recently held the post of solo cello innovations in Classics and Centre for European Studies in Elder Hall. Photo: David Ellis at the Orchestre de Chambre de Linguistics, such as a summer school Lausanne in Switzerland, will join the in Turkey and a new subject in the for European Studies coincided with about 200 delegates from around Quartet next month. Kaurna Aboriginal language, and the the opening of the 11th biennial con- Australia and overseas, and was His first performance with the ensemble introduction of a Diploma in ference of the Australasian aimed at discussing the multiple will be at the ASQ’s subscription concert Languages which will allow students Association of European Historians concerns of Europe, both past and on Saturday 6 September in Elder Hall. from other faculties to add a lan- (AAEH), which was held at the present, with an emphasis on guage major to their degree program. University of Adelaide. Europe/Australia relations. LISTENING TO A FAR SEA The official launch of the Centre The four-day conference involved Continued on Page 4 Diane Fahey, Writer-in Residence to the Departments of Women’s Studies (now part of the new Department of Social Inquiry) and English, will give a presenta- Saxophone student off to Las Vegas tion of poems from a new collection, Listening to a Far Sea: Greek Myths in the Saxophonist Scott Griffiths, a Conservatorium with saxophonist Modern Age, on 24 July at 8pm. The col- Masters student in the Jazz program Dustin Cox. Earlier this year, he lection will be published in 1998. was awarded the ‘Most Outstanding of the Elder Conservatorium, has The presentation, in the Ira Raymond Postgraduate’ prize at the Faculty of won a two year scholarship to join Room of the Barr Smith Library, is spon- Performing Arts Jazz Awards the jazz course at the University of sored by the English Association and the Concert in Scott Theatre. Nevada in Las Vegas. Cornell Chapter of the Alumni Dustin Cox said, “Scott will be a Association. Those wishing to attend are The course will involve classes wonderful representative of the Elder also invited to meet for dinner in the with tenor saxophonist Don Menza Conservatorium jazz course and with Equinox Bistro in the Union Building at and pianist Stefan Karlsson, who his competitive abilities he’ll fit right 6.30pm before the meeting. have been instrumental in putting into the Las Vegas program.” the University of Nevada’s jazz Ms Fahey will also be discussing her course on the world map. While Scott Griffiths is looking poems based on Grimms’ Fairy Tales at forward to his first trip overseas, he the English department’s Staff/Post- In Las Vegas, Mr Griffiths will feels his future lies at home in graduate seminar on Monday 18 August continue his studies towards his Australia, where he’d like to teach— (Room 618, Napier Building, at 2.15pm). Masters degree. His scholarship possibly in Adelaide. covers part living expenses and all In second semester, she will also be con- tuition fees. Part of the scholarship On the way to the US he will stop tinuing a program of creative writing requirement is that he conduct jazz off for a brief spell in Europe where seminars on Thursdays from 1-2pm in appreciation classes for first year he will catch up with fellow student, Seminar Rm 327, Department of Social students. drummer Tim Jones, who has also Inquiry, 10 Pulteney St. The six-session won a Nevada scholarship. series runs from 31 July to 4 September. For the past six months, Scott Scott Griffiths—off to Las Vegas Griffiths has studied at the Elder —Sheila Bryce GLOBAL LANGUAGES The Centre for Intercultural Studies and Multicultural Education is presenting Farewell for Registrar, Frank O’Neill two seminars on Global Languages on 22 and 24 July at 6.00pm in the Council Some 200 university staff, alumni Speaking at the dinner, Vice- Room (Level 7, Hughes Building). and representatives of other South Chancellor Mary O’Kane said Frank On 22 July, Professor David Crystal Australian universities and the edu- O’Neill would be remembered for his (University of Wales) will address the cation sector gathered on 3 July to key role in developing the physical survival of other languages in the face of pay tribute to Frank O’Neill, who has shape of the University, in particular the rise of English as a global language. left the University after 16 years as in the development of the Thebarton Professor Crystal, author of English as a Registrar to pursue business inter- Commerce and Research Precinct, Global Language, is highly regarded for ests in education. and his unwavering faith in the his work in English language studies, future of the University. Former Governor and University and the application of linguistics to clini- Chancellor, Dame Roma Mitchell, In his address, Mr O’Neill paid cal and educational contexts. Chief Justice John Doyle, Chancellor tribute to the three Chancellors and On 24 July, Professor John Wells (Uni- Bill Scammell, Vice-Chancellor Mary four Vice-Chancellors with whom he versity College, London) asks whether O’Kane and AVCC deputy executive has worked, and praised the Esperanto is a viable international lan- director John Mullarvey were among University for its ability to show guage. Professor Wells, a former the guests at a farewell dinner for leadership at all levels. President of the World Esperanto Mr O’Neill held at the Adelaide Association, has interests in the field of University Union. He gave special thanks to Diana phonetic and phonological description of Coffey, his executive assistant for 16 The Chancellor presented Mr languages, lexicography, and language years, who is now the University’s teaching. He will be in Adelaide for the O’Neill with framed etchings, includ- The Chancellor, Mr Bill Scammell, pre- Protocol Officer. international congress of the World ing one of the Barr Smith Library, as sents Frank O’Neill with farewell gifts. Esperanto Association. farewell gifts. —Patricia Cree Photo: Patricia Cree PAGE 4 JULY 14, 1997 CAMPUS NEWS ADELAIDEAN Gawler bibliography a ‘living resource’ What do you know about the history of Gawler? “Poverty and Vagrancy in Elizabethan England”), Next time you’re interested in learning more but the skills he’d developed at the University in his- about the town, which is one of South Australia’s torical research were vital for a project such as this. oldest, a new resource could help you find exactly “I didn’t know anything about the history of what you’re looking for. Gawler when I started. But it didn’t take long to University of Adelaide history graduate Mr discover the wide variety and depth of information Phillip Thomas has spent the past six months available. putting together an easy-to-read annotated bibliog- “The various libraries were a great help—the raphy of the history of Gawler. Mortlock Library, Adelaide University’s Barr Smith The seven-volume bibliography is a valuable Library, the libraries of the University of South resource for students, teachers, researchers and the Australia and Flinders University, and of course the public, enabling them to search for information records kept at the Gawler Institute and Gawler regarding almost anything of historical interest Public Library. about the town and its surrounding areas. “It was a wonderful experience to find out so Topics covered include the Aboriginal history of much about the town and its people, and I hope oth- the area, the founding and growth of the town, local ers will use the bibliography to appreciate Gawler’s government and community services, industry, agri- long and varied history,” he said. culture, business, religion, sport, geology and the Gawler, which is located about 50 kms north of natural environment. Adelaide, was originally surveyed by Colonel Sources of information include newspaper clip- William Light in 1839. pings, parliamentary papers, family histories, Three Aboriginal tribes lived in the area—the church records, council records, letters, personal Peramangk, the Kaurna and the Ngadjuri. diaries, and even business invoices and records Some of the original settlers were John Reid and taken from gas and electricity companies. his family, who arrived at Gawler in February 1839. The bibliography contains the author, title and a Reid’s daughter, Eliza Sara Reid, later wrote in her brief description of each source of information, as Phillip Thomas. Photo: David Ellis diary that the temperature on the day of their well as where they’re located and how people can arrival was 112 degrees Fahrenheit, and the family was sick and almost died of thirst. access them. of Adelaide with a Bachelor of Arts and a Masters “Almost everything that I could find is included in degree in History, was chosen for this extensive and Another of the early settlers, James Martin, the finished product,” said Mr Thomas, “although unique project by the Corporation of the Town of established a train-building company at Gawler, I’m sure there’s still much more material out there Gawler. while others set up various agricultural industries and foundries. about the history of Gawler.” Surprisingly, his Masters thesis had nothing to do Mr Thomas, who graduated from the University with South Australian history (the topic was Continued on Page 5 Investigator Science & Technology Centre New arrivals welcomed Antarctica—Secrets of the Frozen World The University’s Inter- courses next February. grams account for another To 14 September 1997 national Programs Office The MATES students 16, covering ten institu- is gearing up for a mid- will be welcomed at an tions in Canada, Germany, Unlock the mysteries of the highest, driest, coldest, iciest year influx of international official reception by staff the United States, France and most remote continent on Earth. students arriving in associated with the and Denmark. Adelaide to begin both Bridging Program and At higher degree level, Rose Terrace, Wayville. Opening Hours 10am-5pm daily. short and long term peri- senior MATES students the Faculty of Arts will Adults $7.50, Children (4-17) $5, Concession $6. ods of study. currently studying welcome six new PhD can- Medicine and Dentistry. didates from Canada, Over the next three Before they enter the South Africa, Nigeria, months, 122 international Tanzania, Indonesia and students will arrive, the Communication and Study Focus on European studies Skills component, taught China, with another 20 majority (87) this month, higher degree candidates three in August and 32 in at CALUSA, the students Continued from Page 3 commitment was needed from both will be briefed on the vari- among the intake. The sides if those benefits were to be September. remaining students are Guest speaker on the opening day ous aspects of life in achieved. All but one of the 32 doing Bachelor degrees or of the event was the Ambassador of Australia, given a tour of September arrivals are in graduate certificates and the European Union, His Excellency Also speaking at the opening of the city and campus and the eleventh cohort of diplomas. Mr Aneurin Hughes. the conference was Deputy Vice- helped to find accommoda- Chancellor (Academic) Professor MATES (Malaysian Aust- In all, 26 countries are Mr Hughes spoke about ralian Tertiary Education tion. Australia’s current relations with Doug McEachern. He announced represented, with the the establishment of a European Scheme). From Universiti The Study Abroad pro- spectrum of courses cover- the European Union and identified Sains Malaysia, these stu- gram accounts for 40 of new areas of potential cooperation Documentation Centre, to be based ing all faculties of the at the University’s Barr Smith dents will begin a bridging the new arrivals, with 35 University. between Australia and the program before entering of these from the United European Union, including benefits Library. Medicine and Dentistry States. Exchange pro- —John Edge to education and training, but said —David Ellis Advertisement Advertisement Going to a conference this year? If you will be attending a national or international conference this year, then consider volunteering to host it in Adelaide. The Adelaide Convention and Tourism Authority (ACTA) is working with the University of Adelaide to bring more conferences to Adelaide. 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Email: aquinn@reg- istry.adelaide.edu.au ADELAIDEAN CAMPUS NEWS JULY 14, 1997 PAGE 5 ‘Real life’ environment learning sets the scene for students’ future employment Students studying environ- “They are also being chal- important aspect of the field mental management are lenged by some of the contem- trip was that it gave students being given the chance to get porary issues, like the native the chance to meet environ- out of the lecture room and title debate and the debate mental managers ‘on their into the ‘real world’, thanks to about the impact of native own turf’, as opposed to the a number of field trips this title on pastoral leases. more sterile confines of the lecture theatre. year. “Overall the trip was an Field trips are an impor- invaluable experience, and it He said it was useful for tant learning exercise for stu- enabled us to build on the students to see the kinds of dents, especially those study- existing links between the work they could be doing ing the environment, because University of Adelaide and when they complete their they enable students to gain Aboriginal communities.” degrees. an appreciation for the land Dr Patrick Tap is another “Field trips are also an and see how theory can be Environmental Science & excellent way of educating applied in the field. Management lecturer who students in a less formal As part of a new subject, knows the benefits of field atmosphere, prompting people “Indigenous Australians and trips. on both sides of the fence to realise that their opposite Environmental Management”, He and department head numbers, be they teacher or which is being taught at the Professor Hugh Possingham student, are ‘human after Roseworthy Campus for the recently led a team that took all’,” he added. first time this year, more than 38 students to a forestry camp 40 students spent eight days in Rennick, which is just over The feedback from both in April visiting and camping the South Australia/Victoria field trips has been over- on Aboriginal lands. border. whelmingly positive, with stu- dents agreeing that not only The field trip spanned The five-day field trip were the trips great fun but South Australia’s north and involved hands-on research they were also a good learning central Australia. projects, enabling students to experience. Elders from the Anangu study birds, mammals and Pitjantjatjara lands welcomed plants in the area as well as Many of these students are the chance to speak with the seeing land management and currently on another camp, students, since many of them forestry strategies in action. led by Environmental Science could in the future be working & Management lecturer Dr “Our aim is to produce Des Coleman. with Aboriginal people in good, practical ecologists,” remote areas. said Dr Tap. The camp is based at the A senior traditional owner University’s Middleback Field “One of the ways we can Centre, which is located on a of land in South Australia’s accomplish that is by exposing Musgrave Ranges, Mr Peter sheep station about 18 km students to as many different west of Whyalla. Students are Nyanangu, told the students environments as possible. that the only way to learn Students out in the ‘real world’ – examining a small mammal in the carrying out practical studies properly was to get out of the Rennick forest area. Photo: Patrick Tap “A field trip brings a sub- on the area's ecology. classroom and onto the land. ject ‘to life’ because students They are also able to inter- way of life, and about the cur- better understanding of are able to examine hypothe- That view is shared by lec- rent land management issues Aboriginal approaches to land act with pastoralists, learning ses using data that they them- first hand something of the turer Dr Jocelyn Davies, from they’re involved with,” Dr management. selves have collected. the Department of Environ- problems of day-to-day man- Davies said. “These students represent mental Science & Mana- “By taking students into agement of rangelands. She said the trip, which is the upcoming generation of gement, who headed the field the field we’re able to involve planned to become a regular natural resource managers, Dr Coleman said the expe- trip. them in ‘real’ research and rience would stand the stu- feature of the indigenous land and through this subject and thereby give them practical “The trip paid off so well management subject, allowed the field trip their eyes have dents in good stead for later skills which they can utilise in work with industry or govern- because Aboriginal people students to gain unique been opened to different ways their future employment.” were willing to show us things insight into the ecology and of looking at the land,” Dr ment. and to teach us about their use of the land, as well as a Davies said. Dr Tap said that another —David Ellis Gawler bibliography Japan agreement builds on old links Continued from Page 4 According to some of the early by-laws, Gawler also The University of Adelaide and gained a reputation for its houses of ‘ill living’—broth- els, where settlers and drovers passing by on their Nippon Dental University in way to mining towns such as Burra and Kapunda Japan have signed an agreement would stop for ‘a night’s entertainment’. to pursue joint objectives in den- tal education and research. The ‘Song of Australia’, which some people still believe should be Australia’s national anthem, was The agreement was signed in first sung at Gawler. It was written as a result of a Adelaide by the Vice-Chancellor, local competition won by Caroline Carlton and Carl Professor Mary O’Kane, and Dr Linger in the late 1850s. Sen Nakahara, Dean of the School of Dentistry at Niigata. Mr Thomas said as well as being made available in Pictured right are (from left) Dr print form, a copy of the bibliography was being kept Nakahara, and Professor Hideo on computer database so that it could be updated and Ogura, the Associate Dean of corrected. International Programs at “The idea is to make it a ‘living resource’ which will Niigata. grow and change over time,” he said. “Information in Proposed activities will extend print form dates very quickly, so the database will allow the current relationship between new information be to added whenever necessary.” Adelaide and the Niigata and The annotated bibliography will be officially Tokyo campuses of Nippon Dental launched at the Gawler Public Library on Thursday, 7 University. August at 6.30 pm. Copies of the bibliography will be Discussions with Dr Nakahara available at the Gawler Public Library, the Mortlock and Professor Ogura during their Library, and the University of Adelaide’s Barr Smith recent visit also uncovered Library. Each of the bibliography’s seven volumes will research links between Adelaide also be available for purchase. and Nippon universities dating —David Ellis back to the early 1960s. PAGE 6 JULY 14, 1997 CAMPUS NEWS ADELAIDEAN Advertisement MFP supports UNEP Fellows The University of Adelaide’s interna- tional reputation in environmental teaching and research continues to grow. Evidence of that can be found at the Mawson Graduate Centre for Environmental Studies. The Centre has joined with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to provide an International Graduate Certificate in Environmental Management. This year six UNEP Fellows under- took the postgraduate course, under the supervision of Dr Jan Carey. Each student came from the field of teaching, research or environmental policy in their home country, and the research projects they conducted in Adelaide were significant to the envi- ronment of their country and others. This year three of the UNEP Fellows received scholarships from MFP Australia. They were: Plutomeo Nieves, Associate Pro- UNEP Fellows Annabel Ojoo, Plutomeo Nieves and Md Tareq. Photo: David Ellis fessor with Bicol University’s Tabaco Campus in the Philippines. His energy sources for use in the Third Ministry of Environment, Indonesia. research has focused on the coastal World. Increased supplies of energy She examined the impact of eco- aquaculture industry in the Philippines and resources are required for devel- tourism in Indonesia, as well as man- and its impact on the environment. oping nations, but the consumption of agement practices needed to maintain existing energy sources has major the quality of the environment. An Annabel Ojoo, from Nairobi, implications for the environment. ecotourism boom is predicted for the Kenya, whose research has looked at Asia-Pacific region by the year 2000. the development of effective environ- Other UNEP Fellows undertaking Grace Talic, Mines and mental education for schools. Kenya the course in Adelaide are: Geosciences Bureau, Philippines. Her is beset by environmental problems, Belinda Deang, Department of research proposed strategies to and this work seeks to establish a Environment and Natural Resources, address the increasing level of river pilot education program which could Philippines. Her study focused on the water pollution from heavy metals raise awareness in schools and the problems and issues concerning and siltation. Waste from mining wider community of environmental women in the upland communities of operations is building up hazardous issues. the Philippines, such as poverty, qual- levels of toxic substances in river Md. Tareq, from Bangladesh. His ity of life, and the environment. ecosystems. study discusses possible alternative Siti Nissa Mardiah, State —David Ellis GUEST COMMENTARIES — From page 2 Fees, Subsidies and Taxes: Applying User In Favour of Fees Pays to Universities In particular, what would we say to someone willing to pay fees next year who was denied a place by virtue of a decision of the University These three spillover benefits from higher edu- To drive home the point, consider another eco- against fees? To suggest that we were denying the place on the basis cation—citizenship, workforce productivity and nomics student, Claire, who paid full-cost fees of the principle of access would need a little explanation, to say the research—are accepted, even by the but can claim the $6,500 as a tax deduction. least of it. As far as I can see, the explanation in the minds of fee Productivity Commission, as justification for a The value of the deduction of $6,500 depends opponents is the policy of resistance to the present Government’s hefty public support for undergraduate educa- on Claire’s tax rate when she makes her claim. funding arrangements in order to change them and produce more gov- tion. Thus, students should not pay all the Simple division of 1800/6500 shows that for ernment funding and therefore greater access in the future. As a politi- costs of their education. Miller and I suggest a any marginal tax rate of 28% or above, the cal goal this strikes me as extremely naive, though personally attrac- fifty/fifty split. value of the deduction is more than $1,800. tive in an ideal sort of way. We could argue for a long time about it; How large are the public subsidies received by The federal Treasury would bear more than and the more inconclusive our political prognostications became the Australian undergraduates? Well, they vary, $1800 of Claire’s investment, more than the more it would have become clear that all our initial denial did was and the calculations have to be interpreted apparent ‘subsidy’ to HECS-liable student, break the principle by which we purported to act. carefully. For Anne, an economics student Anne. The point is only access. And there are many ways of funding access, with an annual course cost of about $6,500 If she has the ready cash, Claire would rather many possible balances between public and private provision. Why and HECS fee of $4,700, there seems to be an pay full-cost, tax-deductible fees than to be a should access to education be different from access to food or hous- annual public ‘subsidy’ of $1800 from the ‘subsidised’ HECS student. Most economics ing. Both of them are like education in their being necessary to the Treasury (or 28% of cost). For a Science stu- graduates will end up paying more than 28% constitution of a free person (and so we call them rights), but in those dent, Barry, the annual course cost is about marginal tax, and so will be ‘subsidising’ the cases we have mainly a fee system in operation. If the point were $13,500 and the HECS fee is also $4,700; the Treasury; so will many others paying HECS education itself we should resist to the end. But it isn’t. One of the public ‘subsidy’ to Barry is $8,800 (or 65% of high in comparison to course costs. documents before the Academic Board in its fees discussion seemed cost). Taking all HECS-liable undergraduates unable to distinguish between buying a place in the University and There is an additional point: most graduates buying a degree. Only the latter corrupts education itself. enrolled in Australia, the average ‘subsidy’ is will earn above average incomes and, as Pay- just under 50%, on this basis. As-You-Earn taxpayers, will pay more than the Our priority should be education itself. Suppose it is the case (as I have put the word ‘subsidy’ in quote marks average in taxation. In fact, they will pay more seems likely) that males will have somewhat greater access to funds because I think ‘subsidy’ is the wrong word. A in taxation than they will ever receive in pub- for fees than females. If fee places were in lieu of HECS places it better description is ‘public investment’ in Anne licly-funded benefits: pay more tax than they would follow that there would be a transfer of places from females to and Barry. It is not just a question of what will cost the health system, the welfare system, males, and a real problem of gender justice. But they are not. The fee word makes us feel virtuous: there is a matter the public education system. So, the public places are extra. So the issue is not between males and females, it is of substance. Once you look at higher educa- subsidy that you are enjoying now is itself a between educating or not educating potential students beyond the tion as investment in people, then we have to kind of a loan, an investment, that graduates HECS places. In the case of a patriarchal father directing his money to re-evaluate the extent of the public ‘subsidy’. will more than repay, in future taxation. his son rather than his daughter, the choice for the University is between educating the son and educating neither. Better to educate Where a degree is required for a job, any uni- These and other matters will be discussed at both than just the daughter. Better (since I believe in affirmative versity fee is a necessary cost of earning an international conference on university fund- action) to educate the daughter than the son. But better to educate income. Irrationally and unfairly, the tax law ing, to be held in Adelaide on 21-22 July, 1997. the son than neither. I would say myself that the progress of feminism does not permit deduction of the fee as an The conference is organised by Paul Miller, in this century is due in no small part to the power of education. And expense of earning income for most under- myself and John Siegfried, and sponsored by this of males as well as females. Indeed I can think of no better exem- graduate and many post-graduate students. the Universities of Adelaide and Western plar of the need for us to keep our focus in the University of Adelaide This is because those education expenses are Australia, and by DEETYA’s Evaluations and on education itself. It would be a sorry state of affairs if it were the being made in the expectation of a job or of a Investigations Program. University that underestimated the power of education. better job, and not in order to earn income in an existing job. Professor Jonathan Pincus, Economics Professor Michael Detmold, Law ADELAIDEAN ALUMNI NEWS JULY 14, 1997 PAGE 7 AFUW bursaries presented AlumniINAlumni BRIEF Four University of Adelaide PhD Dutton (French) won the $2500 Doreen McCarthy Special Grant of candidates were among seven recip- Diamond Jubilee and Cathy Candler $1500. She will use this to support Medieval talk ients of 1997 AFUW-SA Inc bursaries respectively. her while she completes her thesis in The Cornell Chapter invites all enthu- Bursaries presented in Adelaide on Ms Thornton will use her bursary the area of micronutrients and siasts of medieval history and litera- 24 June. to travel to France as part of her infant nutrition. ture to a luncheon meeting on 21 July The Winifred E Preedy Postgrad- research into the portrayal of the The presentation ceremony also at which Dr Tom Burton will speak uate Bursary of $5000 was awarded French war of decolonisation in saw the inaugural award of the about his work on medieval writings in to Dentistry’s Kanoknart Indochina between the years 1945- Padnendadlu Bursary ($2500), a talk entitled “(Mis)translation or Chintakanon, who is investigating 1954. Ms Dutton is also using her which is designed to promote the adaptation? English and French anti- structural and muscular adaptation bursary for a period of study in academic advancement of indigenous feminism”. in children being treated with a France, where she is interviewing women and is offered to Aboriginal Readers wishing to book for the lun- functional appliance called a Twin Jean-Marie Le Clezio, whose work is women studying in a South Australian University. cheon meeting—12.30pm in the Hoods Block, which is used to correct poor the subject of her thesis. Room of the Staff Club on Monday 21 alignment between upper and lower In Agricultural Science, Peggy The inaugural winner was Ms July—should call the Alumni Office, jaw bones in growing children. Oti-Boateng (a Research Fellow at Vicki Brown, who is undertaking a 8303 4275. Cost: $27 per person. In the Faculty of Arts, Katharine the University of Science and Master of Disability Studies at Seating strictly limited: bookings are Thornton (History) and Jacqueline Technology, Kumasi in Ghana) won a Flinders University. essential. AUGU/RC Heddle Award Traditional music Annual General Meeting reminder Applications are invited from doctoral candidates enrolled at the University of of Japan evening Members are reminded that the Thirteenth Annual General Adelaide for the 1997 AUGU/RC Meeting of the Alumni Association will be held on Thursday Heddle Award. Join us in the Hartley Concert Room at 24 July 1997 at 8.00pm in Lecture Theatre 102, Napier 7:00pm on Wednesday 20 August to This award was established by the for- Building. mer Adelaide University Graduates’ hear a presentation by Dr Kimi Union. Later, the name of Dr Robert Coaldrake on the traditional music of Copies of the agenda papers are available on request from Heddle, who established the Univer- Japan. the Alumni Office, tel 8303 5800, fax 8303 5808, email sity’s medical service, was attached to Japanese music is in Dr Coaldrake’s Professor WP (Buddy) Rogers, which proved invaluable for his subse- Congress of Parasitology in 1986, establishment of the Masters Course Professor of Zoology (1952-62) and quent research. which led to an appreciation of his con- in Environmental Studies at Adelaide. then Professor of Parasitology (1862- He returned to Australia to join the tribution to parasitology being pub- He was also closely involved with 79) at the University of Adelaide, died research staff of CSIRO in 1946, at the lished in the International Journal of the Country Fire Service, as a mem- peacefully at home on 28 April, 1997, McMaster Laboratory, Sydney, and Parasitology (Vol 16: 177-184, 1986). ber, brigade and regional secretary, aged 82 years. remained there until 1952, when he Buddy was also always concerned and radio officer. His longstanding was appointed to the Chair of Zoology with social aspects of science, particu- interest in amateur radio enabled him He was born in Katanning, Western at Adelaide University. In 1962, he larly nuclear warfare, conservation to build his own Geiger counter from a Australia on 23 November 1914, and transferred to a Personal Chair in and environmental problems, and the tomato juice tin and assorted odds and educated at Perth Modern School, and Parasitology, until 1966 at North need to curb the growth of the human ends of radio parts. the University of Western Australia, Terrace, and from then until 1979 at population. When the British tested He was an inspiring teacher and his where he graduated with a BSc in the Waite Agricultural Research their atomic bombs at Maralinga, 1936. He did a MSc at the same course on the Philosophy of Science Institute. When he retired, he stayed Hedley Marston FRS, then Chief of was an important stimulus to many University under the supervision of Dr on at the Waite as an Honorary the CSIRO Division of Biochemistry HW Bennetts (Veterinary Pathologist, students. His generosity in giving his Research Fellow until 1988. He was and General Nutrition in Adelaide, property at Oakbank to the University WA Department of Agriculture) and elected a Fellow of the Australian arranged for the collection of the thy- then went to the London School of of Adelaide Union in 1981 was much Academy of Science in 1954, and roid glands of sheep slaughtered over appreciated by the student population, Hygiene and Tropical Medicine on a obtained a DSc from the University of a wide area of Australia, and analysed Hackett Scholarship from the especially when the proceeds of the London in 1956. He became a member them for iodine-131, a radioactive by- sale of this gift, when he finally moved University of WA, as a PhD student of the Council of the Academy from product of the explosions. The results under the supervision of Professor RT to Sevenoaks in Stirling to live, were 1958 to 1960 and Vice-President from showed that the fall-out from the tests used with other funding to build the Leiper FRS, graduating in 1940. 1971 to 1973. had dispersed much more widely than refectory on the Waite Campus, named He was rejected by the RAF on He published almost a hundred sci- had been predicted, and a report was appropriately “Lirra Lirra”, the name medical grounds, but acted as an Air entific papers on parasitology between submitted to one of the CSIRO jour- of the property and also the Aboriginal Raid Warden throughout the war. He 1939 and 1987, and the influential nals, who rejected the paper, it was term for the blue wren, so much a fea- took up an Agricultural Research book, The Nature of Parasitism in widely believed as a result of pressure ture of that area. Council Postdoctoral Fellowship at the 1962. His main contribution was the from the government of the day. Buddy was married in 1939 to Molteno Institute, Cambridge, where idea that the infective stage of a para- Rogers and Professor Joe Wood, Lillian Taylor, and following her death, he took part in work on malaria, site required a “stimulus” from the Professor of Botany at Adelaide married Marjorie, who survives him. trichinosis and other parasitic dis- host which induced development of the University, both influential members He will be much missed by his widow, eases. Professor David Keilin FRS, parasitic stage. This he applied large- of the Academy, took the matter up at and by his stepchildren Michael, the discoverer of cytochrome, was ly to nematodes, which infect political levels, despite the danger Martin and Roger and their families, Director of the Molteno at that time, homeothermic animals per os, but he from ASIO in those days. The papers and by all his friends and colleagues. and had a profound influence on also showed that it applies to some were eventually published. Rogers Rogers, encouraging him to undertake other types of parasites. He was thought that the only tangible result of —Professor Brian Setchell a Part II Tripos course in Biochemistry President of the Sixth International his activities in this area was the Animal Science PAGE 8 JULY 14, 1997 CAMPUS NEWS ADELAIDEAN Talking to Derek Environmental Law Launch As an educational radio station and part of the University of Adelaide, many of 5UV’s programs feature academics either as Judge Christine Trenorden of the commentators or as interviewees. Occasionally you Environment, Resources and will hear a series of radio programs produced or pre- Development Court, launched the sented by one particular person. publication of the South Australian A new contributor to our airwaves is Emeritus Annotated Development Act in the Professor Derek Rowley, who retired from the Chair foyer of Elder Hall on 25 June. of Microbiology and Immunology at Adelaide Conceived in 1990 and supported University in 1988. Since then he has been involved by a grant from the Law Foundation with WHO and medicine in developing countries in of South Australia, the publication our region, especially Bangladesh and India. was produced by the Adelaide Centre Professor Rowley chose six people to talk to in his for Environmental Law and the series “Talking To Derek”. He tells us how this came Adelaide Law Review Association. about. To be updated three times a year, “Quite a few staff of the University become involved it is a complete reproduction of the as volunteers with 5UV in their retirement, mostly Development Act and its presenting serious music programs. After seven Regulations and Schedules, with years of partial retirement I decided it would be inter- accompanying annotation providing esting to indulge in some such volunteer activity with 5UV. I enjoy listening to people telling their memoirs detailed commentary and extensive on radio so I eventually focused on developing an case references. interview program in which I talk with retirees from It was brought to completion by many backgrounds. the former Chairman of the “My original idea was to try to get my guest of the Planning Appeal Tribunal and day to describe the changes in their lifestyle brought Judge of the District Court, John Above: John Roder and Christine Trenorden (front row); Don Pitt about by retirement and how this has affected their Roder AM, and the former Comm- (centre back row) flanked by the project’s Managing Editors Paul views on some issues. issioner of the Planning Appeal Leadbeter (l) and Rob Fowler (r) from the University’s “The first series goes to air weekly beginning Sunday, Tribunal and ERD Court, Don Pitt. Department of Law. Photo: David Ellis. 13 July at 2.30pm. I have discovered that I have faults as an interviewer and these first interviews are not all of high quality. Like all new endeavours there is room for improvement and with the help of the staff Courses and career opportunities on display at 5UV I will try to become more professional. “Out of the initial seven interviews, four are with Prospective students have two college accommodation, etc., will cially for students who are con- retired university members and it may interest exist- opportunities later this year to be available. Vice-Chancellor sidering environmental and/or ing staff to see what the future holds for them. visit the University of Adelaide Mary O’Kane will give the agricultural courses offered whol- “Incidentally, is it not a terrible reflection on our soci- and find out everything they need Welcome Address to students at ly or partly at this campus. ety that so many young and intelligent people cannot to know about courses and the 9.30am in the Scott Theatre. OPEN DAY 1997 find paid employment. There are many such at 5UV, careers to which they lead. Campus tours will be available which is another reason why this station deserves throughout the day (leaving from There’s another opportunity to your support and indeed that of the State INFORMATION DAYS the Goodman Crescent lawns). learn more about university life—the University Open Day, to Government.” Two Information Days will be The University’s support unit for Aboriginal students, Wilto Yerlo, be held this year at the Professor Rowley’s six guests are:- held in August during Tertiary Roseworthy Campus on Sunday, Information Week. will offer introductory talks at 12 13 July: Professor Christopher Nordin noon. 19 October. The North Terrace Campus 20 July: Helen Brooks A twilight session, developed The University of Adelaide will be open to visitors from Open Day at the Roseworthy 27 July: Stuart Cockburn especially for prospective 9.30am - 6.30pm on Tuesday, 5 Campus will offer fun, food, 3 August: Henry Levitski August 1997. Faculty talks will mature-age students and others who are not able to visit during tours, special displays and enter- 10 August: Pam McRae-Wood be held throughout the day, and tainment, and information about a Course and Careers Expo will the day, will include special semi- nars at 4pm and 5pm. the University of Adelaide’s 17 August: Henk Siliakus be held in Bonython Hall where courses. 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