Wednesday, Number 30,1994 9 November

Professor Christine Ewan, Chair of PAGE, welcomed Mr Robert Boyd Bell, TVNZ. and Professor Patricia Bergqulst, University of Auckland. PAGE goes international The University of Auckland was welcomed as the first offshore mem­ ber at a meeting of the PAGE Con­ sortium on Friday 28 October. AGE At the same meeting, TV New Zealand was voted in as an associ­ ate member. Professional & Graduate Education To mark the occasion. Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University versify of Auckland looks forward ment of significant growth in gradu­ of Auckland, Professor Patricia to a positive future involvement ate programs. Bergquist and Mr Robert Boyd Bell with the PAGE Consortium. 'One consequence of this is that of TVNZ, attended the meeting. 'The University of Auckland has we have a need to enhance the skills Professor Bergquistsaid: 'TheUni- a strategic objective - encourage­ Continued page two PAGE goes international From page one though we are not enrolling stu­ to take advantage of emerging tech­ of a wide range of our staff in deliv­ dents from Asia until the infra­ nologies and enable busy profes­ ery of education at a distance. structure and support systems are sionals to update their qualifications 'Involvement with the consortium in place. without having to attend lecturers is an excellent way to achieve this. 'The University of Auckland will at a university campus. 'We wish to ensure that our initial give an extra dimension and a new PAGE is a consortium of 13 uni­ contribution to the consortium perspective to our courses. versities across Australia and now. menu is of the highest quality. 'TVNZ is one of the most success­ New Zealand. 'We see our major offerings as ful broadcasters in the Asia Pacific It offers the best that these univer­ being in the fields of Education region. sities have to offer - new delivery (graduate teacher training). Envi­ systems, self-paced and modular ronment (conservation ecology and 'The University of learning, cross accreditation be­ ecosystem management). Medical Auckland Will give tween member universities, instruc­ Education and Marketing - all align an extra dimension tional design expertise with market well with fields identified by PAGE relevance and access to 'packaged as those which it wishes to empha­ and a new learning', which is not constrained sise.' perspective to our by location, class numbers or mode Chair of the PAGE Board of Man­ of delivery. agement, Professor Christine Ewan, courses' PAGE can tailor courses to meet welcomed the continuing intema- 'They bring with them the exper­ the training needs of individual or­ tionalisation of PAGE. tise gained in establishing Educa­ ganisations. Subjects can be inte­ 'It gives us access to a wider mar­ tion TV in partnership with some grated with other face-to-face or ket which will enhance the viability major institutions in New Zealand. workplace learning modes on a full of PAGE activities,' Professor Ewan They will be a valuable partner. fee-paying basis. said. 'I welcome the interest and com­ PAGE currently offers courses in 'We are already transmitting some mitment that our new members the areas of TQM, Management, En­ of our courses into Asia through have already demonstrated.' gineering, Health, Education and ATV (ABC) and are receiving en­ PAGE is a new concept in profes­ Telecommunications. Lectures are quiries from interested viewers, al­ sional education. It was established broadcast on SBS Television. $255,000 funding for PAGE Federal Minister for Employment, Zealand to design and deliver post­ development of flexible, multimedia Education and Training, Simon Crean, graduate courses nationally via SBS programs for educating and retrain­ has announced a $255,000 grant for television. ing people in the workforce while the Professional and Graduate Edu­ Speaking at the University during a also contributing to the development cation Consortium (PAGE). visit on October 27, Mr Crean said the of a range of new skills for academic Funds from this grant will be used training program would build on cur­ staff involved in program delivery,' to train university staff involved in rent developments in information Mr Crean said. the design, production and manage­ technology and would help improve 'Improvements in the development ment of education programs for tel­ the quality and range of education and delivery of educational programs evision. television programs being produced will enhance the potential for export The PAGE Consortium combines in Australia. of Australian higher education via 13 universities in Australian and New 'The funding will help facilitate the broadcast technology, providing new opportunities to further our already outstanding international educational PAGE Open Week and Advisory Centre reputation.' As part of a PAGE Open Week, SBS are broadcasting documentaries and Staff involved with the PAGE Con­ information about PAGE this week (7-11 November). sortium will be trained to extend the Concurrently, an advisory centre is operating at the University Centre delivery of university-based profes­ (noon-6pm), 210 Clarence St Sydney and at the Media Services Unit, Edith sional and continuing education Cowan University. courses. The documentary on the University will be shown on Friday 11 Novem­ Mr Crean added that the grant 'will ber at 3pm. This documentary was produced by Educational Services help consortium staff develop the Development in the Communications Centre and Planning and Marketing, skills necessary to produce flexible with the cooperation of many sections of the campus community. education programs for the workplace or home'. Hong Kong's famous Mass Transit Railway looks to Wollongong

Mass Transit Railway Corporation of Hong Kong representatives Steven Lam Lit Wai, Y. H. Chan and Chu Yee Ming with Richard Dwight (Department of Mechanical Engineering) and Kathy Jones (Itlawarra Technology Corporation). The Faculty of Engineering and the Illawarra Technology transit systems in the world and one of the few reputed to Corporation welcomed three visitors from the Mass Tran­ be running at a profit. sit Railway Corporation of Hong Kong recently. As part of their evaluation process of what the Faculty The MTRC is interested in taking the Faculty's Mainte­ can offer, MTRC has enrolled three of their engineers in nance Management program, presently being run for the Maintenance Management modules being offered for employees of City Rail in Sydney, for its engineering staff CityRail. In addition, they are getting to know the Faculty (approximately 6000 employees, 2500 maintenance per­ and University by means of several visits to the campus sonnel and 400-500 engineers). and discussions on how the course can be tailored to suit The MTRC is reputed to be one of the best-run mass- their needs. Accommodation available for University staff

The University has several fully- that staff going on sabbatical wish to home in East Corrimal will be avail­ furnished units available for rent let out next year. able for rent between January and by visiting or new staff who are Details of two of these houses are June 1995. staying either on a long- or short- listed below: The house has recently been refur­ term basis. A furnished, three-bedroom /two- bished and is close to the beach. The These units are situated at a con­ bathroom house in Mangerton with a rent is $220 per week. This home venient distance to the University and large living area is available from early would suit a staff member or visiting rental usually includes the cost of elec­ January to July 1995. Rent is $200 per academic. tricity or gas supply. week. This property would suit staff For more information, contact Accommodation Officer Michelle members or visiting academics. Michelle Garden at the Accommoda­ Garden has several listings for houses A four-bedroom, fully-furnished tion Office, ext. 4622 or by e-mail. Immunosuppression work wins award Matthew Cliff, a postgraduate stu­ 1994 milestone: part of the molecule is biologically dent in the Department of Chem­ active and what role each part plays. istry, recently won a prestigious Chemistry graduates 'Our work should help in the push Southern Highlands Conference to be able to design molecules, espe­ Award, and was invited to give a its 50th PhD cially new drugs, for specific pur­ talk at the NSW Southern High­ Institute of Medical Research in Mel­ poses.' lands Conference on Heterocyclic bourne. Mr Cliff and supervisor. Associate Chemistry. 'We do the chemistry, the Walter Professor Stephen Pyne, are going 'The conference brings together ex­ and Eliza Hall Institute do the bio­ further afield to talk about this project perts in the field from around the logical testing, and J&J Research over­ -to Bangalore, India, in December, to country and from overseas,' said Pro­ see the project,' Mr Cliff said. attend the 10th International Confer­ fessor John Bremner, Professor of 'I think this project is important ence on Organic Synthesis. Organic Chemistry. because we are trying to develop po­ The recognition of Mr Cliff's work 'It really is a high-powered event tentially immunosuppresive agents, is not an isolated incident in the De­ and to win this award is very impres­ which help to stop the body rejecting partment of Chemistry. sive. We were very pleaseci.' foreign tissue, such as in heart-lung Chemistry at the University of Wol­ Mr Cliff's talk was titled 'Synthesis transplants, or transplants where the longong is booming and many of their of Imidazole-based Immunosuppres­ immune system becomes depressed. students are gaining awards. sive Agents'. 'They may also be effective against A popular choice for postgradu­ The work is being done in collabo­ diabetes, which is a type of immune ates, 35 PhD students are enrolled, ration with Johnson and Johnson in system disease as well. along with six MSc students. Sydney, and the Walter and Eliza Hall 'It's important to understand what Chemistry passed a milestone this year when their 50th PhD student, Mark Imisides, graduated. In recognition of These students cover all of the De­ partment of Chemistry's key research areas in bioactive molecules, biologi­ engineering excellence cal macromolecules, intelligent poly­ mers and environmental chemistry. Years of hard work recently paid off for postgraduate Mechanical Engineer­ 'We have many very active post­ ing student Duarte Do Rego when he was recognised for achieving excel­ graduate students,' Professor lence in research. Bremner said. The Institute of Engineers (lEAust) presented Mr Do Rego and Dr Ellas 'Our research programs are really Siores from Queensland University with the 1994 Engineering Excellence accelerating and we have a lot of col­ Award (Highly Commended) for Research in Microwave Joining of Mate­ laborative research grants and schol­ rials. arships with industry.' This award acknowledges research which is at the forefront of technology Some of the other highlights of this and if developed will be of lasting benefit to Austraha. year for the students include: Dr Siores began pioneering work, while at the University of Wollongong, • Best student poster prize to Anna enjoining of plastics using microwaves in 1989 and subsequently on joining Siu at the Inorganic Chemistry '94 of ceramics, while later on welding and cutting metals using microwave Conference in Perth; induced plasma techniques. • Joint best poster to Bart Eschler, His PhD student, Mr Do Rego from the Department of Mechanical Royal Australian Chemical Institute, Engineering, provided the backbone of the research team. Division of Organic Chemistry, 14th In addition, more than five Mechanical Engineering final-year thesis National Conference, University of students contributed to research and development in Microwave Joining of Wollongong; Materials over recent years including Jeremy Spackman who graduated in • A prestigious ADSfSE award to the 1994 October ceremony, Michael Moore ('93), Warren Goodie ('93), Keiryn Bennett supplementing her Murray Ackers ('93) and R. Abdullah ('90). PhD stipend; Further input to the project was provided by David McLean from the • Papers from Keiryn Bennett and Microwave Application Research Centre and Steven Cower from the De­ Sue Hunt at the 13th International partment of Electrical Engineering. Mass Spectrometry Conference in Seeding funds were obtained from the Department of Mechanical Engi­ Budapest; and neering. • A $2400 travel grant for Michael The project is now headed by Dean of Engineering, Professor Tiber Esler from the Australian Academy Rozgonyi, and is funded by the Cooperative Research Centre in Materials of Science to work in Tasmania and Welding and Joining, together with funds obtained through the Australian Melbourne. Mr Esler was also one of Research Council's Mechanism scheme in 1993. only two non-Europeans invited to Mr Do Rego is looking forward to completing his doctorate degree in 1995 attend the European Research Course under the joint supervision of Dr Animesh Basu and Dr Siores. on Atmospheres, in Grenoble. Lav/ students prepare for national client interviewing titles Law students Sinead Campbell and Sarah Williams won the 1994 Faculty of Law client interviewing competition held on Saturday 22 October. This competition gave law students an opportunity to demonstrate the skills and techniques they have culti­ vated in the practice of client interviewing at a rigorous and practical level of competition with their peers. Ms Campbell and Ms Williams will represent the Fac­ ulty of Law at the Australian National Client Interviewing Competition to be held at Monash University on 10-11 February 1995. They hope to extend WoUongong's successful record in client interviewing by defending the title won this year. Students from Wollongong were the winners of the Prize-winning law students Sinead Campbell and Sarah Williams with the ZIff Trophy for Client Interviewing. international competition held in Glasgow, Scotland, in March 1994. These prizes were generously provided by Denley, In addition to the trophy, Ms Campbell and Ms Williams Gargett & Baird, solicitors of Wollongong. each received $250 to enable them to attend the national This was the first time such prizes had been awarded to competition. law students from this campus. University explores mutual interests with Sutherland leaders The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Ken awareness of environment protection, McKinnon, held a briefing session and especially water quality and tree cov­ luncheon for key executives and civic erage. leaders from the Sutherland area last Sutherland needs more people month to explore areas of mutual in­ skilled in recreation management and terest . town planners. Representatives attended from She also said there was an increas­ Sutherland Shire Council, Southern ing awareness among Sutherland stu­ Sydney Area Health Service, ANSTO, dents that it is easier to travel to the NSW Fisheries, CSIRO, Department University of Wollongong than to of Courts Administration, Southern universities in Sydney. Sydney Institute of TAPE, Department Wearing her other hat as Chairper­ of Schools Administration, The Law son of the Sutherland Area Health Society and the National Parks and Service, Clr Stone said that Suther­ Wildlife Service. land was faced with the current na­ After presentations by Professor tional issues in health service delivery McKinnon, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, - that of increasing costs and the pro­ Gerard Sutton, and Illawarra Tech­ vision of community services in an nology Corporation representative, age of 'hospitals without walls' as Kathy Jones, the meeting heard an health delivery services expand into outline of the major issues and devel­ the home and the number of hospital opments in the Sutherland area from beds decreases. Councillor Lorna Stone, Area Direc­ Mr Mayo said the Department of tor of Nursing, Ms Reeta Creegan, School Education was exploring the Councillor Lorna Stone and Director of Schools (Cronulla) possibility of changing the set 9am- produce better-prepared university Mr Barrie Mayo. 3pm period for schools in the area, the students. Clr Stone told the meeting that there removal of the traditional classroom The function provided the oppor­ was an enormous demand for recrea­ setting with rows of desks and the tunity for links to be made which tional facilities in the rapidly-grow­ introduction of tutorial type lessons. could prove mutually beneficial in ing Sutherland area and an increased He said these developments may the future. Plans for a Centre for New Technologies, Low and Management The University of Wollongong is (iv) to provide highly focussed edu­ planning to establish a Centre for public domain in the lyyOs has further cational programs to industry to enhance New Technologies, Law and Manage­ complicated the legal and managerial executive management skills and effec­ ment for research and learning in practices of artists, entertainers, entre­ tiveness; 'world best practice' for the successful preneurs and arts organisations. management of the application of new This is merely one industry's perspec­ (v) to provide postgraduate teach­ technologies and the legal environ­ tive of the many complex areas of re­ ing within the University, both with the ment in which they must operate. search that will be taken up by the Centre Law Faculty and other relevant facul­ for New Technologies, Law and Man­ ties. Practising solicitor and author agement. Fvmding for the centie has t)een pro­ Shane Simpson, LLB (Hons), M.Jur., The ever-increasing effect of the intro­ vided by the Meat Research Corporation has accepted the appointment of duction of new technologies is felt in and the Law Foundation of NSW. Visiting Professorial Fellow in Law. almost all areas of our lives: the work Operating funds will be raised from He wUl oversee the establishment of place, home life and leisure time. contributions by industry through spon­ the centre and its programs of research It affects not only our capacity as eco­ sorship and consultancies, supplemented and teaching activity. nomic producers but also the quality of by a Federal Government scheme to He is theprincipal partner of Simpsons our lives. match the contiibutions of industry. solicitors in Sydney, a legal firm which is Functions of the centre will include: The Centre for New Technologies, Law one of Australia's foremostpractitioners (i) to investigate the complexity of and Management will be aimed at all in relation to arts and entertainment law, management and legal issues arising persons responsible for the introduction museums and intellectual property. from the introduction and application of of new technologies who are concerned Mr Simpson established the Arts Law new technologies so that those technolo­ that such technology is appropriate and Centre of Australia in 1982 and has writ­ gies may be selected, implemented and that its introduction is achieved in the ten several books, articles and papers on utilised in the most appropriate and ef­ most effective manner. legal and managerial issues relating to fective manner; A team approach wUlbe implemented the visual and performing arts, the mu­ (ii) to apply technological, manage­ between government, industry and other sic industry, museums and exhibition rial and legal expertise in cooperative users. Applied research will focus on venues. and multi-skilled teams to assist the ap­ those who develop, apply, administer, Apart from his legal practice and his propriate and effective introduction and operate and are affected by new tech­ own writing, Mr Simpson regularly on-going management of new technolo­ nologies. speaks at industry seminars or as a guest gies; The multidisciplinary team approach lecturer at tertiary institutions and arts (iii) to publish and disseminate the and the research activities of the centre organisations concerned with current results; will he a unique enterprise in Australia. developments in arts and entertainment law and managennent. He is highly regarded for his expertise High-fech gatewa/ delivers radio messages to the world in intellectual property. An experimental packet, Intemet gateway, jointiy established by the University His many commitments include mem­ of Wollongong and the Illawarra Amateur Radio Society, has been in operation bership of the boards of the Australian since October 1993. Exhibitions Touring Agency Ltd, the This initiative came about through Dale Hughes, a professional officer in the AustraUan Contemporary Music Insti­ Department of Physics who has since gone to a location where radio contact is tute, the William Hetcher Trust, the essential to human habitation - a two-year posting in Antarctica. Peggy GlanviUe-Hicks Composers Trust, This gateway is part of a collaborative effort with more than 90 other the Visual Arts Benevolent Trust and the universities and institutions across Australia and around the world. Arts Law Centre of Australia. The gateway provides a mechanism for interconnecting ham radio LANs. Mr Simpson has also held a simOar The limited throughput of the radio link (600 bps) has ensured that use of the position lecturing on new technology, facility remains experimental. management and the law at the Austral­ On the basis of investigations being carried out and data collected from the ian Graduate School of Management at the Uruversity of NSW. Wollongong gateway, two technical papers have recently been published in amateur radio journals. The impact of new technologies for management and the law has become an Supervisor, ITS Hardware Support Group, Richard Wilson, described the increasingly important development gateway as "a way of linking radio via bulletin board to the Intemet so that culturally, socially and economically. messages can be relayed anywhere in the world'. 'Bootleg' records, video and software The facility also forms a part of the network provided by local amateur radio piracy, and the unauthorised 'sampling' groups to the Volunteer Rescue Association and State Emergency Services. of songwriters' original recorded music In times of civil emergency, the gateway can supplement the facilities of the in dance remixes are all well known emergency services. instances of the impact of technology on During 1995 a circuit to Nowra through a radio-linked X.25 packet switch will copyright law as it applies to the arts and be installed above Macquarie Pass. entertainment. Secretary of the Dlawarra Amateur Radio Society, Ron Hanks, said: 'This The ongoing proliferation of multime­ should provide a test bed on which to conduct further investigations of TCP/ dia and interactive technology in the IP through packet switches'. Law of the sea seminar marks start of UN agreement

A two-day international seminar was and a widely accepted agreement on especially for its marine industries. held at the University of Wollongong sea law has been achieved. It also considered how the law of on 4-5 November to mark the entiy UNCLOS has great importance to the sea might continue to evolve in into force of the 1982 United Nations Australia. Because Australia is a trad­ the future in response to factors such Convention on the Law of the Sea ing nation with a long coastline and as technological developments and (UNCLOS). extensive maritime zones, marine and changes in the global political and The seminar was jointly hosted by maritime issues feature prominently economic environment. the International Law Association among Australia's national interests. The seminar began when delegates (Australian Branch) and the Univer­ AustraHa's Exclusive Economic were welcomed by the Speaker of the sity of WoUongong's Centre for Mari­ Zone(EEZ) is one of the largest in the House of Representatives and Mem­ time Policy and Faculty of Law. world. ber for Cunningham, the Hon. It was sponsored by the Depart­ Stephen Martin MP. ment of Industry, Science and Tech­ Director of the Law of the Sea Insti­ nology. UNCLOS defines tute based in Honolulu, Dr Thomas The entry into force of UNCLOS is the rights and Mensah, gave the keynote address. a very significant event. UNCLOS Dr Mensah, formerly legal counsel defines the rights £md obligations of obligations of of the International Maritime Organi­ countries using the sea and its re­ sation (IMO) in London, is regarded sources. countries using as one of the leading international For the first time there will be avail­ the sea and its figures in the field of marine and able, in the one document, a compre­ maritime law. hensive and agreed set of principles resources Other speakers included ViceChan- and rules for using the 70 percent of cellor of the University of Wollon­ the earth's surface covered by ocean gong, Professor Ken McKinnon, or sea. Since the 1970s Australia has played President of the International Law Although the entry into force of a leading role in negotiations on Association (Australian Branch), the UNCLOS has been delayed by diffi­ UNCLOS. Hon. Peter Nygh, legal practitioners, culties over the deep seabed mining The seminar at the University com­ industry representatives and officers regime created by the convention, prehensively addressed the implica­ from Commonwealth Governments these problems have been resolved tions of UNCLOS for Australia, and agencies. Anthology of the Illawarra launch in Wollongong More than 50 local writers and artists have combined ist Jean Bedford, Peter Corris (author of the Cliff Hardy their talents to produce the Anthology of the Illawarra detective series and biographer of the late Professor which will be launched in Wollongong City Mall on 26 Fred Hollows), playwright and dramaturge Clem November. Gorman, John A. Scott (winner of the $15,000 Fiction The editor of the anthology, Ron Pretty, a well- Prize in the 1994 Victorian Premier's Literary Award known poet and senior lecturer in Creative Writing at for his 1993 novel 'What I Have Written') and Debbie the Faculty of Creative Arts, has coord inated this exten­ Westbury (who has recently been awarded with a sive collaboration of unique literary and visual impres­ $24,000 literature grant by the Australia Council). sions of the region over many months. The Anthology of the Illawarra presents a multi- Excerpts from the anthology-in-progress were dis­ faceted and provocative look at the district: its natural played at a preview held at Cheers Restaurant in Wol­ beauties, its industrial centre, its problems and its longong during the University's Festival of Creative pleasures. Arts in June. This collection consists of artwork, photography (in­ The Illawarra region has attracted many accomplished cluding historic photos), short stories, poetry, anec­ and prolific artists and writers. dotes from senior citizens about the old Illawarra, and The wide range of artworks reproduced in the an­ accounts from both early settlers and newer arrivals. thology include those contributed by renowned sculp­ Mr Pretty describes the anthology as 'an attractive, tors Bert Flugelman and Guy Warren, visual artist entertaining, stimulating book'. Kathy Orton, as well as works by local painters and The anthology is being published by Five Islands photographers. Press in conjunction with Illawarra Writers and the Writers represented in the anthology include novel­ University of Wollongong. RRP $14.95. the Music Auditorium (University General What's On Building 24.G01) on Thursdays at 14-18 November: The Centre for Natu­ 12.30 during session. ral Resources Law and Policy is conducting a five-day intensive resi­ sion: Members $2.50, Non-Members $3.50. Parking is available in the City of Wollongong Symphony dential short course on Land Man­ Orchestra Concerts agement and Nature Conservation Multi-story Carpark: Level D is the Law and Policy as part of its post­ most convenient access. Enquiries; 26 November: 'Judy Glen's Spaghetti graduate program in Natural Re­ Moira Bowman(042) 843741. Mem­ Opera'. Conductor: J WD, Judy Glen, sources Law. Inquiries: Ms Maria bers are asked to note that in 1995 soprano-comedienne. A comedy of Agnew in thePaculty of Law: Phone the Women's Issues Group will be arias interspersed with short pieces meeting on the third Tuesday (042) 214 635 or Fax (042) 213 188. from the 'classical favourites' reper­ evening of each month. 22 November: Women's Issues Group toire. Meeting for November 1994 will Human Research Ethics Committee At 1MB Theati'e, EPAC, at 8pm. Adults present two speakers from 7.30pm Agenda Deadline Dates: 9 Novem­ $20, concession $17, family of four ber, 7 December. Meeting dates: 22 in the Function Centre of the Uni­ $64, student rush $10. versity's Union Building on November, 20 December. Northfields Avenue. Hair stylist Key Centre for Mines courses: 21-25 Fiona Hanson of Tiona's Art of Ha ir' November: Modelling, Planning Long Gallery and fashion designer Katherine and Evaluation of Resources on a 14 November-7 December: BC A Gradu­ Philpotts of 'Niagra' will offer their Personal Computer. Enquiries: Pro­ ating Exhibition. impressions on the speculative topic fessor Naj Aziz, phone 21 3449. For furtiier information contact Eliza­ of 'The Look Of Things To Come'. The Art of Lunch beth Jeneid at the Faculty of Crea­ All arewelcome to attend. Refresh­ tive Arts, phone (042) 21-3048. ments will be provided. Admis- A series of one-hour performances in Winning through information technology Participating in theUniversity of WoUongong's Information Tech­ nology Spring School was not only a learning experience for Tim Berry, it was a rewarding one in the form of cash and a computer. Tim, a Year 11 stijdent from Figtree High School, won $200 for himself and a computer for his school. A recent break-in and loss of equipment meant that the presentation was a timely event. The three-day program for Year 11 students aimed at giving them some 'hands-on' experience with life in the fast lane - or life as it probably will be for them in the future - in a world serviced by information superhighways. Stiadents had contact with other students worldwide using email and a video conferencing link-up with students in Oregon USA, while gaining experience with the more sophisticated fea­ tures of the Intemet, such as Gopher and Mosaic. They toured a local telephone exchange, an IT department and the university's telecommunication laboratories to gain a better understanding of both leaming and career opportunities. Spring School winner Tim Berry looks on as Manager, Participating high schools included Bulli, Keira, Figti-ee, St Infomriatlon Technology Services, University of Marys, Edmund Rice, The Illawarra Grammar School, St Joseph's Wollongong, Greg Naimo (right), presents the Apple Albion Park , Nazareth Senior Girls, Illawarra Christian School computer to Figtree High School Deputy Principal, and from Sydney, Inaburra and Cabramatta. Frank Nolan

Your chance to reward excellence Stop Press Nominations for the St George Youth Endeavour Awards in the last quarter of 1994 close at the end of November. Academics of the University of Wollongong can nominate students for the academia category, and academics of the Faculty of Creative Arts can also nominate for the visual and performing arts category. The awards encourage the pursuit of excellence by young people in the Illawarra and Southem Highlands who are making outstanding progress in their chosen fields. The winners for each quarter are in the running to be the grand final winner who will be announced at a luncheon in December along with presentations to the winners of the final quarter. If you know any students who are doing something outstanding and you believe they deserve recognition for their efforts, fill in a form (available in all departments) or contact Gina Woodward, Planning and Marketing, ext. 3027, for details.