UNIVERSITY NEWS FOR CIRCULATION WITHIN THE UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE, N.S.W. 8~J21 ELECT ION o F MEMBeR o F C 0 U N C I L Notice is hereby given that pursuant to subsection (6) of section 10 of the University of Newcastle Act, 1964-70, an election will b.,e held on 27th June, 1972 and 28th June, 1972 for the purpose of electing to the Council of the University a student of the University. The person elected shall hold office until 30th June, 1974, . NOMINATIONS Nominations of persons eligible for el~ction are hereby invited. Nominations shall be made by delivering nomination papers to the Returning Officer (Acting Secretary to the University, Room 174, Main Building) NO LATER THAN 12 NOON ON TUESDAY, 13TH JUNE, 1972. A nomination paper shall be signed by two persons entitled to vote at the election for which the candidate is nominated, shall be endorsed with or accompanied by the written consent of the candidate to his nomination, and - shall specify the class of vacancy for which the candidate is nominated and the qualifications of the candidate and his nominators. There shall be a separate nomination paper for each candidate. ELIGIBILITy The attention of potential candidates is drawn to the provlslons of subsections (6) and (10) of section 10; and of section 11 of the Act, namely - "10 (6) Two members shall be elected in the manner provided by the By-laws by the students of the University; Provided that a person who is not a student of the University shall be ineligible to be elected as a member under this subsection; For the purpose of this subsection "student" means a person who is enrolled as a candidate proceeding to a degree or diploma at the University." "10 (10) A person who is a full-time member of the staff of the University shall be ineligible to be a member appointed or elected in terms of subsections six, seven and nine of this section," "11 No person who - (a) (deleted 1970); (b) is an undischarged bankrupt, or has his affairs under liquidation by arrangement with his creditors; (c) has been convicted of an offence and sentenced to imprisonment, unless he ·.~~"."'" _. '. " (d) is a mentally ill person, a protected person or an incapable person within ;n jl 1I,,·::t\:"'\i'l{;;~i1f!he~meCl;ning.,ofr~t1},t;, ~ MeI}t~~ Heal~?,iA~,tj. ~~qLJU ~,L,:-~~_J'U'ff::_ c1958; as amendea 'by;~subsequent Acts; ./ - '0 _~::....c'~ -'-".=..~.. ,~~:o,,-- "---~--=shal1.,be capab1e.... o,f- being or~continuing-to--'-beC~ ~". a member of the Council." In addition to indicating his consent to his nomination, in accordance with the requirement set out above, a candidate is requested to declare that he is eligible for election within the provisions of subsections (6) and (10) of section 10 and of section 11 of the Act. PUBLICATION OF NAlvfES OF PERSONS NOMINATED ·The names of persons nominated will be p~Q~ished on the Noticeboard at the head of the main stairway in the Main Building on Friday, 16th June., 1972. VOTING In the event of more than one ,valid nominatiqn being received) a secret ballot will be conducted by means of personal voting . .. ALL STUpENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY ARE ENTITLED rO VOTE. A student of the University for this purpose is defined as a person who is enrolled as a candidate proceeding to a degree or diploma at the University. Votes will be taken in the foyeI of the University Library between the hours of 11.30 a.m. and 2.30 p.m.. and 5.50 p,.m. and 7.3.0 p.. m. on Tuesday, 27th June, 1972 and Wednesday, 28th June" ,1972. Only students who were register.ed as candidates pro'ceeding to a degree or diploma on the day on which nominations were called, i.e., 25th May. 1972, will be eligible to vote in the election. • J.D. TODD, 25th May, 1972. RETURNING OFFICER. ~, J . • TERM ADD RES S -, A number of students have not' 'notiflecf the University of their current term addresses. Students are responsible for notifying the Student Administration Office in writing of any thange in their adaress as soon as possible. Failure to do this ~o~ld Jead to important correspondence or course information not reaching the student. l The University cannot accept responsibility if official 'coinrilunic'ations fail to reach a student who has not notified the Student Administration Office of a change of address. It would be appreciated if those students who 'have not inform~d the University of their current term addresses would do so immediately. A form for this purpose i$ available from the Student Administration Office. The University' d'oes' not disclose any information on students, including addresses to bodies or organisations outside the Unive'rsity without the consent of the student concerned. J.D. TODD, ACTING SECRETARY. -, ~-------- - 3 - NEW F ELL _0 W o F T ,H E R 0 Y A L S Q CIETY o F ART S Professor L.N. Sho'rt, Head of the Department of Education, has accepted an invitation to become a Fellow qf the Roy~l Society of Arts. r " . COMMENCEMENT OF TEACHING IN THE BIOLOGICAL SCIENcES A.T' THE UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE The University Council has approVed' tlle 'First Year course in the Biologica'l Sciences with the introduction in 1973 of the subject, Biology I. It will be one of the quali~ying subjects in the Requjrements for the degree of Bachelor of Science in the Faculty of Science. ,I For those ,students who do no othe.r Biology than this unit, the subject will be sufflcient ih itself. F<;>r those wishing t.o continue, a basis will be laid for study in particular areas of Biology. UNI V E RSI +'y BU 'IL 0 I NG P RO GRAM 'M E At its meeting on 19th MaY"lthe U,niversity Couhcii was ,advised that extensions to the Library would be completed early in June and that the lower ground floor ac~ommodating the CeI).tral Sto,!~ '." Mainte,nance and ~ttendanF P~trol Centre in the basement, hadalready'bee'n.:hanged ov:er. .. , .'. • ....... !• ". \ "';', . The first occupant of the 'SoCial Sciences Building will be Geography, probably in late June. The other occupants are not expected to move in until the end of August. The Arts/Drama Theatre which is associated with this building project will not be ready :un,til October. It will be used as ,a lectur.e theatre during the day and as a theatre at night. Roads h~ve been sealed througho~t the Engineering complex and landscaping conrtnenced. ' The Great Hall bu~lding progFam~e~ts co~tinuing as planned with completion expetted'to be errected in Sep,t~mber. r I' ; Good progress has been made with the new Sp'orts OvaL Engineering Building F,' and ofe unit of Edwards Hall of Residence and the Dining HaIl had been completed. Engine~rs participating in the C;ombustion and Heat Transfer course from 22nd to 25th May, wil,l be the.qrst resident;s of Edwards Hall. •• 1 ~ • Laurie and Heath, Pty. Limited~,-Syan~y Architects, have been appointed for 'l;h,e design an'd supervision bf'con_~~f~c.tio:fJ. of the proposed Mathemadcs/~lassroom building. ' . ... ..... ERNEST 3. EGAN 'PRTZE IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING The\University Counc:U has" &pproveCl the application of a donation' bY"th'e late ~LJ. p~iz~ Dr. Egan for the provlsion' of' a ::tn Mechanit,aI Engineed:ng. , , The prtzeshali b~awa!ded anI').ualiy to the gradua.~ing fhi I-time student}n Mechahical' Engineering:whd~ha's- shown the 'greatest ,improvement during h:LS degree course, 'J',.."r, ~' . ~ '- ~ . The vaiu~ of the priz~, which wEi b~ determined 'annu~lly from the income from_ an end.ownm~nt; at 'present is $~d... ,I ';;' r' , . ~ 1_ - t TERM D ATE S 197 3 TE~~ ONE - Monday, 26th February, 1973 to Saturday, 12th May, 1973, - 4 - TERM TWO - Monday, 4th June, 197'3 to Saturday, 11th August, 1973. TERM THREE, - Monday,. 3rd ",S\eptembeT, l~7.3 1;0 Saturday, 3rd November, 1973. - - \. Lectures and other classes cease on Friday, 26th October, 1973 . ANNUAL EXAMINATI,ONS - Saturday, 3rd November, 1973 to Saturday, 24th November, 1973. GRADUATION CEREMONIES - Friday, 16th March, 1973. '\ , C 0 M PUT ER C ENT RE D IRE C TOR Mr. J.A. Lambert, Acting Director of the Computer Centre" was appointed Director on 21st April. He was formerly' a Se'nior Lecturer in Mathem;ltics. o VER ~ ~ AS ,S T UD ENT S .SE RV ICE The Overseas Stud~nts Service (OSS), a department of the ,Australian, Union of Students', was set up w1.th the' aim of promoti.n.g the welfare of overseas students. It 'has been the practice for the S. R. C. to elect' the Local Director .of OSS but 6 this year in the first open election ever held about 50% of overseas students ... voted and elected Mr. Stephen Ngau Director of OSS defeating Mr. Leong T. Lau by 73 votes to 54~ . R E' P 0 R T 's o F STUDY LEA V 'E r, ' - ~ -( '. Two members of the AcademIc Staff have presented to the University Council reports on their study leave. Associate Professor W. Bdsley (Mathemati'~s) spent .. from 1st Jan1..lilry, t'o 14th December, 1971 in the United Kingdom, mainly at the Mathematical Institute, Oxford with visits to London, Cambr.idge, CanterlJUJ;"y and. South Wales. At the Institute, Professor Brisley was concerned with current work on Finite Groups with emphasis on cgmpinatorial aspects o~ 1~e properties of Simple Group,s and became conYersant.