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Queensland University of Technology Newspaper • Issue 193 • August 17, 1999

By Carmen Myler

Now in its second week oftravelling around the State,the QUT Train is finding

huge success in bringing the worlds ofscience and technology to people in ruraland regional Queensland.

Launched by Premier Peter Beattieon Sunday August 8, the train attractedmore than 1,000 visitors at its first stopin Toowoomba the following day.

Among them was QUT alumnus andMayor of Toowoomba Tony Bourkewho enjoyed morning tea with visitingsenior staff from the university beforegetting on board the train to try outsome of the activities.

During its five-week, 10,000km tripthroughout Queensland, the $350,000train project will give people in 24 ruraland regional centres a hands-onexperience of science and technology.

The train follows on from the highlysuccessful 1997 Science Train, whichmade a similar journey that attractedmore than 25,000 visitors.

This year’s train has a broader scienceand technology focus and has beensponsored by Queensland Rail, StateDevelopment, Ansett Australia, FlightWest Airlines, Coretech, WINTelevision, ABC Radio, Rhône-Poulencand Comalco.

Under the theme of Science andTechnology on the Move, the QUT Traininvolves the faculties of Science, Health,Information Technology, Business andBuilt Environment and Engineering.

Key player in the project and actingDean of the Faculty of Science ProfessorGraeme George said the train was animportant community service for theuniversity in its 10/150 anniversary year.

“There’s a lot of high technology thatcan’t readily be accessed by people whoare remote from Brisbane and don’t haveaccess to museums or science andtechnology centres,” he said.

“It’s important for people in rural andregional Queensland to share in theexcitement of the advances that areoccurring in science and technology andthat they can see how these advancesaffect their lifestyles.”

Professor George said the idea of a“science train” had been broadened in1999 to incorporate technologies fromother fields.

He said the train’s activities in areassuch as sound measurement, thermal

imaging and electronic commerceanswered questions like: How loud canyou scream? Where are the body’s “hotspots”? Where does an email go after itis sent?

Proving to be among the mostpopular activities with school studentsis the sound booth in the health carriage.This activity measures voice level and islinked to a hearing demonstration.

Rotary is assisting with billetingQUT’s 96 staff and students who areworking on the train.

Professor George said eight monthsof hard work by more than 100 staff toget the project up and running waspaying off.

The four display carriages on the trainare based on themes of healthtechnology, electronic commerce andsustainable management of ourenvironment. Entry is free.

QUT Train on winning track

Mathew and Gerard Addison (above left and right) from Toowoomba East State School tried out an algorithim activity to forecast businesscycles on the QUT Train. Premier Peter Beattie (below left) also took a keen interest in displays and got a close-up look at mosquitoes andlearnt about the diseases they carry. Hundreds of Toowoomba students (below right) visited the Train on the first stop of its 10,000km trip.

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A word from the Vice-Chancellor

The QUT Science Train which touredregional Queensland in 1997 was agreat success in bringing the world ofscience to people without regular accessto the museums and educationalfacilities of a capital city. It alsopromoted QUT and helped recruitstudents to the Faculty of Science.

Last week Premier Peter Beattielaunched another train, Science andTechnology on the Move, that extendsthe original concept to five faculties –Science, Health, InformationTechnology, Business, and BuiltEnvironment and Engineering. Thework of hundreds of academic andgeneral staff from across QUT hasmade the train possible.

This project, a key activity in QUT’s10/150 year, showcases a widerspectrum of QUT’s activities whileretaining the original focus on scienceand technology.

Through its journey the train alsoallows us to contact some of the morethan 9,000 QUT alumni who live inregional and rural Queensland.Platform functions in centres such asToowoomba, Rockhampton, Mackayand Townsville are taking place.

In recent years, QUT hasincreasingly looked to its alumnioutside Brisbane through special

Train brings technologyto the State

functions in Sydney, Melbourne andCanberra. I’m pleased that we’re nowgiving the same attention to regionalQueensland.

The train also exemplifies the broadapproach to technology that QUTpursues as a “university of technology”.

Technology, in its broades sense, canbe defined as the application of creativethinking and ingenuity to solvepractical problems in all fields ofhuman endeavour.

QUT is committed to the widestpossible use of technology in solvingreal-world problems. The QUT Train,with its multi-faculty focus, is a vividillustration of how technology cantransform so many different aspects ofour lives.

– Professor Dennis Gibson

By Amanda O’Chee

At the age of 91, Molly Woodwardis officially the oldest person in

Australia to receive a QUT honorarydoctorate in recognition of her work.

The former drama lecturer was backin the limelight earlier this month whenshe graciously accepted her award.

Mary Alice Woodward – who isaffectionately known as Molly –received the award for her contributionto QUT’s predecessor institutions,where she was instrumental indeveloping speech and drama education.

Dressed in academic regalia, MissWoodward received the award in aformal ceremony at Wishart Village, theBaptist Community Service retirementcentre where she lives.

Miss Woodward, who is now legallyblind, had plenty of support on hand inthe form of many friends, family, formerstudents and other Wishart Villageresidents who attended the specialceremony.

Miss Woodward enjoyed a 45-yearcareer during a period when it was stilluncommon for women to work.

In 1926, she graduated from theQueensland Teachers’ Training College,a QUT predecessor institution, and thenlectured at the training college from1948 to 1972.

Miss Woodward helped developspeech and drama training for teachers.

She worked with fellow staff memberWyn Colvin to produce the oralcommunication and drama section of thelanguage syllabus for Queensland schools.

The ceremony was held on Monday,August 2.

QUT honours graciousMiss Molly Woodward

Miss Molly Woodward with her honorary doctorate certificate whichwas awarded to her at Wishart Village where she lives.Nominations are being invited for the

inaugural QUT Equity Awards.An Equity Awards scheme has been

created by the university to encourageand reward outstanding efforts andachievements in support of QUT’sequity objectives, and to promote goodpractice and innovation inimplementing equity.

The awards are for QUT staff(individuals and groups), students(groups) and projects that have made asignificant contribution to equity forstaff or students.

Winners will receive a framedcertificate and a $2,000 contribution tothe continuation of the successful equityinitiative. Nominations close onSeptember 17.

For more information, aninformation kit is available on the Webat http:www.qut.edu.au/admin/equity/awards or from the Equity Section,email: equityenq@qut.edu.au or call3864 6501 (KG) or 3864 2699 (GP).

Nominations are also being soughtfor the University Award for

By Noel Gentner

Two QUT lecturers presented papers atthe Third Biennial Conference of theAustralian Association for CaribbeanStudies held at La Trobe University inMelbourne last month.

Dr Anne Hickling-Hudson, a lecturerin the School of Cultural and PolicyStudies and Dr Brian Hudson, a lecturerin the School of Planning, LandscapeArchitecture and Surveying, both spoke.

The title of Dr Hickling-Hudson’spaper was Universities in Cuba and theEnglish-speaking Caribbean: currentchallenges, and possibilities for the future.

Nominations sought forequity, academic awards

Outstanding Academic Contribution inthe year 2000.

The award is made in recognition ofoutstanding contribution in one, or atmost, a combination of two of thefollowing areas: research andscholarship; teaching performance andleadership; academic leadership; andprofessional leadership.

A nomination must be proposed byat least five members of the universitycommunity : academic/general staff and/or past or current students. A grant of$10,000 is provided to each recipient ofthe award for the purposes of purchasingequipment, attending conferences,research support, teaching orprofessional development.

Nomination forms should be lodgedwith the nominee’s head of school bySeptember 6 to allow consideration bythe head of school and the dean whomay consult with the nominee.

For more information contactHuman Resources officer Jo Venturatoon email j.venturato@qut.edu.au or callher on 3864 4051.

Two speak at CaribbeanStudies conference

Dr Hudson delivered two papers:Caribbean migration: motivation andchoice of destination in West Indianliterature and Sublime and beautifulobjects: the aesthetics of Caribbeanwaterfalls.

The latter paper was based on part ofDr Hudson’s forthcoming book, TheWaterfalls of Jamaica: sublime andbeautiful objects.

Dr Hudson will continue his researchon waterfalls when he goes to theUniversity of Durham, England, next yearas a visiting fellow at St. Mary’s Collegefor the Easter term.

A QUT academic has written the firstbook in Australia which focusesspecifically on the issue of “duty of care”.

The book was written by Dr NormKatter, a barrister and lecturer inbusiness law at QUT. The launch washeld at Old Government House atGardens Point campus.

Duty of care is becoming increasinglycontentious. In Australia, a damages suitfor negligence will not succeed unless

New book focuses on ‘duty of care’the victim can establish that thenegligent person owed the victim a dutyto take reasonable care.

Duty of Care in Australia makesrecommendations for a workable regimein Australia.

Dr Katter said Australia was thesecond most litigious nation in theworld, after the United States.

“Negligence litigation now involvesclaims for diverse matters, such as actions

for wrongful birth whereby a motherseeks damages for the unwanted birthof a child after a negligent sterilisationoperation,” Dr Katter said.

“Ever since Lord Atkin (himself aQueenslander) made his famousstatement on duty of care in thecelebrated case of the ‘snail in the gingerbeer bottle’ in 1932, much controversyhas surrounded the resolution of thisissue in the court.”

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By Stephen Schmideg,Sicore International

Overall, the majority of staff are satisfiedwith QUT, they are proud to say theywork here and believe it is highlyregarded by external stakeholders.

They are strongly committed to theuniversity, their careers/jobs and theschool or department in which theywork. This high level of personalcommitment and role clarity is reflectedin an equally high level of job satisfactionthey derive from their work.

Within their work environmentemployees feel involved in setting workobjectives, they are encouraged to beinnovative and have the freedom andauthority to act in the best interests oftheir students/clients.

Employees are very satisfied with thepersonal and working relationships theyhave with the people in their work unit.They are similarly satisfied with the waythey are managed by their immediatesupervisor.

Other positives to emerge aresatisfaction with access to computer andinformation resources and the safeenvironment in which people work.

The key issue on which QUT isperforming poorly is recognition (non-financial). Many employees feel theircommitment is not reciprocated by theuniversity and that they fail to receiverecognition for doing a good job.Related to this is a lack of confidence inthe existence of opportunities for careerprogression at QUT.

QUT management andorganisational efficiency also came infor criticism. Employees feel that

management fails to give sufficientconsideration to people issues andchanges are not implemented effectively.

Other problem areas are poorstreamlining of procedures, inefficientprocedures and paperwork, anorganisational structure that does notpromote co-operation across functionalareas and the failure of strategic planningto make work areas more focused.

Many of the management-relatedissues such as objectives, mission, futureplanning, competitiveness and even theassessment of deans and directorsrecorded high neutral scores rather thanhigh negative scores, indicating not allemployees are fully familiar with theissues being considered.

The core issues of Workload & Life,Pay & Relativities and Academic Criteriahave high negative scores indicatingsignificant dissatisfaction. But none ofthese issues are key drivers of satisfactionwith work or QUT. It is not that theyare not important to employees, it isthat other issues are more important.

Minimal differences are to beobserved between the eight faculties orthe administrative divisions. There isalso little difference between the threecampuses or between genders. The onlynotable variation to emerge is whenfaculties are compared with divisions,which shows that administrative staffare slightly more satisfied thanacademics.

Differences also exist according tothe nature of contract, with casual staffbeing more satisfied than permanent andcontract employees. However, positiveand negative issues remain constantthroughout the university.

Amanda Mergler, thirdyear Bachelor of SocialScience student,investigates careeroptions at theCarseldine EmploymentExpo held earlier thismonth.The Expo was openedby Queensland Ministerfor Education DeanWells.Hundreds of studentsattended theEmployment Expo atwhich about 20employer groups wererepresented.

Results highlightmixed perceptions

Emergency bush and sea rescues maybe hampered by misunderstandingsabout Australia’s switch to a newlongitude and latitude grid, Dr SueBuzer has warned.

Dr Buzer, a lecturer in QUT’sSchool of Planning LandscapeArchitecture and Surveying, said thelongitude and latitude of Australiaand New Zealand was worked outdifferently to the rest of the world.

Because of the uneven shape ofthe globe, the two countries havebeen using a different “centre of theEarth” for their reference point.

In a move which will bring thecountries into line with the rest ofthe world, the new longitude andlatitude will switch everything (on

existing maps) about 200-metres tothe north-east later this month.

She said the system could causepeople to miscalculate their positionif they continued to use old maps.The Global Positioning System willbe converted to the new grids soon.

“A 200-metre discrepancy betweenold maps and GPS readings is quitea lot in a situation such as a bushfires,floods or sea rescues,” she said.

“Most Australian GlobalPositioning Systems are programmedto use the old coordinate system thatwill become obsolete in January 2000.

“GPS users need to know whichsystem their instrument uses andwhich system has been used to drawtheir maps and charts.

Map latitude changes ahead“Organisations such as the

Mapping Science Institute ofAustralia and the Institution ofSurveyors Australia have done a greatdeal to inform members of thechangeover, however the generalpublic is still largely in the dark,” sheexmplained.

“Put simply, the charting is not asadvanced as the satellite navigationtechnology.

“Reefs, mountains and dangerspots are not going to be where theold charts /maps say they are if peopleare relying on their GPS to locatethemselves.”

Dr Buzer is also president of theMapping Sciences Institute ofAustralia.

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Staff survey showsmoderate satisfactionQ UT’s first employee opinion

survey has shown staff aremoderately satisfied working at theuniversity.

Vice-Chancellor Professor DennisGibson – who commissioned the HaveYour Say survey conducted byconsultants Sicore International – lastweek presented the broad findings ofthe survey to large groups of staff on allthree campuses.

He said that he could “certainlyrecognise the institution in the results”.

Designed to give the universityfeedback on how staff felt about workingat QUT, Professor Gibson said thesurvey would prove a useful tool forfuture planning and provide initialbenchmarks for future comparisons.

He said certain result categories hadproven more important than others inmeasuring staff satisfaction with QUT.

“For example, staff perceptions ofstakeholder regard for the university andof respect and fairness were veryimportant and we scored positively onthose,” Professor Gibson explained.

“On the other hand, staff identifiedthat personal (non-financial)recognition, QUT management andorganisational efficiency were key areasfor improvement.

“It is very clear that staff want to hearthings, and how these things affect themfrom their direct supervisor, rather thanfrom ‘above’.”

Professor Gibson said that Sicore haddesigned the survey instrument to elicit

issues of real importance to staff andthat this had followed a series of focusgroups and interviews with a cross-section of staff.

With a “very pleasing” 59 per centresponse rate by 5,000 staff –considerably higher than returns forsimilar studies at other Australianuniversities – Professor Gibson saidQUT would be likely to repeat thesurvey every two years to assess howinterim initiatives had impacted onoverall staff satisfaction.

Professor Gibson said a workinggroup, comprising representatives fromdifferent staff groups chaired by QUTRegistrar Ken Baumber, would examineand make recommendations to addresskey areas for improvement.

Web provides more detailStaff can access overall survey resultsvia QUT Virtual after August 13.

Detailed results will be available tostaff after August 23.

Staff will be able to access their ownarea’s results and obtain universityaverages. They will not be able toaccess detailed results for other areas.

QUT Vice-Chancellor Professor Dennis Gibson presented the findings of the survey to staff on all threecampuses last week.

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Graduateswin nationalaccolades

Buranda State School principal Lynne Hinton (MEd, BEd, QUT) wasamong four of alumni to receive a National Excellen)ce in TeachingAwards .

European car designbeckons graduate

The TV commercial promoting the progressive arrival of the QUT Train at stationsthroughout Queensland starts with a young woman screaming. A soothing malevoice-over says, “ever wondered just how loud you can yell?” It turns out to be just one of the interactive experiments people can try on the train– this one in a sound-proof booth. Certainly attracts your attention.

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Industrial design graduate ColinRedmond has helped design Europeancars which can cope with severetemperature conditions.

Mr Redmond will head back toGermany in February to take up acontract with the motor vehiclemanufacturer Audi, after he hascompleted his QUT postgraduatediploma in Industrial Design.

He has been employed on a contractbasis by Volkswagen and Audi in Europeover the past two years. Late last yearMr Redmond was working on the newAudi A3 and A8 projects in Ingolstadtin southern Germany.

Mr Redmond said the experience hadhelped him appreciate the European carindustry’s emphasis on quality.

“Refinement of design and taking intoaccount every consideration in design istime consuming, but worthwhile in thelong term,” he said.

“Designs had to accommodatetemperature variations of minus 20degrees Celsius in the Alps to 40 degreesCelsius in Spain.

“I found that the biggest stumblingblock was my technical background – Iknew how to draw and make things thatwork but my colleagues were better atexpressing the emotional content of thedrawing and the user interface with theproduct.”

He said the language barrier had beena “bit of a problem”, but that he hadenrolled in German classes (inGermany) in February.

Company policy was for employeesto speak German and Audi has its owninstitute for language learning programs.

He said that after the contract withAudi he would study for his mastersdegree at the Royal College of Arts inLondon.

He hoped to then move into design-project management within the Audiorganisation.

Colin Redmond ...forging careerin car design.

Queensland’s regional industrial giantsopened their doors to a group ofBrisbane university students this month,teaching them how to ensure workplacesafety in the “real world”.

A total of 15 final-year QUT studentstoured Queensland’s regional heart tosee how some of the State’s mostsuccessful businesses deal with workplacehealth and safety, as well as to meetpotential employers.

Some of the students are likely towork in regional Queensland after theycomplete their Bachelor of HealthScience (Occupational Health andSafety) at the end of the year.

Students visited businesses inGladstone, Maryborough, Bundaberg,Gympie and Kingaroy. Their itineraryincluded Bundaberg Sugar, BoyneSmelter, CSR Timber Products andTarong Coal.

Associate Professor Mike Capra, fromQUT’s School of Public Health,accompanied the students.

Regional Queensland provided arange of opportunities which studentsin Brisbane could not usually access, hesaid.

“The locations and companies for thisfield trip were chosen because they eachprovide a unique opportunity forstudents to see things such as heavyindustry, smelters or mills which theywould not have access to in Brisbane,”Professor Capra said.

Regionalcompaniesopen doorsto students

The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award clubis now active at QUT.

Aimed at young adults under 25,the organisation provides anopportunity for people to participatein group expeditions, recreationalactivities, community service projectsand sporting events at a tertiary level.

The Duke of Edinburgh’s Awardscheme rewards all-round ability andthe achievement of personal goals.

For more information, contactQUT club president Naomi Searle atn.searle@student.qut.edu.au

Youth clubseeks members

Alumni from QUT fared extremelywell at the National Excellece in

Teaching Awards (NEiTA) held inMelbourne earlier this year.

Federal Education Minister Dr DavidKemp presented awards to:• Buranda State School Principal Lynne

Hinton (MEd, BEd, QUT);• Stanthorpe State High School teacher

Francesco Arcidiacono (Grad DipTNorth Brisbane CAE);

• Maryborough St Mary’s High SchoolYear 8 co-ordinator Lynette Hawes(DipT Kelvin Grove TeachersCollege); and

• Kelvin Grove State High School’sChristine Poulsen (Grad DipT QUT).Over the past three years, Ms Hinton

– the Year 5/6/7 teacher as well asPrincipal at Buranda – has helpedtransform the inner-Brisbane school of48 students into a much busier andbrighter campus with multi-age classesand a capped enrolment of 150. She hasintroduced philosophy classes forchildren, a permaculture garden andrainforest and an adventure playground.

Franco Arcidiacono, who teachesItalian, maths, science and physicaleducation, initiated Australia’s firstItalian Immersion Program in 1995. Hishigh school students are taught in Italianin a range of subjects. Their experiencesculminate with a one-month“immersion” visit to Italy.

Lynette Hawes, who teaches Englishand home economics, became Directorof Student Welfare at St Mary’s afterstudents voted her the mostapproachable teacher at the school andan appropriate role model. Throughouther 14-year teaching career, Lynette hasstrived to develop a range of relevantskills to assist students with specialneeds.

Christine Poulsen, the second Englishteacher from Kelvin Grove High Schoolto win a NEiTA award, has institutedan extremely popular and innovativecreative writing course, The Language ofthe Night. Students of this course havebeen successful in creative writing andpublic speaking competitions in thebroader community.

– Trina McLellan

QUT’s pioneering Bachelor of SocialScience graduates, who completed theirdegrees at the Carseldine campus in1993, renewed friendships at a recentdinner held in Brisbane.

Alumni Marilyn Ginn, SheilaHumphries, Margaret McConochie andSally Piper helped organise the reunionof about 50 graduates at a lively Turkishrestaurant at West End.

The Social Science degree course hashad a high intake of mature-age students.Marilyn, who was a mature-age student,works for the Department of Families,Youth and Community Care.

The organisers of the reunion hope itwill become an annual event.

Ms Ginn said social science graduateshad often spoken about arrangingalumni events.

“We decided it was time we actuallydid it,” she said.

Socialsciencealumni meetin Brisbane

Social science alumni (from left) Marilyn Ginn, Margaret McConochie and Sheila Humphries helped stage a reunion at the Caravanserairestaurant in Brisbane recently.

The sound booth has proved to be a hit with young visitors to the Train.Public Health lecturer Jenny Nicol was almost suffering “disco-deafness” by theend of the train’s first day at Toowoomba. A record 14 students squeezed into thebooth, determined to test the sound measuring equipment to its limit. Jenny canvouch that the group, with their ear-shattering screams, probably succeeded.

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Premier Peter Beattie was presented with an unusually-wrapped gift when helaunched the QUT Train at Roma Street in Brisbane on Sunday August 8. He wasgiven a train vest and cap which are also being donned by QUT staff working onthe train. His gifts were aptly wrapped in Thomas the Tank Engine paper. ThePremier, something of a train buff, was suitably impressed. He sportngly put onhis new train gear when he faced the cameras that were out in force on the day.

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By Andrea Hammond

QUT’s Centre for Public Health isinvestigating the quality of life of

people who have chronic Hepatitis C.Dr Michael Dunne is working with

researchers at the University of Queenslandand the Royal Brisbane HospitalFoundation in the two-year project.

The work will involve closecollaboration with many communitygroups, including the QueenslandHepatitis C Council.

Dr Dunne said that up to 200,000people in Australia had chronic HepatitisC, with about 8,000 new infectionsdiagnosed every year.

“The virus impacts upon quality oflife, with many sufferers feeling fatigued,listless and unable to cope,” he said.

“While screening of blood productssince 1990 and less sharing of syringesand other equipment by drug users hasstemmed Australia’s epidemic of newHepatitis C infections, the long-termmajor health effects of those alreadyinfected are continuing to increase.”

About 85 per cent of people withHepatitis C remain infected with the virusfor life. Of that proportion, about 20 percent would probably develop cirrhosis ofthe liver and many eventually developcancer of the liver, he said.

“At this stage there is no preventativevaccine and most treatments appear notto be effective in ridding the body of the

Study looks atHepC patients

virus, so the epidemic is likely to continuefor some time.”

The research project will examinechronic fatigue and other quality-of-life problems.

Although these difficulties have beenrecognised for some time, there had beenrelatively little research into their clinicaland social causes, Dr Dunne said.

“For example, it is currently notknown whether fatigue and otherquality-of-life problems are associatedwith the severity of impairment to liverfunction,” he said.

Dr Dunne will work with Universityof Queensland researcher Dr GraemeMacdonald and Professor GrahamCooksley from the Royal BrisbaneHospital Foundation.

“The work may also contribute toevaluations of the effectiveness oftreatments such as Interferon-basedtherapy, and might provide a useful toolfor the assessment of the disabilitiesrelated to Hepatitis C infection,” DrDunne said.

QUT’s Centre for Public HealthResearch was awarded $75,000 from theNational Health and Medical ResearchCouncil for the study.

The grant was one of 12 presentednationally in an initiative announcedby Federal Health Minister Dr MichaelWooldridge. The team received theonly grant awarded to a Queenslandresearch group.

QUT’s Dr Michael Dunne and UQ researcher Dr Graeme Macdonald.

QUT urban design students have playeda key role in Brisbane’s first public forumon designing the future face of the city.

Students worked alongsideBrisbane’s leading urban designers,architects, planners and academics atthe inaugural BDA Focus – UrbanDesign Workshop held in July.

The four-day workshop, which was ajoint project by the BrisbaneDevelopment Association, QUT andBrisbane City Council’s Urban RenewalTask Force, aimed to establish a long-term, sustainable design plan for the city.

QUT students helped developrecommendations on how to redevelopthe city’s under-utilised sites – includingthe Roma Street railway yards and theRNA Showgrounds – into attractive,dynamic and useful places for residentsand visitors to enjoy.

QUT’s postgraduate urban designprogram co-ordinator Dr Danny O’Haresaid the BDA Focus – Urban DesignWorkshop was one example of the way inwhich QUT’s urban design studentsworked with industry in the “real world.”

He said the forum helped preparestudents for the workplace by exposingthem to the practical constraints involvedwith major projects.

“Our students really benefited fromthe workshop by working on projectsalongside leading urban designprofessionals, and developing and testingideas in a short time,” Dr O’Hare said.

Dr O’Hare said the finalrecommendations included “taming”the northern end of the City-Valleybypass in the Bowen Hills to BreakfastCreek area by reducing the speed limitfrom 80km/hr to 60km/hr andtransforming the area into more of anurban boulevard.

“The proposals also explored howwalkable neighbourhoods could be creatednear key stations on the inner-northernbusway and the inner-northern railway,which would boost the patronage andlivability of these areas,” Dr O’Hare said.

BDA president Chris McCluskey saidthat, in the past, Government authoritieshad dealt with proposals for under-utilisedareas in isolation – to the detriment ofthe City’s planning future.

“The mindset has been traditionallyreactionary and has not explored the fullpotential for enhancement of Brisbane

Students tame urban jungle

that a global planning approach would,”Mr McCluskey said.

“BDA Focus is a visionary process –inquiry by design – which takes majordevelopment decisions and puts them intoan urban design context.”

Head of QUT’s School of Architecture,Interior and Industrial Design ProfessorGordon Holden said that, for the pastdecade, the university and the BrisbaneDevelopment Association had been

united in a quest for fundamental changesin approaches to urban design.

“QUT established Australia’s firstcourse in urban design in 1987, so weregard ourselves as leaders in that area,”Professor Holden said.

“Like the BDA, we’ve been advocatesfor changes in the urban design process.We oppose the existing piecemeal approach,advocating a co-ordinated approach, basedon community objectives.”

– Amanda O’Chee

Discussing exciting ideas for the redevelopment of the Roma Streetrailway yards ... (left to right) QUT student Caroline Stalker,Brisbane Development Association president Chris McCluskey,QUT masters student James Tuma and Royal Australian Institute ofArchitects’ Peter Richards.

Vietnamese women often suffer pain anddiscomfort because they are reluctant to seekhelp from Australian medical professionals, aQUT study has found.

Master of Public Health student Bien NamDo found that Vietnamese women were slowto seek help from doctors because of languagedifficulties, as well as a lack of transport andknowledge about Australia’s public healthsystem.

A survey of 212 Vietnamese women foundthat many women preferred to “suffer insilence” from complaints such as arthritis, flu,gastric ulcers or some forms of hypertension.

“My study found that these women wouldprefer to carry on and possibly use diet to dealwith problems their own way, rather than optfor treatment,” Mr Do said.

“Lack of language skills also leads toinappropriate or inadequate health information– some women did not even know where to gethelp or had vague ideas about the main functionsof public hospitals in the region.

“I found that many did not understand theultimate goals of health preventative programssuch as cancer prevention programs, pre- andpost-natal care and breast-feeding.”

Mr Do said language barriers were anotherobstacle that prevented women from obtaininghealth services and health education.

Vietnamese women ‘avoid’ GPs

Bien Nam Do ... Vietnamese women slow to seek help from doctors.

“One in two women in the survey admittedthey had little skill in spoken English and only onein 10 had good or very good English,” he said.

“When they did visit the doctor there was agap between daily language and ability todescribe medical complaints or to understand adoctor’s instructions completely.”

Mr Do said a shortage of Vietnamese womenworking as health professionals compounded

the communication problem, particularly whenVietnamese women were visiting for sexualhealth or uro-genital problems.

Transportation had also emerged as anobstacle to obtaining health services, especiallyfor elderly women, Mr Do said.

Mr Do interviewed 30 women and 10Vietnamese health professionals as part of his study.

– Andrea Hammond

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Australian universities are facingcomplaints and lawsuits from

international students who claim someinstitutions falsely advertise ormisrepresent themselves overseas, aBrisbane academic has warned.

Dr Yoni Ryan, from QUT’s Teachingand Learning Support Services, said somedisgruntled students had complained tothe Federal Government.

Some students had gone on to sue theiruniversities, claiming that facilities, andacademic supervision and support did notlive up to universities’ advertised claims,she said.

Dr Ryan warned that, in an increasinglylitigious environment, students were likelyto continue to turn to the law.

Dr Ryan has called on the universitysector to improve the integrity of itsoverseas marketing campaigns and boost

Students turn to legal actionthe quality of support for internationalpostgraduate students.

“The standard of academic support andoverseas marketing efforts varies across thecountry, but most universities are makinggenuine attempts to follow the AVCCguidelines for recruitment and treatment ofoverseas students,” Dr Ryan said.

“The most frequent complaint frominternational postgraduate students relatesto the standard of research supervisionand support.

“Students want more assistance and achoice of supervisor.

“They complained that they didn’t havea choice of supervision and that, in somecases, students were placed with asupervisor who was not sympathetic to theirculture or who didn’t like their culture.”

Dr Ryan has co-edited the bookSupervising Postgraduates from Non-

English Speaking Backgrounds, publishedrecently by Allen and Unwin.

“There is a case study in the book of astudent whose candidature was terminatedfor failure to progress,” she said

“He complained to his embassy thatthe university had not provided him withthe service he expected.”

The book comes in the wake of theFederal Government’s Green Paper onuniversity research, which criticised highattrition rates, high costs and longcompletion times for postgraduateresearch.

Dr Ryan said the book provided someanswers to the Green Paper.

“These include the need to bettermatch international postgraduates withappropriate supervisors, to provide moretraining for supervisors of internationalstudents and to offer more courses for

international students in how to write athesis,” she said.

“International postgraduate studentsface greater difficulties than undergraduatesbecause older students have to leave wives,husbands or children behind, they havefewer international peers to relate to andface more pressure to succeed.”

Post-graduates need more advancedEnglish abilities to write a thesis, she said.Despite this, most universities requiredthe same English competency standardsfrom both international undergraduatesand postgraduates.

Supervising Postgraduates from Non-English Speaking Backgrounds containschapters written by QUT lecturers DrChristine Bruce (InformationTechnology), Dr Helen Stacy (Law) andTania Aspland (Education).

– Amanda O’Chee

QUT School of Public Health seniorlecturer Sandra Capra has beenpromoted to Associate Professor inrecognition of her academic andprofessional leadership.

After 15 years at QIT/QUT, ProfessorCapra has also demonstrated noteworthyteaching performance and leadership, aswell as research and scholarship withinthe school.

Professor Capra, who is thePresident of the Dietitians Associationof Australia, has represented theprofession internationally and alsopetitioned governments, the foodindustry and media on behalf of theconsumers, as wel l as food andnutrition professionals.

In 1998 she was recognised with aQUT Outstanding AcademicContribution Award for professionalleadership and “leading dietetic educationreform in Australia”.

Professor Capra said she was pleasedwith the news of her promotion.

“I have led organisational reform andsystems development to deliver improvedservices and increased outcomes fornutritional professionals and the consumer– in this capacity I have, I hope,

Professional leadership counts

Professor followedunusual route topinnacle of success

The exceptional research contributionof School of Learning and Developmentacademic Wendy Patton has earned herthe rank of Associate Professor.

Professor Patton, who chairs both theuniversity Human and Animal ResearchEthics Committees, has supervised fivePhD students in the past seven years.

Her ability to attract high-qualityscholars is symbolised by the decision ofa student from England to complete aresearch masters at QUT after readingone of Professor Patton’s journal articles.

Professor Patton has also exhibitedstrong academic leadership by initiating,developing and co-ordinating the area ofinterest in career guidance in both theMaster of Education and the GraduateCertificate in Education.

Professor Patton said because workersliked to make five career changes in theirlives, the greatest challenge for those incareer development was keeping theirtheories up-to-date with the workplace.

“The 1990s have witnessed massivechanges in the nature of the workforce –gone are the days when career developmentwas limited to guiding school students anduniversity graduates onto the right path,”Professor Patton said.

“Most career development work usedto focus on the end of school orgraduation, but now we know that people

Change demands new theories

Associate Professor Wendy Patton ... theories need updating.

will have to make five, six or seven careerchanges in their life.”

Professor Patton is director of theCentre for Cognitive Processes inLearning in QUT’s Education Faculty.

She edits the Australian Journal ofCareer Development – the only one ofits kind in Australia – and is co-

ordinator of the Master of Education(Research) program.

Professor Patton has a successful recordof attracting collaborative grants. Herresearch partners include the FederalDepartment of Education, Training andYouth Affairs, and a Brisbane high school.

– Amanda O’Chee

Personal appointment programpromotions announced

QUT’s Associate Professor/Professor Personal AppointmentCommittee has confirmed thepromotion of a several academicswho applied for promotion throughthe Personal Appointment Program.

Three were promoted to Professorand seven to Associate Professor.

Those appointed Professor areThomas Cooper (Maths, Science andTechnology Education); WilliamDuncan (Postgraduate Studies,

Law); and Guy Gable (InformationSystems).

Associate Professors are CliveBean (Humanities); Neil Bergmann(Electrical and Electronic SystemsEngineering); Sandra Capra (PublicHealth); Leonie Daws (Cultural andPolicy Studies); John Lidstone(Professional Studies), WendyPatton (Learning and Development)and Adam Shoemaker (Humanities/Chancellery).

contributed significantly to a changedculture in the profession,” she said.

“In the past two years I have introduceda variety of strategies to improve my ownteaching and have successfully supervisedto completion the first two PhDs indietetics in Queensland.

“On a broader front I believe I havecontributed significantly to the qualityimprovement of programs within QUT’sSchool of Public Health. This change in

dietetics education from postgraduate toundergraduate has resulted in improveddemand, higher calibre students as wellas a major curriculum review.”

Professor Capra is also Director ofAcademic Programs within QUT’sSchool of Public Health, a position sheaccepted after two years as quality teachingand learning co-ordinator.

“In this role, I have led a review ofthe curriculum, the establishment ofdatabases, the development of policyand processes and operated as a formaland informal mentor to other staff,”she said.

“My research work has a lsocontinued during this time: I havecontinued to publish regularly andhave received two grants for researchprojects in the past year.

“I also provide consultancy services toexternal bodies and have continued toproduce written works to meet the needsof different client groups.”

Professor Capra said she believed shehad made a major contribution to thedevelopment of a research culture innutrition and dietetics at QUT, as well ascontributing to the school generally.

– Andrea Hammond

Associate Professor SandraCapra ... variety of strategies.

Professor Guy Gable ... workingon Australia-wide software.

Dr Yoni Ryan ... book outlinesstudents’ concerns.

A long list of academic achievementswas “crowned” earlier this month forthe Director of QUT’s InformationSystems Management ResearchCentre Dr Guy Gable, when he waspromoted to Professor through thePersonal Appointment Program.

Profes sor Gable te rmed thepromotion the “crowning glory” ofhis other academic qualificationswhich include a PhD InformationSystems, University of Bradford, aMaster of Business Administrationfrom the University of WesternOntario, a Bachelor of Commerce,University of Alberta and a Diplomaof Computer Systems TechnologyNorth Alber ta Ins t i tute ofTechnology.

In 1992 Professor Gable wasawarded equal first place from 45submiss ions to the ICIS(Internat iona l Conference onInformat ion Sys tems) Doctora lThesis Competition.

Last year Professor Gable wasawarded the Faculty of InformationTechnology “Outstanding AcademicPerformance Award.”

“I travelled an unusual coursebefore becoming an academic andworked in industry for several yearsas a consultant,” Professor Gable said.

“I was also with the NationalUniversity of Singapore for someyears before coming to Brisbane.”

Professor Gable said his two mainactivities since joining QUT were theestablishment of the InformationSystems Management ResearchCentre and initiating and maintaining

a growing collaborative relationshipwith SAP the world’s fourth largestsoftware company.

He said the QUT centre hadgrown to achieve school centrestatus. The collaboration with SAPhad culminated in it being designatethe first SAP university competencecentre in the Asia Pacific.

“This will entail establishing asubstantial service for universitiesthroughout Austra l ia which areinteres ted in ERP (Enterpr i seResource Planning) curriculum andresearch,” Professor Gable said.

“I am working very closely with asmall core of dedicated colleagueshere at QUT, and we want to havethis facility in place early next year.”

– Noel Gentner

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By Andrea Hammond

A program that offers educationcourses to drink-drivers has

seen re-offence rates among hardcore offenders plummet by up to50 per cent.

Results from the Under The Limitprogram found that offenders chargedwith both high blood-alcoholconcentration levels and who hadprevious drink-driving offencesbenefitted the most.

The program is administered byQUT and has been evaluated by theuniversity’s Centre for AccidentResea rch and Road Sa f e ty –Queensland (CARRS-Q).

QUT researcher Dr Victor Siskindsaid that, for this one cohort of majoroffenders there was a statisticallysignificant 50 per cent fall in re-offence rates up to three years aftertheir education course.

“If you look at the people whohave both previous (drink-driving)offences and high blood-alcoholc o n c e n t r a t i o n s , t h e r e i s asignificant reduction in their re-offence rates,” he said.

“We classified major offenders asthose w i th b lood a l coho lconcentrations at 0.15 and above,while previous offenders were thosewith drink-driving offences in thepast five years.

“What we don’t know is whetherin fact some of these people were in

Program has sobering resultsjail (and unable to drive) or therewere other sorts of biases that wedon’t know about. But we don’tthink so.

“My gut feel ing at this pointfrom having looked at the data isthat it ’s genuine and that thesepeople do have an opportunity tore-offend, but are not doing so.”

More than 2,500 drink-drivershave elected to swap their fines andpay $500 for a 12-week educationcourse run through local TAFEcolleges.

The Under the Limit program isoffered through 47 Magistrate Courtsand 45 TAFE campuses in Queensland.

Dr Siskind said that, for minoroffenders, (those that had moderateblood alcohol concentrations – under0.15 per cent – and no previousoffences) the TAFE course had hadlittle effect.

“What we find in the study is thatthe minor offenders tend not to havebenefitted much from the course.Their re-offence rate is low and it’sno different to the controls,” DrSiskind said.

“What these results mean for theprogram is that you can now start todesign programs for different typesof drink-driving offenders.

“For first offenders, conventionalpuni shment s – such a s l i c ensesuspensions and fines – may well besufficient while the major offendersshould be assigned to a course.” Dr Victor Siskind ... drink-driving re-offence rates fall significantly.

QUT is appealing to Queenslandbusinesses to unlock their dustystorage cupboards to help locate anold-fashioned electric “bundy clock”.

The university has launched asearch for a working bundy clock –technically known as an electric cardtime-recorder – for an exhibition laterthis year which will celebrate 50 yearsof business.

Organiser s hope more than100,000 visitors will be able to take astep back in time and “clock in” and“clock out” during a tour of theEveryone’s Business exhibition at theQueensland Museum.

QUT Faculty of Business DeanProfessor Sandra Harding said theexhibition, to run from October 23until the end of January 2000, wouldillustrate business practice and cultureover the past 50 years.

“Al though QUT and i t spredecessor institutions have beenproviding business education toQueensland for most of this century,it was in 1949 that a dedicatedmanagement education class wasestablished,” Professor Harding said.

Faculty launches searchfor old-time bundy clock

“It’s not just our own history wewant to celebrate. The past 50 yearshave been fu l l o f change anddevelopment in business generally.

“We’ve seen the introduction ofdecimal currency, the rise of thecomputer, changing roles for men andwomen fac i l i ta ted by EqualEmployment Opportunity legislationand many other changes which haveimpacted on business practice andon society.”

Professor Harding said organiserswanted to borrow a functioningelectric card time-recorder that wouldhave been used in factories or largeorganisations between 1940 and 1970for workers to individually recordtheir start and finish times.

“We want to make the exhibitionas interactive as possible to givevisitors the chance of a hands-on toexper ience us ing o ld fa sh ionedtypewriters and telephones, as well asexperience multimedia elements suchas oral histories, games and businesssimulations,” Professor Harding said.

Anyone who has an electric cardtime-recorder they would be willing

to lend to QUT should contact JunePearson v ia emai l a tj .pear son@qut .edu.au or phone(07) 3864 4499, or Anthony Scottvia email at ar.scott@qut.edu.auor (07) 3864 1160.

– Andrea Hammond

Professor Sandra Harding ...appealing to business.

Education Queensland Director-General Terry Moran gave QUTMaster of Teaching students an insightinto the future of Queensland’seducation system during a keynotelecture earlier this month.

Mr Moran outlined a number ofchallenges and opportunities foreducation in the next millennium.

Master of Teaching unit co-ordinatorNeil Cranston said the reaction of staffand students had been “enthusiastic” andthe address would prompt on-goingdebate in future lectures and tutorials.

Moran shares insight

“The issues raised by the Director-General were very challenging, both forthose preparing to be teachers as well asthose charged with training teachers forthe new millennium,” Mr Cranston said.

“It was very valuable to have such animportant educational leader mapping theeducational agenda and landscape for thenext generation of teachers.

“The Director-General has a significantrole to play in leading EducationQueensland in challenging times – whereglobalisation, technology and competitionimpact increasingly on schools.”

Director-General Terry Moran ... challenging issues.

QUT project management studentshave formulated a detailed proposalto relocate the controversial GoldCoast Indy Car Race to the heart ofBrisbane’s CBD.

A five-member team of postgraduatestudents has suggested locating a 2.5kmtrack in central Brisbane in a long looparound Roma Street, Herschel Street, NorthQuay, Petrie Terrace and Countess Street.

The $5million proposal includesrunning the motor race during nextyear’s Brisbane Festival.

Postgrads tackle some racey researchHead of QUT’s School of

Construction Management and PropertyProfessor Tony Sidwell said the teamalso investigated risk management forthe Indy Car Race which had beenplagued by controversy and poorpolitical relationships on the Gold Coast.

“The team has tackled the projectwith great imagination and insight,”Professor Sidwell said.

“It has included maps, projectedbudget charts, a projected program,a comprehens i ve s e r i e s o f r i sk

a s s e s sment cha r t s and de ta i l edstakeholder analysis.”

Professor Sidwell said the Indy CarRace relocation was just one of manyimaginative ‘real life’ projects beingtackled by students studying projectmanagement at QUT.

Other teams had submitted acomprehensive project managementplan for making a commercial film,and a proposal for Brisbane CityCouncil’s River Walk 2000 program.

– Andrea Hammond

Queensland children got the chanceto road tes t some of the la tes ttechnologies in environmental lyfriendly lighting at the BrisbaneExhibition.

Cutting-edge louvres and skylights– which have been developed byQUT’s Daylighting Unit and theDepartment of Public Works – wereon show at the Queens landGovernment Pavilion.

The louvres and a skylight pyramidreduce or eliminate the need fore lec t r ica l l ight ing and a i r -conditioning in most sub-tropicalclassrooms, homes and offices.

Children and adults were able tochange lighting conditions at theEkka display by changing the angleof the louvres. They were also invitedto simulate the sun’s daily arc to seehow the skylight pyramids keptlighting conditions constant withina building.

QUT physics lecturer Dr IanEdmonds said both the skylight andlouvres used the simple principle oflight reflection.

The louvres and skylight walls areembedded with a series of parallellaser cuts into the perspex to createrows of tiny mirror-like edges thatreflect the light.

– Amanda O’Chee

Daylighthighlightat Ekka

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STUDENT GUILD

Recreation courses. Everythingfrom winery tours, surf camps towomen’s car maintenance and bellydancing. Further details in theSemester Two RecreationH a n d b o o k .Contact Kirsten Fraser onk.fraser@sg.qut.edu.au or call 38641213.

Sep 6-8 Safe Sex, Drug andAlcohol Awareness Week.Information stalls, freebies and foodavailable. Sep 6 at Gardens Pointcampus, Y Block area, 11am-2pm.Sep 7 at Kelvin Grove Campus, ABlock area, 11am-2pm. Sep 8C a r s e l d i n ecampus, C Block area,11am-2pm.

FROM THE ACADEMY

AUG 21-24 Cosi by Louis Nowra.Returned from a successful worldtour, this production by third-yearacting students will be the first inthe newly-refurbished GardensTheatre at Gardens Point campus.Only four performances: Aug 21at 8pm, Aug 22 at 2pm, Aug 23 at8pm and Aug 24 at 8pm.Contact Karen Wil ley atk.wi l ley@qut.edu.au or3864 3453.

Sep 1-11 Angels in America. A cutting-edge millennium drama directed byacclaimed Broadway director MelShapiro. Contact Karen Willey at k.willey@qut.edu.auor 3864 3453.

SEMINARS, CONFERENCES, EVENTS

FACULTY OF ARTS

Aug 18 Successful Ageing. Free publiclecture by Dr Sidney Sax tocelebrate the International Year ofOlder Persons and QUT’s 10/150Anniversary. Supper to be servedafterwards. Level 3, C Block,Carseldine campus. Registrationessential. RSVP to Sue Westbrookby Aug 16. For more informationemail s.westbrook@qut.edu.au orcall 3864 4616.

The annual QUT Fun Run will be heldSunday, September 26, starting and

finishing at QUT’s Gardens Point campus.The event, which attracted 640 starters last

year, is open to students, staff, alumni and thegeneral public.

Starting at 7am, the 10km run (or 5km walk)around the City Botanic Gardens and West Endis part of a program of events to mark QUT’s10th anniversary as a university and 150 yearssince the establishment of its first predecessor

QUT anniversaryfun run open to all

institution, the Brisbane School of Arts. Parking will beavailable on campus, via Gardens Point Road.

The entry fee of $15 includes a T-shirt and breakfast,and a $2 contribution to the Queensland ParalympicTeam. Registration after September 23 is $25.

Sponsors include Aussie Bodies, Aussie Shopper andYour Personal Trainer. The event is organised by theQUT Student Guild. For an entry form, contact theQUT Student Guild Fitness Centre, GPO Box 1545,Brisbane, 4001. For further information visit http://www.sg.qut.edu.au or call 3864 1685 or 3864 2945.

The annual QUT Fun Run ... some of the keen runners who competed last year.

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Sep 8 The Regulators’ Dilemma:International frauds - Y2K andthe Big 5 . National AccountingAdvisor of the AustralianSecurit ies and InvestmentsCommission Paul Moni.For more information emailk.dunstan@qut.edu.au or call3864 4316.

QUT TRAIN - SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYON THE MOVE

Aug 9-Sep 17 Statewide tour of QUT’sinteractive educational train.Full of hands-on activities andinformation about the worlds ofscience, health, informationtechnology, business and builtenvironment and engineering. Formore information visit the QUTtrain web address http://www.train.qut.edu.au, or emailsci-train@qut.edu.au or contactCarlee Hay on 3864 2025.

STAFF AND STUDENT COURSES

HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT

Aug 24 On the job trainingtechniques. This course aims toprovide staff members withknowledge, skills and abilities toprepare and conduct an effectiveon the job training plan. 9am-4.30pm. Training room, level 1, KBlock, KG. Contact Tanya Neederon t.needer@qut.edu.au ortelephone 3864 4121 for anomination form.

Sept 7 Staff Orientation ProgramFor new staff or other interestedstaff. Contact HumanResources Department’s DoradeLaat on 3865 5610 or TanyaNeeder on 3864 9605.

EQUITY SECTION

Aug 27 Diversity management. A one-day course that aims to improvesupervisors’ and managers’knowledge and skills required tosuccessfully manage culturaldiversity in the workplace. 9.15am-4.45pm, Z1124, GP. To register callLilijana Simic on 3864 5601.

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