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This Newsletter is published at the beginning of each month. Items for inclusion should be received by the 27th day of the month prior to publication. The Newsletter is available on the web at http://flinders.edu.au/sabs/about/news/events.cfm.
2012 Public Lecture Series
“Sleep Well, Live Better: The Steps to Good Sleep” was the subject of Professor Leon Lack’s public lecture address on Tuesday 21 August. The School of Psychology researcher provided an engaging presentation into the primary causes of sleep disorders, highlighting that some ten per cent of the population experience a serious form of insomnia. In an effort to curb sleeplessness and the distress that accompanies it, Professor Lack advocated the use of stimulus control therapy - don’t go to bed until sleepy, get out of bed if not asleep in 15 minutes, go back to bed when sleepy, continue this process until you fall asleep quickly, get up at the same time each morning, don’t nap during the day, and reserve the bedroom for sleep. Professor Lack reiterated that sleep is very robust, it bounces back, so it is possible to ‘catch-up’ and be reinvigorated after days of sleeplessness.
More than a hundred people attended the lecture, with many staying to ask questions of the presenter about his research, new book, and Re-Timers, light emitting glasses that retrain the body clock using bright light therapy to re-time rhythms.
The paperback by Helen Wright and Leon Lack, Sleep Well, Live Better: 3 steps to good sleep, is available on line at: http://www.thehealthbookshop.com/
The lecture presentation can be viewed at http://mtu.flinders.edu.au/events/PublicLecture21Aug2012.cfm
Professor Leon Lack with Professor Phyllis Tharenou
Lecture attendees Dan and Caitlin Anear
Judi Carson and Lynn Surfield
Phyllis Tharenou Executive Dean
Faculty of Social & Behavioural Sciences
Newsletter 8 September 2012
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School of Social & Policy Studies
All smiles – A/Prof Mary Holmes, Dr Heather Brook and A/Prof Chris Beasley, co-authors, at their book launch Book launch – ‘Heterosexuality in Theory and Practice’ On the 13th of August, The Gender and Sexualities Research Group from the School of Social and Policy Studies and the Faye Gale Centre for Research on Gender at the University of Adelaide launched an exciting new book, ‘Heterosexuality in Theory and Practice’. Co-authored by Associate Professor Chris Beasley, Dr Heather Brook and Associate Professor Mary Holmes, the Routledge book explores hetero-sexualities in their complex and everyday expressions. It engages with theories about the intersection of sexuality with other markers of difference, and gender in particular. The outcome will productively upset equations of heterosexuality with hetero normativity and accounts that cast heterosexuality in "sex critical, sex as danger" terms. Queer/feminist ‘pro-sex’ perspectives have become prevalent in analyses of sexuality, but in these approaches queer becomes the site of subversive, transgressive, exciting and pleasurable sex, while hetero-sex, if mentioned at all, continues to be seen as objectionable or dowdy. It challenges heterosexuality’s comparative absence in gender/sexuality debates and the common constitution of heterosexuality as nasty, boring and normative.
The authors develop an innovative analysis showing the limits of the sharply bifurcated perspectives of the "sex wars". This is not a revisionist account of heterosexuality as merely one option in a fluid smorgasbord, nor does it dismiss the weight of feminist/pro-feminist critiques of heterosexuality. This book establishes that if relations of domination do not constitute the analytical sum of heterosexuality, then identifying its range of potentialities is clearly important for understanding and helping to undo its "nastier" elements.
The book was launched by Professor Fiona Verity, Dean of the School of Social and Policy Studies.
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Conference Presentations Dr Eduardo de la Fuente presented a paper 'The Monastic Quotidian: The Cloister and Academic Field of Everyday Life Studies' at the Centre for the Study of the Western Tradition, Colloquium 2012, August 31st-1st of September, Campion College, Sydney - an international symposium that included theologians, philosophers, humanists and church historians from the United Kingdom, North America, and Australia. Nicole Harb, PhD student School of Social and Policy Studies delivered a presentation titled 'Is housing stress a barrier to resettlement?' on 30 July, 2012 at the Refugee & Migration Research Network forum, Adelaide. The forum theme was “Once a Refugee, Always a Refugee?” Dr Helen McLaren will be presenting a paper Towards Dismantling Silos in Child Protection: Curriculum Design as a Political Activity to Foster Partnership and Multi-disciplinary Work at XIX ISPCAN International Congress on Child Abuse and Neglect to be held on 9-12, September 2012 in Istanbul, Turkey.
Publications Eduardo de la Fuente 'Fads and Foibles: A Few Thoughts on Social Science Theory' in the Nexus Newsletter of the Australian Sociological Association. Riggs, D.W. (2012). ‘Paradoxes of visibility’: Lesbian and gay parents in the Australian print media. Jindal Global Law Review, 4, 1-88. Media Associate Professor Gerry Redmond, ‘Poor youths miss out on normal lives’, Adelaide Advertiser 28 August 2012. A/ Prof Redmond was questioned about the NSW Social Policy Research Centre report ‘Making a difference: Building on Young People’s Experiences of Economic Adversity’, about the experiences of young people from families who are economically disadvantaged.
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School of Psychology
PhD Completions
• Catherine Jackson has been awarded her PhD, entitled “Non traumatic therapeutic writing for disordered eating”. Tracey Wade was her supervisor.
Postdoctoral Appointments
• Ryan Balzan, PhD, from the School of Psychology/Discipline of Psychiatry at the University of Adelaide has been awarded and accepted the Flinders University Vice Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowship. He is interested in the role cognitive biases might play in the development and maintenance of delusions (both in people with schizophrenia, and also non-clinical individuals). His supervisor is Tracey Wade.
Conference Presentations
• Robinson, J.A. (2012). A fresh start? Using parent and teacher reports to understand the impact of parents’ forced migration on young children’s development in a country of resettlement. Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development (ISSBD), 8-12 July, 2012, Edmonton, Canada.
• Robinson, J.A. (2012). Raised in refuge: A comparison of developmental contexts and adaptation among
the children of resettled refugees and voluntary migrants. 21st Conference of the International Association for Cross-cultural Psychology (IACCP), 17-21 July, 2012, Stellenbosch, South Africa
• Robinson, J.A. (2012). Raised in refuge: A comparison of developmental contexts and adaptation among
the children of resettled refugees and voluntary migrants. 30th International Congress of Psychology (ICP), 22-27 July, 2012, Cape Town, South Africa.
• Hitchcock, C., Nixon, R.D.V., & Weber, N. (2012, June). A Longitudinal Examination of Overgeneral
Memory and Psychopathology in Children Following Trauma: Is the CaR-FA-X model applicable to children? Poster presented at the Clinical Perspectives on Autobiographical Memory Conference, Center on Autobiographical Memory Research, Aarhus University, Denmark.
• At the recent 10th Annual Australian and New Zealand Academy for Eating Disorders conference held at
the Crowne Plaze in Adelaide over 23rd to 25th August, Flinders University was strongly represented, both in terms of sponsorship and an accompanying display table (where most of the information supplied was taken by delegates by the end of the conference), and also in terms of many excellent presentations:
• Marika Tiggemann gave a well-received keynote address entitled "Objectification Theory: of
relevance to eating disorder researchers and clinicians?"
• Tracey Wade and Simon Wilksch gave an introductory workshop to eating disorders.
• Simon Wilksch gave a workshop on "Media Smart", the media literacy prevention package developed by himself and Tracey Wade.
• Tracey Wade gave a workshop on treating clinical perfectionism.
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• Tracey Wade presented a paper entitled "Why is the binge/purge sub-type of anorexia nervosa associated with poor outcomes?"
• Anne O'Shea (“Can guided self-help for perfectionism improve negative affect?”), Carla Welsh (“An
Investigation of the Moderator Effects of Involving Parents in Prevention Programs”) and Thomas Nehmy (“Transdiagnostic prevention of disordered eating”) gave papers in the Young Investigators stream.
• Melissa Atkinson presented a paper entitled "Qualitative evaluations of a mindfulness-based
prevention program for eating disorders".
• Belinda Bury presented a paper entitled "Reality check: Effects of magazine advertisement warning labels on women's body dissatisfaction".
Community Service • Robinson, J.A. (2012). Psychological issues in palliative care, Seminar, Post-graduate Students in the
School of Medicine (PRISM), Flinders University, 31 July, 2012. • Marika Tiggemann was the Guest Speaker at the recent Annual University Hall Academic Dinner on 7
August 2012. Her topic was “Body image: A contemporary issue of concern?” • Reg Nixon and Sam Angelakis gave a 1-day workshop on Behavioural Activation for Depression in the
Context Trauma for the Victim Support Service, Adelaide, August, 2012. • They are also giving a 2 day workshop on PTSD treatment to the same group on 30th August and 5th
September. • Neil Brewer presented invited plenary addresses on “Psychological indicators of credibility” and
“Eyewitness identification and memory” for the 2012 Judicial College of Victoria’s “Assessing witnesses” Symposium.
• On Friday 31st August Tracey Wade gave a 3.5 hour workshop on “Working with Clinical Perfectionism” to
the clinical college of the Australian Psychological Society. There were 200 attendees in addition to a wait list, the largest workshop held by this group to date.
Other • Media stories on Neil Brewer’s research:
• Vancouver Sun, July 7, 2012, “Vivid memories of the wrong guy” • Catalyst, ABC-TV, September 6 (with a large Flinders cast)
Please send information such as above to Sue Dolman and it will be summarised every month
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School of International Studies
Welcome
Professor Malcolm Feeley, the second occupant of the Fulbright Flinders University Distinguished Chair in American Political Science, has arrived from the University of California, Berkeley. Professor Feeley is located in room 396 Social Sciences South where he will be in residence until December. Professor Feeley is currently the Claire Sanders Clements Dean’s Chair in Law at Berkeley and has previously taught at the University of Wisconsin (Madison) and Yale University. Professor Feeley’s present appointment at Berkeley is designed to bring a political science perspective and a focus on the policy process into the teaching program of the Law School at Berkeley.
His project while at Flinders will focus on the role of private contractors in operating prisons and in police forces in Australia, United States and the EU. Professor Feeley’s recent books include Judicial Policy Making and The Modern State (with Edward Rubin), Federalism, Political Identity and Tragic Compromise (with Edward Rubin) and an edited collection Fighting for Political Freedom: Comparative Studies of the Legal Complex and Political Change (with Terry Halliday and Lucien Karpik, eds). He has three other books forthcoming. He served as the director of the Center for the Study of Law and Society at Berkeley from 1987 to 1992. Professor Feeley has received research support from the Russell Sage Foundation, the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Institute of Justice, the National Science Foundation, the American Bar Foundation, and the Twentieth Century Fund. He has been a Fellow and visiting scholar at Kobe University, the Institute of Advanced Studies at Hebrew University, the Center for the Advanced Study in Behavioral Sciences at Stanford, and the Law and Public Affairs Program in the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton. Professor Feeley will present the next of our 2012 S&BS Public Lecture Series presentations
Outsourcing Justice:
The Privatisation of Prisons Tuesday 11 September, 5.45pm for 6pm
Flinders Victoria Square Campus, Level 1, 182 Victoria Square
All welcome - Registration essential to [email protected]
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences: Newsletter 8, 2012 Page 7 Welcome Ms Ali Lehman has joined the School as Research Development Officer for the newly established Centre for US and Asia Policy Studies. The School of International Studies also welcomes two interns from Carnegie Mellon University who will be undertaking their placement in the Centre for US and Asia Policy Studies. Congratulations! Eric Richards was proclaimed as South Australian Historian of the Year on 2 August and will give the History Council of SA AGM lecture on 4 September. Peter Monteath has been awarded a grant of $7820 from the Department of Defence Army History Research Grants Scheme. It will enable him to carry out a project on Australians in Italian Captivity in World War II. PhD Completions: Rizwana Abdul Azeez – ‘Malayness, Language and Power’ Wang Junyi – ‘East Asia's New Political Economy’. Rizwana has also been awarded a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies in Singapore. Staff Activities Anthony Langlois was an invited presenter at a workshop titled "The Politics of Citizenship in the Era of Human Rights". The workshop was organised by Professor Anna Yeatman (a former Flinders academic), and held under the auspices of the Whitlam Institute at the University of Western Sydney. It was the first major event under the Institutes Human Rights and Public Life program. Langlois is also a co-editor for a new book in preparation with Oxford University Press; a text for undergraduate students in International Relations with a particular focus on Australia's foreign policy debates. Eric Richards gave a lecture entitled ‘Early Immigrants of South Australia’, at the Art Gallery of South Australia, 4 August 2012, which was for the ‘South Australia Illustrated, Colonial Painting in the Land of Promise’ exhibition. David Lockwood’s book The Indian Bourgeoisie was launched on 6 August by Dr Lance Brennan. …… For the modern Indian historian the central event of the twentieth century is the success of the nationalist movement led by Gandhi and Nehru against the British—one of the greatest imperial powers of all time. The source of this success has been searched for in the activities of a range of Indian groups: from the elites of the Cambridge School to Ranajit Guha’s Subalterns. Neither of these groups had the financial resources to mount the civil disobedience and electoral campaigns that comprised the critical contests of the movement. Despite their concerns about mass action, most of these resources came from the business classes—especially for the later campaigns. The ‘big’ question addressed by the book is whether the capitalists’ increasingly positive relations with the Indian National Congress meant that the latter became the puppets of the Bourgeoisie? …….
Flinders Asia Centre and the Association of Indonesian Postgraduate Student (PPIA-Flinders chapter) jointly organised a Public Forum on the Indonesian Democracy held in the Function Centre on 21 August 2012. The speakers were Professor R. William Liddle (a well- known Indonesianist from Ohio State University, USA) and Mr M. Adib Abdushomad (PhD student, Flinders University). Flinders Asia Centre sponsored the launch of Tets Kimura Photos – People in the Himalayas in the Noel Stockdale Room, Flinders Library, on 29 August 2012. Tets Kimura is a PhD student at International Studies. The exhibition will run until mid-September.
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Gender Consortium Australian Leadership Awards Fellowships Program (ALA) The Gender Consortium warmly welcomed 15 Fellows from Africa (Ghana 4), (Kenya 2), (Liberia 1), (Nigeria 5) and (Uganda 3) for a 12 week ALA program titled Building the Capacity of African Women Leaders: Gender Inclusive Development. Our in-country partner for this Fellowship is Akina Mama wa Afrika (a non-governmental development organisation for African women).
Professor Malcolm Cook welcomed the Fellows from Africa in August at their Arrival Reception
Fellows visiting Raukkan
Despite the cold and wet weather, all 15 Fellows have been actively participating in program activities, including a visit to Raukkan. Save the Date - International Symposium titled African Women’s Leadership: Expanding Opportunities on Friday 26 October 2012 To be held at city campus, Victoria Square. Further details for the Symposium will be available shortly. Please do not hesitate to contact Gender Consortium for further information about our activities or go to: http://www.flinders.edu.au/sabs/development-studies/gender-consortium.cfm
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Flinders Business School
Mrs Peggy Lau Flux, Chairperson FBS Advisory Board, Ashley Lambert, Flinders Investment Club President, Hon Iain Evans MP, Mr Damien Mills FBS, Prof Phyllis Tharenou S&BS Executive Dean, Prof Michael Barber Vice-Chancellor, A/Prof Sarath Delpachitra Flinders Investment Club Official Launch The Flinders Investment Club (FIC) officially launched on the 9th of August 2012, joined by Shadow Treasurer, Hon Iain Evans MP, and Flinders University Vice Chancellor, Professor Michael Barber, in addition to key academics and industry personnel, students and club members. The event was an incredible success, with over 85 attendees, and can be viewed at http://mtu.flinders.edu.au/events/FiCLaunch.cfm FIC’s Principal Adviser, Sarath Delpachitra, opened the event by highlighting how the club’s initiatives align with the Flinders Business School’s pedagogical framework for sustainability and risk management, and its focus on integration with industry. Following this, Club President Ashley Lambert explored the development of FIC’s networks with members, industry, academics, and other investment organisations before detailing FIC’s events, achievements, and succession plan. Flinders University Vice Chancellor, Professor Michael Barber, demonstrated how the club’s operations are a living example of the university’s strategic plan. He emphasised how FIC’s focus on ethical investments and turning theory into practice aids students in becoming “job ready”, and in turn facilitates the university’s service to society. This societal perspective was revisited by South Australian Shadow Treasurer, Iain Evans, as he acknowledged the fundamental need for a financial education in both professional and personal settings.
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences: Newsletter 8, 2012 Page 10 He declared establishing a club-managed fund to be “critical” to gaining a practical understanding and pledged to personally contribute financially to the club’s continued success.
Hon Iain Evans MP addressing the audience A/P Sarath Delpachitra at the Flinders Investment Club launch
FIC President Ashley Lambert with FBS students and industry guests FBS staff member and PhD student, Yen Bui awarded the Brian Gray Scholarship The Brian Gray Scholarship program was established by APRA (Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority) and the Reserve Bank of Australia in September 2002 in memory of Brian Gray, APRA's former Executive General Manager, Policy Research and Consulting, who spent more than two decades shaping regulatory policy in the financial area in his roles at the RBA and APRA. The scholarships are valued at $12,500 each (APRA 2012). Congratulations Yen. CPA Australia accreditation FBS is proud to announce that from 21 August 2012 CPA Australia has accredited the programs listed below; Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) – Bedford Park Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting/Finance) – Bedford Park Bachelor of Commerce (Advanced Leadership and Accounting) – Bedford Park Bachelor of Commerce (Advanced Leadership and Accounting/Finance) – Bedford Park Master of Accounting – Victoria Square City campus - Adelaide
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The Flinders Business School is pleased to announce the Bachelor of Business, Human Resource Management (HRM) degree has recently been accredited by the Australian Human Resources Institute (AHRI) for the full three years of the program. AHRI also commended the Flinders Business School on the inclusion of our Work Integrated Learning activities in the HRM degree.
A number of FBS staff involved in the delivery of the HRM degree hold professional recognition from AHRI including; Greg Fisher who is a AHRI Fellow (FAHRI), Pi-Shen Seet and Jane Jones who are Certified Professionals of AHRI (CAHRI) and Marian Whitaker who is a member of AHRI.
Publications/Seminars Jane Jones published "The Role of Interfirm Relationships in Improving SME Training Capabilities: Evidence from Australia" has been accepted for publication in The International Journal of Learning. Phil Lawn presented at the Flinders Business School (Aug 3): “Towards a climate change scenario that is ecologically sustainable, fair, and welfare-increasing”. Dr Lawn also presented at the Brainbag presentation at Adelaide University School of Economics (Aug 20): “Why currency-issuing central governments can always and generally should operate budget deficits”. Max Smith presented a paper entitled ‘Testing a proposed conceptual framework of Psychic Distance using data from Australia and China’ at the peer reviewed 2012 Australian and New Zealand International Business Academy Annual Conference. Maz Demothenous published “The Effect of Gender on the Moral Reasoning of Australian and Cypriot Business Students”: A Cross National Comparative Study. International Journal of Knowledge, Culture and Change Management, Volume 11, Issue 5, pp.23-38.
Lawn, P. (2013), “The Economics of Sustainable Development”, in Moscardo, G. et al., Sustainability in Australian Business: Principles and Practice, John Wiley, Brisbane, pp. 99-132.
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences: Newsletter 8, 2012 Page 12 Deon Nel
1) had a publication with two PhD students appearing in this month’s International Journal of Wine Business Research, 24, 3, 183-195, titled “A Sweet Face Man: Using Chernoff Faces to Portray Social Media Wine Brand Images. 2) delivered a paper on “Value, Brand and Relationship Drivers in Cellular Phone Markets” with a PhD student at the Annual Academy of Marketing Science in New Orleans, Louisiana, 15-19 May 2012, (Proceedings of the Academy of Marketing Science Annual Conference). 3) to serve as track chair for Marketing Strategy and present a paper on “Cross-Cultural Research in the BRICS Countries - Building Africa’s first Global Top 100 Brand in 2012, Proceedings of the Academy of Marketing Science World Marketing Conference, Atlanta, GA, 28 Aug -1 Sept 2012. 4) to present a paper with his first PhD student, Professor Christo Boshoff on “Customer Equity Drivers Predicting Brand Switching: A Multinomial Logit Model in Proceedings of the Southern Africa Institute for Management Scientists Annual Conference, University of Stellenbosch, Cape Town, 9-11 September, RSA. 5) has successfully completed the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research – Analysing Multilevel and Mixed Models - at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor during August 2012. 6) received an invitation in August 2012, to serve as the opponent for a Swedish PhD defence at a leading Stockholm University in December 2012.
National Institute of Labour Studies
Congratulations Congratulations to Deb King on her promotion to Associate Professor. We wish her all the best for continued success in her career. International visitors to NILS: In August NILS hosted 2 international visitors - Klaus Zimmermann and Ross Finnie. Klaus Zimmermann is Founder and Director of IZA, the Germany - based Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) that operates an international network of about 1,200 economists and researchers spanning across more than 45 countries in the world. He is Professor at Bonn University and Honorary Professor at the Free University of Berlin and at the Renmin University of China, Beijing. NILS hosted a public lecture on the 15th August and Professor Zimmermann gave a presentation on the contributions that labour market reforms in Germany have made to their recent stellar economic performance. Ross Finnie is Associate Professor, at the University of Ottawa and also worked as Adjunct Professor in the School of Policy Studies at Queen's University. A/Prof Finnie gave a presentation at a NILS seminar which was based on his paper ‘Using administrative data to identify, target, and provide assistance to post-secondary students at risk of dropping out’. His current research interests include various topics in labour and public economics, all with an applied and/or policy focus. Most of his work focuses on dynamic analyses using longitudinal data. Staff activities: Dr Josh Healy (Research Fellow) attended the 16th World Congress of the International Labour and Employment Relations Association (ILERA) in Philadelphia during July 2012. The event, held every three years, is the world’s largest gathering of industrial and labour relations scholars. Dr Healy’s presentation focused on the causes and consequences of skill shortages, drawing on research that NILS has recently completed with support from Australia’s National Centre for Vocational Education Research. A/Prof Debra King presented at a seminar supported by the Hawke Research Institute and hosted by the Centre for Work +Life (Unis SA) on the 22nd August. Deb was in a panel of four researchers and each discussed issues arising from studies carried out in their respective fields of welfare reform and labour regulation.
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences: Newsletter 8, 2012 Page 13 Recent addition to the NILS publication list ‘A longitudinal analysis of social engagement in late-life widowhood’ authored by Linda Isherwood and Deb King was published in The International Journal of Aging and Human Development ‘A reduction in public funding for fertility treatment - an econometric analysis of access to treatment and savings to government’ co-authored by Rong Zhu was published in the BMC Health Services Research View the full list of NILS journal articles here http://www.flinders.edu.au/sabs/nils/publications/articles/home.cfm The latest issue of the Australian Bulletin of Labour is now available. View abstracts here http://ideas.repec.org/s/fli/journl.html The Australian Bulletin of Labour (ABL) is the peer-reviewed academic journal of NILS. Over almost 40 years of continuous publication, the journal has been promoting understanding of all matters relevant to the contemporary labour market and employment relations. It provides an outlet for new ideas about the factors that shape the experiences of, and the distribution of rewards from, work. Contributors to the ABL are from all fields advancing these aims, including economics, management, sociology and labour law, with an emphasis on applied research and policy evaluation that is accessible to interested non-technical readers Seminar Series: 4/9/12 Professor Michael Gilding (Swinburne University) The mining boom in Australia: Power, politics and society (flyer attached) 18/9/12 Dr Tom Karmel (NCVER) Apprentices aren’t what they used to be, or are they? 9/10/12 Dr Aydogan Ulker (Deakin University) Body size at birth, physical development and cognitive outcomes in early childhood 20/11/12 Professor Julie Ratcliffe (Flinders University) Nothing about us without us? An exploration of best worst scaling discrete choice experiment methods to obtain adolescent specific preferences for health
Faculty Research and Higher Degrees Services Unit News
Faculty Research Grant (FRG) Scheme is now open
Application forms, guidelines and instructions are available at: http://flinders.edu.au/sabs/research/faculty-funding/frg.cfm
Applications are due: c.o.b. Monday 8 October 2012
FRGs aim to support new research, that requires one year of funding only, including: • high quality, stand alone, research projects of modest cost; • high quality pilot projects as the first stage in the process of gaining external grant
support; and • projects submitted by early career researchers (ECR) showing clear evidence of high
research capacity.
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences: Newsletter 8, 2012 Page 14 The over-riding aim of the FRG is to support excellent research according to the ARC’s description.
Budgets requests are limited to $5,000-$15,000 per annum.
As in the past there are two types of applications – New Projects (NP) and Modified Projects (MP). Please read the guidelines and instructions carefully.
Please submit your applications to the Faculty Research Officer in Room 250 SSS. Deadlines are absolute, there will be no extensions.
The Faculty recommends that: • especially for applicants claiming ECR status, your draft proposal is read by a research mentor within
your School • you alert your School Dean of your plan to submit an application and provide the Dean adequate
time to consider the proposal before the final deadline for submission.
Grant Writing Resources:
The handout and recordings of the FRG workshop held on 23 August 2012 are available at Workshops and Presentations on the Faculty Research web site.
Along with the speaker presentation notes, the document contains ‘The Art and Craft of Grant Writing’, a document compiled for the workshop by Heather Paull containing some freely available sources of articles, tutorials, short courses and general tips on grant writing.
Copies of past successful FRG applications are available for viewing in hardcopy – please contact [email protected]
ARC Linkage Projects 2012 for funding to commence 2013
Opening expected mid-September Funding rules have now been released – find at
http://www.arc.gov.au/pdf/LP13/LP13_funding_rules_FINAL.pdf External closing date 5:00pm (AEDT), Wednesday 14 November 2012.
The Faculty Research Officers can offer practical assistance with your application including access to RMS, budgets, and organising an external review of your advanced draft. Contact [email protected].
Research Services Office ARC Linkage Workshop 2-4pm, Friday, 7 September, Health Sciences Lecture Theatre 1.09
This workshop will cover the following topics: • Developing and managing Collaborative Partnerships for successful Linkage Projects
o Presented by A/Prof Gerry Redmond, Director of FIPPM, School of Social and Policy Studies • Success Factors – what makes a Linkage Project fundable
o Presented by Prof Mike Bull, Faculty of Science and Engineering, past member of ARC College of Experts
• Changes to the Rules, and application support o Presented by Dr Gayle Morris, Director of Research Services
RSVP: https://www.flinders.edu.au/staffdev/index.php/course/AKL
Enquiries contact [email protected]
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Snapshot ARC Linkage grant Q&A session
1–1.45pm Thursday, 27 September, Room 1.04 Law Commerce Bring your lunch and enjoy a cuppa on us
(coupon provided at the door for a free coffee/tea/juice/water from the Coffee Cart) Room opens at 1pm for 1.15 start
Are you applying for a Linkage grant this round, or have an idea for a future Linkage application? Prof Sharyn Roach Anleu (SPS) and Prof Kathy Mack (Law) have collaborated on a number of successful ARC grants. Sharyn and Kathy will answer any general Linkage questions you may have and give advice on specific issues you wish to raise in connection with your own grant application.
Snapshot sessions are half-hour lunch-time sessions, which are interactive with plenty of opportunity for questions and discussion about particular issues concerning researchers in S&BS and EHL.
The last Snapshot focussed on the infrastructure levy, with Daniel Flaherty, Director of Finance Services facilitating the session. Find notes and recordings of past Snapshots on the Faculty Research web page at https://www.flinders.edu.au/sabs/research/workshops/snapshot-workshops.cfm (FAN login)
Flinders University Visiting International Research Fellowship Closing date 31 October 2012
http://www.flinders.edu.au/about_research_files/Documents/Visiting%20International%20Research%20Fellowship%20Application%20Form.doc
These Fellowships aim to provide funds to Schools to attract a visiting international researcher at any stage of their career to initiate and undertake collaborative research and training of researchers and student at Flinders University. Visiting international research fellows will engage and share ideas with researchers, with the aim of building lasting research collaborations.
Number of Fellowships: Up to three (3) each year Value: Typically $5,000 to $15,000 (3-12 weeks) Closing Date: 31st October each year
For further information contact Nicole Beaumont on 8201 3792, email [email protected]
Upcoming deadlines for funding opportunities for
Higher Degree Research Students Many deadlines occur in September and October each year for University support – and some external funding opportunities – available to Higher Degree Researchers (PhD or Masters by research).
Supervisors, please alert your RHDs to these deadlines so that they can consider their funding needs and determine which round will be appropriate for them to make an application.
See the table below for rounds with upcoming deadlines. The complete table can be found at http://flinders.edu.au/sabs/research/rhd/hdrsupport.cfm A table specifically summarising schemes available to international students is at http://flinders.edu.au/sabs/research/rhd/int_hdrsupport.cfm .
The Scholarships Office has a searchable funding database that may be useful in finding the schemes appropriate to particular needs, see http://www.flinders.edu.au/scholarships-system/main-display-search-form.cfm
Flinders University also subscribes to the Community of Science searchable funding database which includes schemes for higher degree researchers http://pivot.cos.com/ If you need help with searching the COS
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences: Newsletter 8, 2012 Page 16 database please contact the Research Services Office on (08) 8201 7698 or email [email protected].
Flinders University support for HDRs Type of support
Deadline Support provided
Eligibility URL
Overseas Field Trip Grant for Semester 1 for research and data collection overseas
5 Oct 2012 $2500 for travel and living expenses
normally 2nd or early 3rd year PhD or 1st year Masters (or part-time equivalent)
http://www.flinders.edu.au/scholarships-system/main-display-scholarship-details.cfm?scholarship_id=2617
Research Student Conference Travel Grants for Semester 1 travel to conference interstate or overseas
30 Nov 2012 return airfare
normally 2nd year Masters, or 3rd or 4th year PhD; presenting a paper or poster
http://www.flinders.edu.au/scholarships-system/main-display-scholarship-details.cfm?scholarship_id=326
Overseas Travelling Fellowship for Semester 1 for short periods of research in approved institution outside Australia
5 Oct 2012 return airfare
must have been enrolled in PhD for at least 18 mths at the time of departure (or part-time equivalent)
http://www.flinders.edu.au/scholarships-system/main-display-scholarship-details.cfm?scholarship_id=2616
External funding opportunities National Library of Australia - Summer Scholarships to support early stages of research project for younger scholar
30 Sept 2012
honorarium $300/week; twin share accomm for six weeks; rtn airfare
under age of 30 at 31 Dec in year of application; Australian citizen or permanent resident
http://www.flinders.edu.au/scholarships-system/main-display-scholarship-details.cfm?scholarship_id=233
Australian War Memorial: Summer Vacation Scholarships for access to collections and work of historians
3 Oct 2012
$420/wk for duration of scholarship; free accomm; rtn airfare
history students in 3rd or 4th yr undergrad; or early-stage postgrad
http://www.flinders.edu.au/scholarships-system/main-display-scholarship-details.cfm?scholarship_id=414
3MT
Congratulations to the Winner and People’s Choice for the Faculty heat of the 3 Minute Thesis Competition, Ms Clare Holmes, from the School of Psychology, who spoke about her research, ‘Identifying the Features of Autism Spectrum Disorder in Adulthood’.
Congratulations, too, to the Faculty Runner-Up, Ms Nga Ho, from the Flinders Business School, who spoke on her topic ‘Re-Entry Adjustments and Re-Expatriation intentions of Highly Skilled and Mobile Professionals: Evidence from Vietnam’.
Listen to the winning presentation on the Faculty Research Web page http://flinders.edu.au/sabs/research/rhd/sabs3mt.cfm
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Australian Consortium for Social and Political Research Inc (ACSPRI) Enrolments for the 2012 ACSPRI Spring Program open
Where: University of Queensland, St Lucia Campus When: 24th - 28th September 2012 All applications must be made via the online booking facility at
http://www.acspri.org.au/springprogram2012 The Australian Consortium for Social and Political Research Inc (ACSPRI) is a not-for-profit organisation that has offered short courses in research methods, predominantly for staff and HDR students at its member institutions, for twenty-seven years. These courses cover a range of qualitative and quantitative research and analysis techniques of various levels and include training in a number of research-based software (e.g. SPSS, AMOS, Mplus, Nvivo, Stata, R). As Flinders University is an ACSPRI member, substantial discounts apply to bookings made by Flinders staff and postgrads. A full list of courses on offer, the online booking facility, FAQs and various other program details are available at http://www.acspri.org.au/springprogram2012. Queries, including assistance with bookings, can be sent to mailto:[email protected]. Prices (per 5-day course)
Member: $1,660; Non Member: $2,980; Post Graduate Member: $1,660
Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (ASSA) 2013-14 Workshop Program – Call for Proposals
Applications close: Friday, 12 October 2012 http://www.assa.edu.au/programs/workshop/
The Workshop Program is a principal component of the Academy's promotion of excellence in research in the social sciences. The Academy’s Workshop Program is a competitive program bestowing grants to assist social sciences researchers to convene a two-day, multidisciplinary research workshop on issues of national concern in the social sciences, or at the cutting edge of social sciences research.
Workshops are normally granted a maximum of $7,500. Selection is made by the Academy’s Workshop Committee, comprising 5 Fellows of the Academy.
Please note that workshops funded under this program should have a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia as one of the convenors of the workshop. At least 2 Australia-based early career researchers also need to be active participants. For a list of current ASSA Fellows see http://www.assa.edu.au/fellows/
For further information on the Academy’s workshop program, and to download a copy of the guidelines and application form, go to page http://www.assa.edu.au/programs/workshop/
The workshops webpage includes information on past workshops (dating from 2001).
Proposals must be submitted before cob Friday 12 October 2012 by email to [email protected] . Proposals must be submitted on the application form available for download, with the guidelines, from: http://www.assa.edu.au/programs/workshop/call_for_proposals.php
If you have any queries about the program please contact [email protected]
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SA Tournament of Minds
Flinders University will be hosting the South Australian Tournament of Minds 2012 on Campus on the weekend of 8 + 9 September. Tournament of Minds is one of the fastest growing international school programs, to enhance the potential of our youth by developing diverse skills, enterprise, time management, and the discipline to work collaboratively within a challenging and competitive environment. Tournament of Minds brings together teams of students from primary and secondary schools competing to solve demanding open ended challenges from the following disciplines:
• Applied Technology • Language Literature • Maths Engineering • Social Sciences
The winners will represent South Australia at the National Championships in Perth in October. This is a fantastic opportunity to introduce the students of tomorrow, and their families, to Flinders University and our environment. Staff are asked to be patient and mindful of the extra vehicle and foot traffic on campus that weekend. If you have any queries or would like more information about Tournament of Minds please go to http://www.tom.edu.au or contact Deane Gurney - Ext 12015, email [email protected]
Across the Faculty
SPACE AUDITS 10 – 14 SEPTEMEBR 2012 ATTENTION ALL STAFF As in previous years, the Buildings and Property Division will be conducting usage audits of teaching space, computer laboratories and meeting rooms in academic buildings across the campus during the first and second semesters. The space audit data assists the Division with its role to provide advice to the University on space needs and requirements. In order to ensure consistency with Government and TEFMA requirements, the audits have to take place within the month following the census date. For 2012 second semester audit the dates will be 10-14 Sept 2012. The audit takes the form of counting student and staff numbers in all rooms between 10 minutes past the hour and 45 minutes past the hour, each hour from 8.00am until 5.00pm, Monday through Friday. Please note, as we did for the first semester audit, we will also be auditing between 5pm and 9pm each evening. Please advise us if you or your staff will be using any rooms for teaching during this period. If so please advise us which rooms will be used on which days and we will arrange for auditing to take place. It would be appreciated if this information could be provided to Jacqui Squires by the 24th August so we can arrange employment of auditors specifically for the evening period.
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences: Newsletter 8, 2012 Page 19 Unfortunately to count numbers often means entering the room during teaching sessions and meetings. The auditor will be as quiet and quick as possible so as to minimize disruption to the room activity. The auditor will wear a badge for identification but will not announce what they are doing unless requested. It is recognised that some course topics call for students to be off-campus at various times throughout the year; this is factored into our analysis of the data collected. We would be pleased to receive advice of such circumstances through the dates above. If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to speak to me [[email protected]] or Jacqui Squires [[email protected]] in Buildings and Property. Thanking you in anticipation of your support in gathering this valuable data. Shane Jennings, Associate Director, Infrastructure Strategy and Planning
Occupational Health and Safety Health and Safety Representative Training: Health and Safety Representative Training was conducted at Business SA, 27 – 29 August and this session was attended by the Work Groups one & Three Health and Safety Representatives, Melchior Mazzone and Vickie Armstrong. A further two days, scheduled 27 – 28 September, will complete this Level 1 training. OH&S Supervisor Training: Staff who supervise others are responsible for their safety and well-being and are required by University OH&S Policies to complete the online supervisor training package. Access to this package is available at: http://www.flinders.edu.au/ohsw/training/suptrng_reg.cfm Should staff wish to participate in Senior First Aid Training or Refresher Training, or attend a Manual Handling information session the OH&S Unit Consultants will be pleased to arrange this. Accident/Incident Reporting: The Faculty encourages staff to use the appropriate Accident/Incident form to report an accident/incident or a situation which may cause injury or harm to another person – building leaks, worn carpet, wet or slippery surfaces can be the cause of accidents and therefore should be reported for the appropriate action to be taken.
End of Year Closure End of Year University Closure
The last day of business for 2012 will be Friday, 21 December 2012 and the University will re-open on Wednesday, 2 January 2013. Friday, 21 December 2012
The tradition of closing for business at 1.00 pm on the day of the University closure will continue and all general staff (excluding casual staff) who attend work that day (and who normally work a full day) will be credited with three (3) hours for the afternoon. Public Holidays
Public holidays which will be observed during the end of year closure period (as specified under the Enterprise Agreement) are as follows:
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• Christmas Day (Tuesday, 25/12/12) • Proclamation Day (Wednesday, 26/12/12) • APS public holiday (Thursday, 27/12/12) • New Year’s Day (Tuesday, 1/1/13)
Annual Recreation Leave
The following days will count as annual recreation leave for all staff, except where such staff members are required to work to maintain essential services:
• Monday 24 December 2012 • Friday 28 December 2012 • Monday 31 December 2012
Academic Staff - In accordance with clause A26.3.1 of the Enterprise Agreement, academic staff will have these three days automatically deducted from their annual recreation leave entitlement (in addition to the balance of the “block” leave booking for January 2013). General Staff - As the majority of general staff have access to flexitime, flexi credits for some or all of these days may be used with the approval of the supervisor but where this option is not exercised or available, general staff should book annual recreation leave on these days via the Employee Self Service at: www.flinders.edu.au/employee-self-service/employee-self-service_home.cfm. Work During Closure
Where general staff are required to work during the closure period to maintain essential services, their supervisor should email details to [email protected] by Monday, 3 December 2012. Advertising
Advertising deadlines for late 2012/early 2013 are available at: http://www.flinders.edu.au/hr-files/documents/Advertising%20Deadlines.pdf Pay Arrangements
Salaries will be available to staff on the normal pay days of:
• 30 November 2012 • 14 December 2012 and • 28 December 2012
The Recreation Leave Loading will be included in the pay of 14 December 2012. Payroll Deadlines
All staff, particularly casual staff, who submit electronic time sheets via the Employee Self Service and their supervisors, are strongly advised to check the payroll (paperwork and electronic) deadlines in the weeks prior to Christmas in order to avoid delays in salary payments. Payroll deadlines are available at: www.flinders.edu.au/hr/hrsp/pay-deadlines.cfm. Queries in respect of the above pay arrangements should be directed to the Payroll Team Leader, Darryl Crump on ext: 12500 or email: [email protected]. John White, Director, Human Resources | Human Resources Division
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Information Technology Services IMPORTANT CHANGES – NEW PHONE NUMBER AND PROCESS FOR IT SUPPORT SERVICE As part of the ongoing consolidation of IT support at Flinders University, ITS have widened its supported user base to include the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences. The next stage of this consolidation is to provide a single IT support phone number for all ITS supported staff and students across the campus. This change is scheduled to take effect on Monday 3 September 2012. Currently, S&BS staff contact Ext 13500 for IT support. The new extension to call is 12345. Rather than go through the entire menu structure, the following ‘shortcut’ can be used: Dial 12345 (on campus) or 08 82012345 (off campus)
Select option 2 “Computer Support or Network Faults” Select option 3 “Social and Behavioural Sciences” You are transferred to a local IT support person who will assist you with your query.
Calls from S&BS staff will be forwarded to the new CSC office (previously known as the SaBS IT support office) in Social Sciences North 260. This office will normally be staffed with the same familiar faces that you are accustomed to, on a rotating roster. CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD IN PREPARATION FOR EMAIL SYSTEM UPGRADE As some of you may be aware, our staff email is managed by Microsoft and stored in their global data centre. From 4pm (ACST) on Friday 21st September, Microsoft will be performing an upgrade to this system. A necessary part of this upgrade is that all staff are required to change their FAN password prior to this date. Please note that this upgrade only affects the staff email system. Student email is unaffected. You can change your password via the following method:
• Head to the Flinders University web page and click on the STAFF link • Under the heading of DAILY NEEDS is a link called FAN – CHANGE PASSWORD. Click on this link. • Login with your current FAN and password and follow the instructions to change your password.
Once this has been completed, you will be ready for the new system. The upgrade is due for completion prior to the start of business on Monday 24th of September. Please note that if you need to access your email during this upgrade period, Microsoft has recommended that you use the staff email web page. This page can be accessed via the EMAIL – STAFF link on the Flinders University staff page. Stay tuned for future notices if you currently access your email or calendar via a smartphone/iPad etc. There will be some configuration changes necessary for these devices to work with the upgraded system. IT will advise and assist with these changes as soon as details are finalised. As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at the IT help desk. Jade Pearce
School of Social & Policy Studies
SEMINAR SERIES
Semester 2, 2012 Thursdays 1.00pm or 4.00pm
Noel Stockdale Room, Central Library or as noted next to date
8 August 'Demilitarisation and nonviolence in the context of a conscript society. What are the effects of 1.00pm, 112SSS the ongoing occupation and conscription on Israeli society? Sahar Vardi and Micha Kurz, Israeli peace activists Joint seminar with the School of International Studies 23 August Sacred D-Mark, Secular Euro: The cultural logic of Central Bank independence 1.00pm Dr Carlo Tognato, Fellow, Indo-Pacific Governance Research Centre, University of Adelaide, Faculty Fellow, Centre for Cultural Sociology, Yale University 30 August Beautiful minds and ugly buildings: Critical reflections on the research university 1.00pm Professor Peter Murphy, James Cook University 4 September 'The mining boom in Australia: Power, politics and society' Tuesday, 3.00pm Professor Michael Gilding, Associate Dean Research, Faculty of Life and Social Sciences and Law & Commerce Professor of Sociology, The Swinburne Institute for Social Research Bldg, Room 3.18 Joint seminar with NILS 13 September Ten spheres of life 1.00pm Dr Craig Matheson, Politics Discipline, Flinders University 20-21 September Durkheim Symposium: The elementary forms of religious life: A centenary celebration 9.00am – 5.00pm presented bv Dr Suzi Adams and Dr Eduardo de la Fuente Flinders University, Victoria Square, Adelaide 4 October 'Emotional reflexivity: Friendship, politics and return migration' 1.00pm Assoc. Prof. Mary Holmes, Sociology Discipline, Flinders University 11 October Value pluralism, diversity and liberty 1.00pm Professor George Crowder, Politics Discipline, Flinders University 18 October Cave art, perception and knowledge - on some epistemological issues seen through the 4.00pm example of cave art studies Dr Mats Rosengren, Professor of Rhetoric, Södertörn University, Sweden 25 October Conceptualising children's wellbeing: How to account for children's pasts and futures, and 1.00pm their adaptive preferences? Associate Professor Gerry Redmond, Director, FIPPM 1 November The new model of higher education in East Asia and Singapore: Modernizing states, social 1.00pm selection and Confucian educational cultures Professor Simon Marginson, Professor of Higher Education at the University of Melbourne
Naomi
What is the Library Assignment and why should students do it? The Library Assignment is an online tutorial that teaches students how to • Find a book using FindIt@Flinders, - the edition, call number and locating it on the shelf. • understand their reading list (book chapters/articles/hardcopy/electronic) and 2 hour loans • connect to eReadings • what and how much they can borrow • place a hold on a book • use My Account to check and renew loans • access eBooks • find articles in peer reviewed journals and how to access the full text (and why and how some
are different) • use wildcards and truncation in a search • use Advanced Search in Findit@Flinders (for author, call number or more specific searches)
Every student has the Library Assignment on their FLO page. If they have questions about any of the above, you can refer them to the LA. They can select the question and tutorial for specific knowledge gaps. Some topic coordinators make the LA a small part of the assessment to ensure that students know how to use the Library and find appropriate material for their assignments.
If you would like to see what your students are expected to know, you can access the Library Assignment by following these steps. From your FLO page – Support for Staff/ Preparing for Teaching in FLO/ Module 3/ Library Assignment/ Enrol Here/ scroll down to The Quiz. Contact your Liaison Librarian for more detailed instructions.
Your Liaison Librarians are: Naomi Billinghurst: School of Social and Policy Studies
Politics and Public Policy Social Work and Social Planning Sociology Women’s Studies
National Institute of Labour Studies
8201 2197
Tony Giorgio: School of International Studies
American Studies Flinders Asia Centre History International Relations Centre for Development Studies
Flinders Business School School of Psychology Ageing Studies
8201 3542
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Flinders UniversityFaculty of Socialand BehaviouralSciences
inspiring achievement
Professor Phyllis Tharenou, Executive Dean
invites you to attend a lecture by
Professor Malcolm Feeley
Fulbright Flinders University Distinguished Chair in American Political Science
Outsourcing Justice:The Privatisation of Prisons
The United States and Australia lead the world in the creation of private prisons anddetention centres. This development has generated considerable controversy and resistance. There are two well-rehearsed arguments against it. In this lecture Professor Feeley examines
these arguments, and raises a third and important issue, that privatization expands the states capacity to punish and control. It unleashes entrepreneurial creativity that develops and implements new forms of social control, and it is this emerging feature of privatization in
Australian prisons and detention centres that warrants concern.Professor Feeley identifi es some of the most salient forms of outsourcing justice, shows how entrepreneurs have used it to expand markets, and raises questions
about how we should think about this development.
To be held on
Tuesday, 11 September – 5.45pm for 6pm
Flinders University Victoria Square182 Victoria Square, Level 1 (cnr. Flinders Street)
Refreshments and fi nger food will follow the one-hour lecture. RSVP: 10 September 2012
P: 8201 5078 | E: sue.boehm@fl inders.edu.au
2012 Public Lecture Series
182 Victoria Square, Level 1 (cnr. Flinders Street)
Refreshments and fi nger food will follow the one-hour lecture.RSVP: 10 September 2012
P: 8201 5078 | E: sue.boehm@fl inders.edu.au
CRICOS No: 00114A
School of Social & Policy Studies
SYMPOSIUM
The Elementary Forms of Religious Life A Centenary Celebration
The School of Social and Policy Studies, The French Embassy of Australia and TASA is pleased to host a two day symposium celebrating Emile Durkheim’s
The Elementary Forms of Religious Life.
Friday 21 September 2012, 9.00am-5.00pm Room 2.2, Flinders City Campus, Victoria Square For further information and to register contact [email protected]
First published 100 years ago, this book pioneered the sociological and anthropological study of the ‘sacred’. It has since spread well beyond the investigation of ritual and symbolism to broader questions in politics, philosophy and theology. This is because one of its main conclusions, that the realm of the sacred is not only a fundamental feature of the human condition, but central to the very creation and reproduction of society, has application well beyond the study of religion. The arguments of The Elementary Forms could therefore be said to be pertinent to unresolved debates about nationalism and other forms of ‘collective consciousness’; ritual and mythology in art and popular culture; social imaginaries and the varieties of ‘collective representations’. Furthermore, while some modern societies have sought to renounce the sacred, the questions that Durkheim posed regarding the human need for transcendence, and the social energies contained in acts of ‘collective effervescence’, seem to have an ongoing poignancy.
Keynote Speakers: Associate Professor John Rundell – The University of Melbourne Dr Natalie Doyle – Monash University Presenters: David Holmes, Nick Osbaldiston, Alan Scott, Suzi Adams, Eduardo de la Fuente, Karl E Smith, Brad West, Craig Matheson, Nick Cater, & Mark Jennings
eLearning Unit hints | tips | news
September 2012
FLO timeline for S1 2013 • Available topic availabilities will be created in FLO on 19 November 2012
(but only available to eLearning Unit staff) • These topics will appear in academic and general staff topic lists in FLO on 3 December 2012 • Shared FLO sites must be created before students have access to their FLO topics • Students will have access to their topics on 25 February 2013 (ie one week before teaching begins) • Semester 1 starts on 4 March 2013
Are you protected by a company or ISP firewall? Are you accessing resources from your home or company office? Is your browser showing a ‘connection has timed out’ error? If so, you may run into problems with your company's or ISP's network security system. If you have persistent difficulty getting into some resources, contact your network provider or ISP and discuss the issue with them. Some ISPs and companies do not allow access on ports other than port 80. Some University Library resources are available on other ports. For example:
• port 443,44,1935 for FLO Live • port 210 for Z39.50 (Endnote Connection File
access to many databases)
• port 7090 for Z39.50 (Endnote access to the library catalogue)
• port 8331 for MultiSearch and database access
• port 8991 for FindIt@Flinders access You'll need to work out the difficulties with your network providers, as we have no control over such variables, nor do we have any idea what particular piece of the security system might be causing the problem. The best advice, of course, is to clear your plans with your IT or ISP staff before starting the process.
www.flinders.edu.au/library/help/ computer-help/access-problems.cfm
Electronic marking • Simplified submission process—electronic
submission eliminates a lot of the typical excuses for not handing in an essay on time.
• Ease of transportation—carrying 150 essays can easily add an extra four pounds or two kilograms on top of your other classroom essentials.
• Handwriting—typing comments is far more legible than scrawling in the margins.
• Repeatability—copying and pasting comments save time for common and recurring comments.
• Delivery—sending feedback to students simultaneously adds convenience.
• Feedback from students—student response has been very positive.
Source: My Experiment with Electronic Marking, or, Why heels, stairs and 150 essays don't mix You can learn more about FLO’s assignment tool at flo.flinders.edu.au/mod/book/view.php?id=6302 or ask an eLearning Unit staff member.
FLO’s communication tools • Not sure whether to send an announcement?
Or if you should add a Forum, Dialogue, Email or Message tool to your FLO topic?
• Visit ‘How should I communicate with my students?’ to learn more about FLO’s communication tools. flo.flinders.edu.au/mod/page/ view.php?id=6310
You can to try out FLO’s communication tools in our example topics FLO site: flo.flinders.edu.au/enrol/index.php?id=8763
eLearning Unit hints | tips | news
September 2012
10 Rules for students, teachers and life by John Cage and Sister Corita Kent Rule one: Find a place you trust, and then try trusting it for a while. Rule two: General duties of a student — pull everything out of your teacher; pull everything out of your fellow students. Rule three: General duties of a teacher — pull everything out of your students. Rule four: Consider everything an experiment. Rule five: Be self-disciplined — this means finding someone wise or smart and choosing to follow them. To be disciplined is to follow in a good way. To be self-disciplined is to follow in a better way. Rule six: Nothing is a mistake. There’s no win and no fail, there’s only make. Rule seven: The only rule is work. If you work it will lead to something. It’s the people who do all of the work all of the time who eventually catch on to things. Rule eight: Don’t try to create and analyse at the same time. They’re different processes. Rule nine: Be happy whenever you can manage it. Enjoy yourself. It’s lighter than you think. Rule ten: ‘We’re breaking all the rules. Even our own rules. And how do we do that? By leaving plenty of room for X quantities.’ (John Cage) Hints: Always be around. Come or go to everything. Always go to classes. Read anything you can get your hands on. Look at movies carefully, often. Save everything—it might come in handy later.
Typography tips: Capital letters in headings ‘[U]sing title case makes your headline about as calming and legible as a line of camels stampeding across the page. Why [do] people insist on a practice that deters readability?’ (‘Typography: common myths and mistakes’, designinstruct.com/web-design/typography-common-myths-and-mistakes/) We often see almost every word in a heading capitalised in documents, emails, webpages and the rules can be confusing because there is no single correct way to capitalise. Should we: • capitalise all words? • capitalise all except for articles,
conjunctions, prepositions etc? (except when they are pronouns)
• capitalise the first word only or both/all words when they are hyphenated?
But capital letters add emphasis! However, headings are emphasised by definition, so why not just leave them as they are? Sentence case is much easier to read :) Visit ‘Web writing and presentation style’ www.websitecriteria.com/Website_writing_ guide_web_writing_style_and_presentation/ capitals_in_headings.html for more reasons in favour of using sentence case for headings.
The eLearning Unit … … supports staff with FLO and the CMS, by: • setting up FLO sites • creating shared FLO sites • creating course or special purpose
FLO sites • advise on the use of activities in
FLO • optimise images • recode or edit audio files • conduct one-on-one and group
training sessions • help with CMS web development • provide tea/coffee Send your requests or questions (both big and small) to [email protected] to ensure that your email gets to the right person. We will do our best to either answer your questions ourselves or we will find someone who knows the answer.