December 1, 2006
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Message from the Rector
We are now in the home stretch towards the end of the year
and our Degree Conferral Ceremonies. As this will be the
last bulletin before Graduation, I encourage all academic
staff to participate in the ceremonies by joining an academic
procession into Adams Hall. Participating in our graduation
ceremonies gives you the opportunity to be involved in one
of the happiest and most memorable occasions of a student's
life at UNSW. The UNSW@ADFA Degree Conferral Ceremonies
will be held on Wednesday 13 December 2006. The times of
the two ceremonies are:
10.00am – Business, Humanities and Social
Sciences
2.30pm – Engineering, Science and Technology
Those wishing to take part in the Academic
Procession please contact Pauline Baragry on ext 88727 as
soon as possible.
In addition, following on from these ceremonies on Wednesday
evening, we also celebrate Prizes and Awards Night which
commences at 6.00pm. Staff wishing to attend this event
should RSVP to kerry.neall@defence.gov.au
or call extension 88607.
I anticipate that there will be one more newsletter produced
for 2006. Given that it falls due in the middle of the Graduation
ceremonies, it will be sent out in the final week before
Christmas.
Professor John Baird
Rector
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Academic Procession
Participating in our graduation ceremonies gives you the opportunity
to be involved in one of the happiest and most memorable occasions
of a student's life at UNSW. All academic staff at UNSW@ADFA are
encouraged to join an academic procession on Wednesday 13 December
2006. The ceremonies will be held in Adams Hall as follows:
10.00am – Business, Humanities and Social Sciences
2.30pm – Engineering, Science and Technology
Those wishing to take part in the Academic
Procession please contact Pauline Baragry on ext 88727 as soon
as possible.
Academy Graduation Parade - 14 December
Invitation To ADFA Staff
ADFA Military, Civilian Defence and University staff are invited
to attend the Graduation Parade on 14 December which commences
at 9.30am and ends at 11.05am. Each member of staff may invite
up to three guests. Advanced students may invite one guest.
Staff wishing to be seated at the Parade are asked to obtain
a blue entrée card for themselves and each guest from VLO
WO2 Gary Swaine (2nd Floor, Military Building) on ext: 88514.
Each entrée card will allow access to a light luncheon
in the lower level dining room in the Academy Cadets' Mess after
the Parade.
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RESEARCH & RESEARCH TRAINING OFFICE REPORT
Congratulations to Dr Sakai (H&SS)
Dr Minako Sakai from the School of Humanities and Social Sciences
(H&SS) was recently awarded a visiting fellowship at the Faculty
of Arts and Social Sciences at The National University of Singapore
(NUS). Minako will be at the NUS from December until March 2007
where, among other matters, she will work closely with the editor
from the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies who has shown strong
interest in her work.
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UNSW@ADFA involvement in the Carrick Discipline-based Initiatives
Scheme ($100,000)
Congratulations to A/Professor Iain Densten from the School
of Business
Professor John Baird (Rector) and Professor Ian Petersen /g Associate
Dean (Research) are very pleased to note the involvement of A/Professor
Iain Densten in the above grant.
The grant, which will be administered by the University of Sydney,
aims to research, review, identify and scope key issues in teaching
and learning for the Business discipline. The investigation project
will establish the availability of existing resources, identify
disciplinary strengths, gaps and challenges to be addressed and
propose measures for which additional funds will be sought to
improve the quality of the student learning experience and learning
outcomes in the Business discipline. Key outcomes for this grant
are to address contemporary and future-oriented challenges to
higher education, namely inclusiveness, globalization, internationalization,
collaboration, generic and discipline specific graduate capabilities,
quality assurance and effective and revitalized discipline leadership.
The project seeks to be truly collaborative by both endorsement
by, and engagement of, the Australian Business Deans Council,
and is actively engaging the majority of Australian Universities
in the research process.
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Engineering/ADFA Research Collaboration Scheme 2007
The Rector and the A/g Associate Dean (Research) are pleased
to announce a new round of the UNSW@ADFA - UNSW Faculty of Engineering
Research Collaboration Scheme. This continuation follows the previous
successful scheme initiated in 2004 which saw a total of $164,000
distributed to 14 collaborative projects. In this new round of
the Engineering/ADFA Collaboration Scheme a total of $150,000
will be available for distribution to collaborative research projects.
These projects can either be continuations of previous collaborations
or completely new proposals.
As in the previous round, the scheme will begin with researchers
from each campus taking part in reciprocal visits. To receive
funding under this scheme, it is a requirement that the researchers
take part in these visits.
The first visit will involve researchers from the UNSW Faculty
of Engineering visiting the ADFA campus on Monday 19th Feb and
returning to Sydney on the morning of Tuesday 20th Feb. The second
visit will involve researchers from UNSW@ADFA visiting the Kensington
Campus on Wednesday 21st Feb and returning on the morning of Thursday
22nd Feb. For UNSW@ADFA researchers, the cost of bus transport
and accommodation will be covered by the Faculty.
Additional details including the timetables and program of events
for each visit will be available in the near future. Expressions
of interest are essential if you are interested in taking part
in this scheme. If you are interested in participating, please
send an email to Douglas Macnicol at d.macnicol@adfa.edu.au
by Monday 4 Dec.
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Changes to Faculty Research Grants Program (FRGP)
As of the beginning of 2007, UNSW@ADFA will replace the Faculty
Research Grant Program (FRGP) with a "Silver Star Scheme"
which will allocate the FRGP funding to eligible unsuccessful
ARC Discovery applicants. This change has been endorsed by the
Senior Management Committee and approved by the DVC (Research).
The Silver Star Scheme will be conducted along similar lines
to the UNSW Gold Star scheme but with a reduced funding level.
All funds previously allocated to FRGP will be allocated to the
Silver Star Scheme and will only be available to unsuccessful
Discovery applicants in a similar way to the Gold Stars.
The amount allocated to a Silver Star grant will be the same
for all awards and will be in the range $20,000-$25,000 depending
on the total amount allocated and the ARC outcomes. The successful
UNSW@ADFA Silver Star grants will be selected after the UNSW Gold
Star grants have been announced. Selection will be on the basis
of the ranked list of UNSW@ADFA unsuccessful ARC Discovery applicants
until the 2007 FRGP allocation has been expended.
This announcement is being made now to give all those researchers
who have previously relied on FRGP grants a chance to prepare
strong Discovery grant applications. The internal deadline for
Discovery grant applications will be advised in the near future
but is expected to be in the first week of February.
FRGP projects awarded for funding in 2007 will not be affected
by this change.
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For Rent
Cosy coastal cottage available for weekend
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ADFA Lecturer looking to rent a one or two bedroom
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Upcoming Events
| DATE |
TITLE |
VENUE |
| 13 Dec |
Degree Conferrals - Bus & HaSS |
10am Adams Hall |
| 13 Dec |
Degree Conferrals - Eng, Science & Tech |
2.30pm Adams Hall |
| 13 Dec |
Prizes & Awards Night |
6pm Adams Hall |
| 14 Dec |
ADFA Graduation Parade |
ADFA Parade Grnd |
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FREE COMMUNITY LECTURES
Geography Seminar Series – All Welcome !
Date and Time: 4th
December 2006, 11:10am
Place: SL1 Building 21 (Old Geography
and Oceanography Building ) Australian Defence Force Academy ,
Campbell
Presenter: Dr Arnaud Banos,
Lab. Image et Ville, CNRS (UMR 7011), University Louis Pasteur,
Strasbourg, France / Visiting fellow, PEMS, UNSW Canberra
Title: Agent-Based modelling of complex
adaptive spatial systems: A geocomputation-based approach of pedestrian
movement
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New Exhibition
Title: Sculptural Vessels by Ceramic Artist
- Jacqueline Lewis
Date: 30 November to 20 December
Place: ADFA Library - For more information contact
6268 8113
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School of Physical ,
Environmental & Mathematical Sciences
Upcoming Seminars
The Asia-Pacific Seminar convenors welcome
suggestions for seminar speakers and topics. Please contact 2006
convenors: Minako Sakai (m.sakai@adfa.edu.au), Glenn Banks (glenn.banks@adfa.edu.au),
Paul Tickell (p.tickell@adfa.edu.au)
Enquiries:
Taufiq Tanasaldy (apss@adfa.edu.au),
tel. (02) 6268 8914
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Phone: 02 6268 8701
Email: newsletter@adfa.edu.au
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