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Fix this textNo. 3 of 1976
Fix this text22 March 4 April
Fix this textASIAN LINKS STRENGTHENED
Fix this textHELPING
Fix this textSTUDENTS FAR
Fix this textFROM HOME
Fix this textFor the 1,400 students at the
Fix this textUniversity who come from
Fix this textoverseas, mainly Asia, passing
Fix this texttheir courses is often only one
Fix this textof a variety of problems. Many
Fix this textneed accommodation, help
Fix this textwith immigration problems, or
Fix this textare simply lonely.
Fix this textMr Roy Chen, Director of
Fix this textOverseas' Students Service for
Fix this textthe Students' Union is a
Fix this textMalaysian who has gone through some of these problems
Fix this texthimself and is now working full time to help other
Fix this textstudents. He became Director on 1 January and since
Fix this textthen he has been kept busy assisting students still
Fix this textoverseas to obtain student visas, helping graduate
Fix this textstudents to get visas for their wives, finding a place for
Fix this textnew students to live, suggesting English courses for
Fix this textthose who need better English, advising students to join
Fix this textone of the overseas student bodies (such as the United
Fix this textMalaysian Students' Association and the Hong Kong
Fix this textStudents' Society) that sponsor many social activities,
Fix this textor just listening to a lonely student living away from
Fix this texthome for the first time. Mr Chen is located in the
Fix this textStudents' Union offices in Stage 111.
Fix this textAn outside group that is very popular is the Host Family
Fix this textScheme which aims to introduce overseas students to
Fix this textAustralian families to enable them to make friends and
Fix this textlearn more about Australia and to allow the families to
Fix this textlearn more about the students' countries. A host family
Fix this textdoes not provide accommodation but simply invites a
Fix this textstudent to take part in family activities as they would
Fix this textany other friend. There is a need for more families to
Fix this textvolunteer as hosts to overseas students. Interested staff
Fix this textor student families can write to John Martin;
Fix this textCo-ordinator, Host Family Scheme, Box 5293, GPO,
Fix this textSydney, 2001 or call 212-4000/821.
Fix this textINDONESIAN
Fix this textLECTURERS
Fix this textSCHEME
Fix this textA scheme funded by the Australian government to
Fix this texthelp improve tertiary education in Indonesia will train
Fix this text22 members of staff from Indonesian tertiary institutions
Fix this textat UNSW this year. They will work under the supervision
Fix this textof the Tertiary Education Research Centre (TERC) and
Fix this textthe particular school appropriate to their individual j
Fix this textacademic interests. The University of New South Wales
Fix this textis the only Australian university to have such a scheme.
Fix this textA total of 131 men and women have already completed
Fix this textsuch training and returned to their universities in
Fix this textIndonesia during the first six years of the project. The
Fix this textaim of the program, called the Indonesian University
Fix this textLecturers Scheme is to increase the participants'knowledge
Fix this textand skills in their subject area and to improve their
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Fix this textTo ensure that the trainees can benefit from their study
Fix this textin Australia a course in the English language of up to
Fix this textthree months duration is arranged prior to the beginning
Fix this textof the academic year. The amount of English study
Fix this textnecessary for each) trainee is determined by a language
Fix this texttest given in Indonesia.
Fix this textEach participant is assigned to a supervisor in the school
Fix this textin which he or she will study and a program of work is
Fix this textestablished through consultation between the trainee
Fix this textand the supervisor. The trainees, who are all experienced
Fix this textacademics in Indonesia, are encouraged to take part in
Fix this textthe activities of the school such as staff meetings and
Fix this textfield trips, and to present papers based on their own
Fix this textacademic interests or their professional experience at
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Fix this textSee also 'Lion visits UNSW' - p 3
Fix this textand 'Japanese gift' - p 4
Fix this textSTUDYING THE BONES OF OUR PAST
Fix this textA newly appointed Lecturer in the School of Anatomy,
Fix this textDr Ralph E. Molnar, is excited about "the great
Fix this textpotential" in the field of palaeontology in Australia.
Fix this text(Palaeontology is the study of fossil remains.)
Fix this text"There are very few sites in Australia where fossils
Fix this texthave been found compared to areas such as western
Fix this textNorth America. There you almost fall over the stuff,"
Fix this textsays Dr Molnar, an American. He believes any new
Fix this textsite discovered in Australia will be of importance.
Fix this textOne such site was found recently on the Cape York
Fix this textPeninsula by a stockman and investigated last November
Fix this textby Dr Molnar. So far ribs have been uncovered along
Fix this textwith the remains of fish, crocodiles, shells and wood.
Fix this text"As far as I know this is the first site of this time period
Fix this textwhere different kinds of animals have been found all
Fix this texttogether. I believe fossils of only a single animal have
Fix this textbeen found at other sites. When you have a single
Fix this textanimal you don't know what else lived with him, what
Fix this textanimals he ate. At this site 1 hope we will be able to
Fix this textreconstruct a fauna." He plans to visit the site again in
Fix this textJune and July along with a party from the Queensland
Fix this textMuseum and Queensland University.
Fix this textHis two fields of anatomy and palaeontology go together,
Fix this textDr Molnar asserts. "When you work with fossil vertebrates
Fix this textyou are working with the skeletal system," he says.
Fix this textDr Molnar hopes that on one of the Mesozoic sites they
Fix this textmight find some complete dinosaur fossils. He has been
Fix this textstudying the way dinosaurs
Fix this textmoved in connection with
Fix this textthe theory that they were
Fix this textwarm-blooded animals.
Fix this text"I've been trying to find
Fix this texttheir metabolic rate by
Fix this textreconstructing the way
Fix this textthey walked," he says.
Fix this text"So far the results have
Fix this textbeen ambiguous."
Fix this textFossil crocodiles are
Fix this textanother special interest
Fix this textof his. He plans to study
Fix this textfossils, a crocodile snout
Fix this textand jaw fragment, that
Fix this textare being sent to him
Fix this textbecause of a paper he did on an extinct crocodile found
Fix this textabout 30 million years ago in Patagonia. The crocodile
Fix this textfossils found in Australia probably are of the same type.
Fix this textThe Australian fossils, however, are only about 25,000
Fix this textyears old. "They are practically alive to me," he says.
Fix this textLOCUM SERVICES
Fix this textUNDER SCRUTINY
Fix this textThe work of two master/s degree candidates in the
Fix this textUniversity's School of Health Administration led to the
Fix this textformation last year of an Advisory Committee on After-
Fix this textHours Health Services with $9,000 of Commonwealth help.
Fix this textThe Committee of doctors and other health professionals
Fix this textis assessing after-hours services in capital cities.
Fix this textThe candidates, both members of the Committee, pro-
Fix this textduced theses of after-hours services in Sydney Dr John
Fix this textCampbell on medical and sociological aspects, and Mr lan
Fix this textSouthwell on the economic and political aspects. (A full
Fix this textaccount will be published soon.) They have since studied
Fix this textthe question in Brisbane and Adelaide, and are planning a
Fix this textsimilar study in Melbourne with the Committee's help.
Fix this textDr Campbell (now Director of Medical Administration
Fix this textfor the Prince'Henry, Prince of Wales and Eastern Suburbs
Fix this textHospitals) says his studies covered about half the medical
Fix this textpractices in Sydney. He found a correlation between the
Fix this textdoctor's willingness to take after-hours calls and such
Fix this textfactors as his age, his address and the socio-economic
Fix this textstatus of his patients. The average age of Sydney GPs is
Fix this text53.4 years. This, and the fact that many doctors live
Fix this textaway from their area of practice, led many to engage
Fix this textlocum services for weekend and night calls. Also, a doctor
Fix this textwas generally more inclined to act on an after-hours call if
Fix this textthe caller was of the same socio-economic status as
Fix this texthimself.
Fix this textDr Campbell said that private companies running after-
Fix this texthours health services could make as much as $1 million
Fix this textprofit a year. Profit and competition (both for doctors
Fix this textand patients) could provide the motivation that should
Fix this textderive from service to the patient. Overseas capital was
Fix this textlargely involved in at least one of the companies in Sydney.
Fix this textHe also said that there were difficulties when private
Fix this textcompanies offered a service which can legally only be
Fix this textoffered by a medical officer.
Fix this textThe Committee will try to identify causes for short-
Fix this textcomings and clarify the legal responsibilities of doctors
Fix this textproviding the services. Mr Brian Bromberger, Senior
Fix this textLecturer in Law, is a member of the Committee interested
Fix this textin<the legal aspects. Chairman is Professor George Palmer,
Fix this textHead of the School of Health Administration. The
Fix this textCommittee will recommend to appropriate health author-
Fix this textities and medical associations any action which may be
Fix this textnecessary’in the light of its findings.
Fix this textMr Roy Chen
Fix this textSoma of the Indonesian lecturers meet with TERC officials. Left
Fix this textto right: (front row) Gontam Tambunan, Dr John Powell, Acting
Fix this textDirector of TERC, Syaifullah Rani, (back row) Nasrul Udin,
Fix this textJuliana Nelly Kotambunan, Julius Hambali, Abdul Mannan,
Fix this textNurimansjah Hasibuan, Herman Mawengkang.
Fix this textDr Molnar
Fix this textIt's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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