Uniken

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University of New South Wales. Public Affairs Unit
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Nf 378.944 UNI
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Kensington, N.S.W. : University of New South Wales, [1975]-2015
Issue
1990, no. 1 (23 Feb., 1990)
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Uniken THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES 1
Teaching Excellence Awards presented 1
Landmark agreement with the University of Sydney 1 , 7
Shortfall predicted in science enrolments 1 , 6
Computing manager sees challenging future 2
Deputy Registrar leaves UNSW 2
Foundation professor of art and design education appointed 2
Computers streamline enrolments 3
Teaching mice to roar 3
Campus Development Plan 3
Road closure petitions 3
Self-control, the best route to public health 4
Conferences Chaos comes of age 4
'Don't cover the syllabusuncover it' 5
Institute forms Australasian branch 5
New architectural journal launched 5
Who should pet research funding? 6
1990 Library opening hours 6
Medical students can opt for early science degree 7
Christmas cheer and wine tastings 7
Sponsors double support for Co-op Education 7
Finding somewhere to live 8
Student Services Department 8
New bus service 8
Creative Leisure courses 8
Every student’s dream: a note-taking service 8
International Student Centre 8
University Health Service 8
Uniken's Guide for new students Coping on campus 8 , 9
Bicycles 9
Watch your valuables 9
Student Centre 9
Counselling and Careers Service 9
Healthy body, healthy mind 9
Lost Property 9
The campus Chaplaincy 9
From the Students’ Union President 9
Term Dates 1990 10
UNI OF NEW SOUTH WALES – Session dates, enrolments, exams, public holidays 10
The University of New South Wales, the Alumni Association and the Graduate Office present the 1990 Campus Conference ALUMNI CELEBRATE UNSWEXCELLENCE 11 , 12
REGISTRATION 12
Diary 24 February-11 March 13
Advertising 13
Young women apprentices 13
University Union General Meeting 13
Australia Day Awards 13
Say CHEESE! 13
Association of Christian Tertiary Students 13
Night Care at Kanga’s House 13
Security shuttle bus information 13
Graduations 14
Dean, Faculty of Law 15
Computer skills for librarians 15
Lawson in cultural landscape pilot study 15
Wealth not wits wins at maths 15
Countdown for the 1990 Book Fair 15
Randwick sub-campus a showplace 16
Funding for stage two of Commerce/Law Building approved 16
Election of Student Members 16
New venture to offset language problems 16
Mammoth tapestry rejuvenated 16
SPORT Village Green survey in batsmen's favour 17
Aikido on the Lawn 17
On the right track 17
From fine leg to fine leg 17
Australia Ensemble's 1990 subscription season 17
Environment Group Meeting 17
Feedback Through-way, no way! 17
Crowd for insecticide expert 17
A Garden Environment 17

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Uniken  

THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES  

No. 281 (No. of 1990)  

Published fortnightly by the News Service  

Registered by Australia Post Publication No. NBF 4388  

23 February 1990  

Teaching Excellence Awards presented  

The inaugural winners of the Vice-Chancellor’s Awards for Teaching Excellence received their medallions and prize money  

at ceremony held on February. The ceremony was held after the first meeting of the Academic Board for 1990.  

In brief address to those attending the ceremony, the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Michael Birt, said the awards signified the  

University’s commitment and recognition to excellence in teaching.  

The three individual recipients each received an engraved bronze medallion and 53,000 and the tutorial staff team members from the  

School of Physiology and Pharmacology each received medallion and S5OO.  

The Qualifications Committee, augmented by two nominees of the Alumni Association and Postgraduate and an Undergraduate  

student member of the Academic Board, considered recommendations from the Faculty Promotions Committees regarding nominees for  

the Vice-Chancellor’s awards.  

Of 34 original nominations, 32 applications were finally received for the awards.  

[See page for profile on one of the award recipients, Dr Eric Soweyf  

Landmark  

agreement with  

the University of  

Sydney  

collaborative agreement  

was signed between the  

University of NSW and the  

University of Sydney on 14  

February for the establish-  

ment of joint facility for the  

breeding and supply of very  

high quality animals for re-  

search and teaching purposes.  

UNSW has already spent more  

than 54.5 million on construction of  

Stage of the facility and the  

University of Sydney has now  

agreed to contribute up to 54.2  

million for expansion and consoli-  

dation of animal breeding and  

supply for the two universities.  

The Agreement for the Com-  

bined Universities Laboratory  

Animal Supply (CULAS) is the  

largest single collaborative agree-  

ment between any two universities  

in Australia.  

The signing culminated some  

six months of negotiations initiated  

by the Deputy Vice-Chancellors of  

the two universities, Professor  

Jarlath Ronayne (UNSW) and  

Professor Michael Taylor  

(Sydney) followed up by detailed  

discussions and drafting of the  

Agreement by Dr Thomas Martin,  

Director of Animal Care (UNSW)  

and Mr Grant Fulton, Deputy  

Bursar (Sydney).  

“The advantages of having  

microbiologically and genetically  

defined rodents suitable for scien-  

tific research of international  

standard have long been recognised  

by biomedical researchers,” Pro-  

fessor Ronayne said.  

“The benefits of animal-based  

research to the community are  

indisputable and virtually every  

major medical and veterinary  

advance in the last 100 years has  

been made possible by the human  

use of laboratory animals.”  

Plans for the facility date back  

to 1983 when UNSW decided to  

construct new animal supply facili-  

ties at its Little Bay site. The plans  

for the first stage included  

Specific Pathogen Free (SPF)  

facility capable of producing up to  

60,000 SPF rodents.  

The facility, which was offi-  

cially opened in 1989, has been  

designed to include the most strin-  

gent of building requirements.  

According to Dr Martin, some  

of the systems included in the  

facility are unique and have since  

been copied elsewhere around the  

world. “We have rewritten the  

standards,” Dr Martin said.  

“The pureness of laboratory  

animals becomes more important as  

the area of study becomes more  

specific. Because we can offer rats  

and mice which are super-sterile  

and which are standardised geneti-  

cally and microbiologically, the  

margin of error is minimal.  

“This also means that the  

number of animals required for  

individual research projects is  

significantly reduced, consistent  

with the University’s policy of  

using as few animals as possible  

while undertaking research.”  

Professor Ronayne said the  

Continued on page  

Shortfall  

predicted  

in science  

enrolments  

The Dean of the Faculty of  

Biological and Behavioural  

Sciences and of the Board of  

Studies in Science and Math-  

ematics, Professor Tony  

Wicken, has predicted 10  

per cent shortfall in the  

number of students enrolling  

in UNSW’s general science  

course for 1990, despite  

drastic drop in the required  

entry cut-off score.  

Professor Wicken said that  

although the entry score had  

dropped from 295 in 1989 to 275  

this year, he was not confident the  

figure of 550 students in the  

general science course would be  

reached.  

“There are still places in  

science in nearly every institution  

in the country despite large falls in  

entry scores,” he said.  

By comparison, the competi-  

tion to enter full-time Law course  

at UNSW in 1990 has resulted in  

the Higher School Certificate cut-  

off marks being higher than  

Medicine for the first time.  

The cut-off for Law in 1990  

was 442 compared with 437 for  

Medicine. Both courses had cut-  

off mark of 434 in 1989.  

Professor Wicken, who is also  

President of the Federation of  

Australian Scientific and Techno-  

logical Societies (FASTS), warned  

that the situation could become  

worse unless drastic measures were  

taken by Government and the pri-  

vate sector to improve the lot of  

scientists.  

“The average 18 and 19-year-  

old knows the cost of living and  

what they can earn,” he said.  

“They look at the newspapers and  

read the advertisements. They see  

who drives the Porsches and they  

make their career choices.  

“Lawyers may be paid thou-  

sands of dollars day to fiddle with  

words; accountants earn good  

Continued on page  

The inaugural winners of the Vice-Chancellor’s Awards for Teaching Excellence are from left: Dr Eric Sowey (Economics), Mr Ken Robinson  

(Electrical Engineering and Computer Science), Mrs Barbara Bohdanowicz, Mr Andrew Davies, Dr Lesley Ulman, Mrs Rosemary Kingsford, Mr  

Mark Goldstein, Mr Regan Polland (tutorial staff from Physiology and Pharmacology). Absent was Professor Phil Yetton (AGSM) who was  

overseas at the time.  

The Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sydney, Professor  

Michael Taylor (left), presents cheque for $1 million to UNSW Deputy  

Vice-Chancellor, Professor Jarlath Ronayne, as part of the University of  

Sydney’s contribution to the expansion of joint animal breeding and  

supply facility at Little Bay.  

Professor Tony Wicken  

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