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Fix this textTHE UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES
Fix this textNo. 281 (No. 1 of 1990)
Fix this textPublished fortnightly by the News Service
Fix this textRegistered by Australia Post Publication No. NBF 4388
Fix this text23 February 1990
Fix this textTeaching Excellence Awards presented
Fix this textThe inaugural winners of the Vice-Chancellor’s Awards for Teaching Excellence received their medallions and prize money
Fix this textat a ceremony held on 6 February. The ceremony was held after the first meeting of the Academic Board for 1990.
Fix this textIn a brief address to those attending the ceremony, the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Michael Birt, said the awards signified the
Fix this textUniversity’s commitment and recognition to excellence in teaching.
Fix this textThe three individual recipients each received an engraved bronze medallion and 53,000 and the tutorial staff team members from the
Fix this textSchool of Physiology and Pharmacology each received a medallion and S5OO.
Fix this textThe Qualifications Committee, augmented by two nominees of the Alumni Association and a Postgraduate and an Undergraduate
Fix this textstudent member of the Academic Board, considered recommendations from the Faculty Promotions Committees regarding nominees for
Fix this textthe Vice-Chancellor’s awards.
Fix this textOf 34 original nominations, 32 applications were finally received for the awards.
Fix this text[See page 5 for a profile on one of the award recipients, Dr Eric Soweyf
Fix this textLandmark
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Fix this textthe University of
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Fix this textA collaborative agreement
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Fix this textUniversity of Sydney on 14
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Fix this texthigh quality animals for re-
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Fix this textUNSW has already spent more
Fix this textthan 54.5 million on construction of
Fix this textStage 1 of the facility and the
Fix this textUniversity of Sydney has now
Fix this textagreed to contribute up to 54.2
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Fix this textThe Agreement for the Com-
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Fix this textAnimal Supply (CULAS) is the
Fix this textlargest single collaborative agree-
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Fix this textThe signing culminated some
Fix this textsix months of negotiations initiated
Fix this textby the Deputy Vice-Chancellors of
Fix this textthe two universities, Professor
Fix this textJarlath Ronayne (UNSW) and
Fix this textProfessor Michael Taylor
Fix this text(Sydney) followed up by detailed
Fix this textdiscussions and drafting of the
Fix this textAgreement by Dr Thomas Martin,
Fix this textDirector of Animal Care (UNSW)
Fix this textand Mr Grant Fulton, Deputy
Fix this textBursar (Sydney).
Fix this text“The advantages of having
Fix this textmicrobiologically and genetically
Fix this textdefined rodents suitable for scien-
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Fix this textby biomedical researchers,” Pro-
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Fix this text“The benefits of animal-based
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Fix this textindisputable and virtually every
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Fix this textPlans for the facility date back
Fix this textto 1983 when UNSW decided to
Fix this textconstruct new animal supply facili-
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Fix this textSpecific Pathogen Free (SPF)
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Fix this textThe facility, which was offi-
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Fix this textAccording to Dr Martin, some
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Fix this textworld. “We have rewritten the
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Fix this text' “The pureness of laboratory
Fix this textanimals becomes more important as
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Fix this text“This also means that the
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Fix this textProfessor Ronayne said the
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Fix this textThe Dean of the Faculty of
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Fix this textSciences and of the Board of
Fix this textStudies in Science and Math-
Fix this textematics, Professor Tony
Fix this textWicken, has predicted a 10
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Fix this textdrastic drop in the required
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Fix this textProfessor Wicken said that
Fix this textalthough the entry score had
Fix this textdropped from 295 in 1989 to 275
Fix this textthis year, he was not confident the
Fix this textfigure of 550 students in the
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Fix this text“There are still places in
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Fix this textBy comparison, the competi-
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Fix this textThe cut-off for Law in 1990
Fix this textwas 442 compared with 437 for
Fix this textMedicine. Both courses had a cut-
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Fix this textProfessor Wicken, who is also
Fix this textPresident of the Federation of
Fix this textAustralian Scientific and Techno-
Fix this textlogical Societies (FASTS), warned
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Fix this textworse unless drastic measures were
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Fix this text“The average 18 and 19-year-
Fix this textold knows the cost of living and
Fix this textwhat they can earn,” he said.
Fix this text“They look at the newspapers and
Fix this textread the advertisements. They see
Fix this textwho drives the Porsches and they
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Fix this text“Lawyers may be paid thou-
Fix this textsands of dollars a day to fiddle with
Fix this textwords; accountants earn good
Fix this textContinued on page 6
Fix this textThe inaugural winners of the Vice-Chancellor’s Awards for Teaching Excellence are from left: Dr Eric Sowey (Economics), Mr Ken Robinson
Fix this text(Electrical Engineering and Computer Science), Mrs Barbara Bohdanowicz, Mr Andrew Davies, Dr Lesley Ulman, Mrs Rosemary Kingsford, Mr
Fix this textMark Goldstein, Mr Regan Polland (tutorial staff from Physiology and Pharmacology). Absent was Professor Phil Yetton (AGSM) who was
Fix this textoverseas at the time.
Fix this textThe Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sydney, Professor
Fix this textMichael Taylor (left), presents a cheque for $1 million to UNSW Deputy
Fix this textVice-Chancellor, Professor Jarlath Ronayne, as part of the University of
Fix this textSydney’s contribution to the expansion of a joint animal breeding and
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Fix this textProfessor Tony Wicken
Fix this textIt's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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