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Fix this textTHE UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES
Fix this textNo. 168 (No. 7 of 1983)
Fix this textPublished fortnightly by the Public Affairs Unit
Fix this textRegistered by Australia Post Publication No. NBF 4388
Fix this text20 May 1983
Fix this textMore than 30,000 come to Open Day
Fix this textNew electronic teaching tool
Fix this textdeveloped at UNSW
Fix this textAn instrument developed over the past five years by two UNSW researchers
Fix this textis expected to have a significant impact on the teaching of electronics and
Fix this textcommunications in Australian and overseas tertiary institutions.
Fix this textThe engineers from UNSW's Faculty of Military Studies at the Royal
Fix this textMilitary College, Duntroon, have developed a spectrum analyser which will
Fix this textcost a fraction of the price of units currently available.
Fix this textMr Doug Mayson, Professional Engin-
Fix this texteer in the Department of Physics, and Dr
Fix this textMichael Cavenor, Senior Lecturer in the
Fix this textDepartment of Electrical and Electronic
Fix this textEngineering, have designed the instrument
Fix this textspecifically to support undergraduate
Fix this textclasses in electronics and telecom-
Fix this textmunications.
Fix this textPatent applications have been lodged
Fix this textin Australia, the US and Canada, and BWD
Fix this textInstruments Pty Ltd of Springvale, Mel-
Fix this textbourne, has been licenced by Unisearch
Fix this textLtd to produce the instrument and is
Fix this textabout to commence an initial production
Fix this textrun. It is expected the spectrum analyser
Fix this textwill be on sale later in the year.
Fix this textIt is the first time a very sophisticated
Fix this textinstrument which can analyse and display
Fix this textelectrical signals is available in a form
Fix this textwhich is both simple to use and cheap.
Fix this textResearch quality spectrum analysers
Fix this textare very expensive units costing around
Fix this text$B,OOO and Dr Cavenor says most students
Fix this textwould be fortunbte to see one being
Fix this textdemonstrated, let alone use one themselves.
Fix this textThe new instrument has been con-
Fix this textceived and designed specifically as a teach-
Fix this texting aid for students. However it will have
Fix this textapplications in other fields as well.
Fix this textMr Mayson says that by tailoring the
Fix this textperformance of the instrument to suit the
Fix this textintended use, and by displaying the spec-
Fix this texttrum on an accompanying oscilloscope,
Fix this textuniversities and other institutions will be
Fix this textable to purchase a set of instruments for
Fix this textthe price of a single research quality
Fix this textspectrum analyser.
Fix this textWork on the new analyser was initi-
Fix this textated about five years ago by Dr Cavenor
Fix this textwho recognized the need for such an
Fix this textinstrument, with the initial work carried
Fix this textout by a final year student at the Faculty.
Fix this text'An earlier model was made, but less
Fix this textsophisticated than the new instrument',
Fix this textDr Cavenor says. 'lt proved however that
Fix this textthe idea to produce a cheaper instrument
Fix this textwas feasible. The new model utilizes the
Fix this textlatest developments in microcomputer
Fix this texttechnology and digital displays features
Fix this textwhich make it very simple and easy to use.'
Fix this textMarket research carried out by the
Fix this texttwo men indicates the spectrum analyser
Fix this textwill have applications outside teaching
Fix this textinstitutions and one potential area is the
Fix this textelectronics industry.
Fix this text'We do see a number of other potential
Fix this textbuyers, including those people who find
Fix this textthe current range of spectrum analysers
Fix this textbeyond their requirements', Mr Mayson
Fix this textsays. 'People involved in electronics, for
Fix this textexample those looking at audio hi-fi
Fix this textequipment to check whether it's working
Fix this textcorrectly, would find our unit useful. How-
Fix this textever, it's main market will be in teaching.'
Fix this textYoung refugees face
Fix this textresettlement problems
Fix this textProlonged stays in refugee camps in Malaysia make it very hard for young Vietnamese without close relatives
Fix this textto adjust to life in Australia once they get here, says Mrs Diane Zulfacar, Lecturer in the School of Social Work.
Fix this textMrs Zulfacar has made an intensive study of reports and statistics relating to these children, has visited one of
Fix this textthe camps and interviewed many people involved in the resettlement process. She has produced a report for the
Fix this textMalaysian Red Crescent Society (that country's version of the Red Cross) which contains recommendations on
Fix this textwhat can be done to alleviate the severe apathy and alienation of children in the camps.
Fix this textThe two camps now operating
Fix this textin Malaysia, Sungaibesi and Palau
Fix this textBidong, are run by the Society in
Fix this textconjunction with the United Nations
Fix this textCommissioner for Refugees which
Fix this textprovides most of the financial
Fix this textsupport.
Fix this textThe young people on whom Mrs
Fix this textZulfacar's work concentrates are described
Fix this textas 'unaccompanied minors' children
Fix this textunder the age of 17 with no close relatives
Fix this textin the camp. In December 1982 there were
Fix this text964 minors in this category, 25 per cent
Fix this textof whom were under the age of 12.
Fix this text'Although their physical requirements
Fix this textare taken care of, their emotional needs
Fix this textare seriously neglected', says Mrs Zulfacar.
Fix this text'For these children, there is a minimal
Fix this textamount of adult supervision or interest,
Fix this textwhich creates tremendous apathy and low
Fix this textself esteem. Living this way for six to
Fix this texttwelve months (the average stay in the
Fix this textcamps) greatly decreases their chance of
Fix this textfitting successfully into the country of
Fix this textresettlement', she says.
Fix this textShe identifies the children living in
Fix this textcentralized dormitories as most at risk. An
Fix this textolder youth is put in charge of some 10
Fix this textyounger ones, to supervise them and look
Fix this textafter their needs, 'but the older ones have
Fix this textbeen through so much themselves they
Fix this texthave not much to offer', she says.
Fix this textAlthough there are school and
Fix this textEnglish language classes, some organized
Fix this textsport and craft workshops, 'the dormitory
Fix this textkids don't go because of a lack of incen-
Fix this texttive or any adult interest in them, so they
Fix this textjust hang around. They do not have the
Fix this textenergy or opportunity even to misbehave.’
Fix this textThere are sometimes problems with
Fix this textchildren living with distant relatives or
Fix this textfamily friends too, if the relationship goes
Fix this textsour, the adult cannot cope or exploits the
Fix this textchild, according to Mrs Zulfacar.
Fix this textResettlement
Fix this textWhen the young people are finally
Fix this textresettled in Australia, they often have
Fix this texttrouble adjusting to school or work (or
Fix this textlack of it) and harbour feelings of guilt
Fix this textabout not succeeding.
Fix this text'The Australian Government prefers
Fix this textto accept young people with some tie here,
Fix this textsomeone who will act as sponsor. But the
Fix this textsponsors have problems of their own and
Fix this textoften cannot cope with an unhappy
Fix this textadolescent as well', Mrs Zulfacar says.
Fix this textSome of the minors have family back
Fix this texthome in Vietnam. Others have lost contact
Fix this textwith their relatives or are orphaned as a
Fix this textresult of the boat trip itself. Mrs Zulfacar
Fix this textsays uncertainty about the fate of the
Fix this textfamily, or a sense of responsibility to
Fix this textthose back home, puts a great deal of pres-
Fix this textsure on these young people to do well.
Fix this textDifficulties in settling into Australia,
Fix this textshe says, are compounded by a lack of
Fix this textclarity about which level of government
Fix this textis responsible for such things as accommo-
Fix this textdation or financial aid and over what
Fix this textperiod of time.
Fix this textThe report
Fix this textIn her report to the Red Crescent
Fix this textSociety, Mrs Zulfacar suggests the positive
Fix this textencouragement of relationships children in
Fix this textthe camps already have with adults, and
Fix this textthe monitoring of those relationships to
Fix this textguard against abuses. She says a new mem-
Fix this textber of staff should be appointed at each of
Fix this textthe camps to maintain consistent contact
Fix this textwith the children, set up programs in the
Fix this textdormitories and help the formation of
Fix this textsupportive peer groups,
Fix this textMrs Zulfacar also advocates orien-
Fix this texttation programs for the children once they
Fix this textknow they have been accepted for reset-
Fix this texttlement to a country such as Australia so
Fix this textthey can learn something about their
Fix this textnew home. 'At the moment they arrive in
Fix this textAustralia with very little accurate infor-
Fix this textmation about what life will be like. They
Fix this texttend to have an idealistic picture of Aus-
Fix this texttralia (or the US) and expect to succeed.
Fix this textThey have no appreciation of the prob-
Fix this textlems they are likely to encounter', she
Fix this textsays.
Fix this textPublic Affairs Unit
Fix this textCarl Schneider could hardly believe his eyes when Elizabeth Lee (of the School of
Fix this textMicrobiology) showed him the bacteria living on scrapings from his teeth - and he'd
Fix this textbrushed them that morning! Little sister Annette and mother Judy took a turn later.
Fix this textSee back page for more Open Day pictures.
Fix this textMrs Diane Zulfacar
Fix this textA typical scene in one of
Fix this textthe refugee camps, where
Fix this textapathy and lack of adult
Fix this textinterest in children without
Fix this textclose relatives leads to
Fix this textproblems in resettlement.
Fix this textUnited Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Fix this textThe spectrum analyser, demonstrated by
Fix this textProfessional Engineer, Mr Doug Mayson, will
Fix this textprovide a cheap alternative to expensive units
Fix this textsuch as the one pictured in the background.
Fix this textKen Morell
Fix this textIt's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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