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Fix this textTHE UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES
Fix this textNo. 189 (No. 10 of 1984)
Fix this textPublished fortnightly by the Public Affairs Unit
Fix this textRegistered by Australia Post Publication No. NBF 4388
Fix this text20 July 1984
Fix this textGovt cuts CTEC
Fix this textproposals
Fix this textThe University of NSW is unlikely to be asked I
Fix this textto enlarge its undergraduate population following I
Fix this textthe Commonwealth Government's announcement of I
Fix this textsome lift in funding for increased participation, I
Fix this textaccording to the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Michael I
Fix this textBirt.
Fix this textCommenting in this issue of UN I KEN on the I
Fix this textGovernment's Guidelines for tertiary education, I
Fix this textreleased by the Minister for Education and Youth I
Fix this textAffairs, Senator Susan Ryan, on 5 July, Professor I
Fix this textBirt welcomes the 'real, if modest increase in funds I
Fix this text(in total, for 1985, of about 2.8 per cent over 1984)' I
Fix this textsee page 2.
Fix this textProfessor Birt regrets, though, that the Govern- I
Fix this textment did not respond more fully to the proposals of I
Fix this textthe Commonwealth Tertiary Education Commission I
Fix this text(CTEC) for increases of 6.6 per cent for 1985, 4.7 I
Fix this textper cent for 1986 and 4.2 per cent for 1987 (see I
Fix this textUN I KEN No. 8. 1 June 1984).
Fix this textIn his comments for UNIKEN Professor Birt I
Fix this texthighlights two general concerns:
Fix this text• whether the extra funds provided are sufficient I
Fix this textfor sustaining the Government's hopes for in- I
Fix this textcreased participation; and
Fix this text• whether increased enrolment in science and I
Fix this texttechnology courses, and increased support for I
Fix this textresearch in collaboration with government and I
Fix this textindustry, will be achieved by the policies in the I
Fix this textGuidelines.
Fix this textThe extent of the Government's cut-back on I
Fix this textthe CTEC proposals is evident from the detailed I
Fix this textcomparison of the funding for the current academic I
Fix this textyear with the CTEC proposals and the Government's I
Fix this textGuidelines given in the table on page 2.
Fix this textWhile the figures quoted in the Guidelines I
Fix this textgroup the universities and colleges sectors together, I
Fix this textthe Government directed that 'the larger proportion I
Fix this textof enrolment increases (in the order of 70 per cent) I
Fix this textshould be in CAEs because of their location in outer- I
Fix this textmetropolitan and regional areas and the nature and I
Fix this textlevel of their course offerings'.
Fix this textThe Government has provided firm figures for
Fix this textfunding in 1985 but is asking the CTEC to report on I
Fix this texta number of issues before final decisions are taken
Fix this texton total funding levels for 1986 and 1987. These in-
Fix this textclude alternative means of increasing enrolments and
Fix this textparticipation in tertiary education, and ways in
Fix this textwhich the higher education sector could increase in-
Fix this textcome from other sources including increased involve-
Fix this textment of the private sector in funding research.
Fix this textCTEC itself will come under self-scrutiny as it
Fix this texthas been asked to report on options for organiz-
Fix this textational changes in its structure and co-ordination
Fix this textwith States with a view to reducing the costs and
Fix this textcomplexities of existing arrangements.
Fix this textIn determining the level of funding for increased
Fix this textparticipation the Government has reduced the allow-
Fix this textance recommended by CTEC for non-academic
Fix this textsupport staff. The Government says it has provided
Fix this textfor about an additional 1,600 academic staff and
Fix this text900 non-academic staff to be employed in universities
Fix this textand CAEs by 1987. The Government says it 'is unable
Fix this textat present to redress the deterioration in staff: stu-
Fix this textdent ratios, libraries and other facilities to which
Fix this textCTEC has drawn attention'.
Fix this textCTEC is now charged with determining the
Fix this textprecise allocations to individual institutions by 15
Fix this textSeptember. UNSW should learn of its funding for
Fix this text1985 shortly afterwards.
Fix this textA complete copy of the Government's Guide-
Fix this textlines is available for consultation in the Public
Fix this textAffairs Unit, Room 159, The Chancellery.
Fix this textReactions
Fix this textFollowing release of the Guidelines, the Chair-
Fix this textman of the Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee
Fix this text(AVCC), Professor Michael Birt, issued a statement
Fix this textwelcoming the additional funding while, at the same
Fix this texttime, expressing doubts about whether the level of
Fix this textfunds provided will be adequate to sustain and expand
Fix this textenrolment. Professor Birt pointed to the Govern-
Fix this textment's requirement that the increased funding for
Fix this textequipment and capital expenditure should be linked
Fix this textto the expansion of enrolments (largely in CAEs). He
Fix this textsaid 'the Government's call for increased research
Fix this textoutput in science and technology would not receive
Fix this textadditional funding if this requirement is applied
Fix this textstringently. This would seriously hamper the univer-
Fix this textsities from responding effectively to the Govern-
Fix this textment’s expectations'.
Fix this textA joint statement by the Federation of College
Fix this textAcademics and the Federation of University Staff
Fix this textAssociations criticized the Government for its 'in-
Fix this textability to fulfil its election commitments . . . The
Fix this textGovernment must change its direction and negotiate
Fix this text‘ with us on key policy issues if demoralization and
Fix this textunrest amongst academics is to be avoided'.
Fix this textChild care - a matter of logistics
Fix this textParenthood today demands split-second timing and the logistical ability of a
Fix this textbattalion commander, for the hundreds of thousands of families that use child
Fix this textcare services as a way of life. Although the need for child care is increasingly
Fix this textrecognized as universal and of benefit to both parents and children, lack of
Fix this textflexibility in the system forces many families to concoct complicated arrange-
Fix this textments that may involve more than half a dozen sorts of care in a week.
Fix this textCase studies showing the lengths
Fix this textto which many parents have to go to
Fix this textput together the 'child care package'
Fix this textthey need are one aspect of a major
Fix this textreport on the child care system. Per-
Fix this textspectives in child care: experiences of
Fix this textparents and service providers, by Ms
Fix this textTania Sweeney and Mr Adam Jamrozik
Fix this textof UNSW's Social Welfare Research
Fix this textCentre.
Fix this textThe researchers talked to 156 families
Fix this textfrom various Sydney suburbs who used
Fix this textchild care services. Seventy per cent of them
Fix this texthad to make more than one regular arrange-
Fix this textment to have the children looked after, 21
Fix this textper cent made two, 17 per cent made three
Fix this textand 30 per cent made four or more. One
Fix this textfamily, with four children under 12 and
Fix this textwith a working mother, used 11 arrange-
Fix this textments regularly for child care. Some typical
Fix this textcases:
Fix this text• Two parent family, children 4 and 7.
Fix this textBoth parents work shifts. Youngest child
Fix this textgoes to long day care centre twice a week
Fix this text(B.3oam—4pm) while elder is at school.
Fix this textWhen both parents work weekends, children
Fix this textstay overnight at a babysitter's. Grandparents
Fix this textalso care for the children,
Fix this text• Two parent family, children 254, 5 and
Fix this text7. Father works a long day, mother works
Fix this text8-11 am. Youngest child is cared for by
Fix this textgrandparents, middle one goes to private
Fix this textpre-school with extended hours one day a
Fix this textweek and to grandparents the other days.
Fix this textEldest is at school. Each morning the two
Fix this texteldest go to a neighbour till the eldest catches
Fix this textthe bus and the five-year old is taken to pre-
Fix this textschool by the neighbour. Mother drops
Fix this textyoungest off at grandparents on her way to
Fix this textwork.
Fix this text• Two parent family, children 4 and 9.
Fix this textFather works 69-hour week, mother works
Fix this text9.15am—3.15pm. Younger child goes to
Fix this textprivate long day care centre, elder has a
Fix this texthouse key. Mother finds organization of her
Fix this textday difficult and is always late to work.
Fix this text• Two parent family, children 154,3 and
Fix this text454. Mother works part-time and studies.
Fix this textShe contacted 20-30 centres before finding
Fix this textone that would take all the children and
Fix this textnow spends 454 hours a day travelling be-
Fix this texttween home, the centre and work.
Fix this textMany of the problems faced by the
Fix this textparents surveyed were the result of inflexi-
Fix this textbilities in the system caused by earlier child
Fix this textcare philosophies and the funding arrange-
Fix this textments set up under them, say Sweeney and
Fix this textJamrozik. This has meant a fragmentation
Fix this textof services each of which supposedly has a
Fix this textdifferent function, with varying hours and
Fix this texttaking children of different ages.
Fix this textThe contemporary reality, according to
Fix this textthe researchers, is that child care is a univer-
Fix this textsal need used by families as a matter of
Fix this textcourse and not confined to the disadvan-
Fix this texttaged, families in trouble temporarily or
Fix this textwith working mothers. (Only half the
Fix this textmothers in the study worked, many part-
Fix this texttime.) In fact, the large, formal child care
Fix this textservices are used more by middle class famil-
Fix this texties than by others, whether or not the
Fix this textmother is working.
Fix this textFigures from the Australian Bureau of
Fix this textStatistics (in 1980) show that two-thirds of
Fix this textchildren under 12 and not at school (mostly
Fix this textthe under-fives) are in child care of some
Fix this textkind with informal arrangements (friends,
Fix this textrelatives, etc) used twice as frequently as
Fix this textformal ones.
Fix this textPerspectives in child care details the
Fix this textmany reasons families use child care and
Fix this textshows that both parents and directors of
Fix this textservices see them as complementing the
Fix this textfamily or making up for what it lacks. Most
Fix this textof the families said they used child care,
Fix this textparticularly the formal sort, to meet the
Fix this textchild's social and educational needs (two-
Fix this textthirds of the sample) but about half said the
Fix this textmother's employment was the main reason.
Fix this textAnother 27 per cent cited personal needs of
Fix this textthe mother (a break from motherhood, to
Fix this textpreserve her mental health). The needs of
Fix this textthe family as a unit also featured prominently
Fix this textin the reasons given. Families where the mother worked, particularly
Fix this textthose in the higher income bracket, gave employment as a reason more
Fix this textfrequently than those with mothers at home.
Fix this textFormal child care was used by families with mothers at home as
Fix this textoften as by families with working mothers, though the latter were more
Fix this textlikely also to use informal types of care. Grandparents were the most
Fix this textpopular 'informal carers'.
Fix this textFor many parents, getting a place in any formal child care service
Fix this textwas hard enough choice of type, location and times was a luxury which
Fix this text40 per cent of those surveyed did not have, according to the report.
Fix this text'What parents seemed to need was a full day or week care, with variations
Fix this textfor shift work or irregular work (now increasingly common, especially in
Fix this textjobs occupied by women). Other parents required regular part-time care',
Fix this textthe researchers say.
Fix this textResearchers tackle fish
Fix this textspoilage problem in Indonesia
Fix this textFood technologists at UNSW have begun a major project to study prob-
Fix this textlems in the Indonesian fishing industry which cause an estimated 30 per cent
Fix this textloss of the annual 1.6 million metric ton fish harvest through spoilage.
Fix this textThe project will evaluate the traditional methods used by village fisher-
Fix this textmen to dry and process fish, recommending ways to improve the quality of
Fix this textthe dried fish before it reaches the consumer.
Fix this textIt is one of two new programs involving the School of Food Technology
Fix this textwith total funding of more than $BOO,OOO through the Australian Centre for
Fix this textInternational Agricultural Research (ACIAR).
Fix this textThe second project, with a grant of $375,000 for three years, will examine
Fix this textthe use of calcium to slow down the ripening and ageing process in fruit and
Fix this textvegetables after harvest. This will be of vital importance to developing countries
Fix this textin tropical regions which do not have the facilities to refrigerate fruit. (See
Fix this text(See page 6.)
Fix this textThose involved in the fish drying project include
Fix this textProfessor Ron Edwards, Associate Professor Ken
Fix this textBuckle and Mr Richard Souness.
Fix this textProfessor Buckle says the project includes
Fix this textscientific collaboration with a number of Indonesian
Fix this textorganizations and an international agency in Canada.
Fix this textThey include the Research Institute for Fish Tech-
Fix this textnology (RIFT) in Jakarta, the Department of Food
Fix this textScience and Technology at the University of
Fix this textBrawijaya in Malang, East Java, and the International
Fix this textDevelopment and Research Centre of Canada.
Fix this textThe project will be concentrated in a small fish-
Fix this texting village in East Java called Muncar, which is the
Fix this textprincipal fish drying centre of the region.
Fix this textIndonesia is a major fish-producing country in
Fix this textthe South-East Asian region where fish is a high pro-
Fix this texttein staple food second in dietary importance only
Fix this textto rice. Traditional salting, smoking and drying
Fix this textoperations account for more than half the fish pro-
Fix this textcessed in Indonesia, and these methods result in the
Fix this textworst spoilage rates, up to 40 per cent.
Fix this text'And this does not take into account the un-
Fix this textquantified subsequent loss from unsuitable transport,
Fix this textstorage and distribution methods in retailing oper-
Fix this textations', says Professor Buckle. 'The fish is tradition-
Fix this textally salted and then dried in the sun, which is an
Fix this textinefficient practice because excessive amounts of
Fix this textwater remain in the fish after drying due to the
Fix this textmoist climate. Furthermore, if it happens to be rain-
Fix this texting when the catch is brought in, the villagers are
Fix this textforced to leave it in the brining tanks longer, which
Fix this textmakes the fish even saltier and less attractive to the
Fix this textconsumer.'
Fix this textProfessor Buckle says the researchers will in-
Fix this textvestigate the quality of the dried fish as it passes
Fix this textthrough the processing system from the moment it
Fix this textis caught until the time it reaches the consumer.
Fix this text'Samples of dried fish will be prepared and
Fix this textthese will be monitored as they pass through the
Fix this textmarket system', he says. 'After we evaluate our find-
Fix this textings we will be able to recommend ways in which
Fix this textlocal practices can be improved. We are talking about
Fix this textvery simple changes in technique, however, ones that
Fix this textare both appropriate to the economics of the region
Fix this textand which are acceptable, in aesthetic terms, to the
Fix this textIndonesian people.'
Fix this textThe UNSW researchers are also studying ways
Fix this textto improve on mechanical fish dryers which have
Fix this textbeen used on an experimental basis in the past few
Fix this textyears in Muncar. A small prototype is being designed
Fix this textat UNSW and once completed, the team will have
Fix this textmodified dryers built in Muncar.
Fix this text'Perhaps the greatest challenge in a project of
Fix this textthis kind is that our techniques must be simple and
Fix this textvirtually fool-proof and not represent a major
Fix this textdeparture from methods used for hundreds of years.'
Fix this textUNIKEN s guide to
Fix this textmembers of Council—p4|
Fix this textPublic Affairs Unit
Fix this textAdam Jamrozik and Tania Sweanay, who have made a major study of
Fix this textchildren's services in Australia.
Fix this textRichard Souness
Fix this textImproving on traditional fish drying methods in
Fix this textIndonesia, such as that pictured here at an open
Fix this textmarket in Jakarta, is the aim of a major new project
Fix this textof UNSW's School of Food Technology.
Fix this textIt's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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