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| Unisys marketing director Ms Wendy Stubbs with student Tim Clare from Good Shepherd College, Hamilton at the Unisys Monash IT Summer School. |
Site visits to the MCG, IMAX cinemas and the Australia Post Letter Centre and Data Centre were some of the highlights of a packed program of activities in the Unisys Monash IT Summer School in January.
Involving 60 of the state's brightest Year 10 students from schools all around Victoria, the five-day residential program aimed to give the students a good understanding of information technology to encourage them to take up this career option.
With selection for the program based on academic merit, sponsorship by Unisys Australia removed cost as a barrier to participation. According to dean of Information Technology Professor John Rosenberg, it was important to achieve a mix of female and male students from rural and metropolitan areas attending both government and private schools.
"If Victoria, and indeed Australia, is to develop a vibrant information economy, it will need to attract a greater number of people to the IT field. To achieve this we must have a wider social participation in the industry," he said.
Officially opening the summer school and introduced by vice-chancellor Professor David Robinson, Minister for State and Regional Development The Honorable John Brumby said that IT drives growth, opportunities and innovation.
"The information technology and computing industry is the cornerstone of the state's economic prosperity of the future. The growth in the industry is truly staggering," he said.
Unisys marketing director Ms Wendy Stubbs said she saw initiatives such as the summer school as very important to promote IT skills development.
"In an Australian market that sees 9000 graduates chasing 30,000 IT vacancies, Unisys believes that direct employment of graduates needs to be complemented by sponsorships such as the Unisys Monash IT Summer School," she said.
Academic director Dr Ann Nicholson, administrative director Ms Sheila Pullin, activities coordinator Ms Martene Bond, Monash student mentors and guest lecturers, and even a magician hired to entertain the students at dinner, had ensured the success of the week, with the students having been convinced that both university life and IT had a lot to offer.
Listing three things they learned during the week, one student summed it up by writing: "Monash rocks; there is a future in the IT business; and uni life involves a lot of walking." The results of the students' work can be seen at http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/summerschool/index.html
Monash's Parkville campus last week played host to more than 150 clinical supervisors affiliated with Monash, La Trobe and Deakin universities.
The clinical supervisors from 10 different professions including pharmacy, nursing and radiography were taking part in a quality health supervision course aimed at providing them with the skills to supervise effectively the practical experiences and clinical training of students from a number of health science courses.
According to Monash's coordinator of the course, CHED senior lecturer Dr Helen Edwards, the quality supervision course has been running for 10 years and is an excellent example of long-term inter-university and interdisciplinary activity.
"The course participants came from across Victoria and Tasmania and were involved in a range of hands-on practical activities aimed at assisting them to support professional work-based learning," she said.
Opening the session, dean of Pharmacy and Parkville campus director Professor Colin Chapman said that as this was the first time the course had been run at Monash, he was delighted to welcome course participants to the university and to the recently developed conference facilities at the Parkville campus.
Further information about the quality supervision course can be obtained from Dr Helen Edwards on Helen.Edwards@adm.monash.edu.au Information about the conference facilities available at Parkville can be obtained from the functions coordinator on extn 39682.
Participating in the quality health supervision course last week are, from left, Radiography and Medical Imaging head of department Dr Marilyn Baird, physiotherapist Mr Elton Smith, radiography student Mr Shane Cortunovis and occupational therapist Ms Bernadette Casamento.
Keith S Frearson dfc: A Monash Legend18 September 1922 - 2 February 2000Associate Professor of Economics Monash University, Founder Monash University Football Club. Born in Western Australia, sixth in a family of eight, Keith Frearson was the son of a country store keeper. He enlisted in World War II serving with the RAAF, as a navigator in Lancaster's - he was awarded the DFC. After the war he went to the University of WA, then to Cambridge University (Clare College) where he studied economics and came under the influence of Professor Joan Robinson. He developed theories of economic growth in the Keynes-Robinson model. He became a lecturer at the University of Melbourne in the Commerce faculty and then when Don Cochrane was appointed foundation dean of the Faculty of Economics and Politics at Monash, Keith Frearson was one of his first appointments. He commenced as a foundation member of staff handling economics statistics. Monash became his life. He lived at Mannix College, and even after retirement retained an office in the faculty and continued to do some teaching and advise students. A brilliant teacher, he had the ability to convey the essence of economic or statistical concepts in an entertaining style. He cared deeply for his students, taking an interest in their broader education and development, often offering critical comments as well as advice. He was also well known among economics teachers. He not only had taught most of them, but was also chief examiner for school economics for many years and would regularly give lectures to school students, and help teachers. When he formally retired from Monash, economics teachers gave him a special farewell dinner. Dress for that occasion was "football socks" as he only ever wore football socks. Even when acting dean of the faculty at Monash, he was noted in the press for wearing a dinner suit but with highly visible red and white football socks. A man with a ready wit and sense of fun, he lived life to the full, and many are the stories told of his repartee, his antics and often outrageous behaviour. The Notting Hill Pub became his second home. He became one of the most well-known figures at Monash University and generations of students benefited from his teaching and enjoyed his humour. He even conducted extra tutorials for footballers to help them get through. A keen football fan for many years, he was South Melbourne Football Club No 1 ticket holder, taking a keen interest in the club and its players. After the switch of South Melbourne to Sydney, he concentrated his football efforts on Monash - and so blue and white socks now took over. While at Monash he was one of the founders of the Monash Football Club (1961), serving as its president many times, and for years attended to much of the routine hard grind - getting dressing rooms ready, attending to drinks and bandages for players, always having soft drinks and lollies for them, attending to the umpires and making sure the Association requirements were met. He was active with the club until his death. He was also a strong supporter of the Sports Union. A large funeral was held at the Monash Religious Centre on 8 February 2000, at which a packed service heard readings from Sister Monica SGS from Mannix College, Adrian Barker (Football Club), Professor Lachlan McGregor (a close friend from his Economics department days) and Eileen Lane, his sister who came from Perth. Reflections on his life were given by his brother Don Frearson, the former dean of Faculty of Economics and Politics Professor W. Angus Sinclair, and from the Monash Football Club - Dr Peter Longley, who was an early captain, and Brian Ford, a former coach. After the service a celebration was held on the Main Oval. The large crowd included former Monash staff, many ex-students, footballers from the old South Melbourne and generations of Monash players, current people from the football club and the VAFA, business leaders, economics teachers and family and friends. A man of remarkable generosity, he did not believe in possessions for himself, and was always giving away his money to needy students ("short term liquidity deficit"), to footballers, to the football club and at one stage gave the Monash Sports Union a much needed trailer. An inspiring personality, he was a much loved figure and Monash legend. He will be greatly missed. - Alan Gregory |
New offer includes 11.4% pay riseIn an attempt to conclude enterprise bargaining negotiations as quickly as possible, Monash University has made a revised offer to the NTEU, in the form of a complete draft agreement to apply for the next three years. The offer includes salary increases of more than 11.4% compounded over the life of the agreement, up from the 10.3% included in the Council approved Budget for 2000-2002. Specific matters of concern to the NTEU, which were raised prior to the industrial action from 2 December which interrupted negotiations, have also been addressed in the new offer. These relate to:
According to vice-chancellor Professor David Robinson, the negotiations over the draft agreement may take a little time, but the university is determined to reach agreement as soon as possible. "This draft agreement reflects the desire of the university to deal fairly and openly with staff, to address the NTEU's expressed concerns and to facilitate the rapid progress of the negotiations," he said. "I hope that we can announce the conclusion of EB negotiations in the very near future. The new draft agreement can be accessed by all staff at www.monash.edu.au/entbarg/ |
Monash and the Melbourne Fashion FestivalMonash's Art and Design faculty, in conjunction with the Melbourne Fashion Festival, will exhibit 12 large-scale photographs of leading Australian fashion designers. The featured designers represent a diverse mix of the Melbourne fashion scene. Included in the exhibition are the faces behind the fashion labels Princess Highway, S!X, Vixen, Chiodo, Roy, Ellin Ambe, Square, Perri Cutten, Christopher Graf, Victoria Loftes, Saba and T. L. Wood. Each designer has been photographed in a scene reflective of their individual style, creativity and vision. Facilitated by the Department of Design, this exhibition is based upon the annual calendar produced by graphic design students as a professional marketing project. The exhibition opening is on Thursday 17 February, from 6 pm to 8 pm, at the Faculty Gallery, Faculty of Art and Design Building, Caulfield campus. It runs until Saturday 11 March. The Faculty Gallery is open Mondays to Fridays, 11 am to 5 pm; Saturdays, 2 pm to 5 pm; closed Sunday and public holidays. |
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