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The first educational program under the Monash-ABC joint venture is set to go to air next month.
'Money Markets', the first in an ongoing series planned under the Monash-ABC alliance, will be broadcast at 2.30 pm on 11 September.
At the same time, the program will be available on-line through the ABC's website, one of Australia's most visited sites, which will act as a global gateway to Monash's comprehensive network of learning and teaching resources.
The content - targeted to an adult audience interested in business and investment - has been developed by academics from Monash's Business & Economics faculty and produced by staff from Radio National and Radio Australia, with support from Monash Arts faculty staff.
Project coordinator at Monash Ms Di James, from the Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic and Planning), said the new series would be broadcast in English to an Australian audience through Radio National and to Asian-Pacific areas via short-wave through Radio Australia.
And, in a further development, Ms James said the joint venture had been extended to include a trial re-broadcast service across free-to-air stations in North America.
World Radio Network, a London-based international broadcast supplier with free-to-air stations worldwide, has entered an agreement with the Monash-ABC alliance to undertake the North American trial.
Ms James said the North American initiative, set to go to air shortly, paved the way for new educational markets for Monash within that region.
"Broadcasts will start with the 'Wish You Were Here' tourism program produced for Open Learning Australia by the ABC and Monash's National Centre for Australian Studies," she said. "This will be followed by the 'Money Markets' program.
"The ABC will 'top and tail' both programs to include information on the website links and to encourage follow-up visits to the ABC site, as well as to Monash's extensive websites and on-line resources."
Ms James said discussions were under way to explore opportunities to further develop educational products with the ABC and to consider options for more collaborative projects.
These include:
* digital and other access to the ABC's extensive archives for students and staff;
* options for virtual library developments at Monash; and
* further broadcasts of Monash-produced educational programs to both Asia and North America.
Ms James said the ABC-Monash venture provided opportunities for Monash to capitalise on global broadcast technologies, including the World Wide Web, to both market and deliver broad-based flexible learning services.
Special needs teacher Ms Jane Dadge of Leongatha in Gippsland has been named Victoria's Primary Teacher of the Year in the 1998 Herald Sun-Monash University Teacher of the Year Awards.
Ms Dadge, a teacher in the Baringa Special School Annex, received the award for her outstanding contribution to helping special needs children in South Gippsland.
The annual awards were presented last Thursday at a gala function in Melbourne, attended by representatives of Victoria's primary and secondary school sector, as well as Monash staff, including deputy vice-chancellor (Academic & Planning) Professor Alan Lindsay.
Awards were presented in another seven categories:
Bulgarian artist Bagryana Popov will be special guest conductor in the upcoming
winter program of Monash's Making Music Series next Friday and Saturday (28
and 29 August) at the Clayton campus.
The program, 'Blest Aires and Kings', features works including Handel's Queen of Sheba, Rutter's Gaelic Blessing and Mozart's Coronation Mass and celebrates divine rights of kingship throughout the ages and its link with society's quest for good governance.
Conducted by Popov and Monash's Andre de Quadros, the program features Monash Sinfonia, VIVA VOCE and the Monash Women's Choir.
Popov, currently undertaking an artist-in-residency at Monash, has worked with the Monash Women's Choir to achieve a full-bodied, rich and distinctive sound, heavily influenced by a traditional Bulgarian style known as 'calling voice'.
"The result is a uniquely warm, rich and resonant sound within a class of its own," says Monash's concert manager, Mr Larry Boyd.
"Bulgarian music has a deep, harmonious and almost folk-like quality which is as rhythmic and alluring as Turkish and Greek music," he said.
Tickets cost $15 ($12 concession) and are available from the Monash Box Office on extn 51111.
In full voice: The Monash Women's Choir prepare for 'Blest Aires and Kings'.
CAULFIELD - A forum examining the role and scope of special consideration at Monash will be held at the university's Caulfield campus on 1 September. The forum, chaired by Caulfield campus director Mr John White, will include a panel of senior academic and administrative staff from Community Services and representatives from the Student Union at Caulfield. The two-hour initiative, which starts at 9 am in the Clayfield Room, A Block, is open to all staff and students. For further information, contact Michele Watson, student rights/education officer, Student Union, on extn 32596.
CLAYTON - Nominations for all positions on the Mature-age and Part-time Students Executive Committee opened yesterday (Tuesday, 18 August) and close at 12 noon on Tuesday, 8 September 1998. Nomination forms are available from the MAPS office, Clayton campus. For further information regarding the election, contact Dey Alexander, returning officer, on extn 53039.
CLAYTON - Dr Bob Griffiths, lecturer in the Department of Mathematics & Statistics, is leaving Monash after 25 years to take up a position at the University of Oxford. Friends and colleagues are invited to a farewell luncheon at the University Club, Clayton campus, at 1 pm on Wednesday 26 August. To RSVP and contribute to a gift, contact Lee Andrews on extn 54438 or Gertrude Nayak on extn 54437 by Friday 21 August.
GIPPSLAND - Mr Richard Winter, lecturer in management at the School of Business and Electronic Commerce, advises that the results of the Academic Work Environment Survey are now available for interested Monash staff. Survey respondents or others interested in viewing the results should contact Mr Winter by email at richard.winter@buseco.monash.edu.au
PENINSULA - Monash's English Language Centre (ELC) and Peninsula's School of Nursing are jointly hosting a group of nursing students from Tokyo's Musashino Red Cross Junior College of Nursing. During their month-long visit, the eight students will undertake a range of English language and nursing classes, as well as visit local healthcare services and tourist attractions. In their final week, the students will be paired with students from Monash's School of Nursing to attend lectures, tutorials and practical sessions. The head of the School of Nursing, Associate Professor Tony Barnett, and ELC study tours program manager Mr David Walton recently welcomed the students at a barbecue lunch and campus tour. The students have been accompanied to Australia by Dr Takahiro Sakai, the director of the Musashino Red Cross Hospital.
Monash has appointed American Express International as its primary preferred travel supplier, and Kistend Pty Ltd as its secondary authorised provider for appropriate Asian international travel.
The new arrangements are the result of a tender process recently completed by Monash's Travel Tender Committee for the provision of travel and travel-related services to the university.
Qantas Airways Limited is the preferred airline of both travel providers. The university has negotiated very attractive point-of-sale rebates for staff based on domestic and international market share arrangements. A postmaster notice will shortly notify staff of some of the details of the new arrangements.
The new contractual arrangements, which start on 1 September 1998, will run for a period of three years, subject to annual performance review.
The university's travel web site will be updated to reflect the new supplier arrangements.
For further information, contact the Travel Liaison Office on extn 56078 or fax 56033, or email the Travel Liaison manager on sally.addison@adm.monash.edu.au
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