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UNSW Medicine Newsletter - 2 July 2009
General News
Research News
Student Administration News
IT News
Current Events & News Stories
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Faculty of Medicine - Branding Guidelines
The UNSW branding guidelines are currently under re-development. However, interim Faculty branding guidelines have been developed by the UNSW Marketing Services in consultation with the Faculty. These guidelines are available to view and download, along with Faculty logos, on the our website. To access these you will need to login with your Staff ID and UniPass - access here
Presentation Skills for NESB Lecturers
This course for University lecturers from a non-English speaking background (NESB) is being conducted by the UNSW Institute of Languages.
Dates of next course: 22nd July – 23 September 2009
Location: Square House, Room 217
Every Wednesday from 12:00pm – 14:00pm
The course will cover:
- Language skills needed to be able to create and maintain a good communication between lecturers and their students.
- Techniques to encourage student participation in lectures, how to deal with questions, getting feedback from students etc.
- Pronunciation – the correct formation of sounds in English and the use of stress, intonation and pacing. Emphasis is given to getting the ‘message’ across in a clear way which is easily accessible to students.
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Research News |
Swine Flu Survey - perceptions & attitudes
Researchers at the School of Public Health and Community Medicine are undertaking a survey on the perceptions and attitudes of UNSW staff and students towards the 2009 Swine Flu pandemic.
This survey only takes a few minutes to complete and participation is voluntary. A $500 cash prize will be won by one lucky participant who submits a completed questionnaire. The winner will be selected at random by the Institutional Analysis and Reporting Office. To be eligible for the prize, please enter your staff or student number at the end of the questionnaire.
Staff/student numbers and email addresses will be removed from the survey data, so there is no way of connecting the respondent to an individual survey. We will assume that you consent to participating in the study, if you complete a survey.
The following researchers are involved with the study: Dr Holly Seale (SPHCM), Professor Raina MacIntyre (SPHCM), Dr Jacinta Crimmins (University Health Service), Associate Professor Mary-Louise McLaws (SPHCM) and Miss Debbie Van (Faculty of Medicine). The study is being undertaken as part of an independent learning project.
If you would like further information, or you have concerns about the conduct of the study, please phone and discuss them with Dr Holly Seale (lead investigator) on (02) 9385 3129. If staff have concerns please contact the Ethics Secretariat, The University of New South Wales, on (02) 9385 4234 or by email: ethics.sec@unsw.edu.au.
Link to Survey: Now closed
Biological Resources Update
Reduced Boarding Rates for internal users
- Mice $6.00 per week, per box
- Rats $10.00 per week, per box
Effective immediately. June boarding will be charged at the new rate. There are currently no plans to alter charges for external users.
Balb/c nude mice – available for immediate use. Demand is heavy in the next few months and supplies cannot be guaranteed. Please consider bringing forward you research.
For further information contact our Office: 9385 8456 Fax: 9385 8457 or email
Cardiovascular Research Network - Research and Facilities Audit
The Cardiovascular Research Network (CVRN) have as members, representatives of all the major Institutions within the state. However, it has been discovered that their researchers are not familiar with what is happening in research areas and institutions outside of their home team.
To address this a research and facilities audit is being established so that researchers have a one-stop shop where they can access this information. The CVRN is hoping to set up a primary database on the Heart Foundation website so that everyone can have a central point of contact.
The Faculty is facilitating this process by disseminating information about the audit and introducing the people involved who may contact you. The CVRN have asked to link to the Faculty's Research Interests section on our website. The three people involved are Kristina Cabala, Director of CVRN; the contracted project manager, Tracey Edinburg from ReSQ Clinical Research Pty Ltd, or her assistant, Sandra Schwartz.
If you have any questions or would like to discuss any aspect of this project please contact: Kristina Cabala Director, NSW Cardiovascular Research Network, Tel: (02) 9219 2407
CVRN background
The Cardiovascular Research Network (CVRN) was established a couple of years ago with the goals of:
- Increasing the amount of cardiovascular research funding in NSW
- Increasing NSW's share of cardiovascular research funding across Australia
- Increasing the number of cardiovascular researchers in NSW
- Increasing collaboration amongst cardiovascular researchers within NSW
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Student Administration News |
Volunteer Interviewers needed
Selecting medical students is critical to our Faculty and obviously also to the community. The interview is an important component and, to ensure we select the highest quality applicants, we need to conduct over 500 interviews.
We have many Faculty members already involved, but we still require additional interviewers with the following background:
- Faculty members (both doctors and non-doctors),
- Non-Faculty members (does not have affiliation with Faculty of Medicine, UNSW)
- People with rural background (ie. grew up in rural areas or have strong affiliation with rural community)
The interviews will be held from Wednesday 18 to Wednesday 25 November. Interviewer training will be provided in July at the Kensington campus. We ask that new interviewers attend two sessions.
Interviewer training for new interviewers
(New interviewers are required to attend both training sessions) | Tue Sep 1 (5.30-8.00) & Thu Sep 3 (5.30-8.00) |
Refresher training for existing interviewers
(Only one session to be attended) | Thu Sep 10 (12.00-2.00) OR Thu Sep 10 (5.30-7.30) |
| Main round of interviews (local interviews) | Wed Nov 18 to Wed Nov 25 |
| Late round of interviews | Wed Jan 6 & Thu Jan 7, 2010 |
| Final round of interviews (interstate students) | Mon Jan 25, 2010 |
(If you are also involved with the Rural Entry interviews, please note that their main round of interviews will remain at Monday September 28 to Friday October 2.)
If you are interested in assisting this year and can commit to at least one half day session in November (or if you can recommend someone with rural background or non-faculty), please contact Petrina Choong at .
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IT News |
Updated Request Form to Connect personal mobile devices to Exchange Server
Amended Request Form: Connect Personal Mobile to Exchange Server
The initial form may have implied that personal BlackBerrys could not connect at all, which is not correct. They can connect to Exchange for email only.
To access the full BlackBerry (BES) Calendaring and Address Book functions at UNSW, you may either arrange with your manager to have your mobile number ported to the University’s corporate account (incurs licence costs) OR make private arrangements for connection to your telecommunication vendor’s BlackBerry Internet service (BIS).
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Current Events & News Stories |
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Also see: UNSW Events
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Latest Faculty News Stories
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Keep in touch with faculty news and events on our website. If you have an upcoming event or story please submit it for display.
http://www.med.unsw.edu.au/medweb.nsf/page/News+and+Events (Staff ID and UniPass required to submit)
If you have any research in press, which would be of interest to a general audience, please contact Steve Offner in the Media unit at UNSW on 9385 8107 or
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