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UNSW Medicine Newsletter - 6 October 2010
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ALTC Teaching Excellence Award - Dr Gary Velan
Associate Professor Gary Velan has been honoured by the Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC) through the award of a 2010 Australian Award for University Teaching.
The award will be presented by Senator The Hon Christopher Evans, Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs, and Workplace Relations at a ceremony to be held at Parliament House, Canberra, on Tuesday 16 November 2010.
Congratulations to Associate Professor Velan on his success in being acknowledged for leadership, excellence and innovation in learning and teaching in higher education.
Reminder - nomination for Dean’s Awards 2010
A Reminder that nominations are now requested for the Dean’s Awards for 2010. The categories are:
- Dean’s Award: To acknowledge and salute outstanding achievements by academic staff in the Faculty of Medicine
- Dean’s List: To acknowledge the achievements of undergraduate and postgraduate students in the Faculty of Medicine who have made a significant contribution to teaching, research or community activity.
- Dean’s Rising Star Award: To acknowledge achievements of post doctoral and early career scientists within the Faculty of Medicine who have made significant contributions to research.
There are three new categories:
- Dean’s Award for Professional and Technical Staff: To acknowledge achievements of professional and technical staff in the Faculty of Medicine who have made a significant contribution to the Faculty.
- Dean’s Award for Lifetime Achievement - Academic Staff: To acknowledge the lifetime achievements of Academic staff in the Faculty of Medicine who have made a significant contribution to the Faculty.
- Dean’s Award for Lifetime Achievement – Professional and Technical Staff: To acknowledge the lifetime achievements of Professional and Technical staff in the Faculty of Medicine who have made a significant contribution to the Faculty.
Policy documents and nomination forms are available at: http://www.med.unsw.edu.au/medweb.nsf/page/deansawards
The closing date for nominations is 28 October 2010 - please complete the nomination form and send to Wendy Wartho at w.wartho@unsw.edu.au. At the beginning of November, nominations will be reviewed by an executive committee comprising the Senior Associate Dean, Associate Dean Research, Associate Dean of Teaching and the Presiding Member who will make appropriate recommendations to the Dean.
The Awards will be made at the end of November, date and venue to be announced in due course.
For any enquiries please contact Prof Denis Wakefield.
Students urged to ‘blow so they know’
The largest lung screening initiative ever undertaken in Australia will take place throughout Australia from the 4 -15 October and on campus at UNSW on 12 and 13 October 2010, coinciding with Global Test Your Lungs Day (14 October) and the Year of the Lung.
Aiming to test the lung health of at least 50,000 Australians aged 18 years and over the Lung Census will test the lung health of Australians with regard to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) – a condition commonly referred to as chronic bronchitis or emphysema.
The Lung Census is a joint initiative of The Australian Lung Foundation, the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, the Improvement Foundation, and MediMark International.
Read the full story here (PDF).
For further information about the Lung Census please contact Stacey Pinchbeck at Ethical Strategies on (02) 8904 7350.
Interesting web link
Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE). JoVE is a peer reviewed, PubMed indexed journal devoted to the publication of biological research in a video format.
Website: http://www.jove.com/
Got something to share? If you know of a great website that you would like to share let me know () - preferably non-commercial.
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Keep up with Finance News
There is a new way to keep up with all the latest news from Finance via a news feed on the Finance website (www.fin.unsw.edu.au)
The news Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feed allows anyone who subscribes to have news delivered into a dedicated RSS email inbox which does not interfere with your normal email inbox.
After subscribing you will no longer need to check the website for news but instead the latest content will automatically be sent to you. You can choose when you check it and read the stories that are relevant to you.
The decision to introduce RSS was made following feedback from customers who wanted to be informed when there was a new story on the Finance website but did not want to keep checking it.
The benefit of the RSS feed is that you can quickly check to see if anything is new without having to visit the site.
There are several different options on how to subscribe, which only take a couple of minutes. These are outlined here http://www.fin.unsw.edu.au/News/rss/rssfeeds.html
If you have any queries contact financeservice@unsw.edu.au
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