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UWA 1911newsEstablishedUWAThe University of Western Australia5SEPTEMBER 2005 Volume 24 Number 13Build a houseby Lindy BrophyThe University is helping tohouse Sri Lankan families lefthomeless by the Boxing Daytsunami.The University of Western AustraliaInstitute for International Development(UWAIID) has been established and oneof its first projects is to join with twoRotary Clubs, one in Fremantle, theother in Colombo, to fund the building of35 houses in a new village in Sir Lanka’sdensely populated Galle region, south ofColombo.UWAIID and the Rotary clubs are inpartnership with the Mallika Nivasa Trustof Colombo, an established charitabletrust with a link to UWA throughProfessor Chari Pattiaratchi from theCentre for Water Research.Professor Paige Porter is the directorof UWAIID, which has three functions:aid, trade and research. A UWAIID TrustFund has been established to fund aidactivities.“UWAIID’s mission is to be a forumfor interdisciplinary research anddiscussion on key international issuesand global challenges; to be a site foreducation and training projects whichconnect UWA expertise to the needmake a differencefor capacity building in internationalcommunities; and to be a centre wherethe University concept of service –alongside teaching and research – isextended to the international community,”Professor Porter said.The Sri Lankan project has alreadybegun to build the first of 35 rammedearth and brick houses in a village of 400houses on a new site, further inland thanprevious villages, to protect them fromfuture tsunamis.The houses have been designed by alocal architect and are being built by localbuilders, under the supervision of localengineers.“By joining with local partners (theColombo Rotary and the Mallika Nivasatrust) and using local people to constructapproved projects we won’t run into anyof the problems experienced with aid thathave plagued the tsunami-affected regionsover the past several months,” ProfessorPorter said.“The money will go to the houses.”The houses can be built for AU$5,000each. They are made of rammed earthand brick on concrete foundations withterracotta tiled roofs. Each has twobedrooms, living room and kitchen withan outside bathroom and verandah. Theyare 530 square feet in size.The project has the approval of theRotary Australia World CommunityService (RAWCS), which ensures that ithas been carefully reviewed and meetsstringent RAWCS requirements, and thatthere is financial transparency and taxdeductibility for Australian donors.This project is one of few under way incontinued on page 2These houses can be built for $5,000 each

make a differencecontinued from page 1UWAnewsthe tsunami-affected area, due to bureaucratic hold ups and strikes by key people such assurveyors. Funds are needed now to enable the team to buy materials and pay labourersand the supervising engineer.Donations of $5,000 or more will be recognised with a plaque on a completed houseand a photo of the house, with an invitation to visit the family who will be housed there.“So we hope there will be quite a few houses with UWA plaques on them,” ProfessorPorter said.“We are hopeful that we will be able to make more contributions further down theline. For example, the local community has flagged a need for some children’s playgroundson the land now left vacant between the ocean and the new villages.”The Sri Lanka project is just one of UWAIID’s activities. One of the aid objectives isto develop procedures for facilitating staff participation in development projects, initiallyin health care (where there is interest from the Medical School), but eventually acrossall interested sections of the University. They could include areas such as agriculture,engineering, architecture, business, teaching, science and social work.The institute’s goals are to help support staff who may be providing aid assistance forshort periods of time in areas of need.Professor Porter encourages UWA staff to contribute to the UWAIID Trust Fund forthe Sri Lankan housing project. “This is a project where UWA can make a difference.”All donations are tax deductible. Please contact Professor Porter or Jean Andersenin Hackett Hall on 6488 3017 or 6488 7044. You can email paige.porter@uwa.edu.au orjandersen@admin.uwa.edu.au for information on UWAIID or how to make a donation.Answer toblindnessis in thebloodCause and effect: Brooke Longville with a vial of blood containing genes that are contributing to age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in theeye. The monitor in the background shows an image of the back of an eye affected by AMD. Photo courtesy Chris Barry, Lions Eye InstituteThousands of people are set to donate their blood to BrookeLongville.Brooke (pictured) doesn’t work for the blood bank – she will study the blood in thehope of finding an early detection to the most common blinding eye disease in Australia.Brooke, a researcher and PhD student at the Western Australian Institute for MedicalResearch’s Laboratory for Genetic Epidemiology, has embarked on a five-year trial at theLions Eye Institute to study the genetic makeup of 5,000 people with age-related maculardegeneration (AMD).The trial’s objective is to discover if there is an early genetic indicator of AMD, andthus be able to provide treatment for the disease. About 800,000 Australians are affectedby AMD, for which there is no cure.Brooke, whose PhD is supervised by Murdoch University, will study whole genomescans of her patients’ blood and also collect other data in her quest to find a geneticanswer to AMD, which causes 60 per cent of severe vision loss in people over the ageof 55.UWAnewsEDITOR/WRITERLindy BrophyTel: 6488 2436 Fax: 6488 1192Email: lindy.brophy@uwa.edu.auEDITOR-IN-CHIEFColin Campbell-FraserTel: 6488 2889 Fax: 6488 1020Designed, typeset and printedby UniPrint, UWAPlease note our new webaddressUWAnews online: http://uwanews.publishing.uwa.edu.au/THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA • 5 SEPTEMBER 2005

UWAnewsSmall animalsplay abig roleinmedicalresearchAnimal technician Kylie Goldstoneand Dr Malcolm Lawson, manager,Animal Facilities and Biosafety,with one of the rats which will berehoused at QEIIThe opening of a new biomedical researchfacility at QEII has signalled the phasing out ofthe old Small Animal Facility on campus.The 40-year-old facility will be gradually decommissioned untilthe new Shenton Park Facility is opened next year. Most of thecurrent small research animals housed on campus will be movedto the new facility in M block, for easy access by researchersfrom UWA, QEII and the Western Australian Institute of MedicalResearch (WAIMR).The new facility is a joint venture between UWA and WAIMRand was opened by Professor Alan Pettigrew, the Chief ExecutiveOfficer of the National Health and Medical Research Council(NHMRC).“This is a great day for biomedical research,” saidProfessor Peter Klinken, Director of WAIMR, as guestsincluding the Minister for Science, Dr Judy Edwards, gatheredat the opening.He said it had been nearly six years since WAIMR hadsubmitted an application to the NHMRC for a new small animalresearch facility. Funding of $3.3 million had been granted, aspart of nationwide $20 million medical research capital fundingprogram.Professor Klinken said the new facility would enable morerapid identification and testing of genes involved in humandiseases.Professor Pettigrew said it was essential to have “not onlyappropriate but excellent facilities …to maximise the productivityof the research effort. This bodes well for the future ofbiomedical research in WA.”Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation) ProfessorDoug McEachern said the new facility provided state-of-the-artanimal housing and equipment for testing of human diseases. “Akey feature is a new safer system of decontamination, using aportable high-pressure hydrogen peroxide unit, an Australian-firstin sanitation,” he said.The new facility is the first of three new biomedical researchfacilities includinga 3,000 squarem e t r e s m a l lanimal facility atthe Shenton ParkField Station. Thisfacility is beingbuilt to worldclass standardsand is due forcompletion nextyear.Professor PeterKlinken …“a great dayfor biomedicalresearch”THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA • 5 SEPTEMBER 2005

UWAnewsVice-Chancellor’scolumnRegulation ormicro-management?There appears to be astrong relationship of inverseproportion between thelevel of Federal Governmentregulation on universities andthe amount of governmentfunding.Over the past decade, thisis evidenced by a huge increase inregulatory requirements despite adecreasing proportion of fundingcoming from the public purse, anddespite a great deal of positive rhetoricassociated with the most recentreforms of federal Education MinisterBrendan Nelson.We have now reached a state whereit is easy to argue that the requirementson universities no longer operatewithin sensible levels of regulation, butrather are under de facto control ofpolitical micro-management – dictatinghow we should do everything fromemploying our staff to winding-upcertain courses. It is fast reaching thepoint where people quite rightly areasking whether the heavy burden ofcompliance is worth the funds on offer.T h i s r a n g e o f r e g u l a t o r yrequirements includes matters suchas achieving a complex system ofenrolments in discipline clusterswithin the Commonwealth GrantScheme (CGS); the tying of increasesin the CGS to industrial reformsand to governance; the developmentof discretionary schemes such asthe Capital Development Pool, theWorkplace Productivity ReformScheme and the Collaboration andStructural Reform Fund for whichapplications must be made; thedevelopment of performance-basedfunding schemes such as the ResearchQuality Framework and the Learningand Teaching Performance Fund;quality assurance associated with theAustralian Universities Quality Agency(AUQA); and now the need to seekpermission to cease teaching particularcourses.It is my firm belief that accountabilityfor the expenditure of public moneyshould be solely based on theachievement of outcomes and not onthe activities and processes within auniversity.Perhaps a more rational (and nonpolitical)approach would see theestablishment of an (independent)authority to negotiate a series ofoutcomes with each university inour system, say over a three yearcycle. These outcomes would reflectthe context and purpose of eachof the institutions. They would befunded accordingly and asked to reportannually on progress towards thoseoutcomes.In this way, institutions would bejudged on what they achieve, not howthey achieve it. As well, such a systemwould provide greater funding certaintyby doing away with the myriad offunding mechanisms through which theFederal Government seeks to regulate— or micro-manage — universities.Quality will always be important.The five yearly reviews by theAustralian Universities Quality Agency(AUQA) should be sufficient to assuregovernment that quality is beingachieved.Alan RobsonVice-ChancellorThescienceBetween a flock of sheepand tanks of marron, in aconverted shipping container,John Considine and TonyRobinson are tasting somewine.Who said the life of a wine-maker wasglamorous?There is little glamour and a lot of hardwork, but the staff and students from theSchool of Plant Biology who are involvedin the University’s viticulture program stillenjoy it.Only postgraduate students make winefor their course studies and researchprojects, but Professor John Considine,Professor of Horticulture and Viticulture,said the School was developing theProfessor John Considine and research officerTony Robinson put their professional palatesto workTHE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA • 5 SEPTEMBER 2005

UWAnewsbehind enjoymentHonours student Luke Hipper isinvestigating the effect on aroma ofusing different yeasts in making winecapacity for undergraduate students tolearn winemaking at UWA – specifically atthe Shenton Park field station (betweenthe sheep and the marron).Currently, undergraduate viticulturestudents have the option of spending ayear (second semester of second yearand first semester of third year) inAdelaide at the Waite Institute, to learnthe art and science of winemaking. Ninestudents have taken that option thisyear. From next year students will alsohave the choice of attending the newMargaret River Wine Centre run byCurtin University of Technology.The wine Professor Considine andTony Robinson are tasting is chardonnayfrom the ARC Linkage Evans & Tateproject.Tony, a project wine maker andproject manager for the group, was oneof the first graduates from the viticulturecourse. After working in wineries inNSW and NZ, he returned to workwith the chardonnay project. He has alsohelped with the winemaking activities forProfessor Considine’s graduate certificatein winemaking course.Another graduate who has beenworking on the viticulture and wineprojects is biochemist Haslett Grounds,son of UWA anatomist Professor MirandaGrounds.The group has an Australian ResearchCouncil Linkage grant with MargaretRiver winegrowers and makers, Evansand Tate Wines. The students have accessto 11 of their vineyards, as well as othervineyards around the state, from which tocollect data for their projects.PhD student Joanne Bennett is workingon a project looking at the ‘low yieldequals good wine’ myth.She is based at the Curtin UniversityWine campus in Margaret River so shecan study the capacity for different levelsof vegetative vigour to ripen varying croploads. She has made wines from both lowand high yielding vines with both low andhigh vegetative mass. Jo is currently at theanalytical stage.Honours student Luke Hipper isinvestigating, with the help of HoughtonWines, whether aroma compounds areinfluenced by yeasts.“I’m using five different yeasts and acontrol yeast in my winemaking study, andcomparing effects on yeast-derived aroma.I’m using ordinary chardonnay juice tomake the wines, but there is a differencein amino acid uptake by different yeasts,”he said.Professor Considine said UWA hadformed a wine research network withCurtin University and the Departmentof Agriculture WA. He indicated thatthere were a opportunities for staff ofother faculties to engage in wine-relatedresearch and that UWA’s strength inscience and engineering could lead tocreative ways of addressing the newchallenges being faced by wine industriesnationally and internationally.“This is the second biggestexperimental wine making activity inAustralia,” Professor Considine said.“And that’s testament to Tony’s fantasticinput. Only CSIRO makes more wines forresearch than we do.“We have made 102 individual wineswhich are now bottled and being sent tothe Australian Wine Research Institute inAdelaide for formal, blind sensory analysis.“When that is completed, we will run asensory analysis for local winemakers.”THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA • 5 SEPTEMBER 2005

UWA leadsHERDSA againBusiness School PhD graduateDr Tracey Dagger has won aninternational award for herresearch.Dr Dagger and supervisor A/Professor JillSweeney celebrate the awarding of her PhDUWAnewsThe Higher Education Research and DevelopmentSociety of Australasia (HERDSA) has again chosento elect a President from the University of WesternAustralia.Professor Shelda Debowski (pictured), Director of Organisationaland Staff Development Services(OSDS), was recently elected to thisprestigious role for a two year term. Her predecessor at OSDS,Professor Owen Hicks, also filled the HERDSA president role during histime at UWA.“The Society plays an important role in higher education,” saidProfessor Debowski. “It promotes research and development, with aparticular emphasis on learning, teaching and university development. Ithas more than 1,200 members, including university executive, teachers,researchers, academic developers and the many other people whosupport universities and their development.”“I am truly delighted to be in the role. Members come from morethan ten nations, so the Executive has a big responsibility to reflect theirinterests and provide the services they expect.” Professor Debowski saidthat the Society offered many benefits to members, including a journal,practitioner guides and regular updates.She identified several new goals for the Society to achieve during herterm as President. “HERDSA has introduced a very successful Fellowshipscheme which recognises outstanding university teachers. We wouldlike to include those in leadership roles in universities. We also hope toencourage a stronger higher education community that operates outsidediscipline areas or role boundaries. Our conference offers a wonderfulforum to achieve just that.”The coming year will be a busy time for Professor Debowski. Sheis also convenor of the 2006 HERDSA conference to be held at UWAin July next year. “I’m very fortunate to work with a highly committedexecutive and conference committee,” she said. “It makes the wholeexperience very rewarding.”Customer satisfaction for cancer patientsThe Emerald/EFMD OutstandingDoctoral Research Award (InternationalService Management) celebratesexcellence in research. The awards aresponsored by Emerald Group PublishingLimited, in association with the EuropeanFoundation for Management Development(EFMD). Submissions for the Award werereceived from Europe, America, AsiaPacific and the United Kingdom.Dr Dagger’s PhD examined howperceptions of service quality impact oncustomer satisfaction, the behaviouralintentions of customers, and their qualityof-lifeperceptions.“My research looked at theexperiences of cancer patients andtheir involvement with their healthcareproviders,” she said.“The most interesting finding of thestudy was that customers don’t evaluateservice quality in purely economic terms.THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA • 5 SEPTEMBER 2005That is, the service they receive alsoimpacts on their quality-of-life. We foundthat the quality of the interaction betweenthe service provider (doctors, nurses,administrative staff) and the customer;the clinic environment, the expertise ofthe staff, the health outcomes achieved,and the administration of the clinic cangreatly impact on the lives of patients”.Dr Dagger is now working with herPhD supervisor, Associate Professor JillSweeney, on several projects aimed atunderstanding customer participationin services and the impact time has onservice experiences.Dr Dagger was also joint winner inof the best paper award at the 2003Australian and New Zealand MarketingAcademy Conference (with A/ProfessorSweeney) and her thesis was nominatedfor a UWA award of distinction by hertwo international examiners.

Language skills lacedwith friendshipThe image of friendlyAustralians must sometimesseem like a myth to lonelyoverseas students.The Language and Cultural Exchange(LACE) program is trying to change this.Siri Barrett-Lennard, English Languageand Study Skills Adviser, said that after shetook up her position last year in StudentServices, she often had internationalpost-graduate students coming to see her“because they just wanted somebody totalk to.”She said the post-graduate researchstudents were often quite isolated, due tothe solitary nature of their work.“Even those doing coursework canbe isolated because local courseworkstudents often have so many outsidecommitments that they don’t necessarilyhave time to socialise with theinternational students,” Ms Barrett-Lennard said.Part of Ms Barrett-Lennard’s job isto help international students with theirspeaking skills. “Students used to bookindividual appointments with me topractice speaking, but I realised that didn’tnecessarily help them with interacting withother students or in groups,” she said.Some students told her that she wasthe only one they had spoken to all week.With comments from students like “SinceI came to Australia, I have become asilent person” and “It’s almost like I don’texist anymore” Ms Barrett-Lennard feltsomething more had to be done.So she applied for a Diversity InitiativesFund grant to set up an internationalfriendship project. This project, Languageand Cultural Exchange (LACE) was sosuccessful last semester that it’s on againthis semester.Participants took part in a barbecueat Matilda Bay, a tour of Winthrop Hall,including climbing up the tower, a walkingquiz across campus and a quiz nightfeaturing Asian food.She hopes the students who werehelped to make friends last semesterwill become leaders in this semester’sactivities.UWAnewsThere are between 80 and 100 newinternational postgraduate students whostart at UWA each semester; usuallyabout 250 a year.LACE activities will take place onTuesday afternoons, every fortnight,from September 6 until November 15.Postgraduate students and staff can signup at www.studentservices.uwa.edu.au/learning /lace or contact Siri Barrett-Lennard at sblennard@admin.uwa.edu.auor on 6488 2423 or 6488 1820.Husain Reshidi (Saudi Arabia) and JoannaYoon (L.ACE project assistant) enjoy the viewfrom Winthrop TowerDifferent cultures come together at abarbecue: Stanley Tingfu (China), RailiSimojoki (Australia), Wendy Young (Australia)and Esta Lestari (Indonesia)Green your workplaceEvery day in every office, classroom and workspace acrossUWA decisions are made that impact heavily on the state ofour environment.Should I put that old report in recycling or in general waste? Should I shut downmy computer while I’m at this afternoon’s two hour meeting? Is it up to me to reportthat dripping tap? Should I turn out the lights as I leave the meeting room? Do Ineed a hard copy of this document? These might seem like very small matters, butmultiplied by 4,000 staff and 16,000 students, these small factors become a very largeenvironmental footprint.This month, Environmental Services launches their Green Office Program.Beginning with the libraries and Facilities Management administration, ES will developGreen Office policies and procedures to meet the requirements of every officeon campus. Policies and procedures will be a series of practical measures aimed atreducing resource waste whilst maintaining departmental operational standards andminimising impacts on staff.If you and your department are concerned about the state of our environmentand want to be a part of the solution, ES would love to here from you. It will costyou nothing, the process is simple, and the rewards are enormous. To registeryour department’s interest in participating in the UWA Green Office Programme,please send an email to environ@admin.uwa.edu.au with your contact details anddepartment name.THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA • 5 SEPTEMBER 2005

UWAnewsThe new pool is the home to one of WA’s most successful water polo teamsThe new swimming pool at the School ofHuman Movement and Exercise Science canalready claim two successes.The pool itself is a model of environmental efficiency. Andit has become home to one of the State’s most successfulwater polo teams, members of which are now competing atinternational level.The Australian team competing in the World Junior (Under20) Water Polo Championships to be held in Buenos Airesnext month is made up of five (out of the total of 15) WesternAustralians, all of them either studying at UWA or playing for theUWA Torpedoes.UWA students Jamie Beadsworth (captain of the nationalteam) and Nick O’Halloran play for the Fremantle Mariners inthe National Water Polo League. Other national team membersare Mitchal Ainsworth, Brett McGhie and John Richards. The fiveyoung men are part of the most successful team to representWA at the Under 20 level, winning the last three NationalChampionships.The national squad will spend this week in Perth beforethey head to Europe, then South America for the WorldChampionships.They are achieving great things in their sport, after training in apool that is setting new standards for environmental excellence.Management of the three pools, including the new water polopool, which will be officially opened during EXPO on September18, is leading the way in supporting UWA’s environmental policyand Greenhouse Challenge program.School Manager Rod Robinson and Gordon Walsh, Manager,Environmental Services(Facilities Management),are delighted with the newhybrid heat pump systemof heating the water in thepools by extracting heat fromthe chilled water system oncampus. This supplies 85per cent of the pools’ heating needs, with the balance from gasboilers.“This means greenhouse gas emissions have been reduced bymore than 450 tonnes a year,” Mr Walsh said.“The School was keen to do even more, so they investigatednew thermal blankets for the pools, which will further reduceenergy for heating by 197,550 Megajoules annually and willreduce greenhouse emissions by a further 150 tonnes over thesame period,” he said.Mr Robinson said the new blankets were 4mm thick with afoam-like core sandwiched between vinyl. “They are reversiblewhich extends their lives, because they are affected by sun andbeing dragged over the lane ropes as they’re put on and off,” hesaid.The blankets are lighter and easier to move than the oldblankets, which is an advantage for pool staff. “It’s a pretty big jobto remove the blankets when the pools are needed, then replacethem, but the staff are happy to do it as it is such an excellentenergy-saver,” Mr Robinson said.The blankets also minimise evaporation from the pools, savingup to 550 kilolitres a year. And, as chlorine and other chemicalsare not being depleted by the sun, there is a saving in chemicalstoo.Rod Robinson (left) and Gordon Walsh check the thermalblankets’ wind skirtsTHE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA • 5 SEPTEMBER 2005

While staff flocked to join thenew University Club, they arestaying away from their ownsport and recreation centrein droves.David Phua, from UWA Sports, saidit was great that staff saw the excellentopportunity presented by the UniversityClub and rushed to join, but foundit disappointing that they didn’t havethe same enthusiasm for joining anassociation just a stone’s throw away,that looked after their physical wellbeing.“I think it’s good that so many peoplehave joined the University Club, but ourmission is to improve the quality ofpeople’s lives and, if only they would giveus a chance, and join both clubs, theycould see how they could get the mostout of their lives,” he said.Only four per cent of the totalmembership of the UWA SportsAssociation is made up of staff members.And just 4.5 per cent of the members ofthe Fitness Centre are staff.Members of the Sports Association(which costs just $45 a year) get 30 percent off Fitness Centre membership,25 per cent off all Recreate courses,20 per cent off shop purchases andphysiotherapy and 50 per cent off courthire.UWAnewsJoin this club andchange your lifeMembership of the Fitness Centre is$300 or a fortnightly direct debit of $13,which David says is less than half the costof a commercial fitness centre.Fitness Centre members can go to asmany sessions as they wish in aerobics,Body Combat, Body Pump, Fitbox, circuitclasses, Fat Burner and More with Floorclasses. These are run throughout theday, including lunchtime and after workinghours.“Our instructors are mostly studentswho are highly trained and accredited byinternational standards,” David said. “Bytraining and employing the students, weare helping them to add to their workand life experiences and keeping the costsdown for the members.”He said the newly-opened Watersportscomplex made the Fitness Centre morethan just a gym. “Now we can combinepaddling canoes or kayaks with otherexercise programs. We are very happyto design and run courses for schoolsor faculties or any groups of people oncampus, as long as the group has at least10 members.“We could combine a walk aroundMatilda Bay with a pilates or yoga classon the foreshore, or an aerobics orFitbox class with some paddling on thewater. We would love to hear fromgroups who would like us to arrange asingle session for them or a seven-weekcourse.”David said doing something physicalin a group together was a great teambuildingexercise. He encourages staff tovisit www.sport.uwa.edu.au to see what’savailable.Clare Taylor and Rhonda Haskell enjoy a Fat Burners’ sessiontwice a week, with trainer Paul Zinni. “It’s a great leveller,” saidClare. “Everybody is equal in the gym.” She said it helped to go tofitness classes with a partner or buddy, to ensure that you kept itup regularly.THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA • 5 SEPTEMBER 2005

10 UWAnewsm at t e r s of noteProfessor Doug McEachernPro Vice-Chancellor (Research & Innovation)The Research QualityFrameworkOne of the key issues facing Australian universities atthe moment is the development of the Research QualityFramework (RQF).In broad terms, the Federal Government funds research intwo ways. The first is through competitive processes run bynational research funding agencies such as the AustralianResearch Council or the National Health and MedicalResearch Council. There are quality drivers in the processesas peer review and competition drive excellence.The second way is through the block funding mechanism,driven by quantity measures of performance. Universities arefree to spend these block funds in whatever way they see fit.There are no separate mechanisms to assure the governmentthat quality drives the distribution of these block funds.But the Federal Government is committed to thedevelopment of a Research Quality Framework (RQF) to giveit that ability.At the moment, there is a debate over the design of the RQF.So far it has been agreed that the RQF will have at leasttwo central elements – the assessment of research quality(emphasizing the contribution of research to the generationof knowledge) and the broader impact of research on theeconomic, social, environmental and cultural benefit to thecommunity. The importance of research training is recognisedand somehow, this needs to form part of the RQF eventually.Although there is much debate over the design of themodel, some things are relatively clear. Research Qualitywill be assessed much as it is elsewhere: on the basis of worksubmitted to some form of peer and expert assessment,leading to ratings and rankings which can be used to distributefunding. At this time, there is no new money, and so the RQFwill simply move money around. However, an effective RQFprocess could be used to argue the case for more funding forresearch.The assessment of impact is more problematic. In somequarters there has been an attempt to extend the range ofthe assessment to include community outreach, technologytransfer commercialisation and community engagement. Forthe RQF to be effective, the focus must be on the impact ofactual research undertaken by the university in question.There is scope to consider the impact of applied research(high, medium, low) and to moderate accordingly anyscore for the intrinsic research quality. But the focus mustremain on research quality and provide valid internationalbenchmarking of that quality assessment.Based on an extensive report debated at the Academic Boardin 2003, UWA is running a research assessment exercise inwhich four items of research are being assessed for quality byexternal peer assessors.This will help the University position itself for whateverversion of the RQF is run in 2007. Through doing our ownassessment , we will be better placed to improve our data onresearch-active staff and the skills that are needed to presentthat data for external assessment.In part, the UWA process is a response to a need to finddrivers for research quality to supplement the quantity driverspresently used in the faculty funding model and which havehad an impact on the publication practices in the university.The rate of publication has increased but the citation impacthas declined. There is evidence that UWA researchers arepublishing more and that, at times, this research is appearingin less important journals than is compatible with the qualityof the research being produced.Hence, in addition to the research assessment exercise,there will be a small project looking at ways in which we canincrease the knowledge impact of the work that we do.Whichever way the debate goes, there will be an RQFexercise run in 2007. The emphasis on research quality isgoing to become the most important driver for researchfunding in Australia. With our research mission, we need tobe well placed to thrive in these new policy settings.THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA • 5 SEPTEMBER 2005

Sharifa Zuriah Aljeffri and DrDanielle Celemajer get to know eachother before the symposiumVoicesofmoderationSamina Yasmeen greets ProfessorAmin Saikal and Professor WilliamMaleyUWAnews 11Around the same time as Prime MinisterJohn Howard’s summit on Islam, thenew Centre for Muslim States andSocieties at UWA held its own inauguralsymposium.The Centre’s director, Dr Samina Yasmeen, gatheredinfluential academics to discuss perceptions of Islam,particularly relating to human rights issues.“Given that Islam is the second largest religion in theworld and that Muslims constitute nearly twenty percent of the world’s total population, it is essential toaddress these issues,” Dr Yasmeen said. “It is especiallyimportant as Muslims also form part of the Australiancultural mosaic.”Of the five speakers, two were non-Muslims. “Weneed to hear and promote a moderate voice both from within Islam and from people outsidethe religion,” she said. “That’s why I was so keen to get Professor William Maley and Dr DanielleCelemajer, both non-Muslims, to join the debate.”Professor Maley is Foundation Director of the Asia-Pacific College of Diplomacy, after teachingfor many years in the School of Politics at the Australian Defence Force Academy (Universityof New South Wales). He told the symposium that, within Muslim states, there was more of adialogue on justice rather than on human rights.“In Afghanistan, human rights haven’t improved,” he said. “In terms of the situation shifting, weneed to wait longer.”Dr Celemajer spoke from a Jewish woman’s perspective of Islam. “For a long time, peoplehave seen reality from different perspectives. On the one hand, there is everyday life and on theother, there is religion. We need to accept that, for Muslims, religion is part of everyday life.”Dr Celemajer is a fellow at the Australian Human Rights Centre and lecturer in Social Policy atthe University of Sydney. After completing a doctorate in political theory and international law inNew York, she initiated and directed an international project on religionand human rights.Professor Amin Saikal, Director of the Centre for Arab and IslamicStudies at the Australian National University, said that, within Islamthere was not a consensus. “Some Muslims are still hooked on amilitant interpretation and this has yet to be resolved by moderate elements,” he said.Sharifa Zuriah Aljeffri is an artist and a founding member of Sisters in Islam. She spoke aboutMuslim women’s rights.“Some Muslims have a false understanding of human rights and a misunderstanding of women’splace in society,” she said, and gave an example of a Muslim woman who was burned in a housefire in Saudi Arabia. She was not allowed to run out of the house because she hadn’t beenwearing the accepted traditional Muslim women’s head dress.A video link enabled Professor Akbar S Ahmed to join the symposium from Washington DCwhere he is the Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studiesand Professor of International Relations at AmericanUniversity.He talked about links between Muslim and non-Muslim people and said that academics needed tobecome more active.“Now we need to make sure that we get morestudents involved in our new Centre,” Dr Yasmeensaid, “so that the moderate voice will be heard.”The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Alan Robson,formally launched the new Centre at the Symposium atthe University Club.For information about the centre or upcomingevents, please contact Dr Yasmeen (6488 2278 orsyasmeen@cyllene.uwa.edu.au) or Wendy Chew (64882083 or wpychew@cyllene.uwa.edu.au)THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA • 5 SEPTEMBER 2005

12 UWAnewsPROMOTION BRIEFSBriefs provided by Elizabeth Hutchinson, Executive Officer, Promotions and TenureCommittee, Human ResourcesLECTURER TO SENIOR LECTURERDr Tanya Dalziell (School of Social and Cultural Studies)Dr Dalziell has made a significant, wide-ranging and enthusiastic contributionto teaching and course development both individually and collaboratively.Her teaching was recognised by a UWA Teaching Award in 2002 and hernomination for an Australian University Teaching Committee Award in 2004,for her work on the SmARTS program.Dr Dalziell’s work is known and admired in the intersecting fields of Australianstudies and Australian literary studies. Her book Settler Romances and theAustralian Girl was recently the joint recipient of the Walter McCrae RussellAward by the Association for the Study of Australian Literature (July 2005).She has been invited by Queen’s University, Canada to take up the position ofVisiting Scholar in November 2005.She has made significant service contributions to the University, the professionand the community.ASSOCIATE LECTURER TO LECTURERMr Brett Smith (School of Economics and Commerce)Mr Smith was promoted following a recommendation of the Promotionsand Tenure Committee in August 2005. Among his accomplishments are thefollowing:His research focuses are travel behaviour and discrete choice modelling,which have been enriched with knowledge in decision science, marketing andinformation systems. He has made a substantial contribution to teaching andcultivates a balanced relationship between this component of his work andscholarly achievement.NOTICESMEMBERS OF THE ACADEMIC STAFFCall for Nominations for Membership of theSenateA casual vacancy exists on Senate for a member of the academic staff,following the untimely death of Dr T I Quickenden. The unexpired period ofDr Quickenden’s term will be until March 2007.In terms of Section 8(1)(c) of the University Act, those eligible to vote and tostand for election to the Senate are persons who hold an on going or fixedterm appointment as an academic staff member. In accordance with a priorSenate resolution the following are also included: the University Librarian,the Director of the Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis, and the Sub-Deans (or equivalent) of the Faculties of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences,Economics and Commerce, Engineering, Computing and Mathematics, andLife and Physical Sciences. Deans of faculties will also be eligible to vote in theelection but not to stand as candidates.In accordance with the provisions of Statute 25 nominations are now invitedand should be submitted on the Nomination Form which appears on theweb http://www.secretariat.uwa.edu.au/home/senate/electionform to arriveno earlier than 13 September 2005 and no later than 27 September 2005.The completed form should be accompanied by a “Candidate’s Statement”not exceeding one side of A4 paper, which includes a short biography and abrief summary of the reasons for seeking Senate membership. This statementmust be submitted in final form ready for reprography. The Registrar’s Officeaccepts no responsibility for the editing of statements.If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact me.JACKIE MASSEYUniversity SecretarySchool of Civil and Resource EngineeringDr George Hondros Memorial LectureTo be delivered byHis Excellency, Lieutenant General Dr John M Sanderson, ACGovernor of Western AustraliaThis 24th annual memorial lecture honours Dr George Hondros, a seniormember of the staff of the Department of Civil Engineering. The lectureis always given by experts in the field of structural or civil engineering. HisExcellency, the Governor’s lecture isEngineering for Peace in CambodiaWednesday 7 September 5.30 for 6pmTheatre Auditorium, The University ClubPlease RSVP to Jane on 6488 3072 TODAY Monday September 5School of Primary, Aboriginal and Rural Health CareAnnual Emergency Medicine ResearchSymposiumWednesday September 21 from 9am to 12.30pmWAIMR Lecture Theatre, ground floor, B block, QEII MedicalCentreTopics include:• Hospital occupancy and mortality: a new imperative for patient safety• Emergency Medicine in Papua New Guinea (Guest speaker Chris Curry)• Evidence of drink-spiking cases presenting to hospital emergencydepartmentsMorning tea and lunch are provided. Everybody is welcomeFor more information please call Dr Ann-Maree Lynch on 9346 1886 or atann-maree.lunch@health.wa.gov.auAll notices, classified ads and redundant equipment cannow be sent to our email address:staffads@uwa.edu.auEvents are now available on the Web athttp://events.uwa.edu.auPlease call Maryvonne Bestel in Public Affairs on6488 1900 or Lindy Brophy, editor UWANewson 6488 2436 if you have any queries.Hollywood Primary NoticeReady for school in 2006Hollywood Primary School is now taking enrolments for children fromkindergarten (four years old) to Year Seven, for 2006.This primary school is no longer restricted by zoning, and is convenientlysituated for UWA staff working on the Crawley campus, the Nedlands campusand QEII Medical Centre.The school has an excellent academic program, a swimming pool, canteen,choir, and mentor system. 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14 UWAnewsNOTICES continuedSt. Petersburg, Fin de SiècleDr Mark EdeleNotice of Repeat LectureDue to overwhelming demand, we have scheduled a repeat of Mark Edele’slecture held on 10 August. The repeat lecture will take place onWednesday, 14 September at 6.30pmSocial Sciences Lecture Theatre, UWASt. Petersburg at around 1900 was a city in upheaval. Gogol’s rather sleepycity of civil servants had become a bustling industrial metropolis. Formerpeasants and new proletarians crowded the working-class districts at thecity’s outskirts and the slums around ‘Haymarket’ in the very centre, just offNevskii prospect. Like the emerging middle class and the increasing numberof professionals, their experience no longer conformed to the old waysof describing social identity and social experience in Tsarist Russia. As oldidentities became fluid and new identities were not yet fixed, the search formeaning and self-definition became paramount.Professor Dorothy J. SolingerPolitical Science, School of Social Sciences, University of California, IrvineThe New Underclass in Chinaand its ManagementWednesday, 5 October 2005 at 6pmGeography Lecture Theatre 1, UWAAmong the most portentous of the challenges confronting the ChineseCommunist Party in the early years of the century is a new underclasswithin the municipalities. The members of this inchoate, largely unmobilizedhorde are one-time workers, lately let go from their jobs; underpaid and unprivilegedmigrant laborers from the countryside, and any others who haverecently fallen into penury. But a paradox at the heart of this threat is that itis the Party’s policies themselves that, sometimes inadvertently, sometimesintentionally, have been the begetters of this particular bogeyman that now sohaunts the nation’s ruling elite. This perceived menace in turn, has driven theleaders to devise solutions that, for the most part, have tamed and temperedthe dangers these politicians so fear.Brenda NiallWalking upon Ashes:the footsteps of a modern biographerThursday, 17 November 2005 at 6.30pmUniversity Club Theatre Auditorium, UWAThe lecture title comes from Samuel Johnson, as he contemplates thedifficulties of writing the life of Addison, whose lifetime, very briefly, touchedJohnsons own. As the process of writing these narratives (The Lives of thePoets) is now bringing me among my contemporaries, I begin to feel myselfwalking upon ashes under which the fire is not extinguished, and coming tothe time of which it will be proper rather to say nothing that is false ratherthan everything that is true. This paper will discuss the ways in which amodern biographer, working close to her own time, must try to resolve theproblems Johnson discerned.Brenda Niall is one of the very few writers to be awarded an AO (Orderof Australia). In June 2004 she was honoured for “services to Australianliterature, as academic, biographer and literary critic”.School of Earth and Geographical SciencesProfessor Brian ChalkleyDirector, National Subject Centre for Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences,University of Plymouth, UKRecent Developments in Learning and Teachingin UK Higher Education: Some Comparisonswith AustraliaMonday, September 12, 2005, 4.00pmUniversity Club, Seminar Room 1This session highlights some major new developments in higher educationin the UK (e.g. variable tuition fees, teaching only universities, measures toprofessionalise Higher Education teaching, new curriculum priorities, etc.).It will also provide the basis for a discussion about current similarities anddifferences between the UK and Australia. Professor Chalkley is visitingUWA under the Distinguished Visiting Teacher Scheme.For information contact Dr Matthew Tonts: mtonts@cyllene.uwa.edu.au oron 6488 7392UPCOMING “INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED STUDIES” EVENTSThe 2005 Grace Vaughan Memorial LectureDr Helen CaldicottThe Medical Implications of the Nuclear AgeFriday, 9 September 2005 at 6.15pmUniversity Club Theatre AuditoriumThis public lecture addresses the New Nuclear Danger.Helen Caldicott outlines how we arrived at a more dangerous place afterthe end of the Cold War, and why the New Nuclear Danger is the singlegreatest threat to the world’s public health, namely the profound medical,environmental, political and moral consequences of perpetuating nuclearweapons, power and waste.David SadleirFormer Australian Ambassador to The People’s Republic of China (1988 to 1991)The Waking Dragon:Rampant, Restless or Reasonable?China and its Neighbours in a New CenturyFriday, 30 September 2005 at 6pmUniversity Club Theatre Auditorium, UWAMr David Sadleir AO, a graduate of The University of Western Australia andformer Australian Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China, is ideallypositioned to comment on relations between China and its neighbours.Wednesday 14 September 2005 at 7:30pmLibrary Meeting Room, Ground Floor,Reid Library BuildingFiona CroweDead men talkingwhat the dead of Isola Sacra have to say about the prosand cons of cold water swimming and weight bearingexerciseIsola Sacra is a picturesque Roman period cemetery lying between the ancientharbour towns of Portus and Ostia. The 2000 skeletons recovered from thesite to date provide an unparalleled opportunity to understand some of theways in which diet and exercise affected the lives of past populations. Thisillustrated lecture will provide a snapshot of the people who once lived inone of the greatest cultural melting pots of the ancient world.Fiona Crowe has returned from doctoral studies at Cambridge Universitywhere her research focused on the skeletal record of Isola Sacra. She is anhonorary fellow of the National Museum of Prehistory and Ethnography inRome and Head of St Catherine’s College, UWA.We’ve changed our addressLike to read UWAnews on line? The URL has been changed, so pleaseadd the new address to your list of favourites. 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16 UWAnewsObituary forDr Terry QuickendenFrom forensic chemistry to Ali GIt was with great sadness and surprise we learntthat Dr Terry Quickenden had passed awaypeacefully in his sleep on July 24.Terry had not been ill and in fact he had shown every sign ofgood health, telling everyone when asked that he intended tokeep working till he was 88 (Deo Volente).Terry completed his BSc, MSc with Honours and PhD atthe University of Canterbury in New Zealand. After a brieftime at The University of Queensland he was appointed to theChemistry staff at UWA in 1971. His first appointment was as aSenior Tutor. In those days this position was a separate categoryand promotion to Lecturer was not possible. Terry set aboutchanging this and one of his early successes for staff welfare wasthe reclassification of Senior Tutor into the Lecturer A positionwe know now.Terry believed in the tripartite nature of an academic position:teaching, research and service. He was passionate about eachcomponent. Students enjoyed Terry’s lectures, respected hisenthusiasm for teaching and noted he was always prepared tospend extra time with those having difficulties.Terry never shirked any teaching assigned but he particularlyloved First Year Medical Chemistry. He used to tell these studentsone of their highest duties would be taking care of their teachersin their old age! His rapport with these students was such thathe was always asked to play a starring role in their end of yearvideo for the annual Medicine dinner. Seeing Terry on James Ovaldressed as Ali G will be a lasting memory.On the research side Terry was an effective, caring mentor.Eighteen PhD, one MSc and 38 BSc(Hons) students havegraduated under his guidance. All have gone on to outstandingcareers in academia and industry. At the time of his death, fourPhD students were under his care.by his friend and colleagueDr Allan McKinley Chair, Discipline of ChemistryTerry Quickenden: a kind and erudite life(4 March 1939 – 24 July 2005)Terry believed strongly in conducting curiosity-drivenresearch. He believed an essential part of an academic post wasthe ability to pursue one’s research interests even if these wereunfashionable.Much of his research work has involved luminescence in areasranging from bioluminescence of yeasts, the luminol reaction andluminescence in irradiated liquid water and ice. The applicationof these studies lead him to an interest in forensic chemistry (luminol chemiluminescence is the standard test for blood at acrime scene) and interstellar chemistry ( reactions of oxygencontaining species on the icy surfaces of outer solar systembodies).However his group was also interested in electrochemistryand alternative energy research (including cold fusion) as well ascounter-terrorism and chemical archaeology.Terry’s service contribution was equally impressive. Hewas one of the longer serving members of the UniversitySenate, a member of the Academic Board and past member ofthe Academic Council. He had been a member of most subcommitteesof the Senate and the Academic Board. On Senatehe was an elected staff representative and in this role he alwaysspoke out for staff and student welfare. Many have described himto me as the conscience of the University. He opposed increasingstudent fees and always supported improving the lot of staff. Hebelieved that UWA should be a strong, high quality institution,free from the whims of Government intervention and open to all,selection being made purely on the basis of academic merit.His views were not always conventional in these matters. I amtold he suggested to the Vice Chancellor that UWA purchase alocal sporting team as a vehicle to enhance our public profile.Terry was a long time member and past President of the UWAAcademic Staff Association and FAUSA. In these roles he helpedmany staff. Even recently he would be visited by staff membersand students for advice on how to resolve issues.Nationally he played a key role on improving safety in chemicallaboratories. In particular he was instrumental in improvingventilation in laboratories. As a member of the AustralianStandards Committee controlling fume cupboard design andoperation he improved the working conditions of all chemists inAustralia.As a man Terry was generous, kind and inclusive. He was astrict vegetarian but respected others’ choices even to the pointof sending out for a meat dish at his home when he entertainedjust so everyone could have the most enjoyable meal possible.He enjoyed entertaining. He would invite out all new membersof staff in Chemistry and most of our visitors to dine withhim. Living alone it was often more convenient to go to localrestaurants and he was particularly fond of Indian cuisine. He wasalso very interested in other cultures and mores. He was verywell read and enjoyed discussions about religious and philosophicideas.Terry will be sorely missed by his colleagues in Chemistry andthose at UWA. Vale Terry.UniPrint 40886THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA • 5 SEPTEMBER 2005