Ahoy there Postgrads!
First of all I hope that you have all blanked out tomorrow (Thursday 7th of March) between 5-6pm to come to the Uni Club for Connect. Free drinks and snacks, meeting fellow postgrads, how could you say no? This month I will be there, meeting you all, shaking some hands, selling some PSA t-shirts, giving out PSA stickers, hopefully not kissing babies.....that would be weird.
In other PSA news (because we have a bit), Round 1 of PSA awards and grants are open. Please read the guidelines, and fill in the forms carefully when you apply because failure to fulfil any of the guidelines will mean that you application will be immediately rejected. This is very hard lined, but we need the application to be uniform and therefore can't bend the rules for one application and not another. Look here check out the awards and grants: http://www.psa.guild.uwa.edu.au/grants/psa_funding
The PSA is co-hosting a Professional Development Seminar with the Office of Industry and Innovation. The Seminar will be held on the 20th of March from 9am and run for around 2 hours. The venue is E Moot Court near the Law Library.
This seminar is designed to be an introduction to the concepts of intellectual property and commercialisation. It will look generally at these two concepts, and then consider them in the specific context of the University of Western Australia. Particular case studies will also be explored to see how different commercialisation models have been used, and what types of intellectual property were involved. The seminar is designed to be for people from all faculties from Arts and Business to Engineering and Science.
The seminar includes morning tea and a light lunch so please RSVP, for catering purposes, to psa@guild.uwa.edu.au before the 13th of March with the subject line 'PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT' if you are interested.
The PSA is also running a 'Discussion Forum' on March 19th between 12 and 1pm in the PSA Lounge. We have invited along Student Assist Officers, as well as some Graduate Education Officers and want you to all come along to tell them your problems (and hopefully get some solutions). This month's topic will be 'Postgraduate Services - What's on Offer and What can I take Advantage of?'
We are trialing these out this year, so are going to be inviting a postgraduate relevant service to come and hang out in the PSA Lounge for an hour over lunch once a month- so that if anyone has any issues relevant to that service they can come, talk to fellow postgrads that might be experiencing the same issues and get some solutions from campus services. For the first forum we will be providing a light lunch- so again please RSVP to psa@guild.uwa.edu.au by March the 16th for catering purposes with the subject line 'FORUM DISCUSSION'.
Finally our International Officer (Jenny) is organising a group celebrate Holi (29th of March) together this year at Beaton Park. For those of you that don't know Holi is an Indian festival which celebrates the beginning of a new season. If you are interested in going along please email Jenny 21061868@student.uwa.edu.au.
So just a wrap up of all the dates you need to put in your diary:
Connect: TOMORROW (Thursday 7th of March) between 5-6 Uni Club
Intellectual Property and Commercialisation Seminar: March 20 (RSVP by March 13th ) E Moot Court
Forum Discussion on 'Postgraduate Services': March 19 (RSVP by March 16th) PSA Lounge
Holi: 29th of March Beaton Park. Email Jenny 21061868@student.uwa.edu.au
That's All Folks,
Gemma.
Notices:
PSA News!
Round one of PSA Awards and Grants are open. For more info have a look here: http://www.psa.guild.uwa.edu.au/grants/psa_funding
Introductory Intellectual Property and Commercialisation seminar 9am 20th of March 'E Moot Court'
This seminar is designed to be an introduction to the concepts of intellectual property and commercialisation. It will look generally at these two concepts, and then consider them in the specific context of the University of Western Australia. Particular case studies will also be explored to see how different commercialisation models have been used, and what types of intellectual property were involved.
The seminar includes morning tea and a light lunch so please RSVP, for catering purposes, to psa@guild.uwa.edu.au before the 13th of March with the subject line 'PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT' if you are interested.
'PSA Forum Discussion'- 19th of March 12pm PSA Lounge
Come along and hear about the services that the University offer postgraduates from Student Assist Officers and Graduate Education Officers. Tell someone who can actually help your problems/troubles. Don't be let a problem that could be solved fester.
Light Lunch provided. Please RSVP by 16th of March for catering purposes to psa@guild.uwa.edu.au with the subject line 'FORUM DISCUSSION'
Holi
Come and celebrate Holi 2013 with Friends!
Date: 29 March 2013, Good Friday
Time: 11am-4pm
Location: Beaton Park, Esplanade, Dalkeith 6009 (next to Tawarri Reception Centre, which is at the end of the road Esplanade.)
Meeting place: 1pm, at the area between the playground, the grey electricity box and the parking lot of the park.
Public Transport: Bus No.24 (goes to Claremont), get off at Bruce St / The Avenue (Stop No: 17600).
This is a Colourful Indian festival to celebrate the beginning of a new season and good harvests. It is celebrated by people throwing colourful scented powder at each other. Bring your picnic rugs, lunch, water pistols, buckets and enjoy the music, fun games and celebrations.
Colours, sweets and soft drinks are available on donation.
All are welcome to this Smoke & Alcohol free family event.
Please let Jenny 21061868@student.uwa.edu.au know if you are interested to join.
Want to carpool, also let Jenny know and she will try to put people together to share a ride.
Represent!
The PSA is still looking for an
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Officer
Email psa@guild.uwa.edu.au if you are interested.
Participants required!
Participant Recruitment to research the lived experiences of PhD students in Australia
Wanted: a diverse cohort of PhD students - domestic and international, different stage of PhD, varying age groups, gender and research discipline - to explore 'what the lived experience' of a PhD student in present day Australia actually is.
Participation takes approximately 1 hour per month
Anyone interested in participating can contact me directly on:
Angele Jones, avjones@swin.edu.au or 0409 833688
Help Needed!
Vietnamese-Australians who might be interested in meeting with Rachel Cunningham to discuss her upcoming fieldwork in Vietnam for my MA by Research project
If interested email Rachel 21231029@student.uwa.edu.au
Tutors needed!
St Catherine's college is looking for tutors for the following units:
ITAL1403
POLS1101
IMED3340/3342 (as one tutorial)
ANTH1001
We offer $55 per hour and the tutorials run for 1 hour a week. Most of the tutorials will be done in small groups instead of one-on-one tutorials. If anyone is interested, please e-mail directorofstudies@stcatherines.uwa.edu.au with your interest as well as some information regarding your experience with the unit that you are applying for. Thank you!
Write!
The PSA is featuring in the Guild's Centenary publication! The PSA has had two primary goals since its establishment to provide a voice for UWA postgrads, and to help postgrads from different departments and faculties interact with each other.
We want to include how you feel about these goals - has PSA done this for you? Send a couple of lines with your views about the PSA to Stephanie at19818478@student.uwa.edu.au
Talks!
Lunch time talk: What Matters to me and Why (with W/Prof Kadambot H.M. Siddique)
When: Thursday 14th March 2013
Where: Science Library - 3rd Floor Seminar Room
'What Matters to me and why' is a series of lunch time talks and conversations with UWA Academics. The talks explore personal stories of family, place, formative influences and how such factors continue to shape people's lives and academic work. The next conversation is with Winthrop Professor Kadambot Siddique, Director of the UWA Institute of Agriculture
BYO lunch. Tea/Coffee is available in the meeting room (at the request of the Science Library, please do not carry coffee through the library).
IAS Talks:
Abrupt Climate Change in the Arctic: Why should we care?
13 March 2013, 6pm, University Club Theatre Auditorium, UWA, Free, but RSVP essential.
Bookings: www.ias.uwa.edu.au/lectures/cduarte or RSVP to ias@uwa.edu.au or 6488 1340
Unplanned Development: The hidden geometries of change in Southeast Asia
A public lecture by Jonathan Rigg, Geography Department, Durham University and 2013 IAS Professor-at-Large.
20 March, 6pm, Webb Lecture Theatre UWA, Free, but RSVP essential.
Bookings: www.ias.uwa.edu.au/lectures/rigg or RSVP to ias@uwa.edu.au or 6488 1340
The 2013 Grace Vaughan Memorial Lecture by Dr Jacquie Hutchinson, UWA Business School.
21 March 2013, 6pm, University Club Theatre Auditorium, UWA, Free, but RSVP essential.
Details: www.ias.uwa.edu.au/lectures/2013-gvl Bookings: 1800 199 174 or wis@communities.wa.gov.au
Are you currently teaching at UWA?
Please join us at the 2013 UWA Sessional Staff Development Day.
Date: Saturday, 13 April
UWA recognizes and values the role of its sessional teachers in delivering quality learning experiences to its students.
Whether experienced or new to teaching, attendance promises to be worthwhile and enjoyable!
More information and free registration available at: http://www.catl.uwa.edu.au/pd/workshops/teaching/sessional
Endnote!
The latest version of the citation management software EndNote (X6) is now available for UWA staff and students to download. To learn more and download the program, visit: http://guides.is.uwa.edu.au/endnote.
Questions? Please ask us.
Caroline Clark caroline.clark@uwa.edu.au
Workshops and Seminars!
Qualitative Research Seminar Series
Assistant Professor Laura Dale from the School of Social Science has offered to facilitate a one hour seminar on 'Doing Feminist Ethnography'.
Date: Monday 11th March
Time: 9.30-10.30am
Venue: Bayliss Building G.33 (MCS Lecture Room).
To register for the seminar email Michael Azariadis michael.azariadis@uwa.edu.au
Teaching:
Presentation Title: 'Online teaching and workload'
Date: Thursday 11 April 2013
Time: 10am - 1pm
Venue: Watersports Complex, UWA Crawley Campus
This seminar will present the results of an ALTC/OLT-funded project into the workload implications of blended and online teaching.
The research involved interviews with 88 staff, reporting on their perceptions of the disparity between workload allocations for teaching, and the actual 'lived reality' of the additional work, and changes in teaching tasks and activities, consequent on greater use of Learning Management Systems and student expectations of a 24/7 'service' education.
Presenter: Professor Yoni Ryan, Adjunct Professor of Higher Education at QUT.
RSVP: catl@uwa.edu.au by Thursday 4 April 2013.
Conference!
Limina Conference 2013
Exclusivity: Boundaries of Difference
The Limina Conference will be held on Friday June 14, 2013 at the University of Western Australia. This conference will explore notions of exclusivity with Professor Jane Lydon, Future Fellow at the University of Western Australia, as keynote speaker. The conference aims to foster a supportive environment in which current post-graduates and early career researchers can present their own research whilst investigating the complexities of exclusion.
For more information please visit our website http://limina.arts.uwa.edu.au or contact us at liminajournal@gmail.com. The final submission date for abstracts is April 10, 2013.
Teaching and Learning Research Colloquium 2013
Date: Thursday 6th June 2013 Time: 8:45-12:00. Venue: University Club, Seminar Rooms 1 and 2
You are invited to disseminate your research in Teaching and Learning at UWA..
We are calling for expressions of interest from anyone who is actively engaged with the scholarship of teaching and learning at UWA and would like to share their research with others in a presentation to your colleagues.
Please submit an Expression of Interest in the form of an abstract by Monday 8th April 2013 to rashmi.watson@uwa.edu.au
Any questions please do not hesitate to contact Rashmi Watson rashmi.watson@uwa.edu.au
Employment Law Australia Masterclass
28 May 2013. Sydney, Australia
30 May 2013, Perth, Australia
Register by 8th Mar 2013 to enjoy 200 AUD off
Overview:
Employment law is constantly evolving and it is a challenge to keep up with the changes. This Masterclass looks at the current hot topics which those involved in HR face on a daily basis
Visit the Event Site for more details: http://www.crown-leadership.com/link.php?M=3015344&N=1677&L=120&F=H
Grants!
UWA Student Guild - Co-Op Textbook Grants for Students
There are Guild Textbook Grants in the form of Co-Op Textbook vouchers of up to $250 for students who are finding it difficult to purchase essential textbooks.
For further information please see the following link -http://www.guild.uwa.edu.au/welcome/support/finance or feel free to contact either of us; Emmaline Turley emmaline.turley@guild.uwa.edu.au or Jessica Toon jessica.toon@guild.uwa.edu.au
News from IT!
Student IT Support in 2013
Need IT help? Use askUWA or go to your subject library.
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Reminders:
Check your student email!! Your student email is where the university communicates with you.
Check that and StudentConnect at least once a week to ensure that you don't have any outstanding fines, fees, milestones which might lead to an encumbrance - this would prevent the automatic re-enrolment of research students! Bad times for everyone.
Do you want to put a notice in the newsletter? You should email me! I'll plug most things related to postgrads, professional development, and activities. Newsletter day is currently Wednesday, so email two sentences and any links to psa@guild.uwa.edu.au by 9am on Wednesday to be included!
Website: http://www.psa.guild.uwa.edu.au
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/uwapsa
Twitter: @UWAPSA
Email: psa@guild.uwa.edu.au
Internal Mail: M300
Phone: (08) 6488 3194
Office: Guild South Wing, First Floor, Office 1.03
Lounge: Guild South Wing, First Floor, Room 1.05
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