Copyright Monitoring System

What is the monitoring system about?

This university copies and communicates copyright material under the educational copying licence in the Copyright Act. Under the educational licence universities are required to provide information about the copying they do so that owners of copyright can be fairly remunerated.

The monitoring system is the method by which copying information is collected. The objective of the monitoring system is to minimise the amount of record keeping necessary while ensuring fair payment to copyright owners. The monitoring system allows universities and departments to take it in turns to keep copyright records.

Who does it apply to?

• All staff of the departments/schools and administrative areas selected for the photocopying monitoring system.
• All persons using photocopiers in these selected areas.
• Certain staff who undertake electronic copying and communication (these staff will receive specific notification of their involvement).

For further information:

• Copyright Monitoring System Guidelines (pdf)
• Copyright Monitoring System Information Advertisement (pdf)

or contact:

John McEvoy
W6A 241
Phone: (02) 9850 7070
Email: john.mcevoy@mq.edu.au

New Arts IT Helpdesk

To all staff in the Faculty of Arts

A new IT Helpdesk for in the Faculty of Arts will be introduced on Monday 2nd February 2009.

The new Helpdesk can be contacted on (02) 9850 1000 (ext 1000 internally) or by emailing arts.helpdesk@mq.edu.au

All IT requests for the Faculty of Arts should be made via this new Arts Helpdesk. The only exception is PICT who should continue to submit requests directly to ITS.

Central ITS Helpdesk will no longer accept requests from Humanities or Law. Calls made to ITS will be referred back to the Arts Helpdesk. Arrangements have been made for any jobs outstanding in the Central ITS Helpdesk to be registered on the new system.

Congratulations Marnie Hughes-Warrington

Vice-Chancellor Professor Steven Schwartz would like to congratulate Associate Professor Marnie Hughes-Warrington on last night receiving the Australian Learning and Teaching Council's most prestigious prize - the 2008 Prime Minister's University Teacher of the Year award.

For further information visit: www.pr.mq.edu.au/events/index.asp?ItemID=3571

Deadline for processing 2008 payments

Please send all invoices, non-order payment forms (staff claim-forms), purchase requisitions, requests for raising tax invoices to Ambrose or Jenny by Friday 5 December 2008 if they are to be included in the 2008 end of year processing.

Please also note that all cash and cheques received in the departments must be deposited with the University cashiers by Wednesday 17 December 2008.

New Appointments

Dear Colleagues, 

As you will be aware, in October we called for expressions of interest for Heads of Department where contracts were ending this year, and for new departments under the faculty structure. Applications were also sought for the positions of Associate Deans in Teaching and Learning, Research, and Higher Degree Research. I am very pleased to advise you that the appointments have now been completed and that we have a strong leadership team in place to steer the Arts Faculty into 2009 and beyond.

Faculty of Arts Heads of Departments and Associate Deans

*As ongoing incumbents approach the end of their contract, calls for expressions of interest will be advertised.

I congratulate each of the successful candidates and look forward to working with them in the Faculty of Arts.

I would also like to express my personal thanks to the heads of those departments that will be merging and whose roles will therefore conclude at the end this year. I am immensely grateful for your support, insight and leadership (and it's not over yet!).

Ingrid

Humanities Higher Degree Research Completions Workshop 2

Monday 15 December, 10am -11.30am, in W6A 107

Following the successful completions workshop on Thursday 13th November there will be a second, follow up session in December.

This session will concentrate on issues specific to the completion year, so could supervisors please encourage HDR students nearing completion to attend this second workshop?

Material from the session on Thursday 13th is available at http://www.humanities.mq.edu.au/postgraduate/seminars.html, and A/Prof Marea Mitchell will report back on issues raised then on Monday 15th December.

Preparations for ERA

Colleagues,

We all need to be aware that the ERA (Excellence in Research in Australia) exercise, to be undertaken by the government, will be conducted in the early new year. Its purpose is to assess research quality within Australian higher education institutions. It will involve ALL full-time academic staff.

This is a particularly important opportunity for the new Faculty of Arts to showcase its research strengths, and it is possible that we will be asked to provide this information as early as January. I realise many of you will be off campus. That is why it is very important for all of you to keep alert to any future messages concerning ERA from the incoming Associate Dean (Research), Andrew Buck.

This exercise differs in some very important respects from the previous RQF exercise, the most important being that it will involve ALL full-time academic staff, not just a nominated few. Although the exact criteria has not yet been released by the Government, we will ALL need to provide evidence of our research output across the board--publications, grants and HDR completions, for example. The exercise will be driven at the Departmental level and organised for final submission at the Faculty level.

Thanks

Ingrid

Humanities Higher Degree Research Completions Workshop

The Division will be holding a workshop on completions on Thursday 13 November, from 10am till 12 noon, in W6A107.  The aim is to canvass issues facing students in the final year of their candidature, and to provide peer support plus expert guidance.
Could supervisors please encourage the students nearing completion to attend this workshop?   Details can be found on our HDR website:
http://www.humanities.mq.edu.au/postgraduate/seminars.html

Higher Degree Research Student Annual Survey 2008

The annual HDR student satisfaction survey - MUSEQ-R - is now open until 1 December.   The online survey is at: http://www.miu.mq.edu.au/MUSEQ-R/
Could all supervisors please encourage their candidates to complete the survey?
I would appreciate your assistance in raising HDR student awareness of this confidential survey. It is important for us to understand both what HDR students value and where improvements can be made.

Information on MQ action on past HDR student feedback can be found at: http://www.research.mq.edu.au/students/current_students/hdr_surveys

HUMANITIES 2008 PROMOTION ROUND

It is a particular pleasure to make a last posting as Acting Dean before retirement kicks in at sunset today.

Candidates in the 2008 academic promotion round have now been informed of the outcome of their applications.

Warmest congratulations to the following staff members:

Mark Hearn (Associate Lecturer to Lecturer)
Peter Edwell (Associate Lecturer to Lecturer with accelerated progression)
Michelle Arrow (Lecturer to Senior Lecturer)
Trevor Evans (Lecturer to Senior Lecturer)
Ulrike Garde (Lecturer to Senior Lecturer)
Andrew Gillett (Lecturer/QEII Research Fellow to Associate Professor)
Antonina Harbus (Senior Lecturer to Associate Professor)
Christiana Kohler (Senior Lecturer to Associate Professor)

Michael Roberts,
Acting Dean

New Faculty Share drive for Arts

As part of the Academic Restructure project, IT Services are providing a new share drive (v:) will be made available to all staff of the Arts Faculty. This drive will allow staff in all departments within the faculty to share data with each other. Staff outside the faculty will not have access to this drive.

The new drive will be in addition to the existing data locations currently in place and current work practices for storage of data will continue.

The intention is that all departments will continue working with the existing data locations and where there is a need to share data between departments, the data will be stored on the new share (v:) drive.

Macintosh users will be given details on how to access this new share as well as their existing network locations.

Please note:-
Please be aware that everyone in the faculty will be able to see all files on this new share drive (v:).

It is planned that the new share drive will be available as of Monday 3rd November.

Any issues please call the (ITS Help Desk on ext 4357)

Associate Professor Michael Roberts Acting Dean, Division of Humanities is retiring …

Please join Associate Professor Ingrid Day, Interim Executive Dean, Faculty of Arts, for lunch to wish Michael all the best in his retirement.

Level 3, X5B, Ancient History Museum Seminar Room

Monday 27 October 2008, 12.30 pm

RSVP acceptances only by Thursday 23 October:
Carlene Kirvan (carlene.kirvan@mq.edu.au / Extn: 8736)

DIVISION OF HUMANITIES: SENATE REPRESENTATION 2009

At close of nominations (5pm Wed 15 October) a total of two nominations had been received by Dean's Office.
Those nominated are Professor Martina Mollering and Associate Professor Tom Hillard.

As these two nominees satisfy the criteria of appointment set out in Senate Rules 2(i)(a) and (b) - that they not be from the same Department, and that at least one shall be a Head of Department or a Professor - I have forwarded their names to the Registrar and congratulate them on their election.

Regards,

Michael Roberts
Acting Dean
Division of Humanities

2008 Annual Progress Reports

Could supervisors ensure that HDR students submit their Annual Reports by 3 November? Principal supervisors will need to complete part 2 of the form and both Principal and Associate supervisors are required to sign the form.  Details can be found on the HDRO website:
http://www.research.mq.edu.au/students/current_students/annual_reports
Any queries to Hannah on ext. 6894 or hchoi@humn.mq.edu.au.

How to convert your Word document to online teaching material - Wimba Create

Time:  2:00-4:00 pm, Friday 31, October
Location: Library, training room 1
Trainer: Tim Allen, Learning and Teaching Centre
Registration and inquiry: please contact Xinni (xinni.du@humn.mq.edu.au) or 4097
 
Wimba Create
You have Word documents but you can't easily put them online. Now you can quickly and easily convert your Microsoft Word documents into content for your Blackboard courses.
 
From one Word document you can generate a set of webpages that include navigation and interactive features. These web pages can then be imported directly into Blackboard as a learning module, complete with Blackboard's navigation tools and menu system.
 
NB Wimba Create is only available for Windows.
 
The training will be 1-1.5 hours, followed by a 30 mins workshop - you will have the opportunity to practise your Wimba Create skill on your own document. Please bring your own Word document (e.g. unit guide, lecture notes) to the class.
 
15 seats to be filled (6 left). Registration will be on a first come, first serve basis.

Notice of election: Academic Senate

As members of staff will know, each Division of the University is entitled to elect two members to represent it on Academic Senate. Term of office is three years. Term of office of existing members expires on 31 December 2008 and Registrar has invited the Division of Humanities to proceed to election for term starting 1 January 2009.
As members of staff probably will not know, it had been hoped that the necessary legal adjustment required by the academic restructure (to take place from 1 January 2009) would allow this year's Senate election to be run on the basis of Faculty (rather than Divisional) representation. This has proved impossible to achieve. As a result, the representative structure of Senate will remain unchanged for 2009. The plan is to hold elections for Divisional representatives to take office from 1 January 2009 - but to limit the term of office of those elected to 1 year. New, Faculty-based elections will then be held in late 2009.
I THEREFORE CALL FOR NOMINATIONS TO FILL TWO SENATE PLACES AS REPRESENTATIVES OF THE DIVISION OF HUMANITIES FOR THE YEAR 2009.
NOMINATIONS SHOULD BE IN WRITING AND INCLUDE THE SIGNED CONSENT OF THE PERSON NOMINATED, PLUS THE SIGNATURES OF A NOMINATOR AND A SECONDER.
NOMINATIONS MUST REACH DEAN'S OFFICE (CARLENE KIRVAN) BY 5 PM, WEDNESDAY 15 OCTOBER.

I note that Senate Rules require:
(a) that candidates be members of 'the continuing academic staff' of the Division (defined by University By-law 27 as 'academic staff employed on other than a fixed term or casual basis');
(b) that the two members elected 'shall not be from the same Department';
(c) that 'at least one' of the members elected shall be a Head of Department or a Professor.

I also note that our current Senate representatives are Professor Angela Woollacott (Modern History) and A/Professor Tom Hillard (Ancient History). Angela has indicated that she will not be nominating for re-election. Tom is willing to be re-nominated.
If you intend to nominate or accept nomination you are welcome to get in touch with me to discuss both the responsibilities of the role and the procedures for election after nominations have been received.

Michael Roberts
Acting Dean
Division of Humanities

National Teaching Award

It was announced at Senate today that Marnie Hughes- Warrington, our Division Associate Dean, Learning & Teaching (among her other roles), is to receive an Australian Learning & Teaching Centre (ALTC, formerly Carrick) Award for Teaching Excellence. Only 25 of these awards are made across Australia each year, with only 3 or so in the Arts/Humanities category. The presentation will be made in Canberra late next month.

Good to have confirmed what we already knew -  that we have 'benchmark- standard' Learning & Teaching leadership in this Division. And our warmest congratulations to Marnie.

Michael Roberts
Acting Dean: Division of Humanities

Annual fire alarm testing

Just a note to advise you that over the next 4 weeks Spectrum Fire will be carrying out the yearly testing & inspection of the fire alarm systems.

The company's staff member, wearing an ID, may enter your area , check the fire detectors and leave. This should take up to 30 minutes per floor and generally will not require any interruption or interaction. 

The Office of Facilities Management thanks you in anticipation for your cooperation during this period.

If you experience any problems please contact Darryl Fleming 0417 245 698.

Staff Contact List Updated 25/09/2008

The staff contact list for the Division of Humanities has been updated and can be accessed through this link as well as the menu entry to the right.

Transition to Faculty

It is a pleasure - and something of a relief - to announce the arrival, last Friday, of the 'locum' Faculty Dean of Arts, Assoc Professor Ingrid Day, of the University of South Australia. Ingrid is working from the Dean's Office in room 222 in conjunction with Terry Mangan, Faculty Manager, to coordinate the construction of Faculty organisation in preparation for the restructure to take effect from January. It is expected that by January an appointment of a continuing Executive Dean of Arts will have been made. In the meantime, the chief tasks Ingrid and Terry will be tackling include the selection of Faculty office-holders and support staff, and the setting up of Faculty working parties and an implementation steering committee drawn from staff of the Divisions of Humanities, SCMP, and Law. (For full details, see Terry's e-mail to Division of 4 Sept.) An opportunity for Ingrid to meet staff will be advised shortly: in the meantime she would welcome hearing from you individually. (Please make appointments via Carlene or send message to <ingrid.day@humn.mq.edu.au>.)

I note that, while the scaffolding starts to go up around the new Faculty construction site, the transaction of day-to-day Division business continues largely unchanged for the present. That is, until the end of December, there will be a Dean of Division - me until my contract terminates on 31 October, then Ingrid (acting in distinct roles as both Acting Dean of Division and 'locum' Dean of Faculty) between 1 November and 31 December. Decisions requiring approval of Dean of Division and documents requiring signature of Dean of Division should still be lodged with Carlene in Dean's Office for the attention of Dean of Division.

Please do not hesitate to contact me to ask for further clarification if/when needed.

All the best,
Michael Roberts