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Newsletter for UNllVlER§llTY THE UNIVERSITY of NEWCASTLE Volume 8 No.2 In his report to Council's February meeting reviewin9 the Universi ty' s experiences in 1981 and the possible prob- lem s it migh t face and the it might take this y r, the Vice-Chancellor dr ew a ttention to the contin- ui ng struggle to maintain acade mt c st a nd ards with de- clining r esources in real te rms. However , not surpris- ingly, amalgamation featured largely in his report both when looking back on last yea r' s events and in the view fo rw ar d. "Pe r ha ps we should have seen it coming, but when amal- gamation of the NCAE with , the University was announced 1n the Razor Gang report on April 30 , 1981, it took most people by s urprise . My reading of the events pe rs uades me that no t only were we in Newcastle su rp rised , but th e State Gov- ern m ent also and (to a certain extent at least), the Tertiary Education Commis sion in Can- berra. It was a sharp remind - er of the so urce of our funds and the old adage ' he who pay s the piper calls the tune ' - it also laid bare the limits to the concept of univers ity autonomy in the contemporary climate. "Perhaps we were misled by the outcome of the Butland en- quiry in 1977 and 1978 on the future development of higher educat io n in the Hunter Valley region, carried out on of the State Higher Educat10n 80ard. But the Butland Comm- ittee stressed t he importance of the UniY! r s i ty' s inherent rig h t to i n t ell e c t ua I f r e e d om independent of direct govern- mental controls, and restrict- ed its recommendations to the phasing out of the Diploma of Education in the University and closer co-operation between the institutions. Wh en the Williams Commi tt- ee reported in 1979, it rec- ommen ded "greater collaborat- ion bet ween neighbouring uni- ve rs it i es and CAEs, and i n particular ar rangements for joint appo int ments or part : time secondments of staff 1n the fields of teacher educat - ion". It w as even more spec- ifi c i n recommending that "t he TEC dis c uss wi t h James Cook University and Wo llon gong Uni - versity (a nd the respective State highe r education boards) the introduction of diploma courses on a co n tr a ct basis". Newcastle was not mentioned in this context. "When Volume 1 of the TEC's Report for the 1982-84 Trienn- ium appeared in Feb r uary , 1981 follow in g cons id eration of the detailed indiv i dual university sub mi ssions and vis its to cam- puses by the Unive r s 1 ties Coun- cil . it was natura ll y of great interest to read what was sa1d about amalg amation , integrat- io n, r ationalisat ion, consolid- a ti on , collaboratio n and merg- ers ,1t Th e Vice-Chancellor quot- ed var ious key passages "The Commission th e refore wish- es to encour age the State auth- orities and i nstitu t ion s con- cerned in Ar midale, Newcastle and Townsville to consider again possibl forms of co- operation a nd associa tio n which go beyond informal ar r angements". " Despite this mode r ate and reasonable language, two mont hs later in the Razor Gang repo rt the Commonwealth Government made clear the "e ncouragement" it had in mind no Common- wealth funds for the NCAE after December 31, 1981 unless the College amalgamated with the University. "The Minister, Mr. Fife, announced on July 16, 1981 in a news release following the CT EC's Progress Report on Con- solidation in Advanced Educat- ion that 20 of the proposed 30 CAEs were now ready for mergers and that he "now intended to consult his State colleagues about arrange ments for (the remaining) institutions to ach- ieve the Commonwealth's object- i ves ". " As late as the end of November, with 1982 approach- ing fast, there still was no indication of whether agree- ment the State and Commonwealth Ministers had been reached in the case of Newcastle and the University's budgetary processes had become delayed and thrown into some confu si on. "O n Decembe r 4, 1981, the CTEC formally adv ised us that amalga mat ion o uld ta ke place on July I , 198 2 and that ara t e fu n ding w ould be pr ov1d- ed f or the NC AE for t he f ir st VICE-CHA CELLOR' March 4 to March 18 half of 1982. New sums of money for recurrent grants , equipment and minor works re- flecting this decision were advised. "On December 22, 1981, the CTEC formally advised us that further discussions had taken place between Minis te rs and that the NCAE woul d receive fund i ng to cover the f ul l 1982 year " on the u nderstanding t hat the amalgamation process wi ll be actively pursued in 198 2 . Funding for advanced education activities in Newcas t le beyond 1982 will depend upon accept- able consolidation arrangements being concluded du r in g 1 82" . The Vice-Chancello r w ent on to outline th e prese nt stage of discussio ns between t he College and t he Universi t y a nd e xpr essed the hope that so me accommod a tio n w ould be possible of the pr esent differing vi ews held about t he s ha pe of the academic pla n and the composit- ion of the ne w Cou ncil . "In it s simpl e st des cript- ion, the NCAE model reta ins t wo separate a ca de mi c bo d ie s and structure s reporting indepe nd - ently to the C ouncil t he University of Newcastl e model proposes instead a re-cons t it- uted single academic Se na te reporting to the Co unc il . "The other major c on sider- ation is the co mp si ti on of the sing le governing Co unc i l. He re the NCAE proposes the disband - ing of the present Co l lege and University Councils an d creat- ing instead a r econstituted Council with a composition such as to "ensure the rights of the students, staff, administra tion and graduates of advanced e du c- ation to have representati on equaZ to that of th eir colleagues in the Uni- ve r sity sector". (my empha si s) Tn1s raises head-on the ques t- ion of "equality" of treatme nt of university a nd college in - tere sts which underlies many of the problems ah ead as t he approach to amalgamation is made. In a document pr epar ed by the College on the ratio n- alisation of administ r ativ e func tion s, the same princi ple appea rs as a propo sit ion, viz . that "the ex isting i nstitut - ions are squaZ paptn8.JOa" . (my emp ha s is) . EPORT

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Newsletter for UNllVlER§llTY

THE UNIVERSITY of NEWCASTLE

Volume 8 No.2 In his report to Council's February meeting reviewin9 the Universi ty' s experiences in 1981 and the possible prob­lem s it migh t face and the ~ i re c tions i t might take this y r , the Vice-Chancellor dr ew a ttention to the contin­ui ng struggle to maintain academt c sta nd ards with de­clining r esources in real te rms. However , not surpris­ingly, amalgamation featured largely in his report both when looking back on last yea r' s events and in the view fo rward .

"Pe r ha ps we should have seen it coming, but when amal­gamation of the NCAE with , the University was announced 1n the Razor Gang report on April 30 , 1981, it took most people by s urprise . My reading of the events pe rs uades me that no t only were we in Newcastle su rp rised , but th e State Gov­ernment also and (to a certain extent at least), the Tertiary Education Commis sion in Can­berra. It was a sharp remind ­er of the so urce of our funds and the old adage ' he who pay s the piper calls the tune ' -it also laid bare the limits to the concept of univers ity autonomy in the contemporary climate.

"Perhaps we were misled by the outcome of the Butland en­quiry in 1977 and 1978 on the future development of higher educat io n in the Hunter Valley region, carried out on beh~lf

of the State Higher Educat10n 80ard. But the Butland Comm­ittee stressed t he importance of the UniY! r s i ty' s inherent rig h t to i n t ell e c t u a I f r e e d om independent of direct govern­mental controls, and restrict­ed its recommendations to the phasing out of the Diploma of Education in the University and closer co-operation between the institutions.

Wh en the Williams Commi tt­ee reported in 1979, it rec­ommen ded "greater collaborat­ion between neighbouring uni­ve rs it i es and CAEs, and i n particular ar rangements for joint appo intments or part : time secondments of staff 1n the fields of teacher educat ­ion". It was even more spec­ifi c i n recommending that "t he TEC dis cuss wi t h James Cook University and Wollon gong Uni -

versity (a nd the respective State highe r education boards) the introduction of diploma courses on a co ntr act basis". Newcastle was not mentioned in this context.

"When Volume 1 of the TEC's Report for the 1982-84 Trienn­ium appeared in Feb r uary , 1981 follow in g cons id eration of the detailed indiv i dual university submi ssions and vis its to cam­puses by the Unive r s 1ties Coun­cil . it was natura ll y of great interest to read what was sa1d abo ut amalgamation , integrat­i on, r ationalisat i on , consolid­a ti on , collaboratio n and merg­ers ,1t

Th e Vice-Chancellor quot­ed var ious key passages "The Commission th e refore wish­es to enco ur age the State auth­orities an d i nstitu t ion s con­cerned in Ar midale, Newcastle and Townsville to consider again possibl forms of co­operation and associa tio n which go beyond informal ar r angements".

" Despite this mode r ate and reasonable language, two mont hs later in the Razor Gang repo r t the Commonwealth Government made clear the "e ncouragement" it had in mind no Common­wealth funds for the NCAE after December 31, 1981 unless the College amalgamated with the University.

"The Minister, Mr. Fife, announced on July 16, 1981 in a news release following the CT EC's Progress Report on Con­solidation in Advanced Educat­ion that 20 of the proposed 30 CAEs were now ready for mergers and that he "now intended to consult his State colleagues about arrangements for (the remaining) institutions to ach­ieve the Commonwealth's object­i ves " .

" As late as the end of November, with 1982 approach­ing fast, there still was no indication of whether agree­ment be~ween the State and Commonwealth Ministers had been reached in the case of Newcastle and the University's budgetary processes had become delayed and thrown into some confu s i on.

"O n Decembe r 4, 1981, the CTEC formally adv ised us that amalga mat ion ould t a ke place on July I , 198 2 and that s e~­

ara t e fu nding would be pr ov1d­ed f or the NCAE for t he f irst

VICE-CHA CELLOR'

March 4 to March 18 half of 1982. New sums of money for recurrent grants , equipment and minor works re­flecting this decision were advised.

"On December 22, 1981, the CTEC formally advised us that further discussions had taken place between Minis te rs and that the NCAE woul d receive fund i ng to cover the f ul l 1982 yea r "on the understanding t hat the amalgamation process wi ll be actively pursued in 1982 . Funding for advanced education activities in Newcas t le beyond 1982 will depend upon accept­able consolidation arrangements being concluded du r in g 1 82" .

The Vice-Chancello r went on to outline the prese nt stage of discussio ns between t he College and t he Universi t y a nd expressed the hope that some accommod a tio n would be possible of the pr esent differing vi ews held about t he s ha pe of the academic pla n and the composit­ion of the ne w Cou ncil .

"In it s simpl e st de s cript­ion, the NCAE model r e t a ins t wo separate academi c bod ies and structure s reporting i ndepe nd ­ently to the Council t he University of Newcastl e model proposes instead a re-cons t it­uted single academic Se na te reporting to the Co unc il .

"The other major c on sider­ation is the co mp si ti on of the sing l e governing Co unc i l. Here the NCAE proposes the disband ­ing of the present Co l lege and University Councils and creat­ing instead a r econstituted Council with a composition s uch as to "ensure the rights of the students, staff, administra t i on and graduates of advanced edu c­ation to have representati on nwm.riaa ~ Zy equaZ to that of their colleagues in the Uni­ve r sity sector". (my empha si s) Tn1s raises head-on the ques t­ion of "equality" of treatment of university a nd college in ­tere sts which underlies many of the problems ah ead as t he approach to amalgamation is made. In a document pr epared by the College on the ratio n­alisation of administ r ativ e func tions, the same princi ple appea rs as a propo sit ion, viz . that "the ex isting i nstitut ­ions are squaZ paptn8.JOa" . (my emp ha s is) .

EPORT

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, :' Perce pt ion s of the 'equa 1-lty of the university and college sectdrs of tertiary education no doubt depend upon the pOInt from which you view them and "separate but equal" has been the claim ever since the new tertiary sector between universities , and technic a l colleges,was created follow ing ~he , Martl~ , enqulry, To disp ute It IS to rI sk the accusation of be in g elit ist or being opp ­osed in principle to advanced education interests

"On what ground; are our two instit u tions to be seen as 'equa I '? Numbers of staf f and thei r academic qualifications? Numbers of students? Size of recurrent gra nts? Physical facilities and capital works? I can only quote from Council pape r C.126:81 [n summary, then, t he College is much smaller t ha n the University in a 11 regards, though still of an appreciable size' most of its t eaching is at ~on-degree le vel and the qualifications of the staff reflect this; and notwithstanding some diversif-' ication, the College is sti ll in esse nt ial terms conce r ned with teac her education" Equality of 'esteem' fo~ t he ma nn er in which th e two in st it ­utions are car ryi ng out t he ir respective r oles is not in dis­pu t e and I wou ld hop e is ack­no wl edged equally by both sides.

"The protection 0 uni ver­sity interests must su rel y be of equal importanc e to the s afeg uard i ng o f advanced educ­ation i nte es t s in an amal gam ­ated ins ti tu tion . [t wo ul d be a disse r vice to our past grad­uates and to a ll our fut ure graduates (with both deg ree s and dip lomas ) to accept any s c heme of amalg amation whi ch di d not permit the Unive r s i ty to r emain a rec ogni sed an d recogn i sable inst' tuti o n wi th­in t he wor ld -wide community ?f universit i e s . The composit­Ion of the Co uncil a nd its res­po ns ib ili ties a re key elements in th is percepti on, and a sol­ut i on such a s th at adopted for To wn sville of ad d ing a small number of addi tio na l members to refl ec t the wi de r res pon ­sibil i t i es would be seen gen­erally as ap propriate.

·Provided amal gamation can t ake pl ace a l o ng t he l ines pr oposed by th e Senate a nd s up ported by t he Cou nc il. it i s po ssi ble to see s ome advant­ag e s f or ter ti a ry studen ts in the Hunt er Valley, ev en though ama lgam4 t ion wa s not of our see ki ng . Othe r mod es co ul d be potenti a lly very damaging and might r e sult in t he departure of our best staf f as soon as opp ortunities a r ose else here. The long te rm da mage of t hi s t o the Hun t e r Va ll ey is incal ­cul ab l e at a t i me when hope s fo r its fut ur e a re so high ,"

Co~ment in g on ot her matt­ers . the Vi ce-Chan cel lor stat­ed th at it sometime s seems as tho ugh the task of t he admin­is tration i s t o fight small grass fires a s they break out

al mos t at random he re and there, ra the r than quietly to consid­e r and plan an ordered f uture for the Un ive r sity, based on the advice o f t he comm~nity of schola r s it r epresents and ser­ves. However, unless these outbreaks are attended to, the risk of a f ul l-scale bushfire is ever pres ent .

"The future of NEWMED 11 is a fire which is s till burn­ing at the time of writing this report and has received so much comment in ou r local media that I am sure members of Council do not need additional breifing or comment . Beyond doubt, no iss­ue has so st ir red our local community into such vocal sup­port for our University and with good r eason. Our Medical School co ntinues to place us on the national and international map, but even it, with earmark­ed recurrent funds now until the end of the trien niUm, is being asked by Canber r a to tighten its belt and take a share of the reducing funds available for tertiary educat-ion the argument of reduc-ed student numbers just does not hold in the case of medic­ine, as is patently obvious .

"The fire-fighting force is itself stretched to the limit. Not only academic re­sources but also the adminis­trative and support services are now feel i ng the full impact of our years of drought and in­evitable stresses are arising, as staff do their best to acc­o~modate to new situations. I believe there is no w a clearer under s tanding in the University that some activities must prob­ably be dropped to permit oth­ers to survive adequately. The identification of these is the ta sk of the academic plan to whi ch the Allocations Committee o f Senate is now committed.

"When [ started writing this report, I had not intend­ed it to become merely a recit­al of the problems the Univer­sity is facing . The pleasure with which graduates came for­ward last May to receive their testamurs from the Chancellor and the obvious pride of those who came along to watch the graduation ceremonies are con­stant reminders of one of the main reasons for our existence. The same scene wi 11 be enacted in April this year and as the Convocation numbers grow, the University's place in the comm­unity must surely become more secure.

" It is these graduates who have rallied, with other frien­ds of the University, to our support in 1981 and [ am con­fide n t even more support will be fo r thcoming from them in 1982. The first block of new student accomm odation will be completed thi s year i t wi 11 , [ hope, gi ve confiden ce to tho s e wh o s eek ev i den ce we ar e alive and ki c king, and lead to further such blo c ks being built . A new In s titute of Coal Research was launched during 1981 to co-ordinate and expand activitie s in thi s

important and relevant area of our research . Convocation and a new group called "The Friends of the University" are now involved in fund-ra is ing for the University, apart from their role in elevating comm­unity awareness of the Univer­sity's contributions.

"Petronius Arbiter clear­ly took a rather jaundiced, if understandable, view of the re-organisation of human aff ­airs. However, there ape other ways of meeting new sit­uattons (even situations not of our own making) and I can only hope as Vice - Chancellor for the same level of support, loyalty and understanding that I have been privileged to en ­jOy in previous years as we join t ly look ahead . "

D.W. George, VICE-CHANCELLOR Ja nua ry 29, 1982.

Dear Sir,

Old soldiers and ol d academics never di e, they onl y fade away: and accor d'ng to the last iss­ue of Unive~Bi~y NE~S . both Sandy Sande r son an d my self are well on the wa y. But eve n with th e pressure of a~a lgamat­

ions etc., the amou n o f fad e depicted in that issu e s eemed a tr i fle excessive; pa rt i cular­ly whe n compared to the very reas on able quality of the print s supp l ied. No fault lay l n the printing process; an d in that case I'm not so happy that the name of ou r excellent Faculty photographe r . Ken Scott, was assoc i ated with such a poor quality prod uc t when · t was not his fault.

I just want to say, Sir, t hat neithe r t he photographer nor the subjects are r espon­sib l e for the de l ica t e hi gh­to ned reproductions th a t a pp­eared last fortnight.

J .B. B[GGS, Pr ofe ssor of Educa ti on .

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Favourable Reviews

Ass oc . Pr of esso r L. A. Summers ' book rhe Bipyr£dinium Bsrbia­id68 (Acad emi c Press ) , f or whic h he wa s awa rde d th e Arch­i ba l d E. 011 e prize of t he Roy al Aus tra li an Chemi c al In­s t i tu t e in 19B1 , has receiv ed ou tstanding reviews intern at ­ionally since it was publis hed in 1980.

The pre s tigious British journal Naturs comments: "Now­aday s, books including a range of specialist subjects tend to be muiti-authored. For one man to tackle such a task succ­essfully is an impressive feat of scholarship and Dr . Summers des erves warm congratulation. Hi s book undoubtedly will be­come D standard reference" .

The German Naturwis8en­c ha fte n concludes: "Oas Buch e rucks icht igt die Literatur is Ende 1978 und zitiert uber

2500 Re ferenzen . Es sollte in de r Bi bli othek de r j enigen, die roi t C ~em ie A 8iologie, An alytik und Ruc ks nden , Anwe ndu ng sowi e To i kolo gi e und Umwe l t

e r Bi py r id iniu m-Herbizide zu un ha ben, ni ch t fehle n".

Chemi s t r y in Aus traZ i a conc l udes : "This well- wr i tte n an d we l l -r e f e renced bo ok sh ould become th e pri mary source of pub l is hed information on all ma t te rs r e l ati ng to the bipy­ridiniu m her bic ide s ".

Ou tlook on Agri cuLture states : "T hi s r eadable and well - produced boo k will serve as the fir s t SOU r·c e 0 f pub lis h -ed information to be checked whenever a question about bipy­ridinium herbicides arises".

Inte~national Pest ControZ concludes: "This is the defin­I te wor k on the bipyridiniums" .

Pestici de Biochemistry and Phys i o logy (U SA) writes: "This work accompl i shes with great succes s the objective of produc­ing a si ngle work uniting all aspects of the bipyridinium her-

ebk idesU .

~~

Staff Bible ~ Study l

The Sta ff BI ble Study wil l be i recomme nc I ng in SI 13 a t I pm I e e e n We d ne s dey . Stud i e s wi 11 c ommenc e in the Book of Ac ts.

lAnyon e is wel come to attend tir respec t l ve of Christia n

Iue lle f. Theological exp e rtise ~ is not a pre-requislte. !

For further enquiries pl ea se contact Ron Gibbins at

lEx tension 693. .--.~~

SISTER CITY SUPPORT

Bcz:r>bczra Co o /(~ Assistant Ul'li,psrai. ty Librczl"ian. with t hs. ~CZptmaaB fi.ne ar t s bOOKS.

Mr . Jsaau Tominaga, Pr incipal The books, Ivailable to ~tud -of iI kindergarten in Ne\IICft stle 's ent s and staff of the Unlver-Si s ter City in J Jpan Ube has s1ty , are housed with t he dona ted a col lection'of J~pan - folio books in the Ffne Arts ese fine arts books to the secti on of the library . Auchmuty l i brary. The collec t- Mr . To.1naga donate d the ton co ns is t s of 30 volu~e s ~nd books in order to help promote is called Ge"8nDku R-iJlon no t he Siste r CHy affll1ati on be-Bi j utsw. tween "ewc~stle and Ube.

The wo r ts depicted In the Th~ Japane se fine arts -Japanes e boots ran ge fro an- books w111 be on display in the c ient s c u1 p ~ure s to contempor - Rare Book Room, on the lower ary pain t ings and ceramic s . Ground Floor of the l i brary, The value o f the donation ts for a short pe riod bef ore be -Sl, OOO , Inc ludin9 f reight" cost s. ling made available for borro~ -

ng.

CREDIT UNION NEWS Investments i n the UN$W Staff Credit Un ion are now earning higher i nt e rest and as 8 r e­su l t the Cred i t Union 's i nve s t­ment f und s have increaied 20 per cent fn the last month.

The Secretary/Manager, Hr. Brlan Bennett, listed the changes In the Credit Union's se rv ices that have stemmed fro. the co.bining of th e Un1-vers l t y of New South Wale s Staff Cred ft Uni on an d the University of Hewcastle Staff Credi t Uni on. The merger on Fe bruary 1 ha s add ed abo t 50 0 melllbers f r om t ile Un i versity and the Newc~ stle Co ll ege of Advanced Edu c a ti on to the 3,000 who belon g to UNSW Cre d­it Uni on .

Hr. Ben nett say s th at l oan s of up t o $20,000 e ach will be considered to a ss i s t I n purcha se s of a home or home r e novati on s. An inves t ment pac kage beg i nn in g at 12 . 5 per cen t i nterest per anl'lum for a $500 min imum Investment and st r e t ching t o 15 per cen t pe r an num for a $5,000 min imu m in­vestment is now off e r ed.

Ord inary sav i ngs are now earning 9 per cen t per ann um , compared wit h the pre vious 7

per cent, and members are pro­vided with s tat emen ts quarte r­ly . The Sav ing s Rese rv e Fu nd, established by the Ne~ Sou th Wa l e s Gover nmen t, protects membe r s ' sav ings 1n Credit Uni ons.

Hr. Bennet t says t he Cred i t Uni on's Bud get Ac count ' s prov i ng 0 be a great help t o tho se who have a numbe r of f 1 xed coall1itllent s . "A 11 a member hiS to do is send hi s or her bill s to the Cred ­Uni on Off i ce and we will draw the cheques a d post them at no extra cost" , he explains. "This s ervi ce also app lies t o period1c P' ymen t s land Ind water instalments, car and house re- payments , el ect ­r ic light bill s an d telephone accounts·.

Th e Board of the UNSW Cr edit Union has applied to the Reg istrar of Credit Un i on s to ch an ge the name to Univ er­si ti es Cred it Union , Mr . Bennett says , The plan is t o me rge with the University of Sydney Credi t Union s o t ha t a more efflciel'lt service can be provided as a resul t of the growth 1n member ship an d t he i nvestment base.

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BOOK REVIEWS hu nt res s; Woman Poets of th~

Hunt e r Valley, publi s hed by Ni mrod publications.

~fvrf~ ay : MARJORIE BI GG!NS

Jean Tal bo t, ed itor of hun tree8, on e of t he t wo publ i cat i ons . launc he d on Ma r ch 2 at the Unl­Yer sit y Staff Hous e, int roduces the wo rk of 35 wo men poe t s of the Hun t e r Val ley by pointing out that the book "doesn ' t set out to gat he r sc al ps or win points in a t ired old sex war" .

And indeed the ya r l ety of su bject-matter alone prec l ud es any d i smi ssa l of t he book a s vet anothe r f eminist man ifesto .

If there is any one re­curri ng theme, any one pre ­occupa t ion, i t Is i n t he st r ong. of t en powerful an d some t i mes mOYin g s t a tements a bo ut person-al re la i ons hi ps wh ether they be of man to woman. parent t o Child. teacher to student or youth to age .

Nimrod publi cations have done well wi th th e pre sen tat ­ion of this boo k; the poems are cleanly set on heav y-textur ed

Professor's visit Professor Pe ter Oo dwe ll has al mos t completed his wor k with th e Department of Psychology as an Honorary Resear ch Fellow. . He is on sabbatical l eay e from Queens Un iv e rSity, Kingsto n. OntarIo, Canada. whe re he 15 Pr o f essor of Psychology .

At the Un iver s ity of Newca tIe he i s colla bora t ing wi th Or Te rry Caell! and oth er co ll ea gues on research In t o v I s ion.

Profess or Dod we ll is ac ­' ~0m panied in Newc ast l e by his wife Sharon, who is Ch i e f Psyc hologis t at Ki ng sto n Penitentiary . In Newcast le. Mrs Oodwell has ob tained two part-time jobs as a clinical psych ologi st.

Prof ess or Oo dwe 11 I s a Londoner who ho l ds B. A. an d D.Phil. degrees in the Uni ver­sity of Ox ford. Followi ng a period as a Lecturer t London Un i versity , he viS i ted Queens UnIvers i ty on ~tudy leave in 195B and, as he says. "has been there eve,. s ince". He st pped down as Head of his Oepa,.tment a fte r a nI ne - year, term of off ice jus t before he came t o Australia .

Pro fe ss or Oodwell obtained academi c expe r ience by spending vari ous 'study l eaves at Oxford Uni ve rs f t y (1 975) and the Ce ntre f or Advanced Stu dy n the Be havioura l Sciences a t Stanford Univers ity ( 1968) . At St anford he was a lso a Guggen­he im Fel l ow. I n 1970 he sp ent half a year at Harvard

white paper. huntress is a pleasant book t o handl e and read. My own pe r s onal prefer­en ces are far Robin Lo f tu s' s "Over The 80rder" , Oeanne Oaolan's ~Glft·, Barba r a Blaxland ' s "Rel at ionsh ip s " and Zeny Gfl es' s "Elegy"; they have a direc t ness. slmpl f c ity and conci s i on of uttera nce t hat I s not a l way s evident el sewhere .

CONTRAST AND RELIEF: SHORT STORIES FROM THE HUNTER VALLEY - 16 short stories published by Hl.rod Publications .

KEVJEW ay: ALlAN ~ATKrNS

Short story writers are an en­dangered spectes . Hany have the talent and other attrfbut­es for success in thi s literary f i eld, but they are unde r­nourfshed t hese days by the pauctty of pub l i shers.

A writer needs more than anything else t he encourage.en t of acceptance. to see hts wor k i n print. Stories relegated

e t aught courses a t both undergraduate a nd postgrad uate lev els.

As we l l as bei ng a me mb er of a numbe r of profe ss lon~ l

aSS OCi a tions, he Is a f ormer editor of the Cana di an Jour nal of Psychology.

He and his wife have had the opportunity to see ~o~e par t s of Australia , Includ t ng Victoria and Tasman f a . He hopes to visit Br i sbane and Perth before they r e turn to Canada.

The Univers i ty of Hew ­ca stle campus has 1 pressed them. Peter plays t ennis on campus and has al so been seen j og ging with his Psychology co l l ea gues .

The Oodwel1 s ren t a house a t Bar Beach and enj oy the ocean settI ng a great dea l.

Es ta bl ished i n 18 41, Qu een s University has about 10, 000 students and is t he olde s t university i n Ca nada west of the Mariti me Provinces. The University's main

to a desk drawer do nothing for the writer's condition . A word In printer's type Is wor ­th two on the typed page.

Where does the aspiring author f ind an outlet fo r his work? The Australian market­place has beCOM. a desert of disinterest and apathy. The short story. they say, has lost its appeal and popul,rfty.

wtth all of this In Mind, writers fn general and espec ­tally those in the Hunter Val· ley should welco .. CDB~.~ and •• t~f~ I .faed bag of en­deavours fro. reglo •• ' authors.

The Nt.rod volu.e Is self­published and edited by Zeny Glles and No ... ,n T"bot, both of who. are tAcluded a.ong the contrl butors.

The d15parlte pfeces of fiction (SOMe Ire ~t short stories since they do not subscribe to shlpe,and form) r ange from the obscure and pre­tent i ou s to well- craft ed stor­ies, such as Blrdman shi p ( a ha rsh t it l e fo r such a mo vi ng piece ) an d Ooris and Dr . Dea th. a maste rfull y- told sto ry wh i ch superbl y over -r i des a difficult ti me span.

St or y themes i nclude dom­estic cr is es and sc ience fict­io n. The boundari e s of t he co llec tion, howeve r . are narrow and t here a r e obv iou s ind u1gen -ce s.

strengths H e In the Art s and ;8 Sc i ence s. but pr ofes s i onal ..., Me dic ine. Bu s in es s a n~ l aw pr og r ammes ~re also WIde ly r ecog nised .

"Queens i s the closest th i ng Canada has t o a national uni vers l ty. because a large pr opo r tion of the s t udent s come from distant pa rts of the country and other pa rts of the world," he says .

Profe ss or an d Mr s Dadwel 1 wi ll r etur n to Canada at the end of Apr i l af te r an ei ght: month visIt t o t his un l vers lty. On th e ir way home they will visit the University of Canterbury . Christc hu rch, New Zeala nd.

Out Now! DiateoHc. Vol. 18, has Just been publIshed by the Univer­sity' s Philosophy ClUb. As a rule, Dla Zectia contains a selection of papers arranged by the Club durin g th~ pr eced­ing year. but, from time to time s pecial Issues are pro­duced whfch consist exclusive­ly of s tudent contributions.

Vol.lS fs another 'stud ­ent Dlat.ea~ia·. It contatns 50~e of the work done by sec ­ond and third yelr students In two Phflosophy options, Ega11tarllnls. and Authoritar ­ianism and Philosophy of Soc­tal Scfence. Contributors are Tony All en, Stllfan Bowe, Jane Burg, Harlen e Dorney, Davld Klrkby. Susan Lavell, "ark Newell, D.vid Porter and Barb­ara Watson.

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IDEA worth $100

A su,gestion prize of $100 Is being personally offered by the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Don &eorge.

The Vice-Chancellor will give the prize for the .ost successful Id •• or suggestion sub.ltted to the Positive In­itiatlves Co~lttel.

The Co.~lttee •• , estab-1tshed by Counctl tn February 1981.

The Ch.I~.n. E~erltus Professor C.D . E11yett, slid tfta .fter all me_bel's of 'tiff h'd·~ee" asked to Make suggest-fons . 78 suggestions were received fro. 36 employees.

81 the end of 1981. 42 suggestions hid been dealt with by the Positive Inltl.tlves Co .. tttee. he Slid. Twenty­one hid been discussed Ind

tnforMatlon was being and 15 had stili to be

ldered . PTofessor Ellyett s.ld

that the Vice-Chancellor's suggestion prize would be dIs­cussed by the Positive Inltt t­

s Co .. lttee, the members of ch were most grateful for

appointment lhe Asian IDstitu~ of Tech­nology in Bangkok recently held fts annual .eetlng of the 80ard of Trustees .

At the meet'ng. Professor D.W. Georgl! was elected ytce­Chafr.ln of the 80ard. As the Chair.an of t~ Board is Dr. Thanlt Kh~.n. Oeputy Prf~e

"tster for Thll1and. the t of Vlce-ChairMln Issu.es

re i.portance than .fght nor­&11y be t-he case . 'n addit­ion . Professor George is also a .e.ber of the Executtve Ca .. ittee, -Education Policy

_

~~~~:~t:~t:~e,~e. Student Relations and the Presidential

German films Ger.an fettyre f1~s, news­reels and docamentaries will be 5creened every second Wednesday frow Hoon until 2p~

In the Audio Visual Roo. A.ilZ. Anyone Interested In German films is .ost welco.e to att­end. Ad.1ss1on 15 free . If there 15 enough interest. the fl1bS will also be screened in the evening at a mutually convenient ttwe.

NEWTON-JOHN AWARD

~~ Nswt on - Joh n Award to bs pr saentad by Convocation to J SS 8 DVa. on Marc h 26. Je8s Dyes , a we ZZ - known ZocaL eduoationa l i st , t s t he si:th r eci pi ent of the Award . rhe 8outpt~rs is in r esin an d ~a8 B%s au ted by Zo ca~ souL­ptor Ly"datl Br own, o f cardiff So uth .

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FEBRUARY COUNCIL A co mbi ned mee t in g of the Co un­cil s o f the Unive r s i ty and t he Newca st le Coll ege of Advan ce d EduC4 io n has been ar r anged f or Friday, Marc h 5, so th4 t t he Vic e -C ha ncel l or and th e PrI n­c i pal of the Co llege may add­ress the Councils on the res­pecti ve concern s of t he Univer­s ity an~ th e Col ege in relat­Io n to amalgamat i on.

• Councfl was to l d that e~terna l

sponsors for research In 1981 gave the University 51,303,312. Thfs was about the SaMe as the value of support gIven fn 1980. The chief sources of research funds In 1981 were the Austra1-fan ResearCh Grants Co~mlttee (40 projects worth $402,780) and the Ma t Iona 1 Hea 1 th a.nd Medical Research Council ( 22 projects worth 5439,J2 7) . The equivalent of 69 people could hive been employed full-time as a result of the grants.

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This year's graduation cere­monies are to be held on one da y , Saturday, April 24.

Degrees In the Tacu l ttes of Arc hitecture, Engineering. Economfcs & Com~erc~, MediCine and Science will be conferred at a ceremony commencing at 10.00 am~ degree$ In the F~c ­

ulties of Arts, Education and Ma t hematics at a ceremony com­mencing at 2.30 p~.

In agreeing with the prop­osal. Which had been made poss­ible by a slight fall in the number of grlduands, CounCil was mindful of the success of the 4ctivftfes arranged and supported by the Standt~9 Co~­ittee of Convocation to augment last year's official ceremonies. It was hoped that the concen ­tration of the ceremonfes on One day would help the further development of these.

• Historian's visit Dr. R .... (Mu) Hartwel1, fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford. and. for.er Re.der In Recent Ecana.1c HJst~r1. Oxford, wltl visit the Deplrt.ent of HIstory on Friday. MArch 5. Interest­ed people Ire invited to hear Or. Hartwell's lecture on The Nor.lfty of Clpltllls. In ROOM VI04 (Mathe •• tics) at noon. As .,ny colleagues alreody know. Or. Hartwell. while Dean of Hu.anftfes in the lew South Wales University of Technol09Y. VIS responsible for the sett­ing up of the DivisIon of Arts in the le.clstle University College iR 1954 and It was he ~ho appofnted Ja.es Auchmuty to carry out the tlsk ..

The CouncIl has given pennls s ­t on for the ad-hoc Posi t ive InItiatives Committee to con­t inue it s work for another year. The f i nance and Person~­

el Committee Is presently con­s i de r ing the PlC's recommend­a t ion that a fund - ralsingl publici t y officer be appointed to co-ordinate the fund - raising activities of the Unlversfty, the Friends of The University and Conyoc~tlgn.

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The Introduction of a teaching programme based on a trimester system is presently being con ­Sidered by Senate. Council was told that the proposal was made by Professor R.G. Keats and Senate has establf~~ed a Work ­fng Party of Professor Keats and Professor A.W. Roberts to investigate matters affecting the fe slbility of this sy~'e •.

• Council appointed Emeritus Professor l.N. Short an Honor ­ary Professor of Education for two years; Mr. R. B. Taylor an Honorary Associate in Commerce for two years; and Hr. H.R. Tletze as Honorary Associate In Chemistry for one year. The app01nt ent of Mr . B.T. Coldftz as Honorary Associate in Com~ ­

eree was renewed for a further two years.

o

Approyal was given for Profess ­or D.G. Mowatt to be appointed Head of the Oepart~ent of Mod­ern Languages for three years. Council was told of the accept­ance by Assoc. Professor B.L.J. Gordon of Counctl's special in­vitation to him to serve is Head of the Deplrt~ent of Eeon­o.ics for one year .

Service A University Com.encement Ser ­vice ..,111 be held at Scot's Kirk, Hamilton, on Sunday. March 14. at 7 pa.

The Rector of St\Andrew's Anglican Church. Mayf1eld, the Rev. P. lo lIatk'ns, M.A., B.O. , Th.l .• D1p.R.E., wtll deliver the OccasionaJ Address.

All aembers of staff and students. their family and frlends. are welcome to att ­end. Supper wl11 be 5erve~ .

after the service. ..~ The service of worshi '.

early in the academic year is held to ask God's blessing on staff , students and graduates 'n the year ahead.

further 1nformation can be obtained by telephoning Re~ , Joy Bartholomew at 55 91 32.

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The V~~-Chani:e llor said t hat he was pleased t o inform Coun-c i l Or. Fra nk purdue had com-pleted compiling a comprehen-si ve li s t of i ndividuals who and organisations toat had gi ven $1 0 or more to the Unl-vers ty Great ~ all Appea l . He said that It must have Invo l v-ed Dr . Purdue in countless hours of detailed work. More than 700 dono rs were l isted . Counci l asked the Vice-Chancellor to consider ways of commemorating th.e names of don .~ .. ~ ors to the Great Ha l l project .. ,', and to convey fts gratitude to Or. Purdue, a (orlller _ellber of ., the Council and the organiser of the lord Mayor's Great Hall Appeal. .,

• The retirement of Professo~ Short had caused the CouncIl ~o approve the appOintment of Or. E.J. Braggett to the Chair­Manship of the Board of Trust. ees of the ComMunity Child Care Centre. Thts office ~as previously held by Professor l.M. Short.

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The Council has approved the c.lling of tenders for tne con­struction of additiona l resid­ential .ccommodation at Edwards Hall . The non.coll egiate style Icco .. odation wfl I cons i st of a block containing two units, each unit havIng five bedrooms and lfvlng/kitchen/ shower/tol ­let factlHles .

• The Hon . R. Oyer, MLe. of Wah­roonga, wa s welcomed by the Chancell or, Sir Bede Callaghan, at the first meeting of the Council for 1982 whicn was held on February 19. Mr. Dyer Is the new member of the Univer­s I ty Council elected by the meMbers of the Legislative CouncIl.

j! FIRS~H~ c:;:,~~ ' : TAFF

will be held fn the

l D R A III A T H £ A T R E

f on

~ TUESDAYI9 MARCHI 1982 t 1.05pn

I <Second and h1rd Term Staff

. Meetings will be held on Tues­day, June 29 and Tuesday, Oct­

lober 5. 1982.)

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SURVEY rn~ ~tUd~nts ' Repres~n t a ti ye

Counc i l i s cond uc ting a ho us ­i ng su r~ey . The c ond i t ion s o f s t udent hou s in g , ho w much ren t stud ents a r e pa y i ng, s tuden t I nc ome le ve ls and oth e r i nf o r ­mation i s being sought. The que s t'o nna ire s were sent to all re - en r olling students . They c an be re tu rned in th e e n­v e l g e e~ prov i ded to th es~ 1 0( ­at io ns;

• • • • • •

SR C Of fi ce ( Un ' on Bu ildi ng)

S t ud nt Enqu1 n e , ,"'eMu I 1 i n Bu i ld l ng)

Cas hi e r's Of fic e (McMu l 1in Build ing )

Counse lli ng Service (McMul l in Building)

Accommodation Officer (Temp­orary Buildings)

The Wa les Bank (Union Build­i ng)

• The University Post Office.

~d rgaret Kav a na h, Pre s id­t of the Stude nts ' Assoc i a t -

o n sai d t ha she would ap prec ­iat e s ude nt s ' co -oper at io n i n f illi hg ou t t he su rvey . a the i n forma ti Gn wou l d be vi t~ l

when a su bm iss i on on the needs of s t uden t housi ng was being

4Irepared.

rR~~ FOR SAlE BY T E NDER The f ol l owing surp lus an d ob­so l ete i tems of equip men t Gnd f ur nftu r e are aVijila bl e fo r Sale by Ten de r:

2 )( NASHUI\ 'j i\ VI N 2.2 0 Elec tro­s-tll "f I C Ph c; t:Dco p i e r s.

x NA SHU A SAVIN Pl e l n Pe per Photo c op i er s .

x CANON Plai n Pa pe r Photo­cop ie r s .

x XER OX 2 202 P lain P ~pe r

PtldT a c:op i " r • )( APECQ "Se l ex 900" P lain

P1I per Pho'r ocop I er . 2 x 3M P I ~I~ Pap e r P hotocop iers.

)( I BM El ec tT i c 1 ypewr i ter . I< IID LER 13 1D E lect r ic Type ­

wr I t er . x DI EHl P ri n t i n g Ca l c u l a to r. x PE RK ! N EL. ER /-lODE l 2.37

Infrared Sp ec tro p ho t ome t e r. x HIT ACH I Me de I FP I - G In t r a ­

r e d Spe c t ro p ho t o me t e r. x 26 Comp ar tme nt Pun c h Ca rd

S tand. 4 x 27 Dr ~we r ~ un ch Ca r d Ca b­

j' ne. t s .

Theatre Li ghting Control Eq uip.

3 0 x 5KV A Dimme r s I )( 2 () W If Ri!lc ~

I x I C Wa y Ra C k I x .10 Wa y 2. Preser Control

~ one I . Assocl1l1e <1 fl l t e r lng ge~r .'IlId

I n j ec t e d a ud i O fre qu e nc y bl ock ­i ng i nd u ctO r ~.

Fur ther In forma t ion and item­i s ed Tender Forms can be ob­ta ined by te l eph oning 68 0401 Extension 372 or 371.

APPOI NTMEN TS

Mi ss M.P.M. D i C k , Stenog rapher, F c u I ty of Med l c " "L

Dr . D. J . Hi 11 , Lec t u r e r, Oepa rt­ment 01 [Iect r i ~ft l and Compu t e r En ']l neer i og .

Mi ss £OD . ,",orrll y , laboratnry AS5 1stant , nepu r~m~nt 01 B i o ­logical Sc i e nces .

Mi ss O. ~ u ta , Tuto , Departmen t o f Mode rn La ng uage s .

M,'. T . W. 0 I dm a n , La bOl"btO l" y Cr af t s ma n, Fac ul t y of e d l c I no.

Dr. R. Smith , Senior Lecture r, Faculty of Med i c ine.

Mr s . G.R. Stre et, Pr o fessj on0 1 Officer, Fac u lty o f Me dici ne .

r~r s. K. Wl'l tk lns, Clerk, Fac u lty of Me d i c i ne.

Dr. J . M. Wo od , Sen ior Lec tu rer, De parTme nt of Commerce .

Or' . N . C . Wornra l d , Q1Jee~ El i zab ­eth I I Fe ll <:>w, F1J cu l t y of Ma r hem"t i C.5 .

Tender s must be for wa rde d in a s e a led e n ve lo ~e mar ke d "TEN DE R FOR USED EQUIP MEN T" to the Purchas i ng Sec tion . The Un i vers ity of Newca st le. NSW . 2308 and wi l l be accepte d un ­t il 11. 30 a m on March 12 . 1982.

Th e Un ivers i ty r es e r ve s the r ig ht to r e jec t a ny or a ll tend rs.

FOR S AL E The following items are offe re d for sale. Plea se telephon e 28 1584 or 87 3520 ( a ft er work-ing hours) pr i c es will be on a pp l i cati on:

FIV E BERTH FRANKl IN CARAVAN , a s ne " .

FI VE PIE CE MODULAR LO UNGE "Itn r ab le ( f iv e mon~ns ol~ ) .

S~I or SA I LI NG JACKET Li p ' ron ted, Ro ya l al uB, hc na kni tt ­e d in he a vy wool Wi th d te r yl­on e bl e n d , me di um s f ze , wo rn on ce (rn o n ~ j ~ ~kef ) . Pe rf ec t e on dlt ia n I}O. P l ease t e le ph one Ex t e nsio n c>49 .

HO ME TfNAMB I T/EAST MA ITL ANO

ContamporCl ry Spl i t level hOI!l8 (Arcn l tect deslQned l , eleval'ed poslt l oo , sou nerly spec! . Open plan, IrllinG , kilchen ,I;,d dining arell . f loo r to cei l In g win dows . Bu i I t - i n Sw I '!Os d r p-ss -El r. T8sman j an O~I' k i ~ch~n cup ­boards , ~o li s lo ed Cypress fJ i ne floors fNroughOlli 98 0 he~t l llg .

ro ur bed r oom" 1>11 th h lJ I It - I ns . Two Unth r o om" snurt w~lk to ' ch '~o l , ',hops and pa r U and . ~70 , ono . Please' lephonn :

7Q 6Q .

Ms J .r . Gar nsey , Stenog raph er, Fo c ulty of Mathemati cs .

~:s J .K. r a l c o ner , J uni o r Lab ­o r ato ry Ass i stan t . Oepar1~e r , r

n f 8 i 0 102 I ce I Se I e n c e s .

RE SI GNATIONS

~ji 5" M.~. I<ennedy , I I br ary As s istant, Au chmut y Li b r a ry.

M,5. C.J. Leonard , Senio Li b ra ri a n, Auchm uty L i b r ary.

i ss J.A. Mc Don a ld , Labo r ato r y Ass I s t >lnt , De pa r tment o f B i 0-

l og ical Scienc e s.

~'r $ . A.M. McKim , Ste n o g i 4 r1hlJ' f F cu lty 01 Math emat i cs .

RET r REHEHT S

Mr. J.D . Be lte, Se nl u r LectUI ­er, Depe r 1me nt ~f Ph y s l c~ .

Mrs . S . O. Byron , Stenog r d ph r , O &p" r t men~ of Ps ychO l og y .

Mr. !f . R . T I et-ze . 5e n i o r ' l ect ­~ rDr , D'pa rtma n t of Che mi s t ry.

Co nvo cat i on has the f o ll owi ng so uve n i r s of t he Uni vers ity for sa le :

• Un i ve rsi ty Wal I Plbques 5 19 . 95 each,

• Unlver5 ity Plates S 19.95 ~nd $2.5 obc h .

• Unlv r s i 1 y Pape rwe Igh t s - S9 oac l, .

Convo ca tion also has postcards sh ow ing th e main scenic spots of the campus. As they a re old sto ck. they wil l be g ive n away to memb er s of t he Univ e r ­si ty . Pl e a s e call fn at Room G60 in t he HcMu ll in Bui ldin g or te le phone Exte n s ion 213 .

FULL LEHGiH ROOF RACK to t i t VO l kswagen Kombi li On . Cood co n Qi r; on ')nd perf ect tor anyone con t ~mp l ~ting length y cam p i n r ri p , remoll I 0 I r u rn-itura o t c . '60 or ne~r of ft: ... P l e 3se t elep ho ne E)( ten­" ion 3 f'j I 0 r 63 27 I I .H te r 5 .30 pm.

T 0 lE T ParTI f u r n i ~h d three bed r oom hQusQ ~ t R ymond Ter r~ce

~ I QO p r ' ~e~ . P l ease te l ~ ­

phone 28 1584 or 8 7 3520 aft r worl< j "Il hou rs .

INSTRUCTION IN RUSSIAN A n~tl v B RU SS i an ~peak ing lady, d r e c nt B .A . g r a du ~~a wi th b

Ru ss i an compo ne nt , Wi I I p r o ­vid o in s t r uc 1'I o n I n wrrt~e n o r s poken Ru s sian t o Ind iv i dua l s o r 5 rna I I q r 0 up s . I n o n y 0 n e i s in t eres t ed please t e l ep hon e 43 0 37 5.

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DIARY OF EVENTS FRI DAY, MARCH 5

lJ.am

Noon

Economics Seminar Guest Speaker:

Assoc. Professor E.J. Douglas. Topic: Mark-up Pricing and the Un importance of Information. Venue: Room SI 0 I .

Mathematics Seminar Guest Speaker:

Professor R. Ska lak. Topic: Mechanics of Capillary Flow. Venue: Room VIOl.

SATURDAY, MARCH 6

lOam - WR I TER'S WORKSHOP at 4pm the Cultural Centre

(old hospital) Ne I son Bay. The workshop wi I I be conducted by Zeny Giles. If any­one is interested please contact the Department of Commun­ity Programmes.

SATURDAY, MARCH 6 to SUNDAY, MARCH 7

WEEKEND CONFERENCE for COMM UNITY WORKERS at the Morpeth Conf­erence Centre (near Maltland). If anyone is interested pl e ase conta c t the Depart­ment of Community Programmes.

SATURDAY, MARCH 6 to SATURDAY, MAY 8

10-11am CONSTRUCTIVE PLAY and EXERCISE for very you n g chi I d re n (t w 0

to six-year-olds). Venue: Gymnas I um of the Newcastle CAE . If anyone is inter­ested please cont act the Department of Community Programmes.

SUNDAY, MARCH 7

Bpm Newcastle Fi Im Soc­iet., presents: TALL BLOND MAN WITH ONE BLACK SHOE, France (1973) Direct­or: Yves Robe rt. Venue: BOI

MONDAY, MARCH 8

~i~2:rv "'": g'; i i r"'l :.::

-~ 3 r r e~=~ ~o r - i~e -

- != I e ' ~ r th~ STUDY SKI LL s COURSE. ~~ i s

; ':3; ~ S ' = r7 ::C~.J "" Se-

_ i r-. e: !! : i eojl: r ~ v i r.:::o

~ 1 ...!':::y ~ e- -h ~~, ;:js .

:e-nue : : ':> u !lSE I I j r.;:: ~ he ~- ret-7e .

TUESDAY, MARCH 9

12 . 30pm AW EUN (Assoc. of Women Em p loyees of the Univer s ity of Newcastle) p r es e nt the fi Im: RO SIE THE RIVETER recent American award wfnning documentary regarding women in World War ". Venue: BOI

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10

12.JOpm ANNUAL GENERAL MEET­ING for AWEUN. All women employees are welcome to attend. Venue: Godfrey Tanner Room.

Noon German feature f i I m Deutschlandspiegel, TROTTA. (98 mins., colo ur, Engl ish sub­titles). The life­story of a member of the Austrian aristoc­racy before, during and after the Great War. (Director: Johann~s Schaaf. Venue: Room A./32 (McMul I In Bui Iding)

4pm ANNUAL GENERAL MEET­ING for the Associat­ion of Post q raduate Students of ' The Uni­versity of Newcastle. Venue: Auchmuty Room.

THU RSDAY, MARC H 1 1

/.......... =' '- eli ..-:: i n ~ r v r'1 ee t i n ; t o a rr ange a t i Me ­t 3b le f2r t he LfT'S MAKE 1T PH YS ICAL COURSE. P ar tlc ir -3 nt s l e~ r n mor e abou 1 t he ir bodi e s a nd t o 9a in i ns igh t in t o th e ir phy s i c a l a nd mental functioning in an e a sy and re­laxed a t mosphere. V"n ue : Counselling Th e a trette.

fipm Faculty of Medicine Seminar Guest Speaker: Assoc. Prof­essor S.B. Bhagwan­deen. Top i c: Exper­imental Alcholic Hep­atitis. Venue: Lect­ure Theatre, Maddlson Building.

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