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A giftfrom Italy

Speaking through a translator Dr DePoli spoke of going to China to arrangean exhibition of Chinese sculpture inItaly, of establishing Italian studies inKyrgyzstan, of organising a conference inSpain on Islamic and Latin humanism, andof bringing an exhibition of Van Goghpaintings to his hometown of Treviso inNorthern Italy.

While he works on a truly globalscale, this philanthropist lawyer is intenton fostering cultural rather than tradelinks. “He is the very opposite of aneconomic rationalist,” whispers one ofhis companions as his entourage gathersin Winthrop Hall, cameras flash, and DrDe Poli begins an interview with SBStelevision that ranges across the worldand across numerous topics — fromwhat the world can learn from Romanhumanism in an era of terrorism to theimportance of the Roman empire’slegacy to Britain.

“People think that my focus on cultureis strange,” says Dr De Poli, “but Ibelieve that in the age we live in,humanistic studies are of vitalimportance. Technology is everywhere,but culture is the true human capital andmy aim is to revive and integrate Italianstudies in universities throughout theworld.”

UWA’s Associate Professor LorettaBaldassar, Chair of the CassamarcaLectureships Committee, says that theinjection of Foundation funds has beenthe lifeblood of a recent revival of Italianstudies.

“During the 1970s and 1980s, themovement to recognise Australia’s placeas part of Asia and to focus on regionallanguages resulted in a reduction infunding for European languages,” sheexplains.

“Italian Departments were absorbedinto European language schools and inWestern Australia UWA became theonly university to continue teaching. Andthat scenario was repeated acrossAustralia, so prior to the Cassamarcainitiative, Italian studies were in direstraits.”

A/Professor Baldassar said that theFoundation’s lectureships were nowattracting a new generation of Italianteachers to tertiary institutions, and itssupport extended beyond language andliterature teaching into areas such asmigration history and classics.

BELOW: the countryside around Treviso

UWA is one of nineAustralian universities tobenefit from a $23 millioninvestment in the nurturingof Italian culture.

Italian philanthropist Dr Dino De Poliannounced the remarkably generous giftat the University recently. It follows a$6 million gift from his CassamarcaFoundation nearly four years ago, and isthe biggest single funding for thehumanities in the history of theUniversity. UWA is the AustralianCassamarca host.

Frequently described as a modernMedici for his generous promotion ofItalian culture, the president of Italy’sphilanthropic Cassamarca Foundationcould also be seen as a modern dayMarco Polo. He is fostering culturalexchanges that link Italy with China,Central Asia, and many other nations.

“… my aim is to revive and integrate Italianstudies in universities throughout the world.”

Dr Dino De Poli, Cassamarca Foundation

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Students rock TimorUWA focus on Timor Leste’s natural resources

Seven honours students are helping TimorLeste (East Timor) to get back on its feet afternearly thirty tumultuous years of occupation,war and unrest.

The students, from the School of Earth and GeographicalSciences and the School of Water Research, all volunteered tojoin the efforts of their teachers in both schools, who began lastyear to help the island better understand its natural resources.

Led by geologists Dr Myra Keep and Associate ProfessorDavid Haig, the students chose areas in which they couldresearch and complete their honours projects while doingsomething useful for the Timorese community.

“It’s been so exciting for the students, a tremendousopportunity,”A/Professor Haig said.

After groundwork at home at UWA, which included learningsome basics of the local language, Tetum, the students,accompanied by geology post-doctoral fellow Dr WarwickCrowe, set out for Same, a hilly region south of Dili, wheremost of them spent six or seven weeks.

“The thrust of the whole on-going project is to help theTimorese people learn how to manage their natural resources,so we not only do some of the basic research work ourselves,but we train the Timorese people so they can undertake thistype of work themselves,” A/Professor Haig said.

Last year, he and Dr Keep brought two staff from the EasterTimorese Directorate of Energy and Mineral Resources toUWA, then took them up north to gather geological samples.When they returned to Perth, the academics taught them how

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researched metamorphic complex rocksin the area, to come to an understandingof the tectonics of the island.

Nina and Eujay said they had a fantastictime in Timor Leste and that they wouldlove to go back there one day.

The highlight for a third geologyhonours student, Logan Barber, wastaking Timor Leste’s Secretary of Staterock climbing in the Cablake Range,near Same.

Logan’s interest in geologyblossomed from his hobby of rockclimbing and when, at a welcomefunction, the politician said he wouldlike to do some trekking in the range,Logan offered to escort him andexplain some of the geology along the

way.“He described the history of the area

as we went,” Logan said. “Apparently itis an important traditional place forTimor Leste.”

Logan’s work there involved samplingrocks from the mountain range to puttogether its depositional history.

“Our geological work will not onlyassist their petroleum industry, it willalso help in road building and perhapsexplain many of the landscapesimportant for a future in eco-tourism,”A/Professor Haig said.

He said Timor Leste would be

to process the samples so they could dosimilar work back in Timor Leste.

“They are doing a completegeological survey of the island, so theycan attract the big petroleum companiesback to take up exploration there again,and we want to help them with this,” hesaid.

Each of the seven UWA students waspaired up with a Timorese civilengineering student, so each could learnfrom the other. There is no EarthScience taught at the universities in Dili,so it was decided that these studentswere the closest to ours.

The group was also joined by anhonours and a PhD student fromMelbourne after Dr Keep and A/Professor Haig set up a collaborationwith The University of Melbourne.

The geology students’ work focusedon determining the geological history ofthe island and the potential of findingpetroleum in Timor Leste. Thegeography students looked at mappingtraditional lands while the environmentalengineering students studied waterquality.

“While the geologists andgeographers spent their days interviewinglocals, collecting rocks and climbingvarious mountains, Alex and I spent ourtime wading through rivers andinspecting the south coast while fendingoff the many salt-water crocodiles,” saidHalinka Lamparski. She found that thewater quality was very good and that thelocals could think about developing abottled water industry.

Alex Wyatt, a marine environmentalengineer, worked on the rock platformson the shallow coast, working out theeffect on them of the rivers’ outflow.

“All the students’ work was aimed atproviding basic information on whichthe East Timorese people can build theirresearch and their industries,”A/Professor Haig said.

The group chose Same because it hassome of the oldest rocks in TimorLeste, including those from the TriassicPeriod. Geology student EujayMcCartain (pictured above with localstudents) said he was narrowing downthe age of the Triassic rocks and hispreliminary analysis pointed to thembeing very similar to the rocks in theNorth West shelf, which indicatespetroleum deposits.

Another geology student, Nina Wells,

perfect for eco-tourism, with itsspectacular scenery, its small populationand the picturesque Portugueseinfluence on the towns and buildings.

“Its natural beauty is similar to NewGuinea, where I worked for eight years,but that’s a very dangerous place. Thereis no danger in Timor, so I think a futurein tourism would be great.”

Alex Cullen, one of the twogeographers in the group, said they didmore hands-on work with thecommunity than the geologists. “Ihelped with a methodology toempower them to map their ownboundaries, as a basis for their ownnatural resource work,” Alex said. Hemade maps of the villages and left themwith their chiefs.

Alex and Pyone Myatthu, the othergeography student, will send theirreports to the Timor government’sdepartment of land and property. Pyonelooked at traditional land tenure whilein Timor Leste.

“People have adapted dynamically tothe upheaval in their country, and goneback to traditional methods of living,which are sustainable, so it’s a greatalternative,” she said.

Both the staff and students involvedin the Timor Leste project are deeplycommitted to it. A/Professor Haig saidthat he and Dr Keep had financed theproject with “research money put awayfrom consulting work over the yearsand some of our personal money aswell.” He said the group had aUniversity small grant and some facultygrants, as well as some funding from theTectonic Research Centre.

“We had about $30,000 to takethese students up there,” he said. “Butwe also had a lot of support in kind. TheDirectorate of Energy and MineralResources in Dili gave us use of threevehicles. The District Commissioner forthe Same area gave us a big oldPortuguese house for all the students tostay in. And Conoco Philips (a bigpetroleum company) flew us fromDarwin to Dili at no cost. Woodsidefunded our basic course in Tetum”.

He said the District Commissionerhad also arranged access to the regionfor the students, with the local chiefs.

The Timor Leste project willcontinue, with an internationalsymposium planned for later this year.

“The thrust of the

whole on-going

project is to help

the Timorese

people learn how

to manage their

natural resources”

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Vice-Chancellor’s

Alan Robson Vice-Chancellor

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n Academics are working withindustry partners in a widerange of research, fromarchaeology to economics,with the help of ARC linkagegrants.

UWA has been awarded 15 grantsworth more than $4 million in the latestround of grants. Projects funded span ahuge range of research areas, fromarchaeology and prehistory to appliedeconomics, public health, management,engineering, sociology, ecology andevolution.

“We are very pleased indeed withthe grants,” says Professor DougMcEachern, Pro Vice-chancellor(Research and Innovation). “There aretwo rounds a year — this is the secondround — and our success rate is 71percent. The national average is 52percent. We have also been awarded 15APA grants for post-graduatescholarships.”

Projects include a study of the latesttechnology in laser vision surgery;measuring non-CO2 greenhouse gasemissions in forests in south-easternAustralia; and developing a viable sheepdairy industry in Australia.

In recent years, many Australiancompanies have been hurt by big shifts inthe Australian dollar, because they wereunable to forecast these trends andbecause of deficiencies in hedgingstrategies when dealing with foreignexchange risk. A new project looks atalternative ways of forecasting the $A inreal time and analysing gold prices todevelop a viable method of hedgingforeign exchange and commodity pricerisk.

A diverse range of industry andgovernment bodies are partners in thefunded projects, including Rio Tinto,Anglo Gold, CALM, Iluka Resources, theNational Heart Foundation and ICILTasman.

Partners linkup for richerresearch

It is clearly as hard to shake some of the myths thatsurround the modern university as it is to have thewider community — including the editorial writers ofa national newspaper –– understand and acknowledgethat all of Australia’s universities are not the same.

Some of you may have seen The Australian’s recent article about therelative number of academics and administrators in the national system.The paper followed-up this article with an editorial –– Too many clerks, toofew classes — in which it made some extraordinary generalisations linkingstaff-student ratios to administrative-academic staff levels.

Apart from perpetrating a myth about professional and administrativestaff, what concerns me most is the fact that those who should knowbetter fail to recognise significant differences in individual institutions (asan aside, in recent months — The Australian has also twice referred toThe University of Western Australia as the University of WesternSydney!).

The recent editorial prompted me to ‘do the sums’ for our University,and subsequently write to the newspaper making the point that theassertions made did not apply to our University, nor — I am sure — tomany other universities.

From 1996 to 2003, our student-staff ratio rose by 15 per cent, thesecond lowest increase of any Australian university. During that period,our teaching and research staff increased by 14 per cent; our researchstaff increased by 10 per cent, and our professional and administrativestaff increased by seven per cent. In relation to professional andadministrative staff, the biggest increase occurred within the faculties (a23 per cent increase) with a decrease of three per cent in professionaland administrative staff in central administration. Some of the increase inadministrative and professional staff is associated with our desire — andthat of the community generally –– for increased accountability andtransparency.

Compounding past mythologies regarding the role of those providingadministrative support to teachers and researchers short-changes manyhighly-qualified and committed individuals who deliver an important andessential element of the university learning experience.

I also pointed out to the newspaper’s editor that it served no purpose‘pointing the finger’ while universities face an increasing level of regulatoryand reporting requirements imposed by Government reforms of recentyears.

Shaking offthe myths

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Support foryoung

medicalresearchers

UWA research into respiratory disease,spinal cord injury, immune systemresponses, regulation of cholesterol, andbone and calcium disorders have receiveda boost from the State Government.

All five winners of the Department of Health’sinfrastructure grants this year went to UWA medicalresearchers. The New Independent ResearcherInfrastructure Support (NIRIS) Awards are worth a totalof $75,000.

The five researchers have each received $15,000 tocover costs such as laboratory equipment, computers,animal facilities and support staff.

Associate Professor John Burnett a consultant medical biochemist at Royal PerthHospital and Clinical Associate Professor in the School of Medicine and Pharmacology, isworking on understanding naturally occurring low-cholesterol states that might lead tonew strategies to help those with the opposite problem of high cholesterol andcardiovascular disease.

While high levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL), the ‘bad’ cholesterol in the blood,are associated with increased cardiovascular risk, low levels of LDL are associated withprotection from heart disease.

Dr Amanda Devine senior research officer, Bone and Calcium Group, School ofMedicine and Pharmacology, works in the area of bone and calcium disorders. She iscurrently coordinating a big clinical trial of calcium supplements and their role in theprevention of fracture.

Dr Devine’s research interests are specifically the mechanism of various factorsinvolved in bone disease, including hormonal status and nutritional and lifestyle factorssuch as diet, calcium supplementation vitamin D and physical activity.

Dr Silvana Gaudieri is the Healy Fellow at the Centre for Forensic Science in theSchool of Anatomy and Human Biology, and Adjunct Senior Lecturer at the Centre ofClinical Immunology and Biomedical Statistics.

Her focus is on understanding the genetic basis of complex diseases associated with aregion on the genome that contains important immune regulation genes, the MajorHistocompatability Complex (MHC). Dr Gaudieri is examining the role of MHC on ahost’s immune response to infection agents such as HIV and hepatitis C, and in complexdiseases such as psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis.

Professor Lyle Palmer is Foundation Chair in Genetic Epidemiology at the WAInstitute for Medical Research, and Professor Schools of Population Health and Medicineand Pharmacology.

He has interests both in methodological development in statistical genetics and inapplied genetics research with a focus on complex respiratory diseases.

Professor Palmer has overall responsibility for enabling the internationally uniqueclinical and epidemiological resources in WA to be expanded into the areas of geneticepidemiology and genomics.

Dr Giles Plant is the National Health and Medical Research Council’s R.D. WrightFellow, and Director, Red’s Spinal Cord Research Laboratory in the School of Anatomyand Human Biology. (Red is the nickname of the benefactor, Eileen Bond.)

His research interests are neurotrauma, particularly spinal cord injury and hislaboratory is investigating transplantation techniques to repair that injury.

Dr Plant’s current work with colleagues in Melbourne is looking at the potential ofhuman bone marrow cells to repair the injured spinal cord. They are studying theprospect of harvesting the cells from patients with spinal cord injury, then transplantingthem into the injury site to induce axonal growth.

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Many visitors to the UWA campus pause atthe large handsome rock outside the mainentrance to the Geology Building to examineit, and to read the inscription.

The rock is an agmatite, a complex patchwork of variousgranitic and other rocks which have been combined, deep in theEarth’s crust, during mountain-building episodes. Non-geologicalvisitors tend to be particularly impressed by the dates on the

inscription, which indicate that the components of therock range from three billion to 550 millionyears in age.

Earth Science students are less impressedby such dates, but find the rock a suitablegathering point before lectures begin, and during

the lunch hour. Neither visitors nor present-day students generally know about the events

that led to its installation at the Universityby Professor Rex Prider, where it has

become something of an icon.Professor Prider, who is now 93 and lives in a nursing home,

was brought up in rural WA before graduating from UWA. Hetook his PhD at Cambridge where he worked on the petrologyof a group of rare volcanic rocks from the Kimberley area ofWestern Australia.

Dr John Glover, senior honorary

research fellow in the School of Earth

and Geographical Sciences, recounts

the story of the majestic rock which has

been a UWA icon for more than forty years.

His continuing work on these rocks,which are the source of many of thediamonds subsequently found in the area,helped establish his reputation as apetrologist.Dr Prider joined the Department of

Geology (as it was then called) at UWA, and in1949 became the Department’s third Professor. One of theteaching duties that he particularly enjoyed was taking first-yearstudents on brief, weekend excursions to quarry and outcropexposures on the fringe of the metropolitan area. The RoadsBoard Quarry in Armadale, which had been a useful source ofroad metal, was a favourite locality.

The Professor maintained that the textures and structures inthe Roads Board Quarry agmatite reflected many of the maingeological events of the Precambrian Era in Western Australia.He also held the view that students, if asked the right questions,could work out the order of these events themselves from theevidence.

One large rock, of which the UWA rock was then part,served his purpose to perfection. It held centre stage during thediscussions for at least an hour.

One Sunday in 1957, the Professor marched into the quarryat the head of about fifty students to find that his favourite rockhad been completely whitewashed, thus rendering it useless asa subject for demonstration. Elsewhere, mildly indelicate

Therock ofages

geological

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pseudo-geological observations were painted with whitewashon the walls of the quarry.

Professor Lawrie Davidson of Murdoch University was then amember of the class, and remembers how blandly ProfessorPrider switched to other rocks to point out structures andextract answers from the students. The Professor, however, wasfeeling less than bland inwardly, and his temper was not improvedby finding a parking ticket, which proved false, on his car.

The next day, Monday, he asked me to drive to the quarrywith him to look for clues to the identity of the vandals. Wefound empty white wash cartons and little else, but it wasevident that repeat students were involved, because they knewprecisely which rock to target. The Professor then decided tocompare the handwriting on the fake parking ticket with that ofrepeat students in the previous year’s examination papers,which he had in his office. He thus identified the ring-leader.

The professor told the students involved that the quarry hadto be restored by the next week, and according to LawrieDavidson (who was not one of the villains), it was.

Professor Prider was not particularly elated with hisinvestigative triumph. He knew the copycat nature of pranks ofthis kind, and never lost a lingering concern about the fate ofthe rock. Eventually, late in 1963, he arranged with Bell Bros tohave the rock brought to the Department, where he couldkeep an eye on it out of his window.

The rock arrived after he had gone on study leave. Bell Broshad dropped it on the Causeway, where it split in two, to theconfusion of following traffic. Thus two large rocks weredelivered to the Department one afternoon. Basil Balme, theActing Head of the Department, banished one piece to the rearparking lot, where it remains, and had the other mounted infront of the Geology Building. The delivery attracted a largebody of very noisy students, and eventually the Vice Chancellor

himself came to see what was happening.The brass plaque explaining the significance of the rock

proved an irresistible late-night target to roistering students,but was replaced without comment until they tired of removingit. In 1988, one of the plaques was dumped late at night at theNedlands Police Station, about 25 years after being taken, andwas returned to us. The circumstances have never beenexplained.

There was a further problem. The rock began to turn brownbecause of iron in the water of University sprinklers, thusconcealing the all-important structures and textures. TheProfessor instructed the Museum Curator to clean it up withdilute oxalic acid from time to time.

Professor Prider maintained a proprietary interest in therock long after his retirement in 1975. Until 1999, he generallypresented the Prider Medal at an annual lunch held in UniversityHouse, after which his routine was to walk back to the GeologyBuilding with me, noting in passing if the rock needed a freshoxalic acid bath.

In February 2000, the Professor attended a meeting ofGeology alumni held in the Sunken Garden. He was then 89. Iam pleased to report that the rock was in pristine condition,having been scrubbed byMuseum Curator Jenny Bevanespecially for the occasion.

RIGHT: Dr John Glover andJenny Bevan have great affectionfor the rock (below).

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Scienceand artsintersect

Scienceand artsintersect

A seminar series that buildslinks between science and thearts is quietly revolutionisingthe way people are thinkingabout society and theenvironment.

The intersection of human values andenvironmental management takes placeonce a month, organised by a group ofacademics from right across thedisciplines at UWA.

The Environment and Society seminarshave been running all year and came outof discussions between twoanthropologists, twoscientists and alandscape architect

One of the group,Dr Jane Mulcock, apostdoctoral fellow inAnthropology and Sociology, said theinterdisciplinary seminars were theresult of a wish to build links betweenthe physical and biological sciences, andthe social sciences, arts and humanities.

“The primary purpose of the serieswas to bring scholars from both areastogether to talk about the intersectionsof human beliefs, values and practices,and environmental management,” DrMulcock said.

“As such, we are acknowledging theimportant contributions that bothgroups of scholars have to make to ourunderstanding of environmentalproblems. You need multipleperspectives to get the whole picture.”

Although it was aimed at academicstaff at UWA, the seminars havebecome very popular with people offcampus, mainly from government andprivate environmental consultancies.“It’s really good to provide a forum forpeople in the community, even though itwasn’t our original idea,” Dr Mulcocksaid.

A well-attended seminar in firstsemester was that presented byProfessor of Philosophy, AndrewBrennan. He talked about biodiversityand agricultural landscapes and whether‘wicked’ policy problems could besolved.

“Conservation issues for agriculturallandscapes are typical examples of‘wicked’ public policy problems,”Professor Brennan said. “They are theones in which questions are not clearlydefined, and there is apparent conflictbetween different sets of values, all ofwhich are legitimate.

“Since ‘wicked’ problems involve thecompetition between multiple goods,and different — but perfectly legitimate— values, it is not helpful to regardthem as having right or wronganswers.”

He said the challenge for policy inAustralian agriculture was how toprotect remaining natural values byprocesses that were fair to

stakeholders, governed by scientificcredibility, and sensitive to the pluralityof values held by groups within thecommunity.

The next seminar in the series will bepresented by Associate Professor BillieGiles-Corti: Urban Design and Health —Work in Progress.

A/Professor Giles-Corti iscoordinating a five year research projectcalled RESIDE (RESIDentialEnvironments), in collaboration with thedepartment for Planning andInfrastructure, the National HeartFoundation and the Water Corporation.

The study aims to evaluate theimpact of urbandesign on health,particularly theimpact onwalking, cycling,

use of public transport and sense ofcommunity.

In her presentation next month, sheasks: How does the design ofcommunities affect people’s leisure timeactivities, transport patterns, health andsense of community?

The seminar is scheduled for 4pm onFriday September 10 in the SocialSciences Lecture Room 1. Please let DrMulcock (6488 1819 or jmulcock@cyllene.uwa.edu.au) know if you areattending.

For updates and notice of futureseminars, visit the Environment andSociety Seminars webpage: http://www/anthropology.arts.uwa.edu.au/home/envirosoc/environment

Professor Andrew Brennanposes some ‘wicked’questions at his seminar

“ … a wish to build links between the physical and biological sciences,

and the social sciences, arts and humanities”

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Researchers in Population Health took uptheir paintbrushes recently and created amural that symbolises their work.

The Health Promotion Research and Evaluation Group(HPREG), lead by Associate Professor Billie Giles-Corti, spent aweekend together to produce a work of art that illustratestheir collective vision of a community with all the elementsessential to good physical, mental and spiritual health, andenvironmental sustainability.

It was created under the direction of artist David Giles,husband of A/Professor Giles-Corti, and some of the

BELOW: Population Health researchers Joanna Granich and TyaShannon Smith are proud of the team effort that went into thismural, which is now in the corridor outside their offices

researchers brought along family members to theFremantle Arts Centre, to make 11 artists in thegroup.

“In the spirit of traditional urban design, thecommunity is centred around a civic building and natural

features, and incorporates a vibrant mix of land uses includingparks, shops, health services, spiritual centres and houses,” saidTya Shannon Smith, a PhD student in the group. “Communitymembers use renewable energy and eat food grown sustainablyin community gardens and farms. They are encouraged to beactive, both physically and mentally, engaging in many forms ofphysical activity, learning and civic activities.

“Look closely and you will find a skate park, churches fromdifferent religions, a symbol of indigenous spirituality, bicycle

and pedestrian paths, a tree-top walk, a beach café, andmany other interesting details.”

The mural weekend was organised as a teambuilding activity for HPREG staff and PhD students

supervised by A/Professor Billie Giles-Corti and DrMichael Rosenberg. The group is engaged in research projectslooking at the effect of physical environments on aspects ofhealth, physical activity in particular.

The artists were Jacinta Francis, Sarah French, Billie Giles-Corti, Joanna Granich, Andrea Lange, Karen Martin, JasmineMartin, Rosie J Murray, Gavin McCormack, Tya Shannon Smith,Brian Wolfenden.

The HPREG website has colour photos of the mural. http:/www.populationhealth.uwa.edu.au/welcome/research/hpreg/hpreg

Research paintsa pictureof an idealneighbourhood

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Australia’s most prestigious prize for salinity research,the WE Wood Award, has been won by AssociateProfessor David Pannell, described as a man with atalent for challenging convention.

A/Professor Pannell is a researcher with the CRC for Plant-BasedManagement of Dryland Salinity

Presenting the award in Bendigo, Kevin Goss, the chair of the selectionpanel, said that A/Professor Pannell had shown that simple solutions, appliedbroadly would not work, in addressing one of the nation’s biggest problems.

“This presents a challenge to policy makers who so often work within theconfines of short political time frames,” he said.

“David Pannell’s work has greatly influenced these policy makers, who arenow heeding his message. We are seeing much greater attention paid tocost-effectiveness and a more realistic appreciation of the importance ofsocio-economic issues in developing salinity solutions.

“Our understanding of salinity has developed greatly in recent years, butthis also serves to remind us that the more we know, the more we realisewe don’t know. David Pannell’s consistent call for commitment to well-planned long-term research is a message we will ignore at our peril.”

Walter Ernest Wood, after whom the award is named, first recognisedand reported on the salinity risks associated with land clearing in 1924.

A Symphony of Colour isplaying in the corridors ofthe Graduate School ofEducation.

A collection of paintings by Indianartist, poet and meditation teacher, SriChinmoy, are designed to promoteworld harmony, friendship and unity.

They were brought to Perth, framedand hung by UWA graduate, meditationteacher and devotee of Sri Chinmoy,Stuart Cunningham, who hopes to keepmoving the exhibition to differentlocations, to spread a positive, feel-good message.

The vibrant colourful paintings havenames like Shanti (peace) andBenevolence and all carry the artist’ssignature birds.

Paintingspromote

peaceBELOW: Stuart Cunningham with hismentor’s famous hand-drawn birds

“Sri Chinmoy has perfected the art ofmeditation to the point where hedoesn’t need to sleep,” said Stuart. “Hismeditation energises him and taps intohis creativity. He plays about 70 musicalinstruments and once created 100,000paintings in a 48-hour period.”

Stuart says the artist has drawneleven million of his signature birds.

Sri Chinmoy is based in New Yorkwhere he runs meditation classes for

delegates to the United Nationsassembly.

Symphony of Colour is exhibited in thecorridors of the second floor of theGSE building, until the end of August.None of the paintings is for sale.

David Pannell demosntrates that dryland salinity has the same effect as pouringsalt onto plants

Challenging solutions for salinity

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High school students with visual impairmenthad a taste of University last month.

Eight students thinking about coming to UWA next year hadall their questions about access answered by staff from StudentServices, the Library and academics from the areas of socialwork, psychology, linguistics and law.

Filomina D’Cruz, project officer in the Student DiversityAccess Program, said the aim was to present university as anoption to students who may not have considered it possible.

“Here at UWA there are facilities and services to attend totheir specific needs. For example, the Disabilities Office arrangesspecial provision for exams and they also organise coursematerial to be provided in alternative forms, which include Brailleand electronic form, so it can be enlarged on the screen.”

There are already 14 students registered on campus withvision impairment and the prospective students met some ofthem over lunch and discussed problems and possibilities.

The visit by these students was organised as part of thewider Student Diversity Access Program which aims toencourage students from schools which are under- represented

The University’sf o u n d a t i o nProfessor ofMechanical Engi-neering, EmeritusProfessor DavidAllen-Wil l iams,died on July 29.

He served asfoundation professor fora remarkable 25 years,

from 1958 to 1983 and was also head of the MechanicalEngineering Department from 1958 to 1977.

Associate Professor James Trevelyan, Discipline Chairfor Mechatronics Engineering in the School of MechanicalEngineering, said: “Emeritus Professor Allen-Williamsinspired the generation of mechanical engineers who builtthe mining, manufacturing, process and offshore oil and gasindustries that have brought such wealth to this state.”

David Allen-Williams was a unique engineer, havingmastered and practised all the braches of engineering:mechanical, civil, computing, electrical and electronic.

“He will be remembered as much for his quiet butinsistent integrity, humility and loving guidance of hisstudents as for his unique engineering achievements,” A/Professor Trevelyan said.

A unique engineer

There is still time to nominate yourself or aworkmate for the annual Safety Awards.

The closing date for nominations is now September 3.There are awards for both individuals and groups.

UWA has a good safety record and publicly recognisingthe people who keep our working environment safe ensuresthat safety stays on the agenda at UWA.

For information and entry forms go to: http://www.safety.uwa.edu.au/whats_newannual_safety_awards_ information

If there is a broken step, a badly lit corner or anythingelse you consider a safety hazard in your area, you canreport it to the Safety and Health Office on-line at http:/www.safety.uwa.edu.au/about_safety_and_health_officehazard_ report_form

Reward thosewho keep you safe

The vision is access for allat UWA and by students of diverse backgrounds to consideruniversity studies as an option.

“The visits are mainly by year nine students who come tothe campus for part of the day to hear ex-students from theirschools talk about life on campus and participate in organisedactivities. Certificates are also presented to the participants,”said Filomina.

“We would like the visiting students to meet staff memberswho attended their school or a school of a similar background.We would also like them to present their certificates and give ashort informal talk to encourage the students’ tertiaryaspirations.

“Another way to be involved is by organising an activity of 45minutes to an hour’s duration for these campus visits. Studentsreally enjoy hands-on activities in labs, or short lectures thatgive them a taste of university life,” she said.

Schools which will be visiting in the coming weeks are theAustralian Islamic College, Girrawheen Senior High School,Armadale Senior High School, Mirrabooka Senior High andNortham Senior High.

If you are interested, please contact the Project Officer forthis program, Filomina D’Cruz, on 6488 7863 or fdcruz@admin.uwa.edu.au

Students Graeme Pearce and Thomas Diamond at the workshop

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EDr Nancy LongneckerSenior Lecturer in Science Communication,Faculty of Life and Physical Sciences

Why? Because we should!There are many in the community who are genuinely

interested in science; we see that first hand at UWA Expo.There is an extraordinary amount of fascinating research anddevelopment at UWA. Great satisfaction can be had by sharingthe excitement. There is also a growing imperative to do so.

There is a decreased interest in science in schools withsubsequent problems for university science faculties. With theimminent retirement of many of Australia’s teachers of enablingsciences (chemistry, physics, mathematics), who will teach thenext generation? To avoid a crisis, we must interest youngpeople in science.

Complicating the discussion of lower interest and reducedmotivation to study science is the issue of public trust ofscience and scientists.

Once upon a time scientists who developed a new technologythat was technically robust expected public acceptance if‘experts’ deemed the benefits of the new technologyoutweighed predicted risks. New technologies must now be‘socially robust’ as well. Particularly in Europe, policy shifts havebeen informed by BSE crises and controversies about geneticmodification of foods.

The UK House of Lords Third Report on Science andTechnology begins with a description of a ‘crisis of trust’:

Society’s relationship with science is in a critical phase … On theone hand, there has never been a time when the issues involvingscience were more exciting, the public more interested, or theopportunities more apparent. On the other hand, public confidence inscientific advice … has been rocked … and many people are deeplyuneasy about the huge opportunities presented by areas of scienceincluding biotechnology and information technology, which seem to beadvancing far ahead of their awareness and assent. In turn, publicunease, mistrust and occasional outright hostility are breeding aclimate of deep anxiety among scientists themselves.1

What’s in it for me?

When specialists explain an idea or concept in plain English to awider community, it helps clarify our thoughts. Every teacherknows that one of the best ways to improve their ownunderstanding of a concept is to explain it to others. Manyresearchers know that explaining their work to someone outsidethe field can be an excellent way to improve an hypothesis orexperimental design. Why is that? When explaining to an‘outsider’, we have to peel away our jargon and get back to thefundamental idea. We have to examine assumptions and makesure we truly understand and accept them.

When specialists use jargon, layers of assumptions underpinour thoughts. That’s one of the reasons we use jargon.Technical words provide short hand or abbreviations for wholesets of ideas. When specialists talk knowingly about polymerasechain reaction or superconducting quark stars, they jump to acertain level at which a whole series of assumptions is acceptedand dialogue can start. It also excludes anyone who does notunderstand the jargon. That may be appropriate but frequentlyis not. We must get better at being bilingual, switching betweenthe jargon of our field and plain English as appropriate.

What can I do?

We can all improve our communication skills. I didn’t think asmuch about delivery when lecturing about iron uptake by plantsas I do now when standing in front of today’s media-savvystudents talking about effective communication. Daunting, Iassure you. I will never have a flashy delivery, but hope Iincorporate some of what I’m continually learning abouteffective communication.

We can share some of the excitement of what we do withthe community. In doing so, we should remove jargon from ourspeech and writing whenever possible. One of the students in aScience Communication unit put it well, “Instead of trying tosound intelligent, I have reported the facts clearly andsuccinctly. My grades have improved by incorporating thistechnique.” There are many rewards to improvedcommunication, this being but one simple example.

We celebrate National Science Week by asking…

Communicating with the public:Why bother?

LIFT-OUT23 August 2004 Volume 23 Number 12

CAMPUS DIARY • RESEARCH GRANTS AND CONTRACTS • CLASSIFIED ADS • NOTICES • REDUNDANT EQUIPMENT

Compiled byPublications Unit

enquiries@publishing.uwa.edu.auinfoUWAnews

ResearchGrantsContracts

&2004 EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING Awards

This is to advise all staff that a call for the 2004 Excellence in Teaching Awards has nowbeen distributed to Faculties and Schools.

The Awards were realigned in 2002 to take account of restructuringand for 2004 comprise student nominated awards only, as follows:

Individual Teaching AwardsIndividual Teaching - Small Group Teaching Awards

Honours Research Supervision AwardPostgraduate Coursework Teaching Award

Postgraduate Research Supervision Award - Unit AwardSince 2002 the individual teaching awards have been considered on a divisional basis, as follows:

DIVISION 1HUMANITIES/SOCIAL SCIENCES

Architecture, Landscape and Visual ArtsArts, Humanities and Social SciencesEconomics and CommerceLawNon-Faculty based teachingEducationIndigenous StudiesDIVISION 2 — SCIENCES

Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

Life and Physical SciencesMedicine and DentistryNatural and Agricultural SciencesThe closing date for nominations by students isFriday, 15 October 2004.Nomination forms and contact detailsfor these awards are available at http://www.teachingandlearning.uwa.edu.au/page/19514

RURAL INDUSTRIES RESEARCH ANDDEVELOPMENT CORP

A/Prof Lynette Abbott, Earth and GeographicalSciences: ‘Adding Value to Organic PastureMicrobes and Minerals’—$79,143 (2004–07)DEST, INTERNATIONALCONFERENCE SUPPORT SCHEME, SIRMARK OLIPHANT CONFERENCES

Dr Christoph Hinz, Prof MurugesuSivapalan, Earth and Geographical Sciences,Water Research: ‘Thresholds and PatternDymamics A New Paradigm for PredictingClimate Driven Processes for Sustainable Landand Water Management’—$71,145 (2005)

Call for nominationsto Academic Board

Nominations are invited for the election ofacademic staff and general staff to the AcademicBoard for a two-year term from 1 January 2005.Elections will be carried out by postal ballot inthese two categories. Those holding primarilyresearch appointments should nominate in therelevant category according to whether they holdan academic or general staff appointment.The Chair of the Board, Professor DennisHaskell, would like to encourage staff tonominate for the Board since it plays a crucialrole as the University’s peak academic decision-making body.Further details of the requirements in eachcategory, nomination forms and optionalproformas for summarising prior experience maybe found at the following address: http://www.secretariat.uwa.edu.au/home/board/electionsNominations from women are encouraged.Completed nomination forms must be returnedto Bernadette Ferns in the Secretariat by 5pmon Friday 3 September 2004.If you have any queries regarding the above orwould like further information on the role of theAcademic Board, please do not hesitate tocontact Trudi McGlade (by email ontmcglade@admin. uwa.edu.au or by telephone onextension 2457).

ACADEMIC PROMOTIONS IN JULYLECTURER TO SENIOR LECTURER

Dr Rasiah Gengatharen (Faculty of Law) — A highly regarded teacher in Finance, Securitiesand Asian Business Law, he has consistently published in very reputable journals in the finance,securities and banking areas; also published an outstanding text “Derivatives Law and Regulation”.A very highly valued member of the academic staff.SENIOR LECTURER TO ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

Dr Nicola Lautenschlager (School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences) — An excellentteacher who has assumed a significant role in curriculum development and as academiccoordinator. An outstanding contribution to the faculty, her discipline and the community. Hassubstantial and internationally recognised achievements in research, particularly in relation tocognitive impairment and dementia, and an impressive record in securing grants and inpublication.ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR TO PROFESSOR

Dr Andrew Deeks (School of Civil and Resource Engineering) — Teaches predominantly in thestatics/solid mechanics/structural analysis stream where he has won a University Excellence inTeaching Award as well as a High Commendation for Innovation in Teaching. He has supervisedseveral PhD students and made a substantial contribution to administration. He has engaged insuperb, groundbreaking and internationally respected research in computational mechanics, withapplications in the structural and geotechnical areas, with a very strong publication record, andhas had great success in winning competitive external grants.RESEARCH ASSOCIATE TO RESEARCH FELLOW

Dr Euan Harvey (School of Plant Biology) — A valuable contribution to teaching, particularly ofpostgraduate students. His papers have provided a significant contribution, and at the cuttingedge to the investigation of benthic fish communities by the development of stereoscopicunderwater video systems, and he has a good record of attracting external research funding.

For any queries about the researchgrants published in this issue contactthe Research Grants Office, ext. 3702.

CAMPUS23 August – 5 September

DiaryMonday 23 AugustASTHMA AND ALLERGY RESEARCHINSTITUTE–2004 MEDICAL RESEARCHSEMINAR SERIES‘Health effects of natural dust: the role of traceelements and compounds’, Professor PhilWeinstein and Dr Angus Cook, School ofPopulation Health. Lunch provided from 12pm.12.30pm, Joske Seminar Room, Fourth Floor, GBlock, SCGH.

PERTH MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCEGROUP TALK‘John Donne on The Trinity’, Professor GeraldO’Collins, SJ. Professor O’Collins has taught atthe Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, since1974, where he is currently the Professor ofSystematic and Fundamental Theology. He is theholder of the Chair of Jesuit Studies, a jointinitiative of this University, the University ofNotre Dame Australia and St Thomas MoreCollege (UWA). 1 pm, Murdoch LectureTheatre.

UWA ALBANY SKYWEST LECTURESERIES‘Human smuggling and the circuit of capital’, DrKhalid Koser, Migration Research Unit,University College, London. Dr Koser’s talk willdraw on his current research on humansmuggling between Afghanistan/Pakistan andWestern Europe, funded by the LeverhulmeTrust (UK). It will answer the question ‘Doessmuggling pay?’ by looking at how muchsmugglers charge, how migrants and theirfamilies raise the money, how the money isdisbursed through the smuggling network andhow much smuggled migrants remit once theyarrive at their destinations. 5.30pm, UWAAlbany Centre, 35 Stirling Terrace, ALBANY.

IAN CONSTABLE LECTURE’‘Evolution of disease understanding? The X-factor uncovered’, Professor Paul Sieving,Director, National Eye Institute, NationalInstitute of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.Professor Sieving’s presentation on X-linkedRetinoschisis is a fascinating case study of theevolution of knowledge through disease geneidentification which allows genetic testing andprovides hope for future development oftreatment. 7pm, F. J. Clarke Lecture Theatre(QEII Campus of UWA, off Verdun Street,Nedlands).

Tuesday 24 AugustSCHOOL OF ANATOMY AND HUMANBIOLOGY SEMINAR SERIES‘The fate of antigens after injection into theanterior chamber of the eye’, Dr Serge Camelo,Research Fellow, School of Anatomy and HumanBiology. 1pm, Room 1.81, School of Anatomyand Human Biology.

MARINE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERINGSEMINAR‘Demersal fish assemblages of the RechercheArchipelago’, Euan Harvey, Postdoctoral Fellow,School of Plant Biology. 4pm, Room 119, Schoolof Water Research.

SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES—HISTORYDISCIPLINE GROUP SEMINARS‘The Importance of Zoology and Conservationto Australian Progressives’, Natalie Lloyd,University of Western Australia. 4.30pm, Room1.13 (First Floor Tearoom), Arts Building.

Thursday 26 AugustSCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL ANDCHEMICAL SCIENCES—PHYSIOLOGYSEMINAR‘Defective Membrane Repair: a New Mechanismof Muscular Dystrophy’, Dr Renzhi Han, Collegeof Medicine, University of Iowa. 1pm, SeminarRoom 2.01.

Friday 27 AugustSCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL ANDCHEMICAL SCIENCES—MICROBIOLOGY SEMINAR‘Prevention of Pneumoccoccal Disease inChildren—Triumphs and Challenges’, Dr PeterRichmond, School of Paediatrics and ChildHealth. 9am, Seminar Room 1.1, First Floor, LBlock, QEII Medical Centre.

ANTHROPOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGYSEMINAR‘Neo-liberalism in Australia—EthnographicPerspectives’, Rob Lambert (Organisational andLabour Studies), Matthew Tonts (Earth andGeographical Sciences), and Martin Forsey(Social and Cultural Studies). 11am–12.30pm,Anthropology Seminar Room.

UNIVERSITY MUSIC SOCIETY 2004SEASON‘Horizons—Celebrating Peter Sculthorpe’, TheUniversity Music Society celebrates the 75thbirthday of Australia’s most renowned composerwith this special concert. The program featurestwo of his most acclaimed works as well aspieces by Debussy and Copland. FeaturingGraeme Gilling (piano), Peter Moore(conductor), Paul Wright (conductor) andintroduced by Peter Sculthorpe. Tickets fromBOCS 9484 1133 or the Octagon Theatre 64882440. 7.30pm, Winthrop Hall.

Sunday 29 AugustUWA EXPO 2004This exciting event combines informativecourse information sessions with hands-ondisplays, music, community events andcampus tours. Visitors have opportunity tochat to UWA staff and students, viewexhibits and demonstrations, attend talks oncourses, enjoy concerts, grab a bite to eat,stroll through the beautiful UWA groundsor see them by tram or from a helicopter.There will be over 40 talks on areas ofinterest to prospective students, spreadover six convenient time-slots (with repeatsessions for popular courses), from ‘What Iwish I’d known in Year 12' to ‘CareerPlanning’, and covering courses fromAgriculture to Philosophy, and more!Faculty and Admissions staff will be on handto answer any questions students may haveabout the application and admissions

process. Visit the website www.expo.uwa.edu.au for program details. (Note:charges apply for helicopter rides.) 9am to4pm, Crawley campus.

Wednesday 1 SeptemberSCHOOL OF HUMANITIES—HISTORYDISCIPLINE GROUP SEMINAR‘A Tale of Two Conversions: The Portugese, theParavas and Monomotapa’, Professor KenMcPherson. 12–2pm, G14 (Ground FloorTearoom), Arts Building.

UWA PHILOSOPHY SOCIETY‘War, Intervention and Morality’, ProfessorLaurence Goldstein, University of Hong Kong.4.30pm, Arts Seminar Room 1.33.

INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED STUDIESLiterary reading by Canadian writer RobertPriest. Robert is a poet, playwright, songwriterand novelist. He has published seven children’sbooks and seven books of poetry and prose foradults. 6pm, Geography Lecture Theatre 1. Formore information please contact The Institute ofAdvanced Studies on 6488 1340; emailias@admin.uwa.edu.au; web site:www.ias.uwa.edu.au.

Thursday 2 SeptemberINSTITUTE OF ADVANCED STUDIES—POSTGRADUATE STUDENT SEMINAR‘Media Cultures’, Professor Mark Poster,Professor of History, University of California,Irvine, and IAS Professor-at-Large. 10am, OldSenate Room (Institute of Advanced Studies).

Friday 3 SeptemberSCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL ANDCHEMICAL SCIENCES—MICROBIOLOGY SEMINAR‘SARS: a Glogal Challenge’, Professor AileenPlant, International Health, Curtin University ofTechnology. 9am, Seminar Room 1.1, First Floor,L Block, QEII Medical Centre.

ANTHROPOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGYSEMINAR‘Tsomba and Vorombe: Identity and Healingamong the Vezo of Fiherena’, Beatrice Stotzer.11am–12.30pm, Anthropology Seminar Room.

ASIA STUDIES SEMINAR SERIES‘Declare your Feminism: Identifying One’s Self inFeminist Fieldwork’, Laura Dales. 1–2.30pm,Seminar Room G.25, Ground Floor, SocialSciences Building.

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULARBIOLOGY‘The c-Cbl RING finger determines thymocytefate by regulating signalling thresholds’, AssociateProfessor Wallace Langdon, Pathology. 1pm,Simmonds Lecture Theatre.

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Schools are reminded that all University equipment available for sale must be advertised in the UWAnews. Receipts should be PeopleSoft account coded490 (computing with barcode), 491 (non-computing with barcode) or 493 (items with no barcode). If equipment has an existing barcode please contact

extension 3618/2546 for details.

CONDITION refers to the general condition of item ( 1 = as new; 2 = good; 3 = serviceable; 4 = unserviceable). AGE refers to the nearest year.

Bids should be accepted by Monday 6 September with schools to have first option

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PET — people moving, preloved puppy needs newhome urgently. MASTIFF X PITT BULL, female,brindle, 8 months, $300 ono. Phone Maria on6488 2195 or Paula on 0401 877 511.

HOUSEHOLD furniture for sale: corner computerdesk, 2 pine bookcases (3 shelves), 80ltrevaporative cooler, 1 trundle bed & mattress,frostfree refrigerator/freezer (near new). All offersconsidered. FREE king size waterbed frame withliner and mattress. Phone Mary on 9386 9320.

NEUMEYER German piano, reconditioned andtuned, lovely walnut case with French polish,beautiful sound in all registers, professionalvaluation and insured for $4500, other offers willbe considered. Contact Mary 9386 9320.

MAZDA 121 Metro 5-door hatch, 1.5 manual1997, a/c, p/s, central locking, very good condition,low kms. $7890. Ph. 6488 3216 (W), 9383 9226(H), 0402 812 804 (M).

WINE: 2003 Grenache cleanskins, $65 per caseand 2003 Shiraz cleanskins, $75 per case. Tastingavailable. Call Geoff on 9285 0242.

IBM Thinkpad Notebook 560E, Intel Pentiumprocessor, Windows 98SE, Microsoft Office, builtin modem for Internet access, leather carry case,$350. Shane 0414 442 829 or 6488 2391.

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GENTLE Leader Headcollar (Halti) available formedium size dog (10-27kg). Brilliant at preventingyour dog pulling on the lead. Recommended byvets. Gentle and works immediately. Used twice.Bought for $30, sell $20. Pamphlets included, canshow you how to use it. Ph Gill, 6488 8517.FOR RENT

CLAREMONT, furnished or unfurnished 2-brmunit in small group, spacious, north-facing balcony,pleasant outlook, u/c car bay, walk to Claremontcentre and public transport, short drive to UWA.Available 1 Sept. Phone Jan 9385 1890.

LARGE furnished family home with pool inKalamunda. Available c.15 Sept till late Dec 2004while owner overseas. dkennedy@cyllene.uwa.edu.au or +61 (0)8 6488 2150.WANTED

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ACCOMMODATION wanted from January 2005.We are relocating to Perth from South Africa inthe New Year and I will be joining the Universityin January. We would like to rent accommodationfor approximately 6 months. Requirements are 3bedrooms and reasonable proximity to UWA.Contact Andy Fourie at andyf@civil.wits.ac.za

ACCOMMODATION wanted: Visiting NewZealand academic and family (2 children) seekingfurnished accommodation for around six monthsin 2005. Timing is flexible. Prefer quiet area nearschools. Maybe you are going on leave and wouldlike to rent your house to us? If you’d like tomeet, I’ll be visiting Perth Sept 28-Oct 1. Pleasecontact robin.gauld@otago.ac.nz

If you would like to cycle towork or study, but haven’t ridden since

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We are planning to run a range of free practicaltraining sessions that will give you all theknowledge and skills you need to be a bicyclecommuter.

So that we can tailor these sessions to suit yourspecific needs, and to make sure that we havesufficient interest in Life Cycle training, you areinvited to submit an expression of interest tellingus what you want.

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