The University of Melbourne Voice
Issues, views, debate, University news and events, fortnightly Vol. 1, No. 17, 29 October - 12 November 2007 Cover StoryThe racing business: an industry places its bets on research
The equine flu crisis has cast a spotlight on the science behind the sport of kings, Nerissa Hannink reports. Law is ready on equine flu
Australia wisely invests much effort into its quarantine regime. Protection of our unique fauna and flora from the introduction of foreign pest species and diseases is a high profile issue for international (and even interstate) travellers. Off-course and off-track – how some punters ‘lose it’
Punters who run into trouble betting on the horses confound the typical profile of the problem gambler. NewsLaunch of graduate schools ‘revolution’
The University of Melbourne is revolutionising higher education in Australia, becoming the first Australian university to introduce a comprehensive graduate school model of education. Strong support for ‘New Gen’ degrees in early VTAC data
The popularity of the University’s New Generation degrees has been confirmed with a strong showing in early 2008 VTAC preference data. Melbourne leads in research output and impact – survey
The University of Melbourne has led the recently published Thomson Scientific Australian citation survey with 21 ‘Top Three’ appearances. Teaching and learning excellence recognised
Outstanding University of Melbourne teachers have scooped up four prestigious 2007 Carrick Awards for Australian University Teaching. Melbourne was the only Victorian university to receive the Awards. From the Vice-Chancellor
Next year the University will welcome students to its first graduate schools and to a suite of new high-quality professional graduate programs which complement the undergraduate elements of the Melbourne Model. Sweet touch eases pain for babies
New research from the University of Melbourne and Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) has found a sweet solution to easing the pain of seriously ill babies. Nobel Peace Prize shared
The scientific contributions of University of Melbourne Federation Fellow Professor David Karoly (Earth Sciences) and colleagues around the world have been recognised in the award of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and US climate change activist Al Gore. Festival films
Student films by 2006 VCA Film and Television graduates Adam Arkapaw and Daniel Agdag have been selected for the 27th Munich International Festival of Film Schools in November. Waste wise
The University of Melbourne’s School of Forest and Ecosystem Science, Creswick, has been publicly recognised for the excellence and success of its efforts in reducing waste in the workplace through Sustainability Victoria’s Waste Wise program. Koori kudos
The Victorian College of the Arts Wilin Centre for Indigenous Arts and Cultural Development has won the Victorian Aboriginal Education Association’s Wurreker Award (Best University) for the development and delivery of innovative tertiary education programs and services promoting increased pathways for Koori academic achievement. Convict archive
Internationally recognised archivist and head of the University of Melbourne’s E-Scholarship Research Centre Gavan McCarthy (School of Historical Studies) has won a $15 000 award from National Archives Australia (NAA) to preserve records of Tasmanian convicts. Campus Snapshot: New age of teaching
Three University of Melbourne Faculty of Education alumni (class of 1965-1966) returned to campus recently to revisit the site of the old teacher’s college where they once boarded and studied – the 1888 Building (now home to the School of Graduate Research). Reviews and PreviewsELECTION 2007
They’re off and running! Australian politics
Brian Galligan is Professor of Political Science at the University of Melbourne. He has published extensively on Australian politics, including more recently as joint author Australian Citizenship (2004) and Australians and Globalization (2001). He is joint editor with Winsome Roberts of The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics to be launched by the Chancellor Ian Renard on 15 November. Higher education
Professor Simon Marginson (University of Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education) is engaged in major federally funded research into the institutional character of the globally networked university, including the role of higher education in forming social capital. He is also part of a team examining international student security in the global education market. General medical practice
Professor Jane Gunn is the University of Melbourne’s Inaugural Chair of Primary Care Research and Deputy Head of General Practice. Australian Doctor Weekly has judged her one of Australia’s 50 most influential people in general practice (2005). Professor Gunn leads a unit which works to develop excellence in primary care research and research training. Medico-legal ethics
Professor Loane Skene is Deputy Director of the Centre for Law and Genetics (Universities of Melbourne/Tasmania) and Program Director, Medical Ethics, Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics (University of Melbourne/Charles Sturt University). Her research interests include the legal regulation of genetic testing, assisted reproductive technology and euthanasia. Climate change
Professor David Karoly, an internationally recognised meteorologist, is an Australian Federation Fellow based in the University of Melbourne’s School of Earth Sciences. A leading authority on the global climate and climate variability, Professor Karoly is working closely with the Bureau of Meteorology and CSIRO on climate change, particularly as it influences the Australian environment. Water policy
Associate Professor Hector Malano is Head of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Melbourne. His water resources research has included on-farm modelling of surface irrigation systems, modelling of irrigation distribution networks, water allocation at the catchment level and improved harmonisation of irrigation systems within catchments. The economy
Joshua Gans is Professor of Management (Information Economics) in the Melbourne Business School and a Professorial Fellow in Economics at the University of Melbourne. He was recently awarded the 2007 Young Economist Award by the Economic Society of Australia. He blogs on these issues at economics.com.au Indigenous health
Professor Ian Anderson is Director, Onemda VicHealth Koori Health Unit, Centre for Health and Society, School of Population Health, the University of Melbourne, and Research Director of the Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health. Public transport
Dr Paul Mees is a Senior Lecturer in Transport and Land Use Planning at the University’s Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning. He is the author of numerous book chapters, journal articles and conference papers, and a book titled A Very Public Solution: Transport in the Dispersed City (Melbourne University Press, 2000). Mental health
Professor Patrick McGorry is Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Melbourne, Executive Director of Orygen Youth Health and Orygen Research Centre, and Chair of the Executive Committee for the National Youth Mental Health Foundation (Headspace). His interests also include the homeless, refugees and torture survivors, youth suicide and youth substance use. What's Onhttp://events.unimelb.edu.au/
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