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FOR CIRCULATION WITHIN. THE UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE,'N.S.W.
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NO. 2PRO C E D U R R S FOR
SEPTEf1RER 24, 1970ALL P, GAT'! 0 N S
The University Council has approved pro~edures,proposed by the
Vice-Chancellor, for the consideration ofallegatio~s against the
professional competence of members ofthe" academic or teaching
staff. The procedures are:-
... .. i :;; n1 ~1. Any~complaint of qeglect or· misconduct or
any report of
.a .telony or misdemeanour as 'in' subsection"(3) of sec~~on 6of
By-law 3.6.1, on the part of a member of academic"orteaching staff
shall be in writing and shall, unless theVice-Chancellor himself
makes such complaint'or report, be
,made to the Vice-Chancellor.
2. The Vice-Chancellor, after such consultations as he
deemsexpedient, may decide whether or not any complaint orreport
should be brought to the attention of Council.
3. The Council shall consider any compl.int or report
broughtbe.for.e t't and decide whether or not it 'is necessary
toenquire into the 'capacity or conduct: of the member ofstaff
concerned.
•4. If Council decides that it is necessary to enquire into
the capac~ty.or cpnduc~ of a member of staff, it shall,in order
to mee~ the by-law requirement th~t it conducti proper enquir~,
constitute a. Committ~~ of Enquiryconsisting of the Deputy
Chancellor as Chairman, the DeputyChairman of Senate, the Dean of
the Faculty concerned, twomembers of the Council and two members of
the academicstaff of the University •
. :.In the ~vent of the Deputy Chairman of Senate or a Dean. ~';
". be ing ·ei thel;' the subj ec t 0 f the enquiry' or: the petson
who
. :'initiated or made the complaint, his position on
the'Committee of Enquiry shall be taken by another Deannominated by
the Deputy Chancellor.
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(a) be'given twenty-eight days notice of the nature
of~he.~nquiry and the time and place appoirtted for ~t;
(b) h;a~,~; ;(uII ,i.'i.ght ·to attend and produce 'such
'statements"n;d ;(0 giv~ .:'and adduce such evidence on hi's
ownbehalf as may be relevant;
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.(c) to h~ye a-rep~~sentative attend and exercise on hisbehaif
the rights aet ou~ in :(b) above.
the Vice-Chancellor reported that within th~ ~rameworkof the
By-laws he would handle any allegations against theprofessional
competence of staff in accordance with theprocedures submitted by
him for Council's approval.
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B U I L DIN G PROGRAf1r1E
Council was given reports of progress made since itslast meeting
on preliminary work for several projects includedin the
University's building programme.
Tenders for the construction of the Great Hall havebeen invited
since last May and closed last Monday, September 21.
The Australian Universities Commission has givenpermission for
the University to proceed with the construction of:
Stage lA of the'Hall of Residence
The Social Sciences Building
Buildings B, C and D of the Engineering Complex
The extension of the pavilion at the University Oval.
The target date for the completion of Stase lA of ~._the Hall of
Residence and the Social Sciences Building is early ~in·1972.
Tenders are expected to be called before th~ end ofthis year.
On August 21, the Vice-Chancellor signed a contract 1on behalf
of the University for the construction of Buildings B, ~C and D of
the Engineering Complex. These buildings should beready for
occupation by engineering departments in the thirdterm of 1971.
The Council was told that, as regards Building E ofthe
Engineering Complex, negotiations would take place with thebuilder
of Buildings B, C and D with a view to a contract beingsigned for
the construction of the building after tenderdocuments had been
completed soon.
0iIOrders had been issued for various works associate~ ~with the
construction of the Physics Field Station, includingthe
construction of the station building, the antenna towerand
associated site works.
Commerce
NEW' C 0 U R SE, A MEN D MEN T S
Following a recommendation from Senate, the Councilapproved the
introduction in 1971 of a course in the Departmentof Commerce
leading to the award of the Diploma in BusinessStudies.
Senate reported that the Diploma had evolved from theone-year
part-time course in Professional Accounting Studieswhich was
introduced in the Department of Commerce in 1968.'
It will be available to graduates in any discipline,subject to
them meeting requisites for particular subjects.Others who have
acceptable alternative professional qualificationsand executive
experience may al~o be admitted to the course.
Included eventually in the course will be a widerange of
advanced studies in management, finance, marketing,system analysis,
accounting, auditing, taxation, estateplanning, corporate strategy
and commercial applicationsof E.D.P.
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Psychology
The Council approved a S'enate recommendationthiit itbe policy
fro~ qex~ .year until further, notice that applicantsfor
admissi~n~o th~' postgraduate nipl6~a in Applied
Psychology(Clinical Special1ty) be selected biennially instea4 of
annually.
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EC'o'n"o;m,~;cl~':,\~,llci ,Comme~,ce "
The Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Commerce was'g~~en
authority to permit part-t1me students to enrol in bothEconomic'~
:1' alid:Acco\inting I ":tri' stage 1 if, in the Dean's
opinion,there were good reasot\s ':w'hy "the,' stude.rlts should do
fj'ci. ' NormallyEconomics I is "taken in 'Stage 1 alid
'Account~'ng I in Sta$e 2.
H I G 11 ER, D. :E G R E E S APPROVED
Following a recommendation from Senate, the UniversityCouncil
approved the admissio,n of the following candidates tothe degrees
specified:
Doe tor of Philo'sophy ;:.
Mr. A. j~ 'Clark,De'partm'ent of Chemistry, thesi'stitle: A
Thermodyn-arh'ia and Kinetia 'Study of Reaations Relatedto
O:cyahl.,ori,na,~ion,c.ata~ysi~; Mr~ N. R. Ca~tell, Department
ofEnglish,: The 'Role of Gi,v'e" and SO'me Re'lated Vei>bs' in'
EnglishSyntax'; '}lr~; "S1., Vongp'B:ni tIeI'd,' Department
ot'Elec'trical ~,:., .. " '.Engineering, Pas8lii8
'R'e'aipr'o'aalNetwork Synthe8is~ '·:t"fte '",Stat'e-Spaae.
App.r:aaah; Mr. D. D. ··D iespecker "Departmen t of~syehology,
VibrQtaatite Learning~
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Mr •. Ai,' .:J:•. Bassa·ll, Lec turer .in' the Department of
English,has been awarded the degree of Doctor of
Philosophy:byMonash University. The title of Mr. Hassall's thesis
isThe Authoria·t" D:ime-nsi-on in the Works. ,of Henry Fielding."
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Master of Arts\;.:, • t';'..
,"': ·· ..Hr,.· ·M. B. Scott; Department of English, :thes'is
title:Ritual.· Bt..ruature in ,the'·Bl.aysof Harold Pinter; ,Mr.:
I. ,C. Harris,Department of History, The FederaZ Counail of
AustraZia;Mr. K. C. Short, Department of ' Geography, Trade Areas
andConsumer Behaviour: A Study of intra-Urban Shopping Patterns
"i.n,Ne:waqst Ze~ N,. S .W.; Hr. t~. P. priscoll, Depar tmel1t 0
f His tory,Th,e .\l?Jve~opm.erit:·;,Qf the r-line Industry in the.
Hunter Valley;.~1s~ j •.'~. "Dyce~;"Departme:n t of Eng:lish, 'A
Stt»uot"1f1a1,ist· ApP:r'~~ahto the. 'Plays bf pa,t.riak· W~ite. .
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..,Mast~r of Science
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Mr. J~ w. Ll~yd, Depar~ment of Mathematics, thesist.i ~le: . .On
CZas~'es of Nu ZZ Sets; , Mr •. B~ .J. Treacy, Depar~ment9,f
Physics J A Studyqf ;Ero-EZe'a-pron Emission from Abroaded
andTensite.'ly Deformed AZ,um.i:nium. _ .._ ., ". .' .' . -, :., .
',",Master of Commerce
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Hr. J. K. toJinsen ~ 'Di:!partmen t of Commerce ~ thesistitle:
The Measurement of Unaertainty in Aaaounting.'
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LE, A :V. E ,'.0. F A·B S E N Cl E'
.Mr. P. E. Stortham, Senior Lecturer. in ,the Departmentof '
Economics, has received permission from the. Council to takea
year's leave of absence from the end of November to enablehim to
accept a post with the United Nations.
Mr o Stonham will train candidates nominated byGovernments of
developinf c0~ntries in Shipping Economics andManagement.
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CON S R E QUE S T
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The views of members of the academic staff and studentsas
regards semester and quarter teaching systems are currentlybeing
sought by the special committee of Senate formed to reporton the
systems.
The committee's decision to invite views follows itspreliminary
consideration of the report on year-round teachinggiven to the
Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee by
.. Prbfessor D. Cochrane, of Monash University.
A questionnaire asking for views on semester andquarter teaching
systems, together with the initial report ofthe Semester Committee
to Senate, has been sent to every memberof the academic staff and
is being prepared for distributionto every. student.
You are requested to use the questionnaire to indiiatethe merits
or demerits, in your opinion, of various teachingsystems and to
return it by the required date~
A~~ompanying the questionnaires are submissionsprepared by th~
Staff/Student Consultative Committee which askfor the views of
members of staff and students on:
* Whether or not the electorate of the S.S.C.C. should
bewidened. to include all students (a~ present only final-yearor
stage students can vote and only these and first-yearpostgraduate
students are eligible to nominate for
.election).
* Whether or not the S.S.C.C. should be empowered to ~~ryit~
constitution or terms of reference subject to no majorobjections
being made within a month. ..
Slips on which members of staff and students are toindicate
their views should be presented to Faculty Offices.
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Professor A. J. Carmichael, Head of the Department ofMechanical
Eniineering, is now in London and intends to visitParis, as well as
other overseas cities, while on a study leav~tour which will end in
January next year. Professor Carmichaelhas been a Visiting
Professor at the University of Illinoi~. Hehas been invited to
lecture at universities at Helsinki and Tokyo.
Professor B. L. JOhpB, Head of the Department ofEconomics, is a
Visiting Fellow at St. Anthony's College, Oxford,and plans to
"revisit North America later this year. ProfessorJohns
w~s;~~Visiting Professor at the University of BritishColumbia
before going to England. He proposes to attend theInternational
Association of Universities Congress in Montrealand visit M.I.T.
before returning to Newcastle in the nextvacation.
Professor J. B. Moore, Associate Professor in theDepartment of
Electrical Engineering, is carrying out researchon control and
communications systems at the University ofMaryland, where he is a
Visiting Associate Professor. ProfessorMoore is on study leave and
expects to return to Newcastle inJanuary, 1971.
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S T U D Y .p L A N S
\-'~ ':: " 't-ir. D. Williamson, 'who was awarded'
first-classHonours in Electrical Engineering last year and is' how
dbinga lIasters Degree, has made plans to go to Harvard University
inFebruary next year to begin a Ph.D. in control ~~stems.
~A~'well
,,~s .9~Y~~S, be~n awarded a ~ulbright Scholarship, Hr.
Williamson'6ai:b~en offired a P. & 0., Scholarship to enable
him, tq travelto'Am~~:l.ca~ ',' '
'd~;:'::" 'l~r.R. P. Laidlaw; Lecturer in the
Depart~~n~',pf,n~~iij~~i~~end~ to leave in December to study at
,the VictorianStud ies ,"C~ntre, attached to the Univers i ty of
Leices ter. j, He,will,.x~~:l.~~~~l~seiy Romance,elements in 19th
Century ,~nglishliterature~ with a particular reference to
Tennyson, and Dickens,and also work with the collection of Tennyson
manuscripts inLincoln, Lincolnshire.
Mr. D. B. Stewart, ICIANZ Research Fellow in theDepartment 'of
Mechanical Engineeiing, hasmade"ari~~gements togo to Scotland in'
October to gain further experience in
. 'desalin.tion~' Mt. Stew~rt :plaris to work for Weir Westg~rth
Ltd.in SC6tland. '
C 0 r1 I N G
Ex-Students' Union
E V ,EN T S: I':;
Mis. K. Dockrill, Part-time Tutor with th~ Departmentof French,
will address the 18th reunion dinner of Newcastle,Gi'rls ': High
School Ex-Students' Union in the Technical' CollegeUnion on
September 25. Mrs. Dockrill will talk on herexper,iences in Britain
and' the Continent while t,akingpostgraduat"e stud,~es.
Mathematics Seminar• ":' ',I' •• :"
A' seminar will be held in the Departme.nt ,()f'~Mathematics on
September 25 at 2 p.m. in Room G.09.Dr. R.' 'r. t-lorley', of the
Department of Hathematics, Honash'university" will speak on:
Asymmetric Prob Zems in the 'Theb~.'y.of 'Numbers.'
Staff Premises
The Committee of the Staff House Club isinviting,_members of the
club to a stand-up-lunch on September 25 at~2.30 p.m. id'welc6me
the staff of the F.culty of Architecture.The Vic.e-Cha'ncellor has
consented to propose the t'oast of' 'welcomeandpr~vid~ the
wherewithal to drink it. Donation,$1.00 (at door)~
History' TalkI; ':'
, 'Pro'f,essor F. K. Crowley, Head of ,the School of Historyand
'Dean ,of, ~he Faculty of Arts at the University of .New
SouthW.a"~,e,s, 'wil..l 'speak on Histpry in University and Schoo,Z
.-An 'Imperial Sunset on September 25 in the Main Lecture
Theatre(B.01) at 3 p.m. The address has been arranged
by"tlte,,;,Depart~inen,t of History and the History Club.
Professor Hogan Retqrns
The 'next seminar in the series beini condticte~ by ,. local and
visiting economists for the Department of 'Ec,onomics'will be h~ld
on September 30 at 11 a.m. Professor W~ ,. Hogan.will speak ~n
CapitaZ AZZocation ~n Less DeveZoped Couniries.The speaker,-
formerly Head of the Department of Econo'inics, is
'now at~~ched to the University'of Sydney~
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Seminar in Metallurgy
Mr. D. Winborne, Ph.D, candidate in Metallurgy, willoutline
atomic absorption spectroscopy and its application inmetallurgical
thermodynamics at a seminar in the MetallurgyLecture Room on
October 12 at 11.15 a.m o
Dyason Lecture
The Staff House will be the venue for the address inNewcastle by
the 1970 Dyason Lecturer? Mr. Leo Mates who isDirector of the
Institute for International Politics andEconomics, Belgrade,
Yugoslavia. Mr. Mates, the first DyasonLecturer from Eastern
Europe, will speak on Eastanq WestReZations in Europe: a ~£gosZav
Perspeotive on October 14 aftera buffet dinner beginning at 6 pam.
Dr. L. E. Fredman(Department of History) and the department's
secretary canarrange for admission.
A CAD E f1 I C A P P 0 I N T MEN T S
Di~' Hila~y Ha Pur7is l M,A.(Otago), Ph.D.(London),Lecturer in
Germ~~, previously Teaching Fellow at M6nashUniversity, Lektor at
Munster University (Germany) and AssistantGerman Mistress at
Charles Edward Brooke School in London.
Mr. A. W. Page, A.S.T.C., BoE.Hons.(N.S.W.), Lecturerin Civil
Engineering, previously Lecturer at Cambrian Collegeof Applied Arts
and Technology in Sudbury, Ontario.
's C', l.I. 0 L A R S iI I PS, A V A I LAB L E
Urii~~~sity ~f Melbourne - A. O. C~pell Postgraduate
Scholarship
Value $2,000 per annum, plUG fees for study towardsa higher
degree involving resea~ch~ Application forms availablefrom the Dean
of Graduate Studies~ University of Melbourne, withwhom applications
must b3 lodged by ~ecember 19, 1970.
Commonwealth Postgraduate Research Awards - Overseas
Study,Thesis Allowance and Depend~nt3' Allowance
Advice han been received from the Department ofEducation and
Science that the following conditions will applyfrom now in
relation to the benefits associated with OverseasStudy, Thesis
Allowance and Dependents~ Allowance under aCommonwealth
Postgraduate Awa~do
Overseas Study
Commonwealth Fostgrnduate Research Awards are designedto assist
students studying at Australian universities. However,provision may
'be made in speci.al circumstances for a limitedperiod of
supervised study overseasn An Award holder who isrequired to pursue
his studies abroad in order to complete hisresearch programme
should apply through the Registrar of hisuni~ersity to the
Department of Education and Science forpermiss~on to continue
receiving benefits from his Award whileoverseas. Approval may be
given for purt of the period of theAward to be spent abroad subject
to the following conditions:
(b ),
(a) the Award holderis supervisor certifies that the studyabroad
is a necessary and integral part of the Award 'holder's research
programm~;
the ~eriod of absence from Australia will not exceed
twelve'months and the Aw&rd holder give$ an undertaking through
his
,.·~niyersity to return to Australia to complete his
research"programm~immediately:followingthe completion of his
study abroad; (Note': .''-n Auard m,ly be terminated ifa student
is ab=oad'for a period in excess of twelve months).
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(c) the Australian university certifies before the Award
holder'sdeparture that ad~quate superv~sion of his
researchprogramme abrciad has been arranged; ':iC .. ,
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,', 1""1 i ,,'~(d} rhe A~ard hord~r remains enrolled at the
Australian,::," "uIiiver'sit~'; ,:~tid' I,' '".,:
"'(e) the 'Austra'lianuniversity certifies that the period
ofoverseas study will be credited towards the Awardholder's degree
or research programme;
(f) the Award holder does not leave Australia until
afterDecember 1, in the year in which the Award is made.
An' Award holder sho,uid'~': 'after consultation with
hissupervisor, appli fo~ ap~rov~lto'undertakeoverseas
studyth~ough"his R~gistrar at least three ~9nths befpre the
proposed
'dat~ of ~epartur~. "• ". .: ,1
While an A~ard holder is ~broad, his living 'allowance'will be
paid to an addte~s or ch~qu~ account in Australia
only.Any:arrangements for the forwardillg: of, money" Qv.erseas
will bethe Award holder' s responsibitity.~: TheJ!e "is no
provision underthe Commonwealth Postgraduate Awards Scheme for the
Departmentof Education and Science to assist with fares or :other
costsinvolved~in Overseas study. " ,
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Thesis Allowance
A Commonwealth Postgraduate Award holder has in thepast been
eligibl~ for the thesis allowance provided that hesubmitted' ,his
thesis and was 'able to claim for the allowancewi,thin"three
months'of t'hecoJ\clusio,n of 'his Award (with sotnesp,'eclal
p·rovisions for those :wh~' 't:ook up thei,r Awards before 1969)..
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,time"limi tfor, .. ,. ,elig.;l,bil ity will be six mon thB ins
tead of three mon ths.
Dependants' Allowance
Eligibility fo~ ~~~endanis~ allowance ,has in the pastdepended
on the wif e' s, incom~ in: ~he particular calendar year.It has'now
been d~cided that th~ ~~sisfor ~ligibility will bewhether or not
the 'wife is: in empioyment. Therefore, the"present condition 'is
that a male,.AWard' holder with a wife andone or
more'children'w:f:l~'be elig:l.b,ie for the dependants'allowance,
prci+id.c:i thai~his wife {~ ~ot in employment. '
Should anyone wish to make further enquiries in relationto these
matters then the Secretary or the Officer-in-chargeof the Student
Records Office wll~ be plea~ed Eo i~sist.
"'A' D V E R.T' Ii
S E r·1 EN T S
,I'ATTENDANT(PATROL), Posi,tion" Number N72,)70;, Men be
tween;the' 'ages,of: -4,0 arid 50 years 'are p'refer'red.'
.Prev,ious experience as'a caretaker or watchman would be an
advantage, but is notessential. Applicants would be expected to
produce evidenceof trustworthiness and reliability. Initially, the
appointeewill~or~ regul,arhour.s, l10nday to"Friday inclusive, but
may.. ber~ij~~re4'to~u~dertake seven day rotating shift work
a~,~ome'time ~fter appoi~tment.' ,Commenein.salary will be $4g.81
per weekwith progression subject to satisfactory service to $60.47
per week.Allowances up to $9.00 per week are payable for shift
work.Applications close October 3, 1970 and application forms may
beobtained from the Personnel Section, Extension 251 during
normalbusiness hours. "
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E X A M I N A T ION S
The number of students expected to sit forexaminations at the
University at the end of this term is 2773,which is a record. The
provisional time-table giving dates forexaminations in all
Faculties should be ready for placement onthe board outside the
Main Lecture Theatre (B.OI) in the nextweek. Annual examinations
begin on November 7 and finish onNovember 28.
Squash
S P 0 R T S COR E BOA R D
Un~versity Squash Club won the Newcastle WinterCompetition. It
was the A team's first overall competitionvictory. The number two
team reached the final of the B2competition. In their first attempt
in C grade, the womens'team just missed being in the semi-final.
Professor B. Newton-John presented the tropies to the
following:Open Champion, Brian \H thers; Undergradua te Trophy, Ray
Armstrong; /1Open Plate, John Robson; Womens' Open, Margaret
Bridson;Womens' Beginners, Caro:1yn Cranfield; Mens' Beginners,
Greg Meldrum;Mens' Beginners Plate, ~ernie Curran. ~
111University has six teams entered in the Summer •pennants
competition. Mens' Al and A2 teams have been enteredfor the first
time.
Cricket
Practice for the 1~70-7l season began last Saturdayat University
Oval. Included in the three fourth grade teams isthat happy band
known as the "Venerable Gentlemen". Practicesessions are held on
Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3 p.m. and onSaturdays by arrangement.
The first trial match: UniversityV Charlestown, University Oval,
September 27, noon to 5.30 p.m.
Table Tennis
University Table Tennis Championships were held inthe Union
Common Room on September 10. Standards of play wereextremely high
and the winners were stretched to the utmost to 1
'gain victory. Professor R. G. Tanner presented tropies to
thefollowing: Men's Singles, David Lai; Women's Singles,Margaret
Bridson; Men's Doubles, E. C. Ch'ng, K.S. Linn;Mixed Doubles,
Steven Tarbox, Margaret Bridson; OpenHandicap, Vincent Ngui.
Rugby ,Union
Four University Rugby Union teams reached the semi-finalsof
their respective grades. The firsts were defeated in the finalby
The Waratahs. The seconds lost to Mait1and in the grand final.The
thirds played very well to force a draw in the semi-final.The
fourth grade failed to gain a place in the final. The annualdinner
and presentation of tropies will be held at The WaratahsRugby Club
on September 25.
Women's Hockey
Both First and A-reserve grade Women's Hockey teams werenarrowly
defeated in the finals and the number three team inC grade lost the
semi-final by a small score.
