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NOVEMBER 2011

Items in the Newsletter –
1. Upcoming Free Lunch
• Ourimbah November 8
2. NUPSA SOYA & OTOYA Winners 2011
3. IT Project Services
4. New Mac 2012
5. Newcastle International Birdman 2012
6. How to contact NUPSA

1. UPCOMING FREE LUNCH

Ourimbah based Postgraduate and honours students are invited to join us for a free lunch:

Date – Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Time - 12.00pm
Venue – Under the Sails

If you will be attending the event you are asked to contact the NUPSA office nupsa@newcastle.edu.au so your name can be included on the attendance list - this will help with the catering arrangements. Please let the office know by Tuesday, November 8. If you have not registered to attend you may not be able to join us.
The lunch will be a light lunch with catering for vegetarian guests provided.

2. NUPSA SOYA & OTOYA WINNERS 2011

THE NUPSA SOYA and OTOYA Awards for 2011 were presented at the NUPSA Annual Dinner held on November 4, 2011.

The winners of the Awards were:

Supervisor of the Year – Dr Mariko Carey (Faculty of Health) nominated by Tara Clinton-McHarg

Online Teacher of the Year – Dr Liam Phelan (Faculty of Science & Information Technology) nominated by Leonie Walsh.

Congratulations to all our winners and to the Postgraduate students who won awards on the night.

3. IT PROJECT SERVICES
IT Project Services will be running some student focus groups in November and would be very keen to have a number of postgraduate and research students involved.
We will be showing the students a design concept for the student portal, asking them about systems, content, student communications and hope for some useful feedback about navigation and usability.

We have planned for three sessions (each with around 10-15 students):
Wed 16 November from 12pm - 2pm
Monday 21 November 10am -12pm
Thursday 24 November 12 - 2pm

Food will be provided and students will be given a $20 gift voucher for their time.

For further details please contact Emily Middleton; Project Officer, IT Project Services; emily.middleton@newcastle.edu.au

4. NEW MAC 2012

Celebrating the return of the Macquarie and Newcastle Universities Humanities Postgraduate Symposium
Metaphor, Translation, and Paradox

You’re invited!
Look us up on Facebook or contact us through NewMac2012@gmail.com

Who can come? All are welcome, anyone can come as audience.

Who can present? Humanities Postgraduate students.
Present as a single presenter or as a panel.
Prizes will be awarded for Best Abstract and Best Presentation.

What does NewMac do? NewMac gives students hands-on experience in setting up and running a conference.
It allows students a fairly risk free opportunity to trial their work.
It allows students the experience of submitting abstracts for a conference.
It allows students the experience of presenting papers at a conference in a non-threatening environment.
It gives students a chance to talk about and explain their research to an interested and supportive audience.
It gives students the opportunity to broaden their horizons by meeting with Postgraduate students from other universities.
After the conference presenters will be approached with the invitation to publish their conference paper in the online journal Humanity 2012.

Time: 9.30 am – 4.30 pm Date: Saturday 25th February 2012
Venue: University of Newcastle Cost: $15, includes morning tea and lunch.
Join us for dinner after the conference.

5. NEWCASTLE INTERNATIONAL BIRDMAN 2012

Newcastle International Bird Man 2012 Competition call for Competitors

Join the high flyers in this exciting charity event on 22nd April 2012, Lee Wharf, Honeysuckle

Take the challenge - How far can you go?

Build something hi-tech or aim for pure entertainment - creativity and distance are what it's all about! Great prizes to be won.

Competitor applications close March 1 2012

For more information contact events@wetlands.org or go to www.wetlands.org.au

6. HOW TO CONTACT NUPSA
The NUPSA office is located in Room HA150 (opposite Huxley Library) Hunter Building, Callaghan Campus.
The office is open on a part time basis with core hours being from 9.30 am to 2.30 pm Monday to Friday.

Telephone number is (02) 49218894
email - nupsa@newcastle.edu.au

Check out the NUPSA web site - nupsa.org.au
Or join our facebook page http://goo.gl/TSX2o

OCTOBER 2011

Items in the Newsletter –
1. Upcoming Free Lunch
• Callaghan October 21
• Ourimbah November 8
2. NUPSA Annual Dinner November 4
3. Call for Nominations 2012 NUPSA Executive
4. Academic Integrity Workshops
5. Ride to Work Day 2012
6. Apostrophe 1 Proofreading and Copy Editing
7. How to contact NUPSA

1. UPCOMING FREE LUNCH
Postgraduate and honours students are invited to join us for a free lunch:

Date – Friday, October 21, 2011
Time - 1.00pm
Venue – Outside the Auchmuty Library

If you will be attending the event you are asked to contact the NUPSA office nupsa@newcastle.edu.au so your name can be included on the attendance list - this will help with the catering arrangements. Please let the office know by Wednesday, October 19. If you have not registered to attend you may not be able to join us.

The lunch will be a BBQ with catering for vegetarian guests provided.

Ourimbah based Postgraduate and honours students are invited to join us for a free lunch:

Date – Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Time - 12.00pm
Venue – Under the Sails

If you will be attending the event you are asked to contact the NUPSA office nupsa@newcastle.edu.au so your name can be included on the attendance list - this will help with the catering arrangements. Please let the office know by Friday, November 4. If you have not registered to attend you may not be able to join us.

The lunch will be a light lunch with catering for vegetarian guests provided.

2. NUPSA ANNUAL DINNER 2011

Just a reminder that Friday, November 4, 2011 is the date for the 2011 NUPSA Annual Dinner. The venue for the dinner will be Customs House, Newcastle.
The dinner is being sponsored by the GradSchool.com Pty Ltd which will enable the tickets to be subsidised.

Ticket costs are $25.00 for University of Newcastle Postgraduate students and $35.00 for other guests.

The number of guests will be limited, so if you wish to get in early and reserve some tickets let the NUPSA office know nupsa@newcastle.edu.au.

Tickets for the Annual Dinner will be available for purchase in October, if you wish to get on the reserved list for some tickets let the NUPSA office know (email nupsa@newcastle.edu.au).

3. CALL FOR NOMINATIONS 2012 NUPSA EXECUTIVE

Election for the positions on the 2012 NUPSA Executive Committee

Details for the elections follow – if you wish to nominate for one of the Executive positions a nomination form is available from the NUPSA Office, Room HA150, Hunter Building, Callaghan Campus. Alternatively email NUPSA nupsa@newcastle.edu.au and a nomination form can be forwarded by email attachment, for completion and return.

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS -

Nominations are called from Monday, October 3, 2011 for members of the Newcastle University Postgraduate Students’ Association (NUPSA) to serve on the NUPSA Executive Committee, from January 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012, in the following positions:

President
Vice-President
International Students Representative
Equity Officer
Education Officer (Research)
Education Officer (Coursework)
Campus Representative (Callaghan Satellite)
Campus Representative (Ourimbah)
General Executive (Women’s Officer)
General Executive (Disability Officer)
General Executive (Indigenous Officer)
General Executive Member

ELIGIBILITY -
Any member of the Newcastle University Postgraduate Students’ Association may propose or second a candidate and vote in the elections. All members of the Association are eligible for nomination. All currently enrolled postgraduate students are members of NUPSA, by virtue of their enrolment.

The Education Officer (Research) shall be a member enrolled in a research degree; the Education Officer (Coursework) shall be a member enrolled in a coursework degree; the International Students Representative shall be a member whose country of origin is other than Australia; the Campus Representative (Callaghan Satellite) shall be a member studying primarily at a Callaghan Satellite; the Campus Representative (Ourimbah) shall be a member studying primarily at the Ourimbah Campus; and .the General Executive (Indigenous Officer) shall be an Indigenous member.

NOMINATIONS -
A nomination shall be proposed and seconded by two persons entitled to vote in the election and shall bear the written consent of the candidate to the nomination. A separate nomination form must be completed for each candidate. Members wishing to nominate for more than one position can do so but each such nomination shall be on a separate nomination form.
A policy statement of approximately 200 words is requested from nominees and is to be included with the completed nomination form.

To be valid, a duly completed nomination form must reach The Returning Officer, C/- NUPSA Office, Room HA 150 Hunter Building, University of Newcastle, Callaghan NSW 2308, NO LATER THAN 5.00pm ON Friday, October 28, 2011. Forms can also be emailed to nupsa@newcastle.edu.au

PUBLICATION OF NAMES OF PERSONS NOMINATED -
The names of the persons nominated will be published on the NUPSA Noticeboard, situated in the Hunter Building (Callaghan Campus), University of Newcastle by Friday November 4 2011.

VOTING -
If, at the close of nominations, more than one valid nomination has been received for any particular vacancy, a ballot will be conducted.

Returning Officer for NUPSA

4. ACADEMIC INTEGRETY WORKSHOPS
How do I avoid plagiarism? How do I keep Turnitin happy? How should I use Turnitin reports? What do the percentages mean?

Come to TWO workshops –
ONE on reading and ONE on writing
4:15 – 5:45 pm
University House 2.40

READING WRITING
Tuesday October 4 Thursday October 6
Monday October 10 Tuesday October 11
Tuesday October 18 Thursday October 20

There are also individual consultations if you need advice on your assignments or study
4:00 – 6:00 pm Wednesdays

5. RIDE TO WORK DAY 2012
Ride to work Day October 12. Ride to Work Day is nearly upon us.

Come join Australia's biggest celebration of commuter riding - Ride to Work Day - on 12 October.

Whether you ride regularly or haven't been in the saddle for a little while, there has never been a better time to get involved. Aside from realising all the benefits riding to work can provide, your registration will help us improve bike facilities for everyone and also enter you in the draw for a range of fantastic prizes. Register for free now and be apart of something big!

Ride to Work website:https://ride2work.com.au/

About Ride to Work -------------------

The Ride to Work Program is designed to get people started and keep them riding to work. The Program is run by the Bicycle Network in conjunction with state and territory cycling organisations across Australia. Like years before there will be a bike breakfast at the Forum for those who have cycled get there around 8am if you want some food!

Also NUBUG is organising two ‘Bike Buses’ along different routes.
Bike Bus 1 (Honeysuckle to Uni via Route 6)
http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/50267920
Bike Bus 2 (Newcastle end of Fernleigh track to Uni)
http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/50270250

The Tom Farrell Institute is putting up a site, when its up there will be more information to link to.
If you’re interested in helping out, please get in contact to be Bike Bus ‘driver’ – Somebody who helps leads the group the right way.

Gus Potts NUBUG president

6. APOSTROPHE 1 PROOFREADING AND COPY EDITING
You have worked very hard, possibly for months, to complete the draft of your thesis, dissertation or project report. Don’t devalue the content by submitting it with poor grammar, spelling mistakes, typos or stylistic errors.
I will proofread your work to eliminate these errors and suggest editorial changes where appropriate, to ensure it is in a polished form and will have optimum impact on those that assess it. My rates are reasonable. Just ask me for a quote, stating word count.
Contact: Peter King pkproofreader@gmail.com (m) 0448-679-523
ABN: 65 343 048 935

7. HOW TO CONTACT NUPSA
The NUPSA office is located in Room HA150 (opposite Huxley Library) Hunter Building, Callaghan Campus.
The office is open on a part time basis with core hours being from 9.30 am to 2.30 pm Monday to Friday.

Telephone number is (02) 49218894
email - nupsa@newcastle.edu.au

Check out the NUPSA web site - nupsa.org.au
Or join our facebook page http://goo.gl/TSX2o

SEPTEMBER 2011

Items in the Newsletter –
1. Upcoming Free Lunch
• Callaghan October 21
• Ourimbah November 8
2. NUPSA Annual Dinner November 4
3. SOYA, TOYA & OTOYA Awards
4. HDR Student Experience Survey
5. A3 Society Comedy Night
6. Neck Pain Study
7. How to contact NUPSA

1. UPCOMING FREE LUNCH
Postgraduate and honours students are invited to join us for a free lunch:

Date – Friday, October 21, 2011
Time - 1.00pm
Venue – Outside the Auchmuty Library

If you will be attending the event you are asked to contact the NUPSA office nupsa@newcastle.edu.au so your name can be included on the attendance list - this will help with the catering arrangements. Please let the office know by Wednesday, October 19. If you have not registered to attend you may not be able to join us.

The lunch will be a BBQ with catering for vegetarian guests provided.

Ourimbah based Postgraduate and honours students are invited to join us for a free lunch:

Date – Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Time - 12.00pm
Venue – Under the Sails

If you will be attending the event you are asked to contact the NUPSA office nupsa@newcastle.edu.au so your name can be included on the attendance list - this will help with the catering arrangements. Please let the office know by Friday, November 4. If you have not registered to attend you may not be able to join us.

The lunch will be a light lunch with catering for vegetarian guests provided.

2. NUPSA ANNUAL DINNER 2011

Just a reminder that Friday, November 4, 2011 is the date for the 2011NUPSA Annual Dinner. The venue for the dinner will be Customs House, Newcastle.

The dinner is being sponsored by the GradSchool.com Pty Ltd which will enable the tickets to be subsidised. Ticket costs are $25.00 for University of Newcastle Postgraduate students and $35.00 for other guests.

The number of guests will be limited, so if you wish to get in early and reserve some tickets let the NUPSA office know nupsa@newcastle.edu.au.

Tickets for the Annual Dinner will be available for purchase in October, if you wish to get on the reserved list for some tickets let the NUPSA office know (email nupsa@newcastle.edu.au).

3. SOYA, TOYA AND OTOYA AWARDS 2011

NUPSA is seeking nominations for the NUPSA Supervisor of the Year Award (SOYA), Teacher of the Year Award (TOYA) and Online Teacher of the Year Award (OTOYA) from Research and Coursework postgraduates.

A nomination indicates that each supervisor or lecturer/tutor has risen above normal expectations for the students who nominated him/her and that the calibre of their supervision or teaching is consistently high.

Nomination forms are available from the NUPSA office – Room HA150 Hunter Building. Call into the office to collect a nomination form – alternatively contact the office and a nomination form can be forwarded to you by email attachment. (email nupsa@newcastle.edu.au).

Nominations will close on Friday, September 30, 2011.
Electronic copies will not be accepted.

Recipients of the awards will be announced at the NUPSA Annual Dinner (sponsored by the GradSchool.com) to be held on Friday, November 4, 2011.

4. HDR STUDENT EXPERIENCE SURVEY

Council of Australian Postgraduate Associations HDR experience survey 2011 http://survey.opinio.net/s?s=5764

The 2011 CAPA HDR Experience Survey has been designed to assist CAPA and the Australian Government in informing the review of the Research Training Scheme and standards for the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA). This survey is vitally important to ensure that all students have the best experiences whilst undergoing their research candidature.

The survey has several elements to it. It looks into experiences with Supervisors, resources on your campus, the amount of money you put in on top of what the University provides, academic independence and collegiality. The first questions are general demographics, so that our submission may also comment on the range of ways and places people study, particularly comparing rural and regional students to domestic students, and students in different faculties or Fields of Research.

There are five prizes up for grabs for each of our regions (QLD and NT, NSW and ACT, VIC and Tas, SA, and WA) of a $50 Co-op Bookshop voucher, and a major national prize of an Amazon Kindle with built-in WiFi, a stylish case in "CAPA Blue", and $30 to spend at the Amazon Store. To enter the draw, please enter your email address at the place noted on the final screen.

This study has been made possible by a grant from the Australian Government Department of Innovation, Industry, Science, and Research. CAPA thanks DIISR for recognising the important of the student voice when planning for the future.

All responses are entirely confidential and shall not be provided to Universities or the Government attached to any information which may be used to identify you.

We welcome any questions or queries that you might have regarding this survey. Please feel free to contact National President, John Nowakowski, on president@capa.edu.au at any time.

5. A3 SOCIETY COMEDY NIGHT
Are you interested in love, language, the mind and morality?

Do you like stand up comedy?

The Atheist Society is getting comedian Simon Taylor to come and perform at the Bar on the Hill on Wednesday the 14th of September. Come along for an awesome night of laughs and unwinding. Tickets are available from NUSA or at the door on the night, $10 for club members and $15 for non-members. Club sign-up is $2.

6. NECK PAIN STUDY
Do you have neck pain? Seeking volunteers for a physiotherapy study

We are seeking individuals with neck pain lasting longer than three months to participate in a research study, which will involve clinical measurements of the neck and the application of a standardised physiotherapy intervention. You must be between 18-55 years old and not have any conditions that would normally prohibit physiotherapy treatment of the neck.

This University of Newcastle based project will require you to attend the School of Health Sciences Laboratory in the Hunter Building at Callaghan on two occasions, and have a single treatment technique applied to your neck by a physiotherapist.

For more information about the study please contact Dr Suzanne Snodgrass on 0249212089 or Suzanne.Snodgrass@newcastle.edu.au.

This project has been approved by the University of Newcastle Human Research Ethics Committee, Approval No H-2011-0044.

7. MINDFULNESS MEDITATION
All students and staff are welcome to attend this free course beginning Monday 29 August, 2011

This course introduces participants to mindfulness meditation. Skills for developing mindful awareness will be taught and practiced.

There will be opportunity to learn about the benefits of meditation for physical and mental well being.

When: Mondays 12—1 pm
Where: Chaplaincy (opposite Huxley Library)
Dates: 29 August—19 September
For enquiries & registration please email Teresa.Dluzewska@newcastle.edu.au

8. HOW TO CONTACT NUPSA
The NUPSA office is located in Room HA150 (opposite Huxley Library) Hunter Building, Callaghan Campus.
The office is open on a part time basis with core hours being from 9.30 am to 2.30 pm Monday to Friday.

Telephone number is (02) 49218894
email - nupsa@newcastle.edu.au

Check out the NUPSA web site - nupsa.org.au
Or join our facebook page http://goo.gl/TSX2o

AUGUST 2011

Items in the Newsletter –
1. Upcoming Workshops for Postgraduate Students
• Procrastination August 24
• Supervisor/Student Relationship August 26
• Matlab September 1
2. Upcoming Free Lunch
• Callaghan August 10
• Ourimbah November 8
3. IT Forum
4. 2011 Sydney Law School Postgraduate Conference
5. How to contact NUPSA

1. UPCOMING WORKSHOPS FOR POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS
NUPSA and Counselling will be holding the following two workshops for postgraduate students.

Workshop: Procrastination
Date: Wednesday 24 August 2011
Time: 10am-12:30pm
Room: The Student Services Meeting Room (SC 4.08), Student Services Building, Callaghan Campus
Facilitator: Teresa Dluzewska, Senior Counsellor, University Counselling Service.
RSVP: August 22 2011
Cost: Free

Workshop: Building an Effective Relationship with your Supervisor and Tips for Success
Date: Friday 26 August 2011
Time: 10am-12:30pm
Room: The Hunter Meeting Room (HA158), Hunter Building, Callaghan Campus
Facilitator: Dianne Kirby, Counsellor, University Counselling Service.
RSVP: August 22 2011
Cost: Free

NUPSA and Engineering will be holding the following demonstration workshop for postgraduate students.

Workshop: Matlab
Date: Thursday 1 September 2011
Time: 10am-12pm
Room: EF 122
Facilitator: Ben Henley
RSVP: August 30 2011
Cost: Free

Please note if you have registered an expression of interest for this workshop, you still need to register. Numbers are strictly limited.

If you have any questions regarding Matlab, please email nupsa@newcastle.edu.au with your questions and we will pass them on to Ben to answer on the day.

Numbers for all these workshops will be limited, so you are asked to email the NUPSA office nupsa@newcastle.edu.au if you will be attending either workshop.

Light refreshments will be provided at the above workshops.
For more details of upcoming workshops go to:
http://www.newcastle.edu.au/students/research-higher-degree/current-students/skills-training.html

2. UPCOMING FREE LUNCH
Postgraduate and honours students are invited to join us for a free lunch:

Date - Wednesday August 10 2011
Time - 1.00pm
Venue – Isabella Restaurant

If you will be attending the event you are asked to contact the NUPSA office nupsa@newcastle.edu.au so your name can be included on the attendance list - this will help with the catering arrangements. Please let the office know by Friday August 5. If you have not registered to attend you may not be able to join us.

The lunch will be a light lunch with catering for vegetarian guests provided.

Ourimbah based Postgraduate and honours students are invited to join us for a free lunch:

Date - Tuesday November 8 2011
Time - 12.00pm
Venue – Under the Sails

If you will be attending the event you are asked to contact the NUPSA office nupsa@newcastle.edu.au so your name can be included on the attendance list - this will help with the catering arrangements. Please let the office know by Friday November4. If you have not registered to attend you may not be able to join us.

The lunch will be a light lunch with catering for vegetarian guests provided.

3. IT FORUM
Final reminder that NUPSA and NUSA are holding a joint I.T. forum with representatives from I.T. services to talk to students about changes to services as well as problems and issues with I.T.

Date - Monday August 1 2011
Time - 2.00pm
Venue – Bar on the Hill

4. SYDNEY LAW SCHOOL POSTGRADUATE CONFERENCE
2011 Sydney Law School Postgraduate Students Conference http://sydney.edu.au/law/pgconference/index.shtml
27-28 October
Sydney Law School
New Law School Building, Eastern Avenue, University of Sydney (Camperdown campus)
For directions please click here http://www.law.usyd.edu.au/about/campus.shtml

Participation in the conference will provide an opportunity to present research projects to students and academics from a diverse range of backgrounds. The conference will also act as a forum to explore broader issues around the research process, including research methods and theory, critique and the culture of law. Day one will include the keynote address and concurrent presentation sessions. Day two will run as a half day and involve discussion sessions on the PhD experience facilitated by leading academics.
Call for Papers
We invite postgraduate research students in law and related fields from universities across Australia to submit an abstract for consideration. The conference will cover topics including:

* Climate & Environmental Law
* Commercial, Contract & Property Law
* Constitutional, Administrative & Public Law
* Criminal Law, Criminal Justice & Criminology
* Family & Child Law
* Health & Medical Law
* Indigenous Persons & the Law
* International & Human Rights Law
* Law in the Asia Pacific Region
* Legal, Socio-legal & Regulatory Theory

Keynote Speaker
Professor Gerry Simpson, Melbourne Law School, the University of Melbourne

Deadlines

* Submission of abstracts: Monday 29 August
* Early bird registration: Monday 19 September
* Submission of written papers: Thursday 13 October

Applicants will be required to complete an Abstract Submission Form available on the Postgraduate Conference website http://sydney.edu.au/law/pgconference/index.shtml.

Prizes, bursaries and financial assistance
A prize of $500 will be awarded for the best written paper presented at the conference.

Financial assistance for travel, accommodation or fee relief is available upon application for students who demonstrate need. For further information please refer to the Postgraduate Conference website http://sydney.edu.au/law/pgconference/prizes.shtml.

Registration
A light lunch and post conference drinks is included in the registration fee. Please note there is no registration fee applicable for those presenting a paper at the conference.

* Early bird registration: $11 (inc GST)
* Full fee registration: $22 (inc GST)

Registrations and secure online payment can be made via the conference online registration form http://sydney.edu.au/news/law/457.html?eventcategoryid=43&eventid=8255.

For further information
Conference details are available via the Postgraduate Conference website. http://sydney.edu.au/law/pgconference/index.shtml

For further enquiries, contact Belinda Reeve: law.pgrc@sydney.edu.au

5. HOW TO CONTACT NUPSA
The NUPSA office is located in Room HA150 (opposite Huxley Library) Hunter Building, Callaghan Campus.
The office is open on a part time basis with core hours being from 9.30 am to 2.30 pm Monday to Friday.

Telephone number is (02) 49218894
email - nupsa@newcastle.edu.au

Check out the NUPSA web site - nupsa.org.au
Or join our facebook page http://goo.gl/TSX2o

JULY 2011

Items in the Newsletter –
1. 2011 NUPSA Executive
2. Executive Profiles
3. Upcoming Workshops for Postgraduate Students
• Procrastination August 24
• Supervisor/Student Relationship August 26
4. Upcoming Free Lunch August 10
5. I.T. Forum.
6. Yoga Group
7. SORTI Seminar Series
8. UoN Services Focus Groups
9. NUPSA Annual Dinner
10. How to contact NUPSA

1. 2011 NUPSA EXECUTIVE
The 2011 NUPSA Executive would like to welcome our newest Executive member Erin Poulton from Ourimbah. The current NUPSA Executive is:
President Amelia Leotta
Vice-President Eleanor Hobley
International Student Representative Ruth Liou
Equity Officer Nicholas Batt
Education Officer (Research) Subhankar Biswas
Education Officer (Coursework) Tsó Sechaba
Campus Rep (Callaghan Satellite) Motena Teisi
Campus Rep (Ourimbah) Erin Poulton
General Executive Member (Women’s Officer) Lorraine Beveridge
General Executive Member (Disability Officer) Grant Morgan
General Executive Member Sharlene Leroy-Dyer
General Executive Member Yufeng Shi

2. EXECUTIVE PROFILES
Following on from the profiles in the March and April Newsletters, please find the final Executive profiles.

Nicholas Batt– Equity Officer
Nick is a research student in Electrical Engineering, working on electric machines and wind energy. He completed his combined Bachelor of Engineering and Bachelor of Arts at Newcastle University in 2007. He currently holds the position of Equity Officer and has a particular interest in sustainable transport initiatives at the university.

Subhankar Biswas -Education Officer (Research)
Subhankar is an International student come from Bangladesh and doing a PhD in the Department of Mechanical Engineering here. Subhankar completed his Bachelor in Chemistry in 2004 and Master in Inorganic Chemistry in 2006 at University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh as well as M.Phil in Materials Science in 2010 at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Bangladesh. Subhankar carried out a part of his M.Phil research work at Katholieke University of Leuven, Belgium. Before coming to Australia, Subhankar has served in a multinational company for one year as a research executive. In his personal life Subhankar is interested in social networking through which we can share our experiences each other.

Erin Poulton - Campus Representative (Ourimbah)
Erin is a PhD student in Accounting and Finance, focusing on Corporate Social Responsibility. Erin completed her Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) degree at Newcastle University. She is currently the Ourimbah Campus Representative for NUPSA and is passionate about helping others.

Yufeng (Stone) Shi –General Executive Member
Yufeng Shi is a Chinese Ph.D. student, majoring in Civil Engineering. And his topic is 'Risk Assessment of Reinforced Concrete Structures Subjected to Explosive Blast Loading'. Yufeng is very happy to work for NUPSA, and feels honoured to be a member of the NUPSA family.

3. UPCOMING WORKSHOPS FOR POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS
NUPSA and Counselling will be holding the following two workshops for postgraduate students.

Workshop: Procrastination
Date: Wednesday 24 August 2011
Time: 10am-12:30pm
Room: The Student Services Meeting Room (Sc 4.08), Student Services Building, Callaghan Campus
Facilitator: Teresa Dluzewska, Senior Counsellor, University Counselling Service.
RSVP: August 22 2011
Cost: Free

Workshop: Building an Effective Relationship with your Supervisor and Tips for Success
Date: Friday 26 August 2011
Time: 10am-12:30pm
Room: The Hunter Meeting Room (HA158), Hunter Building, Callaghan Campus
Facilitator: Dianne Kirby, Counsellor, University Counselling Service.
RSVP: August 22 2011
Cost: Free
Numbers for both these workshops will be limited, so you are asked to email the NUPSA office (nupsa@newcastle.edu.au) if you will be attending either workshop.
Light refreshments will be provided at the above workshops.
For more details of upcoming workshops go to:
http://www.newcastle.edu.au/students/research-higher-degree/current-students/skills-training.html

4. UPCOMING FREE LUNCH AUGUST 10
Postgraduate and honours students are invited to join us for a free lunch:
Date - Wednesday August 10 2011
Time - 1.00pm
Venue – Isabella Restaurant
If you will be attending the event you are asked to contact the NUPSA office nupsa@newcastle.edu.au so your name can be included on the attendance list - this will help with the catering arrangements. Please let the office know by Friday August 5. If you have not registered to attend you may not be able to join us.
The lunch will be a light lunch with catering for vegetarian guests provided.

5. I.T. FORUM
NUPSA and NUSA are holding a joint I.T. forum with representatives from I.T. services to talk to students about changes to services as well as problems and issues with I.T. For students who can not attend or would like to have their questions raised anonymously NUSA have created an email address for students to send questions and concerns to: itforum@nusa.org.au

Date - Monday August 1 2011
Time - 2.00pm
Venue – Bar on the Hill

6. YOGA GROUP
Yoga has commenced on Monday nights from 5.30- 6.30pm. It will be held in Room 5 (Lismore) at the Station (part of the Family Action Centre), behind the Hunter Building. Free parking is available. Turn off University Drive at the lights, follow the road around past the Hunter Building and park in the car park next to the road at the old Academic Office Block (AOB). The Station is the old train carriages on the other side of the AOB. This will be a regular Yoga Club timeslot and venue each week. Cost is $6. If you have your own mat please bring it, but the tutor, Jill Heaney has mats available she is happy for you to use if you do not.

All NUPSA members are warmly invited to attend.

Yoga Club: Mondays 5.30- 6.30pm
Venue: Room 5, The Station (behind Hunter Building)
Cost: $6 per session
Tutor: Jill Heaney
For further details or to register your interest please contact Jill Heaney: jill.heaney@hotmail.com

7. UON SERVICES FOCUS GROUPS
UoN Services are looking for students to participate in a 1 hour Focus Group session to help them gain insight into students’ needs and preferences on a range of issues including:

Activities & Events
Service & Facilities
Welfare
Diversity & Internationalisation
Sustainability
Mature Age needs (anyone over 24)
Health & Wellbeing

What is a focus group?
A Focus group involves encouraging an invited group of participants to share in their thoughts, feelings, attitudes and ideas on a certain subject. The group usually consists of 6-8 students (and sometimes staff too). Focus groups are a valuable way for UoN Services and the University to gain qualitative feedback and to get a more personal take on solutions to issues that are raised.

Lunch is provided free to participants!

If you are interested, please email info@uonservices.org.au phone (02) 49854322 and indicate your preferred issue(s) for discussion, name and contact details.

8. SORTI SEMINAR SERIES
Dear all RHD students,
SORTI is looking for presenters for the next SORTI student seminar to take place in August 2011.

We need several students to present short talks on their thesis, and one RHD student to chair the seminar (this means introducing the presenters & closing the seminar).

This is a great opportunity to engage in a discussion on your ideas, meet members of SORTI, and SUPPORT your fellow students.
Please reply email if your interested in presenting, and some possible dates during August??
Kind regards,

Nicole Goodlad
Casual Academic/ Administrative Assistant
The University of Newcastle:
SORTI, School of Education & Arts
Newbold Building
CRICOS number - 00109J

Email: Nicole.Goodlad@newcastle.edu.au

9. NUPSA ANNUAL DINNER 2011

Just a reminder that Friday November 4 2011 is the date for the 2011 NUPSA Annual Dinner. The venue for the dinner will be Customs House, Newcastle.
The dinner is being sponsored by the GradSchool.com Pty Ltd which will enable the tickets to be subsidised. Ticket costs have yet to be decided, but it is anticipated price will be about $25.00 for University of Newcastle Postgraduate students and $35.00 for other guests.
The number of guests will be limited, so if you wish to get in early and reserve some tickets let the NUPSA office know nupsa@newcastle.edu.au.
Once again, NUPSA will be seeking nominations for the NUPSA Supervisor of the Year Award (SOYA), Teacher of the Year Award (TOYA) and Online Teacher of the Year Award (OTOYA) from research and coursework postgraduates. It is anticipated nomination forms will be available from the NUPSA office early September. You must use a nomination form for your nomination to be considered. Recipients of the awards will be announced at the dinner and a presentation made.
Faculty awards for outstanding work by students during the year are also presented at the dinner.
For new students, the NUPSA Annual Dinner is the Association's formal event for the year. The dinner offers an opportunity for senior University Administration staff, academics, general staff, and postgraduate students as well as guests, to enjoy each others company.
Further details for the function will be included in future newsletters and on the NUPSA web page.

10. HOW TO CONTACT NUPSA
The NUPSA office is located in Room HA150 (opposite Huxley Library) Hunter Building, Callaghan Campus.
The office is open on a part time basis with core hours being from 9.30 am to 2.30 pm Monday to Friday.

Telephone number is (02) 49218894
email - nupsa@newcastle.edu.au

Check out the NUPSA web site - nupsa.org.au
Or join our facebook page http://goo.gl/TSX2o

JUNE 2011

Items in the Newsletter –
1. Changes to the 2011 NUPSA Executive
2. Upcoming Workshops for Postgraduate Students
• Supervisor Relationship June 8
• Stress Management June 15
3. MATLAB – call for Interested Students
4. Sustainable Transport
5. Anxiety Study
6. Neck Pain Study
7. Yoga Group
8. 3 Minute Thesis
9. Endeavour Australia
10. UoN Services Focus Groups
11. NUPSA Annual Dinner
12. How to contact NUPSA

1. CHANGES TO THE 2011 NUPSA EXECUTIVE
There have been several changes to the 2011 NUPSA Executive recently. The current NUPSA Executive is:
President Amelia Leotta
Vice-President Eleanor Hobley
International Student Representative Ruth Liou
Equity Officer Nicholas Batt
Education Officer (Research) Subhankar Biswas
Education Officer (Coursework) Tsó Sechaba
Campus Rep (Callaghan Satellite) Motena Teisi
General Executive Member (Women’s Officer) Lorraine Beveridge
General Executive Member (Disability Officer) Grant Morgan
General Executive Member Sharlene Leroy-Dyer
General Executive Member Yufeng Shi

2. UPCOMING WORKSHOPS FOR POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS
NUPSA and Counselling will be holding the following two workshops for postgraduate students.

Workshop: Building an Effective Relationship with your Supervisor and Tips for Success
Date: Wednesday 8 June 2011
Time: 10am-12:30pm
Room: The Student Services Meeting Room (Sc 4.08), Student Services Building, Callaghan Campus
Facilitator: Dianne Kirby, Counsellor, University Counselling Service.
RSVP: June 6 2011
Cost: Free

Workshop: Stress and Time Management Strategies for Resilience and Wellbeing
Date: Wednesday June 15 2011
Time: 10-12:30
Room: The Hunter Meeting Room (HA158), Hunter Building, Callaghan Campus
Facilitator: Teresa Dluzewska, Senior Counsellor, University Counselling Service.
RSVP: June 13 2010
Cost: Free

Numbers for both workshops will be limited, so you are asked to email the NUPSA office (nupsa@newcastle.edu.au) if you will be attending either workshop.
Light refreshments will be provided at the above workshops.

For more details of upcoming workshops go to:
http://www.newcastle.edu.au/students/research-higher-degree/current-students/skills-training.html

3. MATLAB – CALL FOR INTERESTED STUDENTS
NUPSA is considering hosting a MATLAB workshop for post-graduate students. In order to assess the demand for such a workshop, we ask any students interested in attending a MATLAB session to e-mail NUPSA - nupsa@newcastle.edu.au and inform us of the level of tuition desired, i.e. basic, intermediate or advanced. We will probably only host one workshop with limited numbers available and want to optimise it for as many students as possible. For more information please contact nupsa@newcastle.edu.au

4. SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT SURVEY
NUPSA was recently represented at the University’s Sustainable Transport Workshop. The University is planning to spend a large sum of money on installing new parking spaces, which will be heavily subsidised by the University. These subsidies are covered by all students via their fees, regardless of whether they use a car to travel to and from university or not, resulting in an inequitable and unsustainable advantage to car drivers. As an upshot of this, NUPSA is interested in getting feedback on the modes of transport used by postgraduate students to and from university, as well as around university. Please take the time to fill in the following survey and give us your comments/thoughts on how to make transport to and from uni fair and sustainable for all: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/83K6ZM5

5. ANXIETY STUDY
My name is Nick. I am a Psychology PhD student investigating how people become anxious, with the aim of assisting people to overcome their fears.

I am asking Asian people to help me to investigate anxiety by setting aside 1.5 hours of their time. I would be asking you to complete an online questionnaire at a time and place that suits you (you just need internet access) that goes for around 15 minutes, and then attend a lab session (about 1 hour 15 minutes) at the Callaghan campus in the W (behavioural sciences) building, room W 132, or Ourimbah campus in the SO (Science Office) building, room E 1.26.

At the end of your participation, participants will be reimbursed $20 for their time and travel. Due to the nature of the study investigating anxiety, we necessarily induce anxiety in our participants, and as such, each participant will receive 5-10 electric stimulations. However, you are free to choose this level, and the sensation that you will feel is very similar to static electricity, like when you touch a shopping trolley or a car door.

If you are interested in participating, or if you would like more information, please email learningstudy@hotmail.com or c3073670@uon.edu.au

Thank you for your interest.

Nicholas Harris
PhD Candidate
School of Psychology
University of Newcastle

NOTE: This project has received ethical clearance from the University of Newcastle's Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC), clearance number H-2009-0104. Also, this project has received Occupational Health and safety (OHS) clearance from the University of Newcastle's OHS Committee, clearance number 140/2009.

6. NECK PAIN STUDY
Do you have neck pain? Seeking volunteers for a physiotherapy study

We are seeking individuals with neck pain lasting longer than three months to participate in a research study, which will involve clinical measurements of the neck and the application of a standardised physiotherapy intervention. You must be between 18-55 years old and not have any conditions that would normally prohibit physiotherapy treatment of the neck.

This University of Newcastle based project will require you to attend the School of Health Sciences Laboratory in the Hunter Building at Callaghan on two occasions, and have a single treatment technique applied to your neck by a physiotherapist.

For more information about the study please contact Dr Suzanne Snodgrass on 0249212089 or Suzanne.Snodgrass@newcastle.edu.au.

This project has been approved by the University of Newcastle Human Research Ethics Committee, Approval No H-2011-0044.

7. YOGA GROUP
Yoga will begin June 20 Monday from 5.30- 6.30pm. It will be held in Room 5 at the Station (Lismore), behind the Hunter Building. Free parking is available. Turn off University Drive at the lights, follow the road around past the Hunter Building and park in the car park next to the road at the old Academic Office Block (AOB). The Station is the old train carriages on the other side of the AOB. This will be a regular Yoga Club timeslot and venue each week. Cost is $6. If you have your own mat please bring it, but the tutor, Jill Heaney has mats available she is happy for you to use if you do not.

All NUPSA members are warmly invited to attend.

Yoga Club: Mondays 5.30- 6.30pm
Venue: Room 5, The Station (behind Hunter Building)
Cost: $6 per session
Tutor: Jill Heaney

For further details or to register your interest please contact Lorraine Beveridge Lorraine.Beveridge@newcastle.edu.au

8. 3 MINUTE THESIS
The Three Minute Thesis offers you the opportunity to put your research in the spotlight within the University and potentially on a national stage.

The Challenge
You will have three minutes to give an engaging and dynamic response to the question “Tell me about your research?” to an intelligent but non-specialist audience.

UoN Prizes
First Prize - $1500, plus return airfare and 1 nights’ accommodation for participation in the National/Trans-Tasman competition at the University of Western Australia on 29 September 2011.
Second Prize - $1000
Third Prize - $500
Each Faculty finalist will receive a certificate.

National/Trans-Tasman Competition
The National/Trans-Tasman winner will be awarded $5,000, the runner-up $2,000 and the people's choice recipient $1,000.

For more information visit http://www.postgraduate.uwa.edu.au/news/three-minute-thesis.

Who Can Enter?
RHD students currently enrolled in Master of Philosophy or Doctor of Philosophy programs.

Rules and Judging Criteria

Rules
• a single PowerPoint slide is permitted (no slide transitions are permitted, no additional electronic media (e.g. sound and video files) are permitted, no additional props (e.g. costumes, instruments [musical, laboratory etc]) are permitted)
• presentations are limited to 3 minutes maximum. Competitors exceeding 3 minutes will be disqualified
• the decision of the adjudicating panel is final
Entrants will be judged by a panel of three non-specialists on the following criteria:
• communication style: was the thesis topic and its significance communicated in language appropriate to an intelligent but non-specialist audience?
• comprehension: did the presentation help the audience understand the research?
• engagement: did the oration make the audience want to know more?
The judges will score each competitor out of ten for each criterion. Fractional scores (e.g. 7.5) will be allowed.

Registration
Please complete the Registration Form and submit it to your Faculty Research Training Officer.

Faculty Heats
Business & Law - Heat will be held on 4 July 2011
Ms Kerri Foulds -
Kerri.Foulds@newcastle.edu.au
Tel: 49 212062

Science & Information Technology - Heat already held

Engineering & Built Environment - Heat already held

Education & Arts - Heat will be held on 28 July 2011
Ms Julia Dunn -
Julia.Dunn@newcastle.edu.au
Tel: 49 215302

Health - Heat will be held on 24 June 2011
Ms Shirley Savy -
Shirley.Savy@newcastle.edu.au
Tel: 49 215603

For more information please contact:
Tanille Elley
Executive Officer
Office of Graduate Studies
University of Newcastle
Tanille.Elley@newcastle.edu.au
T: 4921 8838

9. ENDEAVOUR ASIA AUSTRALIA AWARD
The Prime Minister's Australia Asia Endeavour Awards are a unique opportunity to undertake international study and research related to your Australian degree, as well as gain international work experience through an internship, building your professional network in Asia.

The Awards are open to Australian undergraduates and postgraduates in any field of study. Twenty postgraduate and twenty undergraduate awards are available each year for the successful students to undertake study, research and an internship in Asia.

Postgraduate Award Benefits: Up to AUD$63,500 towards travel and establishment allowances, tuition and internship contributions and travel insurance.

Undergraduate Award Benefits: Up to AUD$53,500 towards travel and establishment allowances, tuition and internship contributions and travel insurance.

Award structure: There are two stages to these Awards. Stage one of the Award is the full-time study component for up to 12 months (one semester or 6 months minimum). Stage two of the Award is an internship component (minimum of 2 months) during or at the completion of their study program. The internship component is mandatory for the Undergraduate Award and strongly recommended for the Postgraduate award.

Eligible programs: Bachelor, Honours, Masters and PhD
Eligible fields of study: All fields
Eligible citizenship: Australian citizens; or permanent residents of Australia
Eligible age: 18 years and over
Selected destinations: • China (including Hong Kong and Macau SARs)
• India
• Indonesia
• Japan
• Malaysia
• Singapore
• Republic of Korea
• Singapore
• Taiwan
• Thailand
• Vietnam

How to apply
The online application system, Endeavour Online, allows applicants to enter their personal details and information on their proposed program and the required supporting documentation directly. Applicants may only view and submit their own applications.

To apply online, go to the Endeavour Online website.
First-time users will need to register with the Endeavour Online system to create a user ID (the applicant's nominated email address and password). Once registered, applicants may create a new application or continue working on an existing application.
Further information may be obtained by contacting Louisa.Connors@newcastle.edu.au. Further details on the Awards are available at the Endeavour website.
Applications close: Applications for Australian students close at 11:59pm Thursday 30 June 2011

10. UON SERVICES FOCUS GROUPS
UoN Services are looking for students to participate in a 1 hour Focus Group session to help them gain insight into students’ needs and preferences on a range of issues including:

Activities & Events
Service & Facilities
Welfare
Diversity & Internationalisation
Sustainability
Mature Age needs (anyone over 24)
Health & Wellbeing

What is a focus group?
A Focus group involves encouraging an invited group of participants to share in their thoughts, feelings, attitudes and ideas on a certain subject. The group usually consists of 6-8 students (and sometimes staff too). Focus groups are a valuable way for UoN Services and the University to gain qualitative feedback and to get a more personal take on solutions to issues that are raised.

Lunch is provided free to participants!

If you are interested, please email info@uonservices.org.au phone (02) 49854322 and indicate your preferred issue(s) for discussion, name and contact details.

11. NUPSA ANNUAL DINNER 2011

Although it is still some way off, set aside Friday November 4 2011 in your diary for the NUPSA Annual Dinner. The venue for the dinner will be Customs House, Newcastle.

The dinner is being sponsored by the GradSchool.com Pty Ltd which will enable the tickets to be subsidised. Ticket costs have yet to be decided, but it is anticipated price will be about $25.00 for University of Newcastle Postgraduate students and $35.00 for other guests.
The number of guests will be limited, so if you wish to get in early and reserve some tickets let the NUPSA office know (email nupsa@newcastle.edu.au).

Once again, NUPSA will be seeking nominations for the NUPSA Supervisor of the Year Award (SOYA), Teacher of the Year Award (TOYA) and Online Teacher of the Year Award (OTOYA) from research and coursework postgraduates. It is anticipated nomination forms will be available from the NUPSA office early September. Recipients of the awards will be announced at the dinner and a presentation made.

Faculty awards for outstanding work by students during the year are also presented at the dinner.

For new students, the NUPSA Annual Dinner is the Association's formal event for the year. The dinner offers an opportunity for senior University Administration staff, academics, general staff, and postgraduate students as well as guests, to enjoy each others company.
Further details for the function will be included in future newsletters and on the NUPSA web page.

12. HOW TO CONTACT NUPSA
The NUPSA office is located in Room HA150 (opposite Huxley Library) Hunter Building, Callaghan Campus.
The office is open on a part time basis with core hours being from 9.30 am to 2.30 pm Monday to Friday.

Telephone number is (02) 49218894
email - nupsa@newcastle.edu.au

Check out the NUPSA web site - nupsa.org.au
Or join our facebook page http://goo.gl/TSX2o

 

MAY 2011

Items in the Newsletter –
1. Vacancies on the 2011 NUPSA Executive
2. Upcoming Workshops for Postgraduate Students
• Supervisor Relationship. June 8
• Stress Management June 15
3. SSTAR Autumn Conference 2011
4. 3 Minute Thesis
5. Endeavor Asia Australia Award
6. UoN Services Focus Groups
7. NUBUG Survey
8. Beauty & the Geek Casting call
9. NUPSA Annual Dinner
10. How to contact NUPSA

1. VACANCY ON THE 2011 NUPSA EXECUTIVE
There is a vacancy in the NUPSA 2011 Executive for:

Campus Representative (Ourimbah)

If you are interested in being involved with NUPSA, by taking on this vacant position, nomination forms, and further details, are available from the NUPSA office.

2. UPCOMING WORKSHOPS FOR POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS
NUPSA and Counselling will be holding the following two workshops for postgraduate students.

Workshop: Building an Effective Relationship with your Supervisor and Tips for Success
Date: Wednesday 8 June 2011
Time: 10am-12:30pm
Room: The Student Services Meeting Room (Sc 4.08), Student Services Building, Callaghan Campus
Facilitator: Dianne Kirby, Counsellor, University Counselling Service.
RSVP: June 6 2011
Cost: Free

Workshop: Stress and Time Management Strategies for Resilience and Wellbeing
Date: Wednesday June 15 2011
Time: 10-12:30
Room: The Hunter Meeting Room (HA158), Hunter Building, Callaghan Campus
Facilitator: Teresa Dluzewska, Senior Counsellor, University Counselling Service.
RSVP: June 13 2010
Cost: Free

Numbers for both workshops will be limited, so you are asked to email the NUPSA officenupsa@newcastle.edu.au if you will be attending either workshop.
Light refreshments will be provided at the above workshops.

For more details of upcoming workshops go to:
http://www.newcastle.edu.au/students/research-higher-degree/current-students/skills-training.html

3. SSTAR AUTUMN CONFERENCE 2011
Semiotics: Learning theory, research methodology, or educational philosophy?

Keynote Speaker: Dr Inna Semetsky
Date: Friday 13 May 2011
Time: 9.30 – 3.30pm
Location: Bimet Lodge 121 Union Street, The Junction

Semiotics “lives” in Academia mainly in the departments of media and communication or in linguistics, and the value of this interdisciplinary field remains underrated in the schools of education. In this talk I will reflect on the recent comprehensive volume titled SEMIOTICS EDUCATION EXPERIENCE as representative of the cutting-edge research in the field of education specifically. I will address a new sub-branch of semiotics, edusemiotics, as a theory-practice nexus oriented to the interpretation of signs (as a unit of semiotic analysis) with which, according to American philosopher Charles Sanders Peirce, “the world is perfused”. Semiotics will be shown as an overarching conceptual framework especially fruitful for education because people are always already sign-using systems, even if they may not know it.

The conference is FREE.
Please register your interest via email: soe-research@newcastle.edu.au or Phone: 4921 5520

4. 3 MINUTE THESIS

The Three Minute Thesis offers you the opportunity to put your research in the spotlight within the University and potentially on a national stage.

The Challenge
You will have three minutes to give an engaging and dynamic response to the question “Tell me about your research?” to an intelligent but non-specialist audience.

Gabrielle Briggs
Winner of the 2010 UoN competition and runner up in the National/Trans-Tasman final.
"This competition is a chance to impress. RHD students showcase their exciting research to not only this university, but to the whole nation. It encourages students to step outside of their research and focus on what is really important and interesting about the work that they do.
I was astonished at the response from the University and the local community after last year's competition. I have had multiple radio interviews with local and national broadcasters and spoken at forums and community groups. This kind of recognition is a huge motivator for RHD students who might otherwise be bogged down in the logistical elements of their research and thesis."

UoN Prizes
First Prize - $1500, plus return airfare and 1 nights’ accommodation for participation in the National/Trans-Tasman competition at the University of Western Australia on 29 September 2011.
Second Prize - $1000
Third Prize - $500
Each Faculty finalist will receive a certificate.

National/Trans-Tasman Competition
The National/Trans-Tasman winner will be awarded $5,000, the runner-up $2,000 and the people's choice recipient $1,000.

For more information visit http://www.postgraduate.uwa.edu.au/news/three-minute-thesis.

Who Can Enter?
RHD students currently enrolled in Master of Philosophy or Doctor of Philosophy programs.

Rules and Judging Criteria
Rules
• a single PowerPoint slide is permitted (no slide transitions are permitted, no additional electronic media (e.g. sound and video files) are permitted, no additional props (e.g. costumes, instruments [musical, laboratory etc]) are permitted)
• presentations are limited to 3 minutes maximum. Competitors exceeding 3 minutes will be disqualified
• the decision of the adjudicating panel is final

Entrants will be judged by a panel of three non-specialists on the following criteria:
• communication style: was the thesis topic and its significance communicated in language appropriate to an intelligent but non-specialist audience?
• comprehension: did the presentation help the audience understand the research?
• engagement: did the oration make the audience want to know more?
The judges will score each competitor out of ten for each criterion. Fractional scores (e.g. 7.5) will be allowed.

Registration
Please complete the Registration Form and submit it to your Faculty Research Training Officer.

Faculty Heats
Business & Law - Heat will be held on 4 July 2011
Ms Kerri Foulds -
Kerri.Foulds@newcastle.edu.au
Tel: 49 212062

Science & Information Technology - Heat will be held on 31 May 2011
Ms Danielle Storey -
Danielle.N.Storey@newcastle.edu.au
Tel: 49 217326

Engineering & Built Environment - Heat will be held on 27 May 2011
Ms Chanel Hopkinson -
Chanel.Hopkinson@newcastle.edu.au
Tel: 49 212051

Education & Arts - Heat will be held on 28 July 2011
Ms Julia Dunn -
Julia.Dunn@newcastle.edu.au
Tel: 49 215302

Health - Heat will be held on 24 June 2011
Ms Shirley Savy -
Shirley.Savy@newcastle.edu.au
Tel: 49 215603

For more information please contact:
Tanille Elley
Executive Officer
Office of Graduate Studies
University of Newcastle
Tanille.Elley@newcastle.edu.au
T: 4921 8838

5. ENDEAVOUR ASIA AUSTRALIA AWARD
The Prime Minister's Australia Asia Endeavour Awards are a unique opportunity to undertake international study and research related to your Australian degree, as well as gain international work experience through an internship, building your professional network in Asia.

The Awards are open to Australian undergraduates and postgraduates in any field of study. Twenty postgraduate and twenty undergraduate awards are available each year for the successful students to undertake study, research and an internship in Asia.

Postgraduate Award Benefits: Up to AUD$63,500 towards travel and establishment allowances, tuition and internship contributions and travel insurance.

Undergraduate Award Benefits: Up to AUD$53,500 towards travel and establishment allowances, tuition and internship contributions and travel insurance.

Award structure: There are two stages to these Awards. Stage one of the Award is the full-time study component for up to 12 months (one semester or 6 months minimum). Stage two of the Award is an internship component (minimum of 2 months) during or at the completion of their study program. The internship component is mandatory for the Undergraduate Award and strongly recommended for the Postgraduate award.

Eligible programs: Bachelor, Honours, Masters and PhD
Eligible fields of study: All fields
Eligible citizenship: Australian citizens; or permanent residents of Australia
Eligible age: 18 years and over

Selected destinations:
• China (including Hong Kong and Macau SARs)
• India
• Indonesia
• Japan
• Malaysia
• Singapore
• Republic of Korea
• Singapore
• Taiwan
• Thailand
• Vietnam

How to apply
The online application system, Endeavour Online, allows applicants to enter their personal details and information on their proposed program and the required supporting documentation directly. Applicants may only view and submit their own applications.

To apply online, go to the Endeavour Online website.

First-time users will need to register with the Endeavour Online system to create a user ID (the applicant's nominated email address and password). Once registered, applicants may create a new application or continue working on an existing application.
Further information may be obtained by contacting Louisa.Connors@newcastle.edu.au. Further details on the Awards are available at the Endeavour website.
Applications close: Applications for Australian students close at 11:59pm Thursday 30 June 2011

6. UON SERVICES FOCUS GROUPS
UoN Services are looking for students to participate in a 1 hour Focus Group session to help them gain insight into students’ needs and preferences on a range of issues including:

Activities & Events
Service & Facilities
Welfare
Diversity & Internationalisation
Sustainability
Mature Age needs (anyone over 24)
Health & Wellbeing

What is a focus group?
A Focus group involves encouraging an invited group of participants to share in their thoughts, feelings, attitudes and ideas on a certain subject. The group usually consists of 6-8 students (and sometimes staff too). Focus groups are a valuable way for UoN Services and the University to gain qualitative feedback and to get a more personal take on solutions to issues that are raised.

Lunch is provided free to participants!

If you are interested, please email info@uonservices.org.au mailto:info@uonservices.org.au phone (02) 49854322 and indicate your preferred issue(s) for discussion, name and contact details.

7. NUBUG SURVEY
Dear Students,

For those of you who like to ride a bike to Uni this is your chance to tell us what you want in the way of bike paths, facilities, problem areas, whatever.

For those of you that don't ride to Uni - this is your chance to tell us why.

Please follow the link https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/NUBUG-survey and fill out our survey that will take from 5-10 minutes. Doing so will assist NUBUG, your student bike group, inform the University on what students want in the way of an improved bike riding future.

Thank you sincerely, NUBUG

8. CASTING CALL – BEAUTY & THE GEEK
Beauty and the Geek Australia is now calling for all of the geeks of the world to try their hand at the country's ultimate social experiment.

If you're an "academically gifted yet socially awkward geek", Beauty and the Geek may be your one and only chance to find true love!

The producers of the show are looking for 18-30 year-old male geeks, so if you think you fit the bill, head on over to the official Beauty and the Geek http://www.mycastingnet.com/agents/applyingCastingCall.aspx?callId=NDI2 casting website. www.beautyandthegeek.com.au

Application end date is 20 July, 2011.

9. NUPSA ANNUAL DINNER 2011

Although it is still some way off, set aside Friday November 4 2011 in your diary for the NUPSA Annual Dinner. The venue for the dinner will be Customs House, Newcastle.
The dinner is being sponsored by the GradSchool.com Pty Ltd which will enable the tickets to be subsidised. Ticket costs have yet to be decided, but it is anticipated price will be about $25.00 for University of Newcastle Postgraduate students and $35.00 for other guests.
The number of guests will be limited, so if you wish to get in early and reserve some tickets let the NUPSA office know (email nupsa@newcastle.edu.au).

Once again, NUPSA will be seeking nominations for the NUPSA Supervisor of the Year Award (SOYA), Teacher of the Year Award (TOYA) and Online Teacher of the Year Award (OTOYA) from research and coursework postgraduates. It is anticipated nomination forms will be available from the NUPSA office early September. Recipients of the awards will be announced at the dinner and a presentation made.

Faculty awards for outstanding work by students during the year are also presented at the dinner.
For new students, the NUPSA Annual Dinner is the Association's formal event for the year. The dinner offers an opportunity for senior University Administration staff, academics, general staff, and postgraduate students as well as guests, to enjoy each others company.

Further details for the function will be included in future newsletters and on the NUPSA web page.

10. HOW TO CONTACT NUPSA
The NUPSA office is located in Room HA150 (opposite Huxley Library) Hunter Building, Callaghan Campus.
The office is open on a part time basis with core hours being from 9.30 am to 2.30 pm Monday to Friday.

Telephone number is (02) 49218894
email - nupsa@newcastle.edu.au

Check out the NUPSA web site - nupsa.org.au
Or join our facebook page http://goo.gl/TSX2o

 

APRIL 2011

Items in the Newsletter –
1. Getting to Know You: NUPSA Executive 2011 Profiles
2. Vacancies on the 2011 NUPSA Executive
3. Upcoming Events NUPSA AGM April 20 2011
4. Australian National Data Service (ANDS)
5. Postgraduate Yoga Club – Expression of Interest
6. How to contact NUPSA

1. GETTING TO KNOW YOU: NUPSA EXECUTIVE 2011 PROFILES

Tsó Sechaba – Education Officer (Coursework)

Tsó is an international student doing Master of Business Administration and Applied Finance. He completed Honours Bachelor of Commerce in Public Administration in 2008 at University of South Africa while his first degree in Bachelor of Arts in Public Administration and Sociology was completed in 2004 at the National University of Lesotho in 2004. He was NUPSA Associate in 2010 and he is currently both a Supporting Other Students (SOS) Mentor and Newcastle Business School Peer Mentor. As an international student he has been able to adapt quickly and efficiently to university environment. These interpersonal skills enabled him to integrate with his colleagues and develop valuable friendships. Being positive and ardent to success of students’ studies, he wants to inspire and motivate them to engage socially and academically at University.

Motena Teisi - Campus Representative (Callaghan Satellite)

Motena is an international student who holds a Degree in Public Administration and Sociology from the National University of Lesotho. She is now in her final year pursuing a combined Master of Business Administration and Master of Human Resources Management. As a Campus Representative (Callaghan Satellite), she is committed to ensuring that students’ experiences at the University of Newcastle is the best it can be by liaising with students from other Newcastle University campuses as to address their concerns and grievances in association with other NUPSA Executives. Motena is both a Supporting Other Students (SOS) and Newcastle Business School (NBS) Peer Mentor.

Eleanor (Nellie) Hobley – General Executive Member (Women’s Officer)

Nellie is currently undertaking a PhD in Environmental Engineering, having obtained a Bachelor and Masters (equivalent) in Environmental Engineering at the Technical University of Berlin in 2005. She is passionate about the environment and an outspoken supporter of egalitarianism. A mother of two, she is proud to call herself a feminist and wishes to support and encourage women in academia in her position as Women’s Officer of NUPSA.

Grant Morgan - General Executive Member (Disability Officer)

Grant is currently studying a DBA via the GradSchool and has previously done Master of Multimedia and Bachelor of Business at Newcastle University. The other certificate Grant has from Newcastle University is Newstep Certificate as he came via the enabling programs not high school. Grant is on the Teaching and Learning Committee and Senate. He currently is the NSW Ramsar Managers Network (this network that brings private owners of internationally significant wetlands sites and government together and encourages cooperation between the various stakeholders), The other role Grant fill is Finance Officer of the Hunter Wetlands Centre Australia the international significant wetlands at Shortland and Australia's only community owned wetlands centre. Grant got in to these roles via volunteering and encourages all University students to participate in volunteering in what they are interested in.

2. VACANCY ON THE 2011 NUPSA EXECUTIVE
There is a vacancy in the NUPSA 2011 Executive for:

Campus Representative (Ourimbah)

If you are interested in being involved with NUPSA, by taking on this vacant position, nomination forms, and further details, are available from the NUPSA office.

3. UPCOMING EVENTS NUPSA AGM AND FREE LUNCH APRIL 20 2011

Postgraduate and honours students are invited to join us for a free lunch:
Date - Wednesday April 20 2011
Time - 1.00pm
Venue – Isabella Restaurant
Notice is hereby given that the 2011 NUPSA Annual General Meeting will be held on Wednesday April 20, commencing at 1.30pm. The AGM will be held immediately following the free lunch.
If you will be attending the event you are asked to contact the NUPSA office nupsa@newcastle.edu.au so your name can be included on the attendance list - this will help with the catering arrangements. Please let the office know by Friday April 15.
The lunch will be a light lunch with catering for vegetarian guests provided.

4. AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL DATA SERVICE (ANDS)

Promote Your Research via Research Data Australia

Do you have data that you have captured or generated as part of research conducted for your thesis? Have you recently completed a project requiring storage and preservation of research data? Would you like to promote your research to the global community? You may wish to consider creating a citable profile for your research data to be published in Research Data Australia.

Research Data Australia is a national web portal developed by the Australian National Data Service (ANDS) promoting Australian research contributed by Australian universities and research institutions focusing on researchers and research data.

The portal is designed to promote the re-use and sharing of research data to advance discoveries, connect researchers across disciplines and promote opportunities for collaboration.

Access Research Data Australia at
http://services.ands.org.au/home/orca/rda/index.php

The University of Newcastle is one of a number of Australian universities to receive funding to create a profile for the University in Research Data Australia promoting our research activity.

What is a research data profile?
A citable profile for your research data can contain rich descriptive metadata, including information about the purpose and scope of your research, spatial information, methodologies, analyses conducted, file formats or data structures, access conditions, embargo periods and contributing researchers, crediting the data creator/s appropriately.
A profile does not contain the research data, but will outline the terms for accessing the data determined by the chief investigator/researcher.

More Information
For more information please contact Kai Chen (492 15827) or Vicki Picasso (492 15861) in the University Library.
Contact email address: researchdata@newcastle.edu.au

What is Research Data Australia and what kinds of data can be included?
http://www.ands.org.au/guides/research-data-australia.html

This project is a partnership between the Research Office, IT Services and the Library.

5. POSTGRADUATE YOGA CLUB – EXPRESSION OF INTEREST

Students interested in joining a post graduate yoga club are invited to forward their name, contact number, and preferred timeslot to the NUPSA office (email response).
Thank you
Lorraine Beveridge (organising officer)

NUPSA Yoga Club
Name:
Email:
Contact phone no:
Preferred timeslot:
Name and contact number of suitably qualified yoga instructor if known.

Email to: nupsa@newcastle.edu.au by April 18.

6. HOW TO CONTACT NUPSA
The NUPSA office is located in Room HA150 (opposite Huxley Library) Hunter Building, Callaghan Campus.
The office is open on a part time basis with core hours being from 9.30 am to 2.30 pm Monday to Friday.

Telephone number is (02) 49218894
email - nupsa@newcastle.edu.au

Check out the NUPSA web site - nupsa.org.au
Or join our facebook page http://goo.gl/TSX2o

MARCH 2011

Items in the Newsletter –
1. NUPSA Executive 2011
2. Getting to Know You: NUPSA Executive 2011 Profiles
3. Vacancies on the 2011 NUPSA Executive
4. Upcoming Events
• Harmony Week
• NUPSA AGM
5. Professional Proofreading & Copy Editing
6. How to contact NUPSA

1. NUPSA EXECUTIVE 2011
President – Kanishk Kumar
Vice-President – Amelia Leotta
International Students Representative – Ruth Liou
Equity Officer – Sharlene Leroy-Dyer
Education Officer (Research) – Lorraine Beveridge
Education Officer (Coursework) – Tsó Sechaba
Campus Representative (Callaghan Satellite) – Montena Teisi
General Executive (Women’s Officer) – Nellie Hobley
General Executive (Disability Officer) – Grant Morgan
General Executive Member – Nick Batt
General Executive Member – Stone Shi

2. GETTING TO KNOW YOU: NUPSA EXECUTIVE 2011 PROFILES

Kanishk Kumar – President

Kanishk has been actively involved with NUPSA since 2009 and previously, he has held the positions of General Executive, Campus Representative (Callaghan Satellite) and Vice-President at NUPSA. He has also represented postgraduate student community at the Academic Senate, Teaching & Learning Committee and Faculty Boards- Business & Law. Being an international student, he understands the challenges faced by other international students and works towards resolving some of them. He is about to complete his combined degree of MBA and Master of Marketing. He also works with the Library Services at the University. Having spent time understanding University's Governance through representation on different committees and boards as well as through his employment, Kanishk hopes to resolve some of the problems of postgraduate student community in the coming months. As NUPSA President, he is determined to extend NUPSA's reach and exposure.

Amelia Leotta – Vice-President

Amelia completed her Bachelor of Psychology at Newcastle University in 2007, and is now doing a PhD. She is the Research Postgraduate Member of Academic Senate, as well as the Research Committee. She wants to help increase the support and social opportunities for postgraduate students at our University.

Ruth Liou - International Student Representative

Ruth completed her Bachelor of Fine Art (Hons) at Newcastle in 2007 and now is doing PhD in research. Ruth has been living in Australia for a bit more than 30 years.

Before Ruth turned into Fine Art she worked full-time as Internal Auditor and acting Financial Accountant in a government body, also teaching in Ethnic Chinese schools for 20 years.
Ruth is interested in Governance, a better educational environment, and the welfare of students who study in this University especially International student.
Ruth has been assist-teaching in Fibres/Textile at School of Fine Art since 2008, and she is interested in cultural interaction and most of all, visual/performance arts.

Sharlene Leroy-Dyer – Equity Officer

Sharlene is a Aboriginal woman, from the Wirajuri and Dhurag peoples of NSW. Sharlene completed her Bachelor of Business at Newcastle in 2003 and Bachelor of Business (Hons) in 2006. Sharlene is currently undertaking a PhD in the Employment Relations discipline. Sharlene has a strong interest in Aboriginal issues, social justice, equity and diversity. It was these interests that lead Sharlene to nominate for the position of Equity Officer. Sharlene is a casual academic, an Aboriginal mentor with “the way ahead program for Aboriginal people”, the Indigenous NTEU representative and participated in the recent enterprise bargaining negotiations with the University of Newcastle and a member of the Hunter Indigenous Business Chamber. Sharlene is passionate about improving the standard of postgraduate education at the University of Newcastle, especially for those who fall into minority or equity groups.

Loraine (Lorri) Beveridge -Education Officer (Research)

Lorri joined the NUPSA Executive in 2011. She is a postgrad PhD student in Education. Her work experience is in primary schools.
She has been a part time student for the past 3 years and enrolled full time in 2011. Her broad topic of study is teacher professional learning. She looks forward to 2011 and getting to know and supporting fellow PhD students through NUPSA.

3. VACANCY ON THE 2011 NUPSA EXECUTIVE
There is a vacancy in the NUPSA 2011 Executive for:

Campus Representative (Ourimbah)

If you are interested in being involved with NUPSA, by taking on this vacant position, nomination forms, and further details, are available from the NUPSA office.

4. UPCOMING EVENTS

• HARMONY WEEK
Harmony Day is held around Australia on the 21st of March each year to celebrate our success as a diverse society. The focus of Harmony Day is to build social cohesion through the promotion of Respect, Participation and a sense of Belonging.
The Equity and Diversity Unit, the International Division and NUSA work together each year to host a range of events to celebrate Harmony during the month of March. A Taste of Harmony has been a regular feature of our celebrations in recent times.
The message for Harmony Day in 2011 is that Everyone Belongs. This means that all Australians are a welcome part of our country, regardless of their background. It's a time to reflect on where Australia has come from, recognising the traditional owners of this land. It's also about community participation, inclusiveness and respect – celebrating the different cultures that make Australia a great place to live.
2011 at the University of Newcastle will see a week of inclusive on-campus events designed to celebrate the rich diversity of our staff and students. As well as the planned events, staff are encouraged to explore cultural diversity in their own work areas, by organising local events, such as a morning tea or lunch.


• NUPSA AGM

The NUPSA Annual General Meeting and free lunch will be held in April. Further details will be published in the April Newsletter.

5. PROFESSIONAL PROOFREADING & COPY EDITING

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I will proofread your work to eliminate these errors and suggest editorial changes where appropriate, to ensure it is in a polished form and will have optimum impact on those that assess it. My rates are reasonable. Just ask me for a quote, stating word count.

6. HOW TO CONTACT NUPSA

The NUPSA office is located in Room HA150 (opposite Huxley Library) Hunter Building, Callaghan Campus.
The office is open on a part time basis with core hours being from 9.30 am to 2.30 pm Monday to Friday.

Telephone number is (02) 49218894
email - nupsa@newcastle.edu.au

Check out the NUPSA web site - nupsa.org.au
Or join our facebook page http://goo.gl/TSX2o

FEBRUARY 2011

Items in the Newsletter –
1. NUPSA – Your student Association
2. NUPSA Executive 2011-02-11
3. Vacancies on the 2011 NUPSA Executive
4. Upcoming Events
• NUPSA O-Week BBQ
• NUPSA NBS BBQ
5. Future NUPSA Events
6. NUPSA Affiliated Social Clubs
7. How to contact NUPSA

Brought to you by NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS' ASSOCIATION (NUPSA)

NUPSA would like to wish a warm welcome to all new postgraduate students - and welcome back to all continuing students.

This newsletter will be distributed regularly during the year, using the Newcastle University Blackboard system for contact.

Students undertaking their Honours degree and undergraduate students completing a double degree (or a second degree) are also sent the newsletter, as there may be items of interest for these students in the newsletter.

However, if you do not wish to receive future copies of the newsletter simply let the NUPSA office know nupsa@newcastle.edu.au and your name can be removed from the distribution list.

Items for inclusion in the newsletter are welcome - please contact the NUPSA office.

1. NUPSA - YOUR STUDENT ASSOCIATION

As an enrolled postgraduate student NUPSA is Your Student Association.
There is no membership fees charged - yes, it is free!

How does NUPSA operate if there is no membership fee?
Through a Service Level Agreement (SLA) between NUPSA and the University of Newcastle, funds are made available by the University in return for NUPSA providing services, representation and support to the postgraduate student community.

Continuing students should be aware, but for new students - what does NUPSA do?
- Supports postgraduate students with issues of concern, such as grievances.
- Represents postgraduate students on a number of University Committees, working parties and sub-committees.
- Conducts seminars and workshops during the semesters.
- Holds some social activities which provide networking opportunities as well as the chance to raise issues with the NUPSA Executive.

Honours students are not members however, are invited to attend NUPSA seminars and workshops. Any honours student who feels NUPSA may be able to assist with a concern is invited to contact the office.

2. NUPSA EXECUTIVE 2010

The following postgraduate students have been elected to the NUPSA committee for 2011.

President – Kanishk Kumar
Vice-President – Amelia Leotta
International Students Representative – Ruth Liou
Equity Officer – Sharlene Leroy-Dyer
Education Officer (Research) – Lorraine Beveridge
Education Officer (Coursework) – Tsó Sechaba
General Executive (Women’s Officer) – Nellie Hobley
General Executive Member – Nick Batt
General Executive Member – Stone Shi

In the next Newsletter, a short profile from each of the Executive will be included to allow you to get to know them.

3. VACANCIES ON THE 2011 NUPSA EXECUTIVE

There are three vacancies in the NUPSA 2011 Executive for:
Campus Representative (Ourimbah)
Campus Representative (Callaghan Satellite)
General Executive (Disability Officer)

If you are interested in being involved with NUPSA, by taking on one of the vacant positions, nomination forms, and further details, are available from the NUPSA office.

4. UPCOMING EVENTS
• NUPSA O-WEEK BBQ THURSDAY FEBRUARY 24
Postgraduate and honours students are invited to join fellow students for The traditional O-Week BBQ lunch
Date – Thursday February 24, 2011
Time – 1.00pm
Venue – GT Bar, Shortland Building

To assist with catering you are asked to email the NUPSA office (nupsa@newcastle.edu.au) if you will be attending. Vegetarians will be catered for.

If you do not register, you will not be able to attend this event.

The BBQ will provide a chance to meet the 2011 NUPSA Executive members.

• NUPSA NBS BBQ THURSDAY MARCH 3
Postgraduate and honours students are invited to join fellow students for dinner
Date – Thursday March 3, 2011
Time – 4.30pm
Venue – Level 3 University House

To assist with catering you are asked to email the NUPSA office (nupsa@newcastle.edu.au) if you will be attending. Vegetarians will be catered for.

The BBQ will provide a chance to meet the 2011 NUPSA Executive members.

5. FUTURE NUPSA EVENTS FOR 2011

• The NUPSA AGM will be held in April, this will be held in conjunction with a lunch for all postgraduate students. Further details will be in the March Newsletter.

• The NUPSA Annual Dinner will be held later in the year (date to be confirmed). This will include the announcement of the Supervisor of the Year Award (SOYA) and Teacher of the Year Award (TOYA) awards for 2011. Further details will be released in a future Newsletter.

• There will also be future BBQs held at Callaghan and the City Campus as well as Ourimbah Campus. Details of these functions will be posted in future Newsletters and on the NUPSA Blackboard site.

6. NUPSA AFFILIATED SOCIAL CLUBS

NUPSA has some funds available to be used for social functions, through the NUPSA Affiliated Social Clubs initiative.
Each Club will need to apply for NUPSA affiliation and have a minimum of ten postgraduate student members.

Details for the initiative are available from the NUPSA office, so if you are interested please contact the office at your convenience.

7. HOW TO CONTACT NUPSA

The NUPSA office is located in Room HA150 (opposite Huxley Library) Hunter Building, Callaghan Campus.
The office is open on a part time basis with core hours being from 9.30 am to 2.30 pm Monday to Friday.

Telephone number is (02) 49218894
email - nupsa@newcastle.edu.au

Check out the NUPSA web site - nupsa.org.au
Or join our facebook page http://goo.gl/TSX2o

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