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NUPSA NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 2009

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

To all those students who have recently completed their degrees – Congratulations and all the best for your future studies.

To all our members, our best wishes for Christmas and the New Year. For those of you travelling, our wishes for a safe trip and we look forward to hearing from you in 2010 when NUPSA has plans for more Social Activities and workshops.

Items in the newsletter –
1. Results of NUPSA Elections for 2010
2. Vacant positions on 2010 NUPSA Executive
3. NUPSA SOYA and TOYA Awards for 2009
4. Funds for postgraduate student groups to hold social events
5. Research Participants required - Australian Student Depression Attitudes Survey (ASDAS)
6. How to contact NUPSA

1. RESULTS OF NUPSA ELECTIONS FOR 2010
Nominations were called for members of the Newcastle University Postgraduate Students’ Association (NUPSA) to serve on the NUPSA Executive Committee, from January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010.
The results are as follows
President - Ben Dean
Vice-President - Alan Murray
Education Officer (Research) - Irene Munro
International Students Representative - Doris Chen
Campus Representative (Ourimbah) - Carlos Bohorquez
Campus Representative (Callaghan Satellite) - Kanishk Kumar
Equity Officer - Nick Batt
General Executive (Women’s Officer) - Nagmeh Navidi
General Executive Member - Melinda Phang
General Executive Member - Jency Thomas

2. VACANT POSITIONS ON 2010 NUPSA EXECUTIVE
The following positions on the NUPSA 2010 Executive are still vacant :
Education Officer (Coursework)
General Executive (Disability Officer)
If you are interested in being involved with NUPSA, by taking one of these vacant positions, nomination forms, and further details, are available from the NUPSA office.

3. NUPSA SOYA AND TOYA AWARDS FOR 2009

THE NUPSA SOYA and TOYA Awards for 2009 were presented at the NUPSA Annual Dinner held on November 13, 2009.
The winners of the Awards were:

Supervisor of the Year – Dr Chris Paul (Health) nominated by Flora Tzelepis

Teacher of the Year – Dr Rachel Burke (Education) nominated by Rebecca Francis

4. FUNDS FOR POSTGRADUATE STUDENT GROUPS TO HOLD SOCIAL EVENTS
NUPSA will again in 2010 have available funds for postgraduate student groups to hold social events. Although the total amount is limited, NUPSA has some funds available which can be provided to student groups and used towards the cost of holding social events.
How can you obtain some of these funds?
You will need to have ten postgraduate students form a social club and then the club applies to become a NUPSA affiliated social club.
Once the club's affiliation has been approved by the NUPSA Executive Committee you can make an application for funds to hold social events.
There are some guidelines which need to be followed, but it is really quite easy to become an affiliated social club and ask for funds to hold social functions.
If interested - further details are available from the NUPSA office.
Current Social Clubs need to reapply for 2010.

5. RESEARCH PARTICIPANTS REQUIRED - AUSTRALIAN STUDENT DEPRESSION ATTITUDES SURVEY (ASDAS)
*INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE IN DEPRESSION STUDY*

You are invited to participate in the Australian Student Depression Attitudes Survey (ASDAS).

Depression is among the most common mental health problems experienced by University students. The purpose of the ASDAS is to investigate students' attitudes towards depression and its treatment.

All Australian University students can participate in the study, whether they have personally experienced depression or not.

The online survey is anonymous and will take about 10 to 15 minutes to complete.

Students who participate in the study are eligible to enter a draw to win one of three $100 gift vouchers to a store or shopping centre of their choice (for example - itunes, JB Hi-Fi, Amazon.com, ColesMyer group, etc)

The study is being coordinated by researchers at the University of Western
Australia, and has been approved by the UWA Human Research and Ethics
Committee

To participate in the study, you need to enter a Study ID code. The study
ID code is dtc123

For more information and to participate in the survey, please visit

*http://www.depressionresearch.net* <http://www.depressionresearch.net/>
*STUDY ID CODE =* *dtc123*

Neil McLean (Chief Investigator)
Lecturer, School of Psychology, University of Western Australia
Ph 6488 3580

David Erceg-Hurn (PhD Candidate)
School of Psychology, University of Western Australia
Ph 6488 3245

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) 4921 8894
email - nupsa@newcastle.edu.au
Check out the NUPSA web site - http://www.nupsa.org.au/

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