AUGUST 13 2008: if you’re a student (and you care) … PART 1

As the headline says, if you’re a student and you care …
The Armidale Forum of Free Thinking Academics will be hosting an open forum with the student candidates for the UNE Council elections for 2008 on Thursday the 14th of August in the A2 Lecture Theatre, Arts Building.
It will go from 10:30am-12pm. The candidates present [...]

IT outage this Saturday 16th August

This Saturday, 16 August 2008, ITD will be performing upgrades on key infrastructure leading to a full systems shutdown between 05:30am and 11:00am. As a result of this ALL internet and network based university services will be unavailable during this period. 
This upgrade is the first of many scheduled outages that will take place once every [...]

Young BizStar - Pitch your idea

Are you aged between 18-35 with a new business idea? or in your first year of business? Are you a permanent resident of NSW?
Enter the Young BizStar competition run by NSW Department of State and Regional Development for your chance to win 1 of 3 business support packages valued at over $6000 each
Competition closes Friday 22nd [...]

Great new newspaper database available

Hi Everyone
The Library has just launched a new newspaper database called Newsbank
unlike Factiva this all Australian includes some smaller regional papers
Also Special Reports if you want to follow the Olympics, the US Presidential Campaign, Natural Disasters or World Travel to name a few.
Check it out at: http://infoweb.newsbank.com, or search for Newsbank in the Library [...]

WHERE’S ED TODAY (THURSDAY AUGUST 7 2008)

9.30AM: ECONOMICS, BUSINESS & LAW (EBL)
11.00AM: STUDENT MEETINGS
2.30PM: LEARNING COMMONS - DIXSON LIBRARY … drop in and say hi!

SEMESTER 2 - PODCAST # 2: AUGUST 4 2008

SEMESTER 2 - PODCAST # 2: AUGUST 4 2008
Check out the details after the jump …

Interview with UNE Vice Chancellor Alan Pettigrew
Interview with Chris Jahnsen re Band Comp and Bistro Gigs
Interview with Wayne Kratz from Services UNE

WHERE’S ED THIS AFTERNOON [WED AUG 6]

1.30PM: STUDENT ASSIST (CLICK HERE TO EMAIL)
2.30PM: Learning Commons - Dixson Library … drop in and say hi!

5 star rating

Today we have been notified by the publishers of the Good Universities Guide that, for 2009, UNE has been awarded five stars in the following categories:
Overall Graduate Satisfaction
Teaching Quality
Indigenous Participation
Access by Equity Groups
Entry Flexibility

Some web services offline @ 8am tomorrow (Tues Aug 5)

Attention staff and students
On Tuesday 5 August 2008 the following web services will be unavailable for up to one hour between 8am – 9am AEST.
MFD Credit Top Up - http://www.une.edu.au/mfd-credit/
2009 Course and Unit Catalogue - http://www.une.edu.au/courses/
e-Portfolio - http://www.une.edu.au/eportfolio/
ID Card Replacement - http://www.une.edu.au/idcard_form
Payments Gateway - http://www.une.edu.au/payments/
These services will only be down temporarily for upgrades, we apologise [...]

ON CAMPUS STUDENTS: last day to add units

Hi on campus students,
It’s the last day to add units for Semester 2 today so either jump online and get it sorted or drop into the Student Centre - depending on demand, it may be open later than the usual 2pm close.
Ed xoxo

WHERE’S ED TODAY (MONDAY AUGUST 4 2008)

9AM: STUDENT CENTRE
10AM: STUDENT MEETINGS (STUDENT ASSIST)
12PM: ON AIR AT TUNE!FM FOR THE STUDENT SUPPORT SHOW
1.30PM: STUDENT ASSIST
2.30PM: DIXSON LIBRARY LEARNING COMMONS - DROP IN AND SAY HI!