Have you ever wanted to discover Saturn and its famous ring system yourself? Or How about getting up close to the craters of the Moon? The UNE & Northern Tablelands Astronomical Society would like to share this opportunity with you, and also help you catch some other celestial delights along the way. Bring your digital camera or video camera to capture Saturn and the Moon through the telescopes.

Bring the family, BYO food and drink (no alcohol) and don’t forget to dress warmly. You’ll be amazed at what you’ll discover! So come along to Kirby Observatory (Weirs Rd) on Saturday evening the 28th April, starting at 7pm. Bookings preferred / Entry by Gold coin donation. Contact: unentas@gmail.com / www.unentas.org.au

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Join in the fun of “SPRING into Wiley Online Library” online quiz from 27 March to 11 May 2012, and stand to WIN an iPad2 and many more interesting prizes as you discover Wiley Online Library!
Access the quiz from the library homepage http://www.une.edu.au/library/

PRIZES:

• 1st Prize – iPad2 (5 prizes)
• 2nd Prize – iPod Nano (5 prizes)
• 3rd Prize – iPod Shuffle (10 prizes)
• Consolation Prize – Wireless Mouse (10 prizes)

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ITD will be performing maintenance on University systems and services next Saturday the 14th April 2012. The half-day maintenance will commence from 6am and will complete by midday, as a result, a number of systems and services will be unavailable during this period. We are aware that over 30 intensive schools will be in progress on this day and have scheduled work to keep disruptions to teaching at a minimum.

• As network switches are rebooted to install updates, there will be very brief localised network interruptions.
• There will be brief outages for some UNE systems throughout the morning (with limited impact on intensive school activity)
• Moodle /Learning Studio or the UNE website (including OLA and OLE) will NOT be affected and will remain available

This event is one of ITD’s scheduled maintenance windows, during which essential work is carried out to enhance and improve University systems. The schedule of maintenance windows for 2012 is  on the ITD website (http://www.une.edu.au/it-services/policies/ ).  Please check these dates before planning any events that may require I.T. services or support.

Service Desk support will be available between 10am and 6pm on the day – please contact the IT Service Desk by email (servicedesk@une.edu.au) or by phone (02 6773 5000 or 1800 763 040).

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The Endeavour Awards is the Australian Government’s internationally competitive, merit-based scholarship program providing opportunities for citizens of the Asia Pacific, the Middle East, Europe and the Americas to undertake study, research and professional development in Australia. Awards are also available for Australians to undertake study, research and professional development abroad.

The Endeavour Awards includes the following categories:

• Endeavour Postgraduate Award
• Prime Minister’s Australia Asia Award
• Prime Minister’s Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Award
• Endeavour Research Fellowship (including Endeavour Australian Cheung Kong Research Fellowships)
• Endeavour Research Fellowships for Indigenous Australians
• Endeavour Vocational Education and Training (VET) Awards
• Endeavour Executive Awards

This year we have a new Award the Prime Minister’s Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Award. This Awards marks the 60th anniversary of the accession of Her Majesty The Queen and will be awarded to a high achieving Australian female student contributes to the advancement of women’s leadership in Australia. The Prime Minister’s Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Award will provide financial support for an Australian female postgraduate and/or postdoctoral fellow to undertake study and/or research (1 to 2 years) towards a PhD (which they are enrolled in Australia) or postdoctoral research, in any field of study, within the participating countries.

More information about the Endeavour Awards is available at the link below:

http://www.deewr.gov.au/International/EndeavourAwards/Pages/Home.aspx

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Come and join the fun (courtesy of Services UNE and the Townies posse) at the Bistro on Thursday night at 5pm for Trivia and a free BBQ! See you there

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Are you a student needing child care? Have you thought about using the services of a Family Day Care Educator? Family Day Care Educators provide care in their homes for small groups of children.

Armidale and District Family Day Care has a number of Educators with vacancies (some close to UNE). Care is flexible (it can be full time, part time, casual, before /after school care or vacation care) and it is CCB approved. Educators are supported by AFDC’s Early Childhood staff and work according to the National Education and Care Services’ Regulation and Standards.

For more information please contact AFDC on 6772 5300 or email afdc@optusnet.com.au

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COME ALONG TO “STUDY GYM”: Are you interested in coming along to a ‘Study Gym’ half hour session with a “personal trainer” during your intensive schools? If so, your ‘personal trainer’ can take you through a range of study skills such as managing time, overcoming exam anxiety, dealing with perfectionism, improving concentration and memory, and beating procrastination. To book your individual half-hour session call 02 6773 2897. All sessions are free and will be delivered from the Student Assist office near the Campus Essentials news agency and the café.

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Travel and volunteer this summer in incredible places like Costa Rica, South Africa, Thailand and New Zealand!  International Student Volunteers (ISV) is looking for students from The University of New England to travel overseas this summer on its exciting volunteer and adventure programs.

Selected participants will have the opportunity to travel with a group of students from all over the world (18 years and over) on a program which combines volunteer projects and adventure tours to either Costa Rica, New Zealand, Thailand or South Africa . The standard program lasts for 1 month but students can elect to travel from two weeks up to three months.  Travelling alongside professionally trained project and tour leaders, students will spend the first two weeks volunteering in real hands-on projects, in either social community development (improving the quality of impoverished villages, building houses for refugees, teaching children English etc) or conservation (working with endangered sea turtles, elephants and dolphins, ecosystem rehabilitation, environmental education etc). The second two weeks will see participants launch into an adrenaline filled cultural and adventure tour of their chosen country, involving such activities as white water rafting, glacier climbing, waterfall rappelling, scuba diving and jungle kayaking.

ISV takes over 4000 students on its life changing programs every year. Its mission statement is “to combine education; conservation and recreation into the most incredible experience of a lifetime, while giving back to the local communities in the countries in which we are travelling.  information on the program can be found at www.isvolunteers.org

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Dixson Library

• Good Friday (6^th April)  Closed
• Saturday 7^th 1-5pm
• Sunday 8^th Closed
• Monday 9^th 8:30am – 5pm

Law Library

• Good Friday (6^th April)  Closed
• Saturday 7^th 1-5pm
• Sunday 8^th Closed
• Monday 9^th 10am-6pm

Sport UNE:

• Good Friday:                 CLOSED
• Easter Saturday:            8am – 12 noon / 8am:     RPM
• Easter Sunday:              CLOSED
• Easter Monday:              8am – 12 noon / 9am: RPM / 10am: BodyPump

 

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Congrats to the following students who were drawn (at random by Director, Student Admin and Services, Greg Balcombe) as winners of the Where I Study Comp:

• James Mcrae (iPad – email entry),
• Margie Edmonds (iPod Touch – FB entry); and
• Jo O’Brien (Nano – Email entry).

I’ve notified the winners via email and will upload the remainder of the entries to Flickr as soon as I can And for the record, here’s the entries:

James Mcrae

Margie Edmonds

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Thanks to the Exams Team’s hard work, Exam timetables for Trimester 1 are released – jump over to myUNE and check yours out. If there’s a problem, give the Student Centre a shout via 02 6773 4444 or log a request via AskUNE

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The Returning Officer for Student Elections (Deputy Director Rhonda Leece) has today emailed all students seeking nominations for the upcoming student elections for both the Undergraduate and Postgraduate Student Guilds.

Why is this important? Well, along with representing you students (and yes, you off campus students in particular) on University Committees, some of the newly elected representatives will also have the opportunity to sit on the Student Amenities Fee Advisory Board and have a say on how the Amenities Fee should be spent. We know that’s been a hot topic for off-campus students in particular and it represents a unique opportunity to shape the future for both existing and new students who will join the UNE family from Trimester 2 onwards.

Nominations will close on Monday April 9, with the election starting April 16 and closing on April 23 (we’ll keep you up to date with everything that’s happening). Results of the elections are expected to be announced on April 30, 2012.

More information is available at:

• Undergraduate Guild / Constitution / Candidates’ Code of Conduct
• Postgraduate Guild / Constitution / Candidates’ Code of Conduct

So jump over and check your UNE email account and get involved in shaping the futre

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The UNE Community Mentoring Program is a leadership program with a focus on Business, Economics, Public Policy and Law. The Program aims to empower and inspire on-campus UNE students by giving them an opportunity to participate in a work place setting and to establish professional relationships through a mentor.

The programs aim is to increase UNE students chances of gaining professional employment in their chosen field of study. Students are selected on a formal competitive basis through application and interview. There are limited places available.

More information is available at: www.une.edu.au/careers

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Looking for a computer in the Dixson Library?  You can see how many computers are available by checking the counter on our Home Page.  If you can’t see a computer in the Learning Commons, try one of the other floors.  We have PC computers near the stair well on the other 3 floors and Macs on the first floor near the photocopiers - http://www.une.edu.au/library/

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With Census Date fast approaching (i.e. Saturday March 31) now is the time to assess where you’re at with your studies. If you are considering withdrawing from a unit, get in before the 31st to avoid incurring a HECS debt. There’s more info over at AskUNE (click here).

The Student Support Team’s advice to students is always study less Units and do well rather than too many and risking failing one and having to redo it (and pay twice). If you’re considering dropping out entirely or would like a bit of advice, get in contact with us before you do so we can explore a range of options with you first! You can call us on 02 6773 4430 or email us at studentsupport@une.edu.au

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