RQF Reference Committee announced

Membership of the Research Quality Framework (RQF) Reference Committee has been announced by the Minister for Education, Science and Training, Julie Bishop, .

The Committee will provide advice on RQF matters during the first cycle of the RQF, including the development of RQF Specifications, the moderation and validation process, the IT requirements and development of an RQF Information Management System, which will support data-gathering and assessment processes.

The Government is providing $87.3 million to implement the RQF, $42 million of which will be provided directly to universities for data gathering and pre-implementation trials.

The RQF Reference Committee will be chaired by Leanne Harvey, Manager of the Research Systems Branch within DEST. Its membership will include

• Dr Evan Arthur, Manager, Innovations and Research Systems Group, DEST
• Professor Andrew Glenn, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research), University of Tasmania
• Mr Phil Clark, former Business Council of Australia representative on the RQF Development Advisory Council
• Professor David Siddle, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research, University of Queensland
• Dr Campbell Thomson, Director, Research Services, University of Western Australia
• Professor Andris Stelbovics, Pro Vice Chancellor Research, Murdoch University
• Professor Tom Cochrane, Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the Division of Technology, Information and Learning Support, Queensland University of Technology
• Professor Elizabeth Harman, Vice-Chancellor, Victoria University of Technology
• Professor Neil Furlong, Pro Vice-Chancellor Research and Innovation, RMIT
• Professor Margaret Sheil, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), University of Wollongong
• Ms Veronica Arbon, Senior Research Fellow, University of Adelaide.

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CSIRO Chairman steps down

Mr Peter Wilcox, who was appointed Chairman of CSIRO in December, has stepped down after being named as one of ten defendants in a civil action brought by Australian Securities and Investments Commission against directors and former directors of James Hardie.

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is suing the James Hardie company and ten current and former executives and directors for allegedly misleading investors over its compensation payouts for asbestos victims.

Mr Wilcox resigned as a director of James Hardie in 2001. He has been a member of the CSIRO Board since 16 February 2006 and took up his appointment as Chairman on January 1 this year, replacing the former Chair, Catherine Livingstone. Mr Wilcox is also Chair of Mayne Pharma Limited, a director of Telstra Corporation Limited and a member of the Advisory Board of CVC in Asia Pacific.

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New Smart State Ambassadors appointed

The Queensland Government has appointed four new `Smart State Ambassadors' who will promote the Smart State concept in Australia and internationally.

The new appointees are

• Professor Ian Frazer - Director of the Centre For Cancer & Immunology Research at the University of Queensland and 2006 Australian of the Year;
• Professor Ian Lowe, emeritus professor of science, technology and society at Griffith University, adjunct professor at Sunshine Coast University and QUT, honorary research fellow at the University of Adelaide and President of the Australian Conservation Foundation;
• Professor Ian O’Connor, Vice Chancellor and President of Griffith University; and
• John Cox, who won an Academy Award in 1995 for his visual effects work on the movie Babe.

There are now eight Smart State Ambassadors, the others being Professor Glyn Davis, Professor John Hay, Professor Peter Andrews and Professor Peter Coaldrake.

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Queensland pursues clean coal technology

The Queensland Government is providing $200,000 towards a feasibility study into the establishment of a National Low Emissions Gasification Test facility in Queensland.

The study will be conducted by the Centre for Low Emission Technology (cLET), a $26 million partnership between the Queensland Department of State Development and Innovation, CSIRO through CSIRO Energy Technology and its Energy Transformed Flagship Program, the Australian Coal Research Limited, Stanwell Corporation Limited, Tarong Energy Corporation Limited and the University of Queensland.

The CEO of cLET, Doctor Kelly Thambimuthu, is also a member of the Clean Coal Project Board created by Cabinet in July last year to administer the $300 million Queensland Future Growth Fund.

The Queensland Government's climate change policy includes the development of a Clean Coal Technology Research and Development Framework, and this framework is currently being evaluated by the Clean Coal Project Board that was set up last year to prepare a business plan and a management strategy for the development and use of clean coal technology.

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Boost for marine science in WA

The final report of the six-year, $20 million Strategic Research Fund for the Marine Environment (SRFME) has been delivered to the Western Australian Government, outlining progress in its aim of rebuilding marine science in WA.

The SRFME was a joint venture between CSIRO and the Western Australia Government which aimed to re-establish CSIRO's marine research capability in WA and build collaboration within the Western Australian marine science community in WA universities, state agencies and the museum.

According to the report, under SRFME, CSIRO’s marine research capability in WA has been built to a group of 25 marine scientists and by the additional training of 12 PhD students in local universities. The project generated 140 publications, and initiated the first international conference on whale sharks in Perth.

To build on SRFME, the WA State Government recently announced investment of a further $21 million to establish the Western Australian Marine Science Institution (WAMSI), headed by CEO, Dr Steve Blake.
Partners in WAMSI include Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), Bureau of Meteorology, CSIRO, Curtin University of Technology, Department of Environment and Conservation (WA), Department of Fisheries (WA), Department of Industry and Resources (WA), Edith Cowan University, Murdoch University, The University of Western Australia, Western Australian Global Ocean Observing Systems Inc, and Western Australian Museum. Woodside Energy Limited and BHP Billiton Petroleum are Foundation Collaborators.

WAMSI's current marine research science emphasis is on the following six interlinked key areas:

• Marine Coastal Ecosystem Dynamics in Southwestern Australia;
• Climate Processes, Predictability and Impacts in a Warming Ocean;
• Ningaloo Research Program: Managing and Conserving Western Australia’s Marine Environment;
• Sustainable Marine Ecosystems: Ecologically Sustainable Development for the Marine State’s Fisheries;
• Marine Biotechnology, Biodiversity & Aquaculture: the Blue Farm; and
• Ocean Science for Offshore Industries.

More information is www.wamsi.org.au

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Carbon sequestration trial begins

Australia’s first trial project to store greenhouse gases underground has begun with the drilling of a research well at Nirranda South, near Warrnambool in western Victoria.

The project is being run by the Cooperative Research Centre for Greenhouse Gas Technologies (CO2CRC) and will involve the extraction of naturally occurring carbon dioxide gas from a nearby gas well (Buttress-1) followed by its injection, in compressed form, into the CRC-1 well at Nirranda where it will be stored at 2000 metres in a depleted natural gas field.

The Victorian Government has contributed $4 million towards the trial, known as the Otway Basin CCS trial, and is hoping that it will enable the technology to be applied for the storage of greenhouse gas emissions from the Latrobe Valley brown coal electricity generators in depleted oil and gas fields in Bass Strait.

Further information is at www.co2crc.com.au/

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SA Science and Research Fund awards

Four award winners of the 2006/07 round of the South Australian Premier’s Science and Research Fund (PSRF) have been announced.

They include:

• $533,745 for Development of wine yeast strains to value-add to Australian wine, led by Professor Sakkie Pretorius, Managing Director, Australian Wine Research Institute. Such value-adding to Australian wines offers a means of reducing the exposure of Australian wine makers to forces such as the current world over-supply of wine and a fiercely competitive international market.
• $376,956 for A materials research and engineering facility for conducting polymers, led by Dr Peter Murphy, Senior Research Fellow at the Ian Wark Research Institute, University of South Australia. This multi-purpose facility will investigate the design and scale-up of a novel technology using conducting polymers, in order to prove manufacturing viability. Potential end-uses include self-dimming auto mirrors and side glazing, self-dimming architectural glass and spectacle lenses, and possible marine, aviation and defence applications.
• $750,000 for A visual technologies laboratory, led by Dr Anton van den Hengel, Director of the Australian Centre for Visual Technologies at Adelaide University. Digital content-based industries require world-class technologies and a skilled workforce. The establishment a world-class team based at the laboratory will stimulate industry and education sectors, providing information about, access to and involvement in top level international R&D activity.
• $800,000 for the Establishment of a large scale, world class wind tunnel to support SA’s defence aerospace and wind turbine sectors, led by Associate Professor Gus Nathan, Adelaide University. The tunnel is expected to significantly enhance the competitiveness of local bids for major contracts in unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), naval projects, micro wind turbines and building design.

The PSRF supports projects that are aligned with South Australia’s Strategic Plan and the 10-Year Vision for Science, Technology and Innovation (STI10), and support development of the five alliances that comprise Constellation SA. These are in the areas of Defence and Advanced Manufacturing; Aquatics and Environmental Sciences; Health and Medical Sciences; Bioscience and Advanced Technologies; and Agriculture (food and wine).

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Heart and diabetes institutes to merge

The Baker Heart Research Institute and the International Diabetes Institute have announced that they will amalgamate to form a new International Heart and Diabetes Institute at the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne.

The new institute, which is planned to be operating by 2009, will conduct research focused on the linked areas of obesity, diabetes and heart disease.

The International Diabetes Institute, headed by Dr Paul Zimmet, will move from its current location at the Caufield Hospital to the Alfred, next to the Baker, and the new institute will be headed by Professor Garry Jennings, head of the Baker Institute. The Victorian Government has offered $5 million, to be matched by the Diabetes Institute, to assist with the move.

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International Science Linkages (ISL) Competitive Grants

An initiative of the Australian Government’s Innovation Statement Backing Australia’s Ability

COMPETITIVE GRANTS

The International Science Linkages (ISL) programme offers assistance through Competitive Grants for international science and technology cooperation and related activities. Competitive Grants provides support for Australian researchers who are undertaking strategically focussed, leading-edge, collaborative research projects with international partners including participation in European Union Framework projects. Support may also be provided to participate in international strategic planning activities for major international collaborative scientific projects and for showcasing Australia’s scientific research and technology capabilities. The Competitive Grants component also offers support of up to $50,000 per application for major international conferences to be held in Australia.

Applications will be accepted from Australian tertiary education institutions, Cooperative Research Centres, Australian registered business or industry groups, Australian public sector research agencies, or Australian private, not for profit, research organisations.

Funding under ISL Competitive Grants is made on a competitive basis against specific criteria. Applications are considered in assessment rounds. The next call for applications will open on 5 March 2007 and close on 30 March 2007. Access to the online application form will be available on the ISL website www.dest.gov.au/science/isl/ from 5 March 2007.

Information and guidelines are available on the ISL website or by contacting the Programme Management and Global Projects Section, Science Group, at DEST by email: isl@dest.gov.au or by phone: (02) 6240 5465.

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$90,000 of prizes to reward outstanding Science Research

Enter the Australian Museum Eureka Prizes Now

Nominations and Entries for the 2007 Australian Museum Eureka Prizes are now open.

Of the 20 prizes on offer this year over half specifically reward scientific Research, Innovation and Leadership including:
• Ethics Research
Sponsored by the Australian Catholic University
• Innovative Solutions to Climate Change
Sponsored by Insurance Australia Group
• Water Research and Innovation
Sponsored by Land & Water Australia
• Medical Research
Sponsored by the NSW Office of Science and Medical Research
• Environmental Research
Sponsored by the Sherman Foundation
• Scientific Research
Sponsored by the UNSW
• Research which Replaces the Use of Animals or Animal Products
Sponsored by Voiceless
• Leadership in Business Innovation
Sponsored by the ATSE Clunies Ross Foundation
• Leadership in Science
Sponsored by the CSIRO.

For more information on the prizes and how to enter visit: www.australianmuseum.net.au/eureka or contact 02 9320 4683, eureka@austmus.gov.au.  

Entries close 5pm AEST 4 May 2007.

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2007 Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science - Closing 27th of April

Closing Date: Friday 27 April 2007, 5.00 pm AEST

We are seeking nominations for any of the following five (5) prestigious science and science teaching annual awards:

- Prime Minister's Prize for Science 
-  Science Minister's Prize for Life Scientist of the Year 
-  Malcolm Prize for Physical Scientist of the Year 
-  Prime Minister's Prize for Excellence in Science Teaching in Primary Schools 
-  Prime Minister's Prize for Excellence in Science Teaching in Secondary Schools

Information about the Prizes and the online nomination process is available on website here.

Contact Information: Science Prizes Secretariat, Department of Education, Science and Training, Tel: (02) 6240 5066, Fax (02) 6123 6168, email: pmprize@dest.gov.au  

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2007 Victoria Prize and Fellowships – Call for Applications

The Victorian Government is seeking nominations for the annual $50,000 Victoria Prize; to be awarded to a Victorian whose groundbreaking scientific, engineering or technological discovery or innovation has considerably advanced knowledge or will produce a commercial outcome or other benefit to the community.

The research institute supporting the Victoria Prize recipient will be awarded the $100,000 Anne & Eric Smorgon Memorial Award by the Jack and Robert Smorgon Families Foundation.

Applications are also now open to Victorian postgraduate students and young researchers working in private enterprise or a research institution, for up to six $18,000 Victoria Fellowships for overseas study grants.

For application forms, details of information sessions and more information on these prestigious awards, go to www.business.vic.gov.au/vicprize or call (03) 9651 8029

Nominations and applications close on 10 April.

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Position Vacant: Managing Director

• Australian Seafood Cooperative Research Centre
• Newly Created Position
• Attractive Six-Figure Remuneration Package

The newly formed Australian Seafood Cooperative Research Centre is Australia’s first entity to provide leadership in comprehensive seafood-related R&D, and associated industry leadership, on a national basis. The CRC will contribute significantly to the growth of the Australian seafood industry and the national economy. It will assist end-users of its research to profitably deliver safe, high-quality, nutritious Australian seafood products to premium markets, domestically and overseas. Its research will span the entire value chain, from wild-harvest and aquaculture production to the consumer. For an overview of the CRC, visit www.seafoodcrc.com  

The Managing Director will work with the Board to drive the organisation’s strategic directions and operational performance. Particular emphasis will be on commercialisation and utilisation of research outputs.

THE ROLE
• Lead the strategic directions of the CRC
• Ensure that R&D effort pursues the CRC’s planned outcomes as determined by end-users
• Secure new income by actively identifying and building partnerships
• Foster effective working relationships with and between CRC participants
• Improve business processes and ensure best-practice corporate governance.

THE REQUIREMENTS
• Extensive experience in an executive management or directorship role – preferably in a commercial context
• Demonstrated understanding of the role that research plays in private sector innovation
• Robust knowledge of diverse business environments, especially of the primary industry sector
• Strong communication and relationship building skills
• Appropriate formal qualifications, especially in management, commerce, science or public administration.

If you would like to discuss this exciting opportunity further please contact Stephen Penhall in confidence quoting Reference No MS07S12.

Stelle International Pty Ltd
PO Box 3871 Manuka ACT 2603

Telephone: (02) 6299 9221 / Facsimile: (02) 6299 9224
Email: Stephen@stelleinternational.com.au  

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Position Vacant: Head of Product Development - Biotechnology

Our client is a Brisbane based materials science company with a focus on biomedical applications. They have modern well equipped facilities and a very international sharing culture.

Due to a vacancy, they are now looking for an experienced and commercially focussed Scientist who will lead their product development section. Step up to this leadership role and be part of the management team!

The focus of your role is:
• Full responsibility and management for all Product Development projects so as to ensure the agreed customer’s objectives are met.
• Oversee feasibility/proof of concept studies, and be responsible for technical customer liaison and scientific presentations.

Ideally you have a minimum of 5 – 10 years commercial experience and be able to demonstrate:

• Product development expertise -- Immunoassay sector preferred
• Successful management of a high performing team of scientists
• Ability to meet project deadlines

You will be expected to have a PhD in either the Biological Sciences, Chemistry or Material Sciences. An MBA or other suitable business qualification would be well regarded. With the ability to work collaboratively with others while managing the team, your ability to communicate well, both orally and written, is essential. You will possess high level planning and time management skills.

An attractive remuneration package commensurate with the skills bought to the position will be negotiated with the right candidate.

If you believe you have the experience and the desire to make a positive contribution to our client, please send your resume, which outlines your qualifications, achievements and employment history to Trevor Neville via email trevor@tranzition.com.au quoting Ref. # :HE 23022007

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Position Vacant: Research Officer

The Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute (POWMRI) has an established record of national and international research leadership in the neurosciences. Over 150 scientists, clinicians, students and allied staff support its mission to advance the knowledge, treatment and cure of neuroscience related disorders through excellence in research. The Neuroscience Institute of Schizophrenia and Allied Disorders (NISAD) has partnered with POWMRI and the University of New South Wales School of Psychiatry to fund schizophrenia research.

This new position is within the laboratory in which cognitive and physiological investigations of the normal human brain and of the brains of patients with schizophrenia will be closely coupled with work on genetics. Our goal is to uncover the underlying neurobiological basis of schizophrenia in relation to abnormal cognition, with an emphasis on neuroimaging, brain stimulation, adjunctive treatment, and susceptibility genes.

Essential to selection will be: PhD in Neuroscience, Cognitive Psychology/Neuroscience, Computer Science or equivalent. Familiarity with computational and statistical methods for neuroimaging (e.g., Unix/Linux, C/C++, MATLAB, SPM, AFNI, Brain Voyager) confers an advantage but is not absolutely required.

To obtain an information pack please contact Lee Hilton 02 9399 1001, l.hilton@unsw.edu.au

Closing: Friday, March 16, 2007.

www.powmri.edu.au

www.nisad.org.au  

http://psych.med.unsw.edu.au/  

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Assessing the Status of Your Organisation’s Asset Management

Registration close date extended to Friday, 9 March 2007.

The CRC for Integrated Engineering Asset Management (CIEAM) is conducting a public workshop entitled Assessing the Status of Your Organisation’s Asset Management around Australia from 20-29 March this year.

Feedback from CIEAM’s first public workshops held around the country last November identified a significant need for a preliminary workshop on how to assess and benchmark an organisation’s asset management effort against the application and integration of the critical functions of an Integrated Asset Management Programme.

CIEAM’s Assessing the Status of Your Organisation’s Asset Management workshop is designed to directly address this need, giving an in-depth insight to management staff in all levels of government and industry organisations on a range of topics, including:
▪ Analysing asset management functions and frameworks
▪ Applying assessment criteria for asset management
▪ Application of integrated asset management functions
▪ Benchmarking strategic planning and risk management
▪ Benchmarking data management and information systems
▪ Benchmarking condition monitoring and performance measure
▪ Benchmarking tactical planning and condition modelling
▪ Benchmarking usage life-cycle and maintenance optimisation
▪ Benchmarking financial management, costing and budgeting.

The 1-day workshop will be led by CIEAM’s Education & Training Manager, Dr Fred Stapelberg in the following cities:
Sydney Tuesday, 20 March 2007
Melbourne Wednesday, 21 March 2007
Hobart Thursday, 22 March 2007
Adelaide Friday, 23 March 2007
Perth Tuesday, 27 March 2007
Brisbane Thursday, 29 March 2007

Registration of $495 incl. GST per delegate includes comprehensive training materials, lunch and refreshments.

Download a registration form or call 07 3138 1471 to register by phone. Registrations must close on Friday, 9 March 2007.

For more information, visit website here 

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Specialist Certificate in Clinical Research (Biomedical Research Management)

Thinking of Further Education?

Enrol now for the April 2007 intake in Biomedical Research Management (But hurry as places are restricted to 20 places)

With the longer term goal of creating clinical outcomes for projects in human and animal health, including medical devices and dentistry, this course has been designed for professionals who are involved with running biomedical research projects, those seeking a more senior project management role on such projects and research managers who would like to transfer their project management skills to biomedical projects. This may include staff working in CCRE’s, research organisations, universities, start-up companies, as well as research fellows and postgraduate students.

This course covers all the important areas that effective biomedical research managers need to be conversant with, and make decisions about, to develop sound biomedical research project plans and budgets. The focus is then on developing skills for the proactive management and communication projects where uncertainty is the norm. Finally, assessment is built around demonstrating the ability to apply skills learned to a real work based project.

PART 1 – April 16, 17, 19 & 20
PART 2 –May 21, 22, 23 & 25

NEED TO KNOW MORE? Check out more information at;

http://www.soe.unimelb.edu.au/biomedicalresearchmanagement  

Express your interest in this course or related courses by contacting;

Elise Strande on (03) 9810 3136 or email e.strande@soe.unimelb.edu.au  

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Pathways to Commercialisation

The School of Enterprise, University of Melbourne are pleased to announce the upcoming 5 day course Pathways to Commercialisation.

Who is this course for?
This program is for anyone working in the technology commercialisation and new product development area that is required to put together effective business cases for investment projects for both internal and external funding. Designed to enhance practical experience gained in the workplace, the principles learned on the program are applied immediately into a team project that runs throughout the week, culminating in each team giving a presentation to an independent panel in a “pitch” for fund.

What will I get out of this course?
- Enhanced ability to commercialise new technologies, products and services 
- Business case development skills and capabilities 
- Enhanced capacity to build a business case to attract investment finance

Numbers are limited, so be quick!

Cost: $2,995 + GST per person
10% discount for 3 registrations from the same organisation when registered and paid for together.
When: 26th to 30th March 2007.
Where: Graduate House, Carlton

NEED TO KNOW MORE?
Click here for more information.

Express your interest in this course or related courses by contacting;
Elise Strande on (03) 9810 3136 or email e.strande@soe.unimelb.edu.au

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Are you a health care professional involved in IMMUNISATION?

The School of Enterprise, University of Melbourne, is pleased to announce that we will be holding a 4 day short course on Clinical Immunisation Research on March 26, 27, 29, 30 2007

NUMBERS ARE LIMITED, so be quick!

This course has been designed to equip healthcare professionals involved in immunisation with a practical understanding of how different research designs best answer clinical research questions in immunisation. The curriculum is designed for practising nursing, medical and related professions with an interest in child and adult immunisation.

Specialist Certificate in Clinical Research (Immunisation and Infectious Diseases)
The 25 points specialist certificate is a Masters level award and is achieved by completion of the two four day subjects, Clinical Immunisation Research and Infectious Diseases, with associated assessment. It provides full credit into the Masters program in Clinical Research.

NEED TO KNOW MORE? CHECK OUT INFORMATION AT:

http://www.soe.unimelb.edu.au/iid  


Cost: $2000 + GST

When: March 26, 27, 29, 30 2007

Where: The University of Melbourne
University House, Parkville. 3010

Express your interest in this course and related courses by contacting:

Brad Atkins on (03) 9810 3185 or email b.atkins@soe.unimelb.edu.au

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Are you a clinician involved in NEUROSCIENCE?

The School of Enterprise, University of Melbourne, in association with the NHMRC - funded Centre of Clinical Research Excellence in Neurosciences and the Brain Research Institute, are pleased to announce that they will be holding a 4 day short course on Clinical Neuroscience Research: Methodology and Disease Applications Part 1, at the Austin Repatriation Centre on March 19, 20, 22, 23. 2007

NUMBERS ARE LIMITED, so be quick!

This course has been specifically designed for people already in clinical practice, who want to understand and interpret the existing research, or to think about the research questions before embarking on clinical research studies. Experienced clinicians who are in their first years of conducting clinical research will also benefit by consolidating their research methods and skills. In addition, this course will provide basic orientation in various clinical research methodologies applied to neuroscience for other professionals who are unfamiliar with the field of neuroscience or clinical research.

Specialist Certificate in Clinical Research (Neuroscience)

The 25 points specialist certificate is a Masters level award and is achieved by completion of the two four day subjects, Methodology and Disease Applications Part 1 & 2, with associated assessment. It provides full credit into the Masters program in Clinical Research.

NEED TO KNOW MORE? CHECK OUT INFORMATION AT:

www.soe.unimelb.edu.au/neuroscience  

Cost: $2,000 + GST

When: March 19, 20, 22, 23

Where: Neurosciences Building
Austin Repatriation Campus
Banksia Street Gate10)
West Heidelberg

Express your interest in this course and related courses by contacting:

• Kathy Lefevere on (03) 9496 2290 or email lefevere@unimelb.edu.au  
• Brad Atkins on (03) 9810 3185 or email b.atkins@soe.unimelb.edu.au  

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In this week’s issue of New Scientist - HOW TO MAKE BETTER CHOICES

Our lives are full of choices – what to wear, what to eat, who to partner with, what job to take and how to raise children. We jealously guard our right to choose yet sometimes we make bad decisions that leave us unhappy or full of regret. Can science help us make better choices? The mental processes behind decision-making are a hot topic of investigation and thankfully, scientists are discovering things that may help us choose more wisely. Pages 35-43

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