UC EVENTS

Come together as UC Focus invites you for a night of trivia. Test yourself and challenge your friends on a broad range of topic including music, television, sports, history and religion. This is a great opportunity to meet new people and have some fun!   

Risk Management training is being run for all staff – the session will focus on:What is risk management and why do we do it?How do we manage risk?Overview of Resilience Management FrameworkWhat tools do we have to assist us with the process? e.g. Risk Register, Risk MatrixPractical examples

Those who love and marry serving members are significantly impacted by their service. Despite the critical role partners play in military capability, research about partners is limited. This seminar will provide an overview of the findings of a research project which used qualitative interviews and focus groups to investigate the interactions of Australian Defence Force (ADF) partners on social media. 

Associate Professor Tahmina Rashid will present a research seminar on non-formal literacy programmes with a particular focus on the Second Chance Education Project (SCEP) in Timor-Leste.

An opportunity for members of Focus and their friends to play board games together and eat snacks

Professor Marianne Boruch, Fulbright Senior Scholar in UC’s International Poetry Studies Institute, will present an informal talk about how a more journalistic take on actual events – personal or worldly – can morph into poems, how straightforward 'facts' and 'evidence' sometimes find their life on the page in a very different guise.

Why are some locations so species rich? Niche availability and the strength of interspecific competition for shared niche space determine the potential for plant species to co-occur and hence local species richness. However, methods to quantify niche availability and interspecific competition are difficult to implement and require detailed knowledge of the system being studied. Lizzie Wandrag will: 1) describe a method to quantify niche availability and interspecific competition using seed addition experiments; 2) describe experiments carried out on UC campus that show how the method can allow questions about niche availability and competition to be empirically tested; and 3) highlight key insights into the factors that govern the distribution and local abundance of plant species.

Social Enterprise offers an exciting model for harnessing the power of business as a force for good. Hybrid ventures such as Grameen Bank, KIVA, Thank You, STREAT and TOMS Shoes, for example, have fundamentally changed how we think about the purpose of business. Indigenous social ventures appear to be much less likely to seek commercial revenues, relying principally on Government grants and Philanthropy. In today’s contested funding environment, this places many small organisations that provide essential support to Indigenous communities at risk. Furthermore, Indigenous social ventures founders face many of the same barriers to mainstream economic participation as Indigenous entrepreneurs more generally Discussion to focus not just on barriers, but opportunities and examples of businesses (both for-profit and not-for-profit) that are trading successfully while having a measurable impact in the lives of Indigenous Australians and preservation of their enduring languages and culture.    

Come together for this year’s International Yoga Day. Hosted by the Indian High Commission, there will be a free yoga class to take place on the Concourse Lawns from 12-1pm on Wednesday the 19th June. Celebrate the many benefits of this practice including; - Improved sleep quality - Improved flexibility and posture - Reduces stress and anxiety - Improved concentration and focus - Increase strength *In the case of wet weather this activity will take place in another location which will be announced through this page.

Risk Management training is being run for all staff – the session will focus on: • What is risk management and why do we do it? • How do we manage risk? • Overview of Resilience Management Framework  • What tools do we have to assist us with the process? e.g. Risk Register, Risk Matrix • Practical examples

Three workshops with teaching and learning focus will be hosted by Centre for Excellence in Learning, Teaching and Scholarship (CELTS), featuring Prof. Dieter Schönwetter, visiting teaching and learning expert from the University of Manitoba, Canada.

Nature needs half; a new deal for nature; natural capital; transformative change; ecosystem services; natures contributions to people: just some of the confusing ecobabble facing politicians in the lead-in to the Convention on Biological Diversity CoP in 2020. But rather than scramble for new things, we already have the tools to craft better ways to deal with biodiversity, we are just not using them well or effectively. Focusing on Natura 2000, urban ecological infrastructure, the Australian Landcare program, UNESCO Biosphere Reserves and community conserved areas, and drawing on the positive messages in the IPBES Global Assessment, I argue that an integrated approach with existing tools can reach a global biodiversity balance by 2030 – without invoking confusing or unreachable targets. Speaker:Peter Bridgewater is an Adjunct Professor with the Institute for Applied Ecology and the Institute of Governance and Policy Analysis, at the University of Canberra. Peter is currently the Chair for the Australian Working Group on Biosphere Reservesand the Australian national delegate for theIntergovernmental Coordinating Council for the Man and the Biosphere Programme, UNESCO. He has published over 250 papers and presented at many major scientific conferences. 

Seminar 1: An introduction and demonstration of Pegsystems: an industry partner of the UC since 2017Who are Pegasystems? What is Pega? And why is the UC involved with them? You may not have heard of them, but Pegasystems is a 35-year old, global company, whose software gets used daily by businesses all around the world in many different areas, such as banking, customer service and engagement, transport, insurance, communications, and government.This presentation will begin with a brief introduction to Pegasystems, Pega, and the tri-partnership between Pega, the University of Canberra, and IP Australia which has led to the integration of the Pega University Academic Program content into the ITS curriculum, most recently into the Workflow and Process Management units starting in 2020. This will transition into an interactive session to build a basic business process in Pega, to demonstrate and explain some of the features of the Pega platform, and how it is used by businesses globally.Presenter:Luke is an Assistant Professor and Program Director from the School of Information Technology and Systems. Although he is an education-focussed academic, his interests lie in practical ICT – using information systems, technology, and software engineering in useful ways to best provide value and benefit to users. Seminar 2 : Using a multi-framework to investigate the determinants of smart government systems adoption in public sector organisations in Saudi ArabiaSmart government systems are emerging technologies that are employed in many contexts, mainly the public sector when departments communicate with each other, the public but also private sector entities. Smart government systems consist of many variables and the most important ones that lead to success in decision-making are technological, organisational, environmental, and social in character. The aim of this research is to investigate the adoption of smart government systems and their impact on the public sector in Saudi Arabia (SA). Not many studies have considered the key factors in the implementation of smart government systems. This research looks at IT department managers and IT employees in public sector agencies and their use of smart government systems. This research will employ a quantitative approach (survey) data collection method. The research model developed in this study examines theoretical technology models and how they explain the adoption of smart government systems. The technological dimensions, organisational dimensions, environmental dimensions, social dimensions, and demographic factors are covered here. These will be considered as moderators that influence employees’ perceptions and the expected outcomes and benefits of adopting smart government systems for the organisation.Presenter:My name is Mohammed Alajmi. I am a PhD student at the Faculty of Science and Technology, I got my bachelor degree in computer sciences, from university of Waikato in New Zealand, and my Master's degree in Information Technology from the University of New England in Australia, and Quality Management Diploma from Riyadh Chamber of commerce and industry in Saudi Arabia. Currently, a lecturer at King Khalid Military College in Saudi Arabia.

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Following the proposition in 1989 that many long term chronic adult diseases originated in the fetus, studies have concluded that a wide range of diseases from obesity to asthma have been found to have been instigated in early development. As both mammalian oocyte and male germ cell development begins in fetal life, it has been suggested that environmental and lifestyle factors of the mother could directly impact the fertility of subsequent generations. Cigarette smoke is a known toxicant, yet disturbingly a significant proportion of women continue to smoke throughout pregnancy. The focus of our investigations has been to characterize, using an animal model, the adverse effects of smoking directly on ovary and oocyte quality in female offspring and testes and sperm development of male mice exposed in utero and on subsequent generations. In summary, our results demonstrate that pregnancy and lactational exposure to cigarette smoke can have long-lasting profound and subtle effects on the fertility of the next generation(s) of female and male offspring. Speaker:Professor Eileen McLaughlin is the Executive Dean of the Faculty of Science and Technology. Eileen graduated from The University of Bristol UK in 1994 with a PhD in assisted reproduction and reproductive cryobiology, after which she was awarded a Wellcome Trust Fellowship in reproductive biology to work on the development of human male contraceptive targets at the School of Biochemistry. In 2000, she took up a post-doctoral fellowship to expand her work to female virally vectored immunocontraceptives in wildlife feral animal control with CSIRO and the Invasive Animal CRC in Canberra. In 2002, she obtained a lectureship at the University of Newcastle NSW, where she established an internationally recognised and highly productive lab working on ovarian follicular development, female and male germ cell development and the effects of reproductive toxicants in multigenerational fertility. Eileen has published over 170 peer reviewed chapters and journal articles and been awarded over $34 million in research funding since arriving “Down Under”. 

Dr Sally Box is the Australian Government’s Threatened Species Commissioner, championing the implementation of the Australian Government’s Threatened Species Strategy and practical conservation actions to recover our priority threatened birds, mammals and plants. In this seminar, Sally will share results from the recently completed Year 3 progress report for the Threatened Species Strategy, including how the report’s outcomes will help focus future efforts to best support threatened species.

ABOUT:In the context of declining trust in our democratic institutions, parliaments and communities around the world are looking for novel ways to govern. In some jurisdictions, for example, in the United Kingdom and in Australia, parliaments have begun using innovative participatory processes, such as citizens’ juries, to engage a group of randomly selected citizens in deliberations on issues before parliamentary inquiries.

Management of wildlife species to conserve them needs to evaluate whether the conservation aim(s) has been achieved. Managers and researchers can be very confident (stronger inference) to uncertain (weaker inference) about whether an aim has been achieved and whether that was caused by management. There are three broad options for evaluations; first, those showing trajectories over time; second, those showing responses to management efforts; and third, those showing trajectories over time in response to management.  All approaches should use analysis of response to evaluate management effects, and evaluate predictions of trends and effects of management efforts, in order to strengthen causal inferences. We illustrate the options with examples from wild populations around the world. Speaker:Jim is an Emeritus Professor at the University of Canberra. His research focus is wildlife ecology and management, especially the evaluation of theory and on-ground management. He has published on wildlife in Australia, New Zealand, North America, and the UK. 

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If you are considering postgraduate study or research at UC, register for Open Day and come along to the UC Postgrad Information Hub. The hub will be open from 9:30pm to 11:30pm in the Clive Price Suite (Building 1, Level C, Expo Hall) and will have everything you need to know about your postgraduate study options at UC.If you would like to receive personalised advice, you can also book a 1 on 1 personalised consultation with an expert academic. You will also be able to expand your network and gain valuable advice with Industry Insights Sessions from Microsoft, EY, KPMG (& many more) occurring from 10:00am-2:30pm on the day.

Alpine ecosystems around the world are threatened due to climate change. The presence of pollinators is critical for the reproduction of many alpine plant species, however the shrinking of alpine ecosystems and changes in species phenologies might drive a rapid decline of plant-pollinators interactions that we are unaware. In this talk, I will present results of our research investigating the effects of climate change in alpine plant-pollinator communities as well as our current challenges. We have analysed changes of a plant-pollinator community in the Australian Alps using as a baseline plant-pollinator community data collected 30 years ago and comparing it to recent data. We have also used both traditional methods (flower-visitor observations) and novel approaches (pollen DNA metabarcoding) to quantify plant-pollinator network structure. Overall we found evidence suggesting that climate change is altering alpine plant-pollinator community composition and structure, and the shrinking of Australian alpine ecosystems.

Many Australian birds show striking variation in plumage across their range.  The Australian magpie is one of the best known. Its distribution covers most of mainland Australia and Tasmania, with male birds in the north having black backs and male birds in the south having white backs. In both the east and west, there are intermediate zones, where black-backed, white-backed and ‘hybrid’ birds occur.  In this talk, I examine the possible causes of this distribution and the explanation for its apparently stable structure.  I will describe a phylogeographic study across the entire distribution and a long-term ecological study in the eastern hybrid zone.

The Faculty of Arts & Design in hosting a grant writing workshop for Discovery and DECRA applicants. There are limited spaces so please register your interest by emailing FacultyofArts&Design-Research@canberra.edu.au by COB Thu 26 September.This workshop will be of particular value to anyone thinking about submitting an ARC Grant application in the 2021 or 2022 assessment rounds. Its major focus is on preparing and writing the 10-page Project Description, developing and integrating the Objectives, and addressing the criteria for your ROPE: Research Opportunities and Performance Evidence. 

Risk Management training is being run for all staff – the session will focus on:• What is risk management and why do we do it?• How do we manage risk?• Overview of Resilience Management Framework • What tools do we have to assist us with the process? e.g. Risk Register, Risk Matrix• Practical examples

Up to 60% of stroke survivors still have non-functional arms six months after stroke.  Thousands of repetitions of movements are needed to improve function via neuroplasticity.  Face-to-face time with therapists will never be able to provide all the hours needed, so the search is on to develop assistive devices which patients can use both under supervision and on their own to achieve these repetitions. We will likely be relying more on these devices as they become more widely available in the future.This talk will describe some of the devices in development, as well as those available now. Professor van Vliet, a stroke researcher and clinician, works with engineers on developing devices to improve stroke outcomes, and uses devices in her clinical practice.  The focus of the talk will be on sensor-based devices such those using gaming technology, virtual reality and exoskeletons, which provide feedback to the person so that they can improve motor control as they practice. The current barriers to more people being able to access these devices will be discussed along with potential future solutions.

ABSTRACTIn order to capture the epistemic, ethical, or democratic benefits of deliberation, people must listen to one another. In fact, listening is constitutive of the deliberative act. Therefore, finding ways to evaluate listening is essential to the project of deliberative democracy. In this paper, I consider how to measure the act of listening in small-scale face-to-face deliberative encounters. Specifically, I tackle the observational challenge of measuring the act of listening itself, as opposed to listening outcomes. Prior work measures listening by focusing on narrow constructs like aural recall, or by emphasizing the outcomes we hope listening might bring about, such as responsiveness. I show that each of these measures, in isolation, is inadequate and fails to capture the most democratically meaningful aspects of listening. I go on to explain, however, that these measures can be usefully combined into a lexical scale that captures different degrees of, or steps toward democratic listening. I also propose new measures to include within such an index, including the perception of speakers themselves, whether they feel as if others have listened to them.

Risk Management training is being run for all staff – the session will focus on:• What is risk management and why do we do it?• How do we manage risk?• Overview of Resilience Management Framework • What tools do we have to assist us with the process? e.g. Risk Register, Risk Matrix• Practical examples

Join us to find out more about your postgraduate study options at the University of Canberra This is for anyone:Wanting to boost their career opportunities by adding to their qualifications.Aspiring to become a subject matter expert.Thinking about making a career changeWithout a professional degree, but with 5+ years of relevant professional experience looking to gain an academic qualification.Webinar sessions are interactive, online based information sessions, designed so you can learn about your study options and get your questions answered from the comfort of wherever you may be.You can register to attend as many webinar sessions that are of interest to you. Postgraduate Information sessionsTopic AboutDate/time*RegistrationYour Postgraduate Experience and Study Options at UC Join this webinar as we help you to navigate your postgraduate study options25 November 1:00 PM Register NowFunding your Postgraduate Study Choosing to pursue postgraduate study does not have to break the bank. Explore the possible options that will make postgraduate study more accessible and affordable.25 November 2:00 PMRegister NowThe postgraduate admissions process explainedJoin us in this webinar and learn more about the postgraduate admissions process.25 November 3:00 PMRegister NowWhy do a research degree?Considering a degree by research?Before embarking on your research student journey, join this webinar to find out more about the identifying a supervisor and research thesis topic, and the support available to your during your candidature.25 November 4:00 PMRegister Now Postgraduate Course SessionsTopic AboutDate/time*RegistrationArts and DesignMaster of ArchitectureConsidering becoming an Architect? Find out about this professionally accredited two-year course, which focuses on the contemporary issues informing urban architecture.26 November 4:00 PM Register NowMaster of Arts in Creative and Cultural FuturesLead the way in a rapidly changing cultural sector. Join this webinar to learn about the Master of Arts in Creative and Cultural Futures.27 November 4:00 PM Register NowBusiness, Government and LawMaster of Business AdministrationAn MBA from UC can help professionals and aspiring managers enhance their career opportunities and facilitate job promotions and higher salaries.  An MBA provides a distinct advantage for advancement to management or leadership positions. 28 November 3:00 PM Register NowMaster of Human Resource ManagementAre you looking for a career in Human Resources? Perhaps you are already working in Human Resources and want to upskill? 28 November 1:00 PM Register NowMaster of Professional AccountingThe UC Master of Professional Accounting course is the perfect study pathway for:- Internationally educated accountants, looking to meet the minimum entry requirements for working in Australia as established by the CPA (Certified Practicing Accountant) Australia, and CAANZ (Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand).- Students who already hold a postgraduate degree in another field but considering exploring switching careers and becoming an accountant.28 November 2:00 PM Register NowEducationMaster of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) & Foreign Language Teaching (FLT)Learn to teach a language and open a world of possibilities! No previous teaching experience or qualification required.20 November 1:30 PM Register NowMaster of EducationIf you are an Education graduate looking to take your career to the next level, join this webinar about the Master of Education.26 November 3:00 PM Register NowHealthGraduate Certificate in Sports AnalyticsBring your A-game and launch your career in sports analytics. Join this webinar to learn more about how sport is using data to drive decision making on the playing field.27 November 3:00 PM Register NowMaster of Public HealthLooking to make an impact on fields of disease prevention, health promotion, health policy, environmental health and health systems?27 November 1:00 PM Register NowScience and TechnologyMaster of Information Technology and SystemsMaster of Business InformaticsMaster of Data ScienceMaster of EngineeringConsidering a career in IT and Engineering? Join this webinar to learn more about what each of our postgraduate courses can equip you with to be job-ready, world-ready and future-ready.27 November 2:00 PM Register NowCan’t make it? Don't worry! Register anyway and you will receive a link to the recording after the session.We look forward to meeting you online.Secure your future with a UC postgraduate degree. *Times listed in AEDT – Australian Eastern Daylight Time

Grab some lunch and meet your colleagues.People are at the centre of everything we do at UC. To create value in our relationships with our customers and clients, we're focused on designing and delivering services that are human-centred, connected and accountable.Connect across UC encourages UC people to get to know each other. Meet your colleagues from different business units and disciplines. Promote and grow your personal networks and share your successes and learnings.Working collaboratively with People & Diversity, Services Unconference is running parallel with Professional Development Week.

Grab some lunch and meet your colleagues.People are at the centre of everything we do at UC. To create value in our relationships with our customers and clients, we're focused on designing and delivering services that are human-centred, connected and accountable.Connect across UC encourages UC people to get to know each other. Meet your colleagues from different business units and disciplines. Promote and grow your personal networks and share your successes and learnings.Working collaboratively with People & Diversity, Services Unconference is running parallel with Professional Development Week.

This Design Thinking conversation will help you understand what design thinking is and why it's important to your creative practice. The tools techniques and approaches put the focus on your audiences, end users and customers. By putting human beings at the centre of your innovation efforts, you’ll learn how to turn prototypes into high-value solutions at a much faster rate.By contributing to this conversation you will learn to:Recognise the historical, societal and technological shifts leading to Design ThinkingEmpathise with the end user and their needs to extract consumer insights and articulate problem statementsBrainstorm potential solutions by tapping into the diversity of expertise, personality, opinions and experiences of the core teamSelect and move the best ideas to low-fidelity prototypes to engage smaller audiences fasterRefine and clarify thinking by observing, testing, questioning and listeningEngage and collaborate with other departments to change the culture and speed up innovationThe workshop will blend historical context, brainstorming techniques, best practices and case studies to enable participants to take-away actions plans for their companies.Working collaboratively with People & Diversity, Services Unconference is running parallel with Professional Development Week.

Grab some lunch and meet your colleagues.People are at the centre of everything we do at UC. To create value in our relationships with our customers and clients, we're focused on designing and delivering services that are human-centred, connected and accountable.Connect across UC encourages UC people to get to know each other. Meet your colleagues from different business units and disciplines. Promote and grow your personal networks and share your successes and learnings.Working collaboratively with People & Diversity, Services Unconference is running parallel with Professional Development Week.

Much of what is known about teaching and teacher education is based on research conducted and theory developed in Western, Educated, Industrialised, Rich, and Democratic (WEIRD) societies. The challenges facing education in developing and poor societies (e.g., poverty, lack of infrastructure) and in traditional societies (e.g., feudal, tribal, hierarchical) are often overlooked in teacher education. Societies that ration resources through examinations expect teachers to ensure students do well on those evaluations, regardless of the merit in such testing. Societies that impose obligation on children to fulfil parental and familial expectations, rather than prioritise their own individual preferences, create challenges for teaching which is focused on the individual. Societies that have strong gender-specific expectations impose limitations on what teachers are expected to deliver for all. Societies in which teachers exploit their professional status for personal gain create especially difficult challenges for teacher education. In this talk I will review lessons I have learned in my international research career from societies such as China, India, Malaysia, Brazil, and South Africa about how our contemporary approaches to teacher education have questionable relevance and validity.

Dr Michael Jensen who is an Associate Professor at the Institute for Governance and Policy Analysis, and an associate of the News and Media Research Centre at the University of Canberra, will presenting a seminar titled "Illiberal Media: WeChat, Identity Politics, and National Security".Abstract: The Chinese (People’s Republic of China – PRC) regime of censorship extends beyond its borders through the extraterritorial application of its media regulations on popular social media platforms like WeChat. This research investigates the effects of the PRC’s extraterritorial control of online content on the identity narratives and norms communicated by comparing Australia’s Special Broadcast Service (SBS) Mandarin language news and news targeting Australian audiences published on popular WeChat Official accounts (OAs). We find significant differences in the news content between these two platforms with SBS providing more political content and a focus on political and cultural integration while WeChat pages tend to avoid political topics that are not otherwise press releases from the PRC and encourages strong cultural ties with Mainland China. Finally, SBS tends to both inform and cultivate democratic political identities and identification with the Australian political system whereas WeChat tends to differentiate the Chinese diaspora from the wider Australian community. We situate these findings within a wider understanding of PRC national security strategies and doctrine. WeChat OAs in Australia not only implement the PRC’s communication controls, the content on these pages challenge liberal democratic practices and norms and support foreign influence and espionage in Australia.

Lakes play a significant role in carbon cycling at a global scale. An increased frequency and severity of extreme storms may alter lake productivity by disrupting patterns of stratification and importing terrestrial organic matter and nutrients. We used manipulations in large enclosures in a German lake to disentangle these mechanisms. The seminar will explore how brief events can induce protracted algal blooms that alter lake primary production and ecosystem respiration, highlighting that extreme events will superimpose upon climate trends to alter carbon cycling in lakes.

Current students studying a technology focused degree, this is an event you cannot miss! It doesn't matter if you're in first year or final year, come along to meet with a range of employers who can help to launch your technology career! 

Testing the oxygen-temperature hypothesis of polar gigantism Ectotherms in polar seas are often larger than their warm-water relatives, a pattern known as ‘polar gigantism.’ Although polar gigantism has been ascribed to a variety of mechanisms, one idea—the oxygen-temperature hypothesis—has received significant attention in the past twenty years. It proposes that low polar temperatures depress metabolic demand for oxygen more than they depress supplies of oxygen to tissues, and that this shift releases polar organisms from oxygen-based constraints on body size. In this talk, I review conflicting evidence bearing on the hypothesis. In addition, I propose that the conflicts can be resolved by revising the oxygen-temperature hypothesis to account for short- versus long-term challenges to oxygen homeostasis. The revised hypothesis focuses on attention on the energetic costs of oxygen homeostasis and suggests that polar warming will disproportionately affect the largest-bodied species.

GUEST SPEAKER: Prof Bob Wong, Monash University TALK DETAILS: Chemical pollution disrupts the balance of ecosystems, threatening the health of humans and wildlife everywhere. As one area of emerging concern, vast quantities of drugs taken by humans and animals make their way into rivers, lakes, and even drinking water. Here, I will discuss research highlighting the behavioural responses of aquatic organisms to pharmaceutical contaminants, and the ecological and evolutionary impacts that these disturbances engender.

Attend a Dhamma talk and Meditation with popular Buddhist teacher, Ajahn Brahm, here on UC Campus.Ajahn Brahm is a founding father of an emergent Australian forest tradition of Buddhist monasticism focused on being true to the original roots of the Buddha's Teaching of Dhamma and Vinaya.

This Masterclass presents some simple techniques to show how we can teach people who know nothing about how the English language works understand the basic parts of a sentence. It discusses similarities between learning grammar and learning a language (your first language or another language). For example, before we can learn a language, we need to notice things. In this Masterclass we undertake a few simple exercises in English to show how you can train yourself to notice language in a way that helps you to learn grammar. We will also discuss useful strategies from language learning that are helpful in learning grammar (e.g. the importance of taking risks in order to gain confidence). The Masterclass will focus on examples from the world around us (including children’s story books, government messages, and songs) to show that grammar isn’t something that exists in grammar books but is something all around us.

R is quickly gaining popularity as a programming language of choice for statisticians, data scientists and researchers. It has an excellent ecosystem including the powerful RStudio development environment and the Shiny web application framework. Join us for a live coding workshop where we write programs that produce results, using the researcher-focused training modules from the highly regarded Software Carpentry Foundation (software-carpentry.org).

This Masterclass explores the future of speech pathology using telehealth and how it can improve accessibility to services for individuals in rural and remote areas, as well as for those just around the corner. The class focuses on the use of telehealth to deliver speech pathology services a wide range of children and adults, including children with language difficulties and those on the autism spectrum". Register via link : https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_rb3g8OqLTniMf6cP5WnFTg

Python has deservedly become a popular language for scientific computing. It has all the friendly features and conveniences you'd expect of a modern programming language. And it boasts a rich set of libraries for working with data. We teach using Jupyter notebooks, which allow program code, results, visualisations and documentation to be blended seamlessly. Perfect for sharing insights with others while producing reproducible research. Join us for this live coding workshop where we write programs that produce results, using the researcher-focused training modules from the highly regarded Software Carpentry Foundation (software-carpentry.org).

This Masterclass describes the roles physiotherapists are playing around the world in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. This class will particularly focus on the role of the physiotherapist in the ICU, and how therapy in the early phases of illness and injury can have a major impact not just on survival, but also on quality of life months and years down the track. Warning: this class will completely change your ideas about what physiotherapists can do!

Iso Topics is an online exhibition hosted by the Belconnen Arts Centre exploring creativity during isolation. The exhibition includes new work by staff, HDR students and affiliates of the Centre for Creative and Cultural Research in the Faculty of Arts and Design. https://www.belcoarts.com.au/iso-topics/

The Canberra Law School and the Canberra Law Students Society are delighted to collaborate to present this online seminar for UC law and justice students, and the broader UC community, on ‘Technology and the Law’. A panel of distinguished legal minds will discuss how technology and innovation intersects with their professional practice with a particular focus on legal practice, research and the impact of COVID. The panel will also participate in a Q&A on the topic of technology, career paths and life in the law. Students are invited to send questions in advance or ask during the seminar. The panel will be hosted by Professor Alison Gerard, Head of the Canberra Law School and Natasha Correia, President of the Canberra Law Students Society. Details: Date: Wednesday 26 August 2020 Time: 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Location: Online via Zoom - Link will be emailed prior to the event

Abstract - This presentation uses an analysis to reflect on how to better understand innovation as a process enabled by, and responsive to, new possibilities, demands and challenges facing journalism in particular contexts, and argue for a particular normative definition of the concept. In 2018, The Guardian won the award for Innovation at the Walkleys, Australia’s most prestigious awards for journalism, a category introduced in 2017 to encourage experimentation while upholding traditional journalistic values of strong storytelling, accuracy and ethics. The winning data journalism project, Deaths Inside, catalogues 149 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander deaths in custody between 2008 and 2019. This article focuses on Deaths Inside to critically consider the role of ‘innovation’ in the transforming relations that constitute journalism. In doing so, it approaches innovation as a discourse that forms part of the sociotechnical relations through which transformations in journalism are both constituted and understood, which both enable and delimit change. Situating its analysis through an account of how the industrial and cultural landscape of Australian journalism has changed in recent years, it develops a qualitative textual analysis of metajournalistic accounts of the genesis of the project presented by The Guardian, and of the textual presentation and technical design of Deaths Inside. In doing so, I highlight the changing relations that have contributed to the development of Deaths Inside; how these have afforded an expansion of the field of Indigenous journalism; and how, in both form and content, Deaths Inside took advantage of opportunities to challenge established traditions and formats of Indigenous news representation. Drawing on critical debates surrounding innovation, I argue that Deaths Inside can be considered ‘innovative’ not simply because it takes advantage of the enhanced affordances of digital technologies for developing experimental forms of journalism, but because it delivers an enhanced social value that builds upon possibilities for improved representation that processes of transformation have enabled.

Abstract - This presentation uses an analysis to reflect on how to better understand innovation as a process enabled by, and responsive to, new possibilities, demands and challenges facing journalism in particular contexts, and argue for a particular normative definition of the concept. In 2018, The Guardian won the award for Innovation at the Walkleys, Australia’s most prestigious awards for journalism, a category introduced in 2017 to encourage experimentation while upholding traditional journalistic values of strong storytelling, accuracy and ethics. The winning data journalism project, Deaths Inside, catalogues 149 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander deaths in custody between 2008 and 2019. This article focuses on Deaths Inside to critically consider the role of ‘innovation’ in the transforming relations that constitute journalism. In doing so, it approaches innovation as a discourse that forms part of the sociotechnical relations through which transformations in journalism are both constituted and understood, which both enable and delimit change. Situating its analysis through an account of how the industrial and cultural landscape of Australian journalism has changed in recent years, it develops a qualitative textual analysis of metajournalistic accounts of the genesis of the project presented by The Guardian, and of the textual presentation and technical design of Deaths Inside. In doing so, I highlight the changing relations that have contributed to the development of Deaths Inside; how these have afforded an expansion of the field of Indigenous journalism; and how, in both form and content, Deaths Inside took advantage of opportunities to challenge established traditions and formats of Indigenous news representation. Drawing on critical debates surrounding innovation, I argue that Deaths Inside can be considered ‘innovative’ not simply because it takes advantage of the enhanced affordances of digital technologies for developing experimental forms of journalism, but because it delivers an enhanced social value that builds upon possibilities for improved representation that processes of transformation have enabled.