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Finance Outage – 12 February 2011

Posted by Greg Fallon on February 10th, 2011 · Finance, nVision, Scheduled maintenance

Planned Maintenance Outage: Finance Outage

IT at UNSW advises that access to Finance systems will be unavailable as follows:-

Date: Saturday 12 February 2011
Time: 08:00 to 15:00

Zones/Campuses affected: All campuses
Services affected: NS Finance & nVision
Services not affected: myUNSW; HR and Student

Purpose:
Finance and IT at UNSW will be performing maintenance on the system.

User impact:
During the outage period NS Financials will not be available including via Citrix. This also includes nVision reporting.

AGSM MBA Programs Newsletter – Week 1

Posted by studentexperience on February 8th, 2011 · Newsletter

Welcome

Thank you to all new students who attended Saturdays New Student Session, we hope it was informative and enjoyable. We wish all students success for Session 1, 2011!

This week’s video newsletter

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Kanami Torii, Global Partnerships Coordinator, AGSM MBA Programs

 

Classes

Classes begin this week, from tomorrow Tuesday 8 February. You can view your Class Schedule on myUNSW to confirm your class name/number and the day and time of your class.

GCCM & GDM Session Calendars are available on the AGSM MBA Programs website.

Important: as some dates may change occasionally due to unforeseen circumstances, we ask that you always refer to the most up-to-date Session Calendar via the AGSM MBA Programs website.

Staff members from the Student Experience office will be attending the CBD Cliftons venue this Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday to assist students in finding their class, and to distribute the latest edition of the Law text book to Law for Practicing Managers students.

New text book for Law for Practicing Managers

Law for Practicing Mangers students can collect the latest edition of the LPM text book from their instructor at their class this week.  Please dispose of the old edition thoughtfully.

Blackboard 9 & Online Course Materials

Most instructors have started to contact students through Blackboard9. Please access Blackboard 9 regularly to keep up to date with important course information and postings.

GDM & GCCM students can access electronic copies of the course materials for Session 1 courses via Blackboard 9.

To Access Blackboard 9:

1.  Go to http://lms-blackboard.telt.unsw.edu.au

2.  Enter your Username and Password, click the Login button

  • Your username is your UNSW zNumber (can be found on your Student card)
  • Your password is your zPass

If you have not yet created, or forgotten, your zPass, please visit the UNSW Identity Manager website, and log in with your Unipass, or contact IT on (02) 9385 1333.

International Exchange

Did you know that GDM students are able to go on Exchange with one of our 27 International Exchange Partners? Any GDM student who has completed all of the core courses and no elective courses, and has a WAM of 65% or above, is eligible to apply.

The International Exchange Program provides students with an opportunity to undertake one session of study with an AGSM MBA Programs partner institution. For further information about exchange please go to the AGSM MBA Programs website.

An International Exchange Program information session will be held at the Kensington campus Thursday March 10th 12:30pm to 2:00pm

For more information please contact the Kanami at: mbaexchange@agsm.edu.au or (02) 9931 9203 or check out the International Exchange website.

Withdrawal deadline

The last day to withdraw from Session 1, 2011 is 27 February 2011.  No more new enrolments will be accepted for this session. Please send us a request via email if you need to withdraw.

Tuition Fee payment and FEE-HELP

Tuition fees are due by 13 February 2011 and your statement is available from your student profile on myUNSW (click here for instructions).Students wishing to apply for FEE-HELP should contact the Student Financials team on csandfees@unsw.edu.au.  You will need to submit your application prior to the census date for Session MG1: 27th of February 2011.

Tax Invoices

If you require a tax invoice, please contact UNSW Treasury to request one.  Treasury needs the request from students in writing which you can do by sending an email to treasury@unsw.edu.au (N.B: enter “NS Student AGSM Tax Invoice / Receipt” as the subject and ensure you list your name, student ID and the UNSW Semester – i.e. Summer, Semester 1 or Semester 2).

Key Dates

A list of key dates for 2011 is available in the Student Resources section of the AGSM MBA Programs website.

It is important to refer to the Table of Key Dates for all enrolment, withdrawal and discontinuation deadlines, as well as the session census date. This table illustrates the academic and financial penalties incurred for withdrawals throughout the session.

AGSM MBA Programs Newsletter – Week less 1

Posted by studentexperience on February 8th, 2011 · Newsletter

Classes

Classes begin next week, from 7 February. You can view your Class Schedule on myUNSW to confirm your class name/number and the time of your class.

GCCM & GDM Session Calendars are available on the Australian School of Business website.

Important: as some dates may change occasionally due to unforeseen circumstances, we ask that you always refer to the most up-to-date Session Calendar via the ASB website.

Online Course Materials

GCCM students can now access electronic copies of the course materials for Session 1 GCCM course via Blackboard 9.

Electronic copies of the course materials for GDM will be available from close of business Monday 31st of January via Blackboard 9.

To Access Blackboard 9:

1.  Go to http://lms-blackboard.telt.unsw.edu.au

2.  Enter your Username and Password, click the Login button

  • Your username is your UNSW zNumber (can be found on your Student card)
  • Your password is your zPass

If you have not yet created, or forgotten, your zPass, please visit UNSW Identity Management and log in with your Unipass, or contact IT on (02) 9385 1333.

GCCM Introductory Activities

Students of the Graduate Certificate of Change Management (GCCM) should note that introductory activities commence this week. Please log in to Blackboard 9 to review the teleconference instructions.

Tuition Fee payment and FEE-HELP

Tuition fees are due by 13 February 2011 and your statement is available from your student profile on myUNSW (click here for instructions). Students wishing to apply for FEE-HELP should contact the Student Financials team on csandfees@unsw.edu.au.  You will need to submit your application prior to the census date for Session MG1: 27th of February 2011.

Tax Invoices

If you require a tax invoice, please contact UNSW Treasury to request an invoice.  Treasury needs the request from students in writing which you can do by sending an email to treasury@unsw.edu.au.

Student Cards

In an effort to adopt a more green approach, we are currently limiting the production of UNSW Student Cards to those of you who anticipate you will have occasion to use it.

The UNSW student card provides physical access to borrowing from the UNSW library on the Kensington campus (useful for those of you who travel to Sydney and perhaps wish to use this resource while you are here), and also provides access to the AGSM building for those who have classes at Kensington. Unfortunately the card does not have a photo on it and is limited in its use as a form of identification. The card does not make you eligible for tertiary student concession travel.

If you attend classes in Sydney CBD, North Ryde, North Sydney, Parramatta, Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Perth or online (GCCM/Web based class), please reply to this email with your UNSW ID and full name if you would like a card produced for you*. Please email your request to studentexperience@agsm.edu.au by Wednesday 2 February.

*NB: All Kensington campus students (including ‘Intensive’ students) will automatically receive a UNSW student card by Monday 7th February, if they have not already received one.

Key Dates

A list of key dates for 2011 is available in the Student Resources section of the AGSM MBA Programs Website
It is important to refer to the Table of Key Dates for all enrolment, withdrawal and discontinuation deadlines, as well as the session census date. This table illustrates the academic and financial penalties incurred for withdrawals throughout the session.

PABX (Phone Services) – 6th Feb 2011

Posted by Greg Fallon on January 30th, 2011 · PABX, Scheduled maintenance

Planned Maintenance Outage: UNSW phone outage

IT at UNSW advises that there will be an outage to phone connections for the Main Campus.

Date: Saturday 6 February 2011
Time: 8:00 to 13:00
Duration: 5.0 hours

Zones/Campuses affected: UNSW Main Campus
Services affected: LAN phone connections (including Voicemail).
Services Not Affected: Mobile phones and network access.

Purpose:
IT at UNSW will be performing maintenance on the PABX phone system.

User impact:
During the period of the outage there will be no access to make phone calls or receive phone calls for up to 3.0 hours during the outage period.  All Network connections and mobile phone access will still be available.

Call for Papers – Cinema: Journal of Philosophy and the Moving Image

Posted by pthomas on January 30th, 2011 · related topics

*Call for Papers – Cinema: Journal of Philosophy and the Moving Image*

Cinema: Journal of Philosophy and the Moving

Image<http://www.fcsh.unl.pt/revistas/cjpmi.> is

now accepting submissions for the 2nd issue. Editors welcome articles that

fall under the broad rubric of the relations between cinema and philosophy.

*Submission deadline: March 1, 2011 (abstracts) and June 1, 2011 (completed

papers)*

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Areas include, but are not limited to:

*philosophy of cinema today

*epistemology and ontology of cinema and of the moving image

*the relationship film studies and philosophy of cinema

* the analytic/continental divide within philosophy of cinema

* new approaches and trends within the philosophy of cinema

*historical approaches to philosophy of cinema and film theory

*cinema as philosophy

Prospective authors are invited to contact us and/or to submit an abstract

of approximately 500 words and a short CV by March 1, 2011. A selection of

authors will be invited to submit full papers according to the journal

guidelines.

Submissions can be made online via a link on the Journal’s homepage:

http://www.fcsh.unl.pt/revistas/cjpmi, or directly to the editors at the

following email address: cjpmi@fcsh.unl.pt

Submissions are accepted in Portuguese and English (and in French and

Spanish, but only from native speakers of these languages).

Please contact the editors, Patrícia Silveirinha Castello

Branco<pscbranco@fcsh.unl.pt>

, Sérgio Dias Branco <s.diasbranco@fcsh.unl.pt> or Susana

Viegas<susanarainhoviegas@gmail.com>,

with any queries.

Cinema also invites submissions to our special sections: interviews, book

reviews and conference reports.

For further details, including submission guidelines, visit us at:

http://www.fcsh.unl.pt/revistas/cjpmi.

CINEMA: JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHY AND THE MOVING IMAGE

Patrícia Silveirinha Castello Branco, editor

Sérgio Dias Branco, associate editor

Susana Viegas, associate editor

www.fcsh.unl.pt/revistas/cjpmi

**2011 Seminars are currently being planned and will commence in March. Please check back here in mid-February for full details**

Posted by erinwithers on January 27th, 2011 · Uncategorized

**2011  Seminars are currently being planned and will commence in March.  Please check back here in mid-February for full details**

European Summer Program for Science and Engineering Students

Posted by mkofod on January 27th, 2011 · 2011

Lille Catholic University (France) will be running a European Summer Program for Science and Engineering Students. 

As a multidisciplinary university (30 different departments amongst which 6 are in Engineering and Science), they have a wide range of specialists in all fields of engineering and science.

The European Summer Program offers a 4-week program in Northern France. Courses are taught in English and provide up to 12 ECTS credits for 2 courses of 39 hours each.

Science and Engineering students can choose 2 courses amongst:

  • Course 1 : Project Management OR Scientists and Engineers Preparing for a Global Career
  • Course 2: Computer Sciences OR Renewable Energy (Mechanical Engineering)

Further details:

How to apply:

UNSW students who wish to attend these courses should complete the GEP_Outgoing_UNSW application form and return to m.kofod@unsw.edu.au  

Scholarships for the Leeds International Summer School (LISS

Posted by mkofod on January 27th, 2011 · 2011, Scholarships, Short courses, Uncategorized

A number of tuition fee scholarships are available for the Leeds International Summer School (LISS): www.leeds.ac.uk/summer

 LISS Exchange Partner Scholarships are only available to students from our reciprocal exchange partners and are worth £1645, covering tuition for the full four weeks. Scholarship recipients will therefore only have to pay a total of £880 towards accommodation, trips and the social programme.

We offer 1 scholarship to students from exchange partners in each of the following areas:

  • USA and Canada
  • Australia / New Zealand / Singapore
  • Europe
  • East Asia
  • The Rest of the World

Deadline for scholarship application: February 14th 2011. We encourage interested students to apply as soon as possible so they don’t miss out. Students should submit their full application via email summer@leeds.ac.uk stating in the email that they wish to be considered for the LISS Exchange Partner Scholarship.

For those students who are successful, the full balance of £880 must be paid within 7 days of receiving their scholarship offer. Failure to do so will result in the scholarship being cancelled, although they will still be able to attend LISS at full cost.

Early Application Offer: anyone who misses out on a Scholarship can still receive a discount on the Summer School if they apply before 31 March.

Further information: www.leeds.ac.uk/summer

UNSW students who wish to attend these courses should also complete the GEP_Outgoing_UNSW application form and return to m.kofod@unsw.edu.au

3rd Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models (EITM) Europe Summer Institut

Posted by mkofod on January 26th, 2011 · Uncategorized

You are invited to our 3rd Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models (EITM) Europe Summer Institute which will take place from June 26 – July 9, 2011.

One of the central goals of the EITM is the training of sophisticated tools of analysis, which scholars need to investigate the explanatory power of formal theoretical models. Do these formal theories provide accurate insights into the causal mechanism of political decision making? And how can we test their value empirically? For answering these questions, EITM connects sophisticated theoretical modeling with statistical analyses – a fascinating program which is usually offered only inside the U.S. After the first two rounds in 2009 and 2010, EITM Europe again offers this training to young scholars at the University of Mannheim in 2011. In highly interactive classes with specialized teachers, EITM Europe introduces into the latest developments in game theory and spatial theory using Bayesian statistics and computer-assisted textual analysis to evaluate their explanatory power.

Courses

The EITM Europe 2011 is comprised of four seminars over the course of a two week period from June 26st to July 9th. Seminars are held in English with relatively small classes.

  • Refresher Course in Mathematics and R (Martin Elff, University of Essex)
  • Theoretical and Methodological Foundations (Andrew Martin and Randall Calvert, Washington University St. Louis)
  • Agent Based Modeling (Michael Laver, New York University)
  • Quantitative Analysis of Political Texts (Will Lowe and Sven Oliver Proksch, University of Mannheim)

Tuition

Tuition is 1000 Euros and includes the courses. Accommodation with breakfast in a nearby hotel in double bedrooms is available for additional 500 Euros.

Application

We welcome all applications by graduate students and junior faculty interested in formal theory and empirical analysis. The program is primarily directed towards political scientists and political economists but we very much welcome applications from other fields of social sciences. The application deadline is April 4, 2011.
http://eitm.sowi.uni-mannheim.de

How to apply:

UNSW students who wish to attend these courses should complete the GEP_Outgoing_UNSW application form and return to m.kofod@unsw.edu.au

6th International Summer Project – Mexico

Posted by mkofod on January 26th, 2011 · Uncategorized

The Universidad del Golfo de México is pleased to present its 6th international Summer Project.

The project consists of cultural immersion (through family homestay and workshops in indigenous villages) and Spanish language learning. It is organized in Oaxaca City (Mexico) from July 15th (arrival day: July 14th) until August 14th, 2011 and is open to any student older than 19 having finished successfully at least one academic year at university or college.

The goal of the project is to create links with overseas universities through this non-degree program for international students, inviting them to get to know our university, Mexican culture and regional traditions.

Our summer projects are organized in Oaxaca, the city of the Zapotecs and one of the most beautiful in the New World.  It is the perfect spot for cultural exchange between old (pre-columbian) and new cultures. 

As from today you will find information concerning our summer project 2011 on the following Webpage: http://www.ugm.edu/iroweb

Thanks in advance for forwarding this information to your students (through announcements, digital study environment or website, you can also print this folder. 

If you wish more information about our university do not hesitate to contact us.  

NEW THIS YEAR: Students who are sent directly by the international office of your university/college can apply for a lower program fee (discount of 10%).  In that case, it is important that the international relations coordinator contacts us directly by e-mail to enroll the student by filling out this document.  If there are 3 or more students sent by your university, they will each receive a discount of 20% on the program fee.

How to apply:

UNSW students who wish to attend these courses should complete the GEP_Outgoing_UNSW application form and return to m.kofod@unsw.edu.au