The New Teaching and Public Access Observatory at the University of Western Sydney, Nepean

1994 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 188-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Graeme L. White ◽  
Paul A. Jones ◽  
Alex Hons ◽  
Ron Edgar ◽  
Mark Suchting ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Education And Training ◽  
Public Access ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Completion Date ◽  
Lecture Theatre ◽  
Employment Education ◽  
The University ◽  
And Training

AbstractA grant from the Department of Employment, Education and Training and matching funding from the University of Western Sydney, Nepean, has allowed the construction of a teaching and public access observatory on the University’s Werrington North campus. The observatory consists of a lecture theatre for about 50 students, an office for administration and project/souvenir sales, and an enclosed office for research activities. The 6·5 m dome will house a fork-mounted 0·6 m (24 inch) Ritchey-Chrétien telescope working at f/10. There will also be two outside observation areas for tripod-mounted telescopes. The expected completion date for the entire project is mid-1994.

Making the point? The audiovisual/digital media dissertation

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 98-118
Author(s):  
Coral Houtman ◽  
Maureen Thomas ◽  
Jennifer Barrett
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
Film Theory ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Practice Based Research ◽  
The University ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
And Training ◽  
Practical Recommendations

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to address the advantages of education and training in creating the “Audiovisual/Digital Media Essay” (AV/DME), starting from visual and cinematic thinking as a way of setting up, developing and concluding an argument. Design/methodology/approach – Recognising the advantages to education and training of the “AV/DME” this paper explores ways of enabling visually disciplined students to work on film theory within their chosen medium, and to develop arguments incorporating audiovisual sources, using appropriate academic skills. It describes a hands-on BA/MA workshop held at Newport Film School (May 2011) and subsequent initial implementation of an examinable DME. The paper contextualises the issue in the light of practice-led and practice-based research and of parity with written dissertations. Drawing on analysis of in-depth interviews with students and tutors, it makes practical recommendations for how to resource, staff and support the implementation and continuation of the AV/DME and/or dissertation. Findings – The paper feeds back from both students and staff on the running of an initial AV/DME workshop and finds that the Film School Newport is suited to running the AV/DME and suggests a framework for its support. Research limitations/implications – The study needs to be followed up when the students complete their full dissertations. Practical implications – The AV/DME needs sufficient technical and human resources to support student learning. Originality/value – The paper provides a clear and original framework for teaching, supporting and assessing the AV/DME. This framework can be disseminated beyond the University of Wales Newport, and can be used to teach the AV/DME in further contexts and to wider groups of students.

An International Health/Medical Informatics Programs Database

1994 ◽  
Vol 33 (03) ◽  
pp. 327-329
Author(s):  
D. J. Protti ◽  
J. V. Douglas ◽  
M. J. Ball
Keyword(s):  
Medical Informatics ◽  
Working Group ◽  
International Health ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
University Of Maryland ◽  
Critical Issues ◽  
The University ◽  
And Training

Abstract:The University of Maryland at Baltimore has established a database of health/medical informatics programs worldwide. Since 1991, IMIA’s Working Group on Education and Training in Medical Informatics has provided guidance on critical issues of policy and purpose. At the Heidel-berg/Heilbronn Working Conference in 1992 on Health/Medical Informatics education, representatives to WG1 and participants made suggestions regarding database intent, structure, and attributes.

scholarly journals Assessing Muslim Higher Education and Training Institutions (METIs) and Islamic Studies Provision in Universities in Britain: An Analysis of Training Provision for Muslim Religious Leadership after 9/11

Religions ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 623
Author(s):  
Jawad Shah
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Training Model ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Religious Leaders ◽  
Religious Leadership ◽  
Islamic Studies ◽  
Alternative Approach ◽  
Training Institutions ◽  
The University ◽  
And Training

The training of Imams and Muslim religious leaders has received much interest in the post-9/11 era, resulting in a vast amount of research and publications on the topic. The present work explores this literature with the aim of analysing key debates found therein. It finds that throughout the literature there is a pervasive demand for reform of the training and education provided by Muslim higher education and training institutions (METIs) and Islamic studies programmes at universities in the shape of a synthesis of the two pedagogic models. Such demands are founded on the claim that each is lacking in the appositeness of its provision apropos of the British Muslim population. This article calls for an alternative approach to the issue, namely, that the university and the METI each be accorded independence and freedom in its pedagogic ethos and practice (or else risk losing its identity), and a combined education from both instead be promoted as a holistic training model for Muslim religious leadership.

scholarly journals Campbelltown Rotary Observatory

2000 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 176-178
Author(s):  
R. Bhathal
Keyword(s):  
Public Access ◽  
The South ◽  
Fibre Glass ◽  
Observation Area ◽  
Teaching Research ◽  
Completion Date ◽  
The University

AbstractDonations (in cash and kind) amounting to $200,000 from companies in the south-western Sydney region have allowed the construction of a teaching, research and public access Observatory at the University of Western Sydney in Campbelltown. The Observatory will also serve as the home of the Australian Optical SETI Project (OZ OSETI for short). Two fibre-glass domes will be installed at the site. The main 4.5 m fibre-glass dome will house a 0.4 m telescope while the smaller 2.9 m dome will house a 0.3 m telescope. Both telescopes are fork-mounted Schmidt-Cassegrains working at f/10. An outside observation area will be used for tripod-mounted telescopes for public use and teaching purposes. The expected completion date for the project is July 2000.

scholarly journals Increasing Public Access to University Qualifications: Evolution of The University of the West Indies Open Campus

2009 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael L. Thomas ◽  
Judith Soares
Keyword(s):  
West Indies ◽  
Public Access ◽  
Tertiary Level ◽  
The West ◽  
Developmental Needs ◽  
Education Centre ◽  
Physical Presence ◽  
The University ◽  
Open Campus ◽  
And Training

This paper traces the evolution of The University of the West Indies’ Open Campus (UWIOC), which is expected to expand service and increase access to the underserved communities of the Eastern Caribbean. At present, UWI, which caters to the needs of the 16 far flung countries of the Commonwealth Caribbean, has not been able to fully serve these countries, the UWI-12, in a way that is commensurate with their developmental needs. Historically, the institution has been dominated by campus-based education, and its three campuses have been poles of attraction for scholars and scholarship to the significant advantage of the countries in which they are located: Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, and Barbados. The University’s creation of an open campus, a fourth campus, enables it to expand its scope, enhance its appeal, and improve the efficiency of its services to individuals, communities, and countries. This new campus, a merger of UWI’s Outreach sector, which comprises the School of Continuing Studies, the Tertiary Level Institute Unit, and The UWI Distance Education Centre, will have a physical presence in each contributing country and will function as a network of real and virtual modes to deliver education and training to anyone with access to Internet facilities.

scholarly journals Degree nursing at the University of Fort Hare- A descriptive case study

1998 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-29
Author(s):  
Leigh Evertse
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Education ◽  
Full Text ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Descriptive Case Study ◽  
University Of Fort Hare ◽  
The University ◽  
Graduate Nursing ◽  
And Training

This case study traces and records the background to the introduction of graduate nursing education and training within the Ciskei.OpsommingIn hierdie studie word die inleiding van graad verpleegkunde opieiding binne Ciskei nagevors en opgeteken. *Please note: This is a reduced version of the abstract. Please refer to PDF for full text.

The Development Of Education And Training Systems In The Field Of Nanotechnology

2007 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Beata Poteralska ◽  
Joanna Zielinska ◽  
Adam Mazurkiewicz
Keyword(s):  
The United States ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Educational Systems ◽  
Doctoral Studies ◽  
Training Systems ◽  
Postgraduate Studies ◽  
Training Courses ◽  
The University ◽  
Methodological Aspects ◽  
And Training

 The potential and educational possibilities within nanotechnology are presented with regard to the university studies, postgraduate studies, doctoral studies and training courses in the selected countries. Special attention is paid to characteristic educational systems, both with regard to the organizational and methodological aspects related to nanotechnology in the United States, Japan and EU countries. Compared to these countries, the situation in Poland within education and training in the field of nanotechnology is characterised.

Education and Training for the Profession of Management 1960–1970

1971 ◽  
Vol 93 (2) ◽  
pp. 356-362
Author(s):  
L. F. Urwick
Keyword(s):  
Education And Training ◽  
University Campus ◽  
Complex Part ◽  
Previous Decade ◽  
Objective Sense ◽  
Technical Innovations ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The University ◽  
And Training

Upon the definition of the term “progress” depends the conclusions that can be reached in regard to the title of this paper. If used in the objective sense, i.e., “goings on”, there were an immense volume of goings on in the decade of 1960–1970—more millions of words written and spoken on the subject of management than in any previous decade in human history. Involved are the two processes of education and training. The former is determined by academic persons, the latter is undertaken by employers, many of whom have little contact with the “theory” to which their recruits have been submitted—this is an historical accident. The result and danger is that the thinking of the two sets of institutions will be out of phase with each other. What is needed is cooperation between the two institutions. Retired executives and consultants who have a genuine taste for and ability in teaching should not be barred from the university campus by the PhD requirement of preparing a thesis merely to qualify for an academic trade union ticket. The developing use of the computer during 1960–1970 has made a great contribution to the management process of more rational decision-making. However, we need to be wary of extravagant claims as to the effect of the computer on human groups, for the most complex part of the manager’s task is securing spontaneous co-operation of people without whose work whatever is decided cannot be done. There appears to be some evidence at the moment that the computer’s influence on people, on the climate of management, may well be reactionary rather than progressive. The most hopeful development in management thinking during 1960–1970 has been the growing recognition of the fact that while competition compels nations and businesses to try to keep ahead of each other in applying technical innovations, the changes thus brought about on ways of living impose great strains on social cohesion.

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