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Professor Mary Spongberg Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor

Message from the Senior Deputy Vice Chancellor

Hello Colleagues

Given that a lot of the research we undertake at Southern Cross University has a strong outward-focus, it can be easy for us to forget just how much is going on within the University to support that research.

Please take the time to read through the featured resources, events and programs that are available to you through the University. And if you feel there’s anything you’d like to see featured in future editions, please email: research.content@scu.edu.au

Remember: we’re as interested in your research projects as you are!

Regards, Mary

Mary Spongberg
Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor

From the Senior Deputy Vice Chancellor’s Office

If you’d like to optimise your research skills and potential, the Grants and Contracts Office wants to hear from you!

The Grants and Contracts Research Circle is a monthly outreach session where researchers can meet informally and discuss topics, including:

  • who are the Grants and Contracts team, and what do they do?
  • what is ‘research’?
  • tips for staying abreast of grant opportunities
  • applying for grants
  • submitting requests for tender
  • negotiating the direct award of funding
  • acceptance of grants and the contracting process
  • intellectual property, copyright, patents
  • project budgeting
  • other relevant topics

You can join The Research Circle at 11:00am on the first Wednesday of each month, via Teams:

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Hope to see you there!

If you have any questions, please email: grants.contracts@scu.edu.au

 

Did you know that you should classify your research data? Proper classification ensures you’ll use the appropriate storage for your data, maintaining its integrity, security and accessibility.

Southern Cross University has introduced a tool that makes it classifying your data easy – explore the classification tool today and, if you have any questions, feel free to reach out to digital.research@scu.edu.au.

Research Bazaar Queensland (ResBaz Qld) is a vibrant two-day festival of digital research training that brings together researchers from all disciplines to learn, collaborate and enjoy hands-on sessions.

When:     Wednesday 6 November-Thursday 7 November 2024

Where:   Australian Catholic University (Brisbane campus)

Register

Register today and look forward to learning new digital research tools and techniques at ResBaz!

You can find out more here.

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Ethics Office news

Next Human Research Ethics Submission dates

Here are the next Ethics Committee meeting and submission cut-off dates – the full 2024 meeting schedule is on the Southern Cross University website.

 

Human Research Ethics Committee

Meeting date

Submission cut-off date

Monday 4 November 

COB Monday 21 October

Monday 2 December

COB Monday 18 November

Please note that all high-risk applications must be reviewed at one of the scheduled meetings by the full HREC. For enquiries, please email: ethics.lismore@scu.edu.au

Low-Risk Committee

Meeting date

Submission cut-off date

Tuesday 5 November

COB Thursday 24 October

Monday 18 November

COB Thursday 7 November

Tuesday 3 December

COB Friday 22 November

Monday 16 December

COB Thursday 5 December

Living Lab Northern Rivers Update

Join us for the opening of Tracing the Past, Shaping the Future, an exhibition exploring ways that Indigenous Knowledge can shape sustainable land management for tomorrow.

This exhibition represents a significant collaboration with Jagun Alliance, Agency in Design and Zion Engagement, revealing the rich Cultural heritage and contemporary stories of Bundjalung country and beyond. Through the lens of plant communities, Tracing the Past, Shaping the Future showcases how Indigenous Knowledge and practices are shaping a shared vision for the future of the Northern Rivers.

When:  5 November 2024 — 6 Feb 2025

Where: 11 Woodlark Street, Lismore

Learn more.

Living Memory is a community project exploring the stories, history and memories of North Lismore. At the heart of this work is the desire to creatively support a community experiencing a massive transformation — to tell their stories in their own words. With North Lismore residents, we will create a series of reflections and portraits, and a collection of historical materials and artefacts, celebrating the people and a suburb now rapidly changing.

Oral history interviews

As part of Living Memory, we will be interviewing a group of North Lismore residents, to create a series of oral stories. The collection of stories will explore the theme of home, community and locality in the words of locals from the areas where homes are being bought back.

Do you have a story you’d like to share?

Get in touch with Living Lab Northern Rivers at livinglabnr@scu.edu.au. 

We’re inviting North Lismore’s community to be centre-stage! Drop in at one of two photo booths in North Lismore to share the experience of group portraiture with others, bring memorabilia and personal stories, and help us to create some lasting memories of the neighbourhood you are part of.

Bring yourself or come with everyone in your family, local club, group or street!

When:     Friday 29 November – 4.00-6.00pm

               Saturday 30 November – 8.30am11:00am

Where:    43 Bridge Street, North Lismore (old general store building)

Learn more.

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... and in case you missed it

Preschool Teachers Apply Language-rich skills and Knowledge (TALK) program: Research of a project that implements a language-rich program in Vietnam

International joint research implements a language-rich program in Vietnam

In late July 2024 Southern Cross University researchers participating in the Teachers Apply Language-rich skills and Knowledge (TALK) program funded by VVOB travelled to Hanoi to meet their Vietnamese co-researchers face-to-face, and to finalise data collection.

Running for two years, this research project will investigate the impact of the TALK intervention on teachers’ capacities to create a language-rich learning environment that supports pre-school children’s language development and emergent literacy in disadvantaged, ethnically diverse districts in Vietnam.

A consortium of four researchers – Associate Professor Wendy Boyd; Professor Sue Walker; Associate Professor Michelle M Neumann and Dr Alicia Phillips – comprise the project’s Southern Cross University component.

The panel of expert research partners is rounded out by Hanoi National University of Education’s Dr Nguyen Thi Thanh Huong and Dr Nguyen Manh Tuan; Vietnam National University’s Dr Lai Thi Yen Ngoc; Dr Hoang Thanh Phuong (Hung Vuong University, Phu Tho Province); and Kim Thi Hai Yen (Hung Vuong University).

We’re looking forward to hearing more about this project as it progresses.