Transition Update Welcome to Professor Kitson and thank you to Professor Beynon Professor Alison Kitson starts as our Vice-President and Executive Dean on 18 September. The College warmly welcomes Professor Kitson and very gratefully thanks Professor Beynon for his leadership of the College Transition Team this year. Professor Beynon has enjoyed his time with the College and working consultatively with the College leadership, in building the new team. All CoNHS staff are invited to join Professor Kitson for a Welcome Morning Tea on Monday 18 September at 10.30am in the Sturt North Staff Room N002. College Forums Thank you for attending our College Forum on 6 September. The next College Forum is scheduled for Friday 20 October, 9.30am, Sturt North, room N335. If you prefer, you can submit questions to the Forum in advance by sending them here. The Forum will be live streamed via: http://video.flinders.edu.au/events/CoNHS_All_Staff_Forum_2017.cfm. We look forward to seeing you at this Forum. Organisational Change Flinders University has been embarking on a formal organisational change process, following consultation and feedback in 2016 and 2017 from across the University that showed a clear appetite for change. The implementation of the organisational change has two components – introduction of a six College model which commenced operations on 1 July 2017 and a realignment of professional support services to better support College operations. Now that Flinders has recruited and established a majority of leadership positions across the Colleges, the focus is on fully implementing the Professional Services Project model. Thank you to those staff who attended the PSP Forum on 11 September. PSP Stages Stage 1 For Stage 1, after consultation on change proposals, change decisions were released in July for People and Culture, Financial and Procurement Services and Information and Digital Services. Stage 1a For Stage 1a, change proposals were released for Buildings and Property, Flinders Living, Integrity, Governance and Risk and the Library on 31 August 2017. Once consultation has been completed, change decisions are expected to be released by mid-October. Stage 2 Stage 2 change proposals are expected to be released in late September in the following areas: College Operations, Office of Communications and Engagement (OCE), Office of Graduate Research (OGR), Pro Vice-Chancellor (International) (PVC-I), Pro Vice-Chancellor Teaching and Learning (PVC T&L), Research Development and Support (RDS), Student Services and Student Recruitment. Once the change proposals are released, there will be formal consultation for two weeks. Change decisions are expected to be released to staff by approximately late October 2017. The University anticipates being able to commence implementation of the agreed structures immediately after the release of the decision information to staff – likely during the month of November. 2018 – bedding down change and continuous improvement By end 2017 and early 2018, our organisational structure will have settled. During this stage the new organisational structure will be further refined and there will be a focus on business improvements (including technological improvements and automation). As always, all organisational change will be managed in accordance with our obligations, with ongoing opportunities for staff to provide their feedback during the process. Professional Development To be ready for job application opportunities, anyone who is interested is welcome to attend the following professional development sessions: Developing your resume Addressing capability statements Preparing for interview Expression of interest - Research Section Heads • Health across the Life Course To submit an expression of interest, please email Kay Govin by 1pm Friday September 8, 2017 Expression of interest - Student Engagement & Wellbeing Please note updated email address. We are calling for interested academic staff to be involved in a working party looking at student engagement and wellbeing in our College. Please email to indicate your interest to CONHSTL@flinders.edu.au We are also interested to hear about your ideas for innovative College wide educational projects. One page EOIs can be emailed to CONHSTL@flinders.edu.au and should outline the: • Link to the University’s Agenda 2025 strategic objectives Following recent calls, we are pleased to announce the following appointments: Teaching Program Directors • Health Professions – Dr Stacie Attrill We have also appointed to the following Heads of Teaching Sections: Health Sciences Health Professions Changes to Campus Retail Changes to campus retail will be taking place over the next several weeks as part of Flinders’ commitment to providing improved services and customer choice to staff and students. The stores listed below will be undergoing changes to their products and services: Decafé Location: Sturt Building, ground floor of the West Wing Mobile food and coffee vans - Sturt Espresso at Events - coffee van Food vans Toly Vietnamese. The hugely popular Vietnamese roll trend is here in the caravan at Sturt, with fresh modern Asian rolls, salads and more. Open Night at Sturt Open Night at Sturt was held on Monday 28 August from 4-6pm. We had over 180 registrations for the evening and approximately 250 people attended on the night. Thank you to everyone who contributed to the success of the evening. London Bridge Terror Attack Victim Honoured with Nursing Scholarship To honour Kirsty Boden's memory, the South Australian Government will set up the Kirsty Boden Memorial Nursing Scholarship for regional students in their final year of study. For at least the next five years, two people at Flinders University will be awarded $10,000 each. Ms Boden studied at Flinders University and then moved to London to work as a senior nurse at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital. Click here to read more. Disability and Inclusion Unit in Brunei The Disability and Community Inclusion Unit took their third group to Brunei and worked with SMARTER Brunei (a family support organisation for people living with autism), thanks to support from New Colombo Plan scholarships. Throughout 2017, 12 students and 2 academic staff have been learning about supporting individuals living with Autism Spectrum Disorder. The students are studying either the Bachelor of Disability and Developmental Education, Bachelor of Health Science or one of the double degrees between Education and Disability. The opportunity to travel to Brunei was a cultural immersion as well as practicum placement and students were able to engage with staff and individuals at SMARTER Brunei. Research News New Funding Rules for ARC Discovery Program and Linkage Program Schemes · Australian Laureate Fellowships 2018 · Industrial Transformation Research Hubs 2018 Please email or call Kay Govin (x18381) for an initial discussion if you intend to apply in 2018. Research Grants Successes Congratulations to the two researchers who have recently won the Commonwealth Department of Health Public Health and Chronic Disease Grant Program: Professor Jennifer Tieman: $3.6 million; Project - CareSearch: Building knowledge and awareness through sector engagement Ms Kim Devery, Ms Deb Rawlings and Dr Deidre Morgan: $743,061; Project – End of Life Essentials for Acute Hospitals Funding Opportunities VicHealth: Innovation Research Grants 2017 Capstone Editing – Grant for Mid-Career Researchers 2017 National Association for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect Award Congratulations to Dr Yvonne Parry and colleagues who received an award from the National Association for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect. Between June 2015 and June 2016, Associate Professor Lily Xiao was invited to be the only nurse member on the WHO iSupport Expert Panel. Lily led the development of an evidence-based nursing module: Providing everyday care. This module includes four interactive sessions: (1) Eating and drinking: More pleasant times, (2) Eating and drinking: Preventing health problems, (3) Toileting and continence care, and (4) Personal care. I also work with the panel to critically reviewed the program. The iSupport is being adapted by WHO member states and Lily has been acknowledged as one of the four Key Contributors for the global program. Acknowledgement can be viewed here and introduction to the iSupport program can be found here or via WHO website. Synergy will be distributed monthly. Please send any contributions for the next edition to Elke Martin.. |