News from the College of Business, Government & Law 

We acknowledge the traditional owners, both past and present, of the various locations Flinders University operates on, and recognise their continued relationship and responsibility to these lands and waters. We recognise that Flinders was established on the lands of the Kaurna nation, with the main Flinders campus located near Warriparinga.

Welcome to the March edition of the College of Business, Government and Law newsletter.

Students are back on campus, and the place feels more alive and vibrant than it has for a long time. Our professional staff are flat out responding to the logistical challenges and the many inquiries and that our students bring with them. Our academic staff are flat out launching new topics and setting up the foundations for stimulating and robust learning environments.

Our second newsletter for 2023 reflects this activity and energy, including our lead story on the new suite of space-related topics. Both topics have a strong interdisciplinary dimension, including business, policy, legal and criminal dimensions arising from our exploration and use of outer space. Two international visitors last year commented to me that the most distinctive thing that they noticed from their time with CBGL was the extent of interdisciplinary engagement. It’s great to see that this engagement is now embedding itself in the design and delivery of our educational offerings.

Thanks everyone for all your work in setting up the foundations for another great year.

Kind regards,
Michael

Michael Gilding
Vice-President and Executive Dean
 

Welcome to the BGL community

A warm welcome to our new staff members joining the college.

Simone Daniells — Associate Lecturer in Law/Juris Doctor Super Tutor
Ashleigh Powell — Lecturer in Marketing
 

New topics to nurture our focus on space

Dr Kathryn Robison Hasani and Dr Stacey Henderson (pictured at the top of the newsletter) have spearheaded an innovative new suite of space governance topics that enable students to explore the business, policy, legal and criminal issues that might arise from the exploration and use of outer space. Keep an eye on these topics - prominent space companies are slated to collaborate with the university to provide students with unique, future-focused projects during their studies.

Outer Space Governance: Business, Policy, Law & Crime
This undergraduate topic provides an overview of the history and current landscape of the space governance environment, including space law and policy. After building a solid foundation, this topic will teach students how to tackle complex problems in space innovatively through project-based learning. The first half of the semester is focused on classroom-based learning, while the second part of the semester is project-based learning with industry partners in the space sector.

International Space Law and Governance
This postgraduate topic recognises that we are in a key moment in history - both nationally and internationally - in terms of the expansion of in human activity in outer space, and the legal and governance issues this brings with it. This topic provides a critical overview of the legal and governance issues that arise in the context of space activities.
 

Explore the courses at Festival Plaza

Have you visited the Festival Plaza page on our website lately? The newly-updated page features striking renderings of the site, a helpful map, public transport journey times, details about Festival Plaza's world-class Green Star 6-Star rating, and - excitingly - a complete list of courses that will be offered at our shiny new city campus from 2024.

Every course offered at Festival Plaza has its own SATAC code, which you can find by clicking on a course and scrolling to the course facts.
 

Book now to take a new staff headshot

Need a new headshot? Book now for Tuesday 7 March

Official headshots are important for your staff profile, media opportunities, events and external engagement, your professional social media presence and more.

If you don't have an official Flinders headshot yet, we strongly encourage you to join our next session - it's completely free, and only takes 5-10 minutes.

Staff Photography Session
Tuesday 7 March | 10am-2pm
Room 243, Law & Commerce Courtyard (upper level)

Email nicole.wedding@flinders.edu.au to secure your spot.

Please indicate in your email what time you are available, and we'll return to you with confirmation and a calendar invite.
 

Our Diploma in Sports Management kicks off

Students undertaking our Diploma in Sports Management in partnership with Port Adelaide Football Club have just finished their first week!

Over the course of the year, students are learning the core skills needed to begin a career in sports management, supported by over 100 hours of practical and hands-on training with PAFC players, management and staff.

On completion of the diploma, students are able to step into the second year of Flinders’ Bachelor of Business (Sports Management), Bachelor of Business or the Bachelor of Sport, Health and Physical Activity.
 

Full house for Factory of the Future briefing

Let's chat about ChatGPT

Almost overnight, artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT swept the world. But what does the popularity of this chatbot mean for our educational practice? 

The College’s first DataBlitz for 2023 explored this theme, with talking points addressing the benefits of using the platform, issues around the assessment of students, privacy and more. If you missed this important conversation, view the recording at the link below.
 

Tap into digital health course

A Graduate Certificate in Digital Health Management at Flinders University is open to health professionals and academics.

One of our newest offerings, the postgraduate certificate is a flexible, one-year part-time course for healthcare leaders and health workers to transition and upgrade their skills for the digital and virtual world.

“Health leaders need human-centric skills and competencies to manage future workforce and implement digital transformation in the workplace. This course can be your way to shape the future of healthcare with innovative digital health solutions and strategies," says Program Director Associate Professor Angie Shafei, who has over 25 years’ experience in industry and academia in health and aged care.
 

New directions for our MBA

Our suite of MBA courses is going from strength to strength, with the arrival of new Director Associate Professor Angie Shafei and Deputy Director Dr Afshin Tanouri.

Shafei and Tanouri bring extensive expertise from the private and public sectors to lead the Flinders MBA program towards the latest Industry 5.0 pathways, to foster new and closer industry partnerships to help address skills shortages, and to prepare leaders for the fast-evolving digital world.
 

Celebrating 10 years of the Flinders Legal Centre

Need legal advice? Consider the Flinders Legal Centre

Time has flown. We're celebrating 10 years of the Flinders Legal Centre, which has continued to offer free, independent, and confidential legal advice and information since its inception. The Centre will remain focused on increasing access to justice, and its services are available to anyone in the community seeking legal advice.

At the Centre, Flinders Law students work under the supervision of practising lawyers to provide advice and get practical legal experience for academic credit.
 

Season 2 of Expect More of Law: The Podcast

In Season 2 of Expect More of Law: The Podcast, Professor Tania Leiman continues to celebrate Law at Flinders with stories from current students, alumni, and industry.

Tune in for another season of thoughtful, engaging guests from the world of law - and gain industry insights along the way. In these episodes we meet exceptional Flinders Law alumni including our first appointed judge, a Member of Parliament, an advisor in human rights and social impact, and many more.
 

Careers Festival

It’s that time of year again - when organisations start promoting their graduate vacancies to universities across the country. This year, there will be a two-day Careers Festival (22 & 23 March), open to all students at all levels on the Bedford Park campus.

With employers struggling to fill their graduate quotas due to Australia’s skills shortage, we are attracting a record number of registrations. For BGL students this is a chance to connect with major graduate employers seeking fresh business, government, law, criminology talent.

Please help us get the message out to your students - by including this information on your FLO/Canvas topic, including a slide in your lectures, or any other means!

Students can either use the QR code to scan on their device and register, or book directly through CareerHub.
 

New web pages shine a light on Business careers

We know that career outcomes are one of the key drivers for people considering university study. So, why not bring together information about those outcomes for prospective students to discover, right alongside the Flinders courses that will help them get there?

Enter our suite of Business career pages: Accounting, Finance, Marketing, Economics, Sports Management, Human Resources and Business Management. Each aims to engage audiences by providing them with information about potential occupations and employers, growth areas, salary expectations and more. If the Business pages prove to be successful, this concept will be rolled out across all study areas in BGL.
 

It's time to update your staff profile 🕒

If you haven't looked at your staff profile web page in a while, now's the time. Staff profile pages rank very highly on Google, and are the place where academic and professional staff members need to house their media stories and professional activity.

Another tip: the staff directory can be found if you scroll down to the bottom of any web page on the Flinders website, and is searchable by name.  
 

Research

Congratulations to PhD student PJ Tan, who has been awarded the 2022 Flinders Best Higher Degree by Research Student Publication Prize!

PJ received the award for one of her articles published in the International Journal of Advertising (ABDC A/Scimago Q1), as a part of her PhD. Her supervisors are Svetlana Bogomolova, Lucy Simmonds, Arry Tanusondjaja, Larry Lockshin, Armando Corsi, and her industry advisor is Chris Villani (General Manager Marketing and Brand Strategy, Foodland Group). PJ is doing her PhD part-time, while working full-time at Foodland Group, as a researcher embedded with an industry partner.
 

Read & Publish Agreements in 2023

The Library is participating in several Read & Publish agreements that allow Flinders researchers to publish Open Access with no Article Processing Charges.   

View the list of publishers with Free and Discounted APCs on offer and check to see if your upcoming journal submission will be covered.

Eligibility  
Submit your article using your Flinders email address. You must be the corresponding author and include an affiliation/byline to Flinders University. If you choose to publish with one of these publishers, you will be alerted by the journal to the Read & Publish option for Open Access upon acceptance of your article.  

Caps  
Several of our Read & Publish agreements have publisher-imposed caps on the number of articles that are published in a calendar year. The capped limits are shared across all participating institutions within the Council of Australian University Librarians (CAUL) consortium.   

Further information  
Please note that all agreements are slightly different – some do not cover all journals published by a specific publisher, some cover fully open access journals, and others do not. Additional publication charges may still apply – visit the Read & Publish webpage for information or submit a Library research query via Service One. 

*Based on notification of contract emailed to CBGL.research@flinders.edu.au from 23 Jan to 10 Feb

Commission of Inquiry into the Tasmanian Government’s Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in Institutional Settings
CIs: Deegan, S.
Funder: Commission of Inquiry into the Tasmanian Government’s Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in Institutional Settings
Award amount: $36,960

Tumbelin Farm Outcomes Evaluation
CIs: Goodwin-Smith, I., Hughes, C., Halsey, M., de Vel-Palumbo, M. & Crabtree, B.
Funder: Baptist Care SA
Award amount: $30,000

Innovative care models for prevention of dental, vision, and hearing conditions among culturally and linguistically diverse older adults availing home care services in Australia: investigating the disease burden
CIs: Balasubramanian, M., Bogomolova, S., Khadka, J., Zhu, R., Gordon, J. & Harrison, C.
Funder: Flinders Foundation, Flinders University
Award amount: $16,666.67
 

Want to improve ResearchNow?

The Research Performance Success team in IDS Research Engagement and Success are leading a project exploring the challenges you may face in your research journey.

They are conducting a short survey to help improve the usability and support of ResearchNow. Your response will help the team to provide a better experience.

The more responses received – the better the improvements will be!
 

Education 📚

Dear Colleagues,

With the commencement of Semester 1 this week, it is timely to make you aware of some critical dates for the semester. Please see below;

Last day to enrol and payment of fees
10^th March 2023

Census date
31^st March 2023

Last day to withdraw without failure (WN)
12^th May 2023

Designated exam weeks
19^th – 1^st July 2023

Semester 1 Results Release date
14^th July 2023

The College is expecting some late international student arrivals into both undergraduate and postgraduate courses. This is due to delays in visas being issued and the availability of international flights. We expect students to arrive no later than week 3 for postgraduate students and week 4 for undergraduates. We would appreciate your support to assist these students as they transition into Flinders.

New courses in social impact and digital health

It's been busy in BGL! Two new, unique postgraduate offerings were recently unveiled.

Graduate Certificate in Social Impact | Course Page
This certificate is for professionals and emerging and established leaders seeking to drive and influence social impact. It will immerse students in the world of social impact practice, policy and research delivered by a team of active social impact practitioners at the Flinders Centre for Social Impact.

Graduate Certificate in Digital Health Management | Course Page
As mentioned further up in the newsletter, this certificate is for those with goals in health leadership, career growth or digital upskilling. Students will gain tech-first skills in leadership and management in a health context and learn how to assess and implement virtual care models and emerging digital health technologies.
 

Introducing a LinkedIn presence for Industry Projects

Recently, Industry Projects launched a dedicated LinkedIn page - and it's worth a follow.

Industry Projects at Business, Government and Law at Flinders University are embedded into various topics and involve students working in teams as consultants for local, South Australian organisations.

For students, these projects help them to gain in-depth industry experience and skills, and to build a strong network of connections before they graduate. For our industry partners, they access the chance to collaborate with a team of bright minds to conduct research and formulate actionable recommendations for their organisation, and can use the opportunity as a recruitment pathway for standout students.
 

What's On 📅

Interested in the challenges of being a corporate counsel? Join us in April for our annual Laity Morrow Commercial Law Lecture, with guest keynote speaker Bob Santamaria.

Bob retired as ANZ Group General Council in September 2019, after 12 years with the bank - including leading its legal response to the high-profile Banking Royal Commission. Prior to joining ANZ, Bob had been partner at Australia's oldest law firm Allens and was the with the firm for 24 years.
 

Alumni

Flinders University continues its great partnership with local employers that benefit graduates both during and after their study. Tony Duggan recently started as Senior Coordinator Horizon Awards within the Careers and Employability Team and has been involved in delivering Professional Development to recent BGL graduates. All companies have hired graduates directly through Flinders Career service.  

Graduates suggested areas they would like some further development, with Tony tailoring his content towards this.
 

Emily Dally graduated from Flinders in 2019 with a Bachelor of Business (Human Resource Management). Initially hired in a Graduate role with the Westpac Group, she's since worked at the company as a HR Associate and Career Transition Consultant, and is now enjoying her current role as a HR Advisor. 

She was kind enough to share some career advice she'd give to someone who recently graduated, or is nearing graduation. Bookmark this useful information to share with your students or anyone else who might be looking for guidance!
 

Important Dates 📅

5 March – Clean Up Australia Day ♻️
8 March – International Women's Day 👩
15 – 21 March – Harmony Week 🧡
17 March – BIRPS Industry Stakeholder Workshop 💬
29 March – BGL Professional Staff Morning Tea ☕ 🍰