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 first edition of the College of Business, Government and Law newsletter for 2023.

In 2021 we defined the College mission: We embrace innovative knowledge and practice to tackle the challenges of our time, with a strategic focus on technology, health and social impact.

In 2022 we identified our strategic choices. At College level, we identified 5 priorities: (1) To increase our enrolments; (2) to build and apply our market intelligence; (3) to nurture a leadership mindset and team-of-teams culture; (4) to optimise the matrix structure of the University; and (5) to achieve research concentration and scale.

Our challenge in 2023 is to execute and advance these strategic choices. The creation of a new vertical campus at Festival Plaza will be pivotal to this process. As this month’s newsletter reports, the new campus is progressing rapidly, and we are now thinking carefully about course delivery, space configuration, points of difference, and support channels for the change process.

Other newsletter items include our new partnership with Port Adelaide Football Club, 12 new publications in top journals, and a spotlight on some of our more recent recruits in research and education.

I look forward to another year of working together to make the College a beacon for education and research in business, government, law and criminology.

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.

Claire Rioult — Student Administration Services Assistant
Elvio Sinopoli — Criminology Teaching Specialist
Frank Nyamrunda — Business Teaching Specialist
Riley Mannix — Student Administration Services Assistant
David Cannon — Centre Manager, Centre for Social Impact
Dr Bruno Pereira — Lecturer in Innovation Management
 

A step closer for Festival Plaza's Activation Project

Important progress on Flinders at Festival Plaza has taken place in the time since the last BGL newsletter. In great news, USF (University Strategic Fund) funding to support the Activation Project has been approved! It's a crucial step forward in bringing Flinders at Festival Plaza to life, this funding ensures that the activation phase of the project is resourced and adds to the momentum of what is an exciting project already.

Another step forward is the College Leadership roadshow commencing this month. Attendees will hear a building update, as well as learn about curriculum changes, points of difference, space configuration and the support channels for the change process.
 

A colourful start to the new year 

The BGL front has been refreshed with a bright, engaging splash of colour. If you snap a picture of the mural, share it with us on Twitter! Our profile is: @flindersbgl
 

Celebrating our Professional Staff

Professional Staff Awards 2022

Well done to our professional staff who received one of our annual Professional Staff Awards! The CBGL Service Excellence Award was awarded to Luigi Pacillo and Tanya Corstens, and the CBGL Mission Award was awarded to Melinda Pike.

CBGL Service Excellence Award nominees included Tiffany Carlin, Brenton Fiedler, Susannah Tidemann, Nicole Wedding, Julie Strunk, Carolyn Cousins, Lanie McDowall, Cheree Metcalfe, Renee Cannon, Josie Covino and Kelly Binelli.
 

Port Adelaide Football Club are our new partners

A first of its kind education pathway has been forged as the result of a new partnership between PAFC and Flinders University

In case you missed the news, a new partnership will see the Port Adelaide Football Club and Flinders University launches a first of its kind education pathway in South Australia providing students with AFL industry experience for careers in sports management.

The newly-created Port Adelaide Institute of Sport will be the exclusive home for Flinders University’s new Diploma in Sports Management, giving students access to elite performance facilities, and industry experts with decades of knowledge across the AFL clubs' renowned programs, through hands-on work experience in PAFC’s daily operations.

Students will also have pathway opportunities to the second year of undergraduate programs by enrolling in BGL's Bachelor of Business (Sports Management) or Bachelor of Business, or the EPSW-based Bachelor of Sport, Health and Physical Activity.
 

Planning for Events

If you are thinking of planning an Event to be held in 2023, a quick guide to getting started can be found here.

The Event booking form can be found in the FAQ on the College website, along with other useful information, under Marketing and Events.

Start planning early!
 

Make the BGL staff portal your home page

Make the staff website your new home page. It contains the staff directory, information about systems and services, workplace support, teaching resources and benefits - like our free news subscription offer. 

The BGL page on the staff portal is the place to go if you're looking to solve a problem but aren't sure who to contact, it's here that you can find organisational charts for college governance, college support, and college committees (see documents and forms), as well as our comprehensive contacts page.

Note: Here's how to change your homepage on Chrome, Firefox or Safari.
 

Research

Protected Writing Retreat

In response to feedback received from over 55 academics during individual conversations with the Dean of Research, an inaugural Protected Writing Retreat was organised and held from the 5th to the 7th December 2022 at the Adelaide Hills Convention Centre in Hahndorf. Sixteen participants enjoyed the venue which provided several different writing spaces set in beautiful surrounds with spectacular views of the hills.

One aim of the retreat was to provide opportunity for networking and establishing future collaborations. "I was able to learn a great deal regarding researchers I had never spoken to before," was the feedback from one attendees. "It was an excellent opportunity to think more broadly about potential themes and collaborations across the College.”
 

*Based on notification of contract emailed to CBGL.research@flinders.edu.au from 16 Nov to 23 Jan

Evaluation of the methamphetamine use prevention campaign ‘Don’t let meth take hold’
CIs: Bogomolova, S. & Simmonds, L.
Funder: Drug & Alcohol Services South Australia
Award amount: $35,000.00

Attitudes towards current and alternate cannabis legal regimes in South Australia
CIs: Hughes, C., Bowden, J., Deegan, S. & Cowdery, N.
Funder: The Law Foundation of South Australia Inc
Award Amount: $32,727.28

Towards 'Zero Hunger': Improving Food Relief Services in Australia
CIs: Bogomolova, S., Goodwin-Smith, I., Buckley, J., Coveney, J. & Williams, C.
Funder: Australian Research Council
Award Amount: $22,065.00
 

Since the last edition of the newsletter until 24 January, BGL research staff and teaching specialists had a total of 12 articles included in top 10% / A* / A / Q1 ranked journals.​​​​​

An Updated Framework for Theoretical and Practical Engagement with Sustainable Tourism Quality Control Tools 
Lesar, L., Weaver, D.,  Gardiner, S. (2023)
Journal of Travel Research, 62(2), 271-289
Scimago: Top 10% (5/777) in Geography, Planning and Development; ABDC: A* ranked

A comparison of tourism-related stressors experienced by residents of three island destinations
Yao, X., Jordan, E. J., Spencer, D. M., Lesar, L., Cabral Vieira, J., Vogt, C. A., Santos, C.,  Moran, C. (2022)
Tourism Geographies: an international journal of tourism place, space and environment
Scimago: Top 10% (15/756) in Geography, Planning and Development

Should business have ‘a sense of morality’? Company director views on corporate engagement with socio-political issues
Tutton, J., Brand, V. (2023)
Public Relations Review, 49(1), [102278]
 Scimago: Top 10% (18/458) in Communication

Does retirement (really) increase informal caregiving? Quasi-experimental evidence from Australia
Zhu, R., Onur, I. (2023)
Journal of Health Economics, 87, [102713]
(Scimago: Top 10% (8/273) in Health Policy; ABDC: A* ranked

Transformation from the inside out: Community engagement and the role of Islamic law in addressing family violence within Afghan refugee and migrant communities in South Australia 
Esmaeili, H., Richards, J., Marmo, M., Zannettino, L. (2022)
Adelaide Law Review, 43(1), 301-343
ABDC: A ranked

Health data privacy through homomorphic encryption and distributed ledger computing: an ethical-legal qualitative expert assessment study
Scheibner, J., Ienca, M., Vayena, E. (2022)
BMC MEDICAL ETHICS, 23, [121]
 Scimago: Q1 (67/273) in Health Policy

Dental hesitancy: a qualitative study of culturally and linguistically diverse mothers
Marcus, K., Balasubramanian, M., Short, S.,  Sohn, W. (2022)
BMC Public Health, 22, [2199] 
Scimago: Q1 (87/585) in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Learning outcomes in primary school children with emotional problems: a prospective cohort study
Mundy, L. K., Canterford, L., Moreno-Betancur, M., Hoq, M., Viner, R. M., Bayer, J. K., Lietz, P., Redmond, G., Patton, G. C. (2022)
Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Linking high-performance work systems to affective commitment, job satisfaction, and career satisfaction: Thriving as a mediator and wasta as a moderator
Alothmany, R., Jiang, Z., Manoharan, A.
International Journal of Human Resource Management
ABDC: A ranked

When prison gangs become organized crime: Studying protection arrangements and their consequences
Gundur, R. V., Trammell, R. (2022)
Trends in Organized Crime, 25(4), 365-377
Scimago: Q1 (84/818) in Law

 A conceptual framework for transformative gamification services
Tanouri, A., Kennedy, A-M.,  Veer, E. (2022)
Journal of Services Marketing, 36(2), 185-200 
Scimago: Q1 (34/203) in Marketing; ABDC: A ranked

Nursing informatics and undergraduate nursing curricula: A scoping review protocol
Reid, L., Button, D., Breaden, K., Brommeyer, M. (2022)
Nurse Education in Practice, 65, [103476]
Scimago: Q1 (289/1381) in Education
 

Dr Valerie Caines with ANZAM-award-winning Honours student Ryan Henderson

An award for Honours student Ryan Henderson 👏 

Congratulations to Honours student Ryan Henderson, whose paper won the Best HRM (Human Resource Management) stream award at the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) conference. What a great achievement!
 

Education 📚

Dr Sharif Rasel won a student-led teaching award!

Congratulations to Sharif for winning a student-led teaching award (SLTA) for BGL.

The SLTAs are driven by the Flinders University Student Association (FUSA), who invited all students to nominate teaching staff in four categories: College Student-Led Teaching Award, TA that Saved the Day, Most Supportive Supervisor, and Best in FLO - before an all-student judging panel, chaired by the FUSA Education Officer.

The awards offer a way for students to recognise and raise the profile of teaching at Flinders University, while celebrating best practice.

"It is rare to find a teacher that is both knowledgeable and kind-hearted, but Sharif has exhibited this in all 3 classes I have taken of his. If I could complete the rest of my degree with only him as my teacher I would be thrilled," said Dr Sharif Rasel's nominator.

An honourable mention was given to Dr Quinn Nguyen ✨
 

An update on Canvas

"As you will all be aware, the University is changing its LMS from Moodle to Canvas, and some early starters have already started teaching in Canvas in January. Many more of you will be among the early adopters starting in semester 1 this year. So, for this year FLO will have two hearts beating together side by side, Moodle and Canvas, until semester 1 2024 when Canvas will take over completely," writes Roger Howley.

Read on to learn about this important transition period and what will come next.
 

Let the Library help you prepare for Semester 1 2023 teaching  

With the beginning of semester 1 fast approaching, please fill out the Textbook Notification form in Service One – this helps students, the Library, and Booktopia know which textbook you are using. Now is also a good time to review and update your Readings List. There are self-help resources in the Readings guide for TCs, or you can enrol in an online workshop to learn more about editing your lists.  And if you would like assistance finding learning resources to use, submit an Online Content for Topics request in Service One to organise a consultation. The Library can help you find relevant online textbooks, videos, podcasts, and more!  

The Library’s Education Engagement team also offer support in embedding information literacy skills into topics. This includes:   
• A suite of resources that facilitate scaffolded support and can be linked to from FLO topics.    
• Point-of-need support, such as Q&A sessions via collaborate, FLO discussion forums, and drop-in sessions.   
• Learning resources and activities for teaching staff to use in developing students' information literacy (including train the trainer support).   
• Help creating quizzes to check students’ understanding of information literacy concepts and skills.  

Contact them via the ‘Embedding library skills in my topic’ form on Service One to submit a request or arrange a meeting to discuss how they can support your students. 
 

Important Dates 📅

13 February – Anniversary of the Apology to Australia's Indigenous Peoples
 14 February – Valentine's Day
20 February – World Day of Social Justice
22 February – Teal Ribbon Day