A record number of EFS grants - ten - have been successful in May 2006!
The Dean, Professor Ed Davis, AM, said, "The months of May - July 2006 have produced excellent research outcomes and equally outstanding teaching and learning results. This demonstrates a growth in EFS research -active staff as well as further recognition of our teaching excellence. Congratulations to all the staff and higher degree research students involved."
Accounting and Finance
Maria Dyball
‘Exposing the complicit role of the accounting profession in grand corruption in the Philippines’
MQ Research Development Grant Scheme
$13,840
Actuarial Studies
Piet de Jong and Clare Bellis
'Development of a standardised measure of return-to-work in workers' compensation'
MQ External Collaborative Research Grant Scheme
Partner: Actuarial Research Centre of Australia (ARCA)
MQ contribution: $50,000
Piet de Jong and Tim Kyng
'Capital requirements for general insurance: aggregation of outstanding claims liabilities and reserves'
MQ External Collaborative Research Grant Scheme
Partner: Australia Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA)
MQ contribution: $50,000 PLUS
Partner Contribution: $50,000
Piet de Jong and Leonie Tickle
‘State space models for demographic forecasting’
MQ Research Development Grant Scheme
$22,740
Business
Stephane Bignoux
"Planned short-term dyadic strategic alliances: A social exchange perspective"
$4,000
Fei Go
" Rural Migrant Labour in Large Chinese Cities: A Pilot Study"
$28,150
Statistics
Ken Beath
"Latent variable models of infant growth"
$3,988
Braddon Lance
"Comparative modeling of protein structure"
$4,000
Peter Petocz
“Learning at university and the transition to working life’
MQ Research Development Grant Scheme
$8,800
Dorothy Wong
"Multivariate method for analysis of genomic and proteomic data"
$4,000
Graham Wood
“A search for evidence of sequential protein folding’
MQ Research Development Grant Scheme
$20,668
Teaching Awards:
RENEE RADICH WON THE PEARSON EDUCATION AUSTRALIA ACCOUNTING / FINANCE LECTURER OF THE YEAR AWARD FOR 2006
DR RENEE RADICH, Deputy Head of the Department of Accounting and Finance, received the prestigious 2006 Pearson Education Accounting / Finance Lecturer of the Year Award. The award, a prize of $3,000 and a plaque, was presented at the Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ) Conference Dinner in Wellington, New Zealand on July 4. This award, aimed at encouraging and recognising innovative teaching practices in accounting and finance, recognises outstanding contributions to teaching in terms of: ‘interest and enthusiasm for teaching, promoting student learning, imaginative presentation of course material, command of the subject matter, participation in professional activities and research relating to teaching.’The award is judged by the Education Directors of CPA Australia and the ICAA, from nominations from universities throughout Australia and New Zealand.
LEONIE TICKLE AND PETER PETOCZ WON A CARRICK CITATION AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO STUDENT LEARNING
ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS LEONIE TICKLE AND PETER PETOCZ have received 2006 Carrick Awards for Australian University Teaching. The citations ‘For Outstanding Contributions To Student Learning’ read as follows:
Associate Professor Leonie Tickle - ‘For the creation of innovative learning resources and assessment tasks that enhance student learning and develop skills in presentation, research, teamwork and professional judgement’;
Associate Professor Peter Petocz - ‘For enhancing learning and teaching in the discipline of statistics through scholarly investigations into students' ideas about statistics and learning and their pedagogical application.’
Congratulations also to a former member of our Division, Professor John Croucher who received an award: ’For inspiring thousands of students for over thirty years with an excellent ability to communicate ideas and making outstanding contributions to learning and teaching practice.’
The Awards have a value of $10,000 and will be formally presented at the University of New South Wales on Tuesday 8 August, 2006.
Contact: Skaidy Gulbis
Phone: +61 2 9850 4774
