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Newsletter of the Faculty of Business

October 2008 Edition

Welcome to the first edition of News & Views, the newsletter of the Faculty of Business, Charles Sturt University. Contributions from students, alumni and staff are welcome. If you have an event or article you would like to share or feedback on the newsletter itself, please do not hesitate to contact the editor.

News from the Dean

Human Resources courses endorsed by the AHRI

Human resource management courses offered by the Charles Sturt University (CSU) Faculty of Business have been accredited by the National Accreditation Committee of the Australian Human Resources Institute (AHRI), the peak industry body.

"Human resource management is one of the flagship disciplines of the Faculty. Success in achieving AHRI accreditation will give the Faculty even greater confidence in the potential success that this discipline area can help achieve as the Faculty strives to internationalise our teaching efforts…"
Read the full article about the HRM AHRI accreditation.

Professor John Hicks
Dean, Faculty of Business

Note: Professor Hicks retired from the position of Dean, Faculty of Business in August, 2009. A new Dean is yet to be appointed. Associate Professor Ken Dillon, is Acting Dean of the Faculty of Business until a substantive Dean takes up duty early in 2010.

CSU signs EMC Academic Alliance agreement

CSU has formally signed an agreement with the massive US-based IT company EMC. EMC has long argued that there is a severe shortfall in the number of trained industry professionals to serve in the area of data storage, where the large amounts of data that companies are producing are causing problems. Taking the initiative, EMC has developed the EMC Academic Alliance to target this deficiency and Charles Sturt University has become the first Australian university to join that Alliance. Read the full CSU-EMC article.

by Dr Anthony Dean
School of Computing and Mathematics

News

	Opportunity to study overseas through our International Partnership Programs with China and Malaysia Bachelor of Business Studies students can graduate with both their Chinese university qualification and the CSU Business Studies degree…
	The era of Cyber Warfare is here, and for those that once imagined being a spy, think now about a career in computer security Hacktivists, Script Kiddies and Organised Crime are just some of the threats we are facing online according to Paul Nevin from Cybertrust…
	New robotic systems including Lego Mindstorm NXT Kits to support teaching and research in Robotics Infrastructure funding for IT was used to purchase 5 robotic bases, 9 Lego Mindstorm NXT kits, CPUs and equipment for an electronics lab…
Doing business in China; news about the recent trip to Shanghai by CSU MBA students
Book by Faculty of Business Staff Released
Honours Student and Senior Lecturer win Best Paper at ANZAM Conference
The School of Accounting and Computer Science is currently host to a 3D Visualisation Laboratory
Welcome to our visiting scholar, Associate Professor Jun Zhang from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China.

Research

	A $900,000 project with Newcrest Mines will involve image processing and robotics One of the projects will analyse the potential of image processing in determining rock size before material is collected…
	Australian Research Council Linkage Grant developing new insights into organisational values and workplace behaviour The research project at Main Roads Western Australia is confirming the difficulty of achieving values-driven behaviour in the workplace…
	The Game of Relativity - The ability of purpose built computer games to help teach difficult concepts in physics PhD student David Carr is looking at the ability of computer games to help teach difficult concepts in physics such as relativity and light-speed…
Older Australians using electronic commerce?
Dr Xu is leading a computer vision research group at CSU
Research focus areas for the next 5 years established in the School of Accounting and Computer Science
Junbin Gao is leading a group working on the project of dimension reduction for complex data.

Events

Learning about Learning discussed at the 15th International Conference on Learning, hosted by the University of Illinois, Chicago
School of Accounting and Computer Science Showcase Day coming in October
CRiCS Opening Symposium held in August

Staff Profile

I joined the School of Commerce at CSU in July 2008. Before this I lectured in Commercial Law at the Academic Colleges Group Business School in Auckland, New Zealand, teaching courses in partnership with La Trobe University in Melbourne. I also worked as a tax consultant at Ernst & Young in Auckland, New Zealand, and as a research assistant at the University of South Africa. I obtained my BLC and LLB degrees from the University of Pretoria in South Africa and my MJuris degree from the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom, where I studied on a Commonwealth Scholarship.
My research interests include International Trade Law, Transnational Commercial Law and International Arbitration. I am teaching Business Organisations Law, Dispute Resolution and Law of International Business at the Wagga Wagga Campus.
In my spare time I enjoy exploring the beautiful and vast Australian countryside with my family.

Desir�0e9 Booysen-van der Nest
BLC LLB (Hons) (Pretoria), MJuris (Oxon)

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Life's a Circus

Mike Finch has a job that we all dreamed about but never really had the guts to do, he did run away with the circus!

Sibylla Deen Takes a Bite of the Big Apple

Sibylla has just been awarded the IMTA (International Model & Talent Association) Actor of the Year Award in New York

Meet Shane Stone - Former Australian Attorney General

The Honourable Shane Stone has twice served as Australia's Attorney General as well as being the Chief Minister of Australia's Northern Territory.

A new book on Peace Education

Dr James Page, a Charles Sturt University graduate in education, has recently published a new book on peace education, under the title Peace Education: Exploring Ethical and Philosophical Foundations, published with Information Age Publishing.

John Kerrison comes home to Sydney

Now, after almost seven years working interstate and in country NSW, he has returned to home and renewed his connection with Channel Nine Sydney.

President of Timor-Leste

Dr Ramos-Horta to deliver Charles Sturt Oration.

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