The UTAS Blog: Can I get a Witness?
Person of Interest: Prof Carey Denholm. A real "tricky dicky"
The UTAS Blog
University of Tasmania: Not a brick wall, more like a moral vacuum.
In this new entry we'll be publishing emails we send to UTAS that don't get a reply.
If you have any ideas send them in!
PS our Google ratings are excellent with a really good number of OS hits. So please keep checking back.
UPDATE: First email not answered. (10 Dec 2009)
Dear Media Office,
Hi, We run the UTAS Blog which has support from the Student Union at the University of Tasmania.
Recently, we have been deeply disturbed by what seems "outrageous" behaviour by Prof Carey Denholm when he was in charge of the Board of Graduate Studies by Research. We have emailed the present chairperson of the BGSR giving them the right-of-reply to the astounding accusations we have received. They declined to respond. Indeed, there was no response at all, and as such we don't even know if they got our email.
In our 2.5 years we have had 16 students email us with detailed complaints about the University of Tasmania. Surely it's in every-ones interest to make UTAS a better place to study and work? The UTAS Blog gets many overseas vistors, and we'd really love to show them that UTAS is a great place.
It's best that these accusations of personal bias, and negligence are dealt with.
Best Regards
Admin
(UTAS Blog, www.utas.ws)
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If you have any ideas send them in!
PS our Google ratings are excellent with a really good number of OS hits. So please keep checking back.
UPDATE: First email not answered. (10 Dec 2009)
Dear Media Office,
Hi, We run the UTAS Blog which has support from the Student Union at the University of Tasmania.
Recently, we have been deeply disturbed by what seems "outrageous" behaviour by Prof Carey Denholm when he was in charge of the Board of Graduate Studies by Research. We have emailed the present chairperson of the BGSR giving them the right-of-reply to the astounding accusations we have received. They declined to respond. Indeed, there was no response at all, and as such we don't even know if they got our email.
In our 2.5 years we have had 16 students email us with detailed complaints about the University of Tasmania. Surely it's in every-ones interest to make UTAS a better place to study and work? The UTAS Blog gets many overseas vistors, and we'd really love to show them that UTAS is a great place.
It's best that these accusations of personal bias, and negligence are dealt with.
Best Regards
Admin
(UTAS Blog, www.utas.ws)
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Prof Carey Denholm: Person of Interest
Carey Denholm features prominently in some of the reports we've got here at the UTAS Blog. Given that the Blog started life as a vehicle for Postgrad
discussions this is not unusual.
In this entry we want to highlight two "incidents"(?) that Denholm was personally involved in. They appear elsewhere in the blog but are buried in comments and such like for the most part. They involve one student and we've emailed them to clarify these issues. This is the response.
UPDATE: We sent the following email to the Dean of the Board of Graduate Studies by Research (and several other UTAS people) more a week ago. Still no response or even acknowledgment that they received the email.
"Dear Prof Frappell and others.
In this entry we want to highlight two "incidents"(?) that Denholm was personally involved in. They appear elsewhere in the blog but are buried in comments and such like for the most part. They involve one student and we've emailed them to clarify these issues. This is the response.
UPDATE: We sent the following email to the Dean of the Board of Graduate Studies by Research (and several other UTAS people) more a week ago. Still no response or even acknowledgment that they received the email.
"Dear Prof Frappell and others.
We run the Utas Blog (http://utas.ws) and lately have been very interested in the performance of the Board of Graduate
Studies by Research when Prof Carey Denholm was Dean.
One of our main "contributors" has sent us information detailing their complaints and interactions with the Board and Prof Denholm. It seems to be pretty damning
stuff, but there are always at least two sides to a report. If you would like to make any comment we can publish it or whatever part you would like published verbatim, although we reserve the right
to comment.
Also, we're moving out of Tasmania soon and are looking for some-one to run the UTAS Blog.
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International Students
A quick note to say we'll be contacting education people in India to learn first-hand what their concerns are with sending students to Australia.
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Hello, is there anybody in there?
There's been a bit of the old paranormal activity around UTAS of late.
Things going bump in the night, weird noises from some schools, and strange vomit-like ectoplasmic pools around the bar and the Engineers "hangout".
But enough about that. We got a message from some keen young paranormalists here at the UTAS Blog asking if they could check out the old Bio-Med Library, which as everyone knows was well spooky.
We set them up with The Mercury, and they did a "shoot".
The University, however is like some graveyard. All quiet. Except for the vast amounts of money flowing, mist-like into various pockets.
We sent this polite and considerate email to UTAS.
Hi Media Office,
We've had a request at the UTAS Blog (http://utas.ws/) from the Australian Paranormal Investigation Unit (A.P.I.U) (http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=132071260450&ref=ts) to facilitate an investigation by the APIU into a "haunted" University of Tasmania building. APIU have investigated sites such as Willow Court and Franklin House.
The APIU has a history of thorough investigations and this would make a great story, especially if they find something! And if they don't at least uni students will be able to study in the building in confidence that their pens won't disappear. The UTAS bio-med library has been renovated since any reported "occurrences" (http://utas.ws/2008/08/29/paranormal-university-of-tasmania-2.aspx) but we all hope an investigation can take place.
This would make a great little story showing some unique features of Tasmania, and we hope we can get coverage in The Mercury. The UTAS Blog has contacted the Mercury with details of this exciting project.
What would this research entail? Basically, the APIU would like to have a few hours, after hours, in which to conduct their investigation. Upstairs would be great, but downstairs might be more acceptable to UTAS.
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Things going bump in the night, weird noises from some schools, and strange vomit-like ectoplasmic pools around the bar and the Engineers "hangout".
But enough about that. We got a message from some keen young paranormalists here at the UTAS Blog asking if they could check out the old Bio-Med Library, which as everyone knows was well spooky.
We set them up with The Mercury, and they did a "shoot".
The University, however is like some graveyard. All quiet. Except for the vast amounts of money flowing, mist-like into various pockets.
We sent this polite and considerate email to UTAS.
Hi Media Office,
We've had a request at the UTAS Blog (http://utas.ws/) from the Australian Paranormal Investigation Unit (A.P.I.U) (http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=132071260450&ref=ts) to facilitate an investigation by the APIU into a "haunted" University of Tasmania building. APIU have investigated sites such as Willow Court and Franklin House.
The APIU has a history of thorough investigations and this would make a great story, especially if they find something! And if they don't at least uni students will be able to study in the building in confidence that their pens won't disappear. The UTAS bio-med library has been renovated since any reported "occurrences" (http://utas.ws/2008/08/29/paranormal-university-of-tasmania-2.aspx) but we all hope an investigation can take place.
This would make a great little story showing some unique features of Tasmania, and we hope we can get coverage in The Mercury. The UTAS Blog has contacted the Mercury with details of this exciting project.
What would this research entail? Basically, the APIU would like to have a few hours, after hours, in which to conduct their investigation. Upstairs would be great, but downstairs might be more acceptable to UTAS.
This is a great opportunity to show that the University of Tasmania ...<< MORE >>
Anonymity, or how to say what you think without getting screwed...
Are UTAS going to track you down and fail you or discriminate against you if you comment on the UTAS Blog?
Most likely, if they can get access to your info...
This site is registered in the USA, with the biggest domain managers there and likely in the world. And what's more we have a private registration so (hopefully) UTAS can't find out who we are. Go to WHOIS and check out UTAS.WS (that's us), you'll find out not much.
We encourage anonymous comments. Obviously, suggestions that the Dean of Science is a Blood-Sucking Vampire will be treated as such. That is "batty".
Having said all that, when you do post a comment we get your IP address. Now a really concerned person might worry that we are in fact the University of Tasmania and basically a honey-trap set-up. And why not? The University of Tasmania would sell it's grandmother for vivisection and then hold her down while she was cut open if it meant a profit. So what can you do?
The answer is in anonymous surfing. We use and recommend Anonymouse. (http://anonymouse.org/anonwww.html)
If you want to comment really anonymously here, you go to anonymouse type in UTAS.WS and when you comment,your comments go to anonymouse in Germany, your IP gets lost, your comment comes here but we (or the UTAS if this is a set-up) don't get your IP!
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Most likely, if they can get access to your info...
This site is registered in the USA, with the biggest domain managers there and likely in the world. And what's more we have a private registration so (hopefully) UTAS can't find out who we are. Go to WHOIS and check out UTAS.WS (that's us), you'll find out not much.
We encourage anonymous comments. Obviously, suggestions that the Dean of Science is a Blood-Sucking Vampire will be treated as such. That is "batty".
Having said all that, when you do post a comment we get your IP address. Now a really concerned person might worry that we are in fact the University of Tasmania and basically a honey-trap set-up. And why not? The University of Tasmania would sell it's grandmother for vivisection and then hold her down while she was cut open if it meant a profit. So what can you do?
The answer is in anonymous surfing. We use and recommend Anonymouse. (http://anonymouse.org/anonwww.html)
If you want to comment really anonymously here, you go to anonymouse type in UTAS.WS and when you comment,your comments go to anonymouse in Germany, your IP gets lost, your comment comes here but we (or the UTAS if this is a set-up) don't get your IP!
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Open for Comments
If you can't find an entry that fits you, feel free to comment here...
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BMW K100 motorbikes and UTAS don't mix?
Well, just when we thought there was nothing new under the sun.
A former student has sent us a photo of his BMW in a student "cubicle" and the story of how it got there!
Does life get more exciting than this?
Here it is, a BMW K100 motorbike inside a UTAS building!
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A former student has sent us a photo of his BMW in a student "cubicle" and the story of how it got there!
Does life get more exciting than this?
Here it is, a BMW K100 motorbike inside a UTAS building!
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FOI: think again Denholm
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"The Federal Government wants to introduce sweeping
reforms to modernise Freedom of Information (FOI) laws, in a bid to
pro-actively disclose more information to the public.Special Minister of State John Faulkner today released exposure
drafts of two bills designed to make obtaining information easier.He says the draft bills are the most significant overhauls to the
FOI Act since its inception in 1982 and will enhance accountability and
transparency in government.The proposed bills would establish a new independent office of the
information commissioner and two new statutory positions to help with
FOI applications.
Under the reforms, access to archive documents would also be brought forward and FOI application fees would be abolished"
No comments for "What you think I made this up?"?! Well try this...
More sad but seemingly true details from that failed-PhD student.
He's emailed us with a few extracts from his complaint proceedings.
We'll put them up verbatim later but the gist is he complained that his supervisor went on holiday without informing the student and didn't read the completed thesis. Both these "crimes" are detailed quite clearly in the RHD Handbook.
Prof Carey Denholm's decision was that it wouldn't have made any difference.
The students thinks that this is meant to imply that the student wouldn't have done anything or maybe not done any of the corrections that his supervisor required. Yet the student tells us that in the minutes of a subsequent meeting his supervisor states that he is "happy" to work with the student.
It just doesn't seem to "add-up" as the student puts it.
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He's emailed us with a few extracts from his complaint proceedings.
We'll put them up verbatim later but the gist is he complained that his supervisor went on holiday without informing the student and didn't read the completed thesis. Both these "crimes" are detailed quite clearly in the RHD Handbook.
Prof Carey Denholm's decision was that it wouldn't have made any difference.
The students thinks that this is meant to imply that the student wouldn't have done anything or maybe not done any of the corrections that his supervisor required. Yet the student tells us that in the minutes of a subsequent meeting his supervisor states that he is "happy" to work with the student.
It just doesn't seem to "add-up" as the student puts it.
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"What?! You think I made this up?"
Well, that's the modified response from one of our commenters when we asked him if he had any physical evidence of UTAS mistreatment. After abject apologies from us it turns out that he does have at least some real evidence. We'll post here the note his PhD supervisor wrote to him after the supervisor had read his revised thesis.
The original thesis had got quite disparate marks, a "B" from the international expert: "correct the errors I've listed below to your Head of Departments satisfaction and I advise that the degree of PhD be awarded". A "B" grade is the second highest possible, an "A" being "no errors, award degree" It's rarely given, there are always errors, if only typos in a several hundred page document.
The Australian marker didn't like the controversial thesis at all. He gave it a "D" grade: "Re-write it as a Masters Degree" We'll discuss this in a later post.
The student was told to correct the errors and re-submit the thesis for adjudication. He did this and gave the thesis to his supervisor to read. The supervisor did so and returned the thesis with this note on the front cover.
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The original thesis had got quite disparate marks, a "B" from the international expert: "correct the errors I've listed below to your Head of Departments satisfaction and I advise that the degree of PhD be awarded". A "B" grade is the second highest possible, an "A" being "no errors, award degree" It's rarely given, there are always errors, if only typos in a several hundred page document.
The Australian marker didn't like the controversial thesis at all. He gave it a "D" grade: "Re-write it as a Masters Degree" We'll discuss this in a later post.
The student was told to correct the errors and re-submit the thesis for adjudication. He did this and gave the thesis to his supervisor to read. The supervisor did so and returned the thesis with this note on the front cover.
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UTAS Blog: Five months in and we are still shocked... and ashamed
This from the ABC 7:30 Report. This report was about discrimination of disabled students. This is an absolute disgrace, UTAS really does suck!
JUDY TIERNEY: When BH first went to the Launceston campus,
he knew getting around the sprawling grounds would be awkward. Coping with leg braces, orthopaedic boots and crutches and carrying a backpack, made him sweat.
BH: Although I pride myself on being able to manage, I can't get
away from the fact that having to do it everyday, it's quite exhausting
and it really does take it out of someone.
JUDY TIERNEY: Acting
on a complaint, the disability office had told Brian his body odour
made him a very unpleasant person to be near.
BH: I couldn't reply at the time. I was quite shell-shocked and um, it upset me quite badly. I just didn't know who my friends were. I just felt, I thought, well, you know, 'I just can't continue with this'. And it just put me off my studies.
(http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2002/s460046.htm)
The UTAS response to this report was
"The university is aware of the complaints and, through its solicitors, has warned the 7:30 Report the publication of those allegations could amount to defamation. The
university has appointed a barrister to carry out an independent
investigation into the claims made in the statutory declarations.
The university has also written to each student making a complaint warning them of potential defamation."
The University of Tasmania has so much to hide... we think UTAS sucks
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JUDY TIERNEY: When BH first went to the Launceston campus,
he knew getting around the sprawling grounds would be awkward. Coping with leg braces, orthopaedic boots and crutches and carrying a backpack, made him sweat.
BH: Although I pride myself on being able to manage, I can't get
away from the fact that having to do it everyday, it's quite exhausting
and it really does take it out of someone.
JUDY TIERNEY: Acting
on a complaint, the disability office had told Brian his body odour
made him a very unpleasant person to be near.
BH: I couldn't reply at the time. I was quite shell-shocked and um, it upset me quite badly. I just didn't know who my friends were. I just felt, I thought, well, you know, 'I just can't continue with this'. And it just put me off my studies.
(http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2002/s460046.htm)
The UTAS response to this report was
"The university is aware of the complaints and, through its solicitors, has warned the 7:30 Report the publication of those allegations could amount to defamation. The
university has appointed a barrister to carry out an independent
investigation into the claims made in the statutory declarations.
The university has also written to each student making a complaint warning them of potential defamation."
The University of Tasmania has so much to hide... we think UTAS sucks
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What's new at the UTAS Blog
Two new developments for the UTAS Blog. The first involves one of our more prolific commenters and the second is about a UTAS student who dared to have an opinion.
Firstly, we were asked to represent an ex-PhD student in an application to the Ombudsman (www.ombudsman.tas.gov.au). The ombudsman declined our request and indicated that the person concerned would "find a complaint form on my website". Not a particularly auspicious start. However, as usual we'll do our best. We've contacted the ex-student concerned and suggested that all documents submitted and received from the ombudsman be posted here. This would be in the interest of promoting a clear and transparent complaints process.
Secondly, we've received an email from a gifted third year student at UTAS. The complaint was detailed and included much backing evidence. According to the student UTAS basically refuses to deal with this issue. The UTAS Blog has not obtained permission yet to publish this students problems but we hope to bring you the whole report soon.
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Firstly, we were asked to represent an ex-PhD student in an application to the Ombudsman (www.ombudsman.tas.gov.au). The ombudsman declined our request and indicated that the person concerned would "find a complaint form on my website". Not a particularly auspicious start. However, as usual we'll do our best. We've contacted the ex-student concerned and suggested that all documents submitted and received from the ombudsman be posted here. This would be in the interest of promoting a clear and transparent complaints process.
Secondly, we've received an email from a gifted third year student at UTAS. The complaint was detailed and included much backing evidence. According to the student UTAS basically refuses to deal with this issue. The UTAS Blog has not obtained permission yet to publish this students problems but we hope to bring you the whole report soon.
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University of Tasmania Complaints Committees. (You're joking? They said that?)
We have obtained about 4' of documents related to complaints procedures from former PhD students.
Some of these were obtained under Freedom of Information, several requests for documents were refused by Pro-Vice Chancellor Carey Denholm.
As an aside the Uni Lawyers had OKed the release of those documents but Denholm blocked the release, no grounds were given.
Please forgive the delay, it's just that it turns out there is life after failing your PhD. Having said that though, the University of Tasmania still sucks.
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Some of these were obtained under Freedom of Information, several requests for documents were refused by Pro-Vice Chancellor Carey Denholm.
As an aside the Uni Lawyers had OKed the release of those documents but Denholm blocked the release, no grounds were given.
Please forgive the delay, it's just that it turns out there is life after failing your PhD. Having said that though, the University of Tasmania still sucks.
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Common knowledge proves to be correct (again)
The following from ABC Australia
"Figures released today show female students are outperforming males at Australia's most established universities."
It's great that women are doing so well at Uni.
Especially as we've heard so many reports of sexual harassment at UTAS.
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"Figures released today show female students are outperforming males at Australia's most established universities."
It's great that women are doing so well at Uni.
Especially as we've heard so many reports of sexual harassment at UTAS.
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Wikipedia succumbs to UTAS image spinners.
We at the UTAS Blog do our research.
And it seems that UTAS hierarchy really have been a pack of Wiki-Watchers for quite some time.
This is what we found when investigating the Wikipedia article on the University of Tasmania.
"Excuse me, what makes you think you can delete whole paragraphs of my hard work and change the entire feel of this article without even consulting anyone? The stuff you got rid of was all true and verifiable on the UTAS website, and what's more it gave a lot of information about specific research. Your stuff states the obvious that is true of any university, and moreover, it seems to be all very biased towards talking up and bragging about how beautiful it is to live and study in Hobart. Are you from admin, methinks? Since you spent two days on it I'll leave it but please comment before we may change it back. -tilgrieog January 2, 2006.
Oh screw this he won't stop changing it and the article has been taken over by people who don't have very good taste. Well it's all yours, I'm abandoning it now. Tilgrieog 13:57, 22 January 2006 (UTC)"
(from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:University_of_Tasmania)
While we're not exactly shocked by this, we are saddened...
And if anyone wants to wager a (nominal) sum to be donated to the winners charity of choice, we'll bet UTAS pay someone to watch Wikipedia and change it all back to the sterile bland tat that it is now.
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And it seems that UTAS hierarchy really have been a pack of Wiki-Watchers for quite some time.
This is what we found when investigating the Wikipedia article on the University of Tasmania.
"Excuse me, what makes you think you can delete whole paragraphs of my hard work and change the entire feel of this article without even consulting anyone? The stuff you got rid of was all true and verifiable on the UTAS website, and what's more it gave a lot of information about specific research. Your stuff states the obvious that is true of any university, and moreover, it seems to be all very biased towards talking up and bragging about how beautiful it is to live and study in Hobart. Are you from admin, methinks? Since you spent two days on it I'll leave it but please comment before we may change it back. -tilgrieog January 2, 2006.
Oh screw this he won't stop changing it and the article has been taken over by people who don't have very good taste. Well it's all yours, I'm abandoning it now. Tilgrieog 13:57, 22 January 2006 (UTC)"
(from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:University_of_Tasmania)
While we're not exactly shocked by this, we are saddened...
And if anyone wants to wager a (nominal) sum to be donated to the winners charity of choice, we'll bet UTAS pay someone to watch Wikipedia and change it all back to the sterile bland tat that it is now.
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UTAS "not happy" with UTAS Blog
Dear Admin
Thank you for responding to my email.
While the University respects and encourages freedom of opinion and expression through such media as the internet, it is not appropriate for you to display the University's Public Logo without permission. The UTAS logo is a registered trademark and is copyright to the University of Tasmania. You are in breach of copyright by including the logo on your website without permission. Can you please remove it from your website at your earliest opportunity and confirm when you have done so.
Kind regards
We said,
Hi CCCC,
Thanks for your prompt email.
We at "the UTAS blog" feel we provide a service that "respects and encourages freedom of opinion and expression through such media as the internet" and as such request permission to use the University of Tasmania logo on our site. If you would like to discuss any limitations of usage please let us know.
Best Regards
Admin
UTAS said,
Dear Admin
Thank you for your request. Your site is not an official University website and the University would like to ensure that it cannot be mistaken as one. In the circumstances, your request for permission to use the University logo is refused. Please remove the logo from your site as soon as possible and advise when you have done so.
Kind regards
CCCCC
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Thank you for responding to my email.
While the University respects and encourages freedom of opinion and expression through such media as the internet, it is not appropriate for you to display the University's Public Logo without permission. The UTAS logo is a registered trademark and is copyright to the University of Tasmania. You are in breach of copyright by including the logo on your website without permission. Can you please remove it from your website at your earliest opportunity and confirm when you have done so.
Kind regards
We said,
Hi CCCC,
Thanks for your prompt email.
We at "the UTAS blog" feel we provide a service that "respects and encourages freedom of opinion and expression through such media as the internet" and as such request permission to use the University of Tasmania logo on our site. If you would like to discuss any limitations of usage please let us know.
Best Regards
Admin
UTAS said,
Dear Admin
Thank you for your request. Your site is not an official University website and the University would like to ensure that it cannot be mistaken as one. In the circumstances, your request for permission to use the University logo is refused. Please remove the logo from your site as soon as possible and advise when you have done so.
Kind regards
CCCCC
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The Haiku Section
We were chatting with a colleague about the www.utas.ws blog recently. They seemed a tad dismissive, indeed they seemed to think that this blog wasn't a "real" blog.
Almost simultaneously the www.utas.ws staff got the point, with looks of horror we all said: "There's no haiku section!"
Still, better late than never though, so here's the one thing that all real blogs need, "The Haiku Section"
Remember it's 3 lines of text with 5, 7 and 5 syllables respectively.
"Modern" haiku will be rejected.
Some (poor) examples:
I like chocolate
I like it more than exams
Exams should be sweet
Bugger chocolate!
Beer's what students really need
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Almost simultaneously the www.utas.ws staff got the point, with looks of horror we all said: "There's no haiku section!"
Still, better late than never though, so here's the one thing that all real blogs need, "The Haiku Section"
Remember it's 3 lines of text with 5, 7 and 5 syllables respectively.
"Modern" haiku will be rejected.
Some (poor) examples:
I like chocolate
I like it more than exams
Exams should be sweet
Bugger chocolate!
Beer's what students really need
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Student opposition to Law and Business merger at UTAS
Law and business, not really the same thing are they? We at utas.ws
reckon the further apart the legal system (ie Law) and business (ie
Money) the better.
The rest is from www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/31/2351102.htm.
"The Tasmanian University Law Society's President, Kate Rayment, says
there has been very little consultation and hundreds of past and
present students have voiced their opposition.
She says the University Council is voting on the proposal in Launceston this Friday.
"We really think that University Council cannot possibly put the
decision to a vote, particularly at this time, given there's been so
much outrage, given that there's been so much opposition," said Ms
Rayment.
"We think that the University Council members are going to see that this issue requires further discussion.""
Typical UTAS.
Paranormal University of Tasmania
We've had many requests (ok, one actually) to provide a spot where unusual, or better still paranormal experiences can be exposed for all to see.
Everyone knows the old Bio-Med library was haunted, so tell the world about your experience when you were "alone in the library of terror".
Maybe you had an out-of-body experience during an exam. We at utas.ws have had many out-of-body experiences but mainly after drinking too much at the Union Bar.
Other paranormal/psychic tales are welcome, if it happened in or even anywhere near UTAS we'll publish it! ...<< MORE >>
Everyone knows the old Bio-Med library was haunted, so tell the world about your experience when you were "alone in the library of terror".
Maybe you had an out-of-body experience during an exam. We at utas.ws have had many out-of-body experiences but mainly after drinking too much at the Union Bar.
Other paranormal/psychic tales are welcome, if it happened in or even anywhere near UTAS we'll publish it! ...<< MORE >>
True Field Trip Stories
This is the more amusing side of www.utas.ws. The recollections and stories don't have to involve sex but this is UTAS...
So if you want to tell everyone about that time when 3 students stumbled out of the lecturers tent at 5am clad only in botanical specimens then go for it!
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So if you want to tell everyone about that time when 3 students stumbled out of the lecturers tent at 5am clad only in botanical specimens then go for it!
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Your Rights as a Post-Graduate at UTAS under Common Law
What rights? Basically, you have no recourse in law in the event you're not happy (ie ripped-off) with your postgrad experience.
The University has a handbook that details many rules that apply to your research and dealings with your supervisor and such-like. Take a closer look though and you'll find that they don't detail any "outcomes".
So you might claim your supervisor left on holiday without informing you, just when your Thesis was due to be submitted. Despite clearly worded regulations stating that your supervisor should let you know when they're going away and that they should read and comment on the final draft, the Complaints Committee will say "So what?"
And when the Complaints Committee say "so what" that's it. There are three levels of complaint at UTAS and they exist only to give you an impression of a thorough and rigorous examination of your concerns.
Don't bother with a Lawyer. The University of Tasmania is quite literally a law unto itself.
UTAS.WS paid a renown Senior Counsel to examine this issue and they were painfully clear. There are no grounds under Common Law to litigate against the University on any basis of poor supervision. So if you get ...<< MORE >>
The University has a handbook that details many rules that apply to your research and dealings with your supervisor and such-like. Take a closer look though and you'll find that they don't detail any "outcomes".
So you might claim your supervisor left on holiday without informing you, just when your Thesis was due to be submitted. Despite clearly worded regulations stating that your supervisor should let you know when they're going away and that they should read and comment on the final draft, the Complaints Committee will say "So what?"
And when the Complaints Committee say "so what" that's it. There are three levels of complaint at UTAS and they exist only to give you an impression of a thorough and rigorous examination of your concerns.
Don't bother with a Lawyer. The University of Tasmania is quite literally a law unto itself.
UTAS.WS paid a renown Senior Counsel to examine this issue and they were painfully clear. There are no grounds under Common Law to litigate against the University on any basis of poor supervision. So if you get ...<< MORE >>
UTAS Whistleblower stuff.
This entry is for the more serious UTAS stuff-ups.
If you know of someone who quit because another staff member wouldn't stop touching them, or maybe you're a 3rd year student and your lecturer "suggested" you could pose nude for them, then this is the blog for you.
At UTAS.WS we hear about these type of incidents (and more) all the time. Anonymity is assured!
Remember, it's for the good of the University of Tasmania...
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If you know of someone who quit because another staff member wouldn't stop touching them, or maybe you're a 3rd year student and your lecturer "suggested" you could pose nude for them, then this is the blog for you.
At UTAS.WS we hear about these type of incidents (and more) all the time. Anonymity is assured!
Remember, it's for the good of the University of Tasmania...
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Research Higher Degrees: Bad Experiences
Doing a PhD or Masters is a difficult and in many cases painful experience.
Most Supervisors at the Univeristy of Tasmania are dedicated and helpful people who want to provide as much support as they can to the student.
Some are less concerned...
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Most Supervisors at the Univeristy of Tasmania are dedicated and helpful people who want to provide as much support as they can to the student.
Some are less concerned...
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UTAS increase fees by 25%
UTAS increase HECS fees by 25%
It's ironic really, given the vast amounts of money spent on advertising recently, billboards, buses, TV ads, radio ads etc.
Some Promotion Company director is driving around in a new Mercedes now but the students have to pay 25% more!
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It's ironic really, given the vast amounts of money spent on advertising recently, billboards, buses, TV ads, radio ads etc.
Some Promotion Company director is driving around in a new Mercedes now but the students have to pay 25% more!
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Welcome to the UTAS Blog.
The University of Tasmania; it's a great place for the most part. But like most large organisations they tend to "cover-up" not "'fess-up".
This blog exists to give students and staff of the University of Tasmania a place to illustrate and highlight problems at UTAS. Feel free to respond to the posts and to contact us (admin@utas.ws) if there's an area that needs special attention.
If you've got a problem you can contact the TUU. They contacted us and said "we have a fairly good relationship with the Senior Management Team and senior UTAS administration and executive, and we represent students at all levels of University governance".
But make sure you tell us about it too.
Don't post slanderous or obscene comments. In general, unless you're quite sure, don't use real names when discussing a problem or situation.
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The University of Tasmania; it's a great place for the most part. But like most large organisations they tend to "cover-up" not "'fess-up".
This blog exists to give students and staff of the University of Tasmania a place to illustrate and highlight problems at UTAS. Feel free to respond to the posts and to contact us (admin@utas.ws) if there's an area that needs special attention.
If you've got a problem you can contact the TUU. They contacted us and said "we have a fairly good relationship with the Senior Management Team and senior UTAS administration and executive, and we represent students at all levels of University governance".
But make sure you tell us about it too.
Don't post slanderous or obscene comments. In general, unless you're quite sure, don't use real names when discussing a problem or situation.
...<< MORE >>