general UNSW chit-chat (8 Viewers)

[elfm]

i don't think source hold anything after the semester is finished

 

[Nebuchanezzar]

That's because they're broke now. Ahahahahahaha.

 

[gman03]

thought source is combined with some other parts of uni organisatoin to form XXXX 2007 (forgot the name)

Besides, Source will be there forever in people CV.

 

[redslert]

What's the fastest way to get from North Sydney to UNSW?
North Sydney ->train-> Central ->bus-> UNSW?

or is there a direct bus?

 

[volition]

What's the fastest way to get from North Sydney to UNSW?
North Sydney ->train-> Central ->bus-> UNSW?

or is there a direct bus?

I suppose you COULD get the 200 bus down to bondi junction and then the 400 from there, but I don't think there's a direct bus.

 

[Raginsheep]

200 bus takes ages though. Its probably best to North Sydney ->train-> Central ->bus-> UNSW although if there's a bus from Wynyard to UNSW, can can just catch the 20X buses to Wynyard.

 

[Grizzly]

Don't think this has been posted elsewhere.

Body part mix-up halts uni teaching
Adam Cresswell, Health editor
November 28, 2006


HUMAN body parts used for anatomy teaching at a leading university medical school have been wrongly labelled or identified as belonging to the wrong body.
NSW health authorities announced yesterday they had last week revoked the anatomy teaching licence of the University of NSW's surgical skills laboratory, where the lapses occurred.

Specialist anatomy teaching for doctors studying to become surgeons has had to be halted due to the problems.

A spokeswoman for the university said the body parts came from individuals who had donated their bodies for medical research or teaching purposes.

Medical school staff had about a month ago themselves reported "concerns" over the labelling, which were then passed on by the university to NSW Health.

The spokeswoman said she understood some body parts were incorrectly labelled, either having wrong anatomical descriptions of what they were, or having a donor's name that was unclear or incorrect.

The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons said last night it was "extremely disappointed" at the disruption to its training schedules the licence revocation could create.

The blunder could also inflame tensions between the college and the universities, which have previously been fiercely criticised by the RACS and three other medical colleges for cutting back undergraduate anatomy training.

In July a consortium of five universities floated a plan to wrest control of specialist surgical training away from the RACS, although UNSW was not a member of this group.

In a statement issued yesterday afternoon, a spokeswoman for South Eastern Sydney Illawarra Health said it had conducted an inspection of UNSW surgical skills laboratories "in its role as regulator of anatomy laboratories within its boundaries".

"As a result the university's anatomy licence for the surgical skills laboratories was revoked and conditions placed ... until these laboratories comply with licensing requirements for the storage and labelling of body parts.

"The university is co-operating fully with the regulator and has already demonstrated substantial progress in rectifying the identified deficiencies."

A spokeswoman for the health authority said "until they can show they are managing the storage in the laboratory of body parts as required under the regulations, that part of the laboratory will not be able to be used".

The university yesterday issued a statement saying "all of the bodies" donated to UNSW for the purpose of teaching and research had been used for this purpose.

The university had now "commissioned an advanced cataloguing system for specimens" and had "commenced an audit of all anatomical material held".

"The university is currently completing this audit, and implementing improvements in its processes, under the oversight of the inspector," the UNSW statement said.

However, the UNSW spokeswoman could not estimate how long it would take before the surgical skills laboratory would be ready to re-apply for the licence.

Anatomy teaching for undergraduates is not affected by the licence revocation, as it is conducted in a separate laboratory.

The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons warned the interruption to specialist anatomy training at UNSW could have "a serious effect" on the training of new surgeons at a time when the existing surgical workforce was already under pressure.

College president Russell Stitz said he recognised the "gravity" of not labelling body parts correctly, and that the halting of anatomy teaching to trainee surgeons would have a "significant effect if it goes on for any length of time".

"It means we would have to look at alternative sites to train our trainees," Dr Stitz said.

"That puts a further load on already strained resources."

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20832821-23289,00.html

 

[sarevok]

8th dec i believe

Friday 8 December 2006, 9am
Official Release of Results - All students will have received a results email in their student email account.

Monday 11 December 2006, 12 noon
Results and Academic Standing letters available on myUNSW.

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the results are usually released a few hours before the official time.

i believe maths and comp subjects release them a week or so earlier as well

thanks


btw, does anyone know how much the union will be charging for membership next year? i am considering whether i should put aside some money and i cant find anything on the union site

 

[Abtari]

i don't think source hold anything after the semester is finished

so gay....

 

[Nebuchanezzar]

That anatomy crap has had way to much attention paid to it. The media made a mountain out of a molehill on that one.

 

[ace]

In the meantime the geological department of UNSW isn't getting enough attention to save those degrees from going under or being absorbed into other departments.

There's a geological department?

 

[volition]

btw, does anyone know how much the union will be charging for membership next year? i am considering whether i should put aside some money and i cant find anything on the union site

I doubt they've even decided on a price yet. Union next year will be shithouse, you'll probably have to pay to even volunteer for things.

 

[Nebuchanezzar]

In the meantime the geological department of UNSW isn't getting enough attention to save those degrees from going under or being absorbed into other departments.

Isn't geology already a component of BEES? How can part of a school go under while the rest doesn't?

 

[sarevok]

The most challenging and rewarding (and important) industries/degrees are falling under to quick get rich degrees like Eng/Law/Commerce.

wow man

that statement was so dumb im guessing it was intended to be inflammatory

 

[Nebuchanezzar]

I always just though politik was a giant douchebag, and now I find out he does it all for a reaction? My world is falling apart.

 

[Frigid]

one more week til exam results released! wootie!

(will get 60s in finance )

 

[§eraphim]

I do FINS next year

You will probably bomb out if you can barely pass 1st yr.

Also, on a lighter note now that we've finished the 2006 academic year:

http://radar.smh.com.au/archives/2006/02/the_loonies_at.html
http://radar.smh.com.au/archives/cover_story_comment/001769.html

2. Jesus doesn't say anything. He's dead. The bible says stuff, but that's not Jesus, it's a bunch of potheads sitting around Jerusalem 2000 years ago who decided to write a book, which unfortunately was published and then translated so many times it's lost all meaning. Of course, that's assuming Jesus existed in the first place.

Hahaha

UNSW-relevant commentary :rofl:

Children Born of Satan = CBS @ UNSW

We're CBS
We lie and trick
Though outwardly normal
We're inwardly sick
We use harassment to convert you
For only by us are you saved
Come and repent, then you'll be ours
If we were you we'd be afraid..."

CBS song/sketch
UNSW Law Revue circa 1996

 

[Frigid]

http://radar.smh.com.au/archives/2006/02/the_loonies_at.html

Nebuchanezzar should really write a commentary about us law students

 

[Nebuchanezzar]

You're right, I ought to. You could probably just collect a few random quotes from this site and paste them all together and bam, there's your article. What a strange bunch who replied to the article online though. Also, from memory, it seems almost identical to the same article in last years SMH.

 

[elfm]

You're right, I ought to. You could probably just collect a few random quotes from this site and paste them all together and bam, there's your article. What a strange bunch who replied to the article online though. Also, from memory, it seems almost identical to the same article in last years SMH.

Well, it is kind of last years article