INU News - March 2007

INU Executive meeting 2007

The INU Executive meeting will be hosted by the University of Leicester during April 16-17. The program will include an Award ceremony for the 2006 Dr Henry Fong Student Award winner, Eri Shigematsu, student at Hiroshima University.

For more information, please contact Liz Carey at the INU Secretariat at liz.carey@latrobe.edu.au.

New INU member

We have much pleasure in announcing that the Executive has approved the recommendation to welcome Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy as a full member of the network! The university will add a very valuable dimension to the current membership of the INU. A further presentation of the university will follow soon.

Learning and Teaching - developing international cooperation

It is still possible for INU members working with Learning and Teaching, University Libraries, IT and e-learning to sign up for the conference hosted by La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia during April 26-27, 2007. Read more..

The conference is organized in connection with the EDUCAUSE Australasia conference in Melbourne during April 29-May 2, 2007,for more information on and registration for the EDUCAUSE please see web site at: www.caudit.edu.au/educauseaustralasia07

A new Project Manager is appointed

The INU Executive is delighted to announce that a successor to Ms Gilla Carlecrantz has now been appointed. The new Project Manager will is Ms Lynette Chambers. Lynette has been working at La Trobe University since 1989 and most recently her role was as Director of the International Office at La Trobe's Bendigo campus (the second largest campus in the University) from 2000-2006. For the last 12 months she has been involved in an international project at the University's Beechworth campus, in the Victorian Alps. Lynette will be taking up the position in mid-April to ensure there is an effective handover with Gilla, who completed her term in the position on 28th April. Lynette will also be attending the INU Executive meeting in Leicester on 16th April.

INU Masters program in Global Citizenship

Following the very successful INU Student Seminar on Global Citizenship and Peace, hosted by Hiroshima University in August 2006, the idea to set up an INU Masters program on the same theme took shape. The idea was presented to the INU Council at its meeting in November who decided that all member universities should be invited to participate in the development of an INU Masters program on Global Citizenship.

So far, the following INU member universities have signed up to be part of the development project: University of Leicester, La Trobe University, Flinders University, Malmo University and Hiroshima University.

Each participating INU member university who accepts to be part of the development project will appoint an academic for each stream (Peace / International Relations etc) to be part of the Project Development Committee. The Committee will be responsible for looking at different ways of structuring the program taking into consideration the different strengths and possible national legislative restrictions of the participating universities. The Committee is to develop a program which allows students to spend two or three semesters at different INU universities, depending on the length of the program.

The proposed Masters program will also be used in a case study exercise during the Learning and Teaching conference hosted by La Trobe in late April.

For more information, please contact the INU Project Manager, Lynetter Chambers at l.chambers@latrobe.edu.au

INU Masters program in Global Citizenship

Following the very successful INU Student Seminar on Global Citizenship and Peace, hosted by Hiroshima University in August 2006, the idea to set up an INU Masters program on the same theme took shape. The idea was presented to the INU Council at its meeting in November who decided that all member universities should be invited to participate in the development of an INU Masters program on Global Citizenship.

So far, the following INU member universities have signed up to be part of the development project: University of Leicester, La Trobe University, Flinders University, Malmo University and Hiroshima University.

Each participating INU member university who accepts to be part of the development project will appoint an academic for each stream (Peace / International Relations etc) to be part of the Project Development Committee. The Committee will be responsible for looking at different ways of structuring the program taking into consideration the different strengths and possible national legislative restrictions of the participating universities. The Committee is to develop a program which allows students to spend two or three semesters at different INU universities, depending on the length of the program.

The proposed Masters program will also be used in a case study exercise during the Learning and Teaching conference hosted by La Trobe in late April.

For more information, please contact the INU Project Manager, Lynette Chambers at: l.chambers@latrobe.edu.au

INU Activities update

Members are reminded that the closing dates for a number of INU Activities are fast approaching. Applications for the Henry Fong Student Awards will close on 30 March 2007. Please ensure that the paperwork for any nominations you are making for these Awards are with the Secretariat by this deadline as the material is to be presented to the INU Executive at its meeting in April.

Nominations for the INU Administrative Staff Shadowing Program will close on Monday 2 April and nominations for the INU Student Seminar in Hiroshima will close on Friday 13 April. Please follow the links to the individual web pages for more information, or contact Jo Watts in the INU Secretariat at: j.watts@latrobe.edu.au

Visit to Malmo University

The INU Project Manager, Gilla Carlecrantz, spent time meeting with colleagues at Malmo University during January. She was invited to present and discuss current and planned INU activities with the university's "Minternet group", Malmo university INTernational NETwork, consisting of representatives from all schools, faculties, the student union and administrative units.

Online course development

Hiroshima University is currently working closely with the Intensive English Language Institute (IELI), connected with Flinders University to develop two on-line courses in Peace Studies (author Dr Tom Weber, La Trobe University) and International Security (author Dr Andrew O'Neal, Flinders University). Professor Nishitani from Hiroshima University and the INU Project Manager Gilla Carlecrantz visited the Institute in early March for an update. The courses will be offered to Hiroshima students during April - August.

In the future, Hiroshima university plans to offer the courses to students from all INU member universities nominated to attend the annual Student Seminar on Global Citizenship.

Research collaboration - The INU Research Steering Committee

The INU Executive has accepted the following nominations for the Committee

• Dean, Prof. Jerry Benson, College of Integrated Science and Technology, James Madison University
• PVC Research, Prof. Bill Brammar, University of Leicester
• PVC Research, Prof. Chris Marlin, Flinders University
• Vice-Rector Research, Prof. Miklos Zrinyi, Budapest University of Technology and Economics
• Ass. Prof. Masanobu Obara, Laboratory of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University
• Chair: Professor Lennart Olausson, Vice- Chancellor, Malmo University

In conjunction with the Executive meeting in Leicester, the Chair, Professor Lennart Olausson, will join the Executive on April 17 for a separate meeting to discuss the timetable and work plan for research in 2007. Read more...

Special Interest Group for Research Managers

It is still possible to sign up for the newly established SIG for Research Managers. The establishment of the group was one of the outcomes of the Research workshop hosted by Ritsumeikan University in October 2006.

The Special Interest Group will work closely together with the INU Research Steering Committee on issues such as; Managing international research collaboration, Research conducted across international boundaries, Quality Management Systems for Research and Funding sources for international collaboration. Read more

Ms Christine Steele, Head of the Office of Research at Flinders University has agreed to convene the coordination of the SIG. Members interested to participate may wish to note that Christine's proposing to hold a meeting in Adelaide on 17-18 September 2007, which is prior the Australasian Research Management Society (ARMS) National Conference, also in Adelaide on 19-21 September 2007. Read more about the conference

For more information, please contact the INU Project Manager, Lynette Chambers at: l.chambers@latrobe.edu.au or Christine Steele at: stee0070@flinders.edu.au

NEWS from the INU members

• New appointment - President of Hiroshima University, Japan
  President Taizo Muta will leave his office on May 20. The new President, Professor Asahara has been appointed for a four year term.
• New appointment - President of Universitas Katolik Parahyangan, Indonesia
  Professor Pius Suratman Kartasasmita has resigned as Rector and the newly appointed Rector is Professor Cecilia Lauw.