Research Success

Cultural information resources (PDF File 94.7 KB) (opens in a new window)
Dr Elaine Lally from the Centre for Cultural Research together with the Blue Mountains City Council has been awarded a UWS Research Partnership Program grant to investigate how best to bring diverse community and cultural information resources together into a common digital framework.

The essence of ethics (PDF File 82.0 KB) (opens in a new window)
Dr Colleen Puttee and Mr Peter Humphreys from the School of Accounting are exploring the meaning and application of a code of ethics for professional accountants through a Certified Practising Accountants (CPA) Australia Research Grant.

Cultural impact of Indigenous musicians (PDF File 106.0 KB) (opens in a new window)
Indigenous Scholar Peter McKenzie from the Centre for Educational Research, along with Professor Michael Atherton from the College of Arts Deans Unit and Professor Rhonda Craven from the Centre for Educational Research, is critically analysing the contributions made to culture by Aboriginal musicians, through a three year ARC Discovery Indigenous Researchers Development Grant.

Boosting Breastfeeding (PDF File 82.5 KB) (opens in a new window)
Associate Professor Virginia Schmied from the School of Nursing, with Associate Professor Jennifer Fenwick from Curtin University of Technology, Dr Athena Sheehan from Sydney Adventist Hospital, Anne Saxton from John Hunter Hospital, and Lyn Passant from Campbelltown Hospital, are exploring midwives' interactions with new mothers who are thinking of breastfeeding, through an Australian Research Council Linkage project.

Rethinking the Campus (PDF File 99.1 KB) (opens in a new window)
Associate Professor Donald McNeill and Dr Mark Davidson from the Urban Research Centre together with the Sydney Olympic Park Authority (SOPA) have been awarded a UWS Research Partnership Program grant to discover how users interact with the Sydney Olympic Park precinct.

Going out on the town (PDF File 121.5 KB) (opens in a new window)
Professor Deborah Stevenson from the School of Social Sciences and Professor David Rowe from the Centre for Cultural Research are collaborating with Professor Stephen Tomsen (who will be joining UWS from the University of Newcastle in mid-2008) to explore the way people use and interact with urban spaces after dark through a three-year ARC Discovery Project.

Success in Indigenous Education (PDF File 108.5 KB) (opens in a new window)
Indigenous Scholar Ms Lynette Riley-Mundine, along with Professor Rhonda Craven and Associate Professor Geoff Munns from the Centre for Educational Research, is exploring optimum conditions for academic and life success for Aboriginal school students through a three year ARC Discovery Indigenous Researchers Development Grant.

Refugee Literacy Intervention (PDF File 150.0 KB) (opens in a new window)
Dr Loshini Naidoo, Professor Margaret Vickers and Dr Tania Ferfolja, Centre for Educational Research together with Australian Literacy and Numeracy Foundation have been awarded a UWS Research Partnership Program grant to provide targeted literacy support to humanitarian refugee students in the Western Sydney region.

Mapping cultural diversity via cyberspace (PDF File 90.9 KB) (opens in a new window)
Professor Ien Ang and a multi-disciplinary team of researchers from the Centre for Cultural Research are coming together with academics from Mumbai and Singapore to explore the development of a Cultural Diversity Digital Atlas through funding from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO).

It's all tones to me (PDF File 115.6 KB) (opens in a new window)
Dr Connie So from MARCS Auditory Laboratories is exploring how native language affects people's perception of unfamiliar tones in foreign languages through a three-year ARC Discovery Project. The study will address how some properties of one’s mothertongue (e.g. word (lexical) tone, intonation, melody and rhythm, also known as prosody) affect our perception of tones in other languages.

Truly gifted research (PDF File 121.6 KB) (opens in a new window)
Professor Rhonda Craven, Dr Alex Yeung, Adjunct Professor Ladd Wheeler and Ms Marjorie Seaton from the Centre for Educational Research along with Professor Herbert Marsh from the University of Oxford are exploring the impact of educational settings on the well-being of gifted children through a four-year ARC Discovery Project.

Up a gum tree with climate change (PDF File 85.1 KB) (opens in a new window)
Professor David Tissue and Professor Jann Conroy from the Centre for Plant and Food Science are collaborating with United States researchers Dr Nathan Phillips of Boston University and Barry Logan of Bowdoin College to explore eucalypt growth reactions to increasing carbon dioxide (CO₂) levels and climate change through a three-year ARC Discovery Project.