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CSRP Newsletter, September 2006

Welcome to the November 2006 edition of the CSRP Newsletter. If you wish to have anything included in the newsletter, please e-mail Kelly Dwyer at kelly.dwyer@csrp.com.au

DEST Third Year Review - Thank you from Stevan Green

I would like to extend my appreciation to all those who participated in the recent DEST 3 rd Year Review. The review has been very successful and the panel made mention of the excellent participation and involvement of so many members of CSRP. The results of the review are being considered by the CSRP Board at their next meeting in December. I want again thank everyone for their input and effort in the review.

Stevan Green

 

Material, Minerals and Metal Ecology 2006

Stevan Green presented a keynote address sustainability and CSRP at the Material, Minerals and Metal Ecology 2006 in Cape Town, South Africa.  The address focused on CSRP and outlined our research agenda and some of our achievements to date from incremental improvements through to significant step changes.  It also covered the development of tools and methodologies to aid in making better choices on sustainability.  The keynote address was received very well and it presented an excellent opportunity to promote CSRP to a wider international audience.

 

Call for 2007 Postgraduate Scholarship Students

Staff and students are encouraged to take advantage of the CSRP Scholarship scheme as updated for 2007. Any student working on a CSRP-related project is eligible to apply for funding for this funding. You may review details at the CSRP website at www.csrp.com.au/education/students/scholarships.html

 

Fauxite© Trialled at Future Science 2006

A new teacher professional development workshop was trialled at Future Science 2006. Because the conditions used in the Bayer process are too hazardous to operate in school laboratories, teachers and students are prevented from having direct observation of this process. Nick Welham and Ken Seymour of Murdoch University and Dan Churach , CSRP Education Manager, have developed what they call Fauxite© or fake bauxite. This allows for a simple laboratory simulation which mimics the whole process at room temperature.

The workshop “Alumina Production from Bauxite by the Bayer Process” was presented to participants of the Science Teachers Association of Western Australia (STAWA) annual professional development day at Murdoch University on 24 November. Two other workshops were on offer at the same event:

Project 5B2 Presentation

Tony Rickards of the Science and Mathematics Education Centre at Curtin University of Technology and Dan Churach of CSRP presented a poster session entitled “Identifying Clear Science Education Pathways to Science Career Choices: A Mining and Minerals Industry Perspective” to the Western Australian Science Education Association (WASEA) annual conference. The presentation involved work being carried out on Project 5B2 (www.csrp.com.au/projects/5b2.html) The event was held at Edith Cowen University , Mount Lawley Campus on 30 November.

 

2007 Science Happenings for WA School Teachers

Dates for next year’s teacher professional development activities in Western Australia are posted at http://www.csrp.com.au/_media/pdf/WASchoolTeacherScience2007.pdf

 

Conferences

If you are aware of any upcoming conferences that would be of interest to other CSRP members, please e-mail the details to Kelly Dwyer. Links to these conferences (where available) will be published in the newsletter each month.

 

New Publications

It would be wonderful to keep our publications lists up to date. If you have anything that has been published as part of CSRP (including conference presentations), please send Kelly Dwyer a copy of or the reference for the publication. Listed below are publications received this month and a complete list can be found in the 2006 Publications section.