https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/26211 2019-02-28T17:16:33Z https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/23552 Title: A New Approach to post-graduate educational programs for the Creative Industries Contributor(s): Cascarino, John Martin; Smith, Larry; Albury, W Randall Abstract: The purpose of this project was to develop a new and innovative approach to post-graduate training for the creative industries that would involve students structuring their learning around the development of their own industry-ready product capable of subsequent commercialisation. The final outcome for the project is a Master of Creative Industries curriculum. The project was conducted through JMC Academy, a higher education provider with facilities in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, which has been delivering undergraduate degrees in the creative industries for more than a decade in the areas of audio engineering, music, film and TV, animation and games design and entertainment business management. JMC Academy has always supported a multi-disciplinary approach to training and product development for the creative industries, believing that the commercial success of creative industries products in the areas taught by JMC largely depends on the involvement of expertise from multiple disciplines. This philosophy underpins the product development approach used for this project. The project is also based on the belief that the primary emphasis of successful training and product development for the creative industries must be Mode 2 knowledge production (multi-disciplinary) rather than Mode 1 knowledge production (mono-disciplinary). It is for this reason that the Masters program is built around the conceptualisation and development of collaborative work to produce genuinely industry-ready and commercialisation-ready product by the students themselves. In this sense, the learning base for the project mirrors the philosophy and learning base for the Professional Doctorate for Industry and the Professions. This project was jointly undertaken by two senior staff members of JMC Academy, both of whom are enrolled for the Professional Doctorate (Industry and the Professions) at the University of New England. In broad terms, there are two parts to this project, each of which was the focus of one of the candidates: 1. The development of an accreditation-ready curriculum and associated teaching and learning strategies and resources (for which this candidate was responsible) and 2. The development of the business and commercialisation strategy and framework, for which Mr George Markakis is responsible. Unfortunately, the timelines associated with enrolment for the Professional Doctorate do not allow for a longitudinal evaluation of the Master of Creative Industries project to be undertaken at this time (it will be a further two or three years before the first graduates emerge). Nevertheless, the structured feedback collected as part of this project from potential students and key members of the entertainment industry has been extremely positive - there is a real and dynamic 'belief' in the nature of this product, and its potential to revolutionise training for the creative industries. The major potential benefit of the program reported by students is the ability to 'kick start' their career through the guided development of actual commercial product while they are doing their course of study. The major benefit reported by the production companies is that at a time when production costs are increasing rapidly and the capacity to invest in new artists is decreasing rapidly, the approach to training taken by the new Master of Creative Industries should provide the industry with access to (students') commercial-ready product at no production cost to the companies. This creates a win-win situation for the student and the industry in general. 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/18504 Title: The health that workers want Contributor(s): Ditton, Mary Jane; Hussain, Rafat; Irwin, Lyn; Cruickshank, Mary; Marino, Rodrigo; Plummer, David; Wright, Victor Abstract: Employee health has significant social implications for Australia. Prevention strategies and health services for work-related injury and illness are managed by Occupational Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation systems. The extent of human suffering and the costs associated with work-related injury and illness are considerable and arguably these systems do not adequately address employee health. Non work-related injury and illness occurring during the employment period of life are contextually bound to work and are integral to the concept of employee health. This thesis seeks to understand the subjective experience of employee health from the workers' perspective. Because of workers' direct experience of their health problems their accounts are beneficial for improving workplace policies, procedures and practices. A case study approach with both quantitative and qualitative methods is used to access these experiences. The focus of the research is on a population belonging to an industry at risk of occupational stress, in order to prevent further burdens of ill health for the individual, workplace and community. The tertiary sector of the education industry in Australia provides the context for case study for this work. 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/16876 Title: Path dependence: an approach for framing constraints on adaptation in Australian dairy farms Contributor(s): Cowan, Lisa Kay; Wright, Victor; Cooksey, Ray; Kaine, Geoffrey Abstract: Climate change is a salient issue for southern Australia, which has been identified as one of the regions most vulnerable to climate change in the world. The potential impacts of climate change on farms could be profound and may require that producers adapt their farms to a much greater degree than currently undertaken. Generally speaking, it is expected that climate change will require considerable change to agriculture, with the responsibility for this change lying squarely with producers, many of which are small family businesses. In this thesis I explored the capacity of producers to adapt their farms in the face of climate change. Underpinning this exploration was a question regarding the role, if any, for public policy to support producers with managing climate change impacts. 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/13644 Title: Supporting Home-School Partnerships during Stage 6 in the New England Region Contributor(s): McCrohon, Katherine; Graham, Lorraine Abstract: Stage 6, Year 11 and 12, are the last two years of secondary school in New South Wales. It is a challenging time for students and for those who live with them. This project and its associated program 'Senior Success' is designed to facilitate a strong home-school partnership, a partnership which can scaffold a young person as they complete their school education and take their first steps into the world beyond. This project is about a three way partnership Home-School-Student. It is about valuing the equal communication of information to all stakeholders and facilitating a scaffolding of the student which recognises and values the contribution of home and the emerging adult student to successful school completion. This project focusses upon effective communication of the expectations of Stage 6; the challenges of Stage 6 and strategies to maximise academic and social outcomes. 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z