Connections- ILWS Newsletter

Archive 2005

Issue 3 ­ December 2005
This issue gives a report by the director reflecting on what ILWS has achieved thus far and identifies some of the key activities for next year; an opinion by Prof Marg Alston, director of the Centre for Rural Social Research on "Service delivery in inland rural Australia: Human Rights abuses in our backyard"; a feature profile on tourism and recreation lecturer Dr Penny Davidson; and stories on two economists Assoc Prof Mark Morrison from Bathurst, and Professor Eddie Oczkowski, members of the emerging Economics and Regional Development discipline group.

Issue 2 ­ September 2005
This issue with a director's report by Prof Nick Klomp, director of the Johnstone Centre, lists publications in the ILWS 2005 Annual Research Quality Portfolio; a story on Dr Manohar Pawar from the CRSR and his research on community informal care and welfare practices; a story on PhD student Amy Jorgensen and the research being carried out on Montague Island, off the NSW south coast, on Seabird Habitat Restoration; and a profile piece on Prof Kevin Parton, head of the School of Rural Management at Orange.

Issue 1 ­ June 2005
The first issue of the ILWS newsletter includes media coverage of Institute members; a profile on Dr Lynelle Osburn, a lecturer with the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Wagga Wagga; the Institute's new PhD students; and stories on social researcher Dr Judith Crockett from Orange; senior research fellow Dr Digby Race who is based at Thurgoona; and Ray Goodlass from Wagga Wagga who is heading up the Institute's emerging theme on Nature and Use of Knowledge and Information.