From: <NickL_at_email.protected>
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 11:09:49 +1000

Dear all

Inviting Paul Brooks to talk at the Education session is a good idea. As
would inviting in addition a science journalist (eg Wilson Da Silva or
Jonathan Nally or Leigh Dayton or Robyn Williams or David Ellyard), to
talk about the best ways of popularising science. However, the top
priority for the education session at present is to advertise to the ASA
membership as soon as possible that the session will be held and that
speakers will not be jeopardising their chance of presenting a research
paper.

When can that that be done?

Regards

Nick
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[mailto:owner-asa2006-soc_at_atnf.<!--nospam-->csiro.au] On Behalf Of Kate Brooks
Sent: Thursday, 27 April 2006 10:23 AM
To: asa2006-soc_at_atnf.<!--nospam-->csiro.au
Subject: Idea for Education Session

Hi all,

Regarding the Education session:

I was speaking with Helen Sim yesterday (ATNF's/AAO Public Relations and
Media Liaison officer). She suggested that the Education session
includes a focus on those graduates who have completed a PhD in
astrophysics and then moved on to other disciplines. She argues that in
the past these people were swept under the rug by the astronomy
community and often considered as failures. Thankfully this attitude is
changing (albeit slowly). As we see from the Decadal Plan case study on
Dr Paul Brooks, a PhD in astrophysics can be a great launching pad for
successful careers in the industry sector. This fact is often
overlooked when encouraging students to embark on a PhD in astrophysics
and yet it can be used in a positive way to counter-act the bleak
permanent job prospects in astronomy in Australia. Helen suggests we
highlight a couple of such case studies in the education session. For
example we could ask Paul Brooks to give a talk about his career path
and what skills he gained from completing a PhD in astrophysics. I
really like this idea and think it would appeal to the ASA audience.
What do you think?

I am sure we could come up with a list of numerous PhD graduates in
astrophysics who are now success stories in other disciplines.

Kate

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Dr Kate Brooks
Australia Telescope National Facility
PO Box 76 Epping NSW 1710 Australia
Phone: +61 2 9372 4683
Fax: +61 2 9372 4310
Kate.Brooks_at_csiro.<!--nospam-->au
http://www.atnf.csiro.au/people/Kate.Brooks
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