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Hi Everyone Hope all is well with you all. I have heard from Edith Cowan University that the surveys are returning well, which is fantastic. Also, as the final batch was sent out 4 weeks ago and there was a request within the survey asking for them to be returned within a fortnight, ECU will not be ...

Thank you to all who have expressed kind thoughts and prayers for our college community. It was certainly a freak accident that occurred in Thailand, when lightening struck out of the blue killing 5 people, including Dr Greg Crombie, who was Head of the SOSE department here at Winthrop Baptist Colle...

Hi Everyone ECU has just notified us that permission has now come through for ACT DET schools and their surveys will now be posted next week along with the NSW non-government schools. Surveys cannot go out to NSW DET schools because ECU has not received approval for that sector. Therefore after next...

Hi Mother and all ,
Don't despair. This will be a very reputable survey and I am confident will highlight the current situation in schools.
Regards
Teresa

Hi All, I understand the disappointment, however unless we have the approval of the jurisdiction, schools cannot participate. Likewise it is necessary to have the approval of the principal and Head of Science for participation. All of these approvals are necessary and even if you get a copy of the s...

Hi All, Thank you all so much for your interest in when the survey will be coming to your school. We have not received approval for research in NSW DET schools. This approval is necessary for these schools to be able to participate in the survey. However the survey will be sent out in the next few d...

Hi All,
Nearly 4 months on from this, I was wondering how Rosalie is doing?
Does anybody know?
Regards
Teresa

Hi All, It is great to hear that the survey is being received and completed. Thanks for all your expressions of enthusiasm! The surveys have been posted to all states and territories except NSW and ACT. I have just spoken to Professor Mark Hackling and lots of the surveys are coming in which is fant...

Dear Chemtalkers, I have just been advised that Ethics Committee approval has now been received for South Australia, so the survey should be posted out to SA schools early next week. This survey is well supported by ASTA, who will be asking their Science Teacher Associations in every state/territory...

Dear Chemtalkers, The National Survey is being posted this week to the following state/territories: ACT Catholic Schools Northern Territory Queensland Tasmania Victoria Western Australia We are still awaiting ethics committee approvals from the ACT, NSW and SA. An email has been sent to the intersta...

Hi Lindy, The survey has not been sent out yet as we are still waiting for ethics approvals to come through. I will post to Chemtalk as soon as it goes out, which may be state by state as approvals come in. At the moment we are just letting technicians and science teachers know that it will be comin...

Hi all Chemtalkers: I have attended CONASTA on the Gold Coast along with approx 60 other technicians. Probably about 50 were from Queensland, 2 from NSW, 2 from Vic, 2 from SA and 4 from WA. There was only one opportunity to address all the technicians together. I only had about 5-10 minutes to talk...

Hi All, Thank you Lizzie for your kind words! What a week you have had!! I sincerely wish you a better week next week and a good break from school! It has taken 3 years to get to this point with the survey and feel very excited about it all. This survey should give reliable information of the situat...

Hi All, Sorry it has taken me a while to answer the questions about SETA, but I wanted to make sure that I had the information correct before posting! SETA is simply a small group of 6 interstate Science Technicians who regularly attend CONASTA, the Conference of the Australian Science Teachers Asso...

Hi All, As previously mentioned the survey will be sent via the principal to the Teacher in Charge of Science and the Technician. As soon as the survey is sent out I will let you all know. It will happen progressively as ethics approvals are granted. This is a necessary process for all surveys that ...

Hi Everyone, I was just about to send this reply when I saw Zelda's post. It is fantastic to have this website to be able to communicate! As stated in the notice: The survey will be sent to every secondary school in Australia that has more than 70 students. It will be sent to the science department ...

Good spotting Zelda!! Thank you Jodie for answering Lisa's query as well as for your enthusiasm! Yes there will be a National Laboratory Technician survey conducted soon. The Survey is a joint project of the Science Education Technicians of Australia, the Australian Science Teachers Association (AST...

Hi All, There are a number of WA Technicians who subscribe to this site who would like to express their concern to Rosalie regarding her terrible accident with Sulfuric Acid. How is she going now that it has been over 2 weeks since the accident? Perhaps "cheltie" aka Helen Larson or someon...

Thank you very much Sue, for letting me know the cost.
I was curious to see how much and didn't know if groups of schools got a special rate.
It is so nice to be able to be in touch with you all!
Regards
Teresa

Thank you for your replies. In WA the Regional Technician's Group in the DET arrange a CD with MSDSs, as well as the labelling and associated risk assessments. It is all a lot of work for them and appreciated by all. As the MSDSs need to be manufacturer specific I usually go to the Chem Supply or AP...