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STRICTLY SPEAKING | GET-UP
This informal word has multiple senses – not all overlapping – depending on which dictionary you consult . They do agree on get-up being an unusual costume or outfit which draws attention to the wearer . “ Get-up nights ” are a suburban extravaganza for people “ dressed in their finest Spiderman , Wolverine , Captain America and Ninja Turtle get-up ”. Examples like these abound in the international GloWbE corpus of blogs and websites ( 2013 ), showing that get-up is used in this sense around 90 per cent of the time in the US and Great Britain . In Australia the rate is only half that relative to other uses of the word . The next most frequent use – apart from the activist group Get-Up – is get-up used as a legal term for the features that make up a product ’ s look ( its shape , colour , size , material ), which are protected by civil law . Any company found imitating another ’ s getup in goods presented for sale can be challenged . The right to use the Peanut Butter Trade Dress ‘ a jar with a yellow lid , yellow label …’ was recently claimed by Kraft . This legal use of get-up is first recorded in relation to book publishing in 1857 ( Oxford English Dictionary online ), which lends a certain irony to its first citation for the saying “ never judge a book by its cover ” in 1872 . Perhaps Australian scepticism means we tend not to judge people by their get-up either .
Written by Emeritus Professor Pam Peters , researcher at Macquarie University ’ s Linguistics Department .
HARVARD NOD FOR BISHOP
Julie Bishop , chancellor of The Australian National University , has been named one of Harvard
University ’ s Fisher family fellows .
The former deputy leader of the Liberal Party and foreign minister joins three other senior international figures as part of the Future of Diplomacy Project at Harvard ’ s John F Kennedy School of Government .
The project is dedicated to promoting the study and understanding of diplomacy , negotiation and statecraft in international politics .
“ Now more than ever , the world needs to find diplomatic and robust international-led solutions to the many global challenges we face ,” said Bishop .
FIRSTS FOR UOW The University of Wollongong has announced its new vice-chancellor and principal .
Professor Patricia Davidson , currently dean of the School of Nursing at Johns Hopkins University in the US , will assume the role in May 2021 .
UOW said she was chosen from a highly competitive field of candidates for her experience in leadership and higher education , her depth of knowledge in the health sciences , and her commitment to diversity and inclusion .
Davidson will be the fifth VC since UOW became an independent university in 1975 , the University ’ s first female VC , and the first UOW VC who is also an alumna .
NEWFOUND FAME
Two US experts are joining Flinders University to work on microbial metagenomics – the analysis of DNA sequences of microbes derived directly from environmental samples .
Professor Robert Edwards , a computer science and biology expert , and marine biologist Professor Elizabeth Dinsdale , a pioneer in the ecology of microbial and viral communities , have moved to South Australia from San Diego State University , California to set up the Flinders Accelerator for Microbiome Exploration ( FAME ) research group .
The interdisciplinary centre will aim to “ promote and enhance metagenomics
work in the university ’ s health and life sciences , engineering , nutrition and dietetics ”.
MADDOCKS TO LEAVE CDU
Charles Darwin University will be on the hunt for a new vice-chancellor after Professor Simon Maddocks announced he will leave the university at the end of 2020 , after seven years in the role .
CDU chancellor Paul Henderson said Maddocks led a significant restructure of the university and has “ set the university up perfectly for its next phase of growth ”.
Henderson added : “ There is a lot of senior level movement across the sector and we are confident we ’ ll be able to attract the very best candidates to lead CDU into its next stage of evolution .”
NEW PROF ON THE BEAT
The University of Tasmania ’ s program of research and teaching in Policing and Emergency Management has a new leader in Professor Nicole Asquith .
Asquith , Associate Professor of Policing and Criminal Justice at Western Sydney University , will also head up the Tasmanian Institute of Law Enforcement Studies as director .
She said : “ I have collaborated with about 10 different police services in my career and have found Tasmania Police to be particularly engaged in research-informed practice . They are so open to pursuing knowledge .”
A GOAL FOR FOSTER
Former Socceroos captain Craig Foster has been appointed Adjunct Professor of Sport and Social
Responsibility at Torrens University .
Foster will work with business degree and master ’ s students to help each graduate understand the responsibility of sport in addressing human rights and equality issues and apply that thinking in their future roles .
Foster said today ’ s high-profile athletes , such as Naomi Osaka , LeBron James and Australia ’ s own Adam Goodes are demonstrating exemplary leadership in pushing for a new vision of sport that stands publicly against all forms of social injustice .
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