THE GRADUATE UNIONÂ
NEWSLETTER JAN/FEB 2019
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CONTENTS GU COLLEGIATE
MEMBERS' CONTRIBUTION
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2019 GU Collegiate at a glance
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February Monthly Luncheon with guest speaker Mark Fittock
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2019 GU Collegiate guest speakers
FEATURES
How are international students and gambling mixing in Victoria? by Member, Ms Shabnam Daliri
ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT MEETINGS 22
November and December 2018 Listings
OTHER
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Grumpy Pedant - Mathematics and English by Life Member, Mr Rod Watson
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A Quick Guide to Apostrophes by Mr Kevin Walsh
Innovation Future in Space and AI bright with new CSIRO investment
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Extracurricular Tips on Surviving your first Melbourne summer
REVIEWS 12
October 2018 College Table Professor Helen Herrman AO
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Reciprocal Arrangements for Graduate Union Members
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November Women’s Forum What's on your bucket list?
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Feedback
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Chairperson's Cocktail Party
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Diamond Jubilee Campaign Contribution Form
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Members' Christmas Party
GRADUATE HOUSE NEWS 18
Australian Asian Association Awards show the talent in teaching
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Welcome back to Graduate House, Dr Alex Molner
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Australia Awards Scholarships
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The 26th Influenza Specialist Group (ISG) annual scientific meeting
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GU COLLEGIATE Italian Conversation Dinner
Monthly Luncheon
Come along to dine while learning to speak Italian with an experienced teacher.
Mr Mark Fittock's talk is about his time on the Space Mars team.
Members $17 non-members $25
Resident Members $10 non-resident Members $30 general public $40 concession $35
6:00pm Tue 5 , 19th February
12:00pm for 12:30pm start Wed 6th February
Bridge Nights
Special Morning Breakfast
Join in a game or learn to play the card game Bridge. Enjoy biscuits, tea and coffee.
Non-resident Members are welcome to join Resident Members for a hearty breakfast at Graduate House.
Members $2 non-members $6
Free for Resident Members non-resident Members $20
6:50pm for 7:00pm start Wed 6th, 13th, 20th, 27th February
7:30am to 8:30am Tue 12th February
Women's Forum
Scholarships and Bursaries
The topic is Why is academic accomplishment undervalued in Australia in comparison with, for example, sport?
Scholarships and bursaries open for applications.
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Forum is free. All are welcome. Lunch is at Member and non-member prices.
Graduate House offers scholarships and bursaries to its Resident Members to assist them in reaching their research and academic goals.
10:00am for 10:30am start Wed 20th February
Tue 29th January
BOOK NOW via our website, www.graduatehouse.com.au by phone (03) 9347 3428, by email to admingh@graduatehouse.com.au or at Reception.
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2019 GU COLLEGIATE YEAR AT A GLANCE We thank you for your support in attending and promoting these functions. Function MONTH
Italian Conversation Dinner
Monthly Luncheon
Residents’ Special Morning Breakfast
Bridge Night
Residents’ Meet and Greet
Women’s Forum
College Table
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SINGLE DATE EVENTS 2019 GU Influenza and Vaccination Day
GU Annual General Meeting and Dinner
Christmas in July
30th April
30th May
26th July
Donor Thank You Day
Chairperson’s Cocktail Party
Members’ Christmas Party
6th October
29th November
13th December
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Monthly Luncheon ‘To infinity and beyond’ — Mark Fittock talks about the Mars Space team
With guest speaker
Few people can say they have left a mark on another planet but Melburnian Mark Fittock is an exception.
Mark Fittock
Mr Fittock is one of a team of engineers who make up the Mars Space team, who on 20th November 2018, saw their Space Probe land on Mars and burrow under the red sand to take the planet’s temperature. Talking about the research carried out on the ‘red planet’, Mark will guide us through his own career progression, how he came to have an interest in astrophysics and mechanical engineering, and how he has always wanted to work in Space Technology and on projects such as this.
Wednesday, 6th February 2019 12:00noon arrival for a 12:30pm start
Graduate House 220 Leicester Street, Carlton
Bookings Tel: (03) 9347 3428 Email: admingh@graduatehouse.com.au Website: graduatehouse.com.au RSVP by Monday, 4th February 2019
Mr Fittock is now working in a new company, as a Project Manager/Space Systems Engineer at OHB System, based in Bremen, Germany. Originally a student at Camberwell Grammar School, Mr Fittock went on to complete a Bachelor of Science/Engineering (Mechanical) with Honours from Monash University. He has also completed a Double Masters’ of Science degree from Luleå University of Technology. Come along to this presentation and hear firsthand what it is like to work on the Mars Space team!
Cost 10 Resident Members 30 non-resident Members $ 35 concession $ 40 general public $ $
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2019 GU Collegiate guest speakers Wednesday Monthly Luncheons
Friday College Tables
6th March
15th March — Agriculture Research
Mr Edward Tudor Executive Director of the Melbourne Indigenous Transition School.
Associate Professor Gregory Harper FAICD RTTP Business Development Director, Research, Innovation and Commercialisation Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences.
3rd April
12th April — Engineering
Associate Professor Kate MacNeill Director, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences; Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Research Training, The University of Melbourne.
Dr Harry Blutstein Adjunct Professor at RMIT University in Australia.
1st May Dr Helen Szoke AO Chief Executive of Oxfam Australia, and a commentator and advocate on issues of human rights, poverty, inequality, gender and race discrimination.
5th June Ms Jennifer Hutchison Independent Director, Writer.
7th August Dr Caitlin Barr A lecturer in Audiology within the School of Health Sciences.
4th September Ms Kerri Lee Sinclair Chief Investment Officer: Technology and Innovation, Kin Group.
2nd October Associate Professor Ellie Rennie Principal Research Fellow in the Digital Ethnography Research Centre (Technology, Communications and Policy Lab), based in the School of Media and Communication.
13th November Dr Ross McMullin An award-winning historian and biographer.
17th May — Education Dr Angelito Calma Senior Lecturer, Williams Centre for Learning Advancement, Faculty of Business and Economics, The University of Melbourne.
16th August — Public and Preventive Medicine Dr Deborah Glass Associate Professor (Research), Monash Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health.
20th September — Law Associate Professor Chantal Morton Senior Lecturer in Legal Writing and Academic Skills; Associate Professor and Director of the Legal Academic Skills Centre.
18th October — Entreprenuership Professor Mile Terziovski Department Chair and Course Director, Master of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology.
AGM Dinner — 30th May Ombudsman Deborah Glass Deborah Glass, OBE is the Victorian Ombudsman.
Please note that the guest speakers for the August College Table and the AGM Dinner bear the same name but are different people with different academic disciplines.
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Grumpy Pedant — Mathematics and English by Life Member, Mr Rod Watson The starting point of the article is that in May 2006, I was given the BH Neumann Award from the Australian Mathematics Trust for my contribution to the Australian Mathematics Competition (about 20 years as First Stage Moderator for Victoria or a member of the Problems Committee). vvv Many, if not most, of the grammatical mistakes made in the English Language have a mathematical origin or component. It falls to us mathematicians to straighten them out. Here are a few examples; as well, we will include some other grammatical mistakes that rile us. 1. The confusion between singular and plural as in the sentence “Each student will clean out their locker before going home.” The problem is the lack of a single word in English that can be used in place of his/her. This is totally avoidable if the plural is used throughout. “All students will clean out their lockers before going home.” Some writers use (s)he to cover both genders. A similar problem arises with agreement between adjective and noun, not often a problem in English. “I don’t like these sort of cakes” is better written as “I don’t like these sorts of cakes” since the adjective “these” is plural and the noun “sort” is singular. 2. Confusion between less (the continuous) and fewer (the discrete). Drink less soft drink (liquid is continuous) and eat fewer chocolates (chocolates are countable and therefore discrete). “Fewer students came to school today than yesterday” is correct. New World (NW), a chain of supermarkets in New Zealand, has the correct expression.
3. There is a widespread use of tautologies, more properly redundancies, such as PIN number, ATM
machine, HIV virus and safe haven. Have you ever seen an unsafe haven? I tend to send these up by increasing the redundancy: automatic ATM machine, for example. David Astle (from the SBS Television show Letters and Numbers) refers to this as the “RAS syndrome” – “redundant acronym syndrome syndrome”. 4. There were those who rushed into the queue to declare the new century 12 months too early, declaring 1st January 2000 as being the commencement of the 21st century. Their 19th century went for only 99 years. Germany was an exception; their 20th century commenced on 1st January 1900. However, and interestingly, most of the media correctly noted that at the end of 2010, we had completed the first ten years of the 21st century. The current setup for dates was made in AD 525 but not in common usage until after AD 800 and it failed to take account of a year 0 following 1BC. BC is an abbreviation for “Before Christ” and AD is an abbreviation for “anno domini” or “in the year of Our Lord”. Thus BC comes after the year number while AD comes before; see above. CE (“common era”) is sometimes used in place of AD and BCE (“before the common era”) in place of AD. Both follow the year number. 5. There is the common use of decimate to describe almost total destruction, with perhaps 10% left, instead of its real meaning of a loss of 10%. Ask any French troops who survived WW I or even Roman legions. 6. Things that are different are moving apart and those that are similar are moving towards each other and so it is ‘similar to’ and ‘different from’. 7. In the Olympic Games, a long jumper might achieve 8 metres 73. What is that? Is it 73cm or 73mm? There is a fear out there in the sporting world of the decimal point and we must educate them. In a similar vein, interest rates are quoted as “up by 25 basis points”; this seems to imply that the reporter thinks that the reader/viewer cannot cope with a decimal expression such as 0∙25%. In a recent comment on the latest changes to official interest rates, the reporter gave the decrease as “0∙25 basis points”. Fear of decimal fractions?
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8. In a similar vein, “interest rates have gone up by ¼ of a per cent”. What is ‘a per cent’ or is ‘a’ a pronumeral? 9. The distinction in pronunciation between ‘kilo/metre’ and ‘kil/ometre’ involves a conceptual mistake. In the former case, ‘kilo’ (meaning 1,000) is the prefix and metre (a measurement) is the suffix. In the latter case, ‘kil’ is deemed to be the prefix and ‘ometre’ is the suffix. Do we then say ‘mill/imetre’ and ‘cent/imetre’ or even ‘kil/ogram’? ABC, get your act together! Gough Whitlam argued vehemently that if the penultimate syllable is short, the stress is on the antepenultimate syllable. Thus we have diameter, perimeter and thermometer. Hence we should have kilometre, according to Whitlam. This fails to take into account the prefix/suffix issue above as well as “meter” referring to a measure or measuring device whereas “metre” is a specific length. Sorry Gough! Here are some examples where metric abbreviations are used incorrectly. Name of Unit
Correct Symbol
Examples of Incorrect Symbols
Metre
m
mtr
Kilometre
km
Km, kms, klm
Gram
g
gm, gms
Kilogram
kg
*Kg, Kgs, kgs, kgm
Tonne
t
T
Microgram
µg
mcg, mcgm
Second
s
sec
Hour
h
hr, hrs
Speed – kilometres per hour
km/h
km/hr, kmh, kmph, kph§
Litre
L
l – obsolete
Millilitre
mL
ml, mls
Square metre
m2
sqm, sq m *K is used for Kelvin temp. § as used in cricket on TV
In addition to the above, there is a failure to distinguish between volume, the space taken up by a solid or fluid and capacity which is fluid measure. Prior to metrication, for example, the volume of a refrigerator, the space available for storage, was quoted as so many cubic feet. Post metrication, this has become quoted in litres, a capacity measure.
Correct specification should be given in cubic decimetres or dm3 or better still in kilograms (kg). A decimetre is 100mm, a useful measurement. We even have soil, mulch and fertiliser sold in litres rather than in cubic decimetres or fractions of a cubic metre. The Sunday Age on 14th April 2018 had a headline referring to the situation that much time is lost by motorists at intersections in Victoria because it is not legal, unlike in some other states, to execute a left-hand turn against the red light at an intersection having stopped, taking care to give way to all traffic. The headline was “Light years of fruitless waiting”. Really? A light year is a measure of distance: 9·460 × 1012km approximately. 10. Whilst Australia has been a fully metric country since 1st July 1975, we still find measurements given in imperial units. What can be hilarious is a precise conversion from an approximate imperial measurement to a metric one. An aeroplane flying at 10,000 feet has been quoted as being 3,048m up. 3000m or 3km would be fine. A thief jumped a 1·828m fence! A translation of six feet. 1·8m or 1800mm would have been fine. 11. ‘Elder’ is used for two and ‘eldest’ for three or more; again using eldest when there are two being compared is a mathematical mistake. There is confusion here among positive, comparative and superlative, distinctions that are qualitatively mathematical. Similarly, we use “between” for two items and “among” for more than two. “Between you and me, we should divide that cake among all ten of us.” ‘Unique’ means ‘one of ’ and so we cannot have degrees of uniqueness such as ‘very unique’. 12. Our newspapers and other media like to write the date in a month/day/year format (apparently universal practice in news media) having the units in neither ascending nor descending order. At least the media tend to get it right when they write dates digitally but there still exists this inconsistency. Today should be 8 August 2018, 08/08/2018 but not August 8, 2018. A marathon running time given as 12 minutes, 25 seconds, 2 hours or 2 hours, 25 seconds, 12 minutes, would be confusing, for example. 13. Then there is confusion still between the zero integer ‘nought’ which is elliptical in shape and the letter ‘O’ which is circular. I would have thought that computers and then modern telephones would have stopped this mix-up. Just to add to confusion, the ‘phone number of a well-known jewellery store is 9563 0066 which I sometimes rather naughtily quote
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as 9563 00OO. Telstra Directory Assistance still uses O in ‘phone numbers. Fortunately, triple-O (=666) when dialled elicits an unobtainable result (as does 911). On the ‘phone, 6 = M, N, O. Next could be the confusion between “1” and “I”. Current Victorian registration plates are NLL-NLL where the first number is currently 1. How long will it be before this becomes I with some in the media? Worse is the use of other numbers as letters. E.g., the use of 5 to look like S, 3 as E and 4 as A on a personalised registration plate. Similarly, “great” is being abbreviated to gr8 and City2Sea using 2 to represent to! As for ΛO2018 as a symbol for the 2018 Australian Open (tennis), see what happens when it is put into Google. It’s all Greek to me! 14. Time, in terms of past, present and future is a matter mathematical. TV and radio news services report both the past and the future in the present tense. For example, “Carlton plays Melbourne at the MCG tomorrow” or “Carlton defeats Melbourne”. Tense, involving the concept of time, is a mathematical issue. We have at least six tenses to call upon: past, present, future in both perfect and imperfect. Let us use them despite what is taught as a presentation style at journalism school. 15. Warm temperatures and cheap prices misuse the adjectives. Measurements are neither warm nor cold; the weather can be warm or cold. Goods are cheap, not the (numerical) prices. 16. Putting an event forward or back. If I put my watch forward one hour, it will show a later time. Therefore, if an event is put forward by a week, we would expect it to be a week later. Common usage is in the other direction. 17. A quantum change is the smallest possible change at the atomic level. Thus a quantum “leap” has to be extremely small, not large. 18. Pedophile/paedophile. Strictly, this is not a mathematical issue. To clarify, “ped” comes from the Latin word for foot while “paed” comes from the Greek for child and hence has very sinister overtones. The Age and Herald Sun have used “paedophile” in recent years but ABC pronunciation leaves much to be desired. 19. The subjunctive mood, used when there is a conditional situation, is becoming a lost art. ‘If I were a rich man’ from Fiddler on the Roof is a somewhat rare example of correct usage. 20. Use of double negatives: “We don’t need no education” demonstrates the need for an education, although the irony used in the song itself should not be lost.
‘Arguably’ is often used when ‘unarguably’ is intended. 21. Misuse of amount in expressions such as “There was/were a large amount of people at the MCG on Saturday” or “The amount of people at the MCG was 50,000”. ‘Number’ should have been used. 22. A teacher teaches, a worker works, a plumber worked in lead (originally), a shopper shops and a gardener works in the garden. Therefore a staffer should be the one who staffs an organisation, not simply a staff member. The 'word' was probably invented by a lazy journalist! What is wrong with staff member or employee (which has just one more letter)? 23. Who/whom. "Whom" should be used where it occurs in the object of a sentence or after a preposition. “I
am the one who ate the chocolate.” “I am the person to whom the chocolate was given.” “I can’t remember whom I gave the chocolate to.” Most references commence with “To whom it may concern.” Who is used after the verb “to be”. 24. “Begging the question” (petitio principii in Latin) does not mean “raising the question” or “posing the question”. To beg the question is to prove a result by assuming that what you have to prove is true. For example, it is possible to devise a mathematical “proof ” of the Theorem of Pythagoras by assuming the truth of that very theorem. 25. Farther/-est is used in connection with distance. “Bendigo is farther from Melbourne than Ballarat.” “Yelta is the farthest that one can travel from Melbourne (within Victoria) by train.” Further refers to a more advanced point. “I have two further points to make.” However, further is now often used in connection with distance. (My thanks to David Astle for this distinction.) 26. When paying bills on the telephone via Post Billpay, one hears “Enter the amount in dollars and cents without the decimal point”. How? It would be better to omit the words “in dollars and cents”. Asking to “enter the amount in cents” may cause confusion among non-mathematicians.
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27. Should “Attorney-General” be spelled with or without a hyphen? Dictionaries usually include a hyphen, suggesting that a compound word is formed. I argue that there should be no hyphen. In pairs of words such as Attorney General, Governor General, notary public, major general, body corporate, body politic, court martial, hash brown, poet laureate, astronomer royal, soldiers bold (= rhyming slang for cold), life everlasting (from the Apostles’ Creed), mother superior, heir apparent, heir presumptive, Chapel Royal, Amnesty International, letters patent, the Devil incarnate and matters mathematical (from Pirates of Penzance by Gilbert & Sullivan), we are simply following what is done in many other languages: placing the adjective after the noun rather than forming a compound noun. This poses the question as to whether the dictionary should simply report language as what is occurring or should it try to specify rules. I believe that there is a place for both. The order of words is at least peripherally a mathematical issue.
Below is an example from a motel where I removed a miscreant apostrophe. Look carefully.
31. A comma represents a pause which could be construed to have a mathematical connection. “Let’s eat, Grandma” is safer for Grandma than “Let’s eat Grandma”.
One other hyphen issue is whether one should include one in the abbreviation for “electronic mail”, viz. e-mail. This is one case where I agree with American usage. 28. Should we be happy or sad with the frequent use of Latin and Greek plurals (e.g., agenda, bacteria, criteria, data, flora, formulae, media, phenomena) being used as singular? Some of the singular forms (agendum, bacterium, criterion, datum, flos, formula, medium, and phenomenon) are seldom seen. 29. The setup for golf specifies all measurements in imperial units. This leads to rules such as that the diameter of the grooves on a golf ball should be 0.508mm. Can sports people really check to the nearest thousandth of a millimetre, that is, one micrometre or 1μm? 30. Apostrophes are slightly related to Mathematics since an apostrophe designates either an omission or possession. Telephone is contracted to ‘phone while we might talk about the dog’s collar. “It’s” is “It is” and nothing else. The possessive “its” as in “its collar” is a rare exception to the rules. Then there is n’. It could surely mean only no or not. So, “Bath Bed n’ Table” must be a business which sells for the bathroom, bedroom but not for the dining room. And “Lite n’ Easy” must provide means that are low in sugar, fat, etc. But they are not easy to serve! (Please see the next article for more about apostrophes.)
32. And as for the public relations people who are trying to get rid of adverbs from English by telling us to “Think big”, “Sleep rough”, “Shop local” or to “Eat fresh”, I will contain my extreme anger. Or what about the use of a noun as a verb? “Medal” was used as a verb during the 2018 Commonwealth Games. The ABC used to be the bastion of correct English. It is a great pity that standards are not being maintained as one can observe in its radio and TV news services. For a little mathematical humour, look for “2 + 2 = 22” in YouTube. Its duration is about five minutes. Some of the pronunciations leave much to be desired. Poor fielding is poor cricket. Poor arithmetic is poor Mathematics. Poor grammar is poor communication as is poor pronunciation. Remember to spit out your Ts and the final consonant in a word! vvv
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A Quick Guide to Apostrophes by Mr Kevin Walsh
In the vast majority of cases, an apostrophe is performing one of two functions: it’s either indicating possession (as in Mr Walsh’s notes or the 25 students’ attention) or filling in for a missing letter, or letters, in a contraction (as in we’re for we are or can’t for can not). You’ll find most apostrophes won’t cause you difficulty. It’s only when you’re not careful that they’ll slip past you. The oddities can be troublesome. There is no logical reason for will not becoming won’t or shall not becoming shan’t. It’s easy to miss the apostrophe in the it is contraction or to accidentally include an apostrophe in the possessive its. The apostrophe in it’s is the most commonly misused in the English language. Sound out it is (or it has) – if that’s not what you mean, then it’s its. Remember: possessive pronouns don’t require apostrophes (yours, theirs, ours, its). Where the possession is shared, the second possessor gets the apostrophe s (as in John and Mary’s mother). Remember that when you’re talking about the 90s there’s no apostrophe to replace the 19, but there is if you’re talking about ’98 (as in the Class of ’98 studied in the 90s). The Cambridge Australian English Style Guide notes that 90s did have an apostrophe to replace the 19 (‘90s) until recently. Some writers still use it. Note also that there’s
no apostrophe before the s in 90s. Meanwhile, the plurals of letters or words require an apostrophe, for no logical reason (as in there are two p’s in apostrophe and there are no if ’s, and’s or but’s about it). You shouldn’t have problems with singular or plural possessives as long as you stop to ask yourself if it’s one girl’s marks or 25 girls’ marks. Where the plural form doesn’t require an s, then the apostrophe comes before the possessive s (so you have girls’ clothes and women’s clothes). Where a singular noun ends in an s you add an apostrophe s (as in James’s book). Some style guides allow for an apostrophe and no added s in these cases, but if you’re going to break the standard rule do it consistently. It’s safest not to break it at all. One other odd use of the apostrophe is in dialogue, or any re-created speech, where it’s used to indicate an accent (as in, “Watch ‘im, ‘e’s a slippery one!”). In effect, it’s a contraction. The key is to stop and ask yourself what function the apostrophe is performing when you use it, and then if it’s doing it in the right number and the right location. Mr Kevin Walsh is a teacher of English at The MacRobertson Girls’ High School.
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College Table Review Friday, 19th October 2018 Professor Helen Herrman AO reframes mental health Mental health – in all of its diversity – was discussed at October’s College Table, with guest convenor Professor Helen Herrman AO, President of the World Psychiatric Association and Director of the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Collaborating Centre in Mental Health, Melbourne. Following introductions and a brief statement from each College Table attendee of their objectives in being at the table, Professor Herrman acknowledged the broad range of life experiences and the strength in having together Members from all walks of life. Many expressed how they had been or were impacted directly by different forms of mental and other brain-related conditions, including dementia, anxiety, depression and addiction. Professor Herrman gave a brief outline of her career, indicating that she had qualified as a psychiatrist to then work in this field for several years, including as the Director of Psychiatry at St Vincent's Mental Health Services. Over this period, she noted significant changes in the treatment approaches for patients with mental illness, particularly with the introduction of continuous care models. “I was Professor of Psychiatry (there) from the 1990s to the 2000s – for nearly 15 years - and in that time was involved in the de-institutionalisation and closure of large hospitals in the area, and the development of mental health services.” Her next position was with Orygen – the National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health – where she researched further the role of gender in youth mental health care and the differentiation of the needs of women
and girls from those of men and boys. “I took a particular interest in kids living in out-of-home care. On young Indigenous people, we found, as many have found, that there is a disproportionate number of young people in our state and other states who are being taken into out-of-home care from these communities.” Professor Helen Herrman AO Professor Herrman then Asked about the differences between outlined her current role with the the sexes, she observed that mental World Psychiatric Association – an ill-health is experienced very umbrella group and non-government differently by men and women. organisation. With roughly 140 Women seemed to experience member societies, including the more depression and anxiety, while Royal Australian New Zealand men tended to present with more Psychiatric Association, this substance abuse problems. She also organisation includes the majority of noted some changes in this pattern, the psychiatry-related organisations however, with an increasing number around the world. of females turning to drugs and Speaking to her first-hand experience alcohol. in Manila on a secondment role 15 “There is clearly a role for gender, years ago, Professor Herrman said but whether it is biological or social, that she learned much about the the patterns are different from countries in the region (e.g., China, conception. Much of the ill-health Japan, Thailand, Cambodia and can be put down to social factors.” Laos) at that time. She worked with Professor Herrman noted that the an interesting mix of people across though the factors that contribute to Asia, managing research and liaising mental ill-health obviously vary from officially with the World Health person to person, generally speaking, Organisation (WHO).
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the world report violence from an intimate partner, with this factor impacting greatly on their mental health. Other factors like growing up in poverty and experiencing other types of violence (as a child or adult) are contributing factors that can lead to poor mental health.
the expectations on girls are different from the very early stages of life. She added the view that the lack of autonomy experienced by girls and young women in some societies is a strong factor for their mental health. The experiences of a majority of the population might thus be of great relevance and significance. Another important factor in mental ill-health is domestic violence. “We are becoming much more aware of how often women and girls are experiencing violence, and, by example of that, child maltreatment.” Professor Herrman relayed that about one third of women around
“The statistics tell us there would be almost no family untouched by mental ill-health – with one in four people affected.” Dedicated to improving the wellbeing of people with poor mental health, Professor Herrman has recently also worked with ‘Headspace’ in Australia and seen its success in improving
the lives of many young people. She expressed her desire to replicate this model in other countries and different socio-economic settings, such as in Nairobi. Professor Herrman provided an insightful and intelligent discussion at the luncheon. The audience was most grateful for the opportunity to learn about a wide range of topics in mental health. Thank you Professor Herrman. vvv
Women’s Forum Review Wednesday, 21st November 2018 What's on your bucket list? 1. Waking up in the morning and feeling well should be on everybody's bucket list. It is important to enjoy every moment of life while we are alive. 2. We can start with exploring many fascinating activities happening around Melbourne: opera, art, theatre, music, comedy, books, talks, films, and much more that this vibrant city has to offer. Aren't we lucky to live in Melbourne? We should attempt to find things of interest right here in this city and join in the celebration, laughter, discussion and joy. 3. While joyful activities should be on the top of our bucket lists, we must also accept life conditions that limit our options. Bucket list can also mean accepting what activities you have done in the past which you
may not be able to do in the future because of frailty or ill health. You may, for example, not be able to travel as far and wide as you once dreamed. 4. Moreover, not everybody has a bucket list beaming with laughter and excitement; one must be able to afford to join the activities. Life is full of interesting surprises if one has the good health and enough money to pay for them. 5. Nevertheless, we are going to make the most of the rest of our lives and what is left in front of us because most of it is behind us (adapted from Barry Humphries words). vvv
The next Women’s Forum Wednesday, 20th February Why is academic accomplishment undervalued in Australia in comparison with, for example, sport? 10:00am for 10:30am start The forum is free. Lunch is at Member and non-member prices.
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Chairperson's Cocktail Party Friday, 30th November 2018 Graduate House hosted its annual Chairperson’s Cocktail Party, which was held on Friday, 30th November 2018. With more than 200 guests in attendance, this splendid event was one of the largest held at Graduate House in recent years.
Opening proceedings, CEO/Head of College, Dr Kerry Bennett welcomed all and introduced the host for the evening, our Chairperson of Council, The Hon Gaetano (Tony) Pagone who acknowledged the many distinguished guests.
Once again, our talented culinary team transformed Graduate House Dining room into an epicurean delight, featuring glorious displays of fresh seafood - prawns, lobsters, scallops and smoked salmon. Other exquisite offerings included sushi and platters of fresh antipasto, and a range of delicious canapés. The ‘pièce de résistance’ was the towering French croquembouche of many profiteroles coated with white chocolate and strawberries!
The Hon Pagone invited Mr Richard Watson to the podium to present the MV Anderson Awards to Resident Members, Mr Prakarn Sombunying and Ms Attiya Malik (in absentia).
Among the many distinguished guests were Honorary Consuls and dignitaries from Austria, Belgium, Canada, Estonia, Mongolia, Sweden and Switzerland; Consul Generals from the Arab Republic of Egypt, Chile, Eritrea, Hungary, Japan and Portugal; and a Vice-Consul from The United States of America. The party also saw reunions of different eras. Past Chair of Council and Patron of The Graduate Union, Mr Neil Taylor enjoyed catching up with Life Members Miss Joan Ansell and Mrs Mary (nee Cooper) Hansford. All three were graduates of 1950 from The Bendigo Teachers College.
The Award was established by the descendants of Magnus Victor Anderson, who was a significant contributor to The Graduate Union and a past President of a previous incarnation of the Association in 1953. The MV Anderson medal recognises the achievements of graduates in a range of intellectual pursuits that require perseverance over a number of years and attaining important insights, as well as for their contribution to the collegial experience. Mr Watson is a descendant of MV Anderson and we were thus delighted to have him at the awards ceremony to honour this legacy. The Hon Pagone then welcomed our President to the podium. Dr Ken V Loughnan AO reflected upon the year's achievements, particularly the Diamond Jubilee Campaign, and emphasised the need to continue to provide a vibrant collegiate environment for Resident
Members. He thanked everyone for their generosity and called for their continued support towards the proposed redevelopment project. Dr Bennett further explained the new redevelopment plans for guests who were here for the first time, noting that the project, when completed, would result in a total of 236 college residential rooms. The Hon Tony Pagone then presented Dr Loughnan with a ceremonial sash and gifts in recognition and appreciation of his dedicated service as President of The Graduate Union. Concluding proceedings, The Hon Pagone thanked guests for their attendance and invited all to continue celebrating, mingling and enjoying Graduate House's fine hospitality. The 2018 Chairperson's Cocktail Party was a resounding success, with much bonhomie, conviviality and collegiality. To learn more about the Diamond Jubilee Capital Campaign, go to: https://www.graduatehouse.com.au/ capital-fundraising/ vvv
It was a successful event and the food was fantastic. — Richard Robert It was a beautiful event well organised by us for such a large group. — Neil Taylor
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Members' Christmas Party Friday, 14th December 2018 Graduate House was in a festive spirit at the Members’ Christmas Party on Friday, 14th December 2018. Held in the Graduate House Dining room which was decorated with traditional Christmas trimmings, and with more than 125 Members and guests in attendance, our annual Christmas event saw Father Christmas handing out lollies and the wonderful Melbourne Georgian Choir group ‘Gorani’ - which specialises in traditional songs from Georgia and Bulgaria - performing for the guests. CEO/Head of College, Dr Kerry Bennett welcomed all to Graduate House, and in opening the event, acknowledged distinguished guests including our President,Dr Ken V Loughnan AO, Cr Mary R Kelleher and Cr Vincent Mirabelli. Members and guests enjoyed entrée platters of seafood and warm lamb salad, followed by mains of turkey breast, salmon or moussaka. Desserts included plum pudding, pavlovas and fruit salad. Our MC for the night, Daniel Clark, along with many of our staff members, delighted guests with many surprises throughout the evening. The popular Poinsettia competition resulted in one person from each table winning a vibrant red and green foliaged plant. The rapid-draw raffle created many happy faces with nearly everyone going home with a prize! A highlight was the 'Lucky Bistro Feedback' form prize of a $500 Coles Myers Gift Voucher. To be eligible for this draw, patrons to our dining room had submitted feedback forms throughout the year (and had also been eligible to go into the monthly draw to win a bottle of wine). Providing a snapshot of Georgian culture, the Choir described the country as a place the size of
Tasmania with five separate dialects and its own Georgian script. ‘Gorani’ band leader, Dudley explained that in the country’s culture, there is a sequence of toasts and songs which occur during feasting to acknowledge the people and the world around them. The group introduced ‘Tamada’, the ‘Toastmaster’ in Georgian tradition and the appointed ‘MC’ for the night, who explained that ‘Gaumarjos’ is a series of ‘cheers’ or the ‘toast’ for the night. The first toast was dedicated to the celebration of Christmas – when we reach out to our family, friends and acquaintances at home and across the world with a renewed sense of joy and hope – and was followed by a jolly song. The second toast was dedicated to those less fortunate than ourselves. Gorani band member, Steward, spoke about the luxury of having clean water and the privilege of living on more than $35 per day. It was a valuable reflection, making the audience appreciative of their good fortune in living in a stable country. The third toast was more melancholic, as was explained as being so often enjoyed by the people of Georgia! Led by Gorani’s ‘Tamada’, it was a toast dedicated to those who cannot be with us - be that through distance or because people have passed away - a ‘toast’ that remembered those who are absent. The fourth was dedicated to children and grandchildren, and our hope to see them do well. The fifth toast was towards our hope for a peaceful world; and the final toast was dedicated to all those who had made this feast possible the organisers at Graduate House particularly the culinary and guest services teams.
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The band concluded their performance with a haunting and beautiful choral piece usually sung at weddings, ‘Kirialesa’. Special thanks are to extended to our generous sponsors: Voyager IT Services, De Bortoli Wines, M&J Chickens and Australian Meat Company, who kindly donated a wide variety of excellent raffle prizes. vvv
Voyager IT Services
De Bortoli Wines
The Australian Meat Company
M&J Chickens
"Best wishes to all at Graduate House for a very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy 2019. Congratulations to all involved with that superb Members' Xmas Party on Friday night. We had some very interesting people on our table and we all enjoyed the Georgian Choir. Something very different." — Cr Keith Ryall
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The Australian Asian Association Awards show the talent in teaching Monday, 8th October 2018 Celebrating recent achievements in Asian language education, the Australian Asian Association’s (AAA) Awards were held in October last year. Held at Graduate House, and attended by CEO/Head of College, Dr Kerry Bennett, the awards ceremony bestows monetary prizes to the highest achieving undergraduate students in a variety of languages (e.g., Chinese, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean) across Victorian universities each year. Dr Bennett attended the awards along with Consul Generals and other representatives from a wide range of Asia-Pacific countries. “I was privileged and honoured to be at the award ceremony again this year it is a wonderful celebration of Asian language education in Australia.” Graduate Union Associate Member, Lady Josie Blyton, is President of AAA Victoria and Council Member, Mary Kelleher, is Vice-President. The night’s proceedings began with Lady Blyton giving the President’s welcome, and introducing the two guest speakers, Monica Pinda and Grant Silbert. Monica Pinda gave a fascinating and rare glimpse into the world of an interpreter, providing a distinctly Australian and Asian perspective. Guiding the audience through some of the highlights in her career, her presentation showed how she gradually gained ‘language acquisition opportunities’ beginning as a Rotary exchange student and then continuing as an in-house translator (BA student) before going onto postgraduate studies in Japan and Australia. After completing her Diploma and Masters, she began working as a self-employed
interpreter in the early 1990s. Monica was very encouraging towards the award-winning students and spoke enthusiastically of the opportunities available in language training. The second guest speaker was Grant Silbert, who was a past AAA Award winner in Chinese. Grant, who is soon to enrol in Medicine, gave a beautiful pictorial presentation of his travels in China and spoke also about his plans for the future. Grant's story was a perfect example of the varied journeys that language students make, moving across languages and cultures and learning about themselves in the process.
Monica Pinda (left) translating for the 2006 Melbourne Cup winners.
Grant Silbert in Hangzhou, China. The AAA Awards ceremony is one of Established in 1956, the Australian several dinners and social occasions that provide a focus on one Asian Association of Victoria was founded in order to foster friendship, or more Asian countries, enabling understanding, and good fellowship all participants to enjoy the cultural between the peoples of Australia and distinctiveness of each country. Asia. It thus has a proud tradition of The AAA keeps in regular contact building inter-cultural awareness for with its members via its email more than 60 years. bulletins and ‘Triple A’ newsletter, To find out more about AAA go which enjoys a good readership. to: www.aaavic.asn.au/pages/about/ The Association has a strong network of contacts, and longabout. term relationships with consul vvv corps, government departments and academic institutions, allowing them to keep their members updated about local events, communities and transnational issues.
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Welcome back to Graduate House, Dr Alex Molner Dr Alex Molner recently stayed at Graduate House for two nights in November, visiting Melbourne from his home in Adelaide. Alex first stayed at Graduate House in the 1970s when he was studying for a PhD in Russian at The University of Melbourne. As a Resident Member at the time, Alex knew Mr William Berry – Secretary of The Graduate Union (1948‑1984) and the Founding Warden of Graduate House (1962-1984)– and Miss Barbara Funder. Appropriately, the photo to the right was taken while Alex was seated in the current Barbara Funder Lounge. Alex also holds a Bachelor of Arts from The University of Queensland,
a Diploma of Education from The University of Sydney and a second Bachelor of Arts from The University of Melbourne, where he received first-class honours and two scholarships for being the top of his class. We are very grateful to Dr Molner also for his long service as a regular Army Officer in Vietnam, Malaya, Singapore, Africa and the Middle East. Thank you sir. Dr Molner worked as a school teacher at Scots College in Sydney, at the Adult Migration Education Services (AMES) in Melbourne and as Head of the Victorian College of English, which had 1,000 students and 60 staff at its peak.
Dr Alex Molner in the Barbara Funder Lounge. Since his retirement, Alex has enjoyed reading, research and politics. vvv
Australia Awards Scholarships Congratulations are extended to Australia Award Scholarship recipients and Resident Members Merium Kazmi, Mehak Masood and Attiya Malik. Australia Awards Scholarships are long-term awards administered by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. They aim to contribute to the development needs of Australia's partner countries in line with bilateral and regional agreements. They provide opportunities for people from developing countries, particularly those countries located in the Indo-Pacific region, to undertake full time undergraduate or postgraduate study at participating Australian universities and Technical and Further Education (TAFE) institutions.
Mehak Masood (far left) with Merium Kazmi and Attiya Malik (right) The study and research opportunities provided by Australia Awards Scholarships develop the skills and knowledge of individuals to drive change and contribute to development in their own countries.
Visit http://bit.ly/2SSpkZd to read an article by Talib Haider published on the SBS website on 14th December 2018 which includes an interview with Resident Member Merium Kazmi. vvv
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The 26th Influenza Specialist Group (ISG) annual scientific meeting Since 1993, the Influenza Specialist Group (ISG) has held regular scientific meetings in order to analyse the influenza season just gone and to provide a forum for the Australian influenza experts to prepare for the next. Influenza is a complex disease, which usually causes a more severe illness than other common viral respiratory infections. It could be life-threatening for some people and should not be confused with a common cold. In most parts of Australia, influenza outbreaks are seasonal, occurring between late autumn and early spring. Seasonal outbreaks occur every year and vary from mild sporadic outbreaks (such as in 2018) to serious epidemics as occurred in 2017. It is estimated that between 5% to 20% of the population may be infected annually. Influenza vaccines offer a high degree of protection against the disease but must be administered annually due to changes (mutations) in the circulating influenza viruses. On the 3rd and 4th of February, more than 100 scientists, doctors and other experts in the field will reconvene for their annual meeting to discuss the outcome of the 2018 influenza season and to provide an outlook for what to expect in 2019. Chaired by Associate Professor Lou Irving, Director of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, and longtime member of the Immunisation Coalition, this year’s meeting includes a line-up of speakers who will give the audience an opportunity to hear from people who are at the forefront of protecting Australians from influenza. The speakers include:
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Professor Kanta Subbarao, Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza in Melbourne;
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Professor Peter Openshaw, Professor of Experimental Medicine at Imperial College London; Honorary Physician at the Department of Respiratory Medicine, St Mary's Campus of the Imperial College NHS Trust;
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Dr Alicia Fry, Chief of the Epidemiology and Prevention Branch, Influenza Division, at CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD), USA;
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Professor Kristine Macartney, Director of NCIRS, NSW; and
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Tracie Hibbard, Director of the Australian Immunisation Register, Department of Human Services.
Over two days, the discussion will include a review of the use of enhanced vaccines in Australia and overseas, and the outlook on universal vaccines. There will be an analysis of infection control in aged care facilities, a session on treatment options, and a look at flu immunology. There will also be a review of 2018 epidemiology and of current vaccine safety programs. Working together with the Immunisation Coalition and Vaccine8@work, The Graduate Union has been offering free flu shots to the general public since 2012. About 400 people come to Graduate House each year at the beginning of the flu season to receive a free flu shot.
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Why is it worth getting the flu vaccine? People who are vaccinated are at a lower risk of contracting influenza than those who are not vaccinated. Even though you may be fit and healthy, you can still get the flu and pass it on to vulnerable people such as the elderly, young children and pregnant women. You may not realise that you can spread the virus before you start feeling the symptoms. The flu can be life‑threatening for vulnerable people.
Why do you need to have a flu shot every year? The types of influenza viruses circulating in the community changes from year to year, so the vaccine has to be updated. In addition, immunity developed after vaccination begins to wane after about eight months, or earlier for some people. The Graduate Union and The Immunisation Coalition is partnering again in 2019 to provide free flu vaccination injections at Graduate House. Grab the opportunity to prevent the preventable.
Free Public Vaccination Event Tuesday, 30th April 2019 10:00am – 3:00pm Graduate House 220 Leicester Street, Carlton Telephone (03) 9347 3428 The link for electronic booking will be made available via social media and published in our Monthly Newsletters. vvv
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How are international students and gambling mixing in Victoria? by Member, Ms Shabnam Daliri Gambling is having an increasing effect on international students in Victoria. With the state seeing record numbers of overseas students arriving – an increase of 15.2 per cent or more than 200,000 people from 170 countries since 2016 – there is growing evidence that international students are being increasingly affected by gambling. Current research indicates that while international students have lower levels of participation in gambling than domestic students, they do show higher levels of problem gambling behaviour. These students also have a higher weekly expenditure than local students. The gambling culture in Australia can make international students more vulnerable to gambling and can place them at higher risk for gamblingrelated problems. This vulnerability is particularly marked in Chinese international students, where the pastime may have added appeal because gambling is illegal in China. The accessibility and availability of gambling venues in Australia, along with the promotion of gambling in key social events – for example Chinese New Year in the casino – encourages gambling in these communities. The higher stress levels experienced by international students, who deal with problems like special visa conditions, university tuition fees, social pressures of studying abroad, and isolation from their families and loved ones, can often contribute to an increase in their vulnerability to gambling. Surveys conducted by people working in the field have shown a trend for international gamblers to be younger and to be more frequently using more
advanced technology (such as apps) to gamble. Certain risk factors can assist in identifying students who use gambling as a coping mechanism as well as a form of escapism to deal with their financial difficulties, cultural/social loneliness and the loss of their social support networks. Students are also attracted to gambling as a means of integration into Australian society or inclusion in their own cultural community. Often young, they are unaware of how uneven the chances of winning on a poker machine really are – the odds of winning the top prize on a poker machine on a standard fiveline machine is 1 in 9.7 million. However, defining gambling is problematic because different communities have varying views on what constitutes gambling. Some communities might consider some aspects of gambling as a socially acceptable pastime (for example lottery tickets). Others might regard it a shameful and dishonourable activity. Some ethnic
groups might regard gambling as a game, a form of social activity or even a way of socialising, while in other communities there might be strong stigma and negativity towards gambling. Regardless of the level of social acceptance of gambling across different cultures, few people in general ever disclose their gamblingrelated problems due to the stigma. Students who are gambling or experiencing financial difficulty due to gambling can receive a range of professional services including counselling, financial and legal advice, as well as in-language support. All students, including those from overseas, can seek help from: •
The Study Melbourne Student Centre: 1800 056 449
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The Drum Youth Services (local community group): 03 9663 6733
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Gambler’s Help Youthline: 1800 262 376.
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Academic and Professional Development Meetings / GU Newsletter
The following groups from The University of Melbourne have convened meetings, workshops and events at Graduate House during the month of November and December 2018.
Academic Services
Centre for Health Policy
Children's Lives Research Initiative
Committee of Convocation
5th November 8 attendees
1st, 28th, 29th, 30th November 76 attendees
22nd November 8 attendees
21st November 20 attendees
Department of Finance
Department of Infrastructure Engineering
Faculty of Arts Planning Conference
Faculty of Business and Economics
7th November 26 attendees
20th November 6 attendees
27th November, 4th December 8th November, 12th December 6 attendees 155 attendees Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences (FMDHS)
Graduate Student Association (GSA)
Infrastructure Services University Services
Melbourne Dental Clinic
24th November 88 attendees
22nd November 20 attendees
5th December 25 attendees
12th November 10 attendees
Melbourne School of Health Sciences (MSHS)
Melbourne School of Philosophy Dinner
Melbourne School of Professional and Continuing Education
Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute (MSSI)
13th November, 17th December 106 attendees
3rd December 11 attendees
20th, 23rd November, 3rd December 109 attendees
28th November 24 attendees
School of Biomedical Sciences Celebratory Drinks
School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering Industry - Cocktails
UOM Commercial ITC Thermography Level 2
UoM MSPACE Network of Schools
29th November 37 attendees
21st November 85 attendees
3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th December 25 attendees
7th, 19th, 22nd, 26th November, 13th December 155 attendees
The patronage of organisation Members in charitable, not-for-profit, government and professional development sectors is acknowledged here, as is that of our many Members who hold their functions at Graduate House.
Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) Education Group 15th, 27th November 12 attendees
Alan Bell's Christmas Dinner
3rd December 11 attendees
Australian Martial Arts (AMA) Academy Christmas Dinner
Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law (ANZAPPL)
4th December 19 attendees
6th December 70 attendees
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Arts Access Victoria (AAV)
Association of French Teachers in Victoria (AFTV)
Association of German Teachers of Victoria Inc. (AGTV)
Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering (ATSE)
26th November 38 attendees
16th November 40 attendees
5th December 15 attendees
1st November 10 attendees
Australian Asian Association (AAA)
Australian School of Applied Management (ASAM)
Australian Society for Music Education (ASME)
Australian Urban Research Infrastructure Network (AURIN)
11th, 12th November 13 attendees
14th, 16th, 21st, 27th November 65 attendees
14th November 9 attendees
12th December 12 attendees
Calabrese Cultural Association
Carelink Thrive Group
20th November 6 attendees
7th, 28th November 5th, 12th December 32 attendees
Barry Dance - Retired Senior Officers' Lunch 3rd December 13 attendees
C4M Consultants 23rd November 4 attendees
David Bottomley Ginger Group Dinner Event
Carlton Gardens Primary School
Carlton-Parkville Probus Club Inc - Meeting and Christmas Lunch
Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport Australia (CILTA)
18th December 54 attendees
12th, 13th November 151 attendees
6th December 19 attendees
10th December 15 attendees
Dental Health Services Victoria (DHSV)
Doherty Institute GAS Symposium
International Coach Federation (ICF)
IEEE Victorian Section
15th November, 7th December 116 attendees
15th November 60 attendees
17th December 11 attendees
12th December 50 attendees
IMD Alumni Roundtable
International Education Association (ISANA)
John Cain Foundation Annual Lecture/ AGM
7th November 14 attendees
9th November 50 attendees
7th, 21st November 90 attendees
Melba Group Lunch Meeting 30th November 18 attendees
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Melbourne Grammar School Form 5A 1948 Bill Collett
Michael Quin Ex PAV Group
Modern Greek Teachers Association of Victoria (MGTAV)
Modern Language Teachers' Association of Victoria (MLTAV)
9th November 12 attendees
5th December 12 attendees
8th November 13 , 18th December 19 attendees
15th November 4th December 100 attendees
Order of St. John Christmas Function
Organisational Development Australia
Outdoors Victoria
13th November 30 attendees
5th November, 3rd December 33 attendees
28th November 20 attendees
4th December 3 attendees
Parkville Conference of St Vincent de Paul
Phoenix Australia
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG)
19th November, 10th December 20 attendees
1st, 2nd, 21st November 46 attendees
6th December 5 attendees
MSPACE University of Indonesia Program of Activities
Ripponlea Institute
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1966 Chemical Engineers Reunion Luncheon
Rotary Club of Carlton - Book Fair, Lunch, Board and Heritage Cluster Meetings
29th November 8 attendees
12th November 17 attendees
2nd, 7th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 20th, 26th, 27th November 4th, 5th, 12th December 272 attendees
Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI)
Victorian Education Services (VES) Lunch
Social Education Victoria (SEV)
Social Work Department Writing Group
3rd December 21 attendees
12th December 20 attendees
14th November, 6th, 10th December 78 attendees
27th November 8 attendees
St Joseph's North Melbourne Old Boys Reunion
The Graduate Union Collegiate Events and Governance Meeting
16th November 22 attendees
5th, 7th, 9th, 13th, 14th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th November 4th, 5th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 17th, 18th, 19th December 964 attendees
Trinity College
Victorian Curriculum & Assessment Authority
WingLong Pty Ltd
7th December 25 attendees
16th November, 14th December 76 attendees
1st, 2nd November 34 attendees
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Innovation: Future in Space and AI bright with new CSIRO investment
The future of Australia’s national science agency, the CSIRO looks bright with the investment of $35M into frontier research in Space Technology and Artificial Intelligence (AI). This includes the development of advanced imaging of Earth from satellites and cuttingedge data science to support the growth of AI technology. The investment is part of CSIRO's Future Science Platforms (FSP) portfolio, committed to research that provides new and emerging opportunities for Australia. Reinvigoration of old technologies, creation of new industries and the building of a new generation of researchers through specially-created student places in these 'future' fields are targets for this investment. Space
Technology and AI join eight other areas of future science, including in the fields of health and energy. By 2022, the CSIRO Future Science Platforms (FSPs) program will have invested $205M since it was launched in 2016. AI and Machine Learning will receive $19M to target AI-driven solutions for areas including food security and quality, health and wellbeing, sustainable energy and resources, resilient and valuable environments, and Australian and regional security. CSIRO Chief Executive Dr Larry Marshall said the FSPs have an important role to play in Australia's path to prosperity. "Innovation needs deep collaboration, so our FSPs
bring together this nation's worldclass expertise across all fields of science, technology, engineering and maths to deliver real solutions to real world problems." CSIRO's investment in Space Technology builds on the launch of their Space Roadmap for Australia and supports the newly formed Australian Space Agency's goal of tripling the size of the domestic space sector to $10-$12Bn by 2030. Read more about the CSIRO’s investment at: https://bit.ly/2DYeDPU vvv
Extracurricular: Tips on Surviving your first Melbourne summer For those arriving for the first time in Melbourne, there are many things to discover in your first summer - so here is a short list of things to look forward to: Heatwaves - Few things can prepare you for a heatwave in Australia, but staying informed on the weather is essential. The best source is the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM), a government website, that provides suburban, regional and national forecasts, comprehensive reports and long-term forecasts. See: http://www. bom.gov.au/ The bugs and animals - Australia has a huge selection of native insects and animals to appreciate in summer. Ranging from life-threatening to nuisance creatures, most are found in regional Victoria - though those in the city should also stay vigilant. Mosquitos, ants, cockroaches, ticks and spiders can all be a threat. Larger creatures like lizards, snakes and
cane toads are also common. In the water, sharks and jellyfish are dangerous. In short, it is best to leave unusual animals alone! See: https://australianmuseum.net.au/ learn/animals/dangerous-animals/ The sunscreen dilemma - Wearing sunscreen in Australia must be taken seriously as this country has one of the highest skin cancer rates in the world. The two main types of sunscreens are ‘physical’ and ‘chemical’. ‘Physical’ sunscreens, or sunblocks, act as barrier creams and are ‘metal oxide’ derivatives, similar to zinc creams. These are regarded as safer and less toxic than chemical sunscreens, and better for sensitive skins. ‘Chemical’ sunscreens either reflect or absorb harmful rays, and often have compound formulas to protect skin. Find out more at: https://bit.ly/2OYy0hT
Staying informed - During summer, stay aware of your surroundings. In the country, conditions can change rapidly. Be vigilant to bush fires and fire ban conditions. Stay informed via the Country Fire Authority (CFA) and the Victoria Emergency websites – in heatwave conditions this could save your life! At the beach, always remember to ‘swim between the flags’ (see: https:// lsv.com.au/). Visit one of Melbourne’s local outdoor pools and be careful around other waterways. All too soon winter will come around and you will wonder how you ever complained about the summer heat in the first place! vvv
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Reciprocal / Feedback / GU Newsletter
Reciprocal Arrangements for Graduate Union Members Members of The Graduate Union travelling interstate and overseas have access to our many reciprocal associations and may take advantage of the discounts, bonuses and hospitality of our national and international partners. Members must obtain a letter of introduction from Graduate House and then make individual arrangements with the associations before travelling. A full list of our reciprocal associations is here: https://www. graduatehouse.com.au/join-us/ reciprocal-associations/. For example, book the Reciprocal Club rates at the St. James's Hotel and Club in London for January, February
or March and receive complimentary Continental Breakfast for two and a 2:00PM late check out. While staying at the St. James’s Hotel and Club, catch the record-breaking Hamilton at Victoria Palace Theatre, following the show's transfer to London's West End after a multiaward-winning run on Broadway. Or jump on the tube at Green Park Station and head to South Kensington on the Piccadilly Line. Within a few minutes’ walk, you will reach the Natural History, Science and Victoria & Albert Museums. They are conveniently all near each other and just a short walk from Harrods, restaurants and shops of Knightsbridge. vvv
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We value your comments and suggestions! Thanks so much for the lovely festive table last night. We all had a jolly time. The Graduate Union staff have all been unfailingly helpful to Melba Group, Italian group, and all the other visitors I have brought along. — Marg Sawyer, Melba Group Our event was well-organised and was excellent with no issues whatsoever. It was very professional and courteous. The function room was perfect, food was of excellent quality; the pies and sausage rolls were new and fantastic. The staff were very helpful before, during and after the event. — Billy Nguyen, Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA ) Please pass on my best wishes and thanks to your team – they do an amazing job! I know you are also very proud of their achievements and I understand why. Amazing service every time I come in and even when I’m walking through in the evening, I notice how attentive all the staff are to guests (both meeting attendees and residents). I imagine there is not a lot of down time for everyone in the team at Graduate House so I do hope they also have a lovely break, no matter how long or short! Warm regards — Cr Sarah Banks
Organising a function at Graduate House was very straightforward with good forms and very helpful assistance from Rosie. It went like clockwork. We had very favourable feedback from attendees about the meal and the service. The staff were helpful. Full marks to Rosie beforehand and the team on the night. — Kevin Stevenson, North Reunion
Tell us how we did. Your feedback is important. All Dining Room Feedback Forms will be in the Monthly Draw and in the running for the Year-End Prize of a $500 Coles Myer Gift Voucher, drawn at the Members Christmas Party on Friday, 13th December 2019.
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