The Graduate Union of The University of Melbourne Inc
Newsletter March 2014 this issue
Upcoming Events • 2
Speakers for 2014 • 3 Finance Seminar • 4 March Monthly Luncheon • 5 Twilight Lecture and GU Tastings • 6 GU Flu Vaccination Day • 8 College Table - Architecture, Building and Planning Discussion • 10 Summer (Autumn) welcome BBQ • 11 Reminiscing Sunday for Pre-1956 Graduates • 12 February Monthly Luncheon Review • 14 Meet and Greet • 16 Graduate Union Tutors • 17 House News • 18 Member News • 19 Free Public Lectures at The University of Melbourne • 20 University Sector News • 23 Academic and Professional Development Meetings • 25 Thank you for donations to support the education of the world’s finest
Welcome to GU Collegiate 2014
We invite you, Members and non-members, to our functions Book via our website, by phone 03 9347 3428, or through email admingh@graduatehouse.com.au
MARCH 2014 Tuesday, 4th, 18th ITALIAN CONVERSATION DINNER 6.00pm Dine and speak Italian with an experienced teacher. Members $15 RSVP by the Monday prior. Non-members $22 Concession $20 Wednesday, 5th, 12th, 19th
CARD and QUIET BOARD GAME NIGHT Bring your own group or join others to play bridge, Scrabble, chess or another quiet card or board game.
7.30pm to 10.00pm Members FREE Non-members Gold Coin
Wednesday, 5th
MONTHLY LUNCHEON 12.00 noon for 12.30pm Our speaker, Professor Ross Garnaut AO, presents: Resident Members $10 How are we managing the dog days? Non-resident Members $30 RSVP by Monday, 3rd March. Concession $35 General public $40
Friday, 7th
COLLEGE TABLES Architecture, Building and Planning; and Engineering Resident, non-resident Members and other post-graduates from other colleges are invited to attend.
Tuesday, 11th
RESIDENTS’ SPECIAL BREAKFAST for Resident and non-resident Members
Thursday, 13th
FREE INFLUENZA VACCINATIONS Free flu shots are available for Resident and non-resident Members, and for non-member postgraduates.
12.30pm All Members $10 Non-members $16 7.30am to 8.30am Resident Members FREE 10.30am to 4.30pm FREE
THE GRADUATE UNION OPEN HOUSE DAY Bring friends and show off this Carlton gem. Friday, 14th
WELCOME SUMMER / AUTUMN BBQ Welcoming all postgraduates to the new academic year, those enrolled, in careers and retired. This event combines the second Meet and Greet for Resident Members and the Friday Drinks and Dinner. WORLD’S GREATEST SHAVE Come along also to support Scott, our Building Services Officer, for his worthy cause.
Resident Members FREE Non-resident Members $20 Guests and non-members $30 Concession $25
Wednesday, 19th WOMEN’S FORUM 10.00am for 10.30am Topic: Distinguishing between ‘alliance’ and ‘reliance’: at what Forum is FREE stage (and why) can one become the other? Stay on for lunch at Members’ prices. GU TASTINGS AND TWILIGHT LECTURE 5.30pm then 6.30pm Tastings of wine and food, with Graduate House drinks and Resident Members FREE canapés, followed by Dr Robyn Arianrhod speaking on Non-resident Members $20 Mathematical love stories: Writing popular scientific Guests and non-members $25 biography and history. Concession $22.50 Sunday, 30th
REMINISCING: PRE-1956 GRADUATES Catch up with alumni from the golden era of university life to share photographs and memories, followed by a concert with Deborah Cheetham and Toni Lalich with guest appearance by Major General Jeffrey Rosenfeld.
Lunch at dining room prices
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2014 Monthly Luncheon Speakers On the first Wednesday of each month (bar January, July and December), The Graduate Union hosts a two course luncheon with wine followed by a presentation from a renowned speaker (see list below). Book at least six events in advance to receive reduced prices for each luncheon: $8 (not $10) for Resident Members $25 (not $30) for non-resident Members $35 (not $40) for Guests, non-members (general public) $30 (not $35) for Concession Select six or more luncheons from the list below (placing ticks in boxes to the right) and send in your bulk booking for the year. We also take bulk bookings over the phone or by email. March 5th
Professor Ross Garnaut - Professor of Economics
April 2nd
Ms Kelly Gellatly - Director, Ian Potter Museum of Art
May 7th
Professor Singer AC - Australian moral philosopher
June 4th
David Pledger - Australian intermedia artist and theatre owner
No Luncheon in July August 6th
Professor David de Kretser - former Governor of Victoria
September 3rd
Mary Dalmau - General Manager of Reader’s Feast Bookstore
October 1st
Professor Marcus Wigan - Melbourne School of Land and Environment
November 12th Ms Frances Mirabelli - Leading Age Services Australia, Victoria
Annual General Meeting Dinner May 29th
The Honourable Justice David Harper AM 0 Sentencing Justice, The Media and Public Opinion & Dinner
2014 Twilight Lectures March 19th
Dr Robyn Arianrhod - Writer and Mathematician
July 23rd
Allan Myers - subject to his court schedule
September 17th
Ms Rosa Storelli (to be confirmed)
and GU Tastings from 5.30pm on the evening of each Twilight Lecture. Come in to enjoy drinks and canapĂŠs together with samples of food and wine from specialist producers. Lectures start at 6.30pm. Return to the dining room for sweeter tastings following the lecture.
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The GU Scholar Calendar 2015 Our theme for the 2015 Graduate Union Calendar is International Scholars. There will be five scholars featured each month and we need your help! We invite Members to nominate the Scholars that you would like to see featured in this calendar. Send in your list, together with a brief rationale for their inclusion (if you have such) and their birth date. We shall arrange them according to their birth month. For example, Sir Isaac Newton, born 25th December, 1642 might be a good candidate for December. Send your list to shirley.ho@graduatehouse.com.au or post/hand it in to Graduate House. We hope to receive nominations for famous individuals from all countries.
Finance Seminars 2014 27th February (RSVP by Wednesday 26
th
February)
Don’t put your head in the sand. It can be costly! Members and guests may stay on for lunch or dinner in the dining room to speak more informally with the presenter. Don’t forget to book in advance for catering purposes and because we often have a large number of people at these times of the day. Invite along others to learn from this seminar and to experience first hand some of the benefits of membership. Free for Members. Gold coin donation for guests and non-members.
Sitting One 12.00pm to 1.00pm
Sitting Two 5.30pm to 6.30pm
The convenor of these excellent sessions is Mr Peter J Clark DCA Advisors Pty Ltd 249 Bouverie Street Carlton, Victoria 3053
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March Monthly Luncheon Wednesday, 5th March, 2014 12.00 noon for 12.30pm
Professor Ross Garnaut How Are We Managing the Dog Days? Professor Ross Garnaut (AO) is a Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow and a Professorial Fellow in Economics at The University of Melbourne, and a Distinguished Professor of the Australian National University. He is the author of numerous publications on international economics, public finance and economic development, particularly in relation to East Asia and the Southwest Pacific and has also had long-standing and successful roles as a policy advisor, diplomat and businessman. He was the Senior Economic Adviser to Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke (1983-1985) and subsequently served as the Australian Ambassador to China (1985-1988). Professor Garnaut has presented the Garnaut Climate Change Review to the Australian Prime Minister, examining the impact of climate change on the Australian economy and providing potential medium to long-term policies to ameliorate this impact. Professor Garnaut’s latest book, Dog Days: Australia After the Boom, describes how the immediate spending of the revenues from the early twenty first century China boom pushed Australian incomes, consumption and real exchange rate above anything previously known. The passing of the boom leaves Australia facing great challenges to maintain high levels of employment and to preserve as much as possible of our recently elevated standard of living. As argued by Ross, we need a new reform era, built on shared restraint and acceptance of private adjustment in the public interest. This is hard in the political culture of the twenty first century, where corporate and other interests are accustomed to getting the policy they want. How we are going so far in facing up to these challenges will be the topic of discussion on the day.
Luncheon Menu Main: Cajun Chicken Breast with Mango Salsa Dessert: Blueberry Cheesecake Resident Members $10 Non-resident Members $30 Non-members (guests, general public) $40 Concession (non-members) $35
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Twilight Lecture
Wednesday, 19th March, 2014
GU Tastings from 5.30pm. The Twilight Lecture commences at 6.30pm.
Dr Robyn Arianrhod
Mathematical love stories: Writing popular scientific biography and history Robyn Arianrhod is a writer and mathematician. Since her radical student days as an activist in the counter-culture, she has been interested in blending the ‘two cultures’ of humanities and science, and this is reflected in the melding of genres that is characteristic of her writing about science. Her books, Einstein’s Heroes: Imagining the world through the language of mathematics, and Seduced by logic: Émilie du Châtelet, Mary Somerville and the Newtonian Revolution, have been published internationally, and have been short-listed for several national literary awards. Robyn received her PhD from Monash University for a thesis on Einstein’s theory of gravity. She taught for many years in the School of Mathematical Sciences at Monash, where she is currently an Adjunct Research Fellow working in the field of general relativity. She is an examiner in Monash College’s Foundation Year Program, and a member of its Board of Studies. She is also a technical reviewer for the American Mathematical Society. Over the years, she has taught mathematics in a variety of contexts, including a special program for disadvantaged students at Victoria University, and in programs for Aboriginal students and for women. In 2005, she was awarded a six-month literary residency at the Australia Council’s Keesing Studio in the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris, and she has been a guest at writers’ festivals in Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Byron Bay, Oxford and Rome. In 2013, she returned to the Cité des Arts, and was also a Visiting Scholar at the American University in Paris. Dr Arianrhod’s Twilight Lecture will begin with her own rocky love affair with mathematical science – an affair that eventually led her to view mathematical physics as one of the most sublime and unifying examples of human creativity. She will talk about the lives and work of some of her scientific heroes and heroines, and about how she became inspired to write about their ‘mathematical love stories’. Resident Members FREE Non-resident Members $20 Non-members (general public) and guests of Members $25 Concession $22.50 GU Tastings before and after the lecture are included in the price - see opposite page.
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GU Tastings
Wednesday, 19th March, 2014
GU Tastings from 5.30pm. The Twilight Lecture commences at 6.30pm.
Before and after the Lecture
In addition to enjoying drinks and canapés served by The Graduate Union before and after the Twilight Lecture, we invite you to sample food and wine from specialist producers.
Red Barrel, a family run business, imports Argentinian wines produced at high altitude in the Andes mountains’ mineral rich glacial soils. The samples shown here are from the Tapiz winery which has won international awards for wines (e.g., Tapiz Bonarda 2009; Tapiz Malbec 2009) and sustainability (2011 Best of Wine Tourism, Great Wine Capitals). Since their first 1980 planting of Riesling, Cabernet Sauvignon and Shiraz in King Valley - a high country region in the north-east of Victoria with a cool climate viticulture - the Corsini family, hailing from Tuscany in Italy, have expanded their range to include Chardonnay, Dolcetto, Tempranillo, Sangiovese, Nebbiolo, Barbera, Pinot Grigio and Merlot. Their grapes are drip irrigated and their wines are made preservative free with no filtration so that the full characteristics of each are retained. Established in 1985, Whispering Hills is nestled within a natural amphitheatre above Seville, a setting that influences the wines by capturing additional warmth and assisting in the even ripening of fruit. Planted in two different soil types, the grey soils provide structure to the vines and the red, fruit definition and aroma. With hand-picking of Riesling, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Cabernet Sauvignon and Shiraz grapes, yields are controlled to enhance quality, and the wines are released only in small quantities. This family-owned business, in its own words, sells happiness in the form of smooth, silky fudge, handmade using real butter and as many locally grown products as possible. They have 23 flavours, including coconut ice, Turkish delight, Australian macadamia and their top-selling, crème brûlee. Their intensely sweet chilli fudge packs are said to punch some real heat! Wrapped in individual gift boxes, they are a perfect little taste of Australia for taking home or overseas and, dare we mention it already, for Easter! An eleven hectare vineyard in Harcourt, 120 kilometres to the north-west of Melbourne, Bress Wine, Cider and Produce is known for its ‘chook connection’ (to be explained by owner-winemaker Adam Marks on the night). The biodynamic property has mature vines and one of Australia’s largest apple orchards. Apart from fine cider, we look forward to tastings of aptly named wines, Silver Chook, Gold Chook and Le Grand Coq Noir. also attending Ho u s e o f Au s t r a l i a I n t e r n a t i o n a l
House of Australia International will be at GU Tastings to propose a package tour for 2015 (100 years since World War I) involving Anzac Cove, Turkey with visits to universities featured in our 2014 calendar - Al-Azhar University, Egypt and Al-Karaouine University, Morocco. Telephone Christine Jenkins on 1300 822 747 or on 0410 655 735, or email her at Christine.Jenkins@travelcounsellors.com.au to learn more. www.graduatehouse.com.au | ABN: 55610 664 963 | Incorporated Association Registration No. A0023234B
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GU Flu Vaccination Day Thursday, 13th March, 2014 10:00am - 4:00pm
With ISG (Influenza Specialist Group), The Graduate Union presents its third annual Influenza Vaccination Day. This is a free community service all Members and Resident Members are welcome; as are all graduates, their families and friends. The Graduate Union extends again a warm welcome to organisations that work with people most at risk with influenza viruses. • Bupa Health and Wellness • The National Asthma Foundation Victoria • The Stroke Foundation • Diabetes Australia Victoria Darebin City Council and Resident Member (trained) volunteers will also be taking measurements (weight, height, blood pressure) and giving healthy life skills advice. We encourage everyone to take advantage of the free flu shot by booking their vaccination spot online at:
http://bupawellness.com.au/bookings/index. aspx?BS=ISG14_FluVacs_MelbourneUni_19276_1 Booking ahead will help us cater for sufficient number of vaccination formulas for the day. For more information, contact admingh@graduatehouse.com.au
Open House at Graduate House Bring in colleagues, family and friends for a coffee, lunch or afternoon tea. People who have graduated from a university in the world - in any discipline and now at any phase of life (post-graduate study, in career, retired) are welcome to tour our facilities.
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GU Influenza Day Thursday, 13th March, 2014 10:00am - 4:00pm This is a great opportunity to speak with experts from many health disciplines. You may well have a pivotal conversation that will save your life. Bupa Health and Wellness are providing skilled nursing staff to give the flu shots. An international health insurance organisation with customers in over 190 countries, they also provide travel, home, car and life insurance and financial services in Australia. The National Asthma Council Australia, working to improve health outcomes and quality of life for people with asthma, is a collaboration between The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia and the Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy. Diabetes Australia, the national peak body bringing a voice for people living with diabetes and for their families and carers, works in partnership with diabetes patients, health professionals and researchers to minimise the impact of diabetes. It is committed to spreading public awareness of the prevention, detection and management of all forms of diabetes. The National Stroke Foundation is working with stroke survivors, carers, health professionals, the government and the public to reduce the impact of stroke on the Australian community. They offer a voice for stroke sufferers in Australia and have a mission to stop stroke, to save lives and to end suffering. The Healthy Communities Officer from Darebin City Council coordinates the Council-wide major Healthy Moves and Free Exercise program for a wide range of groups facing disadvantage or the highest risk of both communicable and non-communicable diseases. and possible attendance by:
Media - print and television - will be here at Graduate House in the morning so stay-tuned to catch us on the evening news and book in for the afternoon if you prefer to avoid the media.
Sit here to rest after the flu shot
Stillwell and Ian Potter Room
Vaccination Area
Main Entrance
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Friday, 7th March, 2014 Starts 12.30pm
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Friday, 14th March, 2014 6.00pm The Graduate Union welcomes you to the new academic year! Along with Melbourne School of Graduate Research (MSGR) and the Graduate Student Association (GSA), join us in launching the post graduate new year. Venue: Graduate House, 220 Leicester Street, Carlton. Resident Members FREE Non-resident Members $20 Guests and non-members $30 Concession (non-members) $25 Book on-line, by email to admingh@graduatehouse.com.au, by phone (03) 9347 3428 or at Graduate House reception.
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The Graduate Union
Reminiscing for pre-1956 Graduates
We invite you to our inaugural Reminiscing Day for pre-1956 Graduates on Sunday, 30th March, 2014. Upon arrival at 11:30am, you will be met with tea and coffee in the Phillip Law Members’ Lounge and an exhibit of photographs from the era. This will be followed by a 1950s inspired lunch and time for reminiscing. At 2:30pm a concert will be performed by Deborah Cheetham (opera singer) and Toni Lalich (pianist) with the President of The Graduate Union, Major General Professor Jeffrey Rosenfeld making a guest appearance on clarinet. This is followed by an elegant sweet and savoury afternoon tea. We encourage Members to send in stories, photographs and news clippings of the period for display on the day, and for publication; and to share your memories (good and bad) of being a graduate in the first half of the 20th century. Family and friends are welcome to attend, as are non-member alumni and colleagues. This day celebrates a special era of tertiary education in Australia and the world. We hope that you will be here and help others to come along. Members Guests and general Public Concession Reminiscing Lunch alone $12 $18 $16 Concert alone $30 $35 $32 Reminiscing Lunch and Concert $40 $50 $45
The GU Blogging Competition House of Australia International House of Australia International is offering great package deals exclusively for Members of The Graduate Union. All you have to do is verify that you are a Member when using their service to arrange your tailor-made tour. To launch this offer, House of Australia International is awarding a three night stay for two people in Barossa Valley. At our annual general meeting on the 29th May, 2014, we will award this prize to the Resident or non-resident Member who gives the best on-line blog on:
Telling the world about your experience along the graduate (not undergraduate) life pathway. You might be new to the ‘graduate pathway’ and want to share your first day experience back at university. You might be mid-career, bringing up a family or in blissful retirement and have a yarn to relate from your halcyon days since graduation to now.
Closing date for entries is extended to 4th May, 2014. *New Members are eligible to apply provided that they are Members by this closing date. Entries will be assessed on the level of (real) interest in your blog, as well as on its quality, style and feel. Let us know your blog’s website by emailing the address to jaimy.skaria@graduatehouse.com.au. For those less confident with blogging, send in your text for us to upload. The winning story will be posted throughout our social media channels and shown in our other publications. www.graduatehouse.com.au | ABN: 55610 664 963 | Incorporated Association Registration No. A0023234B
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The GU Blogging Competition The best Member ‘blogger’ wins a trip for two to wine country! Barossa Valley three night escape at Lyndoch Hill valued at $820 ($410 per person).
Located in the beautiful Barossa Valley and on a 25-acre property, Lyndoch Hill has 34 spacious accommodation rooms all just steps away from a large outdoor swimming pool (seasonal). Renowned for its warm hospitality, Lyndoch Hill is ideal for a retreat for two or to share with friends and family, and is a perfect base from which to explore the world-famous Barossa wine region or simply to relax and enjoy local fauna, flora, food and wine. Nestled amongst over 30,000 roses, Lyndoch Hill has a stunning fine-dining restaurant with chefs who have a passion for using fresh regional produce, and floor staff who are welcoming and friendly. The restaurant has a large outside terrace from which you can experience spectacular sunsets over the Barossa ranges whilst dining and listening to nature’s orchestra of birds!
This wonderful prize package includes: • three (3) nights at Lyndoch Hill in a Barossa Explore – Rose Garden Room; • buffet continental breakfast daily per person; • a bottle of wine and a cheese plate on arrival; • a discount voucher for use in the gift store at Barossa Chateau; and • car hire to and from Adelaide Airport. Based on travel dates from 29th May, 2014 to 29th September, 2014.
(Travel outside of these dates is subject to price changes and availability at winner’s expense) Terms and Conditions: Prices are per person, twin share, inclusive of pre-payable taxes and subject to availability at time of booking. Car hire is based on rates for a compact vehicle (Toyota Corolla four-door automatic drive with air-conditioner). with 24 hour/24 hour hire with pickup and return at Adelaide Airport. Valued at $300. Rates are subject to chosen dates for the package and vehicle availability. The package prize is not exchangeable for cash or vouchers or refund of any unused package portion. The price of the package can be redeemed for travel to a destination of the prize winner’s choice. The value of the prize package, $820, is applicable to terms and conditions and pricing as at the 10th February 2014 and will be subject to changes and increases which will be applicable and payable at the expense of the winner of the package. The prize must be taken by 1st October, 2014 and is not transferable.
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February Monthly Luncheon Review Wednesday, 5th February, 2014
Ms Susan Pascoe At the helm of the charity regulator on stormy seas Adopting a nautical theme, Susan Pascoe, Commissioner of the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) began her address with the heading Navigating the Need for a Charity Regulator, and giving a brief background on the establishment of this national regulator. The ACNC was launched on the 3rd of December, 2012, under the Australian Charities and Nonfor-profits Commission Act 2012 (Cth) (the ACNC Act). The ACNC is the independent national regulator of some 60,000 charities and these include a diverse range of organisations such as welfare, arts, education, religious and environmental bodies. All these organisations together form a crucial part of civil society. Many deliver services under contracts with government and there is policy implementation for this role to increase. The ACNC was established after decades of recommendations emerging from a number of reports, including those from the independent ‘Inquiry into the Definition of Charity and related Organisations’ (2001), the Senate Standing Committee on Economics’ ‘Inquiry into the Disclosure Regimes for Charities and Not-for-profit Organisations’ (2008), and the Australian Productivity Commission’s major research into the ‘Contribution of the Not-for-profit Sector’ (2010). One of the reasons for establishment of the ACNC was the recognition that there was a conflict of interest between the role of the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) in maximising revenue and it’s role in determining charitable status relating to tax concessions. The ACNC has also been constructed to promote the reduction of unnecessary regulatory obligations on the Australian charitable and not-for-profit sector, as well as a decrease to the regulatory burden. To achieve this, the appropriately titled ‘Reporting and Red Tape Reduction Directorate’ was created to ensure that resources are better targeted to prioritise this work. The Directorate’s work takes place within the Government’s broader agenda to reduce the regulatory burden for individuals, businesses and community organisations. In her Next Stormy passage of the Legislation phase of the presentation, Susan explained that the ACNC had the following objects: • to maintain, protect and enhance public trust and confidence in the sector through increased accountability and transparency; • to support and sustain a robust, vibrant, independent and innovative not-for- profit sector; and • to promote the reduction of unnecessary regulatory obligations on the sector. Charity law regulates the conduct of charities and as Comminisoner, Susan is required legally to implement the Charities Act 2013 which came into effect on the 1st of January, 2014. In addition to giving a new definition of ‘charity’, the new legislation expands the list of purposes that are considered charitable, adding, for example, such purposes as reconciliation, human rights, culture and the environment. In addition, it protects the rights of charities to advocate for policy and www.graduatehouse.com.au | ABN: 55610 664 963 | Incorporated Association Registration No. A0023234B
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lobby on behalf of the groups they benefit. The Act sets out the legal meaning of charity in a language that is easily understood by everyone. The ACNC is now focusing on the systems for registering organisations as charities and in helping charities to understand and meet their obligations through information, guidance, advice and other support. It will continue to maintain the register as a free and searchable online public database of information on registered charities and to promote red tape reduction. It continues also to reach agreements with state and territory governments as well as with individual federal, state and territory government agencies to streamline reporting requirements. In general, the ACNC expects that most charities will not have to do anything differently as a result of the Charities Act 2013, and that the Act will give clarity and certainty to the sector. The future operations of the ACNC continue to remain unclear, particularly after the Minister for Social Services MP Kevin Andrews said he would push ahead with replacing the regulator with a Centre for Excellence. For updates, we sugggest you go to the acnc.gov.au website and subscribe to their newsletter.
Visit our 2014 Orientation Week stalls
The Graduate Union is hosting stalls during Orientation Week at the Parkville Campus of The University of Melbourne in the last week of February, 2014.
Orientation for all students 27th February on South Lawn Campus Map Reference: I 14
Orientation for research postgraduate students with Melbourne School of Graduate Research (MSGR). th 28 February at Copland (Basement) Theatre of The Spot, 198 Berkeley Street. Reference: Q 13
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Meet and Greet “He who looks outside dreams, he who looks inside awakens.” - Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961)
Held monthly, alternating between Tuesday and Friday nights, Meet and Greets (MaGs) are an important component of college life, as they give Resident Members opportunities to contribute to our growing collegial culture and to network with scholars from around the world. Our first MaG for 2014 is on Tuesday, 25th February beginning at around 6.45pm. The plan is to welcome new and returning Resident Members, to give a few introductions and to have a few Resident Members stand up to introduce themselves and explain where they have come from, what they are doing here and where they might be going next. Senior Constable Nick Parissis from North Melbourne police station together with Ben Purvis (in picture) from The University of Melbourne’s Safer Community Program will also give short talks on how we can all help to keep our college community safe. They do this voluntarily and after hours so please show your appreciation through attendance and involvement.
Yes, you have a role in collegiality After being here for one day, you will see others arriving after you. Be proactive in welcoming these new Resident Members. You too may feel new but each night brings new people who may be the sole person from their region. Continue to welcome new Members You might have been here for months but your smile is important, as is your willingness to learn from all who are in residence. Take this opportunity to try to really talk with people from other disciplines and cultures. It is a rare and unique phase of your life that is not likely to be repeated. We are pleased to introduce our Duty Residents for 2014.
Tim Stephens
Louise McLeod
Mattias Bjornmalm
The next MaG, on Friday, 14th March from 6.00pm, combines also the welcome Summer (Autumn) BBQ (page 11), Friday Drinks and Dinner (page 27) and Scott’s shave (page 18).
2014 Graduate Union Scholarship
Applications are now open to Resident Members for either a $3,000 research scholarship or one of four $500 bursaries for those enrolled in course work post-graduate studies.
2014 Day Trips
Healesville Sanctuary 12th April
A game of ‘footy’ in July
Sovereign Hill 13th September
Tell us
We want the world to know of your achievements. This newsletter is read by an influential and global graduate network. Take the opportunity to gain recognition that will advance your career. Let us know when your PhD topic is confirmed, when you publish or present, when you graduate, when you give for the good of society and when having a good time!
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Graduate Union Tutors We are pleased to present our GU Tutors for 2014; and thank the many Members who have embraced the spirit of spreading the word to support this program and our tutors.
Toralf Burghoff Mathematics German to advanced levels of listening, reading, writing and speaking.
Juan Ceron Energy systems engineering at all levels from VCE to post-graduate. Spanish language.
Chanchal Chandramouli Genetics, molecular biology, biochemistry and physiology (cardiac). Malay and Tamil language support.
David Alchin Physiology, immunology, pathology, infectious diseases and microbiology. Language support in English.
Laura Gallardo Biology, anatomy and psychiatry. Advanced Language support in Spanish, Basic in Italian and French.
Cecelia Liando Full language support in Indonesian, including translation and interpretation.
Rachel Davies Political science to advanced levels. Listening, reading, writing and speaking in French.
Pravin Siriwardena Language support in listening, reading, writing and speaking of Latin.
Weijin Wang Marketing, management, tourism and hospitality. Full language support in Mandarin.
Yuping Jia Business management and law. Business and advanced language support in Mandarin.
Hamish Wishart VCE Biology. Language support in English.
Thomas Morton Music and science. Language support in English.
Louise Sonneveld Language support in English.
Stephanie Liu Mathematics and science. Language support in Chinese and English.
Rene Pasqualino Science. Advanced language support in English.
Tutorials are offered at Graduate House (only) during the day, evenings and weekends, and according to the study and work schedules of the tutors and those being tutored.
Tutorials are individualised for ‘tutees’ who are: • undergraduates in any discipline; • senior secondary school students (e.g., VCE); • seeking to pass the IELTS (International English Language Testing System); • seeking to learn or improve in other languages; • post-graduates needing specialist tutorials – e.g. to edit their theses; • undertaking course entry tests (e.g., the Graduate Management Admission Test).
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House News
The Residents’ Kitchen Our Resident Members meet to dine together at breakfast seven mornings a week and for dinner on week nights. For all other meals they have access to the residents kitchen at the rear of the William Berry Wing of terraces. This kitchen has been in use for many decades and was in need of an upgrade, so our wonderful Building Services Team worked very hard over the summer break on a complete refurbishment.
Resident Member Virittphol Rattanaphornsriri (Tom) cooking lunch in the new kitchen. Two new stoves and a new rangehood
New preparation and sink areas.
We are thus proud to announce that this refurbishment has been completed and that the Residents’ Kitchen was reopened on the 7th February, 2014. It now has two new stoves, with a stainless steel rangehood overhead, and a commercial dishwasher which we are told cleans a full load in four minutes! Two new sinks and more preparation areas have been installed, as has a new water filter system. With stainless steel splashbacks, a fresh coat of paint, coving where the floor meets the cupboards and walls, and new kitchen tools it has been transformed into an inviting and functional common area with space and light. With over 120 residents here each night, the end result has been warmly received.
Friday, 14th March, 6.00pm onwards. Join Scotty, our Building Services Officer, for his inaugural head shaving at Graduate House. To donate go to: http://my.leukaemiafoundation.org.au/ personalPage.aspx?registrationID=515868 and click sponsor me. Hey Guys!
I am currently fundraising for the “Worlds Greatest Shave” which is run by the Leukaemia Foundation, to raise money for the support and further research into Leukemia, or, as some might know it, Blood Cancer. Having recently found out that a member of my family has a form of leukemia and is given an estimated amount of time left, I would like to do everything in my power to help out in the fight against blood cancer. Now as much as I would love to be busy finding a cure, the most I can do is try and raise as much money as possible, and afterwards shave my head in awareness of the disease. So I kindly ask of you, if you can, to donate some money to this very special cause. Thank you very much for reading this and all the support. Love you all! - Scott Nelson Today, 31 Australians will get the news they have blood cancer. Your donation will help the Leukaemia Foundation to fund its important work – providing practical and emotional support to people with blood cancer, as well as investing millions in research. www.graduatehouse.com.au | ABN: 55610 664 963 | Incorporated Association Registration No. A0023234B
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Members News Each year our nation celebrates the achievement and contribution of eminent Australians in recognition of citizens who have made a significant difference to their communities. The Graduate Union is pleased to congratulate the following Members who received honours on the 26th of January, 2014 - our Australia Day. Professor Bruce Harold McKELLAR For eminent service to science, particularly the study of theoretical physics, as an academic, educator and researcher, through seminal contributions to scientific development organisations, and as an author and mentor. Major General the Hon Justice Richard R Tracey For exceptional service in the field of military law, as a consultant for the Director of Army Legal Services, and as Judge Advocate General of the Australian Defence Force. Professor John David McLAREN For significant service to education, particularly the humanities and social sciences, as an academic, mentor and teacher. Below is an article from The Leader Newspaper on Professor McLaren.
Since its launch in September 2012, many graduates in academic and professional careers, including our graduate Members who are from all career stages, disciplines and cultures, have been seeking endorsement from The Graduate Union of their skills through the LinkedIn速 endorsement feature. The Graduate Union provides a one-off endorsement of Graduate Union Members (only) for their already-listed skills and wherever they are in the world. The LinkedIn速 endorsement feature offers an opportunity to increase important career networking either online or in person. If you receive an endorsement and are in Melbourne, consider coming in for coffee to meet us. Online networking is great but in-person meetings are even better - as is our coffee .... and company! To find us and get connected, go to: www.linkedin.com/pub/graduate-house-220-leicester-street/39/230/719 www.graduatehouse.com.au | ABN: 55610 664 963 | Incorporated Association Registration No. A0023234B
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Meet at our centrally located facility before and after free Public Lectures held at various locations around The University of Melbourne. These lectures are usually held in the middle of the day or early evening (to suit city workers, and students after their regular lectures). See http://events.unimelb.edu.au/all/free-public-lecture and share notice of these lectures across your networks. Non-members are welcome to meet, dine or refresh here at Graduate House.
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Time
Thursday, 20th February
1.00pm 2.00pm
Friday, 21st February
9.30am 7.00pm
Faculty Title or School WEHI L7C Davis Walter and Non-genetics’ Auditorium, Walter & Eliza Hall and mammalian Eliza Hall Institute, Institute phenotypes. 1G Royal Parade, Parkville Venue
Law Building, 185 Pelham Street, Carlton.
Melbourne Law School
Enquiries falcone@wehi.edu.au Call 03 9345 2555
Workshop with keynote by Professor Ron McCallum AO (Chair of the UN Committee on the Rights of People with Disabilities).
Bookings http://www.law.unimelb.edu.au/iilah/ news-and-events/event-registrationforms/2014-human-rights-tertiaryteachers-workshop/flushcache/1/ showdraft/1?designmode=1 Enquiries j.tobin@unimelb.edu.au
Call 03 8344 6589 Dr Kentaro Tashiro Enquiries mriemer@unimelb.edu.au
12.00pm - Masters Seminar 12.30pm Rm 2, Old Metallurgy Building
Tuesday, 25th February
12.30pm - Masters Seminar Melbourne 1.00pm Rm 2, Old Metallurgy School of Building Engineering
Structural Control and Functions of Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Porous Materials.
Dr Kazuyoshi Kanamori
Thursday, 27th February
1.00pm 2.00pm
The Prohibition Against Torture and the Role of the Committee Against Torture.
Professor Claudio Grossman
Thursday, 27th February
1.00pm 2.00pm
Tiffin Talk - The Aam Admi Party: Middle Class Radicalism or India’s New Political Zeitgeist?
Professor Amitabh Bookings Mattoo http://www.aii.unimelb.edu.au/events/ tiffin-talk-aam-admi-party
Melbourne Law School
Seminar Room, Australia Australia India India Institute, 147 - 149 Institute Barry Street, Carlton
Solid-Phase Peptide Synthesis of Metal Complex Arrays: A Novel Approach to Design Multinuclear Heterometallic Complexes.
Dr Vardhman Rakyan
Bookings and Enquiries
Tuesday, 25th February
Theatre 109, Level 1, Melbourne Law School, 185 Pelham Street
Melbourne School of Engineering
2014 Human Rights Tertiary Teachers’ Workshop.
Speakers
Call 03 8344 9063
Enquiries mriemer@unimelb.edu.au Call 03 8344 9063 Enquiries law.events@unimelb.edu.au Call 03 9035 1111
Enquiries aii-rsvp@unimelb.edu.au Call 03 9035 7538
Thursday, 27th February
6.30pm 7.30pm
Kathleen Fitzpatrick Theatre, Arts West Building
Melbourne Equality: is it fair? Social Equity Institute
Ms Louise Adler, Mr Matthew Albert, Ms Hanifa Deen, Ms Corinne Grant, Mr Mathew Kenneally, Ms Karen Pickering, Beth Wilson
Bookings http://equality-is-it-fair.eventbrite. com.au/ Enquiries gary.dickson@unimelb.edu.au Call 03 9035 4251
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Date Thursday, 27th, and Friday, 28th February
Time 9.15am 5.00pm
Venue Ian Potter Auditorium, Melbourne Brain Centre, Kenneth Myer Building, Genetics Lane off Royal Parade
from Friday, 9.00am 28th February 5.00am to the1st March
Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), Richmond
5.00pm 6.00pm
Tuesday, 4th March
Tuesday, 4th March
6.00pm 7.00pm
Faculty Title or School Faculty of Piranesi and the Arts Impact of the Late Baroque.
Speakers Symposium
Bookings and Enquiries Bookings http://alumni.online.unimelb.edu.au/ piranesi Enquiries carrh@unimelb.edu.au Call 03 8344 8957
Melbourne Social Equity Social Equity Conference 2014: Institute ‘Imagining Social Equity’.
Professor Kerry Arabena, Professor Claudio Grossman, Professor Kathleen Lynch, Professor Sally Macintyre
Bookings http://socialequity2014.conorg.com. au/registration.html
The Oratory, Newman College, The University of Melbourne, 887 Swanston Street, Parkville
Newman College
Dr Vladimir Hachinski
Bookings http://www.trybooking.com/73631
Theatre C, Old Arts Building
Melbourne Social Equity Institute, Melbourne School of Government
The great brain robbery: can we prevent stroke and Alzheimer’s disease?
Enquiries info@conorg.com.au Call 03 9349 2220
Enquiries outreach@snac.unimelb.edu.au Call 03 9342 1614
Nudge, Budge or Professor Graham Nuzzle: How can Room policy makers best engage with us?
Bookings https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/ nudge-budge-or-nuzzle-how-canpolicy-makers-best-engage-withus-tickets-10423319429 Enquiries gary.dickson@unimelb.edu.au Call 03 9035 4251
Tuesday, 5th March
5.45pm 6.45pm
Masson Theatre, Chemistry Building
The How nature makes Professor Ulrich University of materials. Steiner Melbourne
Bookings http://alumni.online.unimelb.edu.au/ steiner Enquiries rtret@unimelb.edu.au Call 03 8344 4392
Tuesday, 11th March
Tuesday, 11th March
12.00pm - Chemical and Melbourne 1.00pm Biomolecular School of Engineering Theatre, Engineering Building 165
Photo-responsible Dr Kei Saito Reversible Polymers using Dynamic Covalent Bonds.
Enquiries mriemer@unimelb.edu.au
6.30pm 7.30pm
Fear and longing: Predator change and the role of behaviour in marine conservation.
Bookings http://alumni.online.unimelb.edu.au/ warner
Theatre A, Elisabeth Faculty of Murdoch Building Science
Professor Robert Warner
Call 03 8344 9063
Enquiries rtret@unimelb.edu.au Call 03 8344 4392
Wednesday, 6.30pm 7.30pm 12th March
North Lecture Theatre, Old Arts Building
Faculty of Arts
Marketing European Food and the Image of Authenticity.
Professor Ken Albala
Bookings http://alumni.online.unimelb.edu.au/ kenalbala Enquiries laraba@unimelb.edu.au Call 03 8344 4917
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Date
Time
Wednesday, 6.30pm 12th March 7.30pm
Venue Public Lecture Theatre, Old Arts Building
Faculty Title Speakers or School Faculty of The First Humans Professor David Arts Out of Africa: Lordkipanidze Hominin Dispersal in the Old World.
Bookings and Enquiries Bookings http://alumni.online.unimelb.edu.au/ firsthumans Enquiries http://alumni.online.unimelb.edu.au/ firsthumans Call 03 8344 5804
Thursday, 13th March
6.30pm 7.30pm
Linkway Meeting Room, 4th Floor, John Medley Building
Faculty of Arts
The European Public Panel Union on a Plate - Discussion The promotion and consumption of identity.
Bookings http://alumni.online.unimelb.edu.au/ european Enquiries laraba@unimelb.edu.au Call 03 8344 4917
Monday, 17th March
Tuesday, 18th March
12.00pm - WEHI L7C Davis Walter and 1.00pm Auditorium, Walter & Eliza Hall Eliza Hall Institute, Institute 1G Royal Parade, Parkville
Toll-like receptors.
6.00pm 7.00pm
The World Population Problem.
Charles Pearson Theatre, Eastern Resource Centre
Faculty of Arts
Dr Ashley Mansell
Enquiries falcone@wehi.edu.au Call 03 9345 2555
Professor Alison Bashford
Bookings http://alumni.online.unimelb.edu.au/ alisonbashford Enquiries e.shortis@student.unimelb.edu.au Call 03 9035 8358
Monday, 24th March
Monday, 31st March
12.00pm - WEHI L7C Davis Walter and 1.00pm Auditorium, Walter & Eliza Hall Eliza Hall Institute, Institute 1G Royal Parade, Parkville
PRRs-C-type lectins.
12.00pm - WEHI L7C Davis Walter and 1.00pm Auditorium, Walter & Eliza Hall Eliza Hall Institute, Institute 1G Royal Parade, Parkville
Inflammasome/ viral sensors
Dr Irina Caminschi Enquiries falcone@wehi.edu.au Call 03 9345 2555
Dr Kate Schroder
Enquiries falcone@wehi.edu.au Call 03 9345 2555
Submit a Dining Room Feedback Form to be both in a monthly draw and in the running for the yearend prize of a $500 Coles Myer Gift Voucher. The lucky feedback-giver for January is Ms Ena Ahern who won a bottle of Rocco, Yarra Valley Blanc de Blancs.
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University Sector News The UTS Chau Chak Wing Building A new building at the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) has been named after Australian-Chinese businessman and philanthropist, Dr Chau Chak Wing, who donated $20 million to the project, as well as $5 million for Australia-China scholarships. A successful property developer in China, Dr Chau Chak Wing has been featured in many international business journals as one of the world’s wealthiest, and is also known to have a private collection of over 20,000 relics, including the 2500-year-old cremated remains of Buddha’s bones in a jewel-encrusted container, as well as private resorts with invitation-only membership. Significantly, the UTS Chau Chak Wing Building is the first Australian building to be designed by internationally renowned Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry, famous for the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles and the incredibly complex Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain. Scheduled for completion by the end of this year, the building will house the UTS Business School and has extensive public spaces to foster teaching, research and the meeting of minds in lounges, cafes and terraces. The external façade of the building is described as comprising sandstone to reflect Sydney’s urban heritage and angled glass sheets to reflect surrounding buildings and optimise blending but distinction in the neighbourhood. As the graduate precinct of The University of Melbourne grows towards the city from Grattan Street, perhaps a similar donation and a similar ambition will lead to the building of a graduate agora designed also to stimulate creativity and collegiality. See: http://www.uts.edu.au/partners-and-community/initiatives/city-campus-master-plan/ projects-progress/dr-chau-chak-wing
Star(t)ling Murmuration Currently popular on the Youtube viewer circuit is a breathtaking video taken by two girls on a canoe trip on the River Shannon in Ireland of starlings (a murmuration) dancing in the sky as one. It is truly an incredible spectacular of birds in flight weaving patterns and twirls with twists and turns, rolls and scatters – all as if orchestrated and well-rehearsed; and all without collision! Apart from the incredible artistry and the ease with which this celestial ‘dance’ can be put to any number of equally magnificent musical compositions, the phenomenon attracts great interest from biologists and physicists. From a biologist’s perspective, it is difficult to understand how a starling at the back of the murmuration acts in precise unison with the starling at the front, notwithstanding their separation by thousands of other birds which are also moving, ducking and diving. From a physicist’s perspective, the coming together of separate small starling flocks as one murmuration resembles the phase transition seen in other systems, such as liquids turning to gases, or snow and ice crystals turning into avalanches. Indeed, through video analysis and computational modelling, it is hypothesised that this example of critical change of form in a system with many elements is following a yet to be understood poised criticality principle is also seen in proteins (with many amino acids), cells (with many genes) and neurons (with many memories). The photograph is from https://secure.flickr.com/photos/aaddaamn. Watch the video by Sophie Windsor Clive and Liberty Smith at http://www.youtube.com/ 1 watch?v=iRNqhi2ka9k. See: Mora, T. and Bialek, W. (2011) J Stat Phys 144:268-302. www.graduatehouse.com.au | ABN: 55610 664 963 | Incorporated Association Registration No. A0023234B
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University Sector News Best University Workplace Survey
Times Higher Education (THE) conducted a survey in 2013 of over 4,500 higher education staff from 150 institutions across the United Kingdom (which has >400,000 people in this sector). Of those who responded, 45% classified themselves as ‘academics’ and 55% as ‘professional and support’ staff. In terms of positive results, 81% indicated their work as a source of satisfaction, 73%, their job as rewarding and the majority (86%), enjoying working with their immediate colleagues. Interpreting results of 32% (39% of academics) reporting that their job is having a negative impact on their health, one of the Best University Workplace survey developers, Professor Rob Briner of the University of Bath School of Management, states: This mix [of responses] is typical of employees who identify strongly with the purposes of their organisations but who are at the same time feeling overworked, under-valued and sometimes exploited. Supporting this are such results as 47% (63% of academics) feeling that they spend “too much time working”, 73% working more than their contracted hours, 51% (62% of academic) feeling that their university takes advantage of them and only 37% reporting having received acknowledgement when putting in extra hours or effort. In lieu of the negative views about institutional leaders, Sally Hunt, General Secretary of the University and College Union, says “They have been too busy fighting each other to fight for the sector.” Over 100 comments were provided about embedded institutionalised bullying, with one respondent posting a comment that “it is always the victim that leaves and moves on.” For Yiannis Gabriel, Chair in Organisation Studies, University of Bath School of Management, and one of the survey developers, one of the most important findings in a profession based on collegiality was that 46% of academics felt unable to make their voices heard in their institution. Let’s hope we work strongly to ensure our international collegium ‘hears’ this. For more on these interesting results go to: http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk
The Dunning-Kruger effect
So you think you can dance? Or maybe sing too? Of course you can, just like most of us, or so we think. But wouldn’t it be terrible if we were mistaken? Studies have shown that those with the highest level of incompetency are more likely to be ignorant of their own standards, overestimating their own supposed competency, while failing to recognise genuine skills and competencies in others. In 1999, a series of tests was carried out by Justin Kruger and David Dunning, from the Department of Psychology at Cornell University in New York. This experiment involved testing these hypotheses on undergraduates in psychology courses. They examined the subjects’ self-assessment of various skills. After revealing their test scores, the students were again asked to estimate their own rank and found that the competent group was accurate with their self-estimates while those in the incompetent group still overestimated theirs. Readers will probably all be able to pinpoint others that overestimate their competencies but in doing so are they, in reality, the incompetent, inaccurate estimators? Hmmmm .... perhaps we can all do with improving our capacity to listen for and learn from negative feedback so that we can correct, improve and estimate accurately. To read more about the Dunning-Kruger effect, go to : http://mindhacks.com/2013/12/02/ the-more-inept-you-are-the-more-inaccurate-your-self-assessment/ www.graduatehouse.com.au | ABN: 55610 664 963 | Incorporated Association Registration No. A0023234B
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Academic and Professional Development Meetings Thank you for your patronage
The following groups from The University of Melbourne have convened meetings, workshops and seminars at The Graduate Union. ORGANISATION
EVENT DATE
ATTENDEES
AURIN (Australian Urban Research Infrastructure Network) AURIN 2 Workshop
20th January
7
Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences ARMS Marketing and Communications Committee Meeting
24th January
8
Melbourne Materials Institute Advanced Nanomaterials for Energy Workshop
31st January
80
The patronage of organisation members in charitable, not-for-profit, government and professional development sectors is acknowledged. We look forward to welcoming you again soon. Australian School of Applied Management (ASAM) - providing management and leadership education Advanced Leadership Program 30th January
16
Chit Chat Kismet Forward-ECP
14th January
3
Dental Health Services (DHSV) - providing dental and oral health services. DHSV Specialist care team workshop
31st January
8
Environment Protection Authority (EPA) - regulating and influencing for a healthy environment that supports a liveable and prosperous Victoria. EPA Victoria 21st January EPA Victoria 23rd January
14 14
Roscoe Howell Slavery Links
21st January
6
Rotary - making lives better and raising funds to assist the community Rotary Lunch Meeting Rotary International - L & D Committee Meeting No.1
21st January 30th January
30 6
SAI Global Advanced Food Safety - providing training services for the food industry Lead food safety auditor 13th, 14th January 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 30th Principles and Application of HACCP January Principles and Application of HACCP for produce 31st January
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Academic and Professional Development Meetings ORGANISATION
EVENT DATE
ATTENDEES
22nd January
16
The Graduate Union The Graduate Union Council Meeting
The Lowitja Institute - for equitable health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People Lowitja Institute
14th, 21st, 23rd January
2 each day
Thank you for your feedback Academic and Professional Development Meeting Services Thank you Rosie! And thank you for all the hospitality and service you and your team provided. It was an excellent experience, and we very much enjoyed using the very comfortable venue! - Jane Weymouth, EPA Victoria Thank you very much for your excellent service on Friday. There were many positive comments about the food, service and your attentiveness. We were also very pleased with the venue as a whole which catered for all our needs for the day. Casandra Hewett, The Faculty of VCA and MCM
Dining Room Beautiful atmosphere thank you. I will come more often - Anonymous Nice environnent - Joann Yang May 2014 continue to maintain this quality - Ena Ahern
Calendar 2014 I just want to tell you that I really like the Graduate Union 2014 Calendar. It it really interesting to see an image and read about some of the world’s major (but less known to us) universities. Perhaps the 2015 Calendar could keep the series going. - Marja Berclouw
Where Are You Now? The Graduate Union College Alumni (GUCA) want to get in touch with past residents. If you, or anyone you know, has ever stayed at Graduate House since 1962 – whether it was for one night or for three years; whether it was you, your parent or grandparent, or their friends, please contact us by phone or email, or send us a letter so that we can add you and them to our year lists and keep in touch. Let us know: • who you are; • where you are in the world; • what you are doing now; • how you came to be doing this; • when you stayed here; and • your memories of Graduate House.
Gladstone Terraces Deidre Walsh, 2011.
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ALUMNI
Welcome to Melbourne Alumni-Student Program
The alumni-student program Welcome to Melbourne has been running successfully for the past five years. For this Semester in 2014, we have the opportunity to match the largest ever cohort of 175 Australia Award (formerly AusAID Scholarships) student recipients with alumni hosts for a warm welcome to Melbourne. Students in the program are undertaking postgraduate studies and come from developing countries around the world including Africa, Indonesia, the Pacific and many South East Asian countries. The program aims to make the transition to Melbourne a little smoother for these students by pairing them with an alumnus host for a home-cooked meal and as a local connection to offer support, advice or just a friendly face. Over the past five years, more than 500 students have been matched with alumni and benefited both personally and academically from these connections to Melbourne, the local community and culture. The Graduate Union invites interested hosts to fill in an online application form. They may then be matched with a student with similar interests, before meeting formally at the program’s launch event on Tuesday 25th March where Professor Richard James will address the audience. Application forms are available at: https://secureau.imodules.com/s/1182/index.aspx?sid=1182&gid=1&pgid=1081&cid=1815&post_id=0
Friday Drinks & Dinner 14th March, 2014 Graduates of all universities are invited to drinks and dinner at The Graduate Union. Drinks are at members’ bar prices from 6.00pm to 7.00pm. Dinner is from 6.45pm Members $15
Non-Members $20
Enjoy a buffet meal comprising soup, main course, salads and dessert. To avoid disappointment, book by the Thursday before (13th March) from our website, by email to admingh@graduatehouse.com.au, by calling (03) 9347 3428 or in person at the venue, 220 Leicester Street, Carlton. The aim with our Friday Drinks and Dinner is to offer a calm and quietly elegant setting for graduates of all ages to come together for a catch up. Join the friendly regulars or bring along colleagues and friends for your own group to enjoy a relaxing, convivial and no fuss wind down to your working week. Booking ahead helps us to cater appropriately but feel welcome to just drop by.
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Thank you for your Donations From its establishment in 1911, Members have built this association through great generosity in the form of donations of funds and buildings, bequests and sponsorship, together with volunteer and pro bono work. We seek always to honour this legacy and to foster a culture of active and contributing membership.
Please give to our unique international association of graduates. Your gift is tax deductible.
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