Diary dates
Events will no longer be published in the University's Staff News newsletter. The University's Events Calendar promotes a range of virtual public events from lectures and seminars to exhibitions and performances. Staff with an '@unimelb' email address can submit an event to the Events Calendar once your account has been established. If you are a new user, you can request access via this form.
New seminar series presented by the Educational Leadership Cognate Group
The Educational Leadership Cognate group invites all MGSE staff to participate in weekly sessions which will include time for discussion. See more information about the Spotlight and Mentoring series below.
Education Leadership Spotlight Series
The Spotlight series will be lead by members of the cognate group presenting their research followed by a 30 minute group discussion. Each session runs from 10am - 11am.
| Topic | Date | Presenter/s | Registration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Critical leadership capabilities | Monday 12 October | Dr Teresa Angelico | |
| Reach for greatness: Personalisable education for all children | Monday 26 October | Professor Yong Zhao | |
| Leadership, moral courage and ethical behaviour | Monday 9 November | Dr Natasha Ziebell | |
| Multiple faces of leadership: a focus on aspirant female leaders | Friday 20 November | Dr Barbara Watterston | |
| Leadership preparation for the future | Monday 23 November | Dr Daniela Acquaro |
Mentoring Seminar Series
Each week an expert panel will present on a different topic which will be followed by time for questions from attendees. Each session runs from 10am - 11am. This mentoring series is for MGSE staff only.
| Topic | Date | Expert Panel/Presenter | Registrations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cat 1 - 3 Grant writing | Friday 16 October | Professor Janet Clinton | |
| Navigating gender barriers: Implications for mentoring and progression | Friday 30 October | Dr Barbara Watterston and Dr Lisa Ehrich | |
| Publishing your research | Friday 13 November | Professor Yong Zhao, Associate Professors David Gurr and Helen Stokes | |
| Understanding engagement and impact in your narrative for promotion | Friday 27 November | Professor Helen Cahill, Associate Professor Larissa McLean Davies |
MU Sport virtual school holidays program
Lockdown during school holidays can be tough for everyone, and a lot of kids will be getting very bored, very quickly - and while it's a daunting prospect, there are plenty of activities to keep us all going. MU Sport Holiday Program is here to support you during this time with as many fun ways to pass the time with your children as possible. MU Sport has compiled loads of new content that is useful and interactive for both parents and kids these school holidays.
Contact James Partington via email or call 0419 102 196.
LMS Roadshow: How digital tools can support assessment in your subjects
Date: Tuesday 29 September
Time: 11am
The next LMS Roadshow hosted by Learning Environments will focus on various ways digital tools can support assessment in your subjects. Our academic guest speakers will share aspects of the assessment activities they have created in their subjects, using tools from our suite of learning technologies. This is a great opportunity to hear from your teaching colleagues about how digital assessment tools can support formative and summative assessment activities throughout the semester. The Exams office will also provide a short update on the lessons learned from the Semester 1 examination period and the steps being taken to refine this process for the Semester 2 examination period.
School holidays:
Hands on engineering and IT workshops for Year 10s
Dates: Wednesday 30 September, Thursday 1 and Friday 2 October
The Melbourne School of Engineering is offering free online workshops on engineering and information technology for Year 10 students during the school holidays. Students can pick and choose which workshops to attend, with a range of topics covered.
Self Care Series
The Self Care Series is a new initiative diving into all self-care for MGSE students and staff. Running weekly from Wednesday 16 September, featuring a new guest speaker each session. Each session runs for 30-45 minutes.
| Topic | Dates | Time | Guest Speaker |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thriving despite struggles | Thursday 8 October | 12pm | Peggy Kern |
| The four factors of connectedness | Wednesday 14 October | 12pm | Terry Bowles and Janet Scull |
| Tips for creating a healthy headspace | Wednesday 21 October | 12pm | Chelsea Hyde |
Drop-in Health check for your online researcher profile
Date: Tuesday 29 September
Time: 12pm - 1pm
Researcher profiles and networking tools are essential to making your research outputs visible. Drop-in to ask questions on how to set up and maintain ORCID, Minerva Elements, etc. Please contact Fransie Naude for any queries.
Sustainable development goals, climate change and cities symposium
Dates: Wednesday 30 September - Friday 2 October
Cost: $30 AUD
Time: 9.15am
This virtual symposium will focus on providing delegates with practical tools and templates to tackle sustainable urban development issues, in particular those relating to climate change, urban planning and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Symposium will feature interactive workshop sessions, breakout rooms, keynotes and opportunities for delegates to connect across time zones. The Symposium will also showcase cities and their urban partners who are implementing the SDGs.
A key aspect will focus on developing sustainable development solutions with the 10 cities participating in the SDGs Cities Challenge. The symposium is relevant to all government, practice, academia, civil society and industry professionals and students engaged in urban sustainability and the built environment.
How can universities engage internationally most successfully?
Dates: Wednesday 30 September
Time: 1pm - 2pm
How do Australian and Asian universities and staff engage with each other? Moderated by Dr Siew Fang. Panellists: Professor Dr Kamila,Ghazali, Professor Vedi Hadiz, Professor William Locke.
Designing online exams for large cohorts
Date: Thursday 1 October
Time: 10am - 11am
Using educational best practice, this seminar will explore how to structure online exams and choose question formats to meet student learning objectives and academic integrity considerations.
Art Forum: Bruce Pascoe
Date: Thursday 1 October
Time: 12.30pm - 1.30pm
Art Forum is the Victorian College of the Arts’ series of weekly talks by leading artists and curators. Providing a rich insight into their work and its relationship with the world, each guest speaker shares the themes, processes and ideas that drive their practice.
Drop-in Health check for your online researcher profile
Date: Tuesday 6 October
Time: 12pm - 1pm
Researcher profiles and networking tools are essential to making your research outputs visible. Drop-in to ask questions on how to set up and maintain ORCID, Minerva Elements, etc. Please contact Fransie Naude for any queries.
Save the date - MGSE Engagement Strategy 'brown-bag' lunch consultation
Date: Tuesday 6 October
Time: 1pm - 1.50pm
All MGSE staff are invited to contribute to the development of the MGSE Engagement Strategy. Please save this date in your diaries. An Office of the Dean email will follow soon with an event link to register your interest.
Webinar: Open access, Minerva access and Research Visibility
Date: Wednesday 7 October
Time: 12pm - 12.30pm
In this webinar we talk about the different types of Open Access and how depositing your research outputs into Minerva Access can enhance your research visibility. Please contact Fransie Naude for any queries.
When mathematics becomes art: the unexpected beauty of self-evolving mathematical functions
Date: Wednesday 7 October
Time: 12pm - 1pm
In this lecture, Professor Kate Smith-Miles describes how her research quest to generate mathematical functions that are challenging and stress-test optimisation algorithms has led to a large collection of intricate and beautiful 2D images, contour plots of mathematical functions that have been mathematically generated to create challenging landscapes.
Menzies Oration: Dr Tina Seelig, Creativity with Constraints
Date: Wednesday 7 October
Time: 12.30pm - 1.30pm
As part of the University's suite of signature annual orations, Stanford University's Professor Tina Seelig will deliver the 2020 Robert Menzies Oration.
2020 has presented huge global challenges, but also provided a unique opportunity for rethinking and reimagining the way we do things. Drawing on insights from a workshop with a group of Australia's next generation entrepreneurs, this year's Menzies Oration will consider the power of 'creativity with constraints'. Dr Seelig will invite us to unlock our potential and creativity to innovatively pivot to a reimagined future. As well as being an academic, Dr Seelig is a frequent speaker and best-selling author on innovation, entrepreneurship and creativity.
The Endemics of Pandemics in the Settler University
Date: Wednesday 21 October
Time: 10am - 11am
This presentation provides an analysis of the coterminous events of the global pandemic and the viral uprisings against fascism, anti-Black racism, and state violence as they differently but relatedly elucidate the failures of racial capitalism and the settler state and thus, by extension, the promise and prospect of the university. The states of illness, precarity and unfreedom laid bare by these events further expose colonialism and white supremacy as the most virulent pre-existing conditions. Within this context, the university marches on, committed to ‘business-as-almost-usual’ despite the risk to (some) lives and wellbeing. Read more about this event via Eventbrite.
Virtual Cuppa - online teaching and learning help sessions
Date: Monday - Thursday
Time: 12.30pm - 1.30pm AEST
The Virtual Cuppa is your space to share online teaching and learning challenges, find practical solutions, and simplify your working life through partnership and collaboration. The Virtual Cuppa is hosted by Dr Allison Creed, learning designer and organisational coach, with co-host Dr Maxx Schmitz from the Faculty of Arts, Arts Teaching Innovation team.
Join the for a live Q and A with colleagues and industry experts to find solutions to your daily online teaching and learning design challenges. Watch this sample
Recorded live, the Virtual Cuppa engages with the higher education community and industry experts, including special guests in interactive and hands-on teaching and learning design for online and blended delivery. Topics include creating presence when teaching online, innovative language teaching and learning online, career and employability, working remotely and wellbeing, student transition, peer to peer teaching, group/team work, online assessment transformation, and co-creation (design and delivery).
EduTECH International Congress & Expo 2020
Dates: Monday 9 - Tuesday 10 November
Cost: Visit the registration page for more information
This year’s EduTECH will explore the core theme of “Disruption, Creativity and Diversity” and is the most important two-day meeting on the education calendar for the educators, leaders and administrators who want a decluttering of all the latest news and curriculum updates that affect you, your peers and students.
2020 Corwin Professional Learning Conference
Dates: Monday 16 - Tuesday 17 November
Cost: Visit the registration page for more information
This virtual conference brings together international and national educational researchers and practitioners. Throughout the conference they will share their expertise, research and best practices in deliberately designing education to move learning forward. There will be multiple opportunities to collaborate with leaders, teachers and presenters from right across Australia as well as many practical strategies for you and your team to take away and employ within your own school.
View the Conference Agenda via the Corwin Conference page.