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.
Spotlight Seminar Series
The Spotlight Seminar 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Link between principal leadership and growth in student learning | Monday 14 September | Dr Pauline Thompson and Associate Professor HelenStokes | |
| Multiple faces of leadership: a focus on aspirant female leaders | Monday 28 September | Dr Barbara Watterston | |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Researching your practice | Friday 11 September | Lawrie Drysdale and Helen Stokes | |
| How to make an impact with your research | Friday 18 September | Professor Yong Zhao and Laureate Professor John Hattie | |
| 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 |
Open Days
Graduate Open Days: Monday 14 - Thursday 17 September
MGSE will be hosting a range of online sessions as part of the University's virtual open day experience next week. This year students will be able to access more than 300 online and interactive sessions to learn more about student life and studying at Melbourne.
Register for the 2020 Professional Staff Conference
Dates: Monday 14 - Friday 18 September
Professional staff can now sign up for the Professional Staff Conference (PSC) keynote sessions, panel discussion and intro/closing sessions, with additional sessions to be added in the coming weeks. Now in its seventh year, the conference aims to encourage the exploration of best practice, reporting of project outcomes, sharing of new trends and opportunities while engaging staff through motivational and creative practice. This year's theme is 'Building Resilient Futures', with a focus on building capability and adapting to change. We are excited to announce our two keynote speakers, Hugh van Cuylenburg (co-founder and presenter of the Resilience Project) and Dr Jennifer Gray (CEO of Zoos Victoria). Dates: delivered virtually across 5 days (14 - 18 September), the conference is free for all professional staff from the University to attend.
The PSC will be delivered virtually for the first time in 2020 – this is an incredible opportunity to learn, network and engage with your peers from the comfort of your own home. Learn more about the PSC at the conference website. Send any enquiries to the psc-info@unimelb.edu.au.
Training: Engagement for Impact
Date: Tuesday 15 September
Time: 12pm - 1pm
This webinar, as part of the Spotlight on Engagement series, will discuss the basics of engagement processes for creating research impact opportunities. The Research Impact Summit, hosted by Dr Tamika Heiden, will be used as an example of engagement and what the impact of this has been personally, professionally, and for the research sector as a whole. Dr Heiden has more than a decade of career experience as a researcher and research manager in the fields of health, sport and medical research that began with a sports science degree and a PhD in Biomechanics.
UniSuper retirement considerations
Date: Tuesday 15 September
Time: 12pm - 1pm
Like any new chapter in your life, preparation can go a long way in ensuring you're emotionally and financially ready for the road ahead. But where to start? This online seminar provides information on the key issues to consider in the lead-up to retirement so you can start planning. We discuss a variety of topics associated with managing your retirement, such as: challenges in retirement, establishing retirement objectives, contribution strategies and income in retirement. During this interactive webinar presented by UniSuper's Jamie Laird, Private Client Adviser and Nicholas Ta, Private Client Adviser you'll have the opportunity to have your questions answered and have access to a range of helpful resources.
Life as a Child Protection Lawyer - The rewards, challenges and opportunities
Date: Tuesday 15 September
Time: 1pm - 2pm
Come along and hear about what it’s like to represent some of the most vulnerable children in Victoria; learn about the important work that lawyers do to assist and empower children in the child protection system; discover the complex legal and social needs of children in this system and the skills required to represent them effectively from experts who work in this area.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teaching skills for resilience | Wednesday 16 September | 1pm | Helen Cahill |
| Daily self care strategies for isloation | Wednesday 23 September | 12pm | Sarah Murgia Lewis |
| 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 |
myProposals and Projects
Dates: Monday 21 and Tuesday 22 September
Time: 12pm - 12.45pm
myProposals and Projects is a new resource available in ServiceNow designed with researchers, for researchers that provides the status of all proposals and projects including a ‘To Do’ list of tasks in one easy-to-use interface.
Currently, there is limited visibility across the research lifecycle enabling researchers to view the status of their proposal, approval workflow, project budget and deliverables.
This resource will provide a consolidated view of research proposals and projects, links to project finances in InfoHub and actionable items from existing research systems including Themis, Minerva Elements and Infonetica ERM into one interface.
Business Services will be holding lunch and learn sessions that will provide an overview of the new resource and answer any questions you may have. Register for either session and bring your lunch to learn more.
Webinar: Optimise your online researcher profile
Date: Tuesday 22 September
Time: 12pm - 12.45pm
Today’s research is predominantly moving digital and online. It is important to amplify and make your work visible widely. Learn about researcher identifier essentials for research. Please contact Fransie Naude for any queries.
MSTEG Research Webinar Series
Serendipity of Sociosciencentific Issues: Perspective in Science Education for Scientific Literacy
Presented by: Dr Dana L. Zeidler, University of South Florida, Tampa, USA
Date: Wednesday 23 September
Time: 12pm - 1pm
Socioscientific Issues (SSI) is uniquely positioned as a sociocultural process within a progressive science education framework. This is what makes SSI viewed as “Science-in-Context.” It requires a blend of socioscientific reasoning as well as the exercise of socioscientific perspective taking (SSPT). Surprisingly, SSI also affords an opportunity for serendipity, that may be thought of as the gift of finding, by the combination of chance and wisdom, certain valuable or agreeable things not sought, while in pursuit of something else. From a pedagogical stance, SSI may be thought of as a kind of discovery made because the individual is mentally equipped not to disregard or overlook something new or strange while on the quest for another goal. The aim of this talk is to provide the salient historical and current research that is part of the SSI framework connected to these claims.
Dr. Dana L. Zeidler is the Distinguished University Professor of Science Education at the University of South Florida in Tampa, USA. He has developed an international research program in the field of Science Education centered on Socioscientific Issues, that takes a sociocultural approach to teaching and learning about how moral and ethical issues can be a means to foster the formation of character in the pursuit of scientific literacy. His research has attracted international attention and has been cited approximately 10,350 times both within and external to the community of science education. He is the current Co-Editor of the Journal of Research in Science Teaching and a Past President of NARST: A Worldwide Organization for Improving Science Teaching and Learning through Research.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.