Hi there,

Welcome to Semester 1. We hope your first week has been great!

There’s lots happening around campus and this edition is full of events and opportunities for you.

If you’re still settling in, check out the range of University apps to help you find your classes, or assist with your studies.

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Yours scientifically,
Science News

IN THIS ISSUE

Events
Opportunities
Top Job
Subject Options
Scholarships
Science in the Media

Events

Science Career Conversations - Discover where your maths and physics skills can take you

Panellists from seven organisations will share their insights about how maths and physics skills can be transferred across a range of career pathways. 6.00pm-8:30pm Wed 9 March. Register online.

2016 Graduate Careers Fair

Connect with employers and learn more about the variety of industries your degree can lead to. Wed 9 March, Wilson Hall. Register online.

Science & Technology Internship Subject Information Sessions

There’s lots of support and information available to you to help you start organising your internship. Registrations essential.

Subject Info: Thurs 17 March 12-1pm or 1-2pm
Organising a Placement: Tues 12 April 11am-12pm or 12:30-1:30pm
Effective Cover Letter & Resume Writing: Wed 20 April 12-1pm
Effective Interview Prep: Wed 27 April 12-1pm

Public Lecture: Lunar Mission One

David Iron, founder of Lunar Missions Trust and Lunar Missions Ltd, will introduce the Lunar One Mission - a crowd-funded effort to send a robotic lander to the Moon for scientific experiments in 2024. 5:30pm Tues 22 March. Register here.

Be Your Best Workshop

Learn strategies to help you get down to work this semester and be your best. Tues 8 March 1-2pm Find out more here.

Brain Management Workshop

Learn how to best support the major organ involved in learning - your brain. Find out how neurobiology and various factors in your life affect learning and performance. Tues 15 March 1-2pm. More info here.

BioBlitz

The University is working with the City of Melbourne to hold the 2016 BioBlitz – a citizen science event where experts and members of the community work together to discover flora and fauna right here on campus. 4-5 March. Find more info here, with a full list of tours and activities here.

Opportunities

Great Minds Don’t Think Alike – Intensive Workshop

Future of Work: People, Place, Technology conference is your chance at developing innovative solutions to real-world challenges facing Australian organisations. Send an expression of interest via email by 5pm, Wed 9 March.

IBM Research Australia Internships

IBM is offering internships to undergraduate students in their second year or later. Successful interns will work for 3 months from mid-March to June on emerging technologies. More info here.

Student Research Opportunity

Earthwatch Institute is running two discounted research trips that help students gain field research skills in amazing locations. Students will participate in research on either the Great Barrier Reef or the Humpback Whales in Moreton Bay.

Top Job

2017 Trainee Traders Optiver

What: You will provide the market with prices with which they can trade. If you’re a conceptual thinker, thrive on problem solving and have a flair for numbers, Optiver want you!

Who: Final-year students with a Distinction average in areas including Computer Science, Maths & Stats, Electrical/Mechanical Engineering, Physics, Actuarial Studies, Finance or Econometrics.

Remuneration: $91,743.12 + super + performance driven profit share

Applications close: 30 March 2016. Find out more here.

Subject Options

Still deciding on your subjects for the semester 1? You can still change your mind, as long as you enrol no later than Fri 11 March.

Level 1 Science Electives

Whether you’re in first year or further along in your degree, don’t forget to consider one of our level 1 science elective subjects to get a taste of something new:

Biology of Australian Flora and Fauna is a broad biological survey of every aspect of the Australian ecosystem.
To learn more about our natural world, choose Natural Environments.
For an insight into technology and environmental decisions, why not have a go at Mapping Environments?
Human Sciences: From Cells to Societies is a cross disciplinary introduction to the study of everything that is human, from the cellular, physiological, pathological, psychological and social. A perfect complement to a life sciences pathway.
If you’re interested in geology, geography, climate and environmental science, look into The Global Environment.
If you’re fascinated by outer space: From the Solar System to the Cosmos.

Genetics in the Media takes references and bold claims made in the media as a way to introduce students to principles of Genetics, enabling them to understand and critically evaluate these claims.
A critical skill for many scientists is analysing data. Learn the basics of probability and statistics in Data Analysis 1.
For a truly multidisciplinary approach to all of the questions about life on Earth - Introduction to Life, Earth and Universe

Breadth Options

If you’re interested in how humans impact the natural and built environment, Reshaping Environments subject could be the option for you.

Scholarships

Indigenous Scholarship Opportunities

The Melbourne Institute for Indigenous Development, Murrup Barak, is offering a number of scholarships available to Indigenous students ranging from $500 to $5,000. To see the full list of scholarships available and apply, visit the website.

Paterson Scholarship

The Paterson Scholarship provides roughly $4,000 per year to an undergraduate student studying engineering subjects. Instructions on how to apply here. Applications close Wed 30 March.

Science in the Media

Check out what our amazing academics in the Faculty of Science have been up to lately:

Professor Andrew Melatos in the School of Physics is part of a team that has confirmed Einstein’s theory through the incredible discovery of gravitational waves. Read more.

Researchers in the School of BioSciences have discovered 20 new species of fish in the Kimberley, increasing the total number of known species in Australia by a whopping 10 per cent. Read more.

In a ground breaking discovery, Professor Spencer Williams and PhD student Gaetano Speciale from the School of Chemistry have located the missing piece of the sulfur cycle, solving a 50 year old mystery. Read more.