The Bachelor of Environments Peer Mentoring Program is an opportunity for new students to get in touch with later-year students, ask questions and share your experiences of navigating through the first few weeks of the start of your degree.

The program includes a welcome lunch where you will meet later-year students as well as your fellow cohort. You will be put in touch with a designated peer mentor who will be a contact on campus for you over the coming weeks.

Bachelor of Environments student commencing their studies in Semester 1, 2015, are invited to register via the link below.

Submission due date: Monday 23 March 2015

CINECITY 2015 is seeking budding architects and film makers to produce a 1 minute film for this year’s event. This competition is an exciting opportunity for you to put your name before leaders of architecture and the built environments.

In the past, selected films by our judges were screened as a fringe event of the National Architecture Conference in Federation Square Melbourne (2013) and the State Theatre in Perth (2014). Subsequently the films were re-screened at a number of other film festivals in Australia, Lisbon and Chile.

Scholarship value: $4,000 per year for the length of the degree
Application closing date: Friday March 27 2015

The Paterson Scholarship is open to Australian citizens who are enrolled or are to be enrolled in the first year of Bachelor of Environments, Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Biomedicine, or the Bachelor of Commerce in 2015, who are undertaking an engineering pathway.

Applicants will need to complete an application form, and provide a copy of their VCE results along with a covering letter, addressing the selection criteria.

Students are under no obligation to undertake the Master of Engineering upon completion of their undergraduate degree.

Date/time: 5.30pm Tuesday 17 February 2015
Venue: Engineers Australia, 21 Bedford St, North Melbourne
Cost: $35.00 (members); $65.00 (non-members)
RSVP: Register online

If we replaced all the fossil fueled power stations of the Australian national electricity market by commercially available renewable energy systems, how reliable would the renewable electricity supply system be?

What would the costs be and under what conditions would 100% renewable energy systems break-even with the various fossil fuelled systems?

Climate change and renewable energy researcher Dr. Mark Diesendorf will discuss the answers to these questions, encouraging a renewable energy future in terms of reliability and economics.

Application deadline: Friday 6 March 2015

The SRN is a group of students that care about their education and want a say in the decision-making process. Students sit as voting student representatives on a University Committee and have a say in all the decisions made.

If you are interested in being a student rep on a University Committee and can commit to attending a committee meetings and an SRN meeting each month, please apply to join the SRN. Selection will be based on your application and a short interview to be held in week 2 of Semester 1.

The Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning is seeking a Bachelor of Environments student for the role of OHS Committee student representative for 2015. The role involves four meetings per year, beginning in March.

For further information or to express your interest, please email Maria Lodola-Price.

Competition prize value: € 2,000 and travel to Germany
Submission deadline: Sunday 1 March 2015

The 10th International Design Award is currently accepting submissions. Let your imagination run free, leave existing paths of thinking and create a future-oriented, innovative and unique furniture solution.

Three winners will each receive a cash prize of € 2,000, an International Design Award trophy and a trip to Germany with travel and accommodation expenses born by Hettich and REHAU.

Participation is open to students. Entries can be submitted by individuals or teams.

Deadline: 26 January 2015
Prize: Total monetary prize pool of 14,500 € plus publication in architectural magazines and websites

Young Architects Competitions (YAC) is launching a competition to redesign one of the treasures of Rome: Forte Portuense.

How can former military architecture be transformed into a leisure time and cultural focal point? The aim for this competition is to look for ideas worth triggering urban redevelopment, social cooperation and tourism.

Application deadline: 12.00pm 16 February

The University of Melbourne Advancement Office is looking for twenty-four hardworking and enthusiastic students to join the University Annual Appeal’s 2015 Telethons in the role of Student Callers.

The job requires a team of callers to phone alumni of the University to find out their latest news, inform them of alumni benefits and the University’s current news, and to ask if they wish to make a gift to the University. Calling takes place from 5.15 to 8.45pm Monday – Thursday and 9.45am to 5pm on Saturdays. No particular experience is required - we are just looking for current students who love talking to people and are keen to face challenges head-on!

The Melbourne Careers Centre, formerly Careers & Employment, is transitioning to a new service model and you're likely to see some changes.

While you won't see appointments available in the Student Advising System at present, you can still come and talk to a careers consultant about your career queries, or to get feedback on job applications, at the Careers Drop In Service. As semester approaches times and locations will change so check the web for the most current information.

Nursery Hand/Garden Maintenance | Blackwood Ridge Nursery
Blackwood, VIC
Part-time; award rate
Applications close: 9 February

Casual Website Developer | Trade Creative Media Pty Ltd (TCM)
Footscray, VIC
Casual; $21.09 per hour
Applications close: 13 February

Senior Associate | Figure & Ground Advisory (FGA)
Melbourne, VIC
Full time; $60,000
Applications close: 20 February

Mechanical Engineer | Figure & Ground Advisory (FGA)
Melbourne, VIC
Full time; $65,000+
Applications close: 20 February

Assistant Project Engineer | Baltec IES (BIES)
Knoxfield, VIC
Part time; $18 per hour
Applications close: 27 February

Engineer Summer Internship 2015 - Japan | Rakuten, Inc.
Tokyo, Japan
Full-time (Fixed Term); Remuneration approx. 300,000 Yen
Applications close: 6 March

Team Assistant | Glowell Pty Ltd
Melbourne, VIC
Part time; $18 per hour
Applications close: 6 March

Wire Harness Design Engineer in Germany | NSR JAPAN
Stuttgart, Germany
Full time; 80,000€
Applications close: 5 April

Science Graduate Program (2016) | Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) - People and Culture
CBD & Regional, VIC
Full time; VPS Award
Applications close: 7 August

Use your student or staff login to access Careers Online to see other full time, graduate, part time and casual jobs available.