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Welcome to Issue 15 of Habitat 2013

Get ready to Re-enrol for 2014

You need to re-enrol if you plan to continue your studies in your course in 2014.

Who needs to re-enrol?
All students who are currently enrolled, or on leave of absence, and planning to continue their course in 2014, must re-enrol between the re-enrolment dates specified. You still need to re-enrol by the due date even if you want to take leave of absence from your studies in 2014.

Re-enrol between Monday 21 October 2013 and Friday 13 December 2013.

If you haven’t re-enrolled by Friday 13 December 2013, you will incur a $100 late re-enrolment fee and your enrolment in your course may be cancelled.

Re-enrol in all of the 2014 subjects that you plan to study next year by 13 December 2013: you can swap subjects later.

How do I re-enrol?
From 21 October links to re-enrol will be available in my.unimelb.

English for Academic Purposes (EAP): November Intensives

Get ready for 2014 by working on your English language skills over the summer break!

In late November, Academic Skills will be running a series of workshops for ESL students.

  • Speaking Clearly
  • Improve your English in 10 minutes a day
  • Grammar Essentials
  • Writing Longer Assignments

To book or for more information, visit the Academic Skills calendar. Be sure to enrol to secure your spot!

Construction Management Project Planning Studio Exhibition

Date: Wednesday 23 - Friday 25 October 2013
Venue: Student Lounge, Baldwin Spencer Building

Final year students undertaking the Bachelor of Environments Construction major have been working in conjunction with Brookfield Multiplex to crticially analyse the construction on the Faculty's new building.

Their work will be publicly exhbited in the student lounge of the Baldwin Spencer building from the 23rd to the 25th of October. Check it out!

GAP 2013: Reykjavík, Iceland

Date: 14 - 24 October 2013
Venue: Wunderlich Gallery, 757 Swanston

Global Architecture Profiling (GAP) is a program run within the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning that provides an opportunity to engage with contemporary designers across the globe and present their work in a concluding exhibition.

In 2013, GAP showcases the work of six architecture firms based in Reykjavík, Iceland, providing an insight into contemporary Icelandic architectural design and a rare opportunity to see contemporary works from a region that is often underexposed in architectural discourse.

In collaboration with: Arkis, Arkiteo, Basalt, Krads, Studio Granda, Unstable.

Competition: Celebrating the Bachelor of Environments

Competition deadline: 26 November 2013
Prize value: Up to $1000

Have you got a great idea for a project or activity to engage your fellow Bachelor of Environments students?

Funding is available for projects that celebrate the Bachelor of Environments: the Course, the Campus and the Cohort.

Form a multidisciplinary team, develop a project or activity which celebrates our unique Bachelor of Environments Degree and be a winner. It couldn't be easier - after all, who knows the course and its students better than you!

Funding up to $1,000 is available for projects that fulfil the competition criteria. Your project should be something that appeals to students, such as a relevant conference or activity on campus, a support network, an integration program or something that taps into the skills and expertise you gain as a BEnvs student.

For more information including how to apply, submission requirements and selection criteria, click below.

Melbourne University Planning Student Society (MUPSS): Planning the Just City

Date: Monday 21 October
Time: 6.30pm - 8.30pm
Venue: YHM Room, Level 1, Sydney Myer Asia Centre
RSVP:​ Book online
Cost: $5

Interested in how Melbourne can become a fairer, more equitable city? The Melbourne University Planning Student Society (MUPSS) is hosting a panel discussion featuring renowned planning theorist Susan Fainstein, University of Melbourne's Kate Shaw and leading practitioners to talk social justice, the city, and the future plan for Melbourne.

Additional panellists include Roz Hansen (advisor on the Melbourne Planning Strategy), David Waldren (National Executive Design Manager, Grocon), Lucinda Hartley (CEO, CoDesign Studio) and Jane Monk (Director of State Planning Services at DPCD).

Light finger food and drinks will be provided. This event is open to students outside of the University of Melbourne.

If you have any questions about the event, or if you wish to become a MUPSS member, please email MUPSS.

Urban Utopias and New Construction: Building a Just City Today

A free public lecture delivered by Norman Fainstein.

Date: Tuesday 22 October
Time: 1.00pm
Venue: The Open Stage, 757 Swanston Street

Norman Fainstein argues that it is time to re-apply philosophical ideas about justice to the environment we are building today. Empirical discussions of Amsterdam and Singapore show that the values of equity, diversity and democracy can be approached in real cities, and that they are worthy of our efforts as planners and policy makers.

Norman Fainstein is Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Urban Studies and Professor Emeritus of Connecticut College.

ABP Event: Creating a More Just City

A free public lecture delivered by Susan Fainstein, author of The Just City.

Date:
Thursday 24 October
Time: 7.00pm
Venue: Carrillo Gantner Theatre, Sidney Myer Asia Centre
RSVP: Book online

What are the possibilities for creating a more just city under conditions of global capitalism and the triumph of neo-liberal ideology? Using the criteria of diversity, democracy, and equity, one can evaluate existing examples of urban redevelopment and make an argument concerning the leeway for greater justice at the local level and the types of policies that would further this goal. Wide variation of policy in cities of world within capitalist political economy shows the potential for creative state role. Changing the discourse of planning and policy making from competitiveness to justice in itself would contribute to progressive change.

In this free public lecture Susan Fainstein will discuss these fundamental issues around planning and policy with a more just city in sight.