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Welcome to Issue 18 of Habitat 2014

Envi. Industry Night 2014

Date: Wednesday 29 October
Time: 6.30pm - 9.00pm
Venue: Yasuko Hiraoka Myer room, Sidney Myer Asia Centre
RSVP: Register online

Hot off the heels of their Annual General Meeting, Envi. is proud to announce the return of the annual Industry Night.

Featuring a wide range of firms to cover all majors of the Bachelor of Environments, this is a brilliant opportunity to make contacts and learn more about life after university. The event is a valuable experience for everyone from first year through to graduate students.

Refreshments and canapés will be provided at this free event.

Asian Exchange Scholarships for exchange in Semester 2 2015

Scholarship value: Up to four x $10,000 scholarships
Scholarship application due date: Students approved to study on exchange at one of the institutions listed below will be invited to apply
Semester 2, 2015 exchange application due date: Friday 5 December 2014

The Westpac Bicentennial Foundation has partnered with the University of Melbourne to offer up to four $10,000 Asian Exchange Scholarships for exchange in semester 2 2015.

To be eligible, applicants must have Australian citizenship or permanent residency and must apply for exchange to one of the following destinations:

  • Fudan University (Shanghai, China)
  • Shanghai Jiao Tong University (Shanghai, China)
  • Peking University (Beijing, China)
  • Tsinghua University (Beijing, China)
  • The University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong)
  • The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong)
  • Nanyang Technological University (Singapore)
  • National University of Singapore (Singapore)

A video promoting the Asian Exchange Scholarship is now available on Youtube.

Other eligibility requirements apply; click 'More information' below for details.

Re-enrol now for 2015

Bachelor of Environments students should re-enrol now for 2015. Re-enrolment is open now and closes on Friday 12 December.

All students who are currently enrolled, or on leave of absence, and who are planning to continue their course in 2015, must re-enrol. Re-enrolment involves signing the University's Enrolment Declaration for 2015 and enrolling in subjects, or applying for leave of absence for 2015.

If you haven’t re-enrolled by Friday 12 December 2014, you will incur a $100 late re-enrolment fee and your enrolment in your course may be cancelled.

Links to re-enrol are be available in my.unimelb.

Take Part in Subject Experience Survey to Improve Your Subjects & Bank Balance

SES closes: 11.59pm, Sunday 2 November

Your Subject Experience Survey (SES) is available now. This is your chance to not only provide feedback on your learning experiences in subjects, but also a chance to win $500.

Each survey will take approximately 5 minutes to complete and is completely confidential.

You can complete your SES by either going to the survey website on your computer/mobile or from your 'My Home' tab on the LMS.

Coffee@Burnley: Information Sessions and Green Roof tour at Burnley campus

Date: Tuesday 11 November
Time: 10.30am - 11.30am
Venue: Burnley Campus, 500 Yarra Boulevard Richmond
RSVP: Register online

Australia’s best horticulture and environmental management courses – at your fingertips.

If you want to grow your career come to the Coffee@Burnley for the opportunity to speak to academic and professional focused on sustainable gardening and horticultural practice at Melbourne’s famous heritage-listed Burnley Gardens, which celebrated its 150 year anniversary in 2013.

Explore professional short programs, undergraduate and postgraduate courses.

New ABP Library Opening in December

The Architecture, Building and Planning Library will be closed from Monday 24 November to Monday 1 December while it relocates into the new MSD Building. If students have any queries please contact naomim@unimelb.edu.au or scharing@unimelb.edu.au.

Image: Graeme Butler

Virtual Environments is now Digital Design & Fabrication

Subject ENVS10008 Virtual Environments returns in 2015 as ENVS20001 Digital Design and Fabrication. It is available as a Level 2 elective subject.

Public Lecture: Achieving the Walkable City

Date: Wednesday 29 October
Time: 6.00pm - 7.30pm
Venue: Basement Theatre B120, Melbourne School of Design Building
RSVP: Register online

What makes a liveable, healthy and active city?

What can we learn from the experience in Vancouver to achieve better outcomes for our communities?

The City of Vancouver is consistently identified as one of the world’s most liveable cities. Beyond this it is renowned for its great urban planning and strategies that have created a ‘complete city’, not just a liveable one. MSSI, in partnership with the Heart Foundation, is hosting a public lecture with Brent Toderian, former Chief Planner for the City of Vancouver. Brent is a widely respected practitioner in advanced urbanism, city planning and urban design, this free public lecture provides an opportunity to be inspired and learn from Vancouver’s urban planning achievements.

VEIL Lunchtime Seminar: ‘Limits To Growth’ – what now?

Date: Thursday 30 October
Time: 12.30pm - 1.30pm
Venue: Room 448, Melbourne School of Design
RSVP: Register online

The controversial book Limits To Growth, published in 1972, was a pioneer in the field of environmental science. But what has changed in the years since its publication? And what now? Dr Graham Turner explores the book’s legacy and the future of environmental modelling.

Graham Turner is based at the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute (MSSI).

Young Carer Bursary Programme

Applications close: Sunday 9 November

Are you a Young Carer?

You may be eligible to receive a bursary of $4,000, $ 6,000 or $10,000 to support your study in 2015.

This programme supports Young Carers aged 25 and under to complete their study while continuing in their caring role by reducing the financial pressures through the granting of a Young Carer Bursary.

For the purposes of this programme, young carers are young people aged from 12 to 25 who help care in families where someone has an illness, a disability, a mental health issue, an alcohol or other drug problem, or who are frail aged.

Student Competition: Career Journeys Worth Sharing

Competition closing date: Friday 7 November

As part of a new video series Career Journeys Worth Sharing, University of Melbourne Advancement Office is on the hunt for students to interview some of our prominent alumni.

Students are asked to submit a 15 second video of them telling us who they would like to interview and why. Winners would:

  • Meet and network with a prominent member of the alumni community in their field of interest
  • Receive full training on interview techniques
  • Be in a new video series
  • Receive a $100 Coles and Myer or Co-Op Bookshop voucher and a University of Melbourne T-Shirt
  • Be part of the on location filming with transport provided

To enter, post your 15 second video on social media (Instagram, Twitter, Facebook or YouTube) with the hashtag #UOMAlumni. Read the complete terms of entry via the link below.

2015 Japan Exchange & Teaching (JET) Programme

Applications due: Friday 21 November

The JET Programme aims to promote mutual understanding between Japan and other nations, foster international exchange at the local level and enhance foreign language education in Japan. Two types of positions are available:

  • Assistant Language Teacher (ALT) - assisting with English language education in Japanese schools (teaching and Japanese experience not essential).
  • Co-ordinator for International Relations (CIR) - assisting in Japanese Government offices in international activities (high level Japanese language ability required).

Applicants with Australian citizenship may download forms here.

For further details, please visit the link below or contact the Consulate-General of Japan, Melbourne at (03) 9679 4560 or by email.

Inflection Volume 02: Projection – Call for Papers and Collaborators

CALL FOR PAPERS

Abstracts due: 1 December 2014
Final submissions due: 1 April 2015

Inflection, the MSD’s student-run journal of architecture and the built environment, invites submissions to its second issue, Projection.

If an inflection point is a moment of transition, a projection is something more dynamic. In architecture and the built environment, 'projection' has a multitude of meanings that extend through the realms of spatiality, theory and technology.

Inflection welcomes work from students, academics and professionals in any mode of expression, and offers an optional double-blind peer review process for academic pieces.

CALL FOR COLLABORATORS

Applications due: Friday 31 October 2014

Inflection Journal is currently recruiting three dedicated deputy editors to join the Inflection editorial team for 2015.

Each deputy editor will work closely with one of Inflection's founding editors in one of the three areas of: publicity, administration or print/graphics. As part of the Inflection team you have the opportunity to shape the direction of a new and exciting journal, including developing and editing interviews, articles and graphic work for publication.

Please send applications by email.

ACROSS: International Student Competition

Competition closing date: Monday 3 November 2014
Prize: 1st prize: €2,000; total prize pool of €4,500

The organising committee of the 48th ASA (ANZAScA) Conference is pleased to announce ACROSS, an International Ideas Competition for Students.

The competition aims to investigate and address the issue of environmental sustainability with specific regards to the reduction of construction and demolition waste, through the use of a new modular structural system designed to allow the possibility of adaptation and end-of-life disassembly.

The aim is to explore potential practical application and propose further development possibilities for the Absolute Joint System.

The entrant is asked to propose an application of the AJ system. The size, function, location and lifespan of the proposal is at the discretion of the entrant.

Image: Copyright 2014 ROSS & DALE Ltd

Careers and Employment Update

Women in Logistics Management Cadetship Program | Asciano - Human Resources
Full-time, $70,000
Sydney, Australia
Applications close: Monday 27 October 2014

WILpower Cadetship Program | Asciano - Human Resources
Full-time, $70,000
Brisbane, Australia
Applications close: Monday 27 October 2014

Built Environment and Health Scholarship | Melbourne School of Population and Global Health - McCaughey VicHealth Centre for Community Wellbeing
Part-time, $25,451 per year
Carlton, Victoria
Applications close: Friday 31 October 2014

Urban Bird Data Internship | BirdLife Australia
Voluntary
Melbourne, Australia
Applications close: Friday 31 October 2014

Vacation Work Program 2014 - 2015 | Wood Group Kenny
Full-time; remuneration TBC
Melbourne, Victoria
Applications close: Friday 31 October 2014

Investment Services City Sales Executive | Colliers International
Full-time; remuneration TBC
Melbourne, Victoria
Applications close: Friday 31 October 2014

Graduate Architect or Student Architect | Harmer Architecture P/L
Full-time; award rate
Collingwood, Victoria
Applications close: on Friday 31 October2014

Graduate Transport Planner | GTA Consultants
Full-time, $55,000
Melbourne, Australia
Applications close: Monday 10 November 2014

Management Trainee | Hang Lung Properties Limited
Full-time, HK$20,000
Hong-Kong, Hong-Kong
Applications close: Sunday 16 November 2014

Policy Support Officer | Australian Dairy Farmers Limited (ADF)
Full-time, $35,000
Melbourne, Australia
Applications close: Friday 28 November 2014

Graduate Engineer | Figure & Ground Advisory (FGA)
Full-time, $50,000+
Melbourne, Australia
Applications close: Sunday 30 November 2014

Gap Teaching: Surveying | Academics Without Borders
Voluntary; stipend and some living expenses
Bhutan, Bhutan
Applications close: Monday 1 December 2014

Trainee Agronomist | Lipps Bulk Super - Agronomy
Full-time; remuneration TBA
Kerang, Victoria
Applications close: Monday 1 December 2014

Finding Your Feet: Mentoring Program for Female Engineering Students | Transurban
Voluntary Mentoring Program
Melbourne, Victoria
Applications close: Wednesday 1 December2014

Landscape Intern | Art-spring Landscape Design Group (ASL)
Full-time; RMB5000
Shenzhen, China
Applications close: Wednesday 31 December 2014

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