Message from the Director

We are midway through the semester. I hope your studies are going well. Sometimes students think that great results are primarily about aptitude. I suggest the main ingredients behind success are hard work, self-motivation, passion and drive as well as excellent time juggling.

This week, at the annual Dean’s Honours event, we recognise and celebrate the successes of our highest achieving students within each year of our degree. Their results are outstanding.

It is an added pleasure when our students receive national recognition. Last week, one of our BEnvs graduates Sarah Rees was awarded the 2013 Charlie Perkins Scholarship.  This prestigious scholarship assists Indigenous Australians to study at Oxford or Cambridge. Sarah is one of just nine students to be awarded this prestigious scholarship since its inception three years ago.

Congratulations to Sarah and other award winners recognised at the Dean’s Honours Awards.

Associate Professor Clare Newton
Director, Bachelor of Environments

Thinking of going on exchange/study abroad for Semester 1, 2014? Looking for some guidance with your overseas study plan?

The Environments and Design Student Centre will be holding an information session to assist students currently preparing their exchange or study abroad application for the upcoming application deadlines.

More information for B Envs students about going on exchange is available on the EDSC Study Abroad and Exchange web page.

Date: Applications close Saturday 15 June

The International Academy for Design & Health in partnership with the Australian Government, State Health Departments, Australian Institute of Architects and collaborating universities is delighted to invite students to explore new ideas and perspectives on the planning and design of different building typologies that support the development of healthy environments.

Students are required to research current issues concerning the promotion of health within their community in one or more of the
following four categories: a) Buildings, b) Industrial Design, c) Landscape, d) Interior Design.

Candidates should send their submission digitally to awards@designandhealth.com. Click here for more information.

Date: Applications close on Friday 17 May

Applications are now open for 2013 Dreamlarge Student Engagement Grants.

Dreamlarge Grants are designed to broaden student experiences during their education with the University of Melbourne, assist and promote the development of engagement projects between students of the University and external organisations, and enable students to apply their learning in projects which develop skills and leadership while improving the economic, social, environmental or cultural life of our region locally, nationally or internationally. Grants are available to groups of students. While normally for amounts up to $2,500, six grants of up to $5,000 are also available. 

Guidelines and application forms can be downloaded here

Date: Applications close Friday 26 April

Applications are now open for the 2013 Peter McPhee Student Awards. The Peter McPhee Student Awards are designed to promote and develop engagement activities within the University student community, by assisting students or groups of students to initiate, or participate in, extra-curricular leadership, community engagement and volunteering activities that involve the University and the wider community. Individual students or groups of students are encouraged to apply. Awards normally range from $1,000-$2,000; however, some applications may be eligible to receive more.

Click here for more information

Date: Semester 1 & Semester 2, 2013

BEnvs students looking for study spaces around the University for individual or group study will now be able to make bookings to use Room 202 in the Frank Tate Building. The room can be booked for up to three hours at a time.

To make bookings please contact the Environments and Design Student Centre.

Individual tutorials with Academic Skills focus on developing effective study strategies, reading and writing skills and tutorial participation. This free, one-to-one service can be booked through visiting the Environments and Design Student Centre or by calling 13MELB.

Academic Skills also invites students to attend upcoming workshops. These workshops aim to assist students in the development of skills essential to maximising their academic performance.

The full workshop program and enrolment details are available on the Academic Skills Calendar.

More information about services offered by Academic Skills is available here.

Date: Application due 30 April

Cinecity presents an architectural film competition, screened at Federation Square, during the 2013 National Architecture Conference. In the Competition we invite artists, architects and film-makers to explore the theme of the 2013 AIA National Architecture Conference, "Material" by examining relationships and differences between the material and conceptual, the physical and immaterial, between the ‘real’ and ‘imaginary’, between a building and an idea of a building.

Click here for more information

Terreform ONE has announced the 4th annual ONE Prize Competition.

This year’s competition is set in the context of severe climate dynamism: how can cities adapt to the future challenges of extreme weather?

The ONE Prize is a call to deploy sophisticated design to alleviate storm impact through various urban interventions such as: protective green spaces, barrier shorelines, alternative housing, waterproofing technology, and public space solutions.

This international competition is open to students. The first place prize is (USD) $5000 with press coverage and exposure at lectures and exhibitions.

Registration and submissions closing date: 31 August 2013

More information is availabe on the ONE Prize website.

Design students are invited to participate in the Lodge on the Lake Design Ideas Competition to design a new official residence for the Prime Minister of Australia on the shores of Lake Burley Griffin in Canberra.

This is an exciting competition seeking design solutions that will spark the national imagination. The first prize is $80,000 with second and third prizes of $20,000 and $10,000 (Australian Dollars).

Competition closing date: 4 May 2013.

Further information including the design brief and competition conditions are available here.