Date: Thursday 13 August
Time: 6.30pm
Venue: Atrium, Level 1, MSD Building
Registration: See Facebook event for further details, including ticket sales.

The Construction Students Association's 2015 Industry Night will be held in the MSD Atrium and feature an eclectic mix of industry leaders, including a range of high profile builders, quantity surveyors, consultants, developers and industry bodies.

Catering to both undergraduate and postgraduate students, the evening will present an incredible opportunity to connect with the best in the business in a relaxed, casual environment.

Tickets are $15 for CSA members (memberships available for $5), food and drinks included. See Facebook event for further details, including ticket sales.

Applications close: 5.00pm, Thursday 16 July
Welcome event: 1.00pm - 2.00pm, Friday 24 July

The Environments and Design Student Centre is seeking Bachelor of Environments Students to support our mid-year intake of new students as they navigate through the first few weeks of semester at university.

Responsibilities
The program launches with a welcome lunch on Friday 24 July (1.00pm - 2.00pm). Attendance is required for participation in the Peer Mentoring Program.

After the welcome event, mentors will arrange meetings with their assigned commencing students. Coffee vouchers will be provided for this purpose.

Benefits for mentors

• Welcome lunch
• Coffee vouchers
• $30 book voucher for the Co-op Bookshop
• The opportunity to expand your social and professional networks
• Demonstrate your interpersonal skills and receive a letter of thanks from the University to boost your resume

Eligibility
Places are limited. We are looking for current B Envs students who are friendly, responsible and academically capable. Applicants must have a weighted average of at least 65%.

How to apply
To apply for the Peer Mentoring Program for Semester 2, please email envs-changes@unimelb.edu.au by 5.00pm Thursday 16 July with your name, student ID number, course and a brief message (one or two sentences) explaining why you want to take part.

Students who apply will receive an outcome by Wednesday 22 July.

Take Charge of Your Career - Engineering

Date: Wednesday 29 July
Time: 1.00pm - 2.00pm
Venue: Room 101, Alan Gilbert building
Enrol: Enrol via Careers Online

Taking Charge involves reviewing your CV and how to enhance it, building self-awareness and self-management skills, keeping up with your current industry knowledge, and how to build employability skills in getting a job upon graduation.

The Architecture Experience

Date: Wednesday 12 August
Time: 12.00pm - 1.00pm
Venue: Malaysian Theatre, MSD Building
Enrol: Enrol via Careers Online

Representatives from leading Melbourne practice, Six Degrees, will answer your questions about life and work as a practicing architect.

Urban Planning – the Inside Story

Date: Monday 17 August
Time: 1.00pm - 2.00pm
Venue: Malaysian Theatre, MSD Building
Enrol: Enrol via Careers Online

Attend this seminar to have Victorian State Government planners answer your questions about life and work as an urban and strategic planner in the public sector.

Click below for more upcoming Careers events.

Places Victoria’s Intern Program is aimed at third year students with a particular interest in property development. The 12 month internship will commence in February 2016 and students will be engaged for two to three days per week with flexibility to balance academic priorities.

The Intern Program is looking for highly motivated students with a strong track record of academic performance and the ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.

Applications for the Places Victoria Intern Program are now open.

How to apply

To register your interest in this opportunity, please submit your Cover Letter, Resume and Academic Transcript via email to careers@places.vic.gov.au by 11 September 2015.

Date: Monday 20 July
Time: 9.00am - 4.15pm
Venue: Parkville Campus (further details on enrolment)
To enrol: Log into SAS, click on the ‘Events' tab and find Academic Skills Winter Writing Festival. Click 'RSVP' to enrol.

Attend this all-day event to hit the ground running in semester two!

Sessions include: 

• Essay writing fundamentals: Explore tools and strategies for managing the whole essay writing process from start to finish.
• Better referencing: Understand the features and importance of good referencing, and explore how to incorporate different sources into your own writing.
• Editing and proofreading skill builder: Learn some smart techniques for checking your assignments for flow, structure, expression and grammar.
• Online resources for better writing: Learn about online resources and tools to develop your writing skills.
• Writing clearly: Learn how to create clear sentences and paragraphs, the building blocks of your writing.
• Writing for longer assignments: Improve your methods of planning, structuring, critical analysis, cohesion and editing for assignments of 3000+ words.
• Building a strong and clear writers' voice: Explore the concept of 'writers' voice' and develop strategies to make your writers' voice more confident and polished.

For further information, email Academic Skills.

Melbourne 2050: A University Town’s Contribution to a Smart and Creative City

Date: Monday 27 July
Time: 6.30pm - 7.45pm (pop-up bar open from 5.30pm)
Venue: Victoria University at MetroWest, 138 Nicholson Street, Footscray
Registration: Register through Eventbrite

Victoria University and Maribyrnong City Council have embarked on a journey to create Footscray as a university town. This panel discussion centres on how design for inclusion, creativity, education and technological innovation are core to the concept of a University Town, and how this model contributes to the vision for a smart and creative Melbourne in 2050.

Chaired by Professor Peter Dawkins (Vice-Chancellor, Victoria University) and Councillor Nam Quach, Mayor, City of Maribyrnong. The panel comprises Rob McGauran (Director MGS Architects), Professor Kerri-Lee Krause (Provost, Victoria University), Austin Ley (Smart City Office, Melbourne City Council) and Sunny Haynes (Partner, Hello City).

Registration deadline: 1 August 2015 (Beijing time)
Submission deadline: 1 September 2015 (Beijing time)

The Young Bird Plan Design Competition is open to all Chinese-speaking students or practitioners under 33 years old who are majoring in engineering, design, art or related fields.

Contestants are invited to design a series of leisure and cultural service facilities along the first-phase coastal life shoreline at the Prince Bay, Shekou, Shenzhen. Applicants can enter individually or in pairs.

If you experience difficulties with your class registration, please visit the Class Registration Troubleshooting web page online in the first instance.

If this does not resolve your class registration issue, please submit an enquiry to the University via the Class Registration Enquiry Management System (CREM). This form allows you to raise a new issue, see known issues, and subscribe to relevant updates.

If you require further assistance with using CREM, please contact 13 MELB.

Applications due: Sunday 19 July

The MSD Fabrication Workshop (Fabworks) is a state-of-the-art interdisciplinary space for making with technology that aims to create a hands-on and inspiring environment encouraging experimentation with technology, materials and processes of making.

Fabworks operates a range of digital fabrication equipment (Laser cutter, CNC router, 3D Printers) where FabLab Technicians operate machinery and process fabrication jobs. The workshop also operates a range of primarily carpentry fabrication equipment where Machine Workshop Technicians can supervise and engage with students on their woodworking projects.

Fabworks is currently hiring FabLab Technicians and Machine Workshop Technicians.

Applicants are to submit their details, cover letter, resume and portfolio via the link below. 

Date: 8.00pm, 13 August 2015
Location: Alumbra, #9 161 Harbour Esplanade, Docklands
RSVP: Tickets available through Eventbrite

Archiball is the most anticipated event of the year for the architecture student community. This year, Archiball will be hosted at Alumbra. Your ticket will include unlimited refreshments at the bar as well as a selection of canapés prepared by a celebrity chef.

Please note that Archiball 2015 is an independent event run by students, for students.

An early bird ticket price of $80 (plus fee) is available until 25 July.

The city as a laboratory drives this new and exciting Environments subject that investigates scientific, design, engineering and social perspectives to ask how Melbourne can be modelled as the world’s most liveable city.

Through undertaking an in depth study of the places and event spaces of dynamic Melbourne you will research, experiment and prepare a future scenario for this city under transformation.

During the subject you will be introduced to a range of digital and analogue tools that will assist in the mapping and documentation of the city leading to future strategies and/or designs.

Students can enrol now via their Study Plan in my.unimelb using the subject code ENVS10012. 

Dates: Monday to Friday, 10am - 12pm
Venue: Environments and Design Student Centre at the Eastern Precinct

If you are seeking career advice, a review of your resume or cover letter, or have a career related question or issue that you want resolved, the Melbourne Careers Centre is now offering a Career Drop In every day to assist you.

No appointments are required, but please bring a printed copy of your documents if you want these reviewed.

Property Development Assistant | Toll Group
Melbourne, VIC
Part time; $40,000 - $50,000 p.a.
Applications close: 15 July

Commercial Sales & Leasing - Property Graduate / UnderGrad | Gorman & Kelly Commercial Property
Melbourne VIC
Full time; award rate
Applications close: 17 July

Structural Draftsperson | Marcon Tedesco O'Neill *new*
Carlton, VIC
Full time; $18 - $25 per hour
Applications close: 22 July

Asset Systems Officer - Civil & GIS | LION SYSTEMS *new*
Maroochydore, Queensland
Casual; $22.50 - 25.00 per hour
Applications close: 31 July

2016 Graduate Program | Delta Group - Civil
Port Melbourne, VIC
Full time; $55k per annum
Applications close: 31 July

Casual - Construction Estimator | iStruct Australia Pty Ltd *new*
Derrimut, VIC
Casual; $21.61 - $28.84 per hour depending on experience
Applications close: 31 July

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

Environmental/Urban Planning Intern | WSP
Southbank, VIC
Casual; market remuneration
Applications close: 28 August

Hassad Australia Graduate Program (Agriculture) | Hassad Australia *new*
Various locations, Australia
Full time; TBA
Applications close: 25 September

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