Latest news, research and events from the Melbourne Disability Institute at the University of MelbourneExciting new podcast launched today! Melbourne Disability Institute and the ABC have partnered to create a ground breaking podcast series to uncover what's really going on for people with disability in Australia today. Kurt Fearnley and Sarah Shands have travelled across Australia speaking to people with disability, their families, advocates and researchers about all the big issues - like transport, living with COVID, education and employment. Episodes will be released weekly with the first full episode due on September 14. You can find the podcast on the ABC listen app, Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Kurt Fearnley AO is an Australian television host, Paralympian, teacher, dad and proud person with a disability. We are thrilled to be able to support this podcast - follow the link below and come along on the journey with us. Closing Soon! PhD Scholarship Opportunity! Disability and Inequality If you would like to be part of changing this picture, this PhD scholarship may be just right for you. We are looking for a PhD student to join an existing research team looking at health inequalities, disability and the NDIS. Closing Soon! Disability Research Seed Funding for University of Melbourne research projects We are excited to announce our latest round of seed funding is now open for University of Melbourne Researchers. Grants of up to $30,000 will be awarded to facilitate research that is driven by people with disability and their families and that will have real world policy or practice impact. Registrations are now open for the 2022 Virtual Disability Conference to be held on 21 September! The Melbourne Disability Institute is pleased to collaborate with the VDC on a symposium titled Inequality, inequity and inclusion – What exactly do we expect the National Disability Insurance Scheme to deliver? We hope you can tune in. Please register by Tuesday 20th September 2022. Seeking allied healthcare clinicians to participate in a new survey Seeking allied healthcare clinicians - Share your thoughts and ideas on physical activity participation interventions for children born very preterm Now Open! Melbourne Social Equity Institute - Community Fellows Program Through the program, Community Fellows receive mentoring, research training, access to a hot desk and to University library facilities. Grants of $7,000 are made available to the community-based organisations to compensate them for the time that Fellows spend working on their research projects. Applications for the 2023 Community Fellows Program are now open - use the link below to read more about the program. https://socialequity.unimelb.edu.au/community-fellows-program Accessibility standards to be implemented in the National Construction Code! This means from Oct 1 next year every new home built in Victoria, South Australia, Queensland, Northern Territory, and the ACT will have basic accessibility features included. This is fantastic news and a result of years of tireless work by people with disability and their representative organisations and more recently the fabulous Building Better Homes campaign (MDI is a proud supporter!). But there is still more work to do. Western Australia and New South Wales have not yet signed up to these new standards. You can help us keep the pressure on - find out more on the Building Better Homes website: School to Work National Disability Employment Conference - "Securing Futures, Shifting Mindsets" Find out more and register here: https://schooltowork.org.au Find out about opportunities and events that are happening in the community below. Interested in promoting your event, sharing a job posting, research opportunity or another item of interest? Send the details through to Sara.Donaldson@unimelb.edu.au. |