Education

The safari experience: learning among the wildlife in Africa

Volume 9 Number 5 May 13 - June 9 2013

 

High-achieving undergraduate students are enriching their studies by completing a short study program abroad, an opportunity made possible for many by the Lin Martin Scholarship. By Liz Banks-Anderson.

 

Experts agree: school funding reform important and necessary

Volume 9 Number 5 May 13 - June 9 2013

QS World University Ranking’s individual subject rankings have rated Melbourne third in the world for education studies. Leading experts on education reform from the Melbourne Graduate School of Education talk to Catriona May about the Gonski Review and proposed reforms to school funding by the Federal Government.

From the Vice-Chancellor

Volume 9 Number 5 May 13 - June 9 2013

Funding Cuts: what they will mean for Australia’s universities

New Delhi calling to faraway students

Volume 9 Number 4 April 8 - May 12 2013

Last month, Masters of Global Media Communication student, and University Media and PR Intern, Camilla Orr-Thomson, travelled to India with a group of students to participate in the Universitas 21 Advanced International Study at the University of Delhi. She reflects on what she saw there, and the people she met during this international education experience.

Down and dirty with practical summer archaeology

Volume 9 Number 4 April 8 - May 12 2013

Archaeologists need a range of skills and a practical summer intensive subject has given them the opportunity to get their hands dirty on a real-life dig site.

Compassion and Controversy: Rosa Storelli on girls’ education

Volume 9 Number 4 April 8 - May 12 2013

 

Educator Rosa Storelli addressed the University’s Graduate Students Association about resilience and girls’ education on International Women’s Day in March. Laura Soderlind reports. 

 

Charting a course for research

Volume 9 Number 4 April 8 - May 12 2013

Professor Richard Sinnott from the Melbourne eResearch group is the technical architect of the AURIN project. He spoke with Annie Rahilly about the challenges of collecting an array of distributed information that can have wide-reaching impact on research into urban settlements.

On Country Learning 10th Anniversary

Volume 9 Number 3 March 11 - April 8 2013

Former program participant Rachael Bongiorno accompanied this year’s cohort of students to Yorta Yorta country for the 10th anniversary experience of the intensive Social and Political Science subject On Country Learning.

Musings from afar – informative tales of travel at the University

Volume 9 Number 3 March 11 - April 8 2013

As incoming students participating in an exchange or study abroad program are welcomed to the University the concept of travelling and documenting one’s experiences will be on the agenda at the Australian Festival of Travel Writing, supported by the University of Melbourne.  By Liz Banks-Anderson.

From the Vice-Chancellor

Volume 9 Number 3 March 11 - April 8 2013

World-class research makes for world-class teaching

Research ties in Latin America

Volume 9 Number 3 March 11 - April 8 2013

Engagement between Australia and Brazil is leading to many significant developments in learning, teaching and research in higher education. By Liz Banks-Anderson

High-achieving students leading the way in transition to university life

Volume 9 Number 2 February 11 - March 10 2013

As first-year students begin their university studies for some it could feel like they have been here before. By Liz Banks-Anderson.