September 29, 2011 in Grants and Scholarships
Notice to all intending final year and penultimate year Economics students!
The University and Ormond College offer annually a memorial scholarship for a fourth year Bachelor of Commerce (Hons) or Bachelor of Arts (Hons) student, or a final year student in Economics. Generously donated by the Hocking family, this prestigious scholarship recognizes and supports outstanding talent at the Faculty of Business & Economics.
September 29, 2011 in Clubs and Societies
MMI and the Africa Club present: “Microfinance in Africa”. This conference focuses on microfinance efforts in the African region.
The event will feature prominent guest speakers including:
A networking session will follow the conference, where you will have the opportunity to chat to our guest speakers over some light refreshments.
Date: Tuesday, October 4
Time: 12pm to 2pm
Venue: Old Arts – Public Lecture Theatre
To RSVP and for more information, please our facebook page.
September 29, 2011 in Opportunities: Enrich, Experience and Enhance
Universitas 21 is holding a competition to find the best photo which represents ‘The International Campus.’ The competition is open to anyone at a U21 university (student, staff or faculty) and must be taken on a U21 campus. To enter the competition, entrants must send a high resolution photo to u21@contacts.bham.ac.uk with their name, email address and a description of where the photo was taken. The competition closes at midnight (local time) on Wednesday 30 November.
There are three prizes – first prize is US$400, with two runner-up prizes of US$200 each, all paid in the local currency of the winners.
Further information, www.universitas21.com/link/photocomp.
September 22, 2011 in Professional Enhancement
Ernst & Young Malaysia will be participating in the GRADUAN AUSTRALIA RECRUITMENT DRIVE 2011 in Melbourne on Saturday, 8 October 2011, organized by GRADUAN. Ms. Lee Soo Fern, the People Leader from Ernst & Young Malaysia, will be pleased to meet up and share with the Malaysian students in Melbourne pertaining to Internship opportunities, as well as, career opportunities with Ernst & Young Malaysia, upon completion of your degree and/or professional accounting qualification.
Who are Ernst & Young Malaysia looking for?
If you are keen to find out more, you can visit the Ernst & Young booth at the career fair. We are pleased to append below the agenda for the career fair, for your reference.
Interested candidates are also invited to submit their resume with a copy of their academic results via email to sophia.kim@my.ey.com by 30 September 2011.
GRADUAN AUSTRALIA RECRUITMENT FAIR
Date:Saturday, 8 October 2011
Time: 10.00am – 5.00pm
Venue : ARROW ON SWANSTON
488, Swanston Street
Carlton, VIC 3053
Programme
10.00am Recruitment Fair Starts
11.00am Opening Ceremony
12 noon Company Presentations
(Honour & Victory Rooms)
1.00pm Opening Ceremony and lunch for participating companies
2.00pm Continuation of Recruitment Fair
5.00pm Recruitment Fair Ends
** Entrance to fairs will be free and open to all members of the public.
September 22, 2011 in Student Services
We have some great news if you’ve been thinking about studying a language at the University of Melbourne.
The School of Languages and Linguistics and the Asia Institute, with the support of the Faculty of Arts, have developed a new curriculum for the teaching of Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Russian and Spanish. The new curriculum will bring significant improvements to the way languages are taught. It will be implemented gradually from semester 1, 2012.
If you need help making decisions about your 2012 language subjects you can approach the Commerce Student Centre or visit the Arts Student Centre.
The new curriculum will put the University of Melbourne at the forefront of tertiary language learning worldwide. It will foster a holistic integration of language and culture at all levels and will be proficiency oriented, and based on cutting-edge approaches to language teaching methodology. The new curriculum will continue to offer language students a wide range of learning opportunities – including exchange programs, mobility scholarships, language clubs and cultural events, just to name a few.
We trust that the new curriculum will offer you an improved learning experience. You might even want to take extra language electives or to start learning yet another language!
Arts Student Centre
Ground Floor Old Arts.
September 22, 2011 in Opportunities: Enrich, Experience and Enhance
Are you interested in youth leadership opportunities and becoming involved in or starting a youth-led organisation? What skills are required? How can engagement with a youth organisation enhance your professional skills and personal development? Who can you contact?
Rick Newnham (Co-founder, Left Right Think-Tank) will present and facilitate a lively discussion with a panel of key leaders of youth-led organisations in areas such as public policy (Left Right Think-Tank), climate change (Australian Youth Climate Coalition), global poverty (Y-Gap) and media (SYN Media). The session will be followed by networking drinks to enable you to discuss questions and opportunities further with panel members.
When: Thursday 13 October 2011
Time: 5.15pm-7.15pm
Where: University of Melbourne, ICT Theatre 1, ICT Building, 111 Barry St.
To ensure seating availability, please register your attendance at http://go.unimelb.edu.au/3qu
This is your opportunity to come along and hear about some of the opportunities that are out there, and to meet and talk to leaders and members of key youth-led organisations.
This session forms part of the suite of leadership-focussed activities and opportunities offered by the Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Melbourne and is open to all students of the University.
September 15, 2011 in Professional Enhancement
Do you want to work in Finance? Are you interested in working for Origin Energy – then attend their upcoming Employers information session.
Please notice that registrations for the “Origin from the Inside” Information Session for 7 October 2011 are now open. Come along and speak to Origin Energy’s current graduates, senior management and recruitment staff.
Please register your interest at your BECC Workgroup Events.
September 15, 2011 in Clubs and Societies
Victor Hugo once said “there is nothing more powerful than an idea whose time has come.” These wise words were spoken again, this time by entrepreneur Glen Carlson, at the launch of the IdeaPitch Competition 2011.
The launch, which took place on September 1st, 2011 at the University of Melbourne, marked the beginning of the IdeaPitch Competition, which will run until October 12th, 2011. The competition aims to provide a platform for aspiring students to test their ‘pitching’ abilities and promote their startup to prospective investors.
The event began with a short speech from Marty Drill, CEO of Get Started. Marty emphasized passion as a driving force in an entrepreneur. Following Marty, Glen Carlson delivered an inspirational speech that touched on various topics of entrepreneurship, ending with ‘7 secrets to make your pitch STAND OUT’. The launch concluded with an idea generation workshop ran by Amir Nissen, founder of Student Entreprenuers Inc.
In addition to 20 guests VIPs from organizations such as NAB, Get Started and Pitcher Partners, more than 100 students attended the launch, with more than 80 of those signing up to participate in the competition.
IdeaPitch 2011 will conclude with a closing ceremony held at Match Bar & Grill (249 Little Lonsdale St), from 7:00PM to 9.30PM on the12th of October 2011. It would feature top entries from the competition as they vie for the top prizes worth over $15,000 in total. Anyone interested in entrepreneurship is encouraged to attend; an event not to be missed.
September 15, 2011 in Professional Enhancement
The inaugural Faculty BCom Case Competition is hot topic at the moment, and we are receiving applications already…..with the deadline Friday 16th September.
However, feedback on the street is you are snowed with mid-semester assessments. To be fair to all, if you need until 5pm Tuesday 20th – that’s ok…..or if you’re heading for your holidays, then don’t forget to get it in this week.
Find the application form at http://www.csc.unimelb.edu.au/experience/professional/case_study.html#buscase
Have a great break, and look forward to receiving your applications!
September 15, 2011 in Professional Enhancement
Make yourself more employable Fully government funded, ICAA endorsed courses are now available through Upskill.
There’s no more competitive market than the graduate employment market – thousands of uni students are competing each year for their dream jobs. Upskill is helping you to boost your CV through a suite of short online courses designed to develop the essential job skills, giving you an edge over your competition.
Programs are designed to make you more employable by enhancing essential skills in communication, networking, selling, negotiation, work organization, managing tasks and more. To apply for this fantastic offer at absolutely no cost to students, simply click the link below to register your details and an Upskill team members will contact you with further information.
www.upskillonline.com.au/melbourneuni
