The University of Melbourne Voice
Issues, views, debate, University news and events, fortnightly Vol. 1, No. 10, 23 July - 6 August 2007 Cover Story‘Grass roots’ input key to effective policy for Indigenous health
Professor Ian Anderson is the foundation chair of Indigenous Health at the University of Melbourne. Before joining the University he worked as a general practitioner and in policy roles with State and Federal governments, including as chief executive officer of the Victorian Aboriginal Health Service. He is Research Director of the Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health, Director of the University of Melbourne’s Centre for Health and Society and Onemda VicHealth Koori Health Unit and Deputy Head of the School of Population Health. Professor Anderson’s family is Palawa Trouwunna: Plaimairrerenner and Trawlwoolway clans. He was recently named a finalist in the medical category for The Bulletin magazine’s Smart 100. Professor Anderson (below) speaks here with JANINE SIM-JONES on key issues in Indigenous health and policy. ASHE initiative gives Aboriginal youth a sporting chance
Participation in sport to promote Indigenous education in a culturally supportive environment is the key to a Goulburn Valley-based initiative that in only three years has become a showcase of Indigenous youth achievement in Victoria. Farrago gave 60s students a radical Indigenous agenda
Forty years ago Pete Steedman, editor of the University of Melbourne student newspaper, Farrago, worked to modernise the publication and build political awareness in a largely privileged generation of students. The strong anti-war movement inspired by the Vietnam conflict and growing freedom movements in Eastern Europe were topics to engage readers with new ideas. NewsVaccine bid to combat chronic ear infections
A landmark study to trial a vaccine against infant chronic ear infection for pregnant Indigenous mothers is underway in the Northern Territory. McCaughey Centre will focus on well-being
A world-leading research centre to promote the mental health and wellbeing of all Australians has been launched at the University of Melbourne. Advocacy and support to aid asylum seekers
The University of Melbourne has thrown its support behind a project which aims to improve the quality of support and advocacy services for asylum seekers. New Director to drive University eResearch
Professor Leon Sterling – an Australian leader in artificial intelligence and software engineering research – is the University’s inaugural Director of eResearch. $17m to ORYGEN for youth mental health research
Australia’s leading youth mental health service, the ORYGEN Research Centre at the University of Melbourne, has received $17 million in new funding from the Colonial Foundation. From the Vice-Chancellor
One of the University of Melbourne’s greatest assets is its rich cultural heritage. UniExperience
A ‘Great Race’ testing physical and mental abilities challenged students from Victorian regional and border areas who visited the University of Melbourne’s Parkville campus recently. Campus Snapshot: Kickstarting a career
A University of Melbourne program to improve students’ understanding of careers, networking, vocational skills and the employment market, brought Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning (ABP) students and industry representatives together on campus recently. Science outreach
A new University of Melbourne outreach program offers year 11 students a chance to conduct experiments in fields such as physics, chemistry, mathematics, molecular and cell biology, zoology, earth sciences and the history and philosophy of science. Local history win
The Encyclopaedia of Melbourne, edited by Professor Andrew Brown-May of the University of Melbourne’s School of Historical Studies, has won the 2007 Victorian and Community Local History Award for Best Collaborative / Community Work. Eye care kudos
Three papers reporting on trends and ‘hot topics’ in international eye care have won University of Melbourne Centre for Eye Research Australia researchers acclaim from the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO). Autism update
University of Melbourne autism expert Professor Margot Prior (Behavioural Science) discusses the latest research into autism spectrum disorder in the latest episode of the audio podcast Melbourne University Up Close. Women lawyers’ awards
Professor Jenny Morgan is one of three winners of the Women Lawyers Achievement Awards (Victoria) 2007. 2030 experts group
Professor Rob Moodie, who has recently joined the University of Melbourne’s Nossal Institute of Global Health, will chair a four-member expert group to assist the first five-yearly audit of Melbourne’s long-term planning strategy, Melbourne 2030. Executive education
Dr Paul S Kirkbride will join the Melbourne Business School (MBS) as Associate Dean, Executive Education, on 20 August. Reviews and PreviewsChristopher Marshall
Museums are continuously evolving works of art in their own right. Knights of the road supplied a nation
Humble beginnings led to national influence. Divided Nation? – or Divided Minds!
The title for this much needed book is misleading. Instead of Divided Nation?, the book should be called Divided Minds! for its most profound contribution is to show that instead of a nation divided between ‘One Nation Racists’ and ‘Walk the Harbour Bridge in Support of Reconciliation progressives’, we are, most probably, a nation of people who are divided in our own minds about the future of Indigenous Australia. Meditation on reconciliation
Designer and Director Margie Mackay (right) is creating a Meditation on Reconciliation for final year assessment in her University of Melbourne Master of Theatre Design (by Research) at the Victorian College of the Arts. From the source
Renuka Rajadurai Interpreting the inscrutable
Today people tend to associate riddles with children – they are often regarded as a ‘popular’ rather than a sophisticated form of literature. What's Onhttp://events.unimelb.edu.au/
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