The University of Melbourne Voice
Issues, views, debate, University news and events, fortnightly Vol. 1, No. 3, 16 – 30 April 2007 Cover StoryThe making of the Melbourne Model
The Melbourne Model is a reality. Only two years ago it was an idea. Voice Managing Editor Shane Cahill talks to Vice-Chancellor Professor Glyn Davis and Deputy Vice-Chancellor Professor Peter McPhee who have led the planning and design of the new curriculum. How the University will look in 2011
In 2011 – the year the last of the University’s courses shifts to the Melbourne Model – we will offer a standard of education, excellence in research and broader engagement consistent with this University being one of the finest in the world, says Vice-Chancellor Glyn Davis. Here is how he sees the University four years from now. Campaign touches the imagination
Television viewers across Victoria are to see the University of Melbourne in a new light – based on a powerful presentation of the theme: ‘dream large’. A world-class law degree
The Melbourne Model Juris Doctor will attract those who have firmly decided that law is the right choice for them. NewsStem cell patch restores vision
Corneal cultivation opens way to assist people with eye surface damage. Low-cost hydrogen car engine project
A highly efficient low-cost hydrogen combustion engine and fuel tank is to be developed by the University of Melbourne and industry collaborators Ford Australia and Haskel Australia. New move to support young Vic scholars
Program aims to develop the potential of talented secondary school students. School retention key to equity
Melbourne Vice-Chancellor Professor Glyn Davis has called for a sustained national effort to improve school retention rates to combat socio-economic disadvantage in the higher education system. From the Vice-Chancellor
Access and equity in higher education have been very much on the agenda with the launch of the Melbourne Model New Generation and graduate professional degrees. Campus snapshot
The Learning Lab New Director for University ‘think tank’
Professor Stephen Sedgwick – Director of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and a former senior Commonwealth public servant – will be the next Director of the University of Melbourne’s Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research. African emigre health literacy
Newly arrived African communities will benefit from a health literacy project managed by a group of Parkville medical precinct institutions, including the University of Melbourne. Regional moot win
A University of Melbourne Law students team won the 2007 South East Asia & Pacific Regional Round of the European Law Students’ Association Moot Court Competition on WTO Law in Adelaide recently. Fellowship for fine art study
Victorian College of the Arts graduate Annika Koops (Fine Art Honours 2004) has been awarded the $20,000 Keith and Elisabeth Murdoch Travelling Fellowship for 2007. Portal power
A new Student Portal at the University of Melbourne provides an online ‘one-stop-shop’ offering students access and authentication for university email, teaching and learning tools, enrolment and personal details. Nanotech podcast
Precision Drug Delivery with Nanotechnology is the focus of the latest episode of the University of Melbourne’s audio podcast series Melbourne University Up Close. Reviews and PreviewsLegal mind a model of clarity
Law colleagues honor the wisdom and achievements of Sir Ninan Stephen. Loane Skene on the Melbourne Model
New generation degrees will give students more time to think about where they’re ultimately going. Indigenous artists keep fires of culture burning
Prolific actor, writer and musician Tom E Lewis will be guest Artist in Residence for the Victorian College of the Arts’ Wilin Week 2007 – celebrating Indigenous arts and culture (23–27 April). From the source: Dr Gert Reifarth
Who’s Afraid of Harry Heine? ‘dream large’ team a 60-million-to-one shot
Little is left to chance in the world of high profile advertising campaigns where research and planning are everything, and a name is all. The agency behind the University of Melbourne’s ‘dream large’ campaign, AJF Partnership, is led by Adam James Francis, Andrew James Fabbro and Andrew John Foote – a statistical anomaly. “People are astounded when they find out about the three AJFs – they tell us that it must be fate,” says Fabbro. What's Onhttp://events.unimelb.edu.au/
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