A Council of elected graduate students governs the Graduate Student Association. Council meets at least eight times per year to consider issues facing graduate students and to make decisions about the running of GSA. Council meetings are scheduled at 6.00pm in the Foundation Life Members' Room, Graduate Centre on the following dates in 2009:
6pm Tuesday 17 February
6pm Tuesday 17 March
6pm Tuesday 21 April
6pm Tuesday 19 May
6pm Tuesday 16 June |
6pm Tuesday 18 August
6pm Tuesday 22 September
6pm Tuesday 20 October
6pm Tuesday 17 November
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For more information on Council meetings, email UMPA's General Manager at j.ruth@gsa.unimelb.edu.au
You can also view statements and contact details from each of the council members.
The Council elects from among its members the Graduate office bearers.
Left To Right, Back to Front:
Aaron Mannion | Tammi Jonas | Rohani Mohamed | Tony Williams | Sally Beattie | Paul Coats (note pictured)| Aaron Mannion | Karen Hong | Amy Espeseth | Steven Theunissen | Paul Fijn | Leo Martin | Michelle Radcliffe | Josh Schmidt (not pictured) | Alex White
Shepherds: GSA Council Shepherds are a contact point between faculties and the GSA Council, keeping the Council informed of issues of concern to postgraduate students and initiatives that may benefit the postgraduate community at the University of Melbourne.
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The ballot for the position for the graduate student representative member of University Council for 2010, closed on Friday, 25 September 2009. After a counting of votes on 28 September 2009, Returning Officer for the election, Ms. Phillippa Heskett has declared Ms Zoe Edwards elected as the representative of graduate students on the University Council to serve for the period ending 31 December 2010.
Pursuant to Rule 205 (1) of GSA Election Regulations, a member of the Graduate Student Association may appeal against the result of this election by contacting a member of the Electoral Tribunal within two weeks of the declaration of the election result.
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[ University Council Declaration of Result ]
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Nominations for the graduate student representative member of University Council for 2010, closed on Friday, 7 August 2009. The following three graduate students have nominated:
Alexander White
Tammi Jonas
Zoe Edwards
This election will be conducted by a postal ballot to all currently enrolled graduate students. Ballot papers will be sent to the home addresses that graduate students have recorded with the University. Papers should be received by Monday, 7 September 2009.
The nomination period for the 2010 Graduate Student Association Council was extended to Friday, 14 August 2009 and fourteen graduate students have been declared elected by the Returning Officer, Ms. Phillippa Heskett.
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[ GSA University Council Ballot Paper Position ]
[ GSA University Council Nominations Received 14 August 09 ]
[ GSA Council Nominations Received 7 August 09 ]
[ GSA University Council Nominations ]
I hope you had a great break over the winter.
Education issues are looming large this year. In first semester
students and staff were standing up for better education. The proposed
Rudd ‘Education Revolution’ has not started unfortunately, but unions
are starting a process for change.
The NTEU staff union joined other unis across Melbourne for a very
successful strike and rally in the city on 21 May. Many student
activists got involved in the picket lines.
Now, the Vice Chancellor has announced more than 200 more staff cuts,
which will only mean intolerable workloads for the staff on whom
students rely every day.
Students need staff to win better conditions and be treated well – not
overworked because of staff shortages and not underpaid because of
budget cuts. GSA has been looking into the problems of...
Annual Graduate Student Elections 2009
The GSA elections in 2009 will be conducted by postal ballot. All postgraduates should receive ballot papers at their home address in early September. It is not compulsory to vote, but all postgraduates are encouraged to read the election material and return it to the Returning Officer by the closing date of Friday 25 September. Ballot papers will be sent to postgraduate home addresses as recorded in University records. If you haven’t received your ballot papers by 9 September, then contact the Returning Officer.
The GSA Women's Officer wishes you all the best in preparing for your
assignments and end-of-term assessments, and invites you to join her and
other women graduate students for a relaxed gathering. Come along for some
tea/ coffee, cake and conversation!
Date: Thursday 18 June
Time: 10:30 to 11:30 am
Venue: Graduate Centre Café (behind GSA Reception)
RSVP to: women@gsa.unimelb.edu.au
The GSA Women's Officer wishes you all the best in preparing for your
assignments and end-of-term assessments, and invites you to join her and
other women graduate students for a relaxed gathering. Come along for some
tea/ coffee, cake and conversation!
Date: Thursday 18 June
Time: 10:30 to 11:30 am
Venue: Graduate Centre Café (behind GSA Reception)
RSVP to: women@gsa.unimelb.edu.au
Registrations are now open for the ‘Students of Sustainability’ (SoS)
annual environment / social justice conference. This conference offers an
opportunity to participate in five days (with entertainment at night) of
skill-sharing, workshops, discussions, speakers and forums about creating a
more ecologically and socially sustainable world. The event usually attracts
400 to 500 people. For more information visit the web address below.
Date: 06 to 10 July
Venue: Monash University Clayton Campus
Cost: conference fees range from $150 to $300 depending on circumstances;
sponsorship is also available (check the website)
Register by 29 June at www.studentsofsustainability.org
The conference organisers are seeking participants with particular knowledge
and experience related to women. If you have special skills or knowledge in
the field of women’s rights, issues and concerns (or social justice in
general), please contact the organisers via the website.
Recreating Melbourne's university quarter: making places
The university experience worldwide is characterised by a kind of
temporary belonging for students. Organisations they interact with,
buildings they live in, public places they socialise in, and their
mobility through and beyond all these spaces, are central to their
experience.
Educators agree that important learning for young adults occurs outside
the classroom. If the practices of inner Melbourne universities and
governments and the forms of housing and public places made available
to students are regarded as arenas of social education, how might we
plan and design for open, productive, temporary and often transnational
communities on the northern edge of central Melbourne?
Panellists include:
- Prof. Ruth Fincher, Geography, Uni. Melb.
- Prof. Paolo Tombesi, Architecture, Uni. Melb.
- Prof Paul Carter, Urban Design , Uni. Melb.
- Ms Maloti Ray, Education Research Officer, Graduate Student Association, Uni. Melb.
Website: www.thatsmelbourne.com.au
Rally on the steps of the SLV
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About a thousand university staff and supporters rallied in Melbourne on Thursday, 21 May.
It was part of a 24-hour statewide strike over wages and conditions that disrupted five universities - Deakin, Melbourne, Monash, RMIT and Swinburne universities. Latrobe were set to take action on 28 May.
As well, Hawthorn Learning joined the action and the University of Tasmania walked out in what was said to be the first strike there in 20 years.
About 250 marched down from the University of Melbourne.
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[ Verity Burgmann speech at NTEU Rally ]
The message coming back from Masters coursework students at this University is that class sizes of more than 50 students are just too big for a seminar. Do you agree? Come and discuss strategies for reducing our class sizes and increasing the quality of education at this GSA public consultation forum around the topic, ‘Class sizes: they’re just too big!’
Date: Monday 27 April
Time: 5:30 for a 6 pm start
Venue: Gryphon Gallery, Graduate Centre (1888 Building)