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Mon, 10 Dec 2012 13:19:36 PST

GSA May roster - version 3

Mon, 14 May 2012 11:58:42 PST

GSA StandsFirm on Independent Grad-Student Advocacy Service

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 13:40:58 PST

Update:

The GSA Advocacy Team is Unaffected and Remains at Your Service

Please read full report here

NVivo

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:30:19 PST

NVivo 9 Introductory & Advanced Courses - BOOK NOW!

NVivo 9 is a popular qualitative data analysis computer software package.

GSA is currently offering 4-hour "Introduction to NVivo" and 3-hour “Advanced Nvivo” courses in April and May with instructor Dr Helen Marshall, Senior Associate, Centre for Applied Social Research Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.

The Venue is the ERC eLearning Studio, Parkville campus.

The courses are open to current University of Melbourne Students & Staff.

All Info including Dates, Times and Bookings here

GSA daytrips - Semester 1 - 2012

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 12:41:42 PST

Sunday 18 March 2012
Mornington Peninsula Highlights & Dolphin Watching Cruise

Sunday 1 April 2012
Otway Fly Tree-Top Walk & Great Ocean Road Highlights
- sold out, join the wait list

Sunday 22 April 2012
Ballarat Wildlife Park & Grampians National Park

Thursday 3 May 2012
Parliament of Victoria Question Time Visit

Check out the trip details and booking links here

PHOTOS: Facebook group for photos of past trips...

O-Week for Grown-Ups

Sat, 18 Feb 2012 12:21:08 PST

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Presented by GSA
Tuesday 28 Feb - Tuesday 6 March, 2012

Thursday 1 March
GSA Cinema on the Lawn - 'The Adventures of Tin Tin'
Time: 8-10pm
Venue: western lawn of the Graduate Centre (1888 Building)
Cost: Free

Tuesday 6 March
GSA and AWCUM International Women’s Day Lunch with Dr Cordelia Fine
Venue: Yasuko Hiraoka Myer Room, Asia Centre
Time: 12.30 – 2pm
Cost: Free
RSVP: gsa@gsa.unimelb.edu.au or ph reception - 8344 8657

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Twitter: @GSA_UniMelb

Graduate Student Officebearers for 2012

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:07:57 PST

2012 Office Bearers:

President – Martin Spencer
Vice President - Sk. Masum Billah
Research Education Officer - Tanveer Awal
Coursework Education Officer - Momtaz Begum
Activities Officer - Rubel Biswas Chowdhury
Publications Officer: Roksana Tarannum & Mahreen Mahmud
International Students’ Officer - Musfique Ahmed
Women’s Officer - Syeda Mah-e- Muneer
Queer Officer - Subidit Nandy.

2012 Council

Michael William
Steven Brown
Melina Claire Glasson
Mahreen Mahmud
Subidit Nandy
Momtaz Begum
Martin Spencer
Rubel Biswas Chowdhury
Syeda Mah-e- Muneer
Xi Liang
Musfique Ahmed
Tanveer Awal
Roksana Tarannum
Sk. Masum Billah

2012 Executive

Momtaz Begum
Martin Spencer
Sk. Masum Billah
Musfique Ahmed
Xi Liang
Michael William Robson
Steven Brown

GSA will not offer Subscriptions in 2012

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 12:18:47 PST

Due to the likely introduction of a compulsory Student Amenities Fee in 2012, GSA will no longer offer Subscriptions. All GSA services, benefits and events will be available to all graduate students at the cheapest possible rate. The previous discounts offered as part of GSA Subscriptions (including the bookstore) will no longer apply and will no longer be available.

An announcement on Lockers will be made shortly in GSAnews.

GSA Response to the University Proposal for the Allocation of the Student Services and Amenities Fees

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:28:02 PST

Important Information for all Graduate Students

Next year every student will be charged an amenity fee of $263.

By now you will have received the University's email with details as to how it intends to spend the money raised.

GSA is critically concerned that the University's proposed spending will put graduate student's welfare at risk.

GSA seeks your help to ensure that this money is spent appropriately.

Find out how here

Ziauddin Ahmed
President
Graduate Student Association

Researchers seeking project participants

Thu, 19 May 2011 10:42:34 PST

There are a number of research projects currently being undertaken by University of Melbourne graduate students. The researchers have asked the GSA to assist them in finding project participants, to enable research progress through data collection. If you are interested, you are invited to contact the researcher/s.
Please do not contact the GSA directly about these projects.

Projects currently requiring participants, further details and contact information here:
* Migraine and healthy eyes - Bao Nguyen
* Cortical markers for glaucoma - Heather Connor
* Russian speakers for research study - Sabina Vakser
* Selecting financial services in Australia - Wei Jin
* Women with vaginal thrush - Cathy Watson

The GSA “World Cup” BBQ

Wed, 09 Mar 2011 11:05:59 PST

The International Officer of the Graduate Student Association, Asif Shahzad Khan Saharan, invites all local and international graduate students to participate in the inaugural “GSA World Cup”.

Date: Thursday 17 March
Time: 12.30 to 2pm
Venue: Graduate Centre Front Lawn (1888 Building)
More information here....

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Fri, 28 Jan 2011 12:01:20 PST

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Earth Sciences Weather Station

Tue, 23 Nov 2010 12:42:46 PST

Want up to the minute information about what the weather is doing right here on campus?

You can!
The weather station on the roof of the McCoy Building was developed by the School of Earth Sciences and the Department of Property and Buildings, and automatically updates EVERY MINUTE.

Visit the Earth Sciences weather station now...

GSBE Cricket and Bollywood Film Night

Tue, 16 Nov 2010 12:04:03 PST

Graduate School of Business and Economics Charity Campus Cricket and Bollywood Film Night

Date:   Friday 26 November
Time:   6.15pm onwards
Venue: Uni of Melb Hockey Field (cricket) and Union Lawn (movie)
Cost:    $10 gets you a bbq dinner & drink, a game of cricket & a space on the grass to watch the movie.
Registrations: http://go.unimelb.edu.au/3zx .
(registrations close Monday 22 November)

A fundraising evening event that aims to bring cultures together by giving Indian students at the University an opportunity to share their favourite sport and Bollywood with their fellow students.

Additional drinks will be sold on the night & raffle tickets will be for sale with great prizes including a cricket bat signed by current cricket stars!

ALL PROCEEDS will go to Plan International Pakistan flood relief.

Traffic Graduate Student Journal #12

Sat, 13 Nov 2010 12:18:32 PST

Traffic #12 - The Big Picture

The twelfth edition of GSA's graduate student journal, Traffic, is now available.

Pick up your copy now for $12 at the GSA reception or from the Melbourne University bookshop.

Printing and Binding

Tue, 12 Oct 2010 12:47:51 PST

The GSA Printroom makes it easy to print and bind theses or assignments. GSA printers are multifunction machines, fast, high-quality and affordable. The Printroom Officer is available for specialist advice about presenting and publishing of work and assistance with the facilities:

A3 or A4 digital printing and photocopying
black and white or colour using a variety of media,
scanning
thesis and assignment binding
laminating
transparencies
fax services.

Paper stocks:

Standard paper is archival quality, acid-free and 100% recycled
variety of other stock is also available, including glossy, card, and digital art paper.

Download .pdf version of the price list and calculate the cost of your job

Subscriber discount!
GSA subscribers will receive a 10 percent discount on the full price of all GSA Printroom services (excludes hard binding). Simply show your subscriber sticker to save!

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Ordering Printroom Services Online
The printing and binding of student work can be arranged by emailing, faxing or calling the GSA Printroom. Ideal for international, interstate and travelling students.

Please follow these steps to organise the printing and binding of your thesis:

Convert your document to a PDF file. The only way to ensure that the formatting in your document is completely preserved once it is opened on a new computer is to virtually print it using a PDF converter. The Printroom requires one file in PDF format in order to undertake your online Order. (If you are unsure how to convert your word file to a PDF, please see Further Information For Publishing Your Thesis.)
Download and fill out a GSA Printroom Order Form. Enter all your details, printing and binding specifications and email the order form back to the Printroom with your pdf file in an attachment (you can also print out and fax or mail it to us).
Approve the quote and organise payment for printing. When the Printroom has received your order form and pdf file, you will receive a response as soon as possible which will include a quote. If you approve this quote, you will need to arrange payment by calling or faxing the printroom, or by paying on pickup.

Bound or printed documents can also be delivered free of charge to University of Melbourne locations that you specify via the interdepartmental mail service. Please consult the official list of interdepartmental delivery locations before requesting a delivery location.

Please note, if possible it is always better to supervise the printing and binding of your own work by coming in person to the Printroom.

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Binding Services
There are three different types of binding offered:

Thermal Binding (Temporary Binding)
This hot glue binding is commonly used for the submission of theses for assessment. The glue takes at least an hour to properly dry. For a same day pick up, documents must be submitted by no later than 2.30pm. Once received, binding will generally take two hours.
1 - 200 pages: $6 (subscriber discount $5.40)
201 + pages: $9 (subscriber discount $8.10)

Plastic Spiral Comb Binding
While you wait.
1 - 30 pages $3 (subscriber discount $2.70)
31 – 100 pages $4 (subscriber discount $3.60)
101 – 200 pages $5 (subscriber discount $4.50)
200 + pages $8 (subscriber discount $7.20)

Hard Binding (Permanent Binding)

To arrange final submission of your thesis after it has been marked, you will normally need to have your document hard bound. Hardbinding is a separate service to the Printroom and carried out by Doncaster Bookbinders. Therefore two separate payments and order forms must be completed.

A. Doncaster Bookbinders Order Form and pricelist
B. GSA Printroom Order Form.

Fill out both forms, and either drop off at the GSA printroom, or email them in with a PDF copy of your work.

Timing: Your thesis copies can be couriered free of charge to Doncaster Bookbinders with a week-to-week, Monday to Monday turnaround basis.
Dropoff: completed printing by 10.30am on a Monday.
Pickup: from 2pm the following Monday (a week later)

*If you wish to print your document in the Printroom, you must place your order by no later than the Friday before pickup.

Colour swatches used for selecting the colour of your hardbinding can be consulted in the GSA Printroom or can be viewed here.

For more detailed information about hardbinding, please contact Doncaster Bookbinders. Please note, payment for Doncaster Bookbinders is separate to the Printroom and is by credit card, cheque or money order only.

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More Information?
Want to find out more information? Download the following pdf files for further details about publishing your Thesis:

1. Hardbinding your thesis
2. Further information for publishing your thesis

Before printing your thesis in the GSA Printroom, you should always consult the University of Melbourne’s guidelines for the publication of your thesis.

Printroom Photos

Sun, 10 Oct 2010 13:15:42 PST

Photos of our Printroom facilities available here

CHIOS Conference

Wed, 29 Sep 2010 10:27:12 PST

Confronting Homophobia in Our Schools: preparing pre-service and beginning teachers to build safer schools in Victoria.

Thankyou to all who attended the conference and made it a success.

If you were unable to attend, we have available videos and photos from the day.

Thank you for your support of this conference.

Join the Women's Group

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 11:28:39 PST

Women's Group
Come and join the Graduate women's group, which is facilitated by the Women's Officer and holds an informal gathering with snacks each month. The group welcomes all Graduate women, whatever your age, cultural background, area of study or interests. It's a great forum for exchanging ideas and meeting other women! The group also advises the elected GSA Council which approves and funds projects and advocates on behalf of Graduate students to the University.

Sign up here to join the women's email list and receive regular updates from our women's officer http://mail.gsa.unimelb.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/womenlist

Policies
UMPA Council has adopted the following policies:
*Policy on Women Graduates (Acrobat PDF)
*Policy on Sexual Harassment and Anti-Discrimination (Acrobat PDF)
*Policy on Family and Childcare (Acrobat PDF)
*Graduate Women's Handbook (Acrobat PDF)
This handbook includes information and advice on academic pressure, children and childcare, coursework, safety on campus, special consideration, supervision and more in a handy A-Z format.

To obtain a hard copy, visit GSA reception, or phone 8344 8657 or email gsa@gsa.unimelb.edu.au and we'll post you a copy.

Spoon full of sugar makes the medicine go down!

Fri, 14 May 2010 13:14:46 PST

GSA congratulates Dr Denise Harrison of the Royal Children’s Hospital on the successful completion of her large-scale statistical study on the effectiveness of giving sugar solutions to sick babies before painful procedures to reduce pain.

The results have been widely reported this week in the world’s media:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/05/13/2898651.htm?section=justin

Denise’s preliminary research on the subject was the topic of her article in the first edition of GSA’s academic journal “Traffic”, for which she was awarded first prize in 2002.

Papers for this years’ edition of Traffic (Number 12): 'The Big Picture' have now closed. Thankyou to all contributors.

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