General Notices
1. Boston Consulting Group’s Undergraduate Scholarship
The Boston Consulting Group’s 2010 Undergraduate Scholarship is designed for students currently in their penultimate year. The recipient of the Scholarship must demonstrate exceptional ability in the following areas – academics, leadership, creativity, teamwork and communication.
Business experience is not required, but a curiosity about business is of benefit. Past Scholarship holders have come from a range of fields including law, commerce, arts, science and medicine.
The BCG scholarship for $10,000 has been in place for the last five years. It is a terrific opportunity not only to get some financial support while studying but also for students to learn a little about consulting as a career, as the process involves interviews in our offices with consulting staff.
Application should have:
A one page cover letter that demonstrates how students meet our eligibility criteria, their CV and academic transcripts.
Important dates to remember are:
Applications Open: Monday 2 August, 2010
Applications Close: Monday 30 August, 2010
Applications must be submitted to the following email address:
undergradscholarship@bcg.com
For more information see:
www.bostonconsulting.com.au
BCG 2010 Undergrad Scholarship
2. Call For Abstracts – Postgraduate Research Colloquium
Date: Friday 19 November, 2010
Venue: Queensland University of Technology’s Gardens Point Campus
Abstracts are invited of papers for presentation at the forthcoming Postgraduate Law Research Colloquium to be hosted by Queensland University. The event is aimed at encouraging postgraduate researchers in law to engage with fellow researchers and advisors from around Australia.
Papers on any subject matter relating to law that is the basis of an ongoing postgraduate research project will be considered. Papers will be selected on the basis of an abstract of no more than 300 words.
Abstracts should be submitted by email to:
Dr. Jenny Ng
ng.jenny@qut.edu.au
The closing date for applications is Friday 20 August, 2010.
For more information see:
Call for Abstracts- Queensland University
3. Daffodil Day – Merchandise For Sale
For the past 70 years The Cancer Council Victoria has been involved in three important aspects of cancer control: research, education and support for people with cancer, their family and friends.
Daffodil Day – Friday 27 August, 2010 is a great way for students and staff to learn and start talking about cancer. It also raises funds to make a difference to the 70 Victorians diagnosed with cancer every day.
Please help us raise funds for The Cancer Council by supporting Daffodil Day by purchasing one of the items on display at the Student Services counter – Dr. Dougal bears $6, lapel pins $3 or pens $1.
Thank you in advance for your support.
4. Governor-General’s Undergraduate Essay Competition
The Governor-General’s Undergraduate Essay Competition is Australia’s most prestigious civics essay competition. It is open to Australian undergraduate students (including LLB, JD and Honours students) studying in all faculties at universities across Australia and includes questions that are related to law, politics and other contemporary issues facing Australia.
The 2010 Competition is offering up to $33,000 in cash prizes to the winning authors of 2,500 word essays.
Every year the Competition is judged by a panel of distinguished individuals including a High Court Justice and prominent academics. The final judging panel this year is being chaired by The Hon. Robert French AC, Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia.
This prestigious competition provides students with the opportunity to be further recognised for their academic skill, talent and research.
For more information see:
www.essaycompetition.com.au
The competition closing date is Friday 17 December, 2010 at 5 pm.
For queries contact:
jwilliams@cefa.org.au
5. Outstanding Units
Congratulations to all the CEs and Teachers of the Units which scored 4.7 and above on Q5 – Overall Satisfaction in recent Unit evaluations and who will be presented with their Commendation Certificates at morning tea on Tuesday 3 August, 2010.
These Units are in the very top band of all Units across the entire University. They are regarded as ‘Outstanding’ Units because they have achieved such high ratings on Q5 and have set the standard for other Units to reach.
These Outstanding Units were as follows:
Semester 1, 2010
LAW5216 – Professional Practice which scored 4.84 out of a possible 5 . The Chief Examiner was Ross Hyams and the other teachers were Fay Gertner, Carol Stuart, Sally Merrie and Margaret Austin.
LAW5152 – Taxation Law which scored 4.81 out of a possible 5 . The Chief Examiner was Stephen Barkoczy.
LAW4529E – Comparative Corporate Insolvency and Rescue which scored 5 out of a possible 5 . The Chief Examiner was David Hahn.
Summer Semester, 2009 – 2010
LAW4160 – Negotiation and Mediation – which scored 4.94 out of a possible 5 . The teacher was Shawn Whelan with other staff from CMA.
LAW7338 – Forward with Fairness which scored 4.81 out of a possible 5 . The Chief Examiner was Marilyn Pittard.
Semester 2, 2009
LAW5116 – International Law of the Sea – which scored 4.88 out of a possible 5. The Chief Examiner was Kwame Mfodwo.
LAW4160 – Negotiation and Mediation – which scored 4.86 out of a possible 5 . The teacher was Shawn Whelan with other staff from CMA.
LAW5127 – Trial Practice and Advocacy which scored 4.91 out of a possible 5 . The Chief Examiner was George Hampel.
LAW7087 – Local Government Law which scored 5 out of a possible 5. The Chief Examiner was Mark Hayes.
LAW7315 – Regulatory Methods which scored 4.77 out of a possible 5. The Chief Examiner was Arie Freiberg.
LAW7318 – International Law and Economic, Cultural and Social Rights which scored 4.88 out of a possible 5. The Chief Examiner was Paula Gerber.
LAW7434 – The law of Climate Change which scored 4.79 out of a possible 5. The Chief Examiner was Rowena Cantley – Smith.
And of course many thanks to all the students who completed the unit evaluation forms and rated these units so highly – without your assistance this just would not be possible so thank you very much – we appreciate your efforts!!
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