Postgraduate Notices
1. CEFA-2011 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. Now in its eighth year, Australia’s most prestigious essay competition provides university students with the opportunity to be recognised for their academic skill, talent and research.
The 2011 Competition is offering up to $33,000 in cash prizes to the winning authors of 2,500 word essays.
This prestigious competition provides students with the opportunity to be further recognised for their academic skill, talent and research. The Competition website is: www.essaycompetition.com.au
2. Learning Skills Seminars at Clayton Semester 2
Trish Hughes, the Learning Skills Adviser, is running Learning skills drop-in sessions and classes again for Semester 2 . No bookings are required for the drop-in sessions and students just need to come to the Research and Learning desk in the Law Library on Wednesday and Friday 12-2pm, Week 1 – 13, at the Law Library, Clayton .
The classes are on Mondays in 3rd Floor Meeting Room, Law Library, Clayton. The first four sessions are mainly intended for students who are new to law, so the focus is on managing the reading and on taking notes as preparation for lectures and for exam summaries. The seminars have a more academic focus, with emphasis on developing a coherent and well organised argument especially in relation to semester assignments, and on writing clearly and concisely.
You can find out more at:
http://www.lib.monash.edu.au/classes/law/learning-skills.html
and if there are any specific aspects which you would like Trish to cover in the Learning Skills classes please email her patricia.hughes@monash.edu.
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