General
1. Volunteer Opportunities – Monash Law Clinics Clayton
Volunteer Opportunities are available at the Monash Law Clinics Clayton (MLCC) for Monash Law Students. Please note that due to high demand, late applications will not be accepted.
Wednesday Night Advice Only Service
Applications for the Wednesday Night General Advice Session at Monash Law Clinics Clayton are open until 5pm Friday 30 August 2019.
The Wednesday night volunteer team provides advice to clients experiencing a wide range of general law problems.
Students are rostered to volunteer on Wednesday nights on a fortnightly basis from 6:00pm until approximately 8:30pm. This volunteer period will run until April 2020.
You will be notified about your Application by 11 September 2019.
Orientation will be held on Wednesday 25 September 2019 at 6pm at MLCC.
Sessions will commence on Wednesday 2 October 2019.
For an application form please see here.
Tuesday Night Family Law
Applications for Tuesday Night Family Advice Session at Monash Law Clinics Clayton are open until 5pm Friday 30 August2019.
The Tuesday night volunteer team provides advice to clients experiencing a wide range of family law problems.
Students are rostered to volunteer on a Tuesday night on a fortnightly basis from 6:00pm until approximately 8:30pm. This volunteer period will run until April 2020.
Orientation will be held on Wednesday 25 September 2019 at 6pm.
Sessions will commence on Tuesday 1 October 2019.
For an application form please see here.
2. Clinical psychologist support at Chambers
A clinical psychologist, Dr Emily Horwill, will now be available for counselling appointments on Wednesdays at Monash Law Chambers, CBD.
This is a free and confidential service that students can access.
Appointments will be available from 10.30am to 3.30pm on Wednesdays in Meeting Room 1 on Level 1.
There is also scope for Emily to run a 3-hour safeTALK session on being suicide alert and/or a 2-day Mental Health First Aid workshop if there is sufficient interest from staff or from student groups.
3. Aurora Internship Program
The Aurora Internship Program has contributed to capacity building for Indigenous and Indigenous-sector organisations by placing over 2,400 talented and passionate interns.
The Program continues to place students and graduates from various educational backgrounds, including law, in full-time unpaid 4 to 6 week internships, at over 200 organisations Australia-wide, all with an Indigenous focus, working in the area of:
- Native title
- Land rights
- Policy development
- Advocacy
- Justice
- Health and Social welfare
- Human rights
- Community development
- Environmental policy.
For more information and to apply see here. Applications close Friday 30 August.
4. Westpac Future Leaders Scholarship
The Westpac Future Leaders Scholarship is one of five scholarships offered through the Westpac Scholars Trust which awards 100 scholarships every year, forever. The Trust was established in 2014 to help support individuals with the drive and ideas to shape the future of Australia.
17 Westpac Future Leaders Scholarships, valued up to $120,000 per student over two to three years, are available to 2020 PhD and Masters students from any discipline.
Applicants must demonstrate how their research or course work aligns with one of the scholarship program’s key focus areas – technology and innovation, driving social change or strengthening Australia’s ties with Asia. PhD students may also receive the RTP scholarship in addition to the Westpac Future Leaders Scholarship, providing value of over $200,000 collectively.
2020 applications are now open and close on Thursday 5 September.
For more information see here.
5. University education research priorities – survey
Phase 2 of the Monash University education research priorities survey questionnaire is now live. The research study is to explore staff and student perceptions of what should be the priorities for University education research at Monash, what are the barriers to it being successful, and factors that what will enable its success.
The survey is conducted by the Monash Education Academy. The findings will help to develop a strategy to support higher education research.
The survey will take approximately 10 minutes to complete. Please access the survey here.
For participating in this study, you will have the opportunity, at the end of the survey, to enter a prize draw for a $50 voucher.
6. Free language classes
Come to the MSA Language Drop In, from Week 1-10 (Semester 2) at Clayton Campus.
We provide the opportunity to learn basic language skills and to practice through weekly conversation catch-ups.
The following languages are available during Semester 2:
- Arabic
- Cantonese
- French
- German
- Italian
- Japanese
- Korean (2 class options available)
- Mandarin (2 class options available)
- Russian
- Spanish
Registrations are essential. Register here.
This program is brought to you by MSA Volunteering. Funded by SSAF.
7. Economics experiments
Economics experiments are taking place at Monash. Monash researchers use these experiments to study how people make decisions. Most involve playing simple games on a computer, or with pen and paper.
- Help promote research at your university
- No prior knowledge of economics is needed.
- Most experiments take between 30 minutes and 2 hours.
- Most participants earn between $15 and $30 per hour.
- There is no deception, and no physical stress of any kind.
- Participation is open to all students.
- Your identity is kept confidential from other participants, and no personal information about you is shared with anyone else.
For more information or to register, see here or search Google for Monash Laboratory of Experimental Economics (MonLEE).