1. Better Teaching, Better Learning: Student Projects
This is an opportunity for you to improve the student experience at Monash!
The Better Teaching, Better Learning team (out of the Office of the Vice-Provost (Learning and Teaching) (OVPLT)) is seeking to fund student ideas to improve the “student academic experience”. They are providing 20 bursaries of up to $2,000 each (maximum of 2 per Faculty) to students / teams of students.
Examples of projects that may be funded include:
- setting up a study group or a mentoring scheme;
- creating an online learning resource; and
- organising and running a student-led conference.
The money may be used for such things as the purchase of training or services, travel, materials, and administrative support costs. As you can see, the scope is broad.
Each proposal is expected to provide evidence for how the project will bring added benefit beyond the current student academic experience. The focus is on nurturing bright ideas that might lead to the dissemination of value-adding programs across the University.
The deadline for applications is Friday 5 September 2014.
Full details, including the guidelines and application form, are available on the website
For assistance with conceptual development please contact:
Mr Lloyd England (Student Experience Manager)
Lloyd.England@monash.edu or Phone: 9905 3385
For drafting assistance (including budget development) please contact:
Mr Matt Randall (Manager Education Services)
Matt.Randall@monash.edu or Phone: 9905 8412
2. Monash Dominates ALSA National Essay Competition
The Monash LSS together with the Faculty of Law is pleased to congratulate students Kate Mulvany, Mandy Milner and Jennifer Wong who respectively placed first, second and third in the Australian Law Student Association’s (ALSA) National Essay Competition 2014.
This competition was open to all Australian law students and the three winning essays will be published in the 2014 ALSA Academic Journal.
First place recipient, Kate Mulvaney who is a JD student, won the award for her research essay that she submitted for LAW7492 Health Law.
The Monash Law Students’ Society was able to send eight students to attend the Australian Law Students’ Association (ALSA) July Conference in Brisbane and compete in three competitions. Each year the ALSA Conference hosts national level finals of all domestic LSS/LSA competitions with Australian and New Zealand law schools each sending one team.
James Beavis, Rebecca Lew and Stephen Moore represented Monash in the King & Wood Mallesons Championship Moot, Elissa Young and Gisela Nip represented Monash in the Red Cross International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Moot and Geerthana Narendren represented Monash in the Witness Examination Competition.
LSS President Tim Rankin and Director of Education Lynton Brooks also attended ALSA Council to discuss current issues for law students with their counterparts from other Australian, New Zealand and Asian Law schools. The ALSA Council is an invaluable tool in ensuring student societies share new initiatives for the betterment of all law students.
3. S1 SETU Survey Reports
The University conducts a SETU (Student Evaluation of Teaching and Units) survey for each of our Units each Semester and then produces a Unit Evaluation Statistical Report just search by the Unit Code e.g. LAW1234. The report shows how each Unit performed on the 5 key questions e.g. covering feedback, learning resources and overall satisfaction.
The report collates the written comments from students on these 2 questions:
- What were the best aspects of the unit?
- What aspects of the unit are most in need of improvement?
This Report has been sent to each Chief Examiners to help them improve the Unit for the next time that it is offered.
Thank you for your participation in these SETU surveys – we really do appreciate your feedback as it helps us to keep on continually improving our Units.
4. Vice-Chancellor’s Professorial Fellows Speaker Series
There is an opportunity for students to attend the Vice-Chancellor’s Professorial Fellows Speaker Series which will take place from Wednesday 6 until Wednesday 27 August.
For further information and registration please see the website
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