{"id":5271,"date":"2014-10-14T15:38:19","date_gmt":"2014-10-14T04:38:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test-blogs-monash-edu.pantheonsite.io\/lawstudentbulletin\/?p=5271"},"modified":"2014-10-14T15:39:06","modified_gmt":"2014-10-14T04:39:06","slug":"general-notices-187","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.monash.edu\/lawstudentbulletin\/2014\/10\/14\/general-notices-187\/","title":{"rendered":"General Notices"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">1. 2015 Prato Program<\/span><\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>The 2015 Prato Program applications will open on<strong> Thursday 30 October, 2014<\/strong> and strictly close on\u00a0<strong>Friday 5 December, 2014.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Please note:<strong> <\/strong>All applications will be assessed together after the closing date of\u00a0<strong>Friday 5 December, 2014<\/strong>.\u00a0 They are assessed on the basis of the Law average and not first in, first served.<\/p>\n<p>For further information and application form, please see the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.law.monash.edu.au\/current-students\/study-opportunities\/overseas-study\/prato\/application-process-prato-prog.html\"><strong>Prato Program application process website<\/strong><\/a> and note the application form will not be available until\u00a0<strong>Thursday 30 October, 2014<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">2. EDO NSW \u2013 Impact Issue No. 96<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>EDO NSW has released the latest edition of Impact, our national journal of environmental law.<\/p>\n<p>This edition of Impact contains articles on:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ongoing litigation in Queensland to protect the World Heritage Listed Great Barrier Reef, which UNESCO is considering placing on its endangered list;<\/li>\n<li>The increasing use of strategic assessments under the EPBC Act;<\/li>\n<li>The fundamental principles for best practice biodiversity offsets; and<\/li>\n<li>The implications of funding cuts for access to justice and the future of community-based public interest environmental law.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Your assistance in circulating this journal to your students would be appreciated.<\/p>\n<p>The journal can be downloaded from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edonsw.org.au\/impact\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">3. Evaluating Student Health and Wellbeing in Monash Law and Marketing<\/span><\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Research into student health and wellbeing is being undertaken for Law students to participate in.<\/p>\n<p>The aim\/purpose of the research and possible benefits:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Measure      the levels of distress (anxiety, depression, stress, physical wellbeing)      among students across all year levels in the faculty of Law and among      Marketing students in BusEco.<\/li>\n<li>Measure      level of engagement students experience within both faculties and the      university and examine any relationship that may exist with psychological      wellbeing, symptoms of physical ill health and academic results.<\/li>\n<li>Examine      whether there are differences in measured levels of student distress      (anxiety, depression, and stress), engagement and physical symptoms of ill      health, between direct entry students and transfer students, across the      duration of the Law degree, and between students of the two faculties.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>For further information on this research please see the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.monash.edu\/lawstudentbulletin\/files\/2014\/09\/Evaluating-Student-Health-and-Wellbeing-in-Monash-Law-and-Marketing.pdf\"><strong>flyer<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To participate, please fill out the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/monash.az1.qualtrics.com\/SE\/?SID=SV_7Wg9d3L9tSiTym1\"><strong>survey<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">4. Pink Ribbon Day<\/span><\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Please help us raise funds for The\u00a0Cancer Council by supporting Pink Ribbon Day on\u00a0<strong>Monday 27 October<\/strong> by purchasing one of the items on display at the Undergraduate Student Services counter \u2013 Bears $10, Bracelets $7, Pens $6, Enamel pins $5.<\/p>\n<p>Every dollar raised will fund life-saving cancer research, prevention programs to help women reduce their cancer risk, and support services for women facing cancer and their families.<\/p>\n<p>We ask that you think of our colleagues, friends and families who have been affected by cancer when deciding to purchase one of these items.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you in advance for your support.<\/p>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">5. S2 SETU Surveys<\/span><\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Please complete these S2 surveys:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>T3-58      LLM Units &amp; 3 UG Clinical Units \u2013 open\u00a0<strong>Thursday 25 September<\/strong> and      close on\u00a0<strong>Thursday 16 October<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>S2      LLB Units \u2013 open\u00a0<strong>Sunday 12 October<\/strong> and close on\u00a0<strong>Sunday      2 November<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>T4-57      LLM Units \u2013 open\u00a0<strong>Monday 27 October<\/strong> and close on\u00a0<strong>Monday      17 November<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>T3      JD Units \u2013 open\u00a0<strong>Sunday\u00a02 November<\/strong> and close on\u00a0<strong>Sunday      23 November<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can access these surveys via your my.monash portal or go to the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/my.monash.edu.au\/study\/resources\/evaluations\"><strong>website<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Law Faculty believes that the SETU surveys are very important as they help us to continually improve our Units and Teaching so that we can offer you a high quality legal educational experience. We rely on your feedback and comments to let us know not only what we are doing well in the Units but also what still can be improved and your suggestions as to how these improvements might be achieved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1. 2015 Prato Program The 2015 Prato Program applications will open on Thursday 30 October, 2014 and strictly close on\u00a0Friday 5 December, 2014. Please note: All applications will be assessed together after the closing date of\u00a0Friday 5 December, 2014.\u00a0 They are assessed on the basis of the Law average and not first in, first served. 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