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Free Visual Art Workshops for Young Deaf and Disabled Artists

Arts Access Victoria are holding free workshops for young Deaf and Disabled artists.

They are being led by an established Deaf and Disabled artist and have an online alternative.

These workshops were co-designed by Deaf and Disabled artists and have access at their core.

• Who: Young Deaf and Disabled people aged 18 – 25. (If you’re a little over 25 that won’t be a problem!)
• What: a series of free workshops that have an online version.
• Where: Signal, The channel and online.
• When: In person Saturday October 7, 14 and 21 from 11:30 am – 1:30 pm & Online Wednesday October 11 (11:30am – 1:30pm), 18 and 25 from 6pm – 8pm.

There is an air-dry clay workshop with Pey Chi; an Illustration/drawing workshop with Chelle Destefano; and an Ableton workshop with Geryon.

• Price: Free!
• Access: Auslan interpretation, live captioning, wheelchair access, accessible bathroom, gender neutral bathroom, accessible public transport, support animals welcome and support workers

Click here for more information and go to the Arts Access website.

• Arts Access Victoria
• Office: 222 Bank St, South Melbourne Victoria 3205
• Reception phone: 03 9699 8299
• artsaccess.com.au

End of Semester Workshops from Student Academic Success

Get Ready for Your Final Assessments with These Fantastic Free Workshops!

Make sure you are prepared for your end-of-semester assessments by attending one of the online workshops from Student Academic Success.

Prepare your brain’s pathways for revision success

• How do you make the most of the “empty” weeks leading up to the exams and study smarter, rather than harder?
• Train your brain to make the most of the weeks leading up to the exams so that your revision is flexible, purposeful and active.

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Beat Procrastination! Conquer time!

• Learn how to crush procrastination and create an efficient and effective study and revision schedule.
• Unpack some of the reasons for falling into procrastination and learn effective time management tools like the Pomodoro time management technique.

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Effective strategies for sitting a timed assessment

• Discover how to anticipate what will be on your exams, how to respond effectively to different question types, and how to manage your time during timed assessments.

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Meeting your personal study challenges

• Find out all about common challenges faced during the final assessment period, and how to develop tailored strategies for succeeding in your studies.

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Need something a little more personalised?

• Enrol in this self-paced Moodle site
• For access to more resources and workshop materials self-enrol in this Moodle site. Perform at your peak in final assessments.

Get personalised support

• Book in with one of the learning advisers from Student Academic Success for a one-on-one consultation over Zoom to receive personalised language and learning support.

Try Out VR for Research Study

• Do you identify has having a disability?
• Would you like to try out VR (Virtual Reality)?

You can try VR at home for two weeks with a new study being conducted about the immediate and long-term issues, challenges, and opportunities for disabled users in VR, and how VR developers and platforms can ensure an inclusive and equitable digital future.

Researchers from the University of Sydney are seeking people with a disability who have no (or limited) experience with Virtual Reality or Augmented Reality technologies to use VR and/or AR and report back on their experience.

You will be provided a VR device for two weeks to try at home.

• Please contact Research Fellow Kate Clark if you would like to participate in this study at: kate.clark@sydney.edu.au.

A detailed participant information statement will be emailed to you upon your inquiry.

• This study has been approved by the Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) of The University of Sydney [2023/352]

MazeMaps Improvement – Have Your Say!

Staff at Monash Esolutions are interested in receiving feedback from students and staff with vision impairment regarding our digital map provider, MazeMaps, with a view to improving the accessibility of Monash’s digital maps.

• You are invited to participate in a focus group to have your say about MazeMap improvements that would help you and your situation.

The objective of this focus group is to gather insights, suggestions, and ideas from visually impaired students and staff to improve the University’s mapping and navigation system (maps.monash).

We believe that your firsthand experiences and perspectives will help us create a more accessible and efficient navigation solution.

As part of this focus group, we will be providing:

• An overview of our current blind navigation system, with an open discussion where you will be encouraged to share your experiences and challenges with the existing system, as well as systems that have worked well for you
• Identify areas for improvement and potential solutions.
• Provide feedback on proposed improvements.

Next Steps and Follow-up

Participant Criteria: We are looking for students who are actively using or have experience with navigation systems for the visually impaired. Your insights are highly valuable to us, regardless of your level of familiarity with our specific system.

• RSVP: Please contact dishan.sambathkumar@monash.edu by COB Sept 22nd to participate.

Sessions will be organised both in person and via Zoom based on availability.

Event for Neurodiverse Staff and Students

Join us for a social event tailored for neurodiverse staff and students!

Engage in a thought-provoking workshop tailored to help develop your neurodiverse superpowers, followed by a chance to connect with like-minded peers and discover your own community on campus. Hyperfocus is optional.

Event details:

• Date: Thursday 7 September
• Time: 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
• Venue: Long Room, Monash Club

Register here!

• If you have any questions, please reach out to the EDI team at edi@monash.edu