Ancora Imparo Leadership Program
The Vice-Chancellor’s Ancora Imparo Leadership Program
A message from the Vice-Chancellor
A Monash University education will challenge you and enable you to build a successful career, as well as to equip yourself with the knowledge, abilities and insights required to change the world for the better. Leadership skills are an essential component of that mix.
The Ancora Imparo program gives you the chance to learn about leadership through interaction with community leaders, distinguished alumni, Monash staff, and your fellow students.
The program represents a rare opportunity. You will learn things that you will draw upon again and again throughout your career and your life.
I wholeheartedly recommend it.
Professor Margaret Gardner AO
President and Vice-Chancellor
Program details
This year-long program will take you on a transformative journey, giving you the confidence and skills you need to create the changes you’d like to see in the world.
Residential course
The program begins with a fully funded, three-day, off-campus residential course at Peppers Moonah Links Resort. You’ll receive leadership masterclasses in:
- self-awareness
- values and ethics
- decision-making
- communication
- collaboration
- positive social change.
You’ll also make great friends, enjoy social events and learn from the following incredible leaders (all have contributed to the program in previous years):
- Dr Megan Clark AC, head of the Australian Space Agency
- Julian Burnside AO QC, barrister, human rights and refugee advocate
- Hon Judge Felicity Hampel, judge of the County Court of Victoria
- Paul Grabowsky AO, Australian pianist and composer
- Dr Bethia Wilson, former Victorian Health Services Commissioner
- Dr Leanne Rowe AM, Melbourne GP and former Beyond Blue board member
- Christine Nixon APM, first female chief commissioner in any Australian state police force
- Dr Ranjana Srivastava OAM, oncologist, Fulbright Scholar and award-winning author
- Dr Tim Soutphommasane, former Australian Human Rights Commissioner
- Lucy Thomas OAM, youth and anti-bullying advocate.
Seminars
During the year, you’ll attend eight evening seminars by eminent leaders. You’ll hear about leadership challenges and opportunities, and have the opportunity (working in a small group) to design and deliver a workshop that helps your fellow Ancorans explore solutions to a current leadership challenge. In previous years, topics included:
- the gender pay gap
- access to education
- environmental sustainability
- racism in politics
- media ethics
- sexism in society
- terrorism
… and many more incredible topics!
All seminars are catered and presented in an intimate setting.
Service learning
You’ll have the opportunity to opt into a service learning project. Working in a multi-disciplinary team of five students, you’ll partner with a community organisation to solve a real-world problem.
Completion ceremony
At the end of the program, you’ll be invited to the completion ceremony, together with family and fellow Ancorans. During the ceremony, you’ll be presented with a certificate to acknowledge your success.
See this web page for more information about eligibility criteria and how to apply.