For Diversity and Inclusion Week this year Disability Services and Employment and Career Development are launching a new virtual Moodle space providing exclusive careers resources for students with disabilities, mental health and medical conditions.
Jam packed with resources, the unit gives you access to handouts, career seminar presentations, videos, document samples and external links to internship and mentoring opportunities.
Disability Services is seeking volunteer student mentors as part of our Disability Services Peer Mentor Program. Successful registered students who are willing to share their knowledge and experience are encouraged to apply. We also welcome applications from mature-age students.
The program matches students with a student mentor who is also registered with Disability Services for regular meetings throughout semester. Mentors provide support, encouragement and information to their mentee to assist them successfully navigate university life. This could mean attending university social events together, referral to appropriate Monash services, navigation around campus or simply having a chat over coffee.
Mentors are trained and supported by the Disability Liaison Unit. Participants will receive a certificate of appreciation at the end of semester.
Why be a mentor?
Being a mentor can:
Peer mentors should:
We will be in touch with further information before the beginning of semester. Participation in the program is obviously dependent upon finding a suitable student for you to be matched with.
If you have any questions about the program please contact Sarah Mander on 03 9905 3857 or email sarah.mander@monash.edu
The Disability Liaison Unit (DLU) is seeking volunteer student mentors as part of our PEERS Program. Successful registered students who are willing to share their knowledge and experience are encouraged to apply. We also welcome applications from mature-age students.
The program matches students registered with the DLU with a student mentor for regular meetings throughout semester. Mentors provide support, encouragement and information to their mentee to assist them successfully navigate university life. This could mean attending university social events together, referral to appropriate Monash services, navigation around campus or simply having a chat over coffee.
Mentors are trained and supported by the Disability Liaison Unit. Participants will receive a certificate of appreciation at the end of semester.
Why be a mentor?
Being a mentor can:
Peer mentors should:
We will be in touch with further information before the beginning of semester. Participation in the program is obviously dependent upon finding a suitable student for you to be matched with.
If you have any questions about the program please contact Sarah Mander on 03 9905 3857 or email sarah.mander@monash.edu
From Monash Sport News:
As a part of our ongoing commitment to provide for all our member’s and customer’s needs, Monash Sport is proud to continue to improve accessibility specifically for those with limited mobility or wheelchair access requirements.
As a part of this commitment, we have refurbished the Change Rooms at the Doug Ellis Swimming pool to feature two dedicated accessible change rooms. The male and female change rooms also feature an ambulant toilet.
Additionally, the accessible ramp and adjacent stairs at the main entry to the Monash Sport building (Building 1) has been updated to include a compliant hand rail and tactile tiles.
With refurbishments to the Stadium Change Rooms finishing in February, the accessible change room was open to also provide great accessibility to Monash Sport for all. This change room has been reconfigured so that the entry is located directly on the main corridor, rather than near the entry to the male change rooms. The male and female change rooms also feature an ambulant toilet.
To further this commitment, we are also currently constructing an accessible lift to allow access from the ground floor to the first floor of the Gym at Clayton. These works are already underway and will be finished by February/ March 2014.
Monash Sport looks forward to further improving our environment in 2014 to provide greater accessibility access.
As part of our support services for newly registered students at Monash, we would like to invite you to participate in one of the new DLU Campus Tours around the Caulfield and Clayton campuses during O Week.
The tours are open to all registered students.
We will take you around the campuses to assist you to familiarise yourselves with the campus environment, as well as to highlight the DLU support services, library facilities for students with disabilities as well as important access points. This is also a great opportunity to meet other DLU students who are also new to the university.
As part of the DLU Open House running in O Week, tours will operate as a drop-in service with no formal registration required. However, if there are any specific parts of the university or DLU services you are interested in visiting on one of these tours, please let us know in advance and we will try our best to cater for your requests.
Tours will meet outside Building 55 at 1.50pm for a 2pm start
Tours will meet outside Monash Connect (Building A, ground floor) at 1.50pm for a 2pm start
Campus maps will be provided on the day and it may be advisable to bring your own pen and paper to take notes.
Please let us know in advance if you require Auslan interpreters, electric scooters or have any other accessibility requirements.
If you have any further questions or concerns about the tours, please contact Sarah Mander at sarah.mander@monash.edu or on 9905 3857.
The Disability Liaison Unit (DLU) is seeking volunteer student mentors as part of our PEERS Program. Successful registered students who are willing to share their knowledge and experience are encouraged to apply. We also welcome applications from mature-age students.
The program matches students registered with the DLU with a student mentor for regular meetings throughout semester. Mentors provide support, encouragement and information to their mentee to assist them successfully navigate university life. This could mean attending university social events together, referral to appropriate Monash services, navigation around campus or simply having a chat over coffee.
Mentors are trained and supported by the Disability Liaison Unit. Participants will receive a certificate of appreciation at the end of semester.
Why be a mentor?
Being a mentor can:
What is required
Peer mentors should:
Complete the application form to register your interest in becoming a DLU PEERS Mentor.
We will be in touch with further information before the beginning of semester. Participation in the program is obviously dependent upon finding a suitable student for you to be matched with.
If you have any questions about the program please contact Sarah Mander on 03 9905 3857 or email sarah.mander@monash.edu.
Survey closes on 31 December 2013
PhD student Ross Anderson is legally blind and has recently been recognised by the Australian Psychological Society with the Award for Excellent Honours Thesis in Health Psychology.
His honours thesis looked at the expectations, perceptions and decision-making of people with vision impairment regarding an experimental cortical visual prosthesis. Now writing his PhD, he is now aiming to explore the impacts of vision impairment on psychological well-being in adolescents as well as the different resources and strategies that are helpful in coping with these impacts.
Ross was recognised in this week’s Monash Memo, and you can read more about Ross here.
It’s that time of year again!
The Disability Liaison Unit wants to ensure that our students are supported appropriately.
Your voice will give us the feedback we need to provide the best support services possible .
You can access the survey here.
If you have any trouble, please let us know and we will direct you to the link or provide the survey in an alternative format.
The survey should only take about ten minutes of your time, and all feedback we receive will be appreciated and anonymous unless you choose to provide your name.
Benjamin Patterson. Questionnaire from Flux Year Box 2. c.1968
Thank you all for your votes and comments! We were inundated with responses and are currently working on the next phase of development with the DLU staff.
Watch this space!