To celebrate the University’s 150th anniversary in 2003, Juliet Flesch and Peter McPhee of the Department of History, assisted by members of the University community, created the 150 years: 150 stories, brief biographies of one hundred and fifty remarkable people associated with the University of Melbourne book and column series.
In their introduction, Flesch and McPhee [...]
The University’s Collections are truly exceptional, and include a number of rare, special collections that include:
The Poynton Collection of Rare Books comprises some 15,000 volumes and includes books that cover the history of printing from the 15th to 19th centuries, major English writers and a large collection of private press books. These were [...]
Last week, University of Melbourne Science graduate, Professor Elizabeth Blackburn, became the first Australian woman to win a Nobel Prize.
Nobel Laureates represent the best and the brightest of the world’s citizens, recognising the successes that have changed our world and acknowledging the strength of human endeavour. The University of Melbourne has long played a part [...]
At 12 storeys, the Redmond Barry Building is the tallest building on campus. Named for the University’s first Chancellor, it was designed by architect and staff member Rae Featherstone, and construction began in 1959.
Close to Redmond Barry stands the Baldwin Spencer Building, named after the Foundation Professor of Biology whose Department was originally located [...]
Melbourne University Visions is a fortnightly video magazine about the University of Melbourne, delivered via vodcast (video podcast) from http://visions.unimelb.edu.au/ as either a download or on-demand stream.
From showcasing the displays at MUDFest to filming the first campus test-run of the Better Place Australia electric car, Visions features the more visual stories of staff and [...]
The Central Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) has oversight of all matters pertaining to ethics review of human research at the University of Melbourne.
The University believes that the relationship between researchers and research participants is the grounds on which human research is conducted, and as such, the values of respect for human beings, research merit [...]
The University Psychology Clinic is open to all members of the University and wider community, offering treatment for a range of problems, from depression and anxiety disorders to stress-related issues and even overeating workshops.
The service is free for all students, and services are provided at competitive rates for staff and members of the public [...]
The year 1955 saw the publication of the first magazine that detailed the University’s research endeavours for the University community and for the public.
Titled Discovery, Melbourne University Press published this 70-page magazine which was broken into four different, broad sections – Man and Industry, Man and Medicine, Man and Society and Man and the Arts, [...]
Melbourne University Press (MUP) opened for business in 1922 and was the first and for a long time Australia’s only university press.
It began as a lending library for part-time education students, but grew into a book and stationery shop as well as a graduation gown hiring room. Its aim was to “produce high grade [...]
strong>In the Beginning…
On 15 December 1852 the then Auditor-General, Hugh Culling Eardley Childers, moved in the Victorian Legislative Council that a select committee be appointed to establish the principles on which a university should be established in Victoria.
The bill, subsequently drawn up by Childers and Attorney-General Stawell, received Royal assent on 22 January 1853, [...]
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