Name: Peter Pum
Organisational Unit: Property and Campus Services
Job title: Apprentice Electrician
How long have you been with the University of Melbourne? I started at the University in August 2005 with about six other apprentices from various trades (plumbers, carpenters, signwriters and electricians).
Prior to working at Melbourne, where were you located and what was your role? [...]
A recent portrait of Professor Warren Bebbington, former Ormond Professor of Music at the University of Melbourne, has been unveiled and will be hung in Melba Hall beside the portraits of other past Ormond Professors.
Professor Bebbington is now Pro Vice-Chancellor (Global Relations) in the University.
A portrait of each Ormond Professor has been commissioned and, in [...]
Professor John Fitzgerald, Principal Research Fellow, School of Population Health is the winner of the 2008 Ernest Scott Prize for his book Big White Lie: Chinese Australians in White Australia, published by UNSW Press, 2007.
The award was announced by Professor Joy Damousi, Head of the School of Historical Studies at the University of [...]
Victorian College of the Arts Film and Television graduate Julius Avery was a winner at the recent Cannes Film Festival, taking the prestigious short film Jury Prize for his film Jerrycan.
In an interview with the VCA newsletter, Mr Avery, 29, said he was delighted to receive the prestigious award.
“It’s really an amazing endorsement to be [...]
A group of third-year veterinary students from the Faculty of Veterinary Science made history on Sunday 20 July, as they took part in Australia’s first White Coat Ceremony, an important step in becoming a qualified veterinarian.
The ceremony, held at the Wyndham Leisure and Events Centre, celebrated the transition of veterinary students from detached observers of [...]
The Class of 2009 Kwong Lee Dow Young Scholars recently took part in their own ‘mini’ 2020 Summit at the University, discussing their ideas for the future of Australia.
The Kwong Lee Dow Young Scholars Program is a three-year academic enrichment program designed to offer a range of opportunities for students in the final two [...]
A University of Melbourne student has beaten over 450 students from around Australia to take out a prestigious computer programming prize.
Master of Information Systems student Dharvinder Bassi has taken first place in IBM’s Master the Mainframe competition.
Mr Bassi was presented with his prize, a Playstation 3 console, by IBM director Glenn Wightwick and Dean of [...]
Dr Steven Conte, Dean of Students at Medley Hall, has been short-listed for the Prime Minister’s Literary Award for his first novel The Zookeeper’s War.
The Prime Minister’s Literary Awards celebrate the contribution of Australian literature to the nation’s cultural and intellectual life.
The Zookeeper’s War opens in 1943 in wartime Berlin and tells the story of [...]
At the end of December 2007, there were 7.10 million subscribers to the Internet in Australia. This comprised 964,000 business and government subscribers and 6.14 million household subscribers (Australian Bureau of Statistics). Here are some tips on how staff can get the most out of sending and receiving emails.
1) Turn off new email notices and [...]
The Guest Column is an opportunity to look at issues from a different perspective. Opinions expressed are those of the contributor.
Professor Ian Anderson is the Director of Onemda VicHealth Koori Health Unit in the Melbourne School of Population Health at the University of Melbourne, and the Research Director for the Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal [...]
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