Name: Sharon Saitta
What is your organisational unit? Children’s Services
What is your job title? Co-Director at Swanston Street Children’s Centre
How long have you been with the University of Melbourne? I started at the University in July 1996 as a Qualified Early Childhood Educator. I then stepped into the role of Acting Director whilst my director [...]
Faculty of Music lecturers and husband and wife piano duo Igor Machlak and Olga Kharitonova are celebrating their 20th anniversary as a performing duo.
Twenty years after their debut in Moscow, and following successes at major international competitions and tours in Europe and Australia, the Igor and Olga Piano Duo are about to embark on a [...]
Mr Douglas Proctor has recently joined the University as Manager, International Relations to head up the International Relations Office within Melbourne International.
Mr Proctor has over 10 years experience in the internationalisation of higher education, both as an academic and as a professional staff member, and has worked in universities in France, New Caledonia and [...]
An@tomedia, an interactive teaching aid that began 12 years ago as a multimedia project in the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Faculty of Science, is the winner in the Tertiary (Wholly Australian) Teaching and Learning category of the Australian Awards for Excellence in Educational Publishing 2008.
An@tomedia CDs provide a novel approach to learning about [...]
University of Melbourne chemistry researcher Dr Spencer Williams has been awarded the 2008 Rennie Memorial Medal of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute.
The award recognises Dr Williams’s contribution to the areas of carbohydrate chemistry, sulfur transfer processes and medicinal chemistry.
The Rennie Memorial Medal is awarded to a member of the Institute with less than eight [...]
Professor Barry Tuckwell of the Faculty of Music has been named as the winner of the University of Melbourne’s 2008 Bernard Heinze Award for contribution to Australian music.
With a career in music that has spanned more than 60 years, Professor Tuckwell has earned a reputation as a multi-faceted musician. He has worked all over [...]
Head of Music at the Faculty of the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA), Mr Mark Pollard, has received the 2008 Classical Music Victorian State Award for his contribution to the advancement of Australian music in Victoria over the past 27 years as a musician, composer and educator.
Mr Pollard is also Head of Practical [...]
Skype technology was used recently to link a leading health expert in the United States with participants at an international medical workshop at the Northern Hospital, held in conjunction with the University of Melbourne.
The 6th Australasian ANCA Workshop, held on 23 August, attracted more then 80 delegates, including international visitors from the US, Sweden [...]
Melbourne University Racing, better known as MUR Motorsports, is the Formula SAE team at the University of Melbourne. The student team recently unveiled the 2008 car design at an event held in the new Melbourne School of Engineering Learning Centre.
To mark the occasion, the 28-member student team was joined by industry partners and [...]
For students, apprentices and professionals, the construction industry is a dynamic, challenging and rewarding industry. It requires continued education, hard work, dedication and knowledge sharing to maintain efficiencies and optimum delivery of projects.
The construction and affiliated industries are now offering greater opportunities to graduates and there is a demand for students with tertiary [...]
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