News and upcoming events for November

In this news and events update learn more about upcoming library training, updated resources and winners of research communication prizes.

Upcoming Researcher@Library training

Futureproof your data: Digital Preservation for Researchers

Thursday 6 November 2025, 1:00pm – 2:00pm. Register now.

Delivered by the Digital Preservation Program Manager, this new Researcher@Library webinar introduces key ideas and simple, practical steps that you can take to safeguard your digital research materials.

This session has been designed for graduate researchers and academic staff who are new to digital preservation. Professional staff are also very welcome to join and learn about digital preservation!

Getting Started with Library Research

Wednesday 12 November 2025, 1:00pm – 2:00pm. Register now.

Aimed at graduate researchers and academic staff who are new to the university, this webinar covers topics that are essential to advanced research at the University of Melbourne. It is delivered by some of the library’s amazing Liaison librarians.

Recordings of past webinars

You can catch up on past Researcher@Library sessions on our website’s Researcher Training page. Just head down to “Past Sessions” and you’ll see plenty to choose from!

Research news

Visualise Your Thesis International 2025 Winners

The Library’s Scholarly Development (Research) team have been hard at work hosting the International final of the Visualise Your Thesis competition. The winner was announced on the VYT LinkedIn page on 21 October.

Congratulations to:

• Saraswat Basu (University of Queensland)
  1st place (5,000 AUD prize) for Development Of A 3D Bioprinted Oral Mucosal Model
• Sharyn Frantz (Swinburne University)
  2nd place (2,000 AUD prize) for Disbelief, Grief or Relief? Examining the Psychological Impact of a Lipoedema Diagnosis in Australian Women
• M Tadik Hasan (Monash University)
  3rd place (1,000 AUD prize) for Signs of Change – Designing Hope for Deaf Mental Health

The judges also awarded an honourable mention to UniMelb’s own Sathiyamoorthy Mathushan for Molecular Dynamics in Gold-Based Nanoglasses: Glass Formation, Synthesis and Properties. The University of Melbourne local competition was hosted by the Researcher Development Unit.

We extend our warm thanks to the judging panel Saskia Walcott, Tullio Rossi, and Jo Havemann and a special thanks to our supporters Digital Science and figshare.

You can watch all international finalists on the Visualise Your Thesis figshare site.

Reel Impact Prize 2025 Winners

Congratulations to Dr Angela Nicholas and Dr Simone Scotti Requena (MDHS, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health) and Dr Veronique Paris (Faculty of Science, School of Biosciences) on being awarded the Reel Impact Prize 2025 for their respective entries Boys Do Cry and Stopping Buruli ulcer at the mosquito.

The winning submissions highlighted the critical role that research plays in addressing the complex questions and major challenges of our time, including Australian men’s health and the suppression of suburban mosquitos for effective disease control purposes.

The winners have each been awarded 8,000 AUD to collaborate with their choice of professional media storyteller to develop a new form of creative media output. The output will highlight the amazing impact that has been achieved through their research.

Stay tuned for details in the first half of 2026 for the premiere of their completed collaborations showcasing the amazing impact of their research.

You can find previous winners and their completed projects on the University’s Reel Impact website. Find out more about the program on the Researcher Development Unit’s gateway page (UOM SSO login required).