Professional Skills Series
The Professional Skills Series is a packaged program of events offered each semester exclusively to Engineering and IT students. The aim of the Professional Skills Series is to help you develop self awareness and an understanding of the skills and attributes desired by graduate employers. You are given the opportunity to evaluate and prepare for a range of career options in Engineering and IT, including sourcing internship opportunities. Contemporary questions and topics will be presented for guest speakers, alumni and current students to discuss.
Opportunities from this series will also be publicised on the Engineering & IT Calendar and via the Eng & IT Express newsletter.
Written Communication 1 + 2
Engineering Learning Unit
These workshops are designed to assist students with writing reports. Workshop 1 addresses Audience awareness, Formality in writing and Self-assessing reports. Workshop 2 focuses on Writing concisely and Critical reading. These workshops are targeted at master-level coursework students.
Format:
There are two 2-hour workshops that are repeated across the semester.
Note: These workshops are available to all FEIT students but also form part of the Skills Towards Employment Program (STEP) and the Engineering Practice Hurdle (EPH).
Dates:
- Written Communication 1
- Tue. March 19, 3:15 - 5:15 pm
- Fri. March 22, 2:15 - 4:15 pm
- Mon. April 22, 3:15 - 5:15 pm
- Fri. April 26, 2:15 - 4:15 pm
- Written Communication 2
- Mon. March 25, 3:15 - 5:15 pm
- Tue. March 26, 3.15 - 5:15 pm
- Mon. April 29, 3:15 - 5:15 pm
- Fri. May 3, 2:15 - 4:15 pm
Registration: https://sugeni.us/4uJQ
Contact: EPH Team - eph-info@unimelb.edu.au
Verbal Communication 1 + 2
Engineering Learning Unit
These workshops are designed to assist students with giving presentations. Workshop 1 addresses Design: Choosing content, Estimating timing, and Engaging the audience. Workshop 2 focuses on Delivery: Introductions, scripts, notes, body language, speaking, anxiety and managing questions. These workshops are targeted at master-level coursework students.
Format:
There are two 2-hour workshops that are repeated across the semester.
Note: These workshops are available to all FEIT students but also form part of the Skills Towards Employment Program (STEP) and the Engineering Practice Hurdle (EPH).
Dates:
- Verbal Communication 1
- Tue. April 9, 3:15 - 5:15 pm
- Fri. April 12, 2:15 - 4:15 pm
- Mon. May 6, 3:15 - 5:15 pm
- Tue. May 7, 3:15 - 5:15 pm
- Verbal Communication 2
- Mon. April 15, 3:15 - 5:15 pm
- Tue. April 16, 3:15 - 5:15 pm
- Mon. May 13, 3:15 - 5:15 pm
- Tue. May 14, 3:15 - 5:15 pm
Registration: https://sugeni.us/4uJL
Contact: EPH Team - eph-info@unimelb.edu.au
Academic English Tutorials for graduate coursework students
Academic Skills and the Engineering Learning Unit
The Academic English Tutorial program is free, runs for 9 weeks and is offered during your first or second semester at university.
The tutorial series runs during semester and is scheduled to fit between your other classes. The tutorials are designed to help you to develop and apply the academic and English language skills you need to participate in class and succeed in your assessment tasks at the University of Melbourne.
Format:
The 9-week tutorial program runs one session per week from week 2 to week 11 (with a 2-week break in the middle of semester). Each tutorial runs for 90 minutes.
Applying for the program:
Complete the expression of interest form to apply. Submit your expression of interest here.
(https://melbourneuni.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_e2GuvyYwW6eoR1k)
Contact: Academic Skills - academic-skills@unimelb.edu.au
Writing circle: Scholarly writing skills for Masters coursework students
School of Computer and Information Systems
The Writing Circle initiative is designed to assist you in improving your writing skills, gain deeper insights on how to give and receive constructive feedback, and introduce you to rubrics, and find out how to use rubrics in your assignments.
The Writing Circle is comprised of three modules that have been crafted in consideration of writing research literature and focus on ways to enhance and practice:
Module 1: Report writing skills – identify and practice clear writing techniques using examples
Module 2: Peer-feedback – identify effective feedback, editing versus proofreading and practice giving feedback
Module 3: Rubrics – recognize different rubrics and how they are used in assessments, offer feedback using a rubric
Format:
This is a self-paced online course.
Dates:
Students may enrol at any time.
Contact: Antonette Mendoza - mendozaa@unimelb.edu.au
Boost your career the fun way: Join Ask Alumni
Whether you're deciding on which career path to take, exploring research or are simply curious to know more about certain industries, Ask Alumni is a micro-mentoring opportunity where you can meet up to 1- professional University of Melbourne alumni per month. There is no prerequisite to join.
Your alumni have volunteered to help answer any questions you might have, because they know what it's like to be in your shoes.
Joining takes a few minutes, after which you will have access to thousands of alumni profiles that can be filtered by location, role title, industry, organisation, graduated degree etc.
Ask Alumni will provide recommended mentors for you to connect with, but the choice of who to contact, and when to connect, is entirely up to you. Ranging in professional seniority, alumni have experience working at organisations including CSIRO, Aurecon, Grattan Institute, BHP and many more.
Join here to grow your career network and industry insights.
Ask Alumni: Next Steps sessions
Ask Alumni is a flash mentoring program that connects current students with alumni, and alumni with each other. Sign up at any time and have informative conversations on a range of topics. No matter where you are in the world or how much time you're able to commit, there is something to gain. Check out the latest sessions available here: