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The Eastern Precinct Student Centre now updates students with important information, news and events relating to your enrolment via Facebook and Twitter. Click on the buttons below to ‘Like’ the EPSC on Facebook and ‘follow’ the EPSC on Twitter; to make sure that you receive important announcements in real time. You can check in at the EPSC as well!

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Grants and Bursaries 2012

Date: Applications close Monday 12 March
Venue: Parkville campus

Having difficulties paying your study and living costs?

Student Financial Aid can assist with grants to help students in financial need, including the Housing grant for renters. Applications and the full list of grants can be made on the Financial Aid website.

Student Financial Aid also assists students with interest-free loans, Centrelink issues and general money and budgeting advice. Appointments can be made on 8344 6550.

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Genetics Department Welcome BBQ

Date: Tuesday 6 March
Time: 12.30 pm
Venue: Genetics Building Courtyard

The staff in Genetics would like to officially welcome 2nd and 3rd year Genetics students to the Department. We will be organising a short welcome address, followed by a relaxed BBQ held in the Genetics building courtyard. All interested students are welcomed to attended and will be able to informally chat to members of the Department and current students.

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“Bariatric (weight loss) surgery: your questions answered”

Date: Thursday 15 March
Time: 6.00 - 7.30 pm
Venue: Frederic Wood Jones Lecture Theatre, Level 3, Medical Building

Bariatric Surgery: the most common procedures used in Australia, the pre and post surgery care and maintenance, and the risks and benefits of surgery will be discussed. This will be followed by Emily O’Loughlin’s (comedian) personal story and our panel of experts taking your questions.

Please RSVP by Monday 12 March to Nicola Robinson on 94962645 or by clicking on the email button below

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2012 Graduate Careers Fair

Date: Wednesday 7 March
Time: 12.00 to 4:00 pm
Venue: Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton Gardens

In 2012, the Graduate Careers Fair will be staged at the Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton Gardens. This year 100 to 150 employers are expected to participate.

The majority of employers attending the Graduate Careers Fair offer structured graduate employment programs and actively recruit final year students to commence full-time employment with them in the following year.

All are welcomed to attend and meet a variety of employers including accounting, law and insurance companies, investment banks, management consultancies as well as local, state and federal government departments.

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Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP)

Date: Applications open Monday 26 March and close Friday 13 April
Times: Positions will commence during the winter vacation period

UROP offers "real life" experience of research through casual employment of a student in a research laboratory or team in the biomedical field. A wide variety of projects are offered ranging from mainly lab based through to bioinformatics.  Students studying maths, stats and computer science are also encouraged to apply.  For more information visit the website which also contains a FAQ section or contact the Program Administrator, Mrs Debbie Dorfan by clicking on the email button below.

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Veterinary Science Open Day

Date: Sunday 25 March
Time: 10.00 am – 3.00 pm
Location: Faculty of Veterinary Science, 250 Princes Highway, Werribee

The Veterinary Science Open Day is an opportunity for future students and the community to go behind the scenes of our state-of-the-art Veterinary Hospital in Werribee.

Visitors will have the opportunity to speak with veterinary staff, meet current students and tour our outstanding facilities.

Course and career advice will be available throughout the day, giving prospective students and their parents the opportunity to learn about the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine graduate program.

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Focus Group - Engineering brochures

Date: Tuesday 27 March
Time: 12:00 - 1:15 pm
Venue: Old Engineering student consultation rooms (meet at the Engineering Student Centre), Old Engineering

Are you an undergraduate student studying engineering or IT subjects? If so, we would like to talk to you about our course brochure. Did it help you? How can we make it better?

Join us for a pizza lunch on Tuesday March 27. Meet us at the at the Student Centre, Old Engineering Building (no. 173), at 12.00 pm.

You will also a double movie pass!

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Beginning the honours year in Science

Date: Tuesday 13 March, Tuesday 27 March and Tuesday 24 April
Time: 1.00 - 2.00 pm
Venue: Room 120, First Floor, Sidney Myer Asia Centre

Beginning the honours year in Science

1. Getting started: Meeting the challenges of an honours year
2. Reading critically for your literature review
3. Writing the Literature Review

Please register if you wish to attend. To register for these workshops, go to the enrolment link on the Academic skills homepage by clicking on the button below.

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The University of Tokyo Research Internship Program (UTRIP)

Dates: 18 June - 27 July 2012 (First crew) and 2 July - 10 August 2012 (Second crew) 
Time: various
Location: University of Tokyo, Japan

UTRIP is a six-week program for students currently in the 2nd or 3rd year of the Bachelor of Science degree majoring in natural science and other relevant fields. You'll have the opportunity to experience life as a graduate research student, working with leading researchers at the Graduate School of Science at Todai, as well as enjoy off-campus activities and various social and cultural events. Participants will also receive financial support to cover travel and accommodation costs. Applications close 16 March 2012.

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The Rosshandler Summer Science @ Weizmann Scholarship

Date: Applications close Monday 12 March
Location: Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel

The Dr Bessie Lawrence International Summer Science Institute (ISSI) is a prestigious summer school program, bringing together 90 talented science students from all over the world to the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel. Win one of three selective scholarships covering program fees, accommodation (approx value $4500) and an additional $2000 towards travel costs to Israel (if traveling specifically from Australia for the program).

Work on live projects with leading scientists in the Weizmann Institute’s world class laboratories from Monday 2 - Friday 27 July 2012.

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Pre-ENG Club

Location: Parkville campus

Our new Pre-ENG Club is a community of future engineers studying in the pathway degrees.

Benefits include: 

• Invitation to a Welcome BBQ (in March) + a free T-shirt
• Opportunities to meet Master of Engineering coordinators and even the Dean of Engineering to discuss your future at MSE
• Up-to-date information on opportunities available including research experiences, career advice, work experience, scholarships and other events to help you through each year of your studies prior to the Master of Engineering. 

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