5:00pm to 5:30pm
Admissions Application Processes - Coursework and Research Applications
Presenter: Ms Dale Brosnahan, Manager
Admissions Office
Venue: Common Room
Synopsis: A general overview will be given on the admissions processes for research and postgraduate coursework students. Question time will be included.
ANU Medical School: Admission and Course Structure
Presenter: Professor Rosemary Martin
ANU College of Medicine and Health Sciences
Synopsis: Details of the selection process for entry to the ANU Medical School will be presented, including types of medical places and Scholarship opportunities. The structure of the medical course, typical weekly program and facilities that support students during the course will also be outlined.
Art History and Curatorship at the ANU and NGA
Presenter: Professor Sasha Grishin
ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
Venue: Fellows Room
Synopsis: Art History at the ANU is a nationally and internationally acknowledged centre of excellence for the training of art curators over several decades, with hundreds of its graduates employed in galleries and museums throughout the world. Professor Sasha Grishin, Head of Art History at the ANU, will discuss how the training program operates at a graduate level, especially in association with the National Gallery of Australia.
Overview of the Environmental Management and Development Program
Presenter: Professor Jeff Bennett
ANU College of Asia and the Pacific
Venue: Drawing Room
Synopsis: The program builds on individual discipline-based technical and analytical skills. It aims to deepen and broaden your knowledge of the social, ecological and economic concepts and paradigms that underpin environmental management decisions. With a world class faculty, the program is a leader in its field. The various awards available, teaching staff, required courses and elective specialisations will be discussed. A related program, for those with an economics background, is the Environmental and Resource Economics Program, to be presented at 6pm. See the International and Development Economics Program timetable in this calendar.
Overview of the Public Policy and Public Administration Programs
Presenter: Professor Bruce Chapman
ANU College of Asia and the Pacific
Venue: Seminar Room
Synopsis: The Master of Public Policy (MPP) and Master of Public Administration (MPA) are advanced professional programs designed to help accelerate or redirect your career in and around government. The MPP offers a choice of seven specialisations; Economic Policy, Environmental Policy, Social Policy, International Policy, Policy Analysis, Environmental Law, and Development Policy. The MPA offers a range of opportunities for advanced investigation of the analytical skills, public policies and organisational practices appropriate for public administration and managing program outcomes. Both programs are regarded as among Australia's leading public sector degrees. A full outline of the courses and other awards available will be discussed.
5:30pm to 6:00pm
Guest speaker: Professor Lawrence Cram, Deputy Vice-Chancellor
Venue: The Hall
6:00pm to 6:30pm
A Degree of Certainty – How Graduate Study Can Help Your Career
Presenter: Ms Kate Gemmell, Manager
ANU Careers Centre
Venue: Common Room
Synopsis: By introducing participants to the basics of Career Planning, and providing a framework for participants to explore their own career values, this session will encourage participants to link their study plans and ideas with their future career goals. It will look at the demand for graduate skills, explore the demand areas in the graduate labour market, and show you how to make the most of your study.
Presented by the Manager of the ANU Careers Centre, this will be a useful session for those wanting to integrate their study with their broader life and career goals.
Postgraduate Law Studies at ANU
Presenter: Specialist Area Convenors
ANU College of Law
Venue: Torrence Room
Synopsis: The ANU College of Law offers a long established, well-recognised postgraduate coursework program. Our program is the largest in the University and caters for lawyers and those from a non-law background. We offer innovative and contemporary courses that address current issues in legal practice and theory. In addition to the general Master of Laws (LLM), specialist programs of study are available in International Law, Government & Commercial Law, Environmental Law and Legal Practice. We also offer a Graduate Certificate in Australian Migration Law & Practice.
Understanding Populations and Society
Presenter: Professor Peter McDonald
ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
Venue: Fellows Room
Synopsis: The past, present and future of populations of the world, of countries and other local communities has fascinated me for 40 years. It has been said (by Auguste Comte, the founder of modern sociology) that demography is destiny. In contrast with this, the modern study of population sees demography not as an exogenous force that determines the destinies of societies but that it is the organisation of society that determines demography. Nevertheless, past demography can have an influence that lasts for many decades. The ageing of the Australian population between 2020 and 2040 has its origins not only in falls in birth and death rates in the past 30 years but also in the relative numbers of births in the 1930s and 1940s compared with the 1950s and 1960s. Thus, future ageing has a 100-year history. In the talk, I shall elaborate on these stories and on others such as the massive rise of world population in the past 250 years and the implications of very low fertility rates in many countries today.
Graduate Studies in Strategy and Defence
Presenter: Dr Robert Ayson
ANU College of Asia and the Pacific
Venue: Drawing Room
Synopsis: This presentation will introduce the Graduate Studies in Strategy and Defence program, based in the prestigious Strategic and Defence Studies Centre at ANU. The Program offers Masters and Graduate Diploma qualifications in strategic studies. The presentation will cover the extensive range of strategic studies courses on offer, from Asia-Pacific security and Australian defence to terrorism and intelligence; the array of expert scholars who contribute to the program; scholarship possibilities for both international and domestic students; options for full and part-time students; and the wide range of career choices our graduates have on offer.
Overview of the International and Development Economics Programs
Presenter: Dr Tom Kompas
ANU College of Asia and the Pacific
Venue: Seminar Room
Synopsis: The program is designed to provide advanced education in economics and its application to policy formulation, and focuses on international and development issues. It has a highly successful history dating back decades at ANU, with graduates being much sought after in government and industry alike, within Australia and abroad. Discussed will be the various degrees available, teaching staff and required courses. Also discussed will be the Environmental and Resource Economics Program. This program offers rigorous training in the areas of economics and, environmental systems and natural resource management. Demand is increasing for professionals with a grasp of how to manage our environment in a sustainable and economically desirable way. The academic staff are some of the best in the world and are well equipped to provide contemporary theory and practical approaches to your learning. The presentation will describe the details of the program, teaching staff and required courses.
6:30pm to 7:00pm
Value Adding: The Different Ways in which the Academic Skills and Learning Centre Works with Graduate Students
Presenter: Dr Stephen Milnes, Academic Skills and Learning Centre
Academic Skills and Learning Centre
Venue: Common Room
Synopsis:The Academic Skills and Learning Centre aims to teach students a broad range of strategies to take control of their learning, so as to become active and confident learners who think critically, research effectively, communicate incisively and apply their learning with integrity. This session will focus on how the ASLC works with graduate students.
Software Engineering and IT – Stepping Across the Professional Skills Gap
Presenter: Associate Professor Chris Johnson
ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science
Venue: Torrence Room
Synopsis: The IT industry has a widening gap between the skills that workers have grown up with and the demands of the modern workplace. Courses in industrial best practices for requirements elicitation, high level software development, critical systems and human-computer interfaces are at the core of newly restructured Masters degrees in Computing and Software Engineering. Many courses are offered in work-friendly teaching formats, taught by well-qualified academics with decades of frontline industry experience who aim to help students to make a difference to their professional lives and to their employers' effectiveness. We also provide other specialisations in research-led computer science and computer systems, and masters programs that can get you on a research track.
A number of government-supported places are available for both part-time and full-time students in the following degrees: Master of Engineering; Master of Engineering (Honours); Master of Software Engineering; Master of Information Technology Studies; Master of Computing; Master of Computing (Honours).
Research Opportunities in the ANU College of Science
Presenter: Dr Stefan Broer
ANU College of Science
Venue: Fellows Room
Opportunities in the Field of International Relations and Peace and Conflict Studies
Presenter: Mr Greg Fry
ANU College of Asia and the Pacific
Venue: Drawing Room
Synopsis: Mr Fry will outline what a postgraduate coursework program in international relations has to offer, where it might lead and how it is organised. He will also explain the Peace and Conflict specialisation, which can be incorporated into the Master of Arts (International Relations), Master of International Affairs, Graduate Diploma in International Affairs and Master of Diplomacy/Master of Arts (International Relations) program. This specialisation entails study in both Canberra, at the ANU, and Norway at the International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO).
Master of Business Administration and Related Programs
Presenter: Coordinator MBA and Master of Management Programs
ANU College of Business and Economics
Venue: Seminar Room
Synopsis: This presentation will focus on the MBA program, as well as its two related programs of Master of Management and the Graduate Certificate in Management. Both of these management programs can lead into the MBA which gives students greater flexibility.
A number of government-supported places are available for both part-time and full-time students in the following degrees: Master of Business Administration; Master of Management; Master of Commerce; Master of Marketing; Master of Business Information Systems; Master of Economics (and Grad Dip Ec); Master of Applied Economics (and Grad Dip App Ec); Master of Economic Policy (and Grad Dip Ec Pol).
7:00pm to 7:30pm
Research Students Office
Presenter: Ros Taylor
Research Students Office
Venue: Common Room
Synopsis: A general overview of what the ANU offers in the way of scholarships, conditions, benefits, eligibility and the parts various stakeholders play in the process. Questions are invited.
Graduate Coursework in Environment, Society and Science
Presenter: Professor Peter Kanowski
ANU College of Science
Venue: Fellows Room
Asia Pacific College of Diplomacy
Presenter: Dr Pauline Kerr
ANU College of Asia and the Pacific
Venue: Drawing Room
Synopsis: The Master of Diplomacy Combined Degree program is an ideal study choice for those whose professional careers require a comprehensive understanding of diplomacy, and its contemporary challenges, whether in academia, the public service, or with multilateral organisations, transnational corporations or non-government organizations (NGOs).The Master of Diplomacy Combined Degree offers a range of study combinations that provide many career options for students. For example, a student completing a Master of Diplomacy/Master of Strategic Affairs will have professional opportunities with government defence departments or with peace-building NGOs. Or, a student with existing diplomatic experience, perhaps from a foreign ministry or international section of a bureaucracy or NGO, will have more options for career development from studying diplomacy combined with either international relations, or international law, or international economic development, or international environmental issues, or Middle Eastern studies. Whatever combinations students choose they can expect to acquire analytical skills and knowledge essential to working in a competitive academic or policy global environment. The Asia-Pacific College of Diplomacy is the first of its type in the southern hemisphere and attracts students from all regions of the world. The mix of nationalities, disciplines and professional backgrounds is stimulating and rewarding, intellectually and personally. Dr Pauline Kerr, the Director of Studies, will discuss the program and highlight the rewards and opportunities open to students of the Master of Diplomacy Combined Degree program.
Business and Economics
Presenter: TBA
ANU College of Business and Economics
Venue: Seminar Room
Synopsis: The ANU College of Business and Economics offers a comprehensive range of postgraduate degrees in Business, from Graduate Certificate level through to Master and PhD study. This presentation will focus on the business disciplines of Accounting, Actuarial Studies, Business IT, Commerce, Finance, Marketing, and Statistics. This presentation will also include the range of postgraduate coursework degrees in the School of Economics at ANU. Its programs have expanded over the years to include Applied Economics, Economic Policy, and International Trade & Economic Relations.
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Thursday 24 May, 5pm - 7.30pm