Fertility is on the decline in many parts of the world. Prof. Leah Ruppanner, director of The Future of Work Lab, looks at what's behind this → unimelb.me/4ea8lf1

Check out Prof. Ruppanner’s new podcast, MissPerceived, which looks at gender myths and truths → unimelb.me/3R0mKAi

Medicine and portraiture have a long history 💊🖼️

Join us for this talk with Professor Ludmilla Jordanova who will explore the way healthcare professionals necessarily make careful visual appraisals and the concept of ‘somatic affinity’ → unimelb.me/3Ve2xtm

Join us for breakfast by Mabu Mabu and a talk by Thomas Watson, a Gangulu, Garingbal, and Wadja person who has been working towards revitalising his language over the past 5 years.

Register now → unimelb.me/4dMFoFL

National Reconciliation Week (NRW) is a time for all Australians to learn about our shared histories, cultures, and achievements 🖤💛❤️

Tap the link to participate in the #UniMelb #NRW24 event program → unimelb.me/3GnQSip

Mexico’s upcoming general election, the largest in the country's history, will be a de facto referendum on President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s government.

What does his controversial leadership and legacy mean for the future of Mexican politics → unimelb.me/3UXSFmb

It’s giving ~dark academia~ 🏛️📜🕯️

Fascination with the ancient world is nothing new but why are we seeing record numbers of students studying ancient languages?

PhD student Noah Wellington investigates what’s behind the recent boom → unimelb.me/3QRKtT1

Congratulations to Professor Adrian Hearn who is off to Havana, Cuba as part of the Consortium for Advanced Studies Abroad program.

His role as faculty-in-residence will involve delivering seminars on the topic of ethnicity and development in Cuba → unimelb.me/3ys9QEZ

Researchers have developed a new AI-supported educational tool aimed at helping practitioners deliver safe, high-quality support to people with disability.

Read more → unimelb.me/3wiTzBh

The Government says they are committed to urgently responding to the scale of men’s violence against women.

But expert Marie Segrave says there remains inaction on reforming our systems, especially when it comes to women on temporary visas.

Read more → unimelb.me/3yrmWSx

Enrolment now open for short-term programs in translation at Faculty of Arts, focusing on:

How to use machine translation and AI
How to teach translation

Professional Certificate (2 subjects):
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Graduate Certificate (4 subjects):
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Congratulations to Professor Robyn Sloggett who has been awarded an ARC Industry Laureate Fellowship for the five-year program ‘Safe Keeping: Effecting solutions for risk to remote Indigenous heritage’.

Read more → unimelb.me/3wl7sz8

Please join us in congratulating Dr Shannyn Palmer for winning the 2024 Ernest Scott Prize! 🥳

This year, Dr Shannyn Palmer was recognised for her book, Unmaking Angas Downs: Myth and History on a Central Australian Pastoral Station 📚

Read more → unimelb.me/3xWRtrh

What can parents do to support children’s learning of community language? Join the Asia Institute to hear what recent research from an Australia-wide study on the Japanese community tells us 🗣️

Register now → unimelb.me/49VgRen

Congratulations to our Boisbouvier Chair in Australian Literature, Professor Tony Birch, who has been awarded The Age 2024 Fiction Book of the Year, for his new novel Women & Children 🌟

Read more → unimelb.me/3UQYmDC

Malaysian society stands at a crossroads as ethnic tensions simmer, fuelled by fiery rhetoric and a rise in Malay nationalism. What's behind this trend in Malaysian politics and why now?

Experts unpack this question and more on our Ear To Asia podcast → unimelb.me/3JFEzAs

Stories of migration from the Mediterranean to Australia are often framed as stories of struggle and success.

Join this conversation exploring migration, the politics of belonging and what these stories leave out when it comes to Indigenous sovereignty → unimelb.me/3UhC24v

The secrets of the Art West façade reveal themselves if you look just right 👀

📸 Instagram/walking_perspective

Disability support practitioners can now use a new AI-supported tool to help them create better quality plans for people with disability, thanks to research from @ArtsUniMelb Faculty of Engineering & Information Technology UQ News and Flinders University.

Read more 🔗 unimelb.me/3wiTzBh

As part of our partnership with Melbourne Writers Festival, we’re pleased to support a conversation between two award-winning storytellers - Christos Tsiolkas and Bryan Washington.

Book now and use code UOM30 for 30% off → unimelb.me/4cL0P9z

We’re thrilled to partner with Melbourne Writers Festival to present this lecture from philosopher A.C. Grayling delving into the age-old question: how should I live my life? 🤔

Book now and use code UOM30 for 30% off → unimelb.me/3JaaYil