Melbourne Polytechnic in Preston, Victoria, Australia | Higher education

Melbourne Polytechnic

Locality: Preston, Victoria, Australia

Phone: +61 3 9269 1200

Address: 77 St Georges Road, 3072 Preston, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.melbournepolytechnic.edu.au

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23.01.2022 'Botanica' features work produced by Melbourne Polytechnic Certificate IV of Visual Arts, Diploma in Visual Arts and Advanced Diploma of Creative Product Development students in response to the natural world. The exhibition comprises 44 selected works on paper, produced in a variety of media including drawing, illustration and printmaking. This exhibition provides an exciting opportunity for students to exhibit their work. For many, this is the first time they have exhibited their work in public and thus represents an important milestone in their creative practice and future careers.

22.01.2022 Check out this creative music collabortation featuring our very own Head of Music Dr Jonathan Dimond. Jonathan collaborated on this improvisation project during lockdown with other leaturers and music teachers from all over Australia including Evripides Evripidou (Melbourne University / Victorian College Of The Arts), PW Farrell (Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University), Dr Lyndon Gray (Elder Conservatorium, The University of Adelaide), Craig Strain (Bass Lessons Melbourne) and Geoff Kluke

21.01.2022 You can check here to see how far your 5km radius reaches. Support small business in your community and stay safe!

20.01.2022 What's better than barbershops reopening? a free haircut! Clients needed for term 4 #stayconnected #hairdressing

14.01.2022 Today the Victorian Government announced the introduction of a ‘circuit breaker lockdown’, including a range of restrictions which will be in place from 11.59pm Thursday 27 May for seven days. In line with these restrictions, all of Melbourne Polytechnic’s campuses will close from Friday 28 May to Thursday 3 June 2021 inclusive. We will continue to operate remotely. Staff and students will be sent further information about what this means for them via their Melbourne Polytech...nic email address. Melbourne Polytechnic is taking our response to COVID-19 seriously and we are committed to the health and wellbeing of our community. More information on the Victorian Government’s announcement of the 7 Day Circuit Breaker Restrictions is available here.

14.01.2022 Sometimes life takes you down a different path, always remember it's never too late to come back and its NEVER too late to stop learning. Take it from Arpita... If you have thought about doing accounting or bookkeeping, here's your sign! #accounting #bookkeeping #success #learning #goals #neverstoplearning

13.01.2022 This week 58 students and staff from our Sports Turf program were treated to a two-hour discussion and Q&A with Mike O'Keefe from Ohio State University. Ohio State University has one of the most famous collegiate golf courses in the USA and takes on intern 'turfies' from Australia to learn the prestigious ropes. Mike is the Program Manager - College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences and also the Program Manager at 'The Ohio Program'. Thank you for your time, Mike.

13.01.2022 We are excited to announce that St Georges Restaurant will be re-opening on Tuesday 17th November for restricted lunch and dinner services. Check out the post below for more details!

12.01.2022 Retrospective: hair show 2014! #hairdressing #barbering #melbpoly #stayconnected

12.01.2022 Honestly. Arborists. We SALUTE YOU! #arborists #melbpoly #stayconnected

10.01.2022 Melbourne Polytechnic Animal Studies lunch time parade over at our Fairfield campus. Who do you think won the race to lunch?

10.01.2022 Open House Melbourne is going virtual this weekend. Check out the line up of virtual Open House events here https://www.openhouseworldwide.org/festival

10.01.2022 The annual photography print auction is moving online for the very first time, so now you can browse and bid from the comfort of your own home. All prints have been generously donated by an array of amazing photographers including alumni, teachers, students and other extra special artists. The website is now live for you to browse all the prints that are up for grabs. You might even find a Christmas present for that hard to buy for family member. ... Bidding will open Thursday 5th November at 9am and close Wednesday 11th November at 8pm. To check out the work and register to bid jump over to the website https://www.32auctions.com/photogradshow2020

10.01.2022 This week is NAIDOC week, a time to celebrate and reflect on the history, culture and achievements of our First Nations people. SLAM Student Life at MelbPoly has teamed up with Koorie Services to bring you a week full of events, head over to SLAM Student Life at MelbPoly page to register for these events. ‘Always Was, Always Will Be’... #AlwaysWasAwlaysWillBe #NAIDOC2020 #NAIDOCWeek #NAIDOC

10.01.2022 Flashback Friday! Here's one of our first trade courses at Collingwood Technical School - gloves optional? The school was on the site that is now Collingwood Yards #timeshavechanged #melbpoly #neverstoplearning

09.01.2022 The final year Bachelor of Illustration students are please to present their graduation exhibition 'Isolation Creation' as a 3D virtual online gallery. Walk though the virtual gallery at your own pace or opt to take the virtual tour with backing music courtesy of the Bachelor of Music students. Select works are for sale with all details on how to purchase the artwork listed on the individual artworks descriptions.... You can view the exhibition online until January 28th 2021 https://artspaces.kunstmatrix.com//2358/isolation-creation

09.01.2022 Our horticulture students have been instrumental is assisting with the Melbourne Food Hub's 'Grow/Source/Eat' initiative. This initiative is giving Melburnians easy-to-access fresh, locally sourced and sustainably grown produce, while providing farmers with a living wage, to enable a direct-to-consumer network through vegetable subscription boxes. Read more here... #horticulture #sustainability #melbpoly #stayconnected

08.01.2022 With less traffic and air noise at the moment, those odd little sounds you hear in at dusk could be one of these scarce green legends. The endangered Growling Grass Frog which can be found as close as Brimbank in Melbourne. If you or your kids are frog-curious, jump on to this free webinar to learn more about our local frogs, where they live and how you can get involved with a community frog-monitoring program. Held on National Threatened Species Day, this event will be presented by a member of Melbourne Water's Frog Census Team and Black Snake Productions. You’ll get to virtually meet frogs during an online wildlife display and it’s all topped off with a Q&A session. Find out more here

08.01.2022 The Illustration and Printmaking students from the Diploma of Visual Arts have teamed up to present their work online as part of this years Illustre X Epoch 2020 exhibition. Going live this Friday 20th November at www.aspaceonline.com.au, you can check out all their work from the comfort of your own home.

05.01.2022 Today is National Reconciliation Day - Reconciliation Australia’s theme for 2021 is 'More than a word. Reconciliation takes action', and urges the reconciliation movement towards braver and more impactful action. Find out more here... #morethanaword #NRW2021 #melbpoly https://youtu.be/ZMhfKLiC5Rk

05.01.2022 LIVE TONIGHT at 7PM - The National Campus Music Comp. Coming to you live over at www.twitch.tv/slam_team, don't miss out!

04.01.2022 Glaas Inc is holding it's first exhibition at the newly established Australian Centre for Glass Design located at the Prahran campus. You can view the 'Lightworkers' exhibition every Wednesday's and Saturday's 11am-4pm from this Saturday 28 November or by appointment. Lightworkers is an experience which aims to uplift and inspire the viewer, elevating mood and energy and promoting positivity in post-lockdown Melbourne. It demonstrates the use of light as part of the palette of the glass artist, and features architectural, studio and sculptural works in glass by experienced makers including Bethany Wheeler, Kate Nixon and Anne Sorensen, as well as works by emerging artists such as Nadine Keegan and Dan Bowran both of whom are students in the current Certificate III course at Melbourne Polytechnic.

02.01.2022 It's the little things that can have the biggest impact. If you're using disposable masks, please cut off the straps before you get rid of them. #conservation #landmanagement #stayconnected

01.01.2022 R U OK Day is here - a reminder to all that everyday is R U OK Day. Read more here.... #RUOK #stayconnected