UMSU Southbank in Southbank, Victoria, Australia | Community organisation

UMSU Southbank

Locality: Southbank, Victoria, Australia

Address: 234 St Kilda Road 3006 Southbank, VIC, Australia

Website: umsu.unimelb.edu.au/communities/southbank

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25.01.2022 Our friends at the Unions Creative Arts are onto Tastings 2020. Get amongst it!

24.01.2022 Applying for the Experimental Collaborations grant? Get your grant writing skillz on. Join us next week for a Grant Writing Workshop via zoom next Monday (28th) at 4PM!

23.01.2022 add your brilliance to the UMSU Southbank publication https://docs.google.com//1rq0YgEDVsBkJ4A6w3CVhA4iP7pb/edit

22.01.2022 We stand with Barry for free education #unmutethearts.

20.01.2022 Happy Healthy Art Making Presented by Arts Centre Melbourne and UMSU Southbank Happy Healthy Art Making will be presented by a speaker from the Arts Wellbeing Collective (arts centre Melb). Attendees will learn about how to get motivated and stay mindful and resilient when making art especially in our new apocalyptic digital art making age. They will discuss ways to engage in a creative practice that is sustainable for the artist and won’t lead to burnout.... This is the first of hopefully many a free workshops presented by the UMSU Southbank Department and the Arts Centre designed to help artists upskill and learn more about their craft, how to find meaningful ways to take a breath, and how one might take action on bettering the arts industry. These workshops will help student artists continue making and creating even in isolation and help ready them for the art world outside of uni. When: Thursday 19 November, 1:30pm-2:45pm Cost: Free Where: Zoom (of course) *Link sent out shortly,

20.01.2022 Big changes are coming to the way higher education is funded in this country. These changes are going to negatively impact on the equalising effect of higher education on the Australian community. UMSU Southbank office-bearers were directed to write to members of the Senate Cross-bench who will need to vote against the bill to stop its passage through the Senate. You can too, email: [email protected], [email protected] and [email protected] and te...ll them why you think they should vote against raising higher education fees. Now is the time to aim high and to protect higher education in Australia.

19.01.2022 A message from the VC: Obedience by Theatre student Will Hall! #unmutethearts [language warning]

19.01.2022 UMSU SB, inviting all Drawing and Printmaking students to meet and discuss fee relief. This Thursday 2pm be there and have your voice heard! https://unimelb.zoom.us/j/93068297851

18.01.2022 hi all, for anyone still interested in filling their brains with arty thoughts today and learning some new skills for the creative industry and for anyone who is a tad sad that the grant writing workshop is now on wednesday and now you have a free afternoon with nothing to generate creative concepts in your mind.... Here is the link for a talk Rosie Isaacs is doing today on writing and performance @4pm https://unimelb.zoom.us/j/95405100644 Password: 812362

18.01.2022 GRANT WRITING WORKSHOP MOVED TO WEDNESDAY 4PM Last chance to send through writing and register in the form below for the grant writing workshop. https://forms.gle/b3rWw2NSZaQEDdoc6 Mind you the workshop is available to everyone via the zoom link. ... https://unimelb.zoom.us/j/94879811352 Registering is very helpful, you can send through and questions and writing you would like help with. Looking forward to seeing you there

17.01.2022 On Thursday last week, June 11, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Melbourne said, in an email to all staff, that because staff had voted against a pay cut COVID-19 would lead to "inevitable workforce reductions." This is despite the fact that "Melbourne is in a comparatively strong financial position with sufficient available cash and investments to cover all the potential fee losses for 2020" (Marshman & Larkins, 2020: 14). Hasan Minhaj covers US instances of University students fighting for fee remission in the wake of COVID-19.

16.01.2022 #UnmuteTheArts - Art for Fee Relief Created by Alec Gutteridge

15.01.2022 Production cohort UNION meeting on now. join us to discuss production student rights Join from PC, Mac, iOS or Android: https://unimelb.zoom.us/j/95746627245 Password: union

15.01.2022 SBS news has recently contacted UMSU Southbank for an interview, officially featured in this important discussion on education during an incredibly complex time for students during COVID 19. Have a read. Marnie vinall is a wonderful journalist and it was a really great to be part of this. Keep up the good fight friends https://www.sbs.com.au//the-class-of-2020-what-it-s-like-t

15.01.2022 Our teachers, technicians, librarians, and enrichment staff deserve better. We stand with the National Tertiary Education Unions Unimelb branch in their fight to stop cuts. Staff should vote NO to the proposed Enterprise Agreement Variation.

14.01.2022 In this video, Mia and Will chat a bit about #UnmuteTheArts: how you can take part and how the fight for fee relief is far from over.

13.01.2022 Hey all, good news! We just got a workshop confirmed HAPPY HEATHY ART MAKING for the 19th on November ( this month). It will he run during the day, so note it in your schedules. More info to come soon. Really excited to see y’all there!

13.01.2022 Have you got an exciting idea for a creative collaboration? The Experimental Collaborations Grant is an opportunity for Faculty students to develop new creative work and access tools and experience to help build a career in the arts. The grant offers eight student groups a $2200 project fund, website hosting, and mentorship sessions with industry professionals. Applications close 4 August. For more information on how to apply, visit the Experimental Collaborations Grant website https://finearts-music.unimelb.edu.au//experimental-collab

11.01.2022 Sha Sarwari is an amazing artist and a graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts. His art reminds us of the important role art has in providing us hope!

11.01.2022 The Arts Wellbebing collective say that taking care of your head and heart and taking care of your community are key to looking after your mental health during COVID-19. Check out some of their wonderful advice here. https://www.artswellbeingcollective.com.au/resour/covid-19/

11.01.2022 Whats rattling around in between your ear holes? Got something you would like to say? Sick of screaming into the digital void? Well we want to hear you, and share your words from one side of the VCA/MCM to another. We are a student led publication, funded by UMSU Southbank. For you, by you. We are aiming to encourage a sense of community and shared understanding of the diverse student experience and how we are responding to the worlds around us and inside. We believe in the ...collective power of the student voice. We are looking for people to contribute in a few ways, including; writings, articles or artworks/documentations of artworks. Also, we welcome people to help with the organisation process or editing/ formatting. It is student led and we would love to have as much representation of different voices included in the publication, it is essentially a platform of which you can voice your experiences and feelings on issues relevant to your life and experience within the institution. So far we imagine it will be printed and exist online, and we are hoping that we can make an audio version so that it is as accessible as possible. If youre interested in contributing or simply want to attend a meeting to find out what the heck is going on, tell us your email in the form below and we will send you what can happen next. https://forms.gle/sCrZmjL54ky3zKXz5 We dont have a name yet, as a publication, but our editors have names, Leyla, Evelyn and Lauren. Drop them a line to discuss: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Some ideas we are interested in but not limited to; Fee relief How the University has treated students recently Dance cohort and risk management Consent protocols in performance-based programs Recent changes to funding arrangements in higher education Relationship between arts community + government Having an online studio based practice What has happened to the arts community due to COVID What does being obedient mean and is the university requiring us to be? Aboriginal experiences at VCA/MCM What does it mean to study within an institution while studying fine art and music Practices of institutional critique

11.01.2022 Do you want to apply for this Grant but dont know how or feel unsure? We are running a grant application workshop moved to Wednesday at 4pm with the very skilled grant writer and artist Kate Stodart. The workshop is for anyone interested in learning a bit more about how to write grants, and more specifically how to get involved in this opportunity. Please register your interest here: https://forms.gle/b3rWw2NSZaQEDdoc6 More info on this workshop will be sent out throughout t...he week. Cant wait to see you there! Zoom Details for the workshop ------------------------------------ Topic: Experimental Collaborations Grant Workshop Time: Jul 27, 2020 04:00 PM Australia/Melbourne Join from PC, Mac, iOS or Android: https://unimelb.zoom.us/j/94879811352 Password: union The Experimental Collaborative Grant ------------------------------------- Have you got an exciting idea for a creative collaboration? The Experimental Collaborations Grant is an opportunity for Faculty students to develop new creative work and access tools and experience to help build a career in the arts. The grant offers eight student groups a $2200 project fund, website hosting, and mentorship sessions with industry professionals. Applications close 4 August. For more information on how to apply, visit the Experimental Collaborations Grant website https://finearts-music.unimelb.edu.au//experimental-collab See more

10.01.2022 Hello all, grant writing workshop has been moved to Wednesday hope to see you all there . Cheers

10.01.2022 This is an attack on critique. Degrees that teach critical thinking are doubling in price. A future without critical thought is not a future that reflects shared values. Students at the VCA and MCM have made it clear they want a future built on honesty, on fairness and on justice. The University and the Government have disrespected this future. We need those who hold power and authority to take responsibility for the failings of the institutions they maintain. Students will not accept these failings.

08.01.2022 UMSU Southbank extends its solidarity to those on or connected to Djab Wurrung Country. Our state government and its police force should be ashamed of the colonial violence currently occurring on sacred land. This is a cruel act by a government that claims we’re on the road to treaty. We stand with those fighting to protect the value of these beautiful trees and offer our deepest condolences to the losses those on Djab Wurrung Country have already had to face. Below are some... numbers you can call: Daniel Andrews: (03) 9651 5000 Planning Minister, Richard Wynne: (03) 9415 8901 Transport Minister, Jacinta Allen: (03) 8392 6100 Please also phone your State Member of Parliament and ask them to represent your voice on this matter. You can find them and their contact details here: https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/about/electorates

07.01.2022 STRONGER TOGETHER: VCA/MCM RALLY FOR FEE RELIEF! WEDNESDAY 24th 6.00pm on Zoom. Musical acts, performances, and poetry from students!

06.01.2022 Help Secure the future of VIC as a creative state. If you choose to you can contribute to the Victorian Government decision making on strategies concerning creative industries. Tell em' about the impact COVID-19 has had on your work, your needs, priorities and concerns, and your ideas for the future via the surveys below. Looking ahead to 2021 all the way through to 2025, the strategy will guide future government priorities and investment in the creative industries to ensure ...Victoria proudly remains the creative state. Have your say here: Creative Industries Survey https://engage.vic.gov.au/creati/creative-industries-survey Creative Industries Survey for Young Victorians https://engage.vic.gov.au//creative-state-survey-for-young

04.01.2022 Rally for fee relief!!!! Wednesday 24th @ 6pm-7.30PM Lets let the university know that it needs to start respecting the value of creative students and people. We respect and believe in ourselves and its time they do too! jump online and fight for fee relief #unmutethearts

04.01.2022 PSA: The movement for FEE RELIEF at the Southbank campus makes huge step forward as cohorts across the school prepare their grievances to submit to the university leadership. Charging students the same amount in fees for online learning has always been unfair, and by working together these First-Year Production students have made it clear this issue can’t be ignored. Get in contact with UMSU Southbank to contribute to the fee relief movement and see what you can do for your course! #unionism #strongertogether #umsusputhbank #vca #ffam #feerelief #unmutethearts

04.01.2022 We want Stronger Together to remind you that we, as students, are in this together. To acknowledge that this semester has been hard but that we are strong. And we are stronger together.

02.01.2022 Were stronger when were together. Join us for an evening of art, of collaboration and standing together for a good cause.