A New Year at ECU Mature Age Student Network

 

Hi Folks! Welcome to 2015 and Semester 1 at ECU.

 

This semester we have a brand new committee made up of:

• Owen Fisher - President,
• Alex (Alexandra) Myers - Vice President, and
• Stuart Woods - Secretary/ Treasurer and Web Admin.

Thanks to Brian, Eileen, Isa, Andrew, Kelly and Kat for all you have done on the previous committee to make MASN into what it is, and for making it so easy for us to take up our new roles.

 

We have O-Days coming up and many of committee from last year are coming along to help out at JO and ML. Make sure you come along to catch up or say hi, even if you are not a new student this year.

 

The dates for O-Day are:

• Joondalup - Tuesday 17 February,
• Bunbury - Wednesday 18 February,
• Mt Lawley - Thursday 19 February.

We hope so see you all there :-)

 

 

This year we are running social coffee meets at Mt Lawley AND Joondalup. Come and have a coffee on us, have a chat, make some new friends, and if you are new, get a lot of help orienting to your new life as a student. We'd love to meet our online students as well.

 

Keep an eye on our Facebook page and here for news of some other things that we are organising. You can subscribe to our mailing list here.

End of Year 2014

Dear MASNers, 

  

We hope that exams and assignments, and all the associated hard work are well and truly behind you and your thoughts are possibly turning to End of Year activities? Yes, Christmas, New Year and other celebrations are just around the corner and seem to arrive quicker every year! 

  

MASN/Guild brunch  

MASN has made arrangements for a MASN/Guild brunch at the Moon Café in William Street, Northbridge (just north of the Newcastle Street corner). It is scheduled for 11.30-1.30 on Saturday, 13th December, and is free to MASN and Guild members. 

The MASN Committee plans to hold its AGM there from 10.30-11.30am and, as many committee members are graduating at the end of 2014, we are anxious to encourage and induct a new committee for the coming year. Committee duties are not at all onerous and contact with other mature age students is often beneficial and worthwhile. 

If you are interested in becoming involved with MASN activities please feel free to attend the AGM and following brunch. It would be appreciated if you could contact Eileen Whitehead via email on ewhitehe@our.ecu.edu.au by the middle of November for some idea of numbers. As numbers for the brunch are limited it will be on a ‘first come, first served’ basis. 

 

Research Week 

A celebration and showcase of research at ECU ran from 15 – 19 September 2014. Our MASN secretary Eileen Whitehead,  along with other post-graduate students, presented her research on Migrant Art in Australia Post World War II. 

If you have recently graduated you might want to consider doing research in your chosen field.  

Alumni 

Congratulations to all those completing their studies this year. For MASN committee members this includes Brian, Andrew, Isa and Eileen.  Well done to everyone. 

For all members completing their studies, you will be contacted by the Alumni. Make sure the University has your up-to-date details, as they have some great networking opportunities, library privileges,  and interesting events.  

Recently, they held a Leading Insights lecture exclusively for ECU's alumni, delivered by Li Cunxin author of the best-selling autobiography 'Mao's Last Dancer'. 

Coming up on Saturday, 29 November 2014, they have Music Under the Stars. Check the Alumni page for information.  

2nd Semester 2014.

Hello folks!

Below is an update for the 2nd semester.

Our morning tea get togethers at Mt. Lawley will start in the second week of the Semester 2. The venue will be the Central Cafe, from 10.30 to 11.30 on Tuesday 5th August, and weekly thereafter.

Bunbury: We are working to bring a similar event to you. Stay tuned.

Joondalup: We are seeking students who would like to run events at the campus.

...which us leads into a request.

We are looking for people who would like to be part of the MASN team. It is a great opportunity for those who would like to engage a little more with uni life. It isn't at all time consuming and offers the chance to be of service to the many mature age students at ECU.
If you would like to know more, please feel free to email me at: bgoodman@our.ecu.edu.au

As we organise other events, we will post them here.

Best regards and good luck for the semester

The MASN Team.

News - June 2014

Halfway through the year already: so much to do, so little time!

We take this opportunity to wish all our mature agers good luck with forthcoming exams and hope all your assignments are topped with a ‘D’!

If you want a welcome diversion, we have been approached to see if any of our members would like to take part in a WA Screen Academy film being shot on 16^th, 17^th or 18^th June. Filming is taking place at the Bayswater Waves Swimming Pool and you would be expected to be available for full days to half days. Some filming takes place in the pool (don’t know if this is literal – think not) and some in a bus. If interested please email the producer, Shelby Shaw, putting ‘Film Extras’ in the subject line. The email address is shelby.shaw@westnet.com.au

Unfortunately, our planned coffee morning for Joondalup did not eventuate this semester but those held at Mount Lawley campus have been very successful and proved the old adage that a problem shared is a problem halved. During the study and examination weeks, we decided to cease these morning get-togethers, but will re-commence on Wednesday, 18^th June at ML until the end of the term. If anyone would like to commit one hour a week to holding a coffee morning at JOO, please make contact. There could be MA students on that campus who would benefit from a chat with peers.

Sorry Bunbury, our plans to visit were scuppered by a last minute shift change (!), but we hope to see you in Semester 2. 

News - May 2014

MASN MAY NEWSLETTER

April was a relatively quiet month except for the film night on the 8th. Everyone seems to be knuckling down to serious study – as mature students are wont to do!
Coffee mornings have been their most successful this semester which may have been helped by the Student Guild advertising them for us on its website. We’re pleased to say that these ‘chats’ are proving significant as we’ve been advised of two worrying incidents involving lack of security at the Mount Lawley student village. We are taking this further through the Guild and notifying the University. This problem highlights the difficulties that can occur when companies external to the University’s control are in charge of such services.
The 8 members who picked up their tickets for the showing of Like Father, Like Son at Joondalup Pines thoroughly enjoyed an excellent film. Fortunately we managed to find people to use the surplus tickets we were left with as the film ran for another five nights.
We take this opportunity to wish all our members success with exams/assignments/theses, etc. and look forward to recruiting members to help on our committee (which isn’t too onerous) as many of our founding members will be leaving at the end of this year. Commitment can be very rewarding and we’re keen to find new students to take on the challenge.

Eileen Whitehead


Research Request:

I'm an undergraduate student at the University of Queensland, and one of my courses involves a research project looking at lifestyle factors correlated with at-risk internet use and videogaming. The basis of my research is a survey, designed by my supervisor Dr Penelope Lind. The survey is for adults Australia-wide to complete, and in this regard I'm asking for some help.

Want to get involved in real science research?

The QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute is seeking volunteers to participate in a 30-45min online survey on internet use and videogaming.

https://labportal.qimr.edu.au/study/internetvideogaming

Thanks in advance!

Luke Sartor​