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ItemHow can The University of Melbourne best support career interruptions for male and female staff?(The University of Melbourne, 2016)This report was undertaken by a group of four researchers from the University of Melbourne (details in Appendix 1), as part of their participation in the Academic Women in Leadership course in 2016. The project brief was to explore how the University of Melbourne can best support career interruptions for male and female staff. Within this broad project brief, the team further refined the focus to aim to explore workplace cultures of career interruptions and towards career interruption policies at the University of Melbourne. In-depth face to face interviews were undertaken in October and November 2016 with a total of ten staff members, across two faculties at the university of Melbourne. One faculty was a Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) faculty, and the other was a non-STEM faculty. The results were analysed using qualitative methods. Five recommendations are presented. They are elaborated in the final section of the report: 1. Consider increasing research allocation for first 6 months on return to work 2. Provide guidance on 'Performance Relative to Opportunity' to managers and staff 3. Include strategies for re-entry and support in 'Performance Development Framework' discussion 4. Tailor career interruptions policies to accommodate different work patterns 5. Provide more bridging/transitional support such as fellowships for staff who have experienced career interruption/s
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ItemRisk and Resilience in the Built Environment: Symposium and Workshop Report(The University of Melbourne, 2017)THIS REPORT HAS BEEN COMPILED BY DR ANNA HURLIMANN, AMANDA LO CASCIO, PROFESSOR RUTH BEILIN, AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ALAN MARCH, FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE, WITH JOE RAVETZ FROM MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY. THE REPORT PROVIDES INFORMATION ABOUT THE SYMPOSIUM AND WORKSHOP ‘RISK AND RESILIENCE IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT’ HELD IN MELBOURNE, 27-28 APRIL 2017. The symposium and workshop were one activity undertaken as part of a larger project ‘Experiential Adaptive Learning Tools for a Resilient Built Environment,’ funded by the University of Melbourne’s Learning and Teaching Initiatives Fund in 2017. The project is a collaboration between the Faculty of Science and the Melbourne School of Design at the University of Melbourne. The larger project is a response to the increasing need to provide skills and knowledge to built environment discipline professionals and students regarding socio-ecological resilience. This need is driven by the increasing frequency and impact of natural disasters over the past decades. These events have largely been driven by changes to the natural and built environment through human activities. Cities and towns represent significant long-term human investments, and are increasingly the main site of catastrophic events. The concept of resilience is a key principle to act on these challenges. It requires a paradigm shift in approaching disasters, and managing cities, for professionals working across many disciplines. The larger project aims to utilise the reflexive attributes of experiential learning as a key way of integrating resilience in the education of built environmental professionals. The aim is to facilitate a highly adaptable professional skill set that can be applied in a variety of other contexts over time. Through the symposium and workshop, the project aims to use group learning to build and improve resilience knowledge and skills. This will be complemented by the development of a living learning repository (interactive web archive) later in 2017. The symposium and workshop acted as a pilot for the development of a future subject on risk and resilience in the built environment, which is planned to be offered at the University of Melbourne from 2019. Thirty four participants took part in the workshop and symposium. In brief, the program consisted of a two day symposium and workshop. On day one, a symposium with keynote speakers was held, followed by Part one of a workshop facilitated by Joe Ravetz, employing his proposed Resilience III approach. On day two, a site visit to the Southbank area of Melbourne City was undertaken as an experiential activity (exploring resilience issues including flood, sea level rise, and increasing development intensity). This was followed by two presentations by key stakeholders of the case study site, and then part two of the workshop. This report provides an overview of the symposium and workshop activities, the processes undertaken and the future activities planned. Background papers for the workshop, and information about follow-up activities can be found on the project web site: msd.unimelb.edu.au/experiential-adaptive-learning-tools-for-a-resilient-built-environment.
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ItemEquitable local outcomes in adaptation to sea-level rise: year 2 project report 2012(The University of Melbourne, 2012)This is the second year project report for Australian Research Council Linkage Project titled 'Equitable Outcomes in Adaptation to Sea Level Rise'.
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ItemEquitable local outcomes in adaptation to sea-level rise: year 1 project report 2011(The University of Melbourne, 2011)This is the first year report of an Australian Research Council funded Linkage Grant titled 'Equitable Outcomes in Adaptation to Sea-Level Rise'.
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ItemA snapshot of the lived values of Manns beach, McLoughlins beach and Robertsons beach: results from a mail-out survey(The University of Melbourne, 2012)This report provides a summary of results from a mail-out survey regarding 'lived values' that was conducted in the Victorian towns of Manns Beach, McLoughlins Beach, Port Albert and Seaspray in mid 2012.
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ItemA snapshot of the lived values of Port Albert: results from a mail-out survey(The University of Melbourne, 2012)This report provides a summary of the findings of a mail-out survey regarding 'lived values' which was conducted in Port Albert in mid 2012.
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ItemA snapshot of the lived values of Seaspray: results from a mail-out survey(The University of Melbourne, 2012)This report presents an overview of the results from a mail-out survey that was conducted in the Victorian town of Seaspray in mid 2012, regarding 'lived values'.
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ItemA snapshot of the lived values of Lakes Entrance: results from a phone survey(The University of Melbourne, 2012)Provides a snapshot of results from a phone survey conducted with 199 Lakes Entrance households conducted in mid 2012 on the subject of 'lived values.'
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ItemIncorporating community values into climate change planning: a guide for government(The University of Melbourne, 2014-06)Planning for climate change is not easy. Not only is it difficult to predict the exact environmental changes that will occur at any particular place and time, it is also challenging to ensure that the diverse needs of the community continue to be met. This manual is intended for parties interested in achieving a just approach to adaptation. It provides a step-by-step guide of how to identify community values, relationships and activities that are likely to be impacted by climate change and adaptation, and how to implement a more equitable, fair and inclusive adaptation process. The overall approach is called a Values Approach for Adaptation Planning (VAAP). There are six main steps involved: 1. Gathering information on climate scenarios and vulnerability 2. Scope potential values at risk 3. Confirm actual values at risk 4. Develop a profile of residents and their values 5. Identify scenarios to guide adaptation planning 6. Encourage community participation in development of adaptation stages These six steps were developed and tested in five communities along the Gippsland East coast, Victoria—Lakes Entrance, Seaspray, Port Albert, McLoughlins Beach and Manns Beach. Throughout the manual examples from the project are used to show how each step can be conducted and the types of results that can be obtained. It is hoped that this manual will be used by communities and local governments in Australia, and internationally, to expand the current focus of decision-making from the impacts of climate changes on health and finances to the less tangible factors that gives meaning to people’s everyday lives.
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ItemEquitable local outcomes in adaptation to sea-level rise: final project report(The University of Melbourne, 2014-06)This report details the outcomes of a 3.5 year Australian Research Council Linkage Grant (2010-2013) titled 'Equitable Outcomes in Adaptation to Sea-Level Rise'. The project was based in the Gippsland East area of the state of Victoria Australia. Project partners included The East Gippsland Shire Council, The Department of Environment and Primary Industries, The Department of Planning Transport and Local Infrastructure, The Gippsland Coastal Board and Wellington Shire Council. This project developed an approach for identifying the social outcomes of various strategies to adapt to sea-level rise, and trialed the concept of an ‘adaptation pathway’ that can help communities and governments to take steps to manage the risks of sea-level rise.