Welcome to the Melbourne Graduate School of Education's Knowledge Transfer Website
In the Melbourne Graduate School of Education, Knowledge Transfer is core business and we do it exceptionally well. All our teaching and research activities fit the University’s current definition of Knowledge Transfer as “the two-way flow and uptake of ideas between the University of Melbourne and the community”. Our KT activities generate intellectual capital in ways that mutually benefit the MGSE, the wider University and the external partners with which we engage; they are closely linked with the MGSE’s teaching and research activities; and are characterized by their relevance to education more broadly, in international, social, economic, environmental and cultural terms. In the MGSE we have, amongst other initiatives, attracted strong applications for KT awards from staff and with students; established capacity to develop major partnerships; and are in the process of revising promotions criteria to now recognize KT. We now have a Knowledge Transfer taxonomy, and will work with this to name, count and communicate the substantial KT activity occurring in MGSE. That is what this web site is about, and we hope that both university staff and potential external partners find it useful and celebratory.
- Kristina Love (Assistant Dean Knowledge Transfer)
Knowledge Transfer Spotlight:
The Venom Patrol - a new interactive website for children
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The Australian Venom Research Unit in the Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, in collaboration with the Graduate School of Education is developing an on-line educational resource (website) for middle school students throughout Australia. This website, funded by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, draws on a variety of textual genres and formats including art, photography, multimedia and video. Find out more
Upcoming Events
Wednesday 11 November: MGSE Knowledge Transfer Seminar-
Commercialising Our Teaching
Julie Rodman (manager of Curriculum Licencing Services) will demonstrate how academics across the university are using the eShowcase site to stimulate public interest in their teaching materials (particularly from Curriculum Corporation) while Sally Godhino and Ken Winkel will outline a collaboration between MGSE, Pharmacology and the Education sector on the Australian Venom Project. This event will take place from 12:30pm onwards in the Frank Tate Room, Alice Hoy Building.