La Trobe Planning Program

Last month, students undertaking GEG2ACR Australian Cities and Regions completed their regional fieldtrip, visiting Bendigo and Maryborough to learn about how the goldrush shaped these settlements, the role and support for cultural infrastructure as well as key planning and development issues - thanks to a wide range of representatives from the City of Greater Bendigo, Central Goldfields Shire, Central Goldfields Art Gallery, Central Goldfields Visitor Information Centre, Djaa Djuwima and Dr Charles Fahey for sharing your valuable knowledge and time.

Last week was a big week of fieldtrips for students studying Australian Cities and Regions (GEG2ACR) - involving a fascinating heritage walking tour of Northcote with the wonderful Darebin Libraries staff, a great overview on the City of Melbourne's planning and social housing objectives at the Melbourne Town Hall and learning valuable insights about growth areas planning from Wyndham Shire Council and mixed use development from the Cedar Woods team.

Congratulations to our students Billy, Rory and Sofie who won prizes last night at the Bendigo Campus Awards and Prizes Ceremony - great to see your hard work recognised.

The Victorian Young Planners invite new students and recent graduates to attend their annual Welcome Drinks event.

Starting the year with fresh and friendly faces, this event is the perfect opportunity for recent graduates and current planning students to make new connections with professionals in the field

When: Weds 27 March 6-8pm

Location: The Emerald Peacock, Level 1, 233 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne

Further info and to register:

www.planning.org.au

Wilby Building consultants is a small building surveying firm in Bendigo and are looking for a casual administration assistant.

Depending on the person's experience/eagerness to learn, there is the potential for this role to include planning assessments and/or advice as part of the role.

For details on how to apply please contact Catherine at [email protected]

Applications close 5pm Friday 01 March 2024

Cadet planning position - Mildura Rural City Council (applications close 1 Feb)

www.mildura.vic.gov.au

✨ Partner school Principals, Heads of Learning and STEAM champions are invited to join us at our 2024 Programs Launch. ✨

2024 is shaping up to be a big year for Bendigo Tech School, and we are so excited to showcase the programs on offer. Come along to the launch to discover how students will use the latest tech to explore and discover new digital literacy skills and creative capabilities aligned with the curriculum and connected to industry.

Monday November 27th, 4pm to 5pm. Register using the link below. 👇

eventbrite.com.au/e/2024-programs-launch-tickets-736230042877

Can't wait to see you there! 😀

Well done to second year students and their lecturer Dr Kiran Shinde who presented their design concepts at Galkangu today to a team of professionals from the City of Greater Bendigo - including representatives from Urban Design, Landscape Architecture, Events, Parks and Strategic Planning, who provided some great feedback and reflections on their work

New job opportunity - Graduate entry, Statutory Planner (Enquiries), City of Greater Bendigo

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What an event it was! If you missed it, here is the piece in Planning Institute of Australia Planning News summarising the key takeaways of the public forum with Marco Te Brömmelstroet: Challenging the car culture - Starting with children, organised by the Planning Program at La Trobe University in partnership with AITPM.
Please get in touch if you would like to discuss any of these topics further or want to access the recording of the event.

Join us for a public lecture on 'Challenging the car culture: starting with children' by a leading planning and transport expert, Prof Marco te Brommelstroet, University of Amsterdam.

Wed, 13 September 2023, 5.30 pm -7.30 pm , State Library of Victoria.

Booking required via below link:

Public lecture by Marco te Brömmelstroet Join us for an exciting public lecture by Marco te Brömmelstroet, one of the leading experts in urban and transport planning.

Join PIA in Bendigo on Thursday 7 September for a special panel discussion to find out what are the key elements for creating a rewarding and satisfying planning career in Regional Victoria. The session will explore the topics of career planning, the broad set of skills required to make planning a career of choice and how you can help shape our regional cities and towns. Facilitated by a Victorian Young Planner committee member, we'll be hearing from two regional planning professionals as well as a regional careers advisor, followed by a Q&A with finger food provided.

The panel includes, Martin Collins, Senior Skills Advisor, Loddon Campus, Victorian Skills Authority; Melissa Kennedy, academic, La Trobe University Bendigo Campus, and Adele Hayes, Coordinator Statutory Planning, City of Greater Bendigo.

If you're studying urban planning, interested in a career in the regions or just want to hear what working in the regions is all about, this event is for you!

Register by September 4 via link https://www.planning.org.au/events/event/making-a-career-and-succeeding-in-regional-victoria

New job opportunity, suitable for graduating students - Statutory Planner, Mansfield Shire Council. https://www.mansfield.vic.gov.au/Council/Work-With-Us/Career-Job-Opportunities/Statutory-Planner?fbclid=IwAR2qVAhu2QYAedXylqLibflCFzFtmKKubsqQqnsdWdROB8QvZYHq5cSpX5Y

Statutory Planner Mansfield Shire Council is looking for an enthusiastic, experienced and community focused individual to take up the role of Statutory Planner. The Statutory Planner is the assessment of planning and subdivision applications and providing professional planning advice to applicants.

Another very informative and engaging field trip by our planning students. As part of PLA5CD - Community Planning and Development this year, we spent two days with the Tarrangower Village community in Maldon.

Today CityStudio students presented their proposals to City of Greater Bendigo staff, mayor and councillors on short term housing solutions for Bendigo for a range of different groups including homeless, youth, elderly and temporary construction workers.

Well done to the students and course coordinator Dr Kiran Shinde. Big thanks to all those who supported the program including Bendigo Tech School and the City of Greater Bendigo, allowing students to gain skills in framing a problem, engaging with professionals and communities and co-creating solutions to pressing issues facing the city.

Everything good comes to an end. Well done to all our HUS3ISB students for completing the study tour and presenting their work at MIT-ADT Pune as well as the Australian Consulate Mumbai.

For the final days of our field trips in Pune, India, we visited a number of institutions and public places that demonstrated the different ways in which rural development is taking place

As part of the cultural tour, HUS3ISB students and MIT peers visited Shri Ballaleshwar Temple and the stepwell, Jejuri and Jadhavgad fort

Over the last two days, our guest expert speakers took us through the rapid urban growth in Pune and the associated social, cultural and environmental challenges along with the various policy responses. We will be back in the field tomorrow!

From our day at Kadamvak Village, another growing area at the fringe of Pune. We met with the locals including the village leadership and learned about an inspiring range of social, cultural, political and infrastructure initiatives that continue to transform the village

Day 3 of our study tour to India. We visited Magarpatta City at the fringe of Pune to spend the day learning about this mixed use development which has a unique history and governance model

Our study tour to India (HUS3ISB) is full steam ahead!…in pune with the host institution MITADT university, Pune

Study Climate Change @ La Trobe. Tuesday 18 October, 5-6pm. La Trobe University is offering the first Climate Change major in Australia. by the Climate Network as part of Global Climate Change Week (GCCW)

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/study-climate-change-la-trobe-tickets-430552322587

Here's an exciting opportunity to undertake a study tour subject to India with Dr Kiran Shinde in January 2023! Eligible students can attain $3000 funding as part of the New Colombo Plan to cover the cost of travel. Contact Kiran for further info and to register your interest.