Visions Video Podcast

University of Melbourne academics from the Graduate School of Education have been working with the Australian Music Association and Sound House to evaluate the impact of an exciting new music in schools program – Musical Futures.  Visions takes a trip to Trafalgar Primary School in Gippsland to see how it all works.

A Masters student studying at the Melbourne School of Design, Tullia Jack, has undertaken an unusual and innovative study that investigates alternative laundering practises to make clothing more sustainable.

Her study involved 30 participants who wore the same pair of jeans, five days a week for three months, without washing them. The research sought to find out how this would impact upon how they were treated by others and the participant’s perception of their own cleanliness.

Visions unravels the story behind a fragment of the Gutenberg Bible, recently purchased as part of the University of Melbourne's Cultural Collections.  The Gutenberg Bible was the first book to ever be printed and represented a major step in the democratisation of knowledge.

Visions takes a closer look at the University of Melbourne’s newly expanded EyeCare clinic, which is providing real world clinical training for the next generation of Australian optometrists. 

The state of the art clinic in Melbourne's Swanston Street provides the one of the largest full-scope training clinics in the Southern Hemisphere for students in the current Bachelor of Optometry program or the forthcoming Doctor of Optometry, the first doctor of optometry program in Australia.

In Victoria’s Wombat State Forest, Melbourne School of Land and Environment researchers and their collaborators are studying the impact of climate change on forests.

The unique experiment uses a 35 metre flux tower and soil chambers to learn how much carbon the forest absorbs and releases into the atmosphere.

The University recently hosted the Australian launch of Global Interdependence Day, and Visions was there to take in all the presentations. The event brought together students, academics and members of the public to discuss how to make the world more united and interconnected.

This week, Visions dons Australia’s green and gold to talk to student
athletes involved in the World University Summer Games (Universiade), recently held in China.

Eleven University students participated as part of Australia’s most successful
team ever, competing in everything from swimming to water polo, cycling
to tae kwon do, tennis to volleyball

Visions looks at giftedness in child musicians and showcases the talents of fourteen year old concert pianist Tiffany Poon.  We speak to Professor Gary McPherson, Director of the Melbourne Conservatorium, who has been researching the psychological and personal qualities and environmental contexts of children who exhibit extraordinary skill and artistry in music performance.