'Perspectives on Diversity' Competition

WIN ONE OF 5 $100 BOOKSHOP VOUCHERS!

The University's Equity and Diversity Planning team would like to know what diversity at the University means to you.

Write, draw, film, create, design your response and you could win a $100 Book Shop voucher, to be awarded at the end of Diversity Week 2009.

Entries close 5pm Friday 20 March.

Guidelines for the competition

Entrants are encouraged to be as creative as they like -- think about:

• How does your own diversity affect your life?
• What would the University, the city of Melbourne and your own life look like without diversity?
• How do you celebrate diversity in your everyday life?
• Why should weeks such as 'Diversity Week' be celebrated?
• What does 'diversity' even mean? Consider diversity of language, culture, gender, sexuality, disability, race and more!

How do I enter?

Electronic entries (attachements of essays, poems, digital photographs or images, digital films, etc) can be mailed to:
Leander in Equity & Diversity Planning. Please insert 'Diversity competition entry' into the subject line.

Physical entries (small artworks and sculptures, hardcopy photographs, CDs, etc) can be mailed or dropped off at:
Equity and Diversity Planning, 723 Swanston Street, University of Melbourne 3010. Please email Leander to negotiate a time for drop-off.

Please include your:

• full name and student number
• email address
• course
• a 50-100 words description of all entries (except for written works)

We look forward to your entries! Until then, look out for events taking place around your campus during Diversity Week 2009.

Diversity Week 2009 conditions of entry:

• Current students and staff at all University of Melbourne campuses are invited to enter.
• Competition closes 5pm Friday 20 March 2009. Winning entrants will be notified via email after this date.
• Written entries (eg essays, poems) should be no more than 1000 words
• Physical entries must be no larger than 1 metre x 1 metre x 1 metre
• Digital images/film should preferably be submitted on CD to Equity & Diversity Planning. Smaller files can be emailed to Equity and Diversity Planning (see above).
• By entering this competition, entrants agree to have their work displayed on the University of Melbourne 'Cultural Diversity' website, in Equity & Diversity Planning publications and future promotional material for Diversity Week campaigns.
• Entries will not be returned to entrants except via negotiation with the Equity & Diversity Planning team.

For further queries, please contact Leander at Equity & Diversity Planning.