SHAPE Futures EMCR Network Annual Convention

Date: 28th November 2024Time: 1pm - 5pm

Location: University of Western Australia, Perth

The Academic Balancing Act: Unpacking the Dynamics of Workload Pressure and Burnout

Join us for an afternoon of expert-led discussion on the topic of academic workload and burnout, voted by our members as the most pressing issue for SHAPE EMCRs in Australia today. After the expert panel, EMCRs will workshop an advocacy strategy with our keynote panellists, setting SHAPE’s action plan on the issue for 2025. A networking event will follow at the UWA University Club allowing EMCRs to connect with each other and senior CHASS delegates. Limited travel bursaries are available for members. To apply, follow the link below.

Register for all or some of the day:

1 pm – Keynote Panel (eZone, Room 109)
2 pm – EMCR Advocacy Strategy Workshop (eZone, Room 109)
3.30 pm – SHAPE Networking Function (UWA University Club)

Event Speakers

Prof. Antonia Girardi, Pro Vice Chancellor, College of Business, Murdoch University

Dr Lara McKenzie, Research Fellow, School of Social Sciences, UWA

Dr Hannah Forsyth, Historian and Author of Virtue Capitalists

Travel Bursaries (Closed)

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Acknowledgement of Country

The Australian SHAPE EMCR Network recognises Australia’s First Nations Peoples as the Traditional Owners and custodians of this land, and pays respect to Elders past and present. We acknowledge the continued cultural and spiritual connections to Country and community.