UC EVENTS

University is a great place for reading and learning! How about putting aside some time for learning about Jesus?  'Reading about Jesus' is an opportunity to join with others and read through the Bible’s accounts of Jesus, to discuss and learn together. On Thursdays, 12:30pm to 1:30pm, in room 1C104 (the Chaplains' office). Feel free to bring lunch with you :) Anyone is welcome, you may be a long-time Christian, or just someone (of other faith or no faith) who would like to read about Jesus with others.

Do you have what it takes? Are you tough enough to give to a child doing it tough? Do you want to give back to the community? The Student-led knitting project meets once a week to knit teddies for kids who are having a tough time. Come along to our meetings one a week to chat and knit up a storm. ***All supplies provided ***Dont know how to knit? We will teach you!

On World Refugee Day, held every year on June 20th, we commemorate the strength, courage and perseverance of millions of refugees. This day marks a key moment for the public to show support for families forced to flee. Join us in 01C50 on the day to show you care and stand by them. 

Are you working on or interested in health-related research? Want to meet and network with other interested students and academics to discuss your research or simply mingle with other researchers? Join us for our first “Coffee Connections with…” to power up for a productive day with coffee (or tea), share war stories, and seek advice and support in a friendly, relaxed, judgement-free environment. On the 21st of June, our first guest attendee will be Associate Professor of Sport & Exercise and research guru extraordinaire Richard Keegan. All members of the UC community are invited across all faculties, particularly HDR students, Masters and Honours students, and any undergraduate students interested in research.

The narrative of the Spiderbait story is so fantastical it could only be based in truth: three friends from a small country Australian town taking on the Australian music scene on their own terms and emerging triumphant 25 years later, the friendships unscathed but their band one of the biggest and best on the national scene.As brash and confident as they are strange and uncompromising, the three founding members of Spiderbait – Janet, Whitt and Kram – started humbly in the rural NSW township of Finley, the fervent music lovers taking inspiration from everything from Slayer to The Bangles and meshing into one intoxicating and unique brew.Having learned their trade bashing out their idiosyncratic thrash-pop tunes in the shed on Janet’s family’s farm, they soon relocated down to Melbourne and immersed themselves in that rich and fertile scene, quickly becoming important cogs of that important musical machine.From there they quickly consolidated their status as national treasures, their popularity spanning three decades and showing no signs of abating. They’ve released seven acclaimed albums, which have all racked up gold, platinum or double platinum status and have combined Australian sales of over one million units.Spiderbait have also racked up pretty much every accolade there is to achieve on the Australian scene, having taken home numerous ARIA Awards, chalked up a number one single (their 2004 cover of Leadbelly’s Black Betty) and even topped the prestigious triple j Hottest 100 (for Buy Me A Pony , 1996).

What is better than a movie night ? A double movie night! We are bringing you The Incredibles and The Incredibles 2  

Odette floored us when she supported The Cat Empire at the Refec last year. We're over the moon to announce that she'll be returning to UC for her own headline date, taking centre stage on our massive Semester 2 O-Week Program.  The artist behind the stunning tracks ‘Watch Me Read You’ and ‘Take It To The Heart’ will blow you away with her honest, powerful lyrics and striking vocals.

TEG Live proudly present GRAMMY Award-winning singer-songer Maren Morris in Australia this August on her GIRL: THE WORLD TOUR, with tickets to go on sale 10am Wednesday 23 January. The GIRL: THE WORLD TOUR includes 40+ United States and international tour stops, with the Australian leg commencing on 19 August 2019 at Brisbane Town Hall, moving to the Forum Theatre in Mebourne on 21 August, Enmore Theatre in Sydney on 22 August, before concluding at Canberra’s UC Refectory on 23 August 2019.Since arriving on the scene in 2016, the twenty-eight-year-old Nashville singer/songwriter has quickly established herself with vocal stylings that reflect her country, folkand pop influences. Maren Morris is no stranger to Australian audiences, supporting Niall Horan on the Flicker World Tour in 2018 and her smash hit “The Middle” with electronic house DJ and producer Zedd, along with electronic duo, Grey, spent 39 weeks on the ARIA Top 100 singles chart last year, peaking at #7.  “The Middle” was the #2 most played track of 2018 on Australian Radio and her 2016 hit, “My Church”, spent six weeks at #1 on the Australian Country Airplay chart (Source: The Music Network). Morris also has five nominations at the upcoming 61st GRAMMY Awards to be held in February, including Record of the Year, Pop Duo/Group Performance, Country Solo Performance, Country Duo/Group Performance and Country Song.  In addition, the songwriters of the Zedd/Maren Morris/Grey-performed massive hit “The Middle” received a nomination for the all genre, general field category, Song of the Year. At 9.00am AEDT today, Maren Morris will release her new single “GIRL” to which GIRL: THE WORLD TOURtakes its title. The rousing new recording written by Morris and Australian Sarah Aarons (“The Middle,” Zedd/Maren Morris/Grey), along with GRAMMY Award-winning songwriter and producer Greg Kurstin (Adele, Sia), who also produced the new song, will be available to stream and download on all digital music platforms.