Student Leadership Program
Leaderships skills will help you develop professionally and boost your employability.
Make new friends, learn about yourself and have fun!
Participation appears on your VU Extra transcript.
Leadership snacks: bite-sized learning
Leadership Snacks are a bite-sized (1 hour) introduction to a topic relating to leadership. Each month, an expert will explore a different skill or topic that will help you grow as a leader.
Attending will earn you 2 Leadership Activity points towards the LEAD Program.
2024 Leadership Snacks
Tuesday 30 April, 4-5pm, Sustainable Leadership for Climate Justice
Presenter: Associate Professor Jeannie Rea
Date: Tuesday 28 May
Time: 4–5pm
Where: Online
For many young people, climate change is a major concern. They find themselves reacting with anger, despair and feelings of hopelessness as those in power continue with ‘business as usual’. As such, young people are leading on climate action in different and innovative ways.
This workshop will focus on different leadership approaches in the climate movement. We'll consider how we can model leadership that results in more peaceful, sustainable and equitable communities, from local to global.
Presenter Associate Professor Jeannie Rea heads the Community Program in the CoABLEIT, currently teaching and researching in gender studies and community organising for environmental justice. She was the national president of the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) from 2010 to 2018. Whilst taking on formal leadership and management roles, over four decades, Jeannie has remained grounded in grassroots activism at a local, national and international level.
These are some of the sessions we ran earlier this year:
- Monday 26 February, 4-5pm: Overcoming Imposter Syndrome
- Monday 18 March, 4–5pm: Strategic Foresight – Imagining Futures
- Tuesday 30 April, 4–5pm: Sustainability – should businesses care?
2023 Leadership snacks
Take a look back at our 2023 leadership snacks:
- Tues 28 February, 4–5pm, Leadership through change
- Mon 3 April, 4–5pm, Healthy leadership
- Wed 3 May, 4–5pm, Public speaking
- Mon 29 May, 4–5pm, Leadership Styles
- Mon 31 July, 4–5pm, Sitting with Hotspots – Facilitating tricky meetings
- Wed 30 August, 4-5pm, Providing effective feedback
Workplace skills
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Leadership skills
Learn from a range of diverse and inspirational leaders
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Student testimonials (leadership program)
Marriell
I enjoyed my university time because of the Student Leadership Program. I’ve met inspiring and goal oriented students ready to become leaders of the future. The program prepared me to be a great leader someday, just like the inspiring guest speakers and individuals I’ve met on this journey
Dave
Participating in the Student Leadership Program has given me exposure to an aspect of VU that I would not have otherwise seen, and allowed me to interact with some great role models and gain a lot of confidence and skills
Glauco
I’ve had more opportunity to network with others outside my discipline, as well as learning some new leadership qualities and reinforcing those I already had
