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The Faculty of Arts offers sessional, fixed term and continuing academic appointments throughout the year.
Continuing and Fixed Term roles, including Graduate Researcher Academic Associate roles and Fixed Term and Continuing Teaching focused or Teaching and Research roles, are advertised on the University's Career's website.
Graduate Researcher Academic Associates -2026
The Graduate Researcher Academic Associates (GRAA) program is a University commitment offered by the Faculty of Arts in accordance with the University's commitment to Early Academic Career Employment. GRAA roles provide post-confirmation full time PhD candidates with a fractional appointment at level A2 for 12 months.
Education focussed GRAA roles aim to enhance and deepen the teaching experience of our graduate researchers. They provide graduate researchers with the opportunity to undertake meaningful, paid academic work in education alongside their candidature and further foster their inclusion in the academic life of the Faculty. A GRAA's workload will include teaching tutorials in each semester – approximately two to three classes per week. Education focused GRAAs will be appointed on the basis of their eligibility and school/program teaching needs and will be expected to remain actively enrolled and working on their thesis for the duration of the Fellowship.
A research-focussed GRAA will contribute to the delivery of tailored research assistance, supporting researchers across all disciplines within the Faculty of Arts.
An information session related to Education focussed roles was held on Monday 10th November 2025, a recording of the presentation has been posted to the Canvas page for current Graduate Researchers.
FAQs for Arts GRs interested in a GRAA role are available here
Information for current GRAAs and university staff is available in the staff hub
Information for applicants is available here
Recruitment dates for 2026
| Study period and role type | Applications open | Applications close | Outcome notification | Role Commences | Teaching starts |
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| Graduate Researcher Academic Associates Fixed term Education Focused 12 month roles* | 3/11/2025 | 16/11/2025 | 15/12/2025 | 2/02/2026 | 2/02/2026 |
| Graduate Researcher Academic Associates Fixed term Research Focused 12 month roles | 5/01/2026 | 26/01/2026 | 17/02/2026 | 2/03/2026 | NA |
To Apply for Education focussed GRAA roles: A link to apply was sent to all current Graduate Researchers via the Arts Graduate Researcher Canvas Community on 3/11/2025
To Apply for Research focussed GRAA role go to the job advertisement here Note that these roles are only available to Faculty of Arts Graduate Research students.
*Note that not all Faculty of Arts schools will have Education Focussed GRAA roles in 2026.
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At this time we expect that GRAAs will be available in the following areas in 2026, the number of GRAA roles available in each area will be dependent on enrolment numbers :
- Arts History and Curatorship
- Arts and Cultural Management
- Classics and Archaeology
- Creative Writing
- English and Theatre Studies
- History
- History and Philosophy of Science
- Indigenous Studies
- Linguistics and Applied Linguistics
- Media and Communications
- Philosophy
- Screen and Cultural Studies
Sessional Academic Tutors
Recruitment Dates for 2026
| Study period and role type | Applications open | Applications close | Expected Outcome notification | Teaching starts |
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| Winter, 2026 - Sessional Academic Tutors | 20/04/2026 | 10/05/2026 | 20/05/2026 | Various Dates |
| Semester 2, 2026 - Sessional Academic tutors | 11/05/2026 | 31/05/2026 | 19/06/2026 | 27/07/2026 |
Winter and Semester 2, 2026
Please note: Sessional employment is not guaranteed. Sessional positions are dependent on student enrolment numbers. Estimated student enrolments in a subject may not eventuate, in this situation, offers of casual hours may not proceed. Any offers of casual hours are anticipated and may vary depending on operational requirements.
Given the timeline for student enrolments and the engagement processing timeline, it is also likely that applicants may not receive a final notification until close to the teaching start date for the teaching period. The Faculty understands this uncertainty is difficult for prospective applicants and is doing what it can to reduce the notification timeframe.
Subjects will continue to be added to the lists below as need arises. For subject details, please refer to the University Handbook.
Please note: successful applicants who are new to teaching in the Faculty of Arts will be required to complete compulsory induction and orientation training. during the fortnight prior to semester. The training takes a maximum of 8 hours to complete. This time is paid for staff new to the Faculty.
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Winter 2026
- JAPN10001 Japanese 1
- KORE10001 Korean 1
Semester 2 2026
- ASIA10002 Asian Century
- ASIA10003 Asia, Australia & The World
- ASIA20008 Digital Asia
- ASIA30004 Corruption in Asia
- ASIA90001 Human Rights in Southeast Asia (Marker)
- ASIA90016 China and the Environment
- CHIN10009 Chinese Cinema
- CHIN20021 Analysis of Contemporary Chinese Society
- INDO10002 Indonesian 4
- INDO10006 Indonesian 2
- INDO10013 Translation: Intercultural Indonesian
- JAPN10002 Japanese 2
- JAPN10008 Japanese 4
- KORE10002 Korean 2
- KORE10004 Korean 4
- TRAN90011 AI and Intercultural Translation
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Winter 2026
- AMGT90029 Applied Research Methods
- JOUR90006 Dilemmas in Journalism: Law and Ethics
- JOUR90011 Data Journalism
- MECM90015 Perspectives on Digital Platforms
- MECM90031 Audiovisual Communications
- MECM90042 Media & Communications Research Methods
- SCRN90006 Film Festival Cultures
Semester 2 2026
- ACUR90001 Issues in Art Conservation
- ACUR90005 Interpreting exhibitions
- ACUR90006 Exhibition Management
- ACUR90011 Art Curatorship Core and Project
- AHIS20018 Art Markets and Methods
- AHIS20020 Twentieth-Century Art: The Avant-Gardes
- AHIS20022 Modern and Contemporary Chinese Art
- AHIS30005 Contemporary Aboriginal Art
- AHIS30022 Renaissance Art in Global Context
- AHIS30024 Arts of Japan
- AMGT90001 Principles of Arts Management
- AMGT90018 The Economics of Culture
- ARTS10003 Our Digital Worlds
- ARTS40001 Research Principles & Practices Honours
- ARTS90032 Research Principles & Practices Graduate
- CULS10005 Culture, Identity and Everyday Life
- CULS20017 Gender and Contemporary Culture
- CULS20020 Nature/Culture/Colony
- CULS30005 City Cultures, Urban Ecologies
- CULS30006 Global Cultures
- CULS40001 Creative Economy, Policy, and Power
- CWRI10003 Creative Nonfiction & Multimodal Writing
- CWRI20005 Creative Non Fiction
- CWRI30001 Novels
- CWRI30004 Encounters with Writing
- CWRI30006 Poetry and Poetics of Writing Back
- CWRI30013 Life Writing
- CWRI30014 Advanced Screenwriting
- CWRI90009 Writing Fiction for Young People
- CWRI90020 Critical-Creative Writing Practices
- CWRI90024 National Imaginaries
- ENGL10001 Modern and Contemporary Literature
- ENGL20025 The House of Fiction: Literary Realism
- ENGL20031 Literature, Adaptation, Media
- ENGL20032 Poetry, Love, and Death
- ENGL30007 Popular Fiction
- ENGL30048 Performance and the World
- ENGL30049 Modern Irish Classics
- ENGL30054 Medieval Heroes, Early Modern Villains
- ENGL40029 New Directions in Theatre Studies
- INDG10002 First Peoples in a Global Context
- INDG20002 Indigenous People & Ecological Collapse
- JOUR90001 Researching/Writing Stories
- JOUR90008 Video Journalism
- JOUR90009 Advanced Non Fiction Writing
- JOUR90020 International Journalism - Key Skills
- JOUR90022 Photojournalism
- JOUR90023 International Business Journalism
- JOUR90025 Journalism Project Part 1
- JOUR90027 Global Crisis Reporting
- JOUR90028 Fact-checking, Misinformation and AI
- JOUR90029 Change in Journalism
- JOUR90030 Advanced Video - Studio Production
- MECM10006 Communication for Changemaking
- MECM20003 Internet Communication
- MECM20010 Understanding Global Media
- MECM20011 Approaches to Qualitative Media Research
- MECM20015 Advertising, Media and Society
- MECM30002 Perspectives in Global Media Cultures
- MECM30004 Media Industries & Technological Change
- MECM30017 Digital and Mobile Journalism
- MECM30019 Videogames, Media and Industry
- MECM90003 Mobility, Culture and Communication
- MECM90016 Digital Politics
- MECM90017 Media Writing: Rhetoric and Practice
- MECM30020 Digital Feminisms
- MECM90024 Strategic Content Creation
- MECM90031 Audiovisual Communication
- MECM90034 Marketing & Media in a Global Context
- MECM90035 Integrated Marketing Communications
- MECM90036 Foundations of Marketing & Communication
- MECM90038 Researching Media & Communications
- MECM90039 Understanding Media & Communications
- MECM90043 Global Communication: Theory & Research
- MECM90044 Public Relations and Communications
- MECM90048 AI and Communication Science
- MULT90019 Internship II (Semester Long)
- SCRN20014 Ensemble Filmmaking, Art and Industry
- SCRN30004 Film Noir: History and Sexuality
- SCRN30007 World Cinemas
- SCRN40009 Screen Media and Political Aesthetics
- SCRN90010 Censorship: Film, Art and Media
- UNIB20022 Indigenous Cultures and Knowledges
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Winter 2026
- ARTS20004 Wellness
- HPSC20002 A History of Nature
- HPSC30039 Bad Science
Semester 2 2026
- ANCW10002 Myth, Art and Empire: Greece and Rome
- ARTS10005 The Buddhist Universe
- CLAS10005 Ancient Greek 2
- HIST10015 Dictators & Democrats: The Modern World
- HIST10017 Gender, Rights, and Power in History
- HIST20060 Total War: World War II
- HIST20065 Rebels and Revolutionaries
- HIST20068 The French Revolution
- HIST20084 Red Empire: The Soviet Union and After
- HIST30065 US and the World: Rise of a Superpower
- HIST90026 History, Memory and Violence in Asia
- HPSC10001 Plato to Einstein: A History of Science
- MGMT90290 Social Enterprise Incubator
- PHIL10003 Philosophy: The Great Thinkers
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Winter 2026
- FREN10004 French 1
- GERM10004 German 1
- ITAL10008 Italian 1
- SPAN10001 Spanish 1
- ARTS90006 Introductory Academic Program (IAP)*
* The IAP is a compulsory full-time program over five weeks which provides academic skills training and pastoral support to Australia Awards Scholars. The program prepares the students for academic, cultural and social life at UoM. Upon completion of the IAP, students continue with their studies at UoM in 50 different courses spread across eleven different faculties.
Information for IAP tutor applicants:
We are seeking tutors with a background knowledge in medicine, education, law or science for our June 2026 IAP offering to promote diversity amongst our teaching cohort. We will prioritise applications from current students.
We require tutors to be available full-time from approximately 10 June until 24 July 2026. Please contact the subject coordinator (Debbie Loakes dloakes@unimelb.edu.au) if you have any questions.Semester 2 2026
- FREN10005 French 2
- GERM10005 German 2
- ITAL10005 Italian 2
- LING10001 The Secret Life of Language
- LING10002 Intercultural Communication
- LING20003 Second Language Learning and Teaching
- RUSS10002 Russian 2
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Casual Tutor Positions
All Sessional applications must be lodged through the CTRS to be considered. For more information please see CTRS user guides below.
During the period of advertising for casual tutors, subjects will be added on a rolling basis so please continue to check the CTRS to see what is open.
Casual Research Assistants
This work supports Faculty of Arts researchers across all Schools in their research activities. Research Assistants on the pool will be eligible to be offered research assistance assignments on a casual basis throughout 2025. Casual work assignments may be between a few hours and a few weeks at a time and will vary through the year.
Casual Research Assistants must have one or a combination of skills including editing and proofreading, proposal writing, translation of a variety of languages, literature reviews, and data collection and management. Research Assistants will be allocated project-based work aligned with their skills and expertise as it becomes available.
Registration for the casual pool does not necessarily guarantee that work will be offered during the year.
Please refer to the Position Description for more information.
Registration of Interest dates for 2025
The Faculty of Arts is not currently seeking registrations of interest for the casual Research Assistant pool.
Working With Children Check
All employees of the University of Melbourne, including those engaged casually, are required to hold a valid employee Working with Children Check. Further information is available on the Working with Children website or by contacting the University’s HR Assist team.
Important notes
- It is expected that the majority of applicants will receive an outcome within the timeframe listed in the ‘Outcome notification’ section of the table above. In some cases, because these positions are dependent on student enrolments, applicants may not receive a final notification until the teaching start date for the teaching period.
- Applicants for sessional teaching who are enrolled as PhD or Masters students must have been confirmed in their candidature and not be past 3.5 years (PhD) and 1.5 years (MA) full-time equivalency. Currently enrolled Research Higher Degrees (RHD) students at the University of Melbourne applying to become a tutor must have the support of their supervisor.
- Applicants for Graduate Researcher Academic Associates in the Faculty of Arts must be confirmed in their PhD candidature, successful applicants will be in their second or third year of candidature with a minimum of 6 months EFT candidature remaining.
- In most cases, it is essential to have a minimum of an honours degree in a relevant discipline (Please note: that if you are applying for a casual academic staff role in the Asia Institute or the School of Languages and Linguistics this criterion may not apply. Please contact the Program Convenor for clarification)
- Late applications will not be accepted unless an exceptional circumstance arises based on a school’s requirements. All casual academic staff selected need to have applied formally
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Casual Academic Staff are provided with resources and facilities to assist with undertaking their teaching responsibilities. These provisions vary across each School. The following information is provided to assist Casual Academic staff with the onboarding process, and to familiarise them with the facilities and resources available to them as an employee of a particular School within the Faculty of Arts.
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- Accounts and passwords: activate your email or reset your password
- IT information
- Themis timecards
- Casual pay dates
- After Hours Building Access: Please note that after-hours building access is not generally provided to casual academic staff. All after-hours access requests must be endorsed by the School and is only provided if absolutely necessary
- Occupational Health and Safety Induction: Online TrainME training
- Desk Space: All Schools provide Casual Academics with designated hot-desk office space. Please contact the relevant School for further details
- Lockers: Some Schools provide lockers in designated hot-desk office space. Please contact the relevant School for further details
- Stationery: Please contact the relevant School for further details
- Lectern keys: Lectern keys for teaching spaces are not normally required, but will be available upon request. Please contact the relevant School for assistance
- Meeting /Consultation rooms: Please contact the relevant School for assistance
- Staff cards: Obtain or Replace a staff ID card
- Arts Foundations training information for sessional staff new to the Faculty of Arts
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- If you have a question regarding an application for a sesssional tutoring position, please refer to the table below:
School Name Position Contact Asia Institute (AI) Robyn Borg Team Leader, Academic Programs, AI borgr@unimelb.edu.au School of Historical and Philosophical Studies (SHAPS) Pauline Li Team Leader, Academic Programs, SHAPS tianbo.li@unimelb.edu.au School of Languages and Linguistics (SoLL) Astra Gilfillan Team Leader, Academic Programs, SOLL astelarc@unimelb.edu.au School of Culture and Communications (SCC) Celene Axford Team Leader, Academic Programs, SCC scc-ap@unimelb.edu.au School of Social and Political Sciences (SSPS) Jo Helsby Team Leader, Academic Programs, SSPS jhelsby@unimelb.edu.au Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences (GSHSS) Pauline Li Team Leader, Academic Program, SHAPS EMA-information@unimelb.edu.au -
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- Compliance Information for Casual Employees
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- Email Asia Institute
- Email School of Culture and Communication
- Email School of Historical and Philosophical Studies
- Email School of Languages and Linguistics
- Email School of Social and Political Sciences
- IT and Printer Support: +61 3 8344 0888
- HR Assist Support (Workday and Timecards) :
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