Melbourne Consulting and Custom Programs

Projects, Clients and News

Melbourne Consulting and Custom Programs provides advisory, commissioned research and consultancy services to corporate, government and organisational clients in areas of expertise drawn from the breadth of University of Melbourne faculties.

Projects range in value from discrete expert witness, testing and evaluation projects to complex, multi-year national or global surveys, research or project management coordination.  Our clients include legal firms, consultancy firms, corporate firms, all levels of government and statutory or professional organisations.
 
The following is an example of some of the projects that the consultancy team has managed jointly with academics from the University of Melbourne (UoM).  

Project Name

Client

Lead Consultant

UoM Department

Educational Leadership - Shaping Pedagogy Department of Education Dr Lawrie Drysdale/Dr David Gurr Faculty of Education

Boys' Education Lighthouse Schools Programme
Department of Education, Science & Training Prof Peter Cuttance Faculty of Education

Graffiti Strategy
City of Melbourne Prof Alison Young /
Dr Mark Halsey
Department of Criminology

Graffiti Management Strategy
City of Brimbank Dr Mark Halsey Department of Criminology

National Numeracy Coordinator 2001-2006
Department of Education, Science & Training Prof Kaye Stacey Science & Mathematics Education Cluster

Bridging the Gap: Evaluation of a pre and post release support program for prisoners
Victorian Department of Justice Dr. Stuart Ross Department of Criminology

National Quality Schooling Framework Website
Department of Education, Science & Training Prof Peter Cuttance Faculty of Education
Canada/Australia Skilled Migration Research Citizenship & Immigration Canada Associate Professor Lesleyanne Hawthorne Faculty International Unit, Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences

Monitoring & Evaluation of the Native-Speaking English Language Teaching Assistance Scheme for Primary Schools
Education and Manpower Bureau - Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Professor Patrick Griffin Faculty of Education

Federation Square Atrium Stress Study
Multiplex Freshwater Pty Ltd Prof Nick Haritos /
Mr. Anil Hira
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering

Building the Capacity of School Leadership Teams
Victorian Department of Education & Training Dr Lawrie Drysdale and Dr David Gurr Faculty of Education

Principles of Learning and Teaching P-12
Victorian Department of Education & Training Dr Julianne Moss Faculty of Education

Singapore Delivery of Principles of Learning and Teaching P-12
Ministry of Education, Singapore Dr Julianne Moss Faculty of Education

Review of the hydrology of the Porters Creek Catchment
National Water Commission Professor Tom McMahon Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Gippsland Water Strategic Review Central Gippsland Region Water Authority Professor Tom McMahon Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering

Protocols for the Optimal Measure and Estimation of Nutrient Loads
West Gippsland Catchment Management Authority Professor David Fox Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering

Primary Teacher Development Project - Component 1 - Development of Teacher Professional Standards - Vietnam
World Bank Professor Patrick Griffin Faculty of Education
Bushfires Recovery Project CSIRO Dr Rob Argent Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering

Gippsland Lakes 2nd Entrance Hydrodynamics Modelling
Sinclair Knight Merz Professor Rodger Grayson Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Quality Teacher Program Association of Independent Schools Victoria Mr. Andrew Hamilton Faculty of Education
National Education Framework for Emergency Triage Commonwealth Department of Health & Ageing Dr. Marie Gertz School of Nursing
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