Training design and delivery · Gender equity · Practical making · Gender impact analysis
University of Melbourne: commissioned gender equity workshops and analysis
Designing and delivering gender equity workshops, practical tool learning and gender impact analysis for the University of Melbourne.
Documented outputs
Commissioned gender equity workshops, practical tool learning and Gender Impact Analysis for the University of Melbourne.
Read the contribution and sources below for Alisha’s role in this work.
Project context
- Organisation
- University of Melbourne · Soft Infrastructure
- Context
- Commissioned University project · Architecture, Building and Planning / Maker Spaces
- Practice
- Training design and delivery · Gender equity · Practical making · Gender impact analysis
The commission
The University of Melbourne commissioned Alisha through Soft Infrastructure to design and deliver gender equity workshops, including Gender Impact Analysis. The project connected practical learning in Maker Spaces with the organisational conditions that shape access to technical and creative environments.
Workshops designed and delivered
Alisha designed and delivered workshops supporting women and gender-diverse participants to develop practical tool, fabrication and spatial-making skills. Her professional records identify teaching through the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning and a project focused on hands-on tool workshops and structural change in Maker Spaces.
Gender impact analysis
The work included Gender Impact Analysis alongside the workshops, examining gendered barriers and opportunities for more equitable access to workshop and fabrication facilities. Participant experience, staff perspectives and reflection connected practical learning with recommendations for organisational practice.
Funding and programme support
The project received Peter McPhee Community Impact Grant support. The application described inclusive recruitment, practical learning, evaluation, a staff reflection session and a GIA report. Requested budgets in the application are not presented as final awarded amounts.
Contribution, evidence and limits
This account describes Alisha’s contribution in the project context identified above. Read the role credits and source links alongside the account. Prior Council employment and partner-led work inform Soft Infrastructure’s practice; they are not presented as new consulting commissions. Outputs and activities are described where documented. No additional measured outcomes or causal impact are inferred.