Open Days & Info Sessions



Weekly News for VictoriaFor July 15, 2019 Jump to: TOC \o "1-3" \n \p " " \h \z \u Open Day Guide 2019Open Days & Info SessionsWorkshops & CoursesScholarships & CompetitionsFurther LearningResourcesJob SpotlightOpen Days & Info Sessions HYPERLINK "" Cabin Crew Career Session, Melbourne25 July 2019, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pmQantas Flight Training Centre, York Street, Airport WestAviation Australia’s Cabin Crew Career Information Sessions offer you the chance to learn about our world-class training, see the flight safety training facilities and learn from industry experts on what options are available for you to start your career as a flight attendant.Find out more:? Exchange Online Info Session15 August 2019, 7:30 pm - 8:30 pmThe LIVE Online Info Session is conducted by a senior member of our staff using a service which allows us to meet online or over the telephone. You will be able to meet our representative over a video internet connection, ask any questions and watch a presentation.Our LIVE online session will cover the following topics.Introduction to Student Exchange, the regulatory environment & benefitsProgram options, destinations & eligibilitySafety and Well being, our support system & where you will stayMoney Matters, including available discounts & scholarshipsDeadlines & how to applyWhy choose Student Exchange?Find out more:? Day22 September 2019, 10:00 am - 4:00 pmDookie Campus, University of MelbourneDookie Day showcases the University’s teaching, industry engagement, research and capabilities.Visitors are able to discover the University’s agricultural and veterinary science courses, meet students and watch presentations, see new developments in agricultural research and technology and listen to seminars presented by scientific experts.Find out more:? – Step On CampusStudents can find out more about university life, study areas and gain a feel for the campus from your tour guide, a current Deakin student.Note: the website has the Term 1 dates, these dates are for Term 3 Holidays 2019.24 September, 10am and 12pm Waterfront24 September, 10am and 12pm Warrnambool25 September, 10am and 12pm Burwood26 September, 10am and 12pm Waurn PondsFind out more:? Force Information Sessions – VIC – JulyJuly 15Melbourne: Defence Careers Information SessionMonday | 6.00pm | Melbourne Defence Force Recruiting CentreJuly 16Melbourne: Army Reserve Information SessionTuesday | 6.00pm | Melbourne Defence Force Recruiting CentreJuly 25Shepparton – Defence Careers Information SessionThursday | 6.00pm | Shepparton RSLWorkshops & CoursesAre you Looking for a Career in Biomedical Research?Wednesday 4 September or Tuesday 10 SeptemberUniversity of Melbourne, Parkville Attend the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research Student Open Day to discover the benefits we offer our students.Student open days are for prospective honours, masters and PhD students who are interested in biomedical research training.Discuss projects with our scientistsTalk to our current studentsTour our state-of-the-art laboratoriesLearn about career paths open to our graduatesFind out about scholarships and how to applyThere are two dates available; students should plan to attend only one Student Open Day. Attendees under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.Find out more:? 2019 – RMIT23 October 2019, 9:00 am - 1:00 pmMelbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC), Convention Centre Place, South Wharf VIC, AustraliaEnGenius showcases RMIT University School of Engineering undergraduate students’ final year projects, each providing an innovative design solution to a real-world problem.When visiting the expo, you’ll get a taste of our students’ dynamic ideas and can learn more about STEM and its impact on economic, social and environmental issues.The Executive Dean of the School of Engineering, Distinguished Professor Adrian Mouritz said RMIT was proud to produce young engineers who were creating design solutions for real-life challenges.This event is free and open to everyone.Find out more:? Legal studies Head Start day for Year 11 students4 December 2019, 9:30 am - 2:15 pm295 Queen Street, Melbourne Year 11 students – do you want to get a head start on your Legal Studies classes next year?This event is designed for year 11 students (or advanced year 10 students) moving into Unit 3 of Legal Studies the following year.These workshops are held in Melbourne’s CBD in Term 3/4 each year.Registration for Head Start day will open in November 2019.Find out more:? is a network of free, volunteer-led, community-based programming clubs for young people. Anyone aged seven to seventeen can visit a Dojo where they can learn to code, build a website, create an app or a game, and explore technology in an informal, creative, and social environment.CoderDojo is not curriculum based, so every Dojo covers different topics. In most Dojos you will need to bring a laptop.You can search for a CoderDojo running near you?here.Read more about CoderDojo?here.Scholarships & CompetitionsLarsen Jewellery Design Scholarship ProgramOpen/Closing Dates:?05/04/2019 – 30/11/2019Value:?$3,000 AUDLarsen Jewellery recognises the need to support and educate young adults wishing to begin a career in jewellery, design or visual arts; or who wish to further their studies in a jewellery, design or visual arts related course.The applicant must meet the following eligibility criteria to be considered for the scholarship:Applicant must display an interest and passion for jewellery, design or visual arts.Find out moreGlobal Mobility Immigration Lawyers ScholarshipOpen/Closing Dates:?01/01/2019 – 01/10/2019Value:?$1,000 AUDThe Global Mobility Immigration Lawyers Scholarship is an annual initiative, open to all students enrolled in a course of secondary, tertiary or post-graduate practical education/training. The scholarship has been established with a view to getting students contributing to public debate on important issues affecting our community.Students must be enrolled in a course of secondary, tertiary or post-graduate study.Find out moreCQUniCares Launch ScholarshipOpen/Closing Dates:?20/05/2019 – 05/07/2019Value:?$1,250 AUDThe CQUniCares Launch Scholarship assists students from low SES backgrounds with expenses associated with undergraduate study. Those expenses can include non-deferrable costs such as textbooks, uniforms, computer equipment, internet, equipment or travel costs associated with compulsory residential schools and unpaid work placements.To be eligible to receive the CQUniCares Launch Scholarship successful applicants must:be identified as low SES as at the time of initial enrolment with CQUniversitybe enrolled or intending to enrol in an undergraduate course as the primary course of study in Term 2, 2019:Bachelor;Associate Degree;Advanced DiplomaDiploma (higher education)be studying with a minimum term study load of 12 credit points or morebe enrolled at Census date in Term 2, 2019be an Australian or New Zealand Citizen or holder of an Australian Permanent Visa*not be receiving a donor-funded scholarship of similar or higher value, an Indigenous Commonwealth Scholarship or CQUniCares Industry Placement ScholarshipFind out moreCQUniCares Mary Carroll ScholarshipOpen/Closing Dates:?20/05/2019 – 05/07/2019Value:?Up to $11,250 AUDThese scholarships will provide recognition and financial assistance to one low income student enrolled in CQUniversity Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood).To be eligible to receive the CQUniCares Mary Carroll Scholarship, an applicant must:Be a 1st or 2nd year student enrolled at CQUniversity at the time of Census Date in Term 2, 2019Be studying a Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood)Be able to provide evidence of low personal/family income or financial needNot be receiving another Donor Funded* ScholarshipFind out morePDFelement ScholarshipOpen/Closing Dates:?–?Value:?$1,000 USDSponsored by WondershareHow do you use PDFs at school? What kind of documents do you work with while doing your homework?Share your take on our topic :?PDFs in Education.Create your own video and submit it to us to participate!How To Apply?Create an original 2-3 minute video on the topic of “PDF in education.” 1. Submit your video to?Scholarship@?and include your name, email, and institution. Our team will upload your video to the?PDFelement YouTube channel.2. You’ll receive the URL to your video and a free copy of PDFelement 6 Pro within 1-2 business days.3. Submissions are partially evaluated based on the amount of votes the video receives, so make sure you share your video with friends and family using the hashtag?#PDFelementscholarship2018!?Find out moreCreate It CompIf anything is possible and you had unlimited time, money, help, and skill, what would you engineer?Think about your life, and the life of people around you, and show Engineers Australia what problem you can solve, or what idea you can come up with to make life easier. It could be big or small, helpful or fun, or a mix of these.Draw, paint, build, or design your idea. You could use paints, pencils, PhotoShop, the CAD program, cardboard, or lego. It could be as simple as a quick sketch or as detailed as a technical drawing.Share your idea for a chance to win an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil.Entries are open until Monday 30 September.Find out more and enter?here.?ABC News Diet ChallengeTake the News Diet Challenge to win a visit to an ABC newsroom!For Media Literacy Week 2019, the ABC are asking students in Years 7–10 to monitor their news consumption and create a 90-second video describing their news “diet”.Entries are open until 5.00pm on Sunday 27 October.Find out more and enter?here.?Squarespace Portfolio CompetitionCan’t make it to New Blood Festival in London in July? This one’s for you. Enter your portfolio in Squarespace’s open call for entries for the opportunity be featured at the New Blood Festival 2019 and online.Squarespace is looking for portfolios from current students or recent graduates (within three years), this includes mature students. You can be based anywhere in the world.Use promo code DANDAD2019 to set up your online Squarespace portfolio, then share the link to your portfolio on your Instagram or Twitter using the hashtag #NewBloodByTheBook and tagging the New Blood Instagram @newblood_dandad or Twitter @dandadnewblood.Find out more?here.Further LearningUniversity of the Sunshine Coast to Open New CampusThe University of the Sunshine Coast will be welcoming students to their brand new Moreton Bay campus in 2020.Students will be able to choose from almost 50 undergraduate degrees, including business, education, computer science and mechatronics.They will also be offering new Moreton Bay Regional Council Scholarships to encourage low income students in the Moreton Bay area to study at USC. You can read more about the scholarship?here.This is the first stage in a planned 10.5-hectare university precinct that will form the heart of The Mill at Moreton Bay, a vibrant civic, cultural and educational precinct planned by Moreton Bay Regional Council.Read more about the new campus?here.?VTAC December offers for VCE and QCE studentsIf you’re currently studying Year 12 in Victoria or Queensland, and applying for courses through VTAC for 2020, you’ll now be eligible to receive a course offer in December, just after your ATAR comes out. You’ll still be eligible in the existing offer rounds in January and February as well, but an extra December round provides you with the additional chance to receive a course offer.Students from every other state will have places reserved in the January offer rounds so they won’t be disadvantaged, you’ll just have to wait a bit longer.5 August – applications open12 December – ATAR and VCE results released14 December – change of preference closed for VCE and QCE students18 December – offers released (and change of preferences open again)20 December – change of preferences closes for 2019 (you’ll still have more chances to get offers and change preferences in 2020)Find out more –?vtac.edu.au/files/pdf/publications/fact_sheets/December_offers.pdf?How to research any university in the worldWhen it comes to your future path, the university you choose is as important, if not more important, than the course you choose. Uni choice can determine where you live, the facilities you use, who you learn from and the style of education. Here’s some tips on how to research unis beyond going to an open day.Read the article –?au/blog/how-to-research-any-university-in-the-worldBallarat’s boost to Cybersecurity TrainingHigh school students wanting to pursue a career in Cyber Security, will now have even more options.FedUni TAFE’s Mount Helen campus is set to receive a $940,000 injection, thanks to the the Labor Government’s Regional and Specialist Training Fund. It’ll go towards implementing cutting-edge cyber security training and providing state of the art equipment.A purpose built IT lab will be constructed, complete with industry-leading equipment. It will aim to create a simulated network environment. The new facilities with allow FedUni TAFE to offer the Certificate IV in Cyber Security.Working in conjunction with IT giants IBM and CT4, FedUni TAFE will offer a course that is fit-for-purpose. Graduates will also have the chance to create connections to cyber security job opportunities with IBM and CT4 as potential employers.Even better news is that this year the Certificate IV in Cyber Security was made tuition-free the Free TAFE program.FedUni TAFE to offer ECEC at Horsham Campus$1.1million’s worth of funding has been allocated to FedUni TAFE’s Horsham campus, from the Victorian Labor Government’s?Regional and Specialist Training Fund.?Hoping to deliver skills that match jobs in-demand in the Grampian and Wimmera regions, the funding will provide two traineeship qualifications – the Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care, and Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care.At the moment there’s not enough skilled staff, which is impacting on the ability to provide services in childcare centres, kindergartens, out-of-school-hours and holiday programs.Existing Early Childhood Educators will be able to up-skill by taking their diploma. Current high school students wishing to study early childhood education and care (ECEC), will be able to do their Certificate III.So, if you’re not sure what career you’d like to do, but you love children and can see yourself in the early education system, maybe this is an option to investigate.If you thought it couldn’t get any better, from 2020, these courses will also be added to the?Free TAFE list?as well.Source:?The SectorResources?Unique Student Identifier (USI)What is a USI?A USI is a reference number made up of numbers and letters, that is unique to you.It allows you to create a secure online record of all or any nationally recognised training that you undertake.You’ll only ever need to create one USI account, it will be yours for life.Read more - Share The Dignity VolunteeringShare The Dignity is currently looking for volunteers to join their team from all across Australia. They operate in all states and territories and currently have no office premises. This means that everyone works at home; from kitchen benches and sofas.Ready to put your hand up for change?Do you have a minimum of 3hrs a week to volunteer and make a difference?Do you have access to the internet on a computer, laptop, tablet or mobile device?Do you have a passion to help women and girls in need?If you answered yes to all then Share The Dignity wants you to join their team! To get involved, read more and apply?here.Swinburne supporting pathways for Indigenous girlsSwinburne has formed a new partnership with the?Girls Academy. With the aim of further supporting Indigenous girls to go into further education and help them find career pathways.The partnership will help more girls to find and access suitable courses and pathways, encouraging them in their career goals.Swinburne staff have spent time visiting the Girls Academy schools in Victoria, providing them with study tips and informing the senior high school students about the options available with Swinburne’s tertiary courses, and letting them know about the?Indigenous Student Support?services available to undergraduates at the Uni.Swinburne are also offering campus experiences at Hawthorn and Croydon, and also have plans to co-ordinate an outreach program. The program will focus on (STEM) activities with the hopes of engaging some of the 2,700+ Girls Academy students throughout Australia.Source:?Swinburne NewsJob SpotlightGeneral Practitioner (GP)What do they do?GP’s are specialist, community based Doctors trained to care for people of all ages, all walks of life, and with all types of medical issues and concerns.They focus on the health of the whole person combining preventative, physical, psychological and social aspects of care.If you’re a people person with lots of empathy and patience, that thrives on variety but handles hum-drum too, then a career as a GP could be perfect for you.?Duties:Conducting examinations of patients and questioning them about their health status to make diagnosisOrdering lab tests, X-rays and other medical diagnostic procedures where necessaryprescribe relevant medicationAdministering simple medical treatments/procedures such as immunisations, skin cancer removals & applying stitchesMonitoring patientsProviding general health advice to patients on diet, nutrition, exercise and other lifestyle habits to prevent or recover from illnessReferring patients to other healthcare professionalsArranging admission of patients into hospitalRecording and organising patient recordsTraining and supervising medical students/trainee doctorsKeeping up to date with the latest medical treatments and medications relevant to general practice/primary healthcareReporting births, deaths and notifiable diseases to government authorities?Skills required:great interpersonal and communication skills (good “bedside manner”)critical thinking and problem solvingability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team or independentlyopen-minded and non-judgementaldedicatedinterest in continued learninggood at decision makingorganised?PathwaysGPs have 10-15 years of formal education and training before they can practise independently?as a GP.Step 1 –?Successfully complete a medical degree at an accredited Australian/NZ medical school?(5-7 years)Step 2 –?Complete a postgraduate internship at an accredited Australian/NZ hospital?(1 year)Step 3 –?Complete vocational training, which includes a 1 year hospital residency through either of the following programs;FRACGP Fellowship?(3 years)FACRRM Fellowship?(4 years)Step 4 –?Complete all relevant exams and register as Specialist General Practitioner with AHPRAStep 5 –?fully qualify as a GP + apply for jobs?Average salary:$127,634 (Source: )$96,200 (Source: .au)You might also like to look at this?GP earnings calculator?for a more accurate estimation of what your salary as GP might look like.?Future growth:?strong (source: .au)The Study Work Grow Research Team PO Box 109, Redlynch, QLD 4870 Phone: 0432 860 108 Email: lucy@.au Find us online – .au Copyright ? 2018, Study Work Grow | All rights reserved ................
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