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Work Experience 

Work Experience is fast approaching with our Year 10 students in the last stages of their preparation. 

With Work Experience arrangement forms starting to flow in students have been focusing now on being safe at work. Completing a General safe@work certificate followed by their industry specific safety certificate. 

Work experience is held in the last week of term 2, Monday 24 June to Friday 28 June. Please see Tanya in our Careers and Pathways for any questions you may have. 

University Visits

On Tuesday 28 May our Year 10 students will be visiting Deakin University followed by our Year 11 students visiting Monash University on the Tuesday 4 June. This is a great opportunity for students to explore the campus, see the campus resources, and be given the opportunity to speak to student ambassadors about their own pathways and extra activities the university does while at the same time taking a deeper dive into area’s of interest supporting them as they start to navigate their own future directions. 

 Victoria Police School Leavers Careers Expo  

Victoria Police will be hosting a bespoke School Leavers Careers Expo for current Year 11 and Year 12 students, where the focus will be on the recruitment process, pathways into Victoria Police, and have a range of guest speakers who will discuss their experiences in joining Victoria Police, either straight out of high school or university.

Please note that each session will cover the same content, only one session needs to be attended.

Please register to attend at Victoria Police School Leavers Careers Expo. 

Interested in studying Cyber Security at Swinburne?                     

Cybercrime is rapidly on the rise.  Get qualified and help fill the global shortage of cyber security professionals.  

Learn the fundamentals, including encryption systems, access control and how network architecture and the internet is used to defend online data.  

Prepare for an in-demand and well-paid career across industries – from defence to media, health, business and more.

Graduates of this degree can enter jobs as a Security Consultant, Network or Systems Administrator, Information Security Analyst, Cyber Security Penetration Tester, and many more.

Skills students will learn include – 

• Cyber security testing
• Cyber security strategy
• Critical thinking
• Problem solving
• Communication skills
• Teamwork

Students are encouraged to browse Bachelor of Cyber Security and Bachelor of Computer Science (Major in Cyber Security) to find out more about how these courses lead to a qualification in Cyber Security. 

Swinburne also have a variety of Pathways into these courses starting with a Cert IV or Diploma of Cyber Security for those that wish to enter the work force a little quicker or chose to not sit for an ATAR or have undertaken the VCE-VM. 

Discover Monash Medicine Recording

Are you interested in studying Medicine at Monash, did you miss the recent Discover Monash Medicine session hosted by Monash? 

If so, watch the recording at Discover Monash: Medicine webinar to discover what was presented.

For any future career and pathway guidance, please reach out to Tanya our Careers, Pathways and VET Coordinator. 

Mrs Tanya Molloy

Careers, Pathways and VET Coordinator