Careers News

Are you a business student with big ideas?

There’s still time for Year 10 and 11 students to enter Victoria University’s ‘I Plan a Business’ (iPAB) competition, where they can apply their entrepreneurial skills and plan their own business or social enterprise for the chance to win $500 and other great prizes.

This is a great practical way for students to explore essential elements of the business curriculum.

The competition closes Friday 30 June 2017 at 5pm. Entry is free.

Download the iPAB Guidelines for important information to get started.

Talk to your Business teachers for more information, or Ms Witt.

Opportunity for Year 9 Girls: Girl Power in STEM

In 2016 the Melbourne School of Engineering piloted the ‘Girl Power in STEM’ program with a select group of 30 Year 9 female students. We are pleased to announce the program will continue in 2017 for those students (now in Year 10) and we will be opening applications for a second group of Year 9 students in the coming weeks.

The first year of the program features a three-night on-campus camp during the July school holidays.

The camp will consist of 

• Presentations by academics
• Panel discussions with industry
• Hands on and interactive workshops
• An opportunity to interact with current Engineering and IT students at the University

Registrations for the Girl Power in STEM Camp will be until 5.00pm on Monday 8 May. There are no limitations to the number of applications that can be submitted however only 30 students will be selected for participation in 2017. For more information about the application process please see below.

PROGRAM DETAILS

• The female student camp will run from the Monday 3 July till mid-day Wednesday 5 July 2017
• Students will arrive and register on the evening of Sunday 2 July and depart on the afternoon of Wednesday 5 July
• The program is free of charge and will include 3 nights’ accommodation, all meals and workshops during the camp
• There are a limited number of full and partial bursaries available to successful applications who demonstrate a need for financial assistance
• Accommodation will be at one of the colleges at the University of Melbourne – Queens College
• Dietary requirements will be catered for and students will need to provide this information as part of the application process

APPLICATION PROCESS

• All applications need to be submitted online
• Registrations will be open until 5.00pm Monday 8 May 2017
• Program is currently open only to students in Year 9
• Only 30 places are available in this program for 2017
• Student applications will be reviewed and short telephone interviews will be conducted for those shortlisted (these can be conducted with a guardian, parent or teacher present with the student). The interviews are scheduled to take place the week beginning 15 May onwards
• Successful applicants will be notified by 6 June
• Selected students need to fill in the relevant documents and return them by Monday 12 June in order to participate in the program

To register for the program please visit - http://www.eng.unimelb.edu.au/engage/schools/girl-power-in-stemm or navigate via http://www.eng.unimelb.edu.au/engage/schools\

Global opportunities

VCE Expo 4-7 May

JMC Academy Open Day

JMC Academy offers courses in Contemporary Music Performance, Audio Engineering and Sound Production, Entertainment Business Management, Animation, Game Development, Digital Design, Film and Television Production and Songwriting.  See their website for more information.

Open Day: Saturday 13th May 2017, 9:30am to 3:30pm