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Have you considered studying neuroscience? Neuroscience is the study of how the brain and nervous system impact behaviour, actions and cognitive thinking.
Students can specialise in areas such as behavioural neuroscience, neuroimaging, social neuroscience, molecular neuroscience, and neuro-linguistics etc.
Research is undertaken in areas such as music, sport, schizophrenia, epilepsy, stroke, Alzheimer’s Disease, and Huntington’s Disease etc.
Studying neuroscience would suit students who are interested in science, research and lab work. It’s advisable to study subjects such as advanced mathematics, biology, chemistry, psychology and physics at school.
To become a neurologist or neurosurgeon, you will need to study a medical degree first.
Victorian universities are leaders in the fields of neuroscience and neuropsychology research. The following are two universities that offer neuroscience as a major at the undergraduate level:
*Swinburne University: can major in Neuroscience through the Bachelor of Health Science and Bachelor of Health Science (Professional), http://bit.ly/2hrMt42
*The University of Melbourne, can major in Neuroscience through the Bachelor of Biomedicine or the Bachelor of Science, http://bit.ly/2rWjXhe
Work Experience: Year 9 and 10 students can apply to undertake a week of work experience at the Melbourne Neuroscience Institute. Students need to apply between December – January and successful applicants will complete the work experience in 2019, http://bit.ly/2yhXxem
Resource Engineering degree programs at Monash University: Monash offers the following resource engineering degrees at the Clayton campus:
*Bachelor of Geological Engineering (Honours),
*Bachelor of Renewable Energy Engineering (Honours)
*Bachelor of Oil and Gas Engineering (Honours)
*Bachelor of Mining Engineering
To explore these exciting courses, go to http://bit.ly/2dh4PTt
Monash Maths Bridging course: this program is available to domestic students who narrowly miss the required study score in the mathematics prerequisite subjects for a Monash Engineering, Science or Business and Economics undergraduate degree. Students will undertake face-to-face study in January 2019. Eligibility – VCE Students who receive a study score of 20-24 in VCE Mathematical Methods Units 3 and 4. The program is only available for Monash courses and will be held at the Monash College, City campus. For information, go to http://bit.ly/2wLiMAc
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Victoria University (VU): a global leader in sports: VU has been ranked 12th in the world for sport in the latest Shanghai rankings. As the largest provider of teaching programs in sports and exercise science, VU students benefit from industry partnerships with leading sporting bodies. They also have access to world-class $68 million sport and exercise science facilities. To explore the vocational and higher education courses at VU, go to https://bit.ly/2Q1iwXx
Applying for Engineering or IT at University of Technology Sydney? Did you know you can support your UAC application with the Engineering & IT Questionnaire? If you fall short of the ATAR by 1-3 points, UTS will still consider your application if you complete the questionnaire and demonstrate a strong motivation to study engineering or IT. The questionnaire closes on Sunday 16 December 2018. For more information and to complete the questionnaire, go to https://bit.ly/2AxudQw
Have you considered spending your gap year overseas? Lattitude Global Volunteering still has places left for Europe, Canada and United Kingdom. Volunteering overseas looks great on your resume, helps you to meet new people and determine your career goals, allows you to refine and develop new skills, and builds your confidence, https://muse.cm/1XlFDrN To research your options and apply, go to https://bit.ly/2o4BK3Q
Pathways to a Design degree at Monash University: The Monash College Diploma of Art and Design is an alternative pathway into Architecture, Design and Fine Arts degrees at Monash. To align with the new Bachelor of Design specialisations, the diploma has been updated with extra pathways into the second year of the degree. These degrees and specialisations are now available via the Diploma of Art and Design:
*Bachelor of Architectural Design
Bachelor of Design (collaborative design, communication design, Industrial design, spatial design)
*Bachelor of Fine Art (Art History and Curation)
For information, go to https://bit.ly/2Suzteu
Interesting Article: “After the ATAR. Understanding how Gen Z transition into further education and employment”, https://bit.ly/2v1l3Yg
RMIT Student wins Melbourne Fashion Week award: An RMIT student has won the prestigious student award at Melbourne Fashion Week (MFW) for her Choose Your Own Adventure-inspired project. Bachelor of Fashion (Design) (Honours) student Helena Dong was announced as the winner during the MFW student runway at Melbourne town hall on September 5. To read about the course, go to https://bit.ly/2KpgrkG
Amazing careers in health. The team at Careers With STEM have profiled several people working in exciting health careers:
*Anastasia is helping the hearing impaired
*Parisa is making portable paper sunburn sensors to prevent skin cancer in Australia
*Trina is engineering a better way for bones to heal.
You can read their stories at this link - http://bit.ly/2gQXMlg
Amazing careers in maths. The team at Careers With STEM have profiled several people working in exciting maths careers:
*Sam is using maths to save animals in amazing places such as the Barrier Reef and the Amazon
*Daniel is using maths to discover who will be the next big football star
*Sara uses software engineering at Google Maps to help you find your way around
You can read their stories at this link - https://bit.ly/2OhVr1m
Tuckwell Scholarships: Every year, Australia National University offers twenty five students from across the country a Tuckwell Scholarship - Australia’s most transformational undergraduate scholarship. The application process for the 2020 intake opens for Year 12 students in early March 2019, so Year 11 students are encouraged to look into this opportunity now by using the following communication mediums:
*Visit and bookmark the Scholarship webpage - https://bit.ly/2CMzi96
*Sign up to the mailing list for updates – https://bit.ly/2JnjjQb
New admissions process for Australia National University (ANU): The new Admissions, Scholarships & Accommodation model will result in an earlier-than-standard admissions process, meaning school leavers will apply to ANU in March when they are in Year 12, and ANU will make them offers in August. To read about the new process and the new admission criteria, please go to https://bit.ly/2AywKtI
Interesting articles from Deakin ‘this’:
*Career interests: What to do when your career interests change, http://bit.ly/2A30s7N
*Business analytics: What’s it really like to be a business analyst, http://bit.ly/2zkkfCK
*Clinical exercise physiology: What’s it really like to be a clinical exercise physiologist, http://bit.ly