🎓Careers
What’s Happening in Careers?
I attended the ECU Innovators and Educators Day on Friday 15 March. It was interesting to explore the Joondalup campus. ECU ranks among the best in Australia for teaching quality, skills development, student support, and overall experience in the Good Universities Guide. We had some great presentations from very passionate and qualified Learning Area Leads in Engineering, Education, and WAAPA. There was an update on the move to the city campus in 2026 that will house Business/Law, WAAPA, and Humanities. It sounds like this campus will be very vibrant with fabulous opportunities for connections within disciplines. A few takeaways for me:
- It took me about 45 minutes to get to campus, but parking was free and plentiful. I was in my building within minutes of leaving my car.
- It’s a smaller university and has a nice feel. The staff know the students.
- The Computing and Information Systems school is ranked #1 in Australia for Overall educational Experience (Good Universities Guide 2024).
- The Cyber security, Computer Sciences, Information Technology and Security and Intelligence study offers are developed in collaboration with industry, have state-of-the-art facilities including the only multimillion dollar Security Operations Centre in an Australian university.
- The Business school is AACSB Accredited, which is an Internationally recognised accreditation and held by less than 6% of business schools globally.
- They were also ranked as #1 for Quality in WA and #2 in Australia by the Financial Review in 2023. They have a paid internship with IBM as part of their degree.
- The Engineering facilities are new and very comparable to those at larger universities. The Engineering school is much smaller and all Engineering disciplines are in one building.
The new sonography course is a great option for those considering a job in Health Sciences.
Year 10
Term 2 MyPath sessions are focused on preparing the Year 10s to make pathway and specific subject selections by the end of the term. They will be hearing from the Head of each learning area about the subjects on offer in their subject area. Students will get overviews of the course content, information about prerequisites and explanations of how these subjects can support them in pursuing careers in areas of interest. This week the boys had a presentation from English and Science. The PowerPoints for these presentations have been placed on the class OneNote for MyPath and are also on SEQTA, so you can review them at home and discuss the options.
Year 11
The Year 11 students started pathway planning this week. Pathway planning encourages students to explore, identify, evaluate, and reflect on the learning and work pathways available. Students will continue to be provided with opportunities to identify their aspirations, reflect upon their achievements, and set goals for continuing success. It will have been a busy end of term for the Year 11 group. We hope that the break comes at a good time for them to rest and reset as they continue on their pathway in Term 2.
Year 12
There are a number of great opportunities coming up for our students. The Careers Expo, 15-18 May, is a fantastic way for the boys to explore career options and we hope that they take advantage of this opportunity to attend. Those who have been in the past have found it to be a very useful experience and would recommend it. Make sure you register for free entry!
Careers Expo | Education Training & Employment
TISC
3 June University Early Offers
- 1 May – TISC opens
- 7 May – TISC presentation for students at Mazenod
- 3 June - Early offers for university in WA for 2026 will open on 3 June.
- 1 September - TISC will not make an offer before 1 September 2025.
- 19 December - ATAR results
- 24 December – first round offers will be sent out.
- Early offers are NOT available for courses that have quotas.
University Information
The universities have all listed their Open Days. It was great hearing from students who attended the Curtin and Murdoch open days last weekend. Register using these links and plan your day so you can make the most of the offerings.
University Open Day Calendar 2025:
23 March
4 May
30 March
5 April
6 April
24 May
The Year 12 group have heard from Curtin and Notre Dame as well as WAAPA/ECU. The universities will be in attendance at our Mazenod MyPath Careers Expo on 18 June. Year 12 students will also have the opportunity to book individual consultations with university course advisors on campus here on 9 August.
14 – 17 April Sky Careers School Holidays Workshops
Ages 7 – 16 Years
Choose one or more of these great workshops to explore careers relating to aviation. They are on at 35 Eagle Drive Jandakot Airport.
Check out details and register HERE.
Medicine and Dentistry
Students hoping to study Medicine at the Undergraduate level through Curtin in the Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery will need to register for the UCAT and Casper tests. I recommend sitting these early before life gets very busy.
Booking your Test | UCAT ANZ Consortium
Casper for 2023/24 Test Takers - Take Casper (acuityinsights.app)
Careers Newsletter
The attached newsletter has a good write-up with information about some great new courses and assured pathways.
There is plenty of news so please have a good read and enjoy!
Tyrone Tuohy
Careers Counsellor