Careers 

News from the The Careers Space

Our Year 12 students are back on campus preparing for exams and the next steps after Secondary school, a very busy time with many emotions, lots of work, exciting opportunities, and a few nerves about what to do in the future. This Year 12 cohort should be especially proud of their resilience to get through the last two years and although it is possibly hard to see right now there will be good things to come from this time.

I have been and will continue working with our Year 12 cohort to support them to explore choices and make decisions about further education at TAFE and University, Apprenticeships, Traineeships, and employment. 

This support doesn’t stop when you leave school, the support is still available to all students after they finish Year 12, we all really enjoy hearing and supporting past students who remain a part of our community.

Year 11 Students following up from my emails and Compass posts when we return to school or before via WebEx, we will be catching up to answer any career pathways questions and get you ready for HeadStart, for a smooth transition to Year 12 in 2022. Please be sure you are checking emails, Compass and reading the Careers News each week to be sure you are aware of interesting events and opportunities.

Other year levels have selected their subjects and electives for 2022, for some students this includes a VETiS subject. As we return to school information about these choices and orientation programs will be coming, so please keep a close eye on your emails and Compass notifications to be sure you don’t miss anything and as always please email me with any questions you may have.

Please read on for the latest careers news with lots of interesting information. Also, an advertising flyer from Torrens University, as it has jobs and salary information. This is just some information and a guide to what a possible salary is, I would recommend if you are interested in any of these areas doing a wider search to discover where else you can gain these qualifications, as I am not advertising one particular university and am available to help with your search.

The University of Melbourne’s Elite Athlete Program

Applications for the for students applying for study in 2022 are now open.  Applicants could receive a conditional offer of support prior to the VTAC Change of Preference date of 20 December 2021.  The Elite Athlete Program provides elite and emerging student-athletes with financial and in-kind support to assist them to reach their potential whilst studying at the University of Melbourne.  Benefits can include: • Up to $4,000 to assist with competition and travel costs from High Performance and    Friends of the Sports Association Scholarships • Physiotherapy services (fully or partially subsidised with on campus practice Elite    Academy) • Professional Strength and Conditioning coaching and programming 

• 12-month Aquatic and Fitness Centre membership 

• Subsidies for inter-varsity representative sporting events 

• Supporting student-athletes to represent the University of Melbourne at appropriate    inter-varsity championships or events during the term of their support.

 Studying a Business Course at Torrens University

Through hands-on experience and industry exposure, our business courses offer globally recognised qualifications, and the knowledge and expertise to become an effective leader in tomorrow’s workplace.  From Entrepreneurship to Information Systems and Marketing to Sports Management, we support your students’ career goals so they can build a successful future.

Torrens University prides itself on ensuring its students graduate job-ready in their chosen industry, offering theoretical foundations and hands-on experience that set students up for career success. Business specialisations include - Accounting, Business, Business Analytics, Entrepreneurship,

Event Management, Finance, Marketing, Project Management and Sports Management. Students are encouraged to browse Business Courses and Degreesto find out more. 

Scholarships to Study Abroad 

Looking to study abroad but worried about the costs? Good news! There are hundreds of scholarships to study abroad, including general scholarships and more specialized funding schemes. Some are offered by government agencies, some by individual universities, and others by external funding organizations and charitable enterprises.

The Top Universities website is an excellent resource to learn more about what scholarships are on offer. Students can search for region-specific scholarships or country-specific scholarships.  Students can even search forsubject-specific scholarships.

Students are encouraged to browse Top Universities - Study Abroad Scholarships  

 University Study Abroad & Exchange Programs

Students who choose to take up an opportunity to do some of their university study overseas get the opportunity to immerse themselves in another culture, study at an overseas university, and really get to engage with students and lecturers at those institutions.  An added bonus of many study-abroad programs is that students get to study for one or two semesters at these overseas partner institutions and earn credit towards their degrees.

Find out more about the Study Abroad programs offered by browsing the following links:

The following Victorian Universities offer Paramedicine undergraduate degrees:

Paramedic Degree Courses in Victoria 

The Good Universities Guide states that paramedics provide pre-hospital emergency care, treatment and specialised transport for patients - Good Universities Guide - Paramedic. 

Working as an ambulance paramedic means that no two days are ever the same.

 What a paramedic does can be as varied as restarting a patient’s heart down to helping solve social welfare issues. Ambulance paramedics are called when people feel they have no other options and are suffering what feels like an emergency to them. An interesting fact to remember when applying to become a paramedic is that the majority of the workload is not lights and sirens driving to save a patient's life. This job is more about helping people in their time of need as opposed to being a hero.

Visit Ambulance Victoria - Types of Paramedicsto find out more!  

The following Victorian Universities offer Paramedicine undergraduate degrees:

Log onto VTAC to find out more about these courses.

Public Health Courses in Victoria in 2021Wikipedia states that public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting human health through organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals".  It goes on to say that public health aims to improve the quality of life through prevention and treatment of disease, including mental health.  There are a few dedicated public health degrees offered by Victorian universities, and these are listed below.   For a comprehensive list of all courses offering studies (majors and minors) in public health, including the many double-degree options, visit VTAC

Ms Bronwyn Haines

Careers Advisor