Careers News

ComparED: to make informed decisions about your future study options

The Department of Education has released the new ComparED website to help students make informed choices about higher education courses. ComparED has information on student experience and employment outcomes across 109 different institutions in 21 different study areas. You can directly compare up to six institutions or study areas at once and find out about student experience, skills development, the teaching practices, facilities and support offered. The data displayed on the website comes from surveys collecting student feedback on their overall higher education study experience, their job prospects and starting salary. Visit www.ComparED.edu.au to find out more about tertiary study options.

Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences - Monash University Campus Tours

Students finishing high school in 2019 or 2020 who are looking at studying with pharmacy or pharmaceutical sciences at Monash, are encouraged to tour their facilities, book a careers advice appointment or chat to a current student! Tours and chats are available up to 20 December & resume 3 January 2020. Find out more here: www.monash.edu/pharm/future/outreach/tours

EducationUSA Melbourne School Holiday Sessions

During the upcoming school holidays EducationUSA has workshops and programming that will cover all things related to applying to U.S colleges - including applying for academic entry and those that are aspiring to be student-athletes. For more details and to register go to: www.facebook.com/pg/EducationUSAAustralia/events/

Collarts Summer Workshop Series - Registrations open

Registrations are open for the Collarts Summer Workshop Series on Thursday 16 January 2020. These workshops are open to students aged between 15 and 20 and will be held at their Wellington Street campus. They will be holding workshops in Sketch Comedy Writing and Performance, Instrumental Music Production, Logic Pro X Music Production. Each workshop only costs $10. Limited places available - collarts.edu.au/summerworkshops

ENGage ENGineer at Monash University

Two of Monash University student teams, Robogals Monash and Female Engineers Monash, have joined forces to organise an immersive event entitled ENGage ENGineer. This two day program, on 20-21 January at our Clayton campus, will involve a variety of workshops and activities run by different organisations and student teams. The activities are aimed at 2020 Years 9 and 10 students on a journey to learn about the different types of engineering, and the future careers which exist for them in STEM. All students are welcome to attend & please note this is a student run event. More info & registrations here: https://engage.engineer/

Equity & merit-based Scholarship opportunities

The scholarships listed below are for $10,000 per annum over 3 years and are for students who might not have otherwise received a University education due to their parent's limited financial resources. Applications close Friday 20 December 2019 - applicants can begin their online application prior to this but a mandatory step of completing an application is uploading VCE results & ATAR.

1. Mary Jane Lewis Scholarship for young women:

• Scholarships available to young women undertaking full-time study at university in Victoria.
• Check the eligibility requirements here: https://www.maryjanelewis.com.au/scholarship_information
• Apply here: https://equitytrustees.smartygrants.com.au/MJLSF20
• Please also read the FAQs here: https://www.maryjanelewis.com.au/faq_s

       2. Dafydd Lewis Scholarship for young men:

• Multiple scholarships are awarded every year for full-time undergraduate degrees in most courses at any VIC university. 
• Check the eligibility requirements here: https://www.dafyddlewis.com.au/scholarship_application_information
• Apply here: https://equitytrustees.smartygrants.com.au/DFLF20
• Please also read the FAQs here: https://www.dafyddlewis.com.au/faq