Pathways and Careers

Important dates for Year 12 students:

VCA & MCM WINTER SCHOOL

Students interested in the following fields should look into these great opportunities to experience life at the VCA and MCM, and to further develop your skills! Be quick, as places will fill quickly.

Theatre

Music Theatre

Film & TV

Dance

Visual Art

Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity for structured studio-based training that can take your performing and visual arts dreams to the next level!  Book via this link: http://vca-mcm.unimelb.edu.au/shortcourses

PEP UP YOUR FOLIO!

RMIT invites VCE (Units 3/4) students of art and design subjects to participate in their Ready Set Design series of workshops during the holidays. Students can learn about careers and tertiary programs in Design, develop their folio, and practise their interview and presentation skills. Limited places, so be quick – register here: http://www.eventbrite.com.au/o/rmit-snap-team-6142036387

Work Experience Guidelines 2016

Year 10 students have started to organise their work experience placements. An outline of the procedure is attached here for your information.

WHERE ARE ALL THE JOBS GOING TO BE IN 2025?

PARENT WEBINAR

Presented by Ivan Neville from the Department of Employment (Branch Manager, Labour Market Research and Analysis Branch), the Department of Education and the Australian Centre for Career Education have made this informative webinar aimed at parents available to the public via the link below. If you have any trouble accessing the recording, try cutting and pasting the link into your browser:

Link: https://connect.vic.edu.au/p62cqieplge/

Passcode: pwjobs2016

WHAT SKILLS WILL MY CHILD/CHILDREN NEED FOR THE FUTURE?

According to a thought-provoking new report recently completed by the Foundation for Young Australians, the “New Work Order” is already upon us. We all know the world is changing constantly and rapidly, but this document highlights a number of important transferable skills that students will need to master in addition to the more traditional technical or knowledge-related skills that may have been enough to secure a job in the past. Collectively known as enterprise skills, the following skills have been identified as crucial keys to future employment and financial security: problem solving, communications, financial literacy, critical thinking, creativity, teamwork, digital literacy and presentation skills. There is some food for thought for all members of the NHS community in this publication.

Events & Workshops

Whilst all the tertiary institutions run open days later in the year, many of them also run special activities in the holidays. These shorter activities are often more targeted, and there are fewer visitors, so you can get more individualised information. We will promote them at school, but you should make a habit of actively looking for them as well.

A couple of examples are listed below:

• Meet Melbourne – events, seminars, holiday programs, – go to www.futurestudents.unimelb.edu.au  and sign up for their newsletters.
• Inside Monash Seminar Series –  information on all study areas, spread out through the year. March offerings include Business & Economics, Science, Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences – more info at  www.monash.edu/inside-monash
• RMIT – runs workshops throughout the year – follow this link to see what kind of events take place, bearing in mind that some of them are during school hours - https://www.rmit.edu.au/events/all-events/tours/2016/