Careers News July 14th

Important Dates

UMAT2016 – Wednesday 27 July

University / TAFE Open Days 2016 – throughout August.  Check with the individual instituion.

Year 12 VTAC applications – throughout August and September.  More information will be provided to Year 12 students during July and early August.

La Trobe University - Aspire Program

La Trobe offers an Early Entry program called Aspire.  This program is designed to acknowledge secondary students who work hard to make positive changes in their schools and communities through volunteering.   The Aspire Early Admissions Program acknowledges a student’s volunteering efforts when they apply.  As a successful applicant, students receive an offer into their course in September before they receive their ATAR - Aspire Early Admissions Program

Applicants will need to meet a few criteria including –

• Providing a 400-word written statement indicating the activities they have been involved in, the impact these activities have had on their community, and how regularly they participated
• Providing contact details of a referee who can certify their volunteering work as outlined in their statement.  This may be a teacher who has observed the commitment at school or an organisational supervisor who monitored them.

Types of volunteering include –

• community service or community group activities
• religious/cultural group activities
• participating in social justice groups or a school leadership role
• being involved in sport, the performing arts or charity fund-raising group activities

Key dates

Applications already open – 1 June 2016

Applications close – 31 August 2016

Notification of Outcome – from early September 2016

The Aspire Program is on offer across all La Trobe courses and campuses, and applicants will apply from June to August and conditional offers will be made by September and will be based on the assumption that the student meets the minimum ATAR of 50 with the exception of the following professional degree programs:

News from Swinburne University

• New Common First Year for Engineering Students

Students studying Engineering at Swinburne in 2017 will begin their studies with a common first year.  The Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) is designed to teach students the fundamentals of engineering before they choose their major, ensuring they can make informed choices about their career in the industry.  Students who enrol in the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Professional) will also complete a guaranteed 12-month paid professional work placement.  In 2017, a major in Biomedical Engineering will again be offered.   To find out about all the Engineering majors on offer visit Engineering

• Professional Degrees

From this year, Swinburne commenced offering a unique opportunity for high-achieving students to enrol in a degree that incorporates a guaranteed, paid, full-time work placement.

Swinburne's professional degrees feature a mandatory 12-month work placement which is normally undertaken during a students’ third year of study.  Students get paid for the placement, receive academic credit and gain invaluable skills that ensure they are job-ready upon graduation.  Students can complete the degree, including the 12-month placement, in as little as 3.5 years. 

Browse the following link to learn more - Swinburne’s Professional Degrees

New Majors in Health Science

In 2017, Swinburne’s Bachelor of Health Science will include four new majors.  The degree is designed to equip students for careers promoting health and wellbeing. New majors in biomedical and clinical technologies, exercise science and nutrition will be offered alongside a revised major in biomedical science.

Students who enrol in the Bachelor of Health Science (Professional) will also complete a guaranteed 12-month paid professional work placement.

Explore Health Science majors at Health Science Majors

Defence Jobs

The Defence Jobs: Job Finder website is a very useful tool to assist students who are interested in entering the defence force find a possible role or career that is suited to them.  Students are encouraged to browse Defence Jobs: Job Finder

Monash University Snapshot

• Named after engineer, military leader and public administrator Sir John Monash, Monash University was established in 1958
• Monash University became a founding member of the Group of Eight universities in 1999
• Monash ranks in the top 1% of world university rankings - Ranking
• Monash has over 70,000 students, with campuses in Malaysia, South Africa, China, India, Italy, besides its five campuses in Australia
• Monash University is the only university in Victoria that offers the Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (Honours) as an undergraduate entry program from Year 12
• There are ten Monash Faculties offering hundreds of Monash Courses, be they single or double undergraduate degrees, or graduate qualifications up to a PhD
• Monash has a number of student-run clubs and associations - a great way to get involved and meet people - Monash Clubs
• Career Connect is the career centre available to all Monash students.  They can access the many services offered – be it for volunteering, part-time jobs, assistance with applying for work on graduation, etc.
• The Monash Study Abroad program assists students in studying overseas as part of their course. Monash has exchange agreements with more than 100 universities all over the world.
• Monash offers more than 200 different scholarships for new and current students, from course fee subsidies to travel allowances, and payments for accommodation costs - Scholarships
• The Monash Guarantee is an alternative entry scheme for students to get into a Monash course even they do not reach the course’s clearly-in ATAR. Students may be eligible for the Monash Guarantee if they:
• have experienced financial disadvantage
• are an Indigenous Australian
• attend a Monash under-represented school
• Monash Residential Services assists students in finding accommodation on campus, and off campus.

Pharmacy Update

Traditionally, pharmacy degrees in Australia have offered students a five-year pathway to apply to register as a pharmacist (generally a four-year bachelor degree plus a one-year internship).  From 2017, Monash will introduce the new integrated Bachelor of Pharmacy (Honours)/Master of Pharmacy course, enabling students to apply to register within the same five-year time frame, but offers them the additional advantage of doing so with a master's degree as well as a bachelor's.   This course will replace the Bachelor of Pharmacy (Honours) from 2017, and it has all the required accreditations from the Australian Pharmacy Council.

Find out more at Bachelor of Pharmacy (Honours)/Master of Pharmacy

Victoria University Osteopathy

Osteopaths diagnose, treat and provide preventative advice about disorders that affect the body's musculoskeletal system, using manual techniques to alleviate stresses and dysfunction to improve the body's function (Good Universities Guide - Osteopath)

VU offers one of only three of these accredited double degree programs in Australia.  Core studies include anatomy, osteopathic science, physiology and biochemistry.  Students undertake fieldwork and clinical practice to prepare them for their osteopathy career. 

Students considering a career in osteopathy need to complete the Bachelor of Science (Osteopathy) first; this is a 3-year course and provides an entry into an osteopathy career.  Completion of the Bachelor of Science (Osteopathy) course alone does not make graduates eligible for registration as Osteopaths.  Students must also complete the Masters of Health Science (Osteopathy) in order to be eligible to register as an Osteopath.  So, the double degree program is:

1. Bachelor of Science (Osteopathy)  - 3 years
2. Masters of Health Science (Osteopathy) – 1,5 years

On completion of both programs, students will be eligible for:

• registration with the Osteopaths Registration Board of Victoria
• registration as an Osteopath in all other Australian states
• membership with the Australian Osteopathic Association

For further information about registration requirements, visit the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency website.

VU has a an Osteopathy Teaching Clinic which operates 47 weeks per year, and students are required to attend clinical sessions on a rotation basis including outside of semester hours to maintain a public service and provide continuity of patient care.  Clinical training, including fieldwork, is crucial in the preparation to becoming an Osteopath.

For more information about studying osteopathy at Victoria University, visit Osteopathy at VU

ACU Passion for Law and Commerce - Early Entry Program

Passion for Law and Commerce is a guaranteed early entry program designed to nurture your learning passion and give you a step up in your future law and commerce career.

With an ACU double degree in Law and Commerce, students who have a passion for law and commerce, will have access to choices in areas that excite and inspire them: practice as a barrister or solicitor, provide advice as an in-house counsel to an organisation, or pursue a diverse career specialising in:

• commercial law coupled with accountancy or tax or finance
• social justice advocacy combined with business management
• intellectual property rights, consumer protection law alongside marketing, entrepreneurship and venture capital
• public and private international law coupled with a specialisation in business management and administration
• competition law joined with business management and marketing
• investment law, international trade law combined with finance, business management and administration
• employment law closely aligned with expertise in human resource management

Current Year 12 students (local and international) who will have completed, Legal Studies and a business related subject by the completion of their Year 12 you are eligible to apply for entry to ACU through the Passion for Law and Commerce Program.

Successful applicants to this Early Entry program will require an ATAR 78, and Units 3 and 4 a minimum study score of 30 in English (EAL) or 25 in any other English.

• Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Commerce
• Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Business Administration

Applications are open, and close on 16 September 2016.  Successful applicants will be notified by 30 September 2016.  To find out more, and to apply visit Passion for Law and Commerce - Early Entry Program

Education USA

Would you like to study at an American university?  EducationUSA offers free general advising and sports scholarship sessions at the U.S. Consulate General Melbourne on a regular basis.  Open to students, parents and teachers, the session is divided into two parts - general guidance on U.S. undergraduate study, including university application procedures, financial assistance, and the new SAT (released May 2016), followed by an information session for student athletes interested in undergraduate sports scholarships.

The session will last 90 minutes - the first 60 minutes are dedicated to general advising, and the last 30 minutes for those interested in sports scholarships. Attendees are welcome to depart after the first 60 minute general advising session, but all guests interested in sports scholarships must attend the entire 90 minute session.

Date:               Tuesday 26 July 2016

Time:               3.00pm – 4.30pm

Venue:             553 St. Kilda Road in Melbourne.

Registration:   Please note, this event has limited seating and will be offered on a first come, first serve basis. To register, visit the Eventbrite page: goo.gl/bqIGzD