Creative Careers -
Science Plus Humanities
Careers with stem
Following is some of the latest news from one of my favourite resources 'Careers With Stem'. Please follow the links in each section to read more or to further explore the 'Careers With Stem' website. This is a great resource with loads of information, ideas and good holiday reading.
Digital animator
Jess D’Ali says she’s been obsessed with animated films for as long as she can remember. She learnt to code and soon realised these new skills were intrinsic to the digital animation industry. Now, she’s working with animation artists to develop content for emerging augmented reality and virtual reality platforms like the Oculus Rift and the new Apple ARKit.
Read more about this story here:
https://careerswithstem.com.au/profiles/digital-animation-movies-uts/
CS + sports
Code-based skills are in high demand in the sports industry. “Mechanical, electronic, software and materials engineering are all very relevant to sports technology. A sports-related CS career could involve searching through data to help coaches evaluate game strategies, identify talent and predict results. It might also include developing better sports simulators or more realistic ‘exergames’, which combine exercise with gaming for fitness and rehabilitation.
Read more about this story here:
https://careerswithstem.com.au/cs-sports/
Dancing with physics
Merritt Moore is defying the laws of career expectations by becoming a professional dancer with a PhD in Quantum Optics too! She shows us how to successfully combine Arts + STEM to become both a professional dancer and a physicist.
Read more about this story here:
https://careerswithstem.com.au/profiles/merritt-moore-dance-physics/
Science + humanities = creative careers
Finding ways to combine science and the arts is crucial if we want to tackle some of the major challenges facing the world in the 21st century, says social researcher and PhD student Jasper Montana at the University of Cambridge’s Department of Geography in the UK. Combining science with the humanities gives you the chance to hone your skills, think critically and communicate science to the public in a creative way – for example through writing or illustration or video-making.
Read more about this story here:
https://careerswithstem.com.au/science-humanities/
Creative careers in science communication
Biomedical animator Dr Drew Berry says the classes he loved the most in school were biology and graphic design. After studying cell biology at the University of Melbourne and working as the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research’s “Photoshop guy”, he now combines his knowledge of cell biology and microscopy with animation to reveal molecular action inside our bodies. Read more about this story here:
https://careerswithstem.com.au/science-humanities/
Making music With computer science
Can you imagine creating careers in computer science and music production from playing music on an iPad, or predicting viral videos on Youtube? At the Australian National University, students are using computer science music production to shape and enhance their musical ideas. An algorithm identifies what particular gesture they’re doing at what time of the performance, and then it categorises the gestures. They use data from their touches to understand their musical intentions.
Read more about this story here:
https://careerswithstem.com.au/computer-science-music-production/
Careers with stem
For more informative articles and videos you can visit 'Careers With Stem' here: https://careerswithstem.com.au To subscribe to the magazine visit here: https://careerswithstem.com.au/read-it-here/ . Plus we also have several copies of the different magazines available in the Careers Hub and Secondary School Library.
Making an appointment
You can find me in The Careers Hub office upstairs in Blackhall. If you have any questions or need to make an appointment please email me at bronte.howell@preshil.vic.edu.au
Bronte Howell
Career Practitioner
Member of the Career Education Association of Victoria (CEAV)
Morrisby accredited Career Adviser