OTHER OPPORTUNITIES
WORK EXPERIENCE WITH ICRAR
Experience the working life of ICRAR’s astronomers, engineers and educators with a work experience placement. Our work covers many different areas, all related to astronomy and astrophysics, including computing and engineering.
During a work experience placement students will experience the variety of work ICRAR does and get a taste of what a day in the life of an astronomer/engineer is like.
ICRAR offers a limited number of work experience places for high school students. If you’re interested in spending your work experience placement with ICRAR, you can complete an application form online.
ICRAR is a diverse and welcoming workplace, and we specifically encourage young women and Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander students to consider joining us for our work experience program.
WA POLICE DATA SCIENCE AND ANALYTICS INFORMATION SESSION
Thursday 24 November | 6:30pm - 7:15pm | WA Police Academy
The WA Police Force are expanding their Data Science and Analytics Division. The role supports Operational and Tactical policing to solve crime faster and keep the WA community safe.
We are looking for enthusiastic and talented individuals to join the WA Police Force in their data journey. There are a variety of positions, from data scientists and engineers to data analysts, architects and cloud operations engineers. If you want to know more, register now to attend our recruitment information session.
https://letsjoinforces.wa.gov.au/events/data-science-and-analytics-information-session
iCANMED SUMMER HOLIDAY STUDY PLAN: HOW TO CATCH UP ON UCAT PREP
Sunday 20 November | 1:00pm - 3:00pm | Online
In this webinar, Ray, iCanMed’s education advisor, will share with you the techniques and timelines that are research-proven to help you best utilise your summer break for the most effective/efficient results with reference to the following points:
- Top tips on how to catch up on the prep that you have missed since April
- How to best organise your prep with the dos and don’ts of what gets you a UCAT score high enough to earn interview spots
- A summer holidays prep plan to get you up to scratch in terms of timeline and workload distribution
- An up-to-date mini mock test containing UCAT questions based on the 2022 exam
- Comprehensive teaching to help you learn how to solve questions correctly and prepare for the UCAT intelligently
AUSTRALIAN COLLEGE OF APPLIED PROFESSIONS ONLINE INFORMATION SESSIONS
Monday 5 December - Thursday 8 December | 6:00pm - 8:00pm | Online
In our online information sessions you’ll hear from ACAP educators and Course Advisors about the various courses you could study, what it’s like to be a student, the flexible learning options and pathways available, career outcomes, and more. These sessions are highly informative and include specific course information in your areas of interest.
WEP STUDENT EXCHANGE INFO SESSION
Tuesday 6 December | 6:00pm - 7:00pm | Online
Imagine making friends from all over the world, learning about yourself and the world around you and seeing sights you could only dream of! Find out more about your student exchange opportunities at WEP’s online info session.
QANTUM COMPUTING SCHOOL SUMMER CAMP
Monday 16 January - Friday 20 January | 9:00am - 5:00pm | Online
Applications open soon for the 2023 SQA Quantum Computing Summer Camp — delivered by Qubit by Qubit (QxQ), a leading educational organisation in quantum, in collaboration with Sydney Quantum Academy (SQA).
Join us to dive into quantum computing during our 1-week summer camp designed for high school students. Learn about the fascinating world of quantum physics, to explore quantum phenomena like superposition and entanglement.
The summer camp includes special workshops where you’ll learn how to code quantum gates and circuits — the building blocks of quantum algorithms using IBM’s quantum coding language, Qiskit.
Held virtually on 16-20 January 2023 with a bonus day in person, the summer camp will be open to Australian high school students (9-12) and recent school leavers.
No prior quantum or coding knowledge is required or expected, and there are many full scholarships available! Scholarships are prioritised for students underrepresented in STEM.
PERTH ZOO WILD VETS
Wednesday 18 January 2023 | 9:15am - 3:00pm | Online
Come and learn from some of Australia’s best Vets about some of the world’s most amazing animals.
Participants spend a day with an inspiring Perth Zoo veterinarian and other Zoo staff, going behind-the-scenes and learning first-hand about the amazing work of zoo and wildlife veterinarians.
School holiday program for Year 9 to Year 12.