BSSC 2013 - Bendigo Senior Secondary College

BSSC 2013
Monday, 11 th March Issue 5
FOCUS ON: Open Days
Sun 21 April, 10.00am – 5.00pm, Melbourne Convention and
Exhibition Centre
http://www.rdv.vic.gov.au/expo
OPEN DAYS:
Universities and TAFE Institutes hold annual Open Days for the
public. They are an opportunity to visit, talk to staff and
students, collect information and see facilities. As such, they
are a great way to assist in deciding where you wish to study
once you finish school. They are generally held in term 3, but
many of the dates are supplied here so you can get them in
your diary and make your visits a priority. Year 10 or 11 is a
great time to start your visits; Year 12 is not too late….
WRICA Careers and Employment Expo: The Careers and
employment Expo will feature exhibitors representing
universities, private colleges, TAFEs and apprenticeship
organisations.
Thu 9 May, 9.00am – 3.00pm, Fri 10 May 9.00am – 3.00pm,
Wyndham Leisure and Events Centre, 80 -82 Derrimut Road,
Hoppers Crossing.
http://www.wrica.net/careers_&_employment_expo.html
The Engineers Australia Careers Expo
Thursday 21 March, 11am – 7pm at the Etihad Stadium,
Melbourne. .
OPEN DAY DATES FOR YOUR DIARY (10am – 4pm):
Sat 3rd Aug - Monash Uni (Berwick, Gippsland, Parkville,
Peninsula campuses)
Sun 4th Aug -Deakin Uni (Warrnambool); Monash Uni
(Caulfield, Clayton); Swinburne (Hawthorn)
Sun 11th Aug - Australian Catholic Uni (Melbourne);
Deakin (Geelong); RMIT
Sun 18th Aug -La Trobe Uni (Bendigo); Melbourne Uni
(Parkville & Southbank - VCA);
Sun 25th Aug - ACU (Ballarat); Ballarat Uni; Box Hill
Institute: Deakin (Burwood); La Trobe (Bundoora); Victoria
Uni; William Angliss Inst.
Sun 1st Sept - La Trobe (Albury/Wodonga)
Note: Holmesglen has as Open Day every third Wednesday of
the month;
www.holmesglen.edu.au/showcase/events/open_wednesday
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The Age VCE & Careers Expo
This is a fantastic annual event which enables senior school
students and their parents to be able to participate in a
diverse range of over 150 seminars related to VCE subjects,
gap year opportunities, vocational and higher education
courses, career pathways and VCE study skills.
Over 190 organisations will be in attendance, enabling
students to be able to talk to course and program advisers
directly about their services. Cost is $10 per student and
schools have been sent free passes.
The event is being held at Caulfield Racecourse between
Thursday 2nd to Sunday 5th May. To find out more, go to
www.vceandcareers.com.au, 03 95968881
Explore Courses and Careers at RMIT – Back by popular
demand in 2013, is a range of ‘Experience Day’ holiday
programs for Year 10-12 students. Get a hands-on and
interactive experience of courses on offer at RMIT, and find
out about careers in accounting, engineering, fashion, justice,
medical sciences, media, advertising, environment, IT, and art
and design. To register interest and to be notified when events
are on go to: www.rmit.edu.au/experiencedays.
Regional Victoria Living Expo Event exhibitors will provide
information on careers, education, housing, health and
opportunities available in rural and regional Victoria. Fri 19 –
• Participate in interactive workshops
• Talk to over 80 exhibitors from engineering,
• science and technological industries
• Attend inspirational engineering presentations.
For more information, contact Sarah Cooke, 03 9321 1703,
scooke@engineersaustralia.org.au or go to
www.engineeringexpo.org.au
Get a Head Start in Finding your Ideal Course
Explore your options early by attending the ‘At Monash
Seminars’ to hear from current students, graduates and staff.
Gain an overview of the university experience, courses, and
careers. What, when and where?
Arts (Humanities/social sciences): Tues 5 Mar (Caulfield)
campus), Wed 22 May (Clayton)
Architecture and interior architecture: Wed 6 Mar
(Caulfield)
Nursing, midwifery and emergency health: Thurs 7 Mar
(Peninsula)
Physiotherapy and occupational therapy: Tues 19 Mar
(Peninsula)
Information technology: Wed 20 Mar (Caulfield)
Pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences: Thurs 21 Mar
(Parkville)
Design and fine art: Wed 17 April (Caulfield)
Psychology: Thurs 18 April (Clayton)
Law: Wed 1 May (Clayton)
Health science and social work: Tues 7 May (Caulfield)
Teaching, sport and outdoor recreation: Wed 8 May
(Peninsula), Thurs 27 June (Clayton)
Medicine: Mon 13 May (Clayton)
Education and nursing: Tues 21 May (Berwick)
Biomedical science, radiography, and nutrition and
dietetics: Wed 29 May (Clayton)
Engineering: Thurs 30 May (Clayton)
Performing arts and music: Tues 20 Aug (Clay)
All seminars: 6.30-8.00pm; Information/ registration (essential):
call 1800 MONASH or www.monash.edu/seminars. Places are
limited.

BSSC 2013
Monday, 11 th March Issue 5
VOCATIONAL AND HIGHER EDUCATION NEWS
OTHER EVENTS COMING UP:
Competitons:
Have you considered a career in Forensic
Science?
Then you should attend the next Forensic Science Careers
Information Day on Friday 5 April, 12.30 – 4.00pm at the
Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine (VIFM), Southbank.
Work at the VIFM includes
• Forensic pathology
• Clinical forensic medicine
• Medico-legal death investigation
• Paternity testing
• Forensic science services
• Preparing coroners reports
• Offering expert opinions on a range of issues
You will receive information on careers in the industry, but you
will not be able to participate in a tour of the Building. There
are only 70 spaces available so you will need to register
quickly.
For more information and to register, go to
http://www.vifm.org/about-us/careers-at-vifm/
Passionate about science?
RMIT are running the first of three Science in the City Lab Tours
on Thursday 11 April between 1.30pm – 4.00pm. You will be
able to
• View their state-of-the-art learning laboratories
• See first-hand the broad range of sophisticated
equipment and facilities and
• Discover what science at RMIT is all about.
Lunch is provided. Please register at:
www.rmit.edu.au/appliedsciences/discover
Reminder:
Early April – registrations for the Undergraduate Medicine
and Health Sciences Admission Test (UMAT) open for
Monash medicine and physiotherapy applicants (and
some interstate courses)
WEBSITES:
Here is a list of useful websites for you to explore
• Need help developing your own career plan? go to
www.myfuture.gov.au
• to find out about job opportunities, pay, job outlook for a
particular job/career go to http://jobsearch.gov.au
• find out about a particular job, what it involves, the kind
of person you need to be to suit it, and how you can get
qualified by going to www.jobguide.deewr.gov.au.
• ‘Career Architect’ on the La Trobe university website
considers your personality style along with your strengths
and talents to recommend the right job and courses for
you at: www.latrobe.edu.au/all-ways/find-your-career
(there are many instruments available)
• For comparing degrees and universities see
www.whatdegreewhichuniversity.com, a web-site with
info direct from university students about universities
throughout Australia.
Time to Write Short Story Competition: You have the
opportunity to enter this short story competition, run by NMIT’s
Bachelor of Writing and Publishing. Stories must be between
600 – 1000 words and there is no theme. The winning and
shortlisted works will appear in both a print and eBook version
of Time to Write. Entries close Friday 29 March. For more
information, go to www.nmit.edu.au/bwap or contact Robyn
Doreian, 03 9269 1807
DG Student Design Competition 2013
Secondary school students are invited to design a cover for an
issue of DG magazine with the theme ‘Images of the Decade’.
Entries close Tue 30 th April.
http://www.dgdesignnetwork.com.au/dgdn/dg-studentdesign-competition/dg-student-design-competition-2013-callfor-entries/
MARCH EVENTS
APRIL EVENTS
21 st Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical sciences,
Monash www.monash.edu/seminars
21 st Engineers Australia Careers Expo, Etihad Stadium
Melbourne, www.engineeringexpo.org.au.
23 rd Design Bytes, RMIT, City Campus,
http://www.shortcourses.rmit.edu.au/
26 th Meet Melbourne University, Capital Theatre,
Bendigo. 6.30-8.00pm click here
2 nd - 4 th William Angliss Institute Ready 4 Work: Three
day course, Tue 2 April – Thu 4 April, 9.00am – 5.00pm
http://www.angliss.edu.au/Ready-4-Work (During
school hoidays)
5 TH Access All Areas University of Melbourne, For more
information and to register, go to
www.futurestudents.unimelb.edu.au/accessallareas
5 TH Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine Careers
Information Afternoon 12.30pm – 4.00pm, Coronial
Services Centre, 57 – 58 Kavanagh Street, Southbank
http://www.vifm.org/about-us/careers-at-vifm/can-ido-work-experience-at-the-vifm/
17 th Design and fine art: Monash (Caulfield)
www.monash.edu/seminars
21 ST Australian College of Nursing and Health Expo:
http://rcna.org.au/WCM/RCNA/Events/nursing-andhealth-expos/rcna/events/nursing-and-healthexpos/information.aspx