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