Friday, 5 August Issue 11/21 THE RECTOR - St Aloysius

Queenstown Resort College runs courses in Hospitality and
Adventure Tourism Management. Visit
www.queenstownresortcollege.com.
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
Careers in Sport Workshop, 10.00am-2.30pm: Sydney Olympic
Park, for students and their parents. Dates: 9 August, 24 August, 29
August and 5 September. Cost: $30 per person. Email
julie.stafford@sportnsw.com.au or phone 8116 9737.
10 August: Two Post-school transition training forums (3.30pm or
6.00pm) for students with a disability, at Dougherty Centre, 7 Victor
Street, Chatswood. Register online at www.ndco.cds.org.au/.
(http://ncdo.cds.org.au/index.php/post-school-transtion-planningforums)
14 August, 11.00am: Open Day at St Patrick’s Institute of
Education in Surry Hills. Diploma courses in Marketing Business
and Business Administration, which are pathways to university.
16 August, 5.30pm: Men in Nursing Forum at UTS, Building 10,
Level 7, 235 Jones Street, Ultimo. Attendance is free, but registration
is essential at www.nmh.uts.edu.au. Come and learn from four very
different male nurses – a current student, a recent graduate, an
intensive care nurse and a neuroscience nurse. Discover about the
wide range of career options you can pursue as part of the nursing
profession. Also have a tour of UTS’ state of the art clinical labs and
meet their robotic patients. Parents are most welcome too.
16-28 August: Ultimo Science Festival. Some terrific fun events
especially to nurture students interest in technology, eg forensics and
research. See www.ultimosciencefestival.com/2022/. Some events
require tickets to be booked – mostly free admission.
16 August, 6.30-8.00pm: Macquarie University Business &
Economics Info Evening. Learn more about their aspiring
professionals program, scholarships and graduate opportunities.
(http://mq.edu.au/pubstatic/events/2011/08/16/business_and_eco
nomics-information_evening/)
18 August: UNSW Engineering Day for selected Years 10 & 11
students.
20 August: Wesley Institute Course Information Day
21 August, 10.00am-3.00pm: Open Day at the International
College of Management at Manly. They have courses in business
management, event management, sports management, hospitality
management, international tourism, retail management and property
services management. They also offer career weeks, which is a great
way for students to experience life as an ICMS student. Registration
via www.icms.edu.au/apply/test-drive/career-week.html. ICMS will
be awarding three National Scholarships, commencing in 2012,
valued at over $50,000 each. Application forms can be accessed on
website at www.icms.edu.au/apply/scholarships.html.
27 August, 9.00am-2.30pm: Modern History Study Day at the
Australian History Museum. Phone 9850 8870 or email
tracy.sullivan@mq.edu.au.
27 August, 10.00am-2.30pm: Science scholarships information
sessions at UTS Broadway CB04 Lecture Theatre 2.34, Level 2,
Building 4.
29 August, 6.00pm: Talk by three American Universities (Columbia,
Princeton and North Western) in War Memorial Hall at Cranbrook
School at 5 Victoria Road, Bellevue Hill. Registration is essential.
Email dberridge@cranbrook.nsw.edu.au or phone 9327 9439. Please
note there is no parking on the campus.
29 August: Lunchtime talk by UNSW in The Bellarmino.
31 August: Lunchtime talk at College by Macleay College
31 August, 6.30-8.00pm: Macquarie University Law School
Information Evening. For information, phone 9850 4271 or visit
www.mq.edu.au/pubstatic/events/2011/08/31/macquarie_law_school_informati
on_evening/.
1 September: Closing date for Year 12 applicants for Early Entry
consideration at the University of Wollongong. It is well worth
reducing your stress and putting in an application. You do not have
to accept it in January 2012, but it is a great back-up plan.
14 September, 5.45-6.45pm: University of Sydney Forum
Lectures 2011 – ‘The Brain on Drugs – how drugs affect
behaviour’, presented by Professor Iain.
17 September: JMC Academy Open Day. 3D animation, film and
TV, digital media, audio engineering and music management.
30 September: Final date for submission to UTS for Special
Admissions Elite Athletes & Performers’ Scheme. For more
information go to UTS Equity website.
HSC in the September/October Holidays: A series of interactive
workshops run by senior HSC markers will be held at UTS on both
city and Kuring-gai campuses for Year 12 students. Thirteen of the
most popular subjects will be offered. See
www.hscintheholidays.com.au or phone 1300 677 336.
7 October: Closing date for 2012 Teacher Education Scholarships
Australian Defence Force Academy Education Award: Comprises
a laptop computer and certificate and open to current Year 11 students.
See www.defence.gov.au/adfa/applications/education_award.html.
International College of Management at Manly has opened its
scholarship and Early Entry programs. See www.icms.edu.au.
SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION
A scholarship search on MyFuture website shows over 2500
scholarships. Go to www.myfuture.edu.au, select ‘The Facts’,
‘Funding’ and ‘Awards and Scholarships’.
For opportunities available at UNSW scholarships, visit
https://scholarships.online.unsw.edu.au/scholarship/sc_search.login.
For information on Macquarie University Sport Scholarships,
visit http://www.campuslife.mq.edu.au/sport/sport-scholarships.
2012 Teacher Education Scholarship Program: Up to 300 on
offer to train in secondary key learning areas of Maths, Science,
English, and in primary or secondary Special Education, for
employment as teachers in western and south-western Sydney and
non-coastal rural NSW. Application process is simple – log on to
teach.nsw website and apply online. Support of up to $28,000 over
up to 5 years is available. Closing date for applications is 7 October.
For more information see www.teach.nsw.edu.au/scholarships.
AUSGRID (formerly EnergyAustralia) are well known for
empowering school-leavers – they offer apprenticeships, cadetships and
traineeship opportunities. Apprenticeships for Years 10-12 students
offers five trades – closing date 29 July. Apply at
www.ausgrid.com.au/careers/apprenticeships. Traineeships in
Electrical Engineering (Year 12) – closing date 30 September. Phone
8745 1600 or apply at www.ausgrid.com.au/careers/traineeships.
Cadetships in Electrical Engineering (Year 12) – closing date 30
September. Apply at www.ausgrid.com.au/careers/cadetships.
AUSGRID is holding an Open Day on 25 June at Ausgrid Learning
Centre, 48 Holker Street, Silverwater. To book a seat call 1300 305 613.
Students who wish to apply for most scholarships later in 2011
should start preparing their documentation now.
Macquarie University in 2012:
Bachelor of Information – Games Design & Development – a
new course in gaming. This is the only games development degree
course offered by a university in NSW. It will be a three-year course,
with students undertaking a final year project to practice their
knowledge. This will provide them an opportunity to showcase their
work to potential employers. The course contains most of the core of
the BIT degree together with specialist game units. The ATAR is
expected to be around 75.00.
Bachelor of Marketing & Media – will combine both theory and
practice. In the marketing component, areas covered include
marketing fundamentals, statistics, consumer behaviour, marketing
strategy, brand management, integrated marketing communication
and social marketing and sustainability. The media component covers
topics such as media cultures, digital media production, international
communications, public relations and media production (eg radio,
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