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 Indigenous Youth Leadership Program The IYLP supports scholarships of up to three years duration for Indigenous students to attend approved secondary schools (day and boarding, government and non-government) and universities. In addition to helping Indigenous students achieve their educational aspirations, the IYLP supports the development of a pool of positive role models and future leaders, to inspire other Indigenous students and illustrate the successes that can be achieved through educational attainment. In addition to ABSTUDY entitlements, education providers receive up to $15,000 per secondary student per annum, towards tuition fees; boarding and living costs (not already funded through other programs); core educational items including textbooks, uniforms/colour code, stationery, computer and internet costs; sporting and cultural participation, school excursions; mentoring, career counselling, tutoring; and an allowance for personal expenses. IYLP Tertiary students receive $6,000 per annum as a contribution towards costs of attending university. The new partnership brokers to deliver the Indigenous Youth Leadership Program from 2010 have just been announced. http://www.deewr.gov.au/Indigenous/Schooling/Programs/Pages/IYLP.aspx   Summer School in Film making, Melbourne Intensive summer film school taught by Australia's leading film industry professionals, as part of Melbourne University's Screen Studies' film education programs. For aspiring filmmakers of any age. Next course dates Jan 6 to 28, 2010 http://www.summerfilmschool.com  How Young People are Faring 2009 How Young People are Faring is the pre-eminent national report on the learning and work situation of young Australians. The 2009 report focuses on the global economic downturn and the subsequent impact on young people's aspirations, employment opportunities and education pathways. http://url.edna.edu.au/fMmR  2009 Western Sydney Youth Conference The 2009 Western Sydney Youth Conference, ‘What’s up West?’ will be held on December 8th 2009 at The Riverside Theatre in Parramatta. The aim of the Conference is to allow young people aged 12 –18 years, that either live, work or study in Western Sydney, the opportunity to express their opinion on issues that are important to them and to offer ideas and solutions for these issues. More details and registration information will be sent out over the next month, but for now, pencil us into your diaries! Leah Weber, Western Sydney Regional Youth Development Officer, Youth Action & Policy Association NSW Inc, Suite 7, 48 Macquarie Street, PARRAMATTA NSW 2150 phone (02) 9687 1466 fax (02) 9687 1229 mobile 0424 024 497 email yapaws@yapa.org.au http://www.yapa.org.au  Community Services and Health Industry Skills Council Free Seminar for Parents/Career Advisors 28 November 2009 10:00 am—2:00 pm Sebel Parramatta, NSW Opportunities to work in the Community Services and Health industries are abundant, including traditional occupations and evolving job roles. Vocational Education and Training (VET) pathways enable access to a multitude of career opportunities and professional development. VET skills and knowledge can be readily transferred to different work settings and locations, giving workers the freedom to expand their career prospects across sectors, Australia and overseas. This is an opportunity for parents to understand how to maximise their children’s study options and for career advisers to learn how to assist young people build a great career with a future. To register, please contact Rachelle Joe on 02 9270 6625 Enquiries: rachellejoe@cshisc.com.au or 02 9270 6625 or CS&H Industry Skills Council, PO Box 49, Strawberry Hills NSW 2012 Tel: 02 9270 6625 Fax 02 9270 6601 www.cshisc.com.au The Governor-General’s Indigenous Student Teacher Scholarships will encourage and support Indigenous university students in undertaking teacher education studies. The scholarships will assist Indigenous teacher education students to further develop their teaching skills and knowledge, helping the recipients to become highly accomplished educators. Recipients will be financially supported through their course to enable them to focus solely on developing their skills. Students successful in obtaining a scholarship will be awarded $25,000 per year, for up to four years, to assist with their study costs. The scholarships will be offered to one teacher education student in each state and territory with up to eight scholarships awarded each year. An application process is currently being developed so that successful candidates will be awarded the scholarships from 2010. More information will be available on the website in mid November. www.deewr.gov.au/Indigenous/Schooling/Programs/Pages/IndigenousTeacherScholarships.aspx  Ella Baché College of Skin and Beauty Therapy Open Days The Ella Baché College of Skin and Beauty Therapy are hosting Open Days specifically for School leavers. We will take you on a tour of our state-of-the-art college campus, provide you with all the information you need to know about studying beauty therapy and the broad range of career opportunities available, and we will be available to answer all of your questions. Our School Leavers Open Day Dates Thursday 12th November at 4pm Saturday 14th November at 10am *Please allow 1½ hrs Please note that attendance to our School Leavers Open Day is FREE but registration is essential as our courses have limited spaces! So please contact us on (02) 9432 5055 to confirm your attendance, or you can email our Student Liaison at study@ellabachecollege.edu.au For over 45 years the Ella Bache College has nurtured the careers of thousands of beauty therapists. We are renowned in the industry as providing the highest quality training and we are the only college in Australia with a network of over 200 salons & 35 David Jones stores that can offer work experience and job placement! Courses Our February enrolments offer Full Time & Part Time courses in: • Diploma of Beauty Therapy • Certificate IV in Beauty • Certificate III in Beauty Therapy New College Location: The Ella Baché College of Skin and Beauty Therapy Level 2, 77 Berry St North Sydney, NSW 2060 Just a 5 minute walk from the North Sydney train station We look forward to helping you achieve your dreams. Please don’t hesitate to call us if you have any questions and we look forward to meeting you at our college in November. David Freuden General Manager http://www.ellabachecollege.edu.au/ 
 WEEKEND SHORT COURSES STARTING In the coming weeks, ACTT is offering four workshops on weekends. The Courses are: ACTING DROP-INS: Sunday 11 October 2.00 - 3.30pm - - Free Saturday 24 October 10.30-12.30- - Free ACTING ESSENTIALS Intensive Basics 1 - Sat/Sun 31 October/ 1 November Intensive Basics 2 - Sat/Sun 7/8 November SCREEN ACTING Screen Intensive 1 - Sat/ Sun 14/15 November Screen Intensive 2 - Sat/Sun 21/22 November Advanced Screen Intensive – Sat/Sun 14/15 November MUSIC THEATRE WORKSHOP Saturday 31 October - 10am-4pm Full details on all courses and to enrol: http://www.actt.edu.au/courses/short+courses/sept-dec+09 2010 APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR ALL COURSES! www.actt.edu.au  HOLIDAY EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES Not sure what to do over the upcoming Christmas holidays.....? Why not live and work abroad during the university holidays in Canada, Japan or the United States? Our sister company, Letz Experience currently has opportunities available in some of the best ski resorts throughout Canada, Japan and the United States! Rather than working as a sandwich artist or as a juice bar attendant here during the HOT Australian summer, why not experience life abroad as a ski / snowboard instructor (no qualifications necessary), as a lift operator or a one of a number of other opportunities that Letz Experience has to offer. With packages starting from $699 positions are limited and continue to fill quickly! For more information visit www.letzexperience.org http://www.letzlive.org/australia/index.html  THE BIGGEST FASHION AND BEAUTY SHOW EVER SEEN IN AUSTRALIA Each October the fashion and beauty world awaits one thing, the next look in hair. This is revealed at one of the most exclusive events on the world beauty calendar, "Mainstage" London; this is truly where hair and fashion trends start. We are proud to announce that for the first time in over 45 years this premier event will be staged here in Australia. On Monday the 9th of November 2009, Toni&Guy Australia in conjunction with Fashion TV will be presenting Vortex, the 2010 Toni&Guy Global Collection Launch, in the Big Top at Luna Park Sydney. http://www.toniandguy.com.au/collectionlaunch  MEGT Institute Open Day We would love you to join us on Friday November 27, 2009 MEGT Institute Level 4 / 70 Riley Street, East Sydney Day session: 11:00am – 2:00pm, Evening session: 4.30pm – 6.30pm Are you thinking of a career in: • Child Care (Children’s Services) • Tourism and travel industry • Hospitality • Business – Marketing or Management. Then MEGT Institute has the course for you. At MEGT Institute’s open day you will: • learn hands on skills such as coffee making, craft, nappy changing • speak to a host of industry professionals • watch bar flaring demonstrations • hear from current and past students • find out about career opportunities • view our campus and student facilities • receive scholarship information and information on VET FEE-HELP • ask University of Western Sydney staff questions on articulation and pathways. RSVP Friday 30th October Tania Menzies tania.menzies@megt.com.au Phone: (02) 9358 8888 Fax: (02) 9358 8897  Click https://www.tafensw.edu.au/apply/index.htm to go to this page.  Career Café Career Talks for Schools in the Blue Mountains, Hawkesbury and Penrith Regions Showcasing Career Talks with NSW FIRE BRIGADE, NSW POLICE FORCE, & AMBULANCE SERVICE OF NSW Career Café is a FREE career opportunity where students can meet with an industry representative in a career they may be interested in pursuing.  Whitehouse Institute of Design Applications have now opened for the Bachelor of Design in 2010. Whether choosing to specialise in Fashion Design, Interior Design or Styling & Creative Direction, the time has come to secure your place! Visit our website to review the process and get your application in. You might also like to attend a Portfolio Development Workshop (call 1300 551 433 to enrol) as well as a Degree Information Evening, where you and your parents can learn more about the program, how to apply, and take the opportunity to meet the Academic staff and have your questions answered. Degree Information Evenings When: 14 October 2009 & 28 October 2009 Time: 6:00pm - 7:00pm Where: Sydney Campus, Level 3, 55 Liverpool St, 02 9267 8799 or Melbourne Campus, Level 4, 672 Bourke St, 03 9600 3625 http://whitehouse-design.edu.au  A career full of smiles - HCF Traineeship in Dental Assisting 2010 • Get paid while you are still learning! • Great career and development opportunities with a market leader • Various Sydney locations As you may know, HCF is one of Australia’s largest and most innovative health insurers. You may not have realised that one of the most important services to our members are our Dental Centres. In fact we have seven accredited Dental Centres across metropolitan Sydney currently offering a number of exciting opportunities for enthusiastic self-starters eager such as you to develop a career in dental assisting. The traineeship program will be commencing in February 2010 for a period of 12 months providing an excellent opportunity for you to gain practical work experience while completing the well recognised Certificate III in Dental Assisting. The first semester of the traineeship will comprise of 2 days per week at TAFE and 3 days per week gaining practical work experience at our Dental Centres. The remaining semester comprises 4 days per week on the job training at our Dental Centres and one day per week at TAFE. Are you the one we are looking for? • Do you like helping people and are customer focused? • Are you well presented? • Have you at a minimum completed your school certificate? • Would you like to become part of one of our great Dental Centre teams in CBD, Brookvale, Chatswood, Hurstville, Bondi, Blacktown or Parramatta and kick off your career with a market leader? Then you’re sure to enjoy this opportunity. You’ll be learning to give our members quality dental care that makes them smile. Ready to make a difference to your career as well as HCF? Then please send your application letter and resume to vacancy@hcf.com.au or Human Resources, GPO Box 4242, Sydney 2001. Enquires to (02) 9290 0272 or (02) 9290 0405. We envisage starting with first round telephone interviewing of suitable applicants in the middle of November. Applications close 4 December 2009.  Pacific International Maritime Exposition 2010 Careers & Skills Forum The 2009 Forum was well attended by Careers Advisers, teachers and secondary school students. It also seemed to be very well received by those who participated and, we believe, made a valuable contribution to our aim of promoting the multitude of career opportunities available for young people across the maritime and defence industries and the Australian Defence Force. http://www.pacific2010.com.au/exposition/programme.html  Commercial Cookery Apprenticeships ATEL Group Training has 30 x Commercial Cookery Apprenticeships available in some of Sydney's most iconic and respected restaurants! Positions are available from today and we seek motivated and enthusiastic people to interview for an immediate start. Please send your resume / CV direct to us at fiona.birch@atel.com.au highlighting that you are applying for the commercial cookery positions. The ideal candidates are people who have done Commercial Cookery or Hospitality as a VET subject and are seeking a rewarding career in this field. These are fantastic career opportunities with some of the best in the business so don't delay, send us your details today and get your career moving into overdrive! Dont delay - get your application in today!!!!!! Any questions? contact us on the details below. Matthew Lyons Field Consultant - Sydney Group Training Mobile: 0458 090 202 Email: matthew.lyons@atel.com.au  MEGT Institute VET in Schools Children’s Services FULL CERTIFICATE III in a school holiday block program. Our Childrens Services Vet in schools course runs for one week of the April, July and October 2010 holidays and finishes with a three week block period in January of 2011. This is a complete certificate III in childrens services and as a board endorsed course counts towards your HSC. We are also happy to set up a class in a convinient location to a group of students. This year it has been held in Penrith as that is were the students were based, but we are looking for a location that would suit the majority of students interested. We are also offering a range of bursaries for students interested in participating in this course. Tania Menzies Schools and Marketing Liaison officer MEGT Institute tania.menzies@megt.com.au 9358 8888 www.megt.com.au Want to get a winning edge on your design portfolio and win some great prizes? …..then enter the edna Schools Calendar 2010 Design Competition.
We are seeking entries from students or schools to produce an electronic Schools calendar. The Australian Schools Calendar produced by Education.au contains a listing of the Australian and international celebratory days, weeks, years and decades. The calendar content is available from the edna website, all you have to do is produce the winning design.
The calendar is extensively used by early childhood, primary, secondary teachers and schoollibrarians across Australia and promoted to over 80,000 educational institutions ensuring that your design work will be seen by many people! The online version can range from a PDF format of 12 separate months with different design themes or to single 1 year design. The choice is yours, we are looking for creative ideas in both design and format!
All entries receive a free 1GB USB, the winner of the competition will receive an Adobe Creative Suite 4 Master Collection and a Wacom Intuos 3 design tablet valued at $900 kindly donated by Scholastic Australia.
Get your winning entry in by Monday 30th November 2009.
Further information about the competition can be found in the competition brief. Download the competition pack to enter. http://www.edna.edu.au/edna/go/schooled/pid/513 The Australian Government will provide $500 000 a year to eligible non-government, not-for-profit organisations through the Youth Development and Support Program. The program will give funding to projects that will inspire young people to achieve their true potential. “The Youth Development and Support Program will fund community-based projects aimed at helping young people in their transition to independence and adulthood,” Ms Ellis said. Eligible groups are invited to apply for grants up to $75 000 towards projects that focus on the participation and social inclusion of young people. Applications for funding close on 4 November 2009. For more information visit www.youth.gov.au or call 1300 363 079. Use the NSW/ACT Universities Info page and click on Alternative Entry under the university that you are interested in.  NSW/ACT Universities Info  ANU uniTEST Sometimes capable students miss out on a place at ANU because their entrance rank is not what they expected. So, as a way to provide greater access and equity, ANU is offering an extra way into many undergraduate degrees through uniTEST, a test of aptitude for university study. You can view sample questions at http://unitest.acer.edu.au/ If you are expecting to receive an ATAR of 65 or above you may register to sit for UniTest. Please note that for your UniTest result to be considered for admission to ANU your actual ATAR must be 70 or over. The test will be held on Tuesday 1 December 2009 at 10AM. Registrations for the test close 13 November 2009. http://www.anu.edu.au/sas/admission/admissiontest/index.php  University of Newcastle Newstep Newstep is a tertiary preparation program offered by the University of Newcastle. It is a one-year program which has been designed for 17-20 year olds who didn't complete the Higher School Certificate or who didn’t gain sufficient marks for entry into university. Newstep is offered at both the Callaghan campus in Newcastle and the Ourimbah campus on the Central Coast. It is accepted as an entry qualification by many universities in Australia. You can apply to Newstep if you: •Can show documentary evidence that you have not been able to complete Year 12 due to disadvantage during senior schooling; or •Have completed Year 12 but did not meet the requirements for entry to a degree program. http://www.newcastle.edu.au/students/foundation-studies/newstep/about.html  University of Wollongong STEP to UOW STEP to UOW (Special Tertiary Entry Program) is a two-session bridging program for students who may not have otherwise qualified for direct entry to UOW. The program is for students who completed their Higher School Certificate at a school within the regional area in the year prior to commencing the STEP program. For the list of eligible schools visit the STEP website. Applicants need to be able to demonstrate their school studies have suffered because of circumstances beyond their control. http://www.uow.edu.au/future/specialaccess/index.html | Term 4, Week 9, 14 - 20 December 2009 | Term 4, Week 8, 7 - 13 December 2009 | Term 4, Week 7, 30 November - 6 December 2009 | Term 4, Week 6, 23 - 29 November 2009 | Term 4, Week 5, 16 - 22 November 2009 | Term 4, Week 4, 9 - 15 November 2009 | Term 4, Week 3, 2 - 8 November 2009 | Term 4, Week 2, 26 October - 1 November 2009 | Term 4, Week 1, 19 - 25 October 2009 | Spring Holiday 2009 | Term 3, Week 10, 28 September - 4 October 2009 | Semester 1 2009 | | High Schools Home | What's New 2010 | What's New 2009 | EventsCalendar 2010 | NewsEventsSchools | | Return Home | NEWS/EVENTS/SCHOOLS | Post School | Course Search | Explore Careers | Careers Advice | Careers Advisers | Links | Contact Us | |
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