your degree by studying additional units in Kurunjang Career News Trimester 3, so that you may graduate sooner.  ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING AVAILABLE IN 2018 – From Trimester 1 2018, Reminders: a new four-year course will be offered at the  ‘INSIDE MONASH’ – Aug 15th Music, 31st Waurn Ponds Campus. Deakin’s Education; 31st Science and Careers, Sept 5th Bachelor of Environmental Engineering Education; www.monash.edu/inside-monash (Honours) emphasises the  EARLY ACHIEVERS PROGRAM (ACU) – Apply practical application of until 17 July. See: www.acu.edu.au/eap. engineering and scientific  HEALTH INFORMATION SESSIONS AT DEAKIN principles to produce www.deakin.edu.au/health/events industry-ready  DESIGN AT SWINBURNE – 11-14 July; environmental engineers www.swinburne.edu.au/events/departments/he who are immediately alth-arts-design/2017/07/discover-design-at- employable and capable of adapting to an swinburne.php ever-changing future. Environmental engineers  WILLIAM ANGLISS INSTITUTE EVENTS: See develop practical engineering applications www.angliss.edu.au/schoolholidays, 9606 2480 that protect our environment. Students will  ENGINGEERING AND IT – Year 10 girls; 6 July at gain a breadth of knowledge across the Monash; www.monash.edu/discover-eng-it environmental engineering discipline and the  MONASH SCIENCE TOURS – in July holidays; technical skills to develop sustainable www.monash.edu/science/about/events engineering solutions. See:  INDIGENOUS EXPERIENCE AT MONASH – 27 www.deakin.edu.au/env-eng. July; [email protected], 9905 8699.  INTERNATIONAL STUDENT STEM  ACU ‘UNIVERSITY EXPERIENCE’ DAYS – 4 & 11 July; www.acu.edu.au/uni-experience. SCHOLARSHIPS – International students applying to study undergraduate courses in  ‘KEEPER FOR A DAY’ – Healesville: architecture and built https://www.zoo.org.au/healesville/whats- environment, on/keeper-for-a-day, Werribee: engineering, IT, science or https://www.zoo.org.au/werribee/whats- environment are on/keeper-for-a-day encouraged to apply for  A DAY AT – Year 10-12 students the Deakin Science, & parents; When: 9am-3pm, Fri 7 July; Book: https://futurestudents.unimelb.edu.au/explore/e Technology, Engineering and Mathematics vents/victoria_and_interstate//a-day-at- (STEM) Scholarships. Recipients will receive a melbourne 20% reduction in tuition fees. Info:  SHORT COURSES AT VCA AND MCM - www.deakin.edu.au/courses/scholarships/fin http://vca-mcm.unimelb.edu.au/shortcourses d-a-scholarship/deakin-stem-scholarship.  MURRUP BARAK EXPERIENCE/LEADERSHIP  OPEN DAY DATES REMINDER – Sun 6 Aug - CAMP – [email protected]; ; Sun 20 Aug - Geelong http://murrupbarak.unimelb.edu.au/study/future- Waterfront and Waurn Ponds; Sun 27 August students/undergraduate-study/camps Melbourne (Burwood). All are 9am – 3pm.  OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY - Career Night 17 2. NEWS – Aug; Tina Morley, [email protected]  ‘EXPERIENCE LA TROBE’ is on offer again in  ‘ASPIRE’ applications are open at La Trobe the coming holiday break. Future students and University; close 31 August parents can attend workshops at the 1. NEWS – Melbourne (6 July), Bendigo (5 July), Mildura (7 Deakin University has campuses in Burwood July) and Shepparton (4 July) campuses. (Melbourne), Geelong (Waterfront and Waurn Students can find out about what La Trobe Ponds) and in Warrnambool. It is ranked in the offers, and parents can attend parent-specific World’s top 50 universities under 50 years old workshops. For information and to book, see: according to Times Higher Education. It has http://www.latrobe.edu.au/study/life/events/ excellent facilities, flexible study options and a experience-la-trobe-events. range of support services for its over 50,000  OPEN DAY DATES REMINDER – Sun 6 Aug – students. Deakin offers choice about how and Melbourne (Bundoora), Sun 27 Aug – Bendigo. when you learn. Many courses offer part-time and full-time options, as well as the chance to fast-track  NEW MAJORS IN B. HEALTH SCIENCES – optometry, physiotherapy and biomedical This is a reminder that La Trobe is offering two research upon graduation. new major studies in the B. Health Sciences:  Bachelor of Design – students must take at Sports Counselling and Athlete Welfare as well least one of the 12 majors available as Health Promotion. The Sports Counselling (architecture, landscape architecture, civil and Athlete Welfare major focuses on systems, urban planning construction, wellbeing roles in high-performance computing, property, and spatial systems, etc). environments, sports development and Although the only prerequisite VCE subject for management along with developing the B. Design is English (any), some majors performance psychology skills. The Health require Year 12 Maths Methods to be Promotion major will equip graduates with completed (check on the Melbourne website if skills to develop environments which support in doubt). The B. Design suits those who can healthy communities, including planning, think laterally and creatively, can find developing and implementing policies and solutions, and are interested in new ways of health awareness programs. doing things. 3. NEWS – 4. AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY  Reminder – the University of Melbourne (ANU) NEWS – Located in Canberra, ANU ‘Model’ allows students to take more time to has maintained its ranking as #1 decide which professional career area to focus university and top 20 in the world in the latest on. Students first complete a degree such as QS ranking. As Australia’s only national the B. Arts, B. Biomedicine, B. Commerce, B. university, ANU has unique relationships with Design, B. Music or B. Science and following government, business and other leading that, apply to study in specific areas such as institutions around the globe. This gives ANU education, engineering, law, medicine, students opportunities to gain real-world nursing or physiotherapy if they wish. experience through internships in Australia  Bachelor of Science – There are two new and overseas, such as the Washington major studies offered in internship in the US Congress for political the B. Science. Data- science students or the IARU Global Internship Science is a growing field, Program. ANU is developing a new admissions which emphasises statistics process which will enable the University to and computer science. make offers to a more diverse range of Students learn to solve real- prospective students. Open Day: Saturday 26 world data science August – visit the campus and explore ANU! problems. The other new major is 5. WHERE CAN I STUDY DENTISTRY? So Environmental Engineering Systems which you want to become a dentist? Dentistry is covers planning, design and management of taught at only two universities in Victoria: La the natural environment. Trobe University (Bendigo campus), the  Science Career Conversations are now offered University of Melbourne. Entry to both of by the Faculty. They are conducted in the these degree courses is evening, and alumni often speak. Internships extremely competitive. are also on offer to assist graduates into The Clearly-In ATAR at La employment. An eight-week Job Ready Trobe this year was 97.40. program is also on offer by the Faculty. The prerequisites  Of the 2013-2015 Science graduates, 72% are Units 3 and 4: a study went on to further study; 74% of these went score of at least 35 in any on to complete post-graduate study at English; and a study score Melbourne, most going into the Masters in of at least 25 in Biology; and a study score of at Engineering. least 25 in Chemistry. At Melbourne, students  The Bachelor of Biomedicine offered more must first study another undergraduate degree places this year, and as a result, the Clearly-In (such as Biomedicine or Science) and then ATAR went down somewhat to 96.80! It is apply for the Doctor of Dental Surgery (see: expected that the places will increase again in www.mdhs- 2018. study.unimelb.edu.au/degrees/doctor-of-  Students in the B. Biomedicine usually aspire dental-surgery. La Trobe and the University of to move on to study dentistry, medicine, Melbourne also offer the B. Oral Health.