Issue 7 July 2017 CONTENTS • Information Night • Brian Taylor Talk • Guest Speakers & Tours • Industry Day Recap • Internship Experiences • Chat with Holmesglen Higher Education Student of the Year Alexie Beovich • Talk with inaugural Quarter Times editor Kate Withers • Tour of AFL 360 • My Journey to Holmesglen • Sports Marketing Showcase • VAFA Women’s League Sports media students with commentator Brian Taylor • Industry Partners Editor’s Foreword By Ren Thompson 2016 proved to be a sensational year here at Holmesglen as we saw our With that we welcome you to the opening issue of inaugural Bachelor of Sport Media class graduate from their studies. The Quarter Times for 2017 and it’s a supersized cracker! The inaugural class of graduating students are now trained in all elements Our vibrant team of writers aim to bring you a of sports media, including journalism, broadcasting, digital media and sport snapshot of the exciting happenings from the course, business – all vital skills to possess as they now embark on their future highlighting incredible student work, while also putting our training into careers. In this issue we catch up with former students Alexie Beovich and practice conducting interviews and attending sporting events. Kate Withers on their recent student award nominations. We give an insight into our Holmesglen partners Industry Day – a key But as we say goodbye and good luck to this graduating class, we welcome feature of our internship program, which is unlike any other offered a new class of keen and enthusiastic students looking forward to taking the at Australian higher education institutions. We hear about internship opportunities the Bachelor of Spots Media provides in 2017. experiences so far. We also welcome the introduction of the new Sports Business degree! We recap our student’s trip to tour AFL 360 at Fox Footy and share a hilarious Robbo story. The new degree has been designed to produce graduates that are analytical, strategic and decisive decision makers and are able to work Plus we recap the recent sport marketing showcase. across a gamut of roles and sectors within the contemporary sports business industry. All that plus more lays ahead in this issue of The Quarter Times. To kick off the year we were treated to hear from broadcasting icon Brian Taylor as he discussed his career both on the field and in the commentary booth. Our coming information night on the 11th of July sees special guest Rohan Connolly speak about his career and the future of sport media, make @HgSportsDegrees sure you register your interest at [email protected] for the special night. Apply now for direct entry into the Bachelor of Sport Business www.holmesglen.edu.au/sportsbusiness DO YOU WANT A CAREER IN SPORT? Then attend the Information night for Australia’s most industry engaged Sports Degrees Bachelor of Sports Media (BSM13) Bachelor of Sport Business (BSPB16) Tuesday 11th July 2017 5.30pm - 7.30pm with special guest Holmesglen Institute Chadstone Campus Rohan Building 1, Level 1, Room 33 (C1.1.33) Connolly Attendees MUST register via [email protected] Holmesglen Sports Degrees Internship Hosts: For more information please see: W: holmesglen.edu.au/sportsmedia and holmesglen.edu.au/sportbusiness @HgSportsDegrees P: 03 9564 1596 Media Services Department B2260617 Sports Degrees_Rohan A4 CRICOS Provider Code: 00012G. 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Connolly To apply for either course please visit Rohan www.holmesglen.edu.au/sportsmedia or www.holmesglen.edu.au/sportbusiness. Connolly Attend our Information Night 11th July with Rohan Connolly Register via [email protected] 3 Brian Taylor Talk Holmesglen sports degree students were treated to a special guest for orientation day this semester with charismatic football commentator Brian Taylor speaking to the students. James Mottershead was there to cover the incredible experience. Brian Taylor sharing insights from an incredible broadcasting career Holmesglen was abuzz with students sharing stories of their But it was all worth it as Taylor has enjoyed a long and storied career summer holiday activities. We were back. The 2017 academic year post-football. was upon us. He even recounted an instance which saw him commenting But Orientation Day was different this year. There was an unusual air Twenty20 cricket with former Australian captain Allan Border. Taylor of eagerness for the first day. Students filed into one of Holmesglen’s was commentating a game in Perth and big-hitting West Indian auditoriums bristling with anticipation. Boy oh boy, this was going Chris Gayle was playing incredibly well. to be a treat. But Taylor is not a noted cricketing tragic. During the broadcast, he The room came to a hush as one of football’s leading identities posed a question to Border about whether Gayle would soon get a walked in. Like the minute’s silence at the footy, a paying of respect call-up to the national team. Of course, at the time, Gayle was in fact before the main event. captain of the West Indies. Today’s main event was one of the greatest full-forwards in AFL/VFL His question irritated the temperamental Allan Border, but drew history and media guru. Brian Taylor was speaking to the students. laughter from the students.