Where there’s a will
When Taylah was in Year 12, tension was running high in the school hallways. Career dreams were at stake, and it was an ATAR score that could make or break a year (if not 12 years) of hard work. But Taylah wasn’t one to buckle under the pressure. “Teachers always told us that exams were…
Game design: Craft a world of your own
Video games have been around for decades – from arcade games, to Atari 2600, to the 2D classics on CD-ROM. Fast forward to 2019, and the gaming industry has come an impressively long way. With technological advances into highly-detailed 3D, people of all walks of life are becoming self-professed ‘gamers’. It only takes a quick…
Graduation Day: The Students of Food and Nutrition
It was a Wednesday afternoon in December, when the students of La Trobe’s Bachelor of Food and Nutrition put on their graduation gowns, preparing for the handover of their long-awaited prize. Family and friends buzzed around the campus grounds, laughing, shaking hands and offering endless supplies of heartfelt hugs. There’s few prouder days in a…
Learn the language of business with accounting
There’s no doubt about it. Accounting is the language of business. Study a Bachelor of Accounting with University of South Australia through Open Universities Australia (OUA), and you’ll develop business acumen you can take anywhere in your career. “When you study accounting, you’ll learn basic business functions, day-to-day transactions, understanding statements and the bottom line,”…
Level up with a career in games
If you spent your childhood playing the likes of Donkey Kong, Mario Kart or Mortal Kombat, a career in game design and development is likely to hold a certain allure. While a passion for games might be your driving force, there are more reasons than one to move into the industry. According to the latest…
Creating emotive spaces
Architecture touches all of our lives. It’s present in the places we call home, the buildings we work in, and even their interiors. We’re constantly interacting with the results of architects’ dreams. Believe you could think up the next iconic landmark? Keep reading. With a degree in Applied Science with Curtin University through Open Universities…
What’s life without art? Study Fine Art & Visual Culture at Curtin
If a world without art is impossible for you to imagine, why not use your passion to make a living? “For any student interested in making art, this is the course for you” says Gina Cinnani, Head of Online at the School of Visual Arts at Curtin University. Students learn what it takes to be…
Piece together the physical world: Engineering at UniSA
If you’ve got big ideas and a keen interest in how things work, you might find a great career fit in engineering. In studying an Associate Degree in Engineering from the University of South Australia, you’ll be able to channel your energy into improving people’s everyday lives, as well as specialise in an area you’re…
Empowering mothers through social work
“I had a dream when I was younger that I would study sociology,” says Shiree, Project Coordinator at child protection agency Barnardos “It was a long time coming when I started studying as a mature aged student”. At 19, Shiree became a mother. A great deal of responsibility had fallen into the lap of such…
A door into uni, no matter your ATAR
On ATAR release day, Daniel was one of many Year 12 students across Australia in no mood to celebrate. “I thought all of my hard work didn’t really equate to the mark that I received back” he says. Nobody in Daniel’s family had been to university, but they held the idea of education in high…
