2015 Schools’ Bulletin April 2015 RMIT Launches Flagship $8 Million Fashion Hub RMIT celebrates the new home of fashion with the $8 million redevelopment of a major building at the Brunswick campus. The investment includes new design studios, a 190-seat interactive lecture theatre, new audio and video technologies, student and staff lounges and specialist machine rooms. The building was officially launched in March by RMIT Vice-Chancellor and President, Martin Bean CBE, with a keynote address by alumnus and CEO of the Virgin Australia Melbourne Fashion Festival, Graeme Lewsey. Mr Lewsey, who also chairs the RMIT School of Fashion and Textiles Program Advisory Committee, said he was excited to be part of RMIT’s dynamic community. What’s On Calendar 2015 “The launch will maintain RMIT’s reputation nationally, regionally and globally as the southern hemisphere’s most equipped, invested and talent-rich hub on offer,” he said. April “I’m proud of my association with RMIT; the free-flow of creativity and professionalism from students and graduates is ever-present.” 7–10 The VCE and Careers Expo 14 2015 International Design Forum RMIT’s suite of fashion certificate, diploma, advanced diploma, associate degree and degree programs will now call the Brunswick campus home. 27 RMIT Trades Tour 27 Bundoora Health and Medical Science Tour For more information on RMIT’s Fashion programs please visit: www.rmit.edu.au/study-with-us/art-designand-architecture/fashion-and-textiles 22 RMIT Trades Tour 29 Bundoora Health and Medical Science Tour May 21–22 WRICA Careers Expo June 15 –16 City Tertiary Information Services held at RMIT 17 RMIT Trades Tour 24 Bundoora Health and Medical Science Tour 29 Business Experience Day 29 Engineering Experience Day (City) 29 Science in the City Lab Tours 30 Health and Medical Sciences Experience Day (Bundoora) July 1 Justice and Legal Experience Day 1 Music, Sound and Live Production Experience Day 1 Science Experience Day 2 Advertising, Marketing and Public Relations Experience Day 2 Engineering Experience Day (Bundoora) 2 Sustainability Experience Day 3 Art and Design Experience Day 3 Project Management Experience Day 24 – 26 Melbourne Careers Expo RMIT’s new home of fashion at the Brunswick campus. August Newly opened fashion design studios. 3 VTAC Applications open 9 RMIT Open Day Fashion students at work. www.rmit.edu.au In This Issue Editor’s Welcome Thank you to those who attended the Career Advisers’ Seminar on Friday 13 March. Over 260 career advisers attended and participated in a variety of sessions and workshops, making the day a great success. Thank you to everyone who completed the online survey. We congratulate Rebecca Paulos from Mentone Girls’ Secondary College who has won a $1000 voucher for Red Balloon, Australia’s leading experience company. You can download seminar presentations at: www.rmit.edu.au/programs/advisers/resources. Editor’s Welcome What’s on Calendar Activities and Events Included with the April Bulletin is a copy of the 2015 ATAR poster, 2015 Facts and Figures, Experience Day brochures and the new Pathways Poster. Additional copies of each can be ordered by contacting Student Recruitment. Melissa Robinson On behalf of the RMIT Student Recruitment team RMIT Student in Profile Contacts Helpful Websites Activities and Events 2016 Degree and Diploma Guide is Now Available To request copies to be sent to your school please visit: www.rmit.edu.au/study-with-us/careers-advisers/ order-rmit-publications Students, parents and teachers are invited to visit our cutting edge learning laboratories and discover the range of programs on offer including: biology, biotechnology, chemistry, environmental sciences, food science, nanotechnology and physics. Tour date: Folio Preparation Courses Monday 29 June RMIT’s portfolio preparation courses are intensive practical courses held in the school holidays. Time: These courses are designed to help students seeking entry into art, design and architecture courses to produce their best portfolio of work possible, as well as providing an overview of the industry and the selection procedures. Further information and registration: Upcoming courses at RMIT include: —Adobe — Illustrator and Photoshop for Fashion – Introduction —Adobe — InDesign for Fashion – Introduction —Design — Jobs 101 —Portfolio — Preparation in 3D Product Design —Portfolio — Preparation in Graphic Design – Level 1 —Portfolio — Preparation in Interior Decoration 2016 Degree and Diploma Guide is now available. Science in the City Lab Tours —Portfolio — Preparation in Photography —Portfolio — Preparation in Visual Merchandising Further information: Short and Single Courses Tel. 03 9925 8111 www.shortcourses.rmit.edu.au/page/ high_school_students 11am –2pm www1.rmit.edu.au/appliedsciences/discover What Kind of Engineer are You? Interested in engineering but not sure which type is the best fit for you? You can now find out with our new online quiz “What kind of Engineer are you?” To take the quiz visit https://trueengineer.com.au Bundoora Tours School groups are invited to visit the Bundoora campus for a RMIT presentation and tour of our Health and Medical Science facilities. Students can see behind the scenes visiting anatomy laboratories, a state of the art complementary medicine facility, our sports science centre and nursing facilities. Tour dates: —Wednesday — 29 April —Wednesday — 27 May —Wednesday — 24 June Time: 10 –11.30am Further information and registration: Email: [email protected] RMIT Experience Days Monthly Trades Tours at RMIT RMIT offers a number of events designed to give students in Years 10 to 12 an insight into life on campus. During the school holidays, students can engage in hands on workshops and explore different aspects of art, design, science, community studies and engineering. Registrations are now open. RMIT will be offering monthly trades tours of the modern facilities and teaching spaces at the City campus. Tours will be available every month on a Wednesday morning for school groups. Below is a list of all Experience Days: Upcoming tour dates: Monday 29 June Past student Taryne Fletcher recording a live gig while studying at RMIT. Taryne now runs her own video production company, Stitch Productions. —22 — April —Business — —27 — May —Engineering — (City) —17 — June Tuesday 30 June Time: —Health — and Medical Sciences (Bundoora) 8.30 – 10am Wednesday 1 July Further information and registration: —Justice — and Legal —Music, — Sound and Live Production —Science — Thursday 2 July —Advertising, — Marketing and Public Relations —Engineering — (Bundoora) —Sustainability — Friday 3 July —Art — and Design —Project — Management Further information and registration: www.rmit.edu.au/experiencedays RMIT students operating sound, lighting and vision equipment at the Corner Hotel, Richmond. Students wishing to learn more about a career in trades can book a tour. Career advisers may also attend Experience Days to view the facilities and activities first hand. For interested career advisers please contact the Student Recruitment team on 03 9925 2555 or [email protected]. Construction and Plumbing Pre-apprenticeships RMIT has combined the Construction and Plumbing pre-apprenticeship programs to allow students to complete units from both qualifications. These combined skills provide a pathway for students unsure which trade they would like to undertake and enables them to try each before making a final decision. Once completed, students will receive credits for whichever trade they choose to continue with. Further information and enrolment: Luke Buchannan RMIT Vocational Engineering Tel. 0418 717 249 Email: [email protected] Luke Buchannan RMIT Vocational Engineering Tel. 0418 717 249 Email: [email protected] Live Events and Technical Production Programs RMIT has developed exciting, new specialist training in lighting, sound and entertainment technology operation. The Certificate IV and Diploma of Live Production and Technical Services trains students to work as part of creative technical production teams and develop the skills needed to become part of this dynamic and expanding industry. Learn how to set up, focus and operate lighting equipment, bump in and bump out live shows, mix live audio and gain valuable industry experience. Students are trained to work across a range of industries including film, TV, the performing arts and entertainment industries. The programs are ideal for students who have completed VET in schools Music Industry or Technical Production. Selection is made by interview and an ATAR is not required. Further information: RMIT Media and Communications Tel. 03 9925 4815 Contacts Student Recruitment Scholarship Information —Services — for Career Advisers and Secondary Schools Tel. 03 9925 2555 Email: [email protected] www.rmit.edu.au/programs/advisers RMIT Short and Single Courses International Services —Admissions — for non-Australian residents Tel. 03 9925 5156 Email: [email protected] www.rmit.edu.au/international Apprenticeships and Traineeships Luke Tengstrom travelling office-to-office on his Google scooter. Debbie Reynolds Tel. 03 9925 0471 Email: [email protected] www.rmit.edu.au/programs/ apps-trainees www.rmit.edu.au/scholarships Tel. 03 9925 8111 Email: [email protected] www.shortcourses.rmit.edu.au VCE Program Manager Elaine Henry Tel. 03 9925 4891 Email: [email protected] Info Corner —For — Future Student Enquiries Tel. 03 9925 2260 Email: [email protected] www.rmit.edu.au/programs Helpful Websites RMIT University—www.rmit.edu.au List of departments—www.rmit.edu.au/directory What’s on @ RMIT—www.rmit.edu.au/events The entrance to Google’s Sydney office, where Luke spent three months as an intern. RMIT programs—www.rmit.edu.au/programs Campus maps—www.rmit.edu.au/about/campuses Google Internship – Top Result for RMIT Student RMIT postgraduate options—www.rmit.edu.au/postgrad RMIT Bachelor of Business (Marketing) student, Luke Tengstrom, scored a dream internship with internet giant Google. RMIT brochure request—www.rmit.edu.au/programs/advisers/resources After completing a study tour with RMIT to Canada, Luke was eager for another challenge and set his sights on an internship at Google – along with 7000 other applicants. RMIT publications—www.rmit.edu.au/publications Four months after applying, Luke heard he was required to undertake four interviews, answering questions like “How many golf balls are there in San Francisco” or “If you were the Managing Director of Google Australia, what are the three strategic issues that would keep you awake at night?”. “I believe my degree at RMIT has taught me to be a problem solver,” he says. “This really helped in the interview process and when working at a place like Google – where 90 per cent of your job is always something new and you need to be able to apply critical thinking to a problem and develop a solution.” RMIT Village (accommodation)—www.rmitvillage.com.au Contact Us RMIT University Mark Scherian Student Recruitment GPO Box 2476 Melbourne VIC 3001 Australia Tel. 03 9925 2555 Email: [email protected] www.rmit.edu.au/programs/advisers Manager, Student Recruitment Kate Hope Student Recruitment Officer Melissa Robinson Student Recruitment Officer Laura Currie Student Recruitment Officer Cody Moore Student Recruitment Officer Rachel Yeung Marketing and Recruitment Assistant Soon after making it through the interviews, he received the call confirming he would be interning at the company’s Australian headquarters in Sydney for three months. He worked within Google’s Large Customer Division, providing insights and strategic advertising strategies to clients such as iSelect and News.com.au. 14052 0415 Every effort has been made to ensure the information in this publication is accurate and current at the date of printing. Prepared by: Creative Services, Marketing, Engagement and Vocational Education, April 2015. CRICOS provider code: 00122A.
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