Email Update – May 2015
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RMIT Email Update – May 2015
Welcome Career Advisers’
We hope you enjoy the May edition of the 2015 Email Update.
This month’s highlights include:
· Open Day – Save the Date
· Shifting Gear RMIT Design Workshops
· Experience Days
Further Info: Student Recruitment
Tel. 03 9925 2555
Email:
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Save the Date – RMIT Open Day!
Program Information
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Selection for Associate Degree in Fashion and Textiles Merchandising
Please note selection into the Associate Degree in Fashion and Textiles Merchandising for 2016 will be based on ATAR.
Further Info:
Student Recruitment
Tel. 03 9925 2555
Email:
Career advisers and teachers - Enhance your writing skills
RMIT's Diploma of Professional Writing and Editing (Business) program has a focus on workplace writing and produces graduates with the communication skills to enhance or change their careers.
If you communicate with a variety of audiences in the education sector then this course is right for you.
Applications are now open with full time and part time study options available.
Further Info:
Penny Johnson
Program Manager
Tel. 03 9925 4383
Email:
Mentoring RMIT Pre-Apprentice, Apprentice and Trainees
RMIT now offers mentoring to all RMIT pre-apprentices, apprentices and trainees. Mentoring can make the difference to the work output, work ethic and workplace culture in any business whilst also enhancing the students experience when combining study and work.
Currently 120 RMIT pre-apprentices, apprentices and trainees are enrolled in the mentoring program.
RMIT offers a range of pre-apprentices, apprentices and trainees across Building and Construction, Engineering, Community Services and Health Services.
Further Info:
Debbie Reynolds
Apprenticeships and Traineeships Manager
Tel. 03 9925 0471
Email:
2016 Interest Brochures Now Available
The 12 RMIT Interest Area brochures are now available. All pre-orders are currently being filled and you will have these shortly.
To request copies to be sent to your school
please visit:
http://www.rmit.edu.au/study-with-us/careers-advisers/order-rmit-publications/
What’s Happening On Campus
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RMIT Experience Days
Places are filling up fast for Experience Days. These full day programs include hands-on activities and presentations aiming to give Year 10 – 12 students an introduction to campus life. Below is a list of all Experience Days:
Monday 29 June
Business (Full)
Engineering (City)
Tuesday 30 June
Health and Medical Sciences (Bundoora)
Wednesday 1 July
Justice and Legal
Music, Sound and Live Production
Science
Thursday 2 July
Advertising, Marketing and Public Relations (Full)
Engineering (Bundoora)
Sustainability
Friday 3 July
Art and Design (Full)
Project Management
Further Info and Registration:
www.rmit.edu.au/experiencedays
Career Discovery in Fashion and Textiles
This course, running in the July school holidays, will assist you in selecting the most appropriate RMIT Fashion and Textiles program and career option.
This two day workshop for year 11 and 12 students will include hands-on workshops and discussion topics that may include: Trend Forecasting, Fashion Creative Processes and Ideas Generation, Developing a Visual Diary, Digital Technologies and Textile Design.
Further Info:
RMIT Short and Single Courses
Tel. 03 9925 8111
www.shortcourses.rmit.edu.au/page/career_discovery_fashion
What’s Happening On Campus
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Trades Tours at RMIT
Help your students find out more about starting a career in trades with a free tour of RMIT's trade spaces.
The tour visits specialised refrigeration CO2 labs, plumbing pits, and mock construction sites. Teaching staff are on hand to answer questions about apprenticeships, pre-apprenticeships, post-trade qualifications and pathways.
Upcoming tour dates:
Wednesday 27 May
Wednesday 17 June
Time: 9.30 – 11am
Further Info and Registration:
Click here to registers for the May trades tour
Click here to register for the June trades tour
Science in the City Lab Tours
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:
Monday 29 June, 11am - 2pm
Further Info and Registration:
Click here to register for the Science in the city lab tours
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 27 May
Time:
10 –11.30am
Further Info and Registration:
Email:
What’s Happening ‘Off-Campus’
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Shifting Gear with RMIT Design Workshops
Enjoy a day of hands-on design at the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) and a tour of the Shifting Gear: Design, Innovation and the Australian Car exhibition.
RMIT has teamed up with the NGV to deliver workshops for year 10 – 12 students and is recommended for those studying Visual Communication and Design and Product Design and Technology.
Option 1: After Auto Mobility – Design a sustainable transportation vehicle for a post car world
In this workshop you will design a sustainable transportation vehicle for a post car world.
Option 2: Automotive Engineering - Crash Testing for Dummies and Crashworthy Vehicle Design
In this crashworthy vehicle design activity you will explore the ideas used to design cars that better protect drivers and passengers and put these ideas to the test.
Dates: Monday 1 June until Friday 12 June
Time: 10.30am – 3pm
Cost: $19 (max 25 students) per workshop
Students: Years 10 – 12
More details on these workshops available at: www.ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/education/programs
Further Info and to book:
National Gallery of Victoria
Tel: 03 8620 2340 (12 - 5pm weekdays)
Email:
RMIT Alumni Success
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Best Emerging Talents teach RMIT’s Designers of the Future
The RMIT fashion alumni behind the innovative label PAGEANT – Amanda Cumming and Kate Reynolds – have won the $100,000 Tiffany & Co National Design Award.
The pair’s collective menswear and womenswear label took home the top accolade for emerging designers at the Virgin Australia Melbourne Fashion Festival.
The duo were awarded more than $100,000 in prizes, including return flights to New York, business and industry mentoring and a unique retail opportunity with Westfield.
Kate and Amanda graduated from the Bachelor of Fashion Design (Honours) with first-class honours in 2006 and both teach fashion at RMIT.
Amanda, who works as a freelance creative on top of her role with PAGEANT, said studying fashion design at RMIT allowed her to unlock her creative potential.
Their advice to aspiring fashion designers is to work hard, be patient and dream big!
The morning after their win Amanda was in class, teaching first-year RMIT fashion design students.
Head of Fashion and Textiles at RMIT, Robyn Healy said “Our students are taught invaluable design and commercial practices while connecting with innovative practitioners, which ultimately helps mould their understanding of the industry and places them as leaders in the field.”
RMIT Student Recruitment Team
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Mark Scherian Kate Hope
Manager, Student Recruitment
Student Recruitment Officer
Melissa Robinson Laura Currie
Student Recruitment Student Recruitment
Officer Officer
Cody Moore Rachel Yeung
Student Recruitment Marketing and Recruitment
Officer Assistant
Further Info:
Student Recruitment
Tel. 03 9925 2555
Email:
Helpful Websites
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RMIT Career Adviser page www.rmit.edu.au/programs/advisers
RMIT University - www.rmit.edu.au
What’s on @ RMIT - www.rmit.edu.au/events
RMIT programs - www.rmit.edu.au/programs
Campus maps - www.rmit.edu.au/about/campuses
RMIT postgraduate options - www.rmit.edu.au/postgrad
RMIT Village (accommodation) - www.rmitvillage.com.au
RMIT publications - www.rmit.edu.au/publications
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