Supporting the youth of the Mid Coast to choose their own education adventure.

In Term 2 we welcome back ANU who will be coming to join Year 9 for some career ‘taste testers’. Some UoN ambassadors will also join us for the visit as well as some local/specialty industries. We have been going through student feedback to make sure we bring areas of interest. But who knows? Maybe you will find out about something you have never heard of!!

DATES

While final dates are still being negotiated, the visits will be held during the week starting Monday 17th June.

Completed 19-23 June 2023 - Representatives from both the TUC and ANU EduVenture teams visited local MidCoast High Schools to conduct the first in the series of workshops with Year 8 students. The session focused on exploring students ideas and aspirations around what a life of learning might look like for them after High School.

Completed September-October 2023 - The second visit to schools or interaction included the first part of the project survey to 2023 Year 8 cohort. Activities at some schools then focused on local career expos and helping students with resumes and to land jobs, for the coming summer or any other job opportunities!

Completed 21-23 November 2023 - Representatives from both the TUC and University of Newcastle EduVenture teams visited local MidCoast High Schools to showcase exciting careers (Health, Agriculture, Construction Management, Finance/Business) and Uni life in a mini career roadshow filled with activities. The Year 8 students voted for which careers they wished to know more about at previous visits.

Completed April, 2024. A part of our project is bringing people from local industry and businesses in to talk to students about their careers in our local area. Across our 6 schools we had 26 volunteers who gave up their time to come and chat with students and answer their questions about their career journey and current ‘day job’. Many of these volunteers were alumni from that school. The feedback from students was that they loved hearing real life stories of people’s challenges, experiences and journeys. We are so grateful for or volunteers and hope students had an opportunity to see how diverse your career can be!

Student Survey- Research Questionnaire

Click here to download a TUC Resume Template

Check out these great resources to help you get a bit more information about the different careers working with animals.

Animal Attendant

Inspectorate

Pet Trainer

Veterinarian

Veterinary Nurse

There are an abundance of careers in and around the mining industry. Have a look through this booklet for some more information.

Make Your Career in Mining

EduVenture is a part of a larger federally funded project responding to the 2019 National Regional, Rural and Remote Tertiary Education Strategy. In this project Regional University Centres will work with major Universities to deliver a range of locally tailored initiatives aimed at inspiring young people from regional and remote areas to pursue and follow their aspirations.

This strategy identified that regional and remote students experience additional challenges that may act as a barrier to aspiration and preparedness for higher education.

Following on from community consultation in 2022, TUC are partnering with Australian National University (ANU) to coordinate a research project exploring the impact of engaging with High School students in earlier school years (i.e., Year 8) to encourage them to start thinking about their future in the early high school years.

A team of ANU and TUC Student Ambassadors will work with 2023 Year 8 students across 6 local high schools to share personal, hope-driven stories of their journeys of decision making and navigating the transition to life after school. This will be paired with hands on activities to support students in recognising their own strengths and interests and applying themes to their own lives.

Year 8 students from:

• Bulahdelah Central School

• Chatham High School

• Gloucester High School

• Great Lakes College (7-10 Tuncurry Campus)

• Taree High School

• Wingham High School

Participation in the workshops will be part of the school day for all Year 8 students, however participation in the questionnaires for the research project will be voluntary with an ‘opt out’ option for students.

The school sessions will involve ANU and TUC Student Ambassadors sharing personal, hope-driven stories of their journeys of decision making and navigating the transition to life after school.

This will be paired with a hands-on activity to support students reflecting on their own strengths and applying themes to their own lives. Students will participate in one session per term.

The EduVenture is a two-year project which will involve one visit to Year 8 students at the six high schools once per term.

Businesses and recent graduates or students currently studying are invited to contact us if you are interested in being involved.

There are a variety of ways to be involved. We are seeking facilitators to work with Year 8 students who might be willing to share their experiences of school, study & employment.

We are also seeking people from local businesses to come and share how they came about in the MidCoast area and opportunities for future employees.

For further information contact hello@tareeuni.org.au