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Future careers for students

GeoCareers website

The Australian Geography Teachers Association has published the GeoCareers website that provides an excellent resource especially designed to provide students with information about careers based on the study of geography at secondary school or a tertiary institution such as a university or college.

Destination Spatial

Destination Spatial is a education sub-committee which includes representatives from the spatial industries, tertiary institutions and subject associations, including the GTAV and Careers Teachers association. Careers in the spatial industry are underpinned by Geography and offer a number of opportunities in Australia and overseas with excellent wages and future prospects.

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Careers for Geographers ... Planning

There is a shortage of planners in Victoria. This website has very good up to date information relating to careers in planning.

http://www.planning4success.com.au/

Information about several competitions which may encourage your Geography students to consider a career in planning

**** Urban Futures Competition

There is a flyer for this competition hosted by RMIT enclosed with this GTAV News. This is the second year of this competition and it has been expanded to include all students in Yrs 10-12.

This is  a great extra activity to add to an urban fieldwork report or it could be an interesting homework or extension task.

**** Stapley Medal for secondary students: part of the Planning Institute’s Awards for Planning Excellence.

The award recognises outstanding work by a secondary student in contributing to urban and regional planning through a subject assignment and/or practical exercise, report, article or research paper.

Awards Criteria

Recognition of the scope and importance of urban and regional planning

  • Innovative topic
  • Depth of research
  • Value to the community
  • Methodology
  • Referencing

More information is available at: http://www.planning.org.au/viccontent/awards

This is a link to last year’s award winners: http://www.planning.org.au/documents/item/2052

This award is more academic but it may suit students who complete a Unit 2 task which looks at the current effectiveness or future development of an urban space as a part of their study of an urban environment. The RMIT urban planning module could also lead on to an entry in this competition... EO

Latrobe University Bendigo is offering a $500 bursary to 2 VCE Geography students interested in planning.

The Community Planning and Development Program at the Bendigo campus of La Trobe University will provide two $500 bursaries in 2012 for the two students enrolling in the Bachelor of Urban, Rural and Environmental Planning who have the highest marks in VCE Geography in 2011. To be eligible to receive the award the student needs to successfully complete all four subjects in semester one and then enrol in semester two of the course in 2012.

 A great work experience opportunity for students in northern Victoria

Support for Year 9 or 10 Students in 2011 and 2012 undertaking work experience in local council planning departments

The Community Planning and Development Program at the Bendigo campus of La Trobe University will provide a $100 bonus in 2011 and 2012 for up to ten students in Year 9 or 10 from schools in northern Victorian who undertake one week’s work experience in a Council’s planning departments. Students who participate in this program who then subsequently proceed to enrol in the first year of the Bachelor of Urban, Rural and Environmental Planning will receive a $500 bursary. To be eligible to receive the award the student needs to successfully complete all four subjects in semester one and then enrol in semester two of the first year of the course.

For further information contact:
Associate Professor Trevor Budge t.budge@latrobe.edu.au
Melissa Kennedy m.kennedy@latrobe.edu.au

RMIT urban planning module: a unit to introduce Yr 9-10 students to urban planning.  This link will take you to the unit of work that shows students what planners do and why planning is important?
http://www.planning4success.com.au/pdf/the_urban_environment_planning_module.pdf