Rewarding Career Paths
Education graduates enjoy diverse career outcomes in challenging and stimulating settings from education through to the corporate sector. Equipped with transferable skills, including excellent problem solving, communication and organisational skills, our graduates are able to move in and around a broad range of industries.
Our courses offer students an education that is rich in theory and balanced through practical application, which prepares people to work in all areas of education:
- Child Care
- Pre-school
- Primary school
- Secondary school
- Adult Education
- Vocational Education & Training
- Higher Education
- Corporate
Graduates may also move into management and other specialised roles such as preschool advisors, children's service coordinators and in education-related areas in both government and private sectors, including the media and service industries. Our graduates also enjoy high employment rates above the national average (Life After Graduation Survey 2003) and attractive starting salaries commensurate with any other profession.
Through our innovative suite of postgraduate programs our graduates are able to move into areas beyond the education sector including assessment and evaluation, training and development, knowledge management, youth health, policy and IT, both here and abroad.
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