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Showing posts with label Civil. Show all posts

SWIEIT Speakers’ Visit – Bankstown Senior College, 13 June

On 13 June SWIEIT Speakers Ashwini and Clarisse visited Bankstown Senior College to speak to 25 students in years 10-12. Bankstown Senior College has a unique learning environment for students with a four day school week and no school uniforms. The college predominantly caters to mature age students who come from diverse cultural backgrounds including Arabic, Assyrian, Somali, Vietnamese, Serbian, Kurdish and Chinese.

Ashwini spoke of her initial perceptions about engineering as a career including her pathway from UWS to UTS, experiences studying at University and her future aspirations working in the engineering profession. The students at Bankstown Senior College were a very receptive audience and enthusiastic in asking questions. Clarisse opened up about her experiences since graduating from Information Technology degree program earlier this year and reflected upon her opportunities which included the chance to travel to the Microsoft headquarters in Seattle, USA as part of her job working for the world's richest man - Bill Gates :-)

We would like to thank Bankstown Senior College for organising a visit with the SWIEIT Speakers team. We look forward to seeing you again in 2014.

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SWIEIT Speakers’ Visit – Loreto Normanhurst, 30 May

On 30 May SWIEIT Speakers Ashwini (BEngDipEngPrac) and Harshaa Raha (BEng BBus DipEngPrac) visited Loreto Normanhurst to speak with a cohort of year 10 students. Harshaa spoke about how her interest in engineering developed through her experiences travelling internationally, which lead her to pursue a career in the field. Ashwini outlined the common misconceptions related to the engineering profession and the unconventional path which lead to her studying engineering.

The students at Loreto Normanhurst were a great audience and had some excellent questions for the speakers. The year 10 students were also in the process of making subject selections and the presentations allowed the students to ask questions relating to future university study and the different engineering and IT courses available at UTS. 

 The SWIEIT Speakers team would like to thank Loreto Normanhurst for hosting a school visit. We hope to see you again in 2014.


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Women in male-dominated industries: A toolkit of strategies

This year, the Australian Human Rights Commission in conjunction with the Office for Women in the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs released a 'toolkit' aimed at addressing some of the issues facing women in male-dominated industries. The 'toolkit' is designed as a resource for employers and employees, which provides practical solutions to gender equality issues in areas such as attraction, recruitment, retention and career development of women. Follow the link below to find out more:
https://www.humanrights.gov.au/publications/women-male-dominated-industries-toolkit-strategies-2013

We strongly recommend this document for Human Resources professionals as well as professionals in any fields considered to be 'non-traditional' for women.
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National Association of Women in Construction - upcoming FREE Career Talk at UTS


The National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC) are conducting career talks on Wed 30 May at UTS (see attached flier below for details).

NAWIC aims to:
*           To raise the profile of women working in the construction industry.
*           To be a positive instrument for change in the construction industry.
*           To promote and share construction industry best practice.
*           To meet, support and network with other women in the construction industry

More information can be found on our website: www.nawic.com.au  or our blog: http://www.nawic.com.au/blog/

We have 3 speakers from construction industry leaders Auercon, Hassell and Brookfield Multiplex to talk to students about their experience since they have graduated and provide some insight into what graduates can expect in their first few years in the construction industry.

NAWIC has a wide range of members from the construction sector: engineers, architects, project managers, interior designers, construction managers, lawyers.

The event is free for all students with food and drinks being served after the event. There will be an opportunity to meet the speakers and representatives from NAWIC.



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