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There are a range of exciting developments not only occurring across the three Adelaide universities but within the state of South Australia for future careers.

You may have seen the recent advertisements and announcements regarding the significant investment in defence projects and construction.  South Australia is now home to a critical mass of world-class industry businesses delivering many of defence’s largest and most complex projects across maritime, aerospace, land, systems and cyber domains.  This is – and will continue to – provide strong job growth, not only in construction but the ongoing life of machinery and systems.  Read more here.  The University of SA has developed strong links with global defence and engineering industries in other countries, including France, where opportunities are offered to work abroad in the engineering stream.  Both Flinders University and UniSA offer a flexible first year entry to engineering that enables students to cover broad engineering topics before selecting a specialisation.  

All three continue to have a strong focus on the health professions.  The University of SA has recently opened its new city-central building housing more than 500 cancer researchers and continues its strong partnership with The Queen Elizabeth Hospital for research-driven health services.  Degrees at UniSA focus on clinical hours and they’ve found the new degree structure of completing Honours within the four years of study mode has proven to be more effective than the 3 + 2 years Masters qualification, as it allows students to complete study sooner and gain greater practical skills.  The University of Adelaide continues to offer the Bachelor of Oral Health; students now need to sit the UMAT as an entry requirement. 

South Australia is now recognised globally as the most cost-effective state for the creation of cinematic visual arts – think Game of Thrones and Thor – visual effects for both were done from Adelaide.   Students who study with Flinders University and UniSA in the creative arts streams will have the opportunity to complete placements with Rising Sun Pictures, the South Australian Film Corporation and Matchbox Pictures. Flinders University has a partnership arrangement with global movie company, Technicolor, who will open a 500-personal visual effects studio in Adelaide (thanks to a $6m State Government grant).

Employing more than 15,000 across the world, Technicolor will build a $26m, 3,000 square metre visual effects studio in Adelaide to be known as Mill Film.  Students studying at Flinders will have expansive opportunity to complete projects with Technicolor and to apply to the Technicolor Academy, which offers employment opportunities around the world.  In Adelaide, Mill Films will include a centre of excellence, and is expected to employ 500 people, from technologists to artists.

Flinders has also launched a new degree focussed on serious gaming.  The premise is to apply game design technologies and skills to non-entertainment applications.  Serious games are participatory virtual environments capable of meeting a variety of objectives including educating and informing, investigating issues, providing commentary, disseminating messages and spreading awareness.  Application examples include exploring how virus outbreaks occur, training for paramedics/health professionals, as a recruiting tool for the Australian Defence Force, and an education tool for new technologies.  Serious gaming is tipped to be a multi-billion-dollar industry and the skills gained from this degree will have a multitude of career applications.

For those interested in teaching, there are a number of changes to be aware of which are now reflected in teaching degrees.  Firstly, by 2020, there will be a new requirement for all long-day Child Care Centres to have two Early Childhood degree qualified staff.  Secondly, your application for a Primary or Secondary teaching degree must now include a 400-600-word statement submitted to SATAC on why you believe you are suited to a teaching career.  SATAC will mark the statements and where a statement is deemed unsatisfactory, the applicant will be invited to interview (please note that of the thousands of applicants last year, only six were invited to interview). 

Business and law degrees continue to evolve with a strong focus on practical work placement, cryptocurrencies, the Internet of Things and financial markets.  Both UniSA and Flinders University offer a new degree in Real Estate Practice.

Media – in particular social media and content marketing – is now offered in a number of Bachelor degrees with UniSA and Flinders University. This recognises the move to online marketing and engagement.

What’s new at Flinders?

Flinders University is South Australia’s fastest growing university.  It has launched a number of exciting new degrees for 2019 including Outdoor Education, Serious Gaming and Sustainable Tourism.

Nursing/Letters (Health) Combination:

Bachelor of Nursing combined with Bachelor of Letters (Health): Aging, Disability, Health Education/Promotion, or Nutrition

Bachelor of Tourism and Events:

• Combined with Bachelor of Arts, Business Human Resource Management, innovation and Enterprise, International Business, Management, Marketing or Languages.

Creative Arts:

• Bachelor of Creative Arts (Enterprise)
• Bachelor of Creative Arts (Visual Effects and Entertainment Design)

Media and Communication:

• Can be combined with Bachelor of Sport, Health and Physical Activity

Bachelor of Science (Palaeontology)

Information Technology:

• Bachelor of Information Technology (Simulation and Serious Games)
• Combined with any other bachelor degree within the College of Science and Engineering

Sport, Health and Physical Activity:

• Bachelor of Sport, Health and Physical Activity (Outdoor Education)
• Combined with Bachelor of Business (Management)/(Business (Marketing)
• Combined with Bachelor of Media and Communication
• Combined with Bachelor of Psychological Science

What’s new at UniSA?

UniSA has recently opened its new city campus facilities including the MOD building, cancer research facility, simulated stock trading room, UrbanNest accommodation and Pridham Hall.  The facilities are world-class and worth a visit.  The following new degrees start in 2019:

Business:

• Bachelor of Business (Real Estate Practice)
• Bachelor of Business (Design and Marketing)
• Bachelor of Business (Financial Planning)

Creative Industries:

• Bachelor of Media Arts
• Bachelor of Arts (Applied Linguistics)
• Bachelor of Arts (Creative Writing and Literature)
• Bachelor of Arts (Cultural Studies)
• Bachelor of Arts (English Language)
• Bachelor of Arts (History and Global Politics)
• Bachelor of Arts (Languages)
• Bachelor of Arts (Performing Arts)
• Bachelor of Arts (Psychology)
• Bachelor of Arts (Screen Studies)
• Bachelor of Arts (Social Media)
• Bachelor of Arts (Sociology)

Education:

• Bachelor of Early Childhood Education (Honours)
• Bachelor of Primary Education (Honours)

Health:

• Diploma in Health (Mount Gambier)
• Bachelor of Occupational Therapy (Honours)
• Master of Health Services Management

Engineering:

• Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Flexible Entry – study broad engineering concepts in the first year before you decide on your specialisation for second year)

What’s new at The University of Adelaide?

Consistently ranked in the top one percent of universities world-wide, the University of Adelaide is internationally renowned for its international research and is a member of the ‘Group of Eight’.  University of New degrees include:

Humanities, Social Sciences and Media:

• Bachelor of Media with Bachelor of Computer Sciences
• Bachelor of Media with Bachelor of Criminology
• Bachelor of Media with Bachelor of Sociology
• Bachelor of Peace and Conflict Studies
• Bachelor of Philosophy, Politics and Economics
• Bachelor of Creative Arts
• Bachelor of Music (Advanced)
• Diploma in Music (Commercial Music and Song writing)
• Diploma in Music (Music Production)
• Bachelor of Music Theatre
• Bachelor of Teaching (Secondary) with Bachelor of Music
• Bachelor of Teaching (Middle) with:
• Arts
• Mathematics and Computer Sciences
• Music
• Science

Engineering:

• New majors include:
• Defence Systems
• Medical technologies
• Smart technologies
• Renewable energy

Health and Medical Sciences:

• Bachelor of Psychology (Advanced) (Honours)

Sciences:

• Bachelor of Science and Entrepreneurship
• Bachelor of Science (Animal Behaviour)

Professions:

• Bachelor of Project Management
• Bachelor of Business (Global)
• Bachelor of Accounting
• Bachelor of Accounting and Corporate Finance
• Bachelor of Business Management
• Bachelor of Business Management and Accounting
• Bachelor of International Business
• Bachelor of Marketing