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WELCOME TO VICTORIA UNIVERSITY
Presenter’s name title
The College of Engineering & Science
College Profile
We offer a wide range of courses and conduct research in areas of Engineering, Science and Information Technology.
HE - 2065 students
• Bachelor 1220 students (including 276 international)
• “Subbachelor” 314 students (including 116 international)
VE - 671 students
• Certificate III – Advanced Diploma (including 107 international)
Strong research focus
Top ranking, “well above world standard” (with an ERA - Excellence in Research for Australia - rating of 5) in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (control systems and signal and image processing) and “above world standard” in applied mathematics.
The College of Engineering & Science
Disciplines and Courses 2015
Engineering
• Civil Engineering – Bachelor of Engineering (Civil Engineering) (Honours) (Updated)
– Advanced Diploma Of Engineering Technology (VE)
• Electrical and Electronic Engineering – Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical and Electronic Engineering) (Honours) (Updated)
– Advanced Diploma of Engineering Technology - Electrical
• Sport Engineering – Bachelor of Engineering Science (Sports Engineering)
The College of Engineering & Science
Disciplines and Courses 2015 (continue)
Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering – Bachelor of Engineering (Civil Engineering) (Honours) (Updated)
– Advanced Diploma of Engineering Technology (VE)
• Architectural And Building Engineering – Bachelor of Engineering (Architectural Engineering) (Honours) (Updated)
– Bachelor of Building (Construction Management) (Honours) (New in 2015)
– Diploma of Building and Construction (Building) (VE)
– Advanced Diploma of Building Design (Architectural) (VE)
– Bachelor/ Advanced / Diploma of Building Surveying (VE/HE)
The College of Engineering & Science
Disciplines and Courses 2015 (Continuing)
Science
• Mathematics & Physics
• Science – Bachelor of Applied Science (Maths/Science) (Secondary) (New In 2015)
(requires additional post-graduate study to enter teaching profession, currently under development)
– Bachelor of Science (Specialisation)
– Foundation Studies (Subbachelor)
– Science - Alternative Entry
The College of Engineering & Science
Disciplines and Courses 2015 (Continuing)
Information Technology
• HE – Bachelor of Information Technology (Network and Systems Computing)
– Diploma of Information Technology (Subbachelor)
• VE – Certificate III in Information Digital Media and Technology (Y11)
– Certificate IV in Information Technology (Y12)
– Diploma of Information Technology Networking
– Diploma of Website Development
– Advanced Diploma of Information Technology
– Advanced Diploma of Network Security
The College of Engineering & Science
Road to success
Every student is offered:
• Flexible study options
• Academic support during their studies
• Programs to foster job readiness in graduates
The College of Engineering & Science
Road to success (Continuing)
Flexible study options • Pathways
– Various entry and exit points
– Shift in a way new HE courses are designed; pathways are integrated during the design stage, for example:
• Bachelor of Building (Construction Management) and Diploma of Building and Construction (Building)
• Bachelor of Information Technology and Diploma of Information Technology
• Electives now mandatory for all new/updated courses
• Foundations studies and Alternative Entry courses as a gateway to a wide range of degrees offered by the University.
• Study modes – Understanding our students and their life commitments
Building pathway - success story • "After high school, I became a qualified building
tradesperson, but decided to continue studies with building surveying because I wanted to push myself further in the building industry. VU's pathways meant I could build on my qualifications one step at a time. The courses were flexible and the teachers were very supportive. […]
• Early in 2012 I decided to start my own building surveying company, Vic Permits Pty Ltd. We provide services such as issuing building permits, liquor licencing assessments, bushfire assessments, mandatory inspections, building compliance audits, illegal building works resolutions and essential safety maintenance audits."
Courses studied • Certificate IV in Building, 2005
• Diploma of Building Surveying, 2006
• Advanced Diploma of Building Surveying, 2006
• Graduate Certificate in Performance-based Building & Fire
Codes, 2007
• Bachelor of Building Technology – Building Surveying, 2008
Source: http://www.vu.edu.au/success-stories/building-prospects
Michael Tabone
IT pathway - success story • “By taking a pathway from vocational education into
higher education I was able to get credit and fast-track my degree. I was recently hired by Victoria University under their Students as Staff program, which gives me great exposure to the industry before I graduate. Last year, I participated in the international Cisco Netriders competition, and our team came fourth out of more than 30 teams from across Australia and New Zealand”.
• Andrew Hinton won the Outstanding Vocational Student of the Year in 2012.
Courses studied
• Diploma of Information Technology, 2011
• Advanced Diploma of Information Technology (Network Security), 2012
• Bachelor of Information Technology (Networking and Systems Computing), 2013
Source: http://www.vu.edu.au/success-stories/data-star
Andrew Hinton
The College of Engineering & Science
Road to success (Continuing)
Practical support during studies
• Student Peer mentoring programs: – peer assisted study, tutorials and exam preparation sessions in
targeted units, in particular in mathematics.
• Development of academic literacies – collaborative course design, direct teaching & co-teaching
• Dedicated first year coordinators (champions)
• Counselling and career support
The College of Engineering & Science
Road to success (Continuing)
Work-ready graduates • Professional education take place primarily in simulated workplace
environments as well as in industry and through industry and community based projects.
• Our simulated environments are state of the art, for example: – Zone Substation Simulator with majority of the funding coming from industry ($1.7M
laboratory currently being built) – IT networking Labs including latest CISCO hardware and online virtual networking
laboratory NETLAB
• In Engineering we aim at 50% delivery via Problem-Based Learning (PBL) – PBL encourages students to solve problems set in a real-world context and helps
students to develop critical thinking skills and problem-solving skills to graduate work-ready.
• Some engineering design units are delivered by industry
practitioners.
The College of Engineering & Science
Road to success (Continuing)
Work-ready graduates
• Industry accreditation and certifications – All Engineering courses are accredited by Engineers Australia (EA) or
other professional bodies
– Information Technology courses are based on International Vendor Certifications
– Diploma of Information Technology Networking is almost 100% vendor certification based and has unique combination of courses related to CISCO, Microsoft, Vmware, Red Hat, ITIL and Ehacker.
– Many teachers are industry certified.
• Competitions – Students can participate in many externally organised Competitions or
community programs such as Netriders (IT) or Formula SAE (Mechanical Engineering)
The College of Engineering & Science
Road to success (Continuing)
Work-ready graduates
• Industry based student projects (3rd & 4th year)
– For all disciplines majority of student projects are industry based; some
examples for Engineering projects • Outer Metropolitan Ring Road – connection to Melbourne Airport (VicRoads 2013)
• Improvement of energy performance of existing buildings in Timor-Leste
(Commonwealth of Australia 2013)
• Feasibility Study of Existing Housing Stocks for Low Income Families (United Housing
Co-operative Ltd. 2013)
• Assessment of integrated water management at various scales (City West Water 2012)
– In 2014 (semester 1) all first year students participate in The Engineers
without Borders (EWB) challenge. The best 21 students will continue in
semester 2.
The Engineers without Borders– Case study
The Engineers without Borders (EWB) challenge is an Australasian design program for first-year university students that provides students with the opportunity to learn about design, sustainable development, teamwork and communication, while contributing towards real international development projects.
2014 Project Declining water quality, hygiene and sanitation have become a global issue of concern. Nepal Water for Health (NEWAH) is a non-governmental organisation in Nepal working towards clean drinking water, hygiene promotion and sanitation for the local community.
Design Area 1 – Housing: Projects on household ventilation systems, weather proofing homes and lighting for households
………..
Design Area 7 - Climate Change: Water source protection, food security, disaster preparedness and response, fly and mosquito management, organic pesticides and agriculture
Two solutions will be submitted to EWB later this year.
Industry Projects – success story • " […] Becoming a student mentor helped my all-
round development and I want to continue providing support to new graduates in the future.
• As part of my final year project, I developed two remote observatories at West Preston and Avoca, which are remotely accessible from the Ballarat Observatory. The installations stream images of the night sky so that visitors can still see the stars on a cloudy night by utilising the telescopes at these locations.
• In my final year, I applied for the graduate program at Sinclair Knight Merz, an engineering consultancy. I am now a graduate security consultant in their Building and Infrastructure department.“
Courses studied • Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical and Electronic
Engineering), 2013
Source: http://www.vu.edu.au/success-stories/engineering-a-future-0
Shaun Clark
Future Job - Engineers Case study
The Engineering Profession – A statistical overview 2011, by the Acting Chief Executive of Engineers Australia, Rupert Grayston
“The domestic supply of new engineering graduates has not been able to keep pace with increases in the demand for engineers for many years”.
“For well over a decade the number of domestic engineering graduates flat-lined at around 5000 a year and it is only recently that we have seen a modest increase to about 6000 per year”.
“Currently there is a high reliance on migrant engineers to try to keep up with demand but as other economies develop, their demand for engineers will increase and Australia may find itself competing for and not securing the engineering skills that are currently more freely available from overseas”.
Future Job - Engineers Case study
“The statistical report shows that in 2010, over 52 percent of the Australian engineering labour force was born overseas compared to 36 per cent for comparable non-engineering skills and 27 per cent in the overall labour force.”
“All indicators show that the engineering sector will continue to experience growth, particularly in engineering construction associated with major public infrastructure projects and in the resources industries.”
“It remains of great concern that there is no real end in sight to delivering an adequate engineering skills base across Australia to match demands for maintenance of existing infrastructure, increasing population and economic expansion.”
“Part of the longer-term solution is to focus on the primary and secondary classrooms where students need to be both drawn to an engineering career, and supported with the skills sets of maths and science subjects, to dramatically increase our domestic engineering numbers.”
“Also, there is a need to encourage a far greater participation by females into the profession where only about 10 percent are female.”
Careers in Sports Engineering – Case study
Studying Bachelor of Engineering Science (Sports Engineering) opens career paths which will combine your passion for design and technology with an interest in sport. Sports engineering is concerned with the research and development of technologies for the sports industry. Job Titles: • Sports engineer • Electronics engineer • Mechanical designer/engineer • Industrial designer of sporting equipment • Ergonomics/OHS specialist
Salaries • Average salary for graduates (Graduate Careers Australia): A$63,000. • Professional sports engineers average salary (Job Outlook): A$84,344.
CONTACT DETAILS
Janusz Dutka Director of Teaching and Learning College of Engineering and Science PHONE +61 3 9919 8700 EMAIL [email protected]
