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ergo - Number 92 September 2003 This is edition number 92 of the Graduate Careers Council of Australia's quarterly newsletter ergo. The full issue can be downloaded as a pdf from the link directly below, or you can look at individual articles on the website by choosing them from the full list (also below). Profile: GCCA Director Alan Bevan GCCA Director Alan Bevan is currently the Assistant Chief Executive Officer of education.au limited, a national ICT agency for education and training owned by the Commonwealth, State and Territory Education and Training Ministers (MCEETYA). Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) 2003 Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE) is an international non-profit, non-government organisation with teams in more than 1000 tertiary campuses around the world. SIFE’s vision is to help young people achieve their goals through enterprise education, and its mission is to provide university students with the best opportunities to make a difference in business and the community. Diversity in the 2003 NAGCAS Employer Visits Every year, the National Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services (NAGCAS) holds a series of visits, designed to help attendees learn more about the operation of the huge range of workplaces which university graduates can enter upon graduation. What is the Future for Postgraduate Students? Postgraduate students make a significant contribution to the Australian community, and the skills and knowledge developed by postgraduate students benefits the Australian economy and broader society when postgraduates use them in their future employment. New Online GDS System Goes Live The Online Graduate Destination Survey (OGDS) questionnaire is a new initiative from the Graduate Careers Council of Australia’s (GCCA) survey team being trialled for the October 2003 survey round. It will hopefully encourage an increase in overall response rates. Graduate Destination Survey Report Roundup The 2002 Graduate Starting Salaries report, the first in the latest series of reports derived from the Graduate Destination Survey, was released in July this year. Careers and Work at Macquarie University In 2002 Macquarie University’s Career Development Office (CDO) offered its students the opportunity to undertake a formal unit of study in career planning and development. Australian Universities Quality Forum (AUQF) The Graduate Careers Council of Australia (GCCA) recently presented a paper at the Australian Universities Quality Forum (AUQF), held in Melbourne on the 11-13 June 2003. The Forum was based on the theme ‘National Quality in a Global Context’ and followed on from the success of the inaugural event held in Brisbane in 2002. |
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