Sydney Open Day spreads buzz on campus life
Published on 23 February, 2010
Story by Dr Chris Keane ...
A mix of entertainment, relaxation and professional advice made the recent ‘Open Day' at CQUniversity Sydney worthwhile for students.
Tony Edbrooke greets prospective students
Prospective students were invited to participate in organised events and learn about the operations and support services of an international and information-networked university campus.
There were opportunities for students to relax and mingle with marketing staff, inquire about programs of study, listen to short presentations from lecturing staff, chat to currently enrolled students and participate in guessing competitions.
The day kicked off with a warm welcome by CQUniversity's marketing team led by State Recruitment Manager, Tony Edbrooke. After light refreshments, the students listened to some words of wisdom from lecturing staff Dr Rohan de Silva and Paul Krust.
Dr de Silva spoke of the differences between "hard information technology" and "soft information systems" and emphasised the practical skills students would gain from studying the interactive character of information systems. He highlighted a number of jobs suitable to graduates such as analyst programmer, database developer, IT support, business systems analyst and project coordinator. IT students were encouraged to join the professional Australian Computer Society.
Paul Krust introduced students to ‘Marketing as a Career'. Marketing was at the "centre of a business strategy" and marketers needed to use "tools of analysis" to make good marketing decisions. The growth of business services meant the top "4 jobs" for marketing were in the IT industry, retail sales, healthcare and accounting professions. The Australian Marketing Institute provided professional recognition and opportunities for networking, he said.
Tony Edbrooke describes the campus benefits
During the lunch break Tony Edbrooke had a number of prizes, including an IPod Shuffle, to give away to some lucky students. He was assisted by Learning Skills Unit Manager, Professor Ross Lehman, who informed the students of the excellent learning and employment support services offered by Sydney campus.
The afternoon was rounded off with a guided tour of the campus.
All agreed that the event had been a great success and by the end of the day more than 100 prospective students had filed through the campus.
Special thanks should go to the campus marketing staff, the special support services staff, the academic presenters and all those people who helped to make Open Day a great success.
