Students from the 2006 Unilink program presented findings to classmates, parents, partners and invited guests at a presentation evening held at the Gladstone campus on Wednesday.

The students had attended special on-campus classes in Journalism, Learning Management, Marketing, or Social & Cultural Analysis over 5 weeks.

Each of the 4 groups had been asked to relate what they had learned to a common theme: the decline of males in the teaching profession.

Acting Head of Campus Dr Andrew Wallace said that each presentation reflected the methods and approaches of the relevant discipline.

“Students in marketing developed a brief marketing proposal to attract males to the profession, while journalism students conducted video interviews and created a newsletter. Learning Management students engaged the audience by performing a skit to explore the characteristics of good teachers. The Social and Cultural Analysis students presented statistics and discussed possible reasons for the decline,” said Dr Wallace.

Dr Wallace said staff who conducted Unilink were impressed by the interest and enthusiasm of the participants.

"They were very receptive to new concepts and their willingness to fit Unilink into their busy lives does them great credit".

Unilink is a free program designed to help people learn more about study at university and possible career paths.

In the past, Unilink had only been offered to students in years 11 and 12 at local high schools but this year the campus opened the program to mature age applicants and students in year 10.

Over 65 students enrolled in the 4 courses this year.

Gladstone State High student, Samantha Brown enrolled in 3 of the 4 programs and said she found it to be a very interesting and rewarding experience.

Photo: Dr Andrew Wallace (second from right), Acting Head of Campus joins Unilink students in celebrating the Unilink program.