Nickiera is a Year 10 student at Keysborough College Banksia Campus in Victoria. Nickiera and a group of students recently participated in a MyRoad mentor session hosted by Beacon Foundation. Nickiera had the opportunity to meet Pamela D’Netto who is a Senior Speech Pathologist at Queensland Health. We asked Nickiera about her experience joining a […]
Fancy a career in the spotlight or perhaps working behind the scenes to create some of the TV, films and media we love to watch? There are many exciting roles in these industries that we’ll explore in our next Industry Live on 10 Sept 2020 at 11.30am-12.30pm AEST. The topic is “Careers on and off […]
Beacon are proud to be working alongside Burnie Works, North-West Industry Training Hub and business in Tasmania’s North West and on the Central Coast to deliver ‘Finding their Place’. This outcome focused campaign is a call to industry to offer VET placements to local year 11/12 students who will need to undertake a VET placement […]
We sat down with Charlotte to hear why she decided to join Beacon’s inaugural Youth Advisory Committee. This is her story. “It was my teacher actually who told me about Beacon’s Youth Advisory Committee (YAC) and suggested I should apply to join. It’s a new group with seven students from across Tasmania, coming together to advise […]
“I’ve seen kids give up because they don’t know how to get a job in different industries” We sat down with Charlotte to hear why she decided to join Beacon’s inaugural Youth Advisory Committee. Charlotte is 17 years old and lives in George Town. She is a student at the Port Dalrymple School, part of […]
On August 31st 2020, Beacon Foundation updated its URL to www.beaconfoundation.org.au along with updating all our email addresses the same firstname.lastname@beaconfoundation.org.au. As a visitor to our site, you do not need to do anything different. You are encouraged to save our new www.beaconfoundation.org.au to your favourites and even if you by habit type in our […]
When I reflect on my own journey growing up, I think about how fortunate I’ve been. I’ve had special people in my life that recognised my potential, as a cricketer, but also as a person. Two of those people are local cricket identities Enrico Di Venuto and Tim Coyle who have both been important mentors […]
Beacon Foundation has today launched the full speaker schedule for their online learning series, Be@Connected. From Ambassador, Australian Test Cricket Captain Tim Paine, to Australian Swimming World Champion Ariarne Titmus, it is no wonder that the series is proving to be a huge success with students across Australia. Beacon Foundation CEO Scott Harris said, “The […]
Back to School! It may be teaching young children their ABCs or turning your favourite subject of music or PE into a career. Education and training is a growth industry and from teacher’s aides to trainers, there are many great roles to explore. Want to know more about a career in education? Then our upcoming Industry […]
Beacon Foundation is today launching an innovative new series of 12 online learning webinars, Be@Connected. Australian Test Cricket Captain, Tim Paine, has come on board to be the National Ambassador for this exciting and innovative project. The short series is specifically designed for students across Australia to support and inspire them through this period of […]