We offer a wide range of engagement options, including presentations and opportunities tailored just for high school students designed to raise tertiary aspirations.
Enrich your students’ learning with our workshops and curriculum-centred activities to directly engage and inspire your students during normal school hours.
These are hosted either on school grounds, or can be arrange on one of three.
Recommended time: 30 mins
Age: Year 10 - 12
The Head Start program provides school students the opportunity to complete university courses while still at school.
This presentation covers everything you need to know about Head Start including:
Recommended time: 30 mins
Ages: Year 11 - 12
The Become University Ready presentation covers the pathways options available at UniSQ for school-leavers and non-school leavers. This presentation outlines the different ways that prospective students can gain entry into UniSQ, whatever their circumstance or stage of life.
The pathways outlined are:
Recommended time: 30 mins
Ages: Year 11 - 12
UniSQ offers a suite of scholarships available for high school students. This presentation outlines these scholarships along with some tips and tricks to writing applications (where this applies).
Topics include:
Recommended time: 30 mins
Age: Year 10 - 12
This presentation provides a brief overview of all things UniSQ. This presentation does not go into great depth about any particular subject but covers topics including:
Age: Grades 7–10
UniSQ Discovery Days offer students the opportunity to explore the variety of pathways and careers available to them.
These on-campus events feature engaging, hands-on sessions designed to help students discover skills, talents and strengths they are good at and enjoy, to identify the range of potential careers that will provide most satisfaction and success.
Expressions of interest will be sent for 2025 events shortly.
For more information contact careers@unisq.edu.au.
Age: Grades 11 - 12
Experience UniSQ Days offer school students an on-campus experience where they can delve further into different fields of study and get a taste of life as a UniSQ student.
Grades 11 - 12 school students are invited to UniSQ Campuses to discover all that UniSQ has to offer, through academic led experience sessions.
For more information or to register for Experience UniSQ Days please visit our event page.
Our Career Education Team provides innovative activities and sessions to assist students in years 7 to 12 with:
Our Career Outreach workshops are age-appropriate, experiential, scaffolded and were developed to align with the Queensland Curriculum (general capabilities), Australian Blueprint for Career Development (ABCD), and contemporary research to support the unique, developmental needs of the students we support.
How to have career conversations – supporting parents in developing their skills and confidence in holding career conversation with their young person to support their study, career, and life decision-making.
Bringing careers into the classroom – workshops that support teachers in the delivery of career education in their practice, to support their students in expanding their horizons and strengthening their future study and career decision-making and career planning.
Something different? Our qualified and experienced team can work with you to develop a session or activity to suit your needs.
For further information or to make a booking, please contact the Career Education team on careers@unisq.edu.au.
Do you have a motivated Year 10-12 student looking for their next study opportunity? Through our Head Start program, students can complete university courses while still at school and help them identify or cement their career paths.
Our team offer one-on-one career appointments with pre-university students or current students to support their career management, career planning, and strengthen their study and career decision-making.
The Higher Education Participation and Partnerships Program (HEPPP) provides funding to universities listed in Table A of the Higher Education Support Act 2003 to implement strategies that improve access to undergraduate courses for people from regional and remote Australia, low socio-economic status (SES) backgrounds, and Indigenous persons. HEPPP also helps to improve the retention and completion rates of those students.
The key objective of the HEPPP is to promote equality of opportunity in higher education by improving:
UniSQ’s key eligibility criteria for HEPPP programs include schools with a < 1000 ICSEA score, low socio-economic areas, rural and regional locations, and cohorts with Indigenous students. The programs UniSQ offer are as below. Please do not hesitate to contact us at futurestudents@unisq.edu.au if you want to find out more.
If you are planning a Careers Expo, we can help. Our experienced staff and student ambassadors (current UniSQ students) can attend your event to answer questions and chat about options with students, teachers and parents.
A Careers Expo is an ideal follow-up to a UniSQ school presentation, giving students a chance to ask detailed questions and receive advice tailored to their specific needs.
Designed to showcase our world-class facilities and give students an opportunity to see for themselves why UniSQ is the right choice for them.
Book a UniSQ campus tour or take a virtual tour today.