COMM-E-NEWS NOVEMBER 2008

Comm-E-News is the electronic newsletter sent to undergraduate students each month who are currently enrolled in commerce subjects. The newsletter contains information on events and other Commerce and University information and activities and will also provide information on Scholarships and some positions vacant.

COMMERCE SUMMER SESSION SUBJECTS 2008/09

Summer Session Enrolments opened 20 October 2008 via SOLS

ACCY102 Accounting IB, ACCY201 Financial Accounting IIB, ACCY211 Management Accounting II, ACCY342 Auditing & Assurance Services

COMM121 Quantatative Methods I, COMM327 Business Innovation, Technology & Policy, ECON101 Macroeconomic Essentials For Business, ECON111 Introductory Microeconomics

MARK101 Marketing Principles, MARK333 Marketing Communications & Advertising, MGMT102 Business Communications, MGMT110 Introduction To Management, MGMT201 Organisational Behaviour

Note: Subject to Satisfactory Enrolments

TUTORIAL ENROLMENTS FOR SUMMER SESSION

Accounting & Finance – Enrolments via SOLS, opens 26/11/08 closes 7/12/08

Economics – Enrolments via SOLS, opens 26/11/08 closes 7/12/08

Management & Marketing – Enrolments will take place at the first lecture. If you miss the first lecture, please see the Subject Coordinator/Lecturer

DECLARE YOUR MAJOR

Have you declared your major? Do you know what you are majoring in? You are now able to declare your major for the Bachelor of Commerce online via SOLS.

UNIQUE INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY

The Australian Taxation Office has set up a specific opportunity – only available for students from UOW. 

The Tax Office will be running a Summer Internship Program over the 2008/09 summer period. This is a paid developmental program where you will receive on the job training to assist with Compliance related taxation work. To be considered, you must demonstrate the ability to understand, interpret and apply tax legislation, rulings, policy and guidelines. You must also be available to work on a full time basis from early December 2008 to late February 2009.
Essential Skills: Students currently completing the penultimate year of a commerce, law, or combined commerce/law degree are strongly encouraged to apply for this opportunity.

How to apply: The information you need to apply for this position is contained in the candidate information kit. You can obtain a copy of the candidate kit from http://ato.gov.au/careers/. Should you have further queries, these should be directed to summerinternship@ato.gov.au Send your application quoting Last name_First name summer internship by 15 November to summerinternship@ato.gov.au.

STUDY ABROAD IN COMMERCE CENTRAL

Autumn 2009 Student Exchange Study Grants available for Thailand, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia or South Korea.

International Student Exchange Travel Grants ranging from $4,000 to $5,000 are available if you are interested in studying in any of these countries in Autumn 2009.

Visit http://www.uow.edu.au/student/exchange/UOW017728.html for more information.

Students can make appointments at Commerce Central for interviews with staff from Study Abroad. Appointments can be made with either Sula Giannakenas or Lena Ivancevic on 4221 4478.

SCHOLARSHIPS INFORMATION

Commonwealth Learning Scholarships are for Australian Citizens who can demonstrate financial hardship. (International Students are not eligible to apply).

Commonwealth Education Costs Scholarships (CECS)CECS provide full-time undergraduate students with a scholarship of $2,042 per year for up to four years, to assist with general educational expenses.

Commonwealth Accommodation Scholarships (CAS)These are for commencing and continuing students from regional and remote areas of Australia who have a demonstrated current financial hardship and who had to (or will have to) relocate to undertake their current higher education course of study.

CAS provide full-time undergraduate students with a scholarship of $4,084 per year for up to four years to assist them with accommodation expenses where they have to move to undertake higher education. Check out more information on this website http://www.uac.edu.au/equity/equityschols.html Application is online from the UAC website. http://www.uac.edu.au/equity/es_online.html

HINT: As the number of scholarships are limited you should be careful to communicate in your application all areas of disadvantage you may be experiencing. Just meeting the basic eligibility criteria may not be enough. Scholarships are allocated to those people who can demonstrate the most need.

If you have any questions please contact Ann-Maree Smith, Student Equity and Diversity Liaison Officer. ams@uow.edu.au or call in to Room 40.133.

SUMMER GRADUATION CEREMONIES – DECEMBER 2008

ARE YOU MAJORING IN FINANCIAL PLANNING?

Here’s a great way to jump start your financial planning, business or media career and a fun way of becoming the most talked about, most watched personality in financial planning history and have the opportunity to win up to $25,000

You will get all the latest gear for a year including the latest laptop, coolest phone and camera PLUS a salary package for 12 months valued at over $25,000*.

To enter, all you have to do is dust off your inner Spielberg and make a video of yourself in 2 minutes or less why you should be the Financial Planning Association’s Blog Star.

Submit your entries by uploading your video to YouTube and send us the link before November 13, 2008 for your chance to win. We’ll fly the winner to Queensland to be introduced as the FPA Blog Star at the National Conference on November 19.

To enter or find out more go to: www.blogstar.com.au

ATTENTION ALL MARKETING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS STUDENTS

WORK AVAILABLE

Glass by Design (a textured glass company) are looking for personnel.  The applicant needs to be:

enthusiastic, motivated, a self-starter, have good people skills, ability to work unsupervised, computer knowledge essential, professionally presented, highly organised, ability to develop new business opportunities, ability to manage existing customers, computer skills an advantage

- ability for database maintenance (possibly creation but not necessary)
- graphic design for mailouts etc.
- photoshop for mailouts, advertising material
- ms word / excel

You can make the job your own.
Flexible hours is fine. Can be full time or part time - we are willing to work around uni / tech, kids, or whatever. Possibly it is someone getting back into the workforce.  Basically, we are after a friendly, confident person who can update databases, talk to potential, new and existing clients and basically get the business up and running and known in the community.

We are looking more at high end projects such as hotels, office buildings, apartments, etc so they will need to talk to interior designers, architects, developers, etc

Salary range, dependent upon experience.
Applicants should email resumes to fran@glassbydesign.com.au

Tip of the Month
Don’t forget your student identification card, driver's licence or passport for entry into your exams and Good Luck.

Last reviewed: 3 November, 2008