{"id":19513,"date":"2020-05-05T00:12:04","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T16:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/media-release\/curtin-announces-new-short-courses-to-address-priority-needs\/"},"modified":"2020-05-05T00:12:04","modified_gmt":"2020-05-04T16:12:04","slug":"curtin-announces-new-short-courses-to-address-priority-needs","status":"publish","type":"media-release","link":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/media-release\/curtin-announces-new-short-courses-to-address-priority-needs\/","title":{"rendered":"Curtin announces new short courses to address priority needs"},"content":{"rendered":"
Âé¶¹Ö±²¥ has unveiled nine discounted short online courses to enable students to boost their skills or sample a new study path during this period of COVD-19 disruption.<\/p>\n
The Curtin courses are in line with the Federal Government\u2019s Higher Education Relief Package and are focused on the priority fields of education, health, science, architecture and construction.<\/p>\n
Curtin Vice-Chancellor Professor Deborah Terry said the courses provide an affordable and timely opportunity for anyone whose work has been affected by COVID-19, to add to their skill base.<\/p>\n
\u201cCurtin is delighted to provide this opportunity for people to improve their skills, education and employability through completing a six-month online course in a range of subjects from Health Science to Construction Management,\u201d Professor Terry said.<\/p>\n
\u201cCurtin already has an outstanding reputation as a leader in providing high quality online courses through Open Universities Australia (OUA), and there really has never been a better time to begin learning something new, whether that\u2019s as a pathway to a degree or as a post-graduate student.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere will be two types of Curtin short courses available: Graduate Certificates with some prerequisites and Undergraduate Certificates which require no prior learning.\u201d<\/p>\n
Four of the new courses on offer will earn students an Undergraduate Certificate that will provide a pathway towards an undergraduate degree at Curtin. These include Teaching Education Studies, Secondary Teaching Education Studies, Construction Management and Architecture. Applicants with a degree or significant work experience, will be able to apply for a Graduate Certificate in Education Studies, Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, Corrosion Engineering, Health Psychology, and Forensic Psychology.<\/p>\n
The offerings are subsidised by the Federal Government and available at a discounted cost starting at $1250. Students may also be able to apply for a HECS-HELP loan, which is repayable only when earnings reach a certain threshold.<\/p>\n