Leader of Pathways and Partnerships – Lisa Formica
On 21 February 2025, our Year 12 students, together with Year 12 from De La Salle Catholic College Caringbah, and many other schools from around the State, attended the University of Wollongong’s Discovery Day. Our students were able to experience a day in the life of a university student, by selecting their own timetable, finding their way around the university and attending lectures on areas of interest to them.
Our ladies thoroughly enjoyed the experience and were able to discern if they were planning on the right track after listening to lectures.
UTS: BUSINESS
BACHELOR OF ACCOUNTING CO-OP SCHOLARSHIP (BAcc)
The University of Technology Sydney runs Australia’s most successful co-op course – the Bachelor of Accounting. Just look at the list of employers who are actively involved with this program:
Allianz Australia GrainCorp NSW Health
ASX Ingham’s Perpetual
BDO KordaMentha Pitcher Partners
Challenger KPMG PwC
Coca Cola Europacific Partners Lendlease QBE Insurance
Commonwealth Bank Macquarie Group Stockland
Cuscal MA Financial THE ICONIC
Dexus Property Group Merivale Thinkmill
Ernst & Young Mirvac Westpac Group
GPT Group News Corp
These employers together contribute almost $3 million annually to this one course alone. The reason? Demand for graduates of the course, who are seen as something special, is very high and will continue to be so for many years due to critical skills shortages in business. This is despite tough economic conditions.
The UTS Bachelor of Accounting has the aim of producing potential business leaders of the future via an accounting career. The main benefits to students who are selected into the Bachelor of Accounting are a tax-free scholarship valued up to $56,000 a year of full-time work training, and great career prospects with the major employers who support the course. No BAcc graduate has ever missed out on a job, and these job offers are generally made by March of the students’ third and final year of study. That might be only 3 years away from where you are now.
Other key benefits of this program, that set it apart from cadetships or other co-op courses, are that it takes only 3 years to complete and that students in the course study, work and play together as a close group of friends throughout that time.
What sort of students are we looking for? All-rounders, achievers and leaders in various activities. Plus you’d need to be interested in a career in business. A high ATAR is not essential, but it will help. Each year we take in students with ATARs in the range 85-100, who have the other skills and experiences to make them ideal business graduates.
And why choose to study accounting? Well, consider that accounting is recognised by big business employers as a highly desirable qualification for graduates to hold, and business leaders today increasingly have this sort of background. This is because the role of accountants has changed radically over the last 10 years; they are now the people called on to analyse the factors behind business success and failure, and who can provide the information needed for critical decision-making.
As a Bachelor of Accounting graduate you will have more potential than virtually any other professional
– in terms of long-term employment and salary prospects, rewards and job security, opportunities for travel and working overseas, challenges and job satisfaction.
For further details on the Bachelor of Accounting program, please visit UTS Bachelor of Accounting
Email enquiries: carin.alberts@uts.edu.au
BAcc online applications for Rd 1 close on Friday 16 May 2025.
Lisa Formica, Leader of Pathways and Partnerships