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Coffs Harbour Open Day

Date
Sunday, 11 August 2024
Time
09:00 AM - 02:00 PM
Location
Coffs Harbour Campus
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Event cost:
Free

Welcome to the Coffs Harbour Open Day!

Make 2025 your year to study and join us on Open Day at our Coffs Harbour campus with panel sessions, interactive experiences, spotlight talks and a chance to win a MacBook Pro*. 

Coffs Harbour boasts a relaxed coastal lifestyle but this growing city also hosts international sporting events and regional festivals thanks to outstanding facilities and a major regional airport. Our Coffs Harbour campus is located on the lands of the Gumbaynggirr Nation at the heart of an education and innovation hub and includes a multi-million-dollar Health Sciences Building with biomechanics running track and high-tech simulation laboratories. The campus also has a fitness centre, on-campus accommodation, sporting fields and close proximity to beautiful beaches and national parks.

The University’s world-renowned National Marine Science Centre is located in nearby Charlesworth Bay where we will be hosting our Marine Science panel session and facility tours at 10:00am on 11 August.

Learn why Southern Cross University was recently named in the Top 100 Young Universities and how our innovative study model is proving successful. Get the answers to your questions, join a tour and chat to teachers, current students, alumni and others who can help you with your application.

We can't wait to see you all there.

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Full program

Explore how our game-changing education model is a better way to learn, improving individual student outcomes and learning satisfaction. Learn about our campuses and disciplines, our amazing facilities and get an insider's view of what the student experience at Southern Cross is all about.

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This session will also run later in the day at 12:00-12:25pm

Teachers can have a lasting and profound impact on the lives of their students, from the early childhood years right through to secondary school. Learn about the meaningful work placements available in our Education degrees.

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You can also book in for our Education STEM interactive experience at 12.00pm. Team up to design and construct an earthquake-resistant structure using a restricted number of components.

Interested in movement and health? Learn about our degrees in Exercise Science, Clinical Exercise Physiology and the NEW Bachelor of Physiotherapy for 2025.

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You can also book into the 11:45am interactive experience where you can join our Sport and Exercise experts to test your skills and explore where these degrees may take you!

Nurses play a critical role in providing health services and are often the first point of care in their communities. Nursing is a career where you can make a positive difference in the lives of others every day. Learn about our nursing degrees.

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You can also book into one of the three interactive experiences throughout the day (11:30am, 12:30pm and 1:15pm) to visit our nursing labs and find out how nursing students check a patient's vital signs.

There is a high demand for allied health professionals. Develop skills in our state-of-the-art facilities and gain hands-on knowledge through industry placements. Discover how you could help transform the lives of others with a degree in Speech Pathology.

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There are many pathways to university, ATAR is just one. Find out about alternative pathways we have available to get you started at uni.

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Explore how our game-changing education model is a better way to learn, improving individual student outcomes and learning satisfaction. Learn about our campuses and disciplines, our amazing facilities and get an insider's view of what the student experience at Southern Cross is all about.

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This session is also on earlier at 10:00-10:25am

Learn about how rewarding and diverse a career in psychology can be. This session will also include information for students studying our Honours program in Psychology and the Master of Professional Psychology.

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Be a part of the most significant event in most people’s lives by training for a rewarding and challenging career as a midwife. Discover more about becoming a midwife, your placement opportunities and our state-of-the-art facilities.

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You can also book an interactive experience at 1:15pm to see how complex labour, birth, and postpartum emergencies are simulated to enhance the learning experience for our midwifery students.

Discover how learning and knowledge is shared in the world's oldest living cultures, exploring indigenous histories, knowledge systems, health and wellbeing, and ways of living.

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You can also book into our 1.30pm interactive experience and join us to yarn about some of the traditional uses of plants and their relationship to Country.

If you enjoy working with people and creating positive change, counselling offers both a meaningful career and excellent employment prospects. Learn more about our Bachelor of Counselling.

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Occupational Therapists adapt environments, activities or equipment to enhance participation in everyday tasks. Discover how you could help transform the lives of others with a degree in Occupational Therapy. Learn about placements and our amazing daily living labs as well as career prospects in this growing field.

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You can also book into an interactive experience at 12:00pm where you can come, hear and see how occupational therapists support people to do the things that have meaning and purpose in their life.

group walking around campus

Drop into our campus tours

Jump on a campus tour and explore the state-of-the-art facilities on each of our campuses.

The tours run on the hour from 10am, with the last tour departing at 1pm.

You can find the tour starting point by following the signs on the day.

National Marine Science Centre Open Day

Join us from 10-11:30am on Sunday 11 August

Learn more about Marine Science studies, facilities, research and experts at the National Marine Science Centre. Discover our underwater world and how we can make a difference.

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Marine Discovery Day

Our Coffs Harbour campus

Location
Hogbin Dr, Coffs Harbour NSW 2450

Set among the rolling hills and bushland of the north coast of New South Wales, our Coffs Harbour campus is home to more than 1200 students.

The campus delivers a range of course options across Health, Education and Marine Science, complemented by the world-leading research conducted at the nearby National Marine Science Centre, situated on the edge of the Solitary Islands Marine Park.

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