MORE than 1400 people flocked to yesterday’s Bathurst Jobs Expo with high school students among those snapping up information.
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With the Higher School Certificate exams coming to an end soon, the 500 students who attended the expo at the Bathurst Memorial Entertainment Centre yesterday were carefully considering their options for next year.
Among the 40 stallholders were training providers and employers, along with Charles Sturt University (CSU) with information on its newest course – law.
The Bachelor of Laws degree is on the CSU curriculum for the first time and offers students flexible study options.
Study is by distance education and can be undertaken full-time in three years or part-time for six years.
Acting course director Kim Browne said the degree was targeted at regional and rural students.
While the degree covers the 11 vital core subjects including contract law, torts, evidence and property, CSU offers its students more.
Ms Browne said the inclusion of agricultural and mining industries, environment and cultural heritage protection laws, family law, dispute resolution, and regional issues including fracking and live animal export, was a benefit for regional students.
“CSU’s course will provide general training in law, whether a student’s intention is to work within metropolitan, regional or rural locations, and in a wide variety of legal roles,” she said.
She added that the course allowed regional students to stay in the area they live in to continue studying and then find work.
Also at the expo were Mayfield Garden, Roads and Maritime Services, Marathon Health and representatives from the Defence Force.
Australian Defence Force Corporal Melissa Wall said she had a good number of questions from people interested in the Army, Navy and Air Force.
“People are asking about the types of opportunities available,” she said.
Corporal Wall said she also fielded enquiries on required fitness levels and opportunities for women.