Information for Parents

This information aims to clarify for parents some to the issues surrounding the choice of an Arts program for students entering Campion College.

Is the university able to cater for the ethical, moral and spiritual?
Many parents chose to send their children to a Christian school because they feel that the discipline and messages of such a school will set a child up for the future. We wonder why this suddenly stops when they to go to university? University is the one of the most formative influences on the young adult mind. Many people trace their political views to the time they went to university, where they were truly able to discuss the real issues of the day in an intelligent fashion.

Making the choice for on the basis of moral, ethical and spiritual concerns is should be one of the main considerations in the recommendation of a university or college.

Sure but I want them to get a job?
We know that many parents encourage their children into a vocational degree. Tertiary education is expensive and they need to pay of a debt, purchase a house and so on. Many advise their children do courses because they pay well. However this may not always be what the student wants nor in their best interests.

Many students, for example, choose to do law because it is seen to be a well paying, prestigious career. There is however a downside. Careers in law demand commitment, long hours and is potentially unfriendly to the life of a family. Students doing Liberal Arts can still study law as a post graduate option but they can do so with a sense of perspective.

Students who wish to be leaders and who aspire to greater things are often those who choose Liberal Arts. Ask yourself this question, name the world’s most famous accountant? Okay, name the world’s most famous human resource manager. Still having trouble?

Liberal Arts graduates change the world. They know people and are employable in a vast variety of contexts. They cab argue a case, research, analyse and have an independent mind.

In our first year we tried to emphasize that many famous people began their careers with Liberal Arts degrees, people like Kevin Rudd and John Anderson. In fact, the list is endless. All of these people started their careers with an Arts degree. They have a greater perspective on life and many chose to vary careers in the flexible way that is allowed by a Liberal arts degree.

They want to be with their friends?
Students are also guided by their peer group.

Many students not knowing what to do at university, follow their peer group. If this leads to something which they are not interested in, then often this leads to bailing out at an early stage at university. The best advice that we can give is that students should not follow their friends, they will make others. They should follow their passion. Many students who are great at the liberal arts, in subjects like English, history and religion simply abandon these at university because they feel it is not vocational. But at university, students will perform much better if they follow their passion.

An education which sets the right examples
They do trust your advice.

Although your children are young adults when they leave school they still trust in your advice. As a catholic institution, you can be assured that students will be set the right example of how to conduct themselves with decency and character.

No ordinary graduates
Campion College is not interested in producing an ordinary graduate. Ordinary graduates can be found anywhere. What we want to produce is leaders. Your son or daughter will be chosen to come to Campion because they have great potential to be leaders in their field and in their communities. They will have a sense of ethics and morals. If your child is not a catholic this does not matter. There are universal moral codes and these will be discussed in lectures.

What about prestige
Happily in Australia we still have an education system which is tightly regulated for quality. Student teachers studying at UTS are of the same quality as those from Sydney University, Charles Sturt University or indeed Campion College or any other accredited provider.

Even the major universities are looking at generic degrees. The University of Melbourne, arguably Australia’s most prestigious university is proposing to reduce their degree offerings to only 6 in 2008, one being a generic Bachelor of Arts. Such students will study their vocation as a post graduate.

We do understand that teenagers like to impress their friends by saying they study at an older university but in practice this does not always equate to the best education. And it certainly should not be the motivation for attending a university. Tell your children to look at the course. How is it structured? Is there any integration between the courses? i.e. if they are studying literature and history are they studying the same period at the same time? Is it interesting? Will I love to learn about those things in the course?

The best advice is to always follow their passion. Students who follow their passion will always be better students, better employers and employees and usual end up in employment that they will be passionate about. They will have much more likelihood of excelling and enjoying their work. As we all know there is nothing worse than going to a job each day that you do not like.

So there should be nothing stopping a student in coming to Campion College. We predict that as we grow and as our reputation spreads it will be difficult to get a place at Campion. Although we hesitate to use the word elite, our College will be sought after for leadership positions.

Campion is about something better for your children.

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