Year 12 students eager for more certainty about their future can access two brand new options to receive an unconditional, guaranteed offer by November 20, the final academic day of Senior.

Starting their degree in late 2020 will mean avoiding potential increases to student contributions in the federal Government’s proposed Job Ready Graduates Legislation, which would impact the cost of bachelor’s degrees in Humanities and law and commerce.

The second option provides an unconditional offer on the day students complete Year 12 (Friday November 20) but before they receive their official ATAR result.

More than 60 single-and double-degree programs are available for students across all Griffith’s faculties to choose from, to start in February 2021.

The University is also meeting the challenge of preparing professionals for new employment opportunities in a post-pandemic world by introducing a suite of micro-credentials from Trimester 3, 2020.

The courses are specifically designed to fill the skills gap that is widely expected to dominate the employment landscape in the wake of the severity of COVID disruptions to business.

“We call these professionals ‘worker-learners’,” Professor Nick Barter, Academic Director of Griffith Online said.

“These are people who are not looking to completely retrain or enter new fields, where there are already existing degree options available, but who want to meet the moment, with relevant study options that augment and enhance their existing experience.

“Each of these courses has been carefully selected based on our extensive research into the future of professional work and the key themes that will drive our economy in the near future.”

Griffith’s suite of micro-credentials is a direct response to the Queensland Economic Recovery Strategy and offers 22 individual courses in T3, and up to 100 in 2021.

Nick Barter.

“These are not typical professional development courses as they are specifically targeted to provide graduates with skills and knowledge in industries that will offer high-demand employment opportunities nationally as the economy inevitably makes its way towards a recovery.

They broadly focus on essential skills in leadership and management, increasingly popular information technology courses around cyber security and artificial intelligence and business concepts.

There is also an extensive offering in the area of public health including courses targeting pandemic management.

The courses will be stackable, allowing students to study one to obtain a digital badge, a combination of two courses for a Certificate in Professional Studies, or a total of four courses to secure a Graduate Certificate in Professional Studies.

Eligible students enrolled in the Graduate Certificate in Professional Studies will be able to access support for the courses through the Federal Government’s FEE-HELP Study Assist program.