Foundation

In the absence of in person events, we are delighted to invite our parent and Redlander community to a free webinar on a very important and relevant topic.

Sustainability and Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) Investing presented by an expert alumni panel:

Chris Nunn, Class of 1994
AMP Capital, Head of Platform Operations and ESG Investing

Phil Williams, Class of 2000
ERM: Environmental Resource Management, Partner, Sustainability & Climate Change

Jeff Brown, Class of 2016, School Captain
UBS Asset Management, Global Fixed Income Analyst

Book HERE 

The Zoom link will be sent prior to the event, and there will be an opportunity for speakers to answer a few questions. If you have enquiries, please contact Kim Flatman, Alumni and Community Engagement Coordinator alumni@redlands.nsw.edu.au.

We very much appreciated to have an opportunity to talk to Oliver Brown, Class of 2014, who shared with us how important it is to try new things and be open to opportunities and also passed on messages to our Year 12 students who just started their IB exams this week.

“If I were to offer any advice for students/recent graduates, I would recommend making the most of any opportunity that comes your way. I tried to do this as much as possible, but feel like there were loads more presented to me that I felt too scared to go for. Also, if you’re struggling to find where you might find a career, think of your strengths and passions and see if you can see them being applied in the real world. New careers are being created every day, yours might already be out there or yet to be created.

I went through a lot of different ideas about what I wanted to do in my last few years of school. Most revolved around my interests in English and Drama leading me to consider things like acting, scriptwriting and novel writing. I think what sold me on journalism however was my interest and passion for talking to people and that stood out to me as the best career to tie it all together. I knew I wanted to go back to South Australia when I graduated, so I applied for all the relevant media degrees I could find down there and was lucky enough to be accepted in them all. In the end, I chose the University of South Australia because I thought that was where I would get the most practical experience. Fortunately, I was right.

Four years later, I graduated with a Bachelor of Journalism and Professional Writing and Bachelor of Arts in English and Creative Writing with a couple of years of experience volunteering at radio stations. Finding a job was more difficult than I thought however. A lot of places require you to have at least a year’s experience to even get a look at your resume, making getting the start very difficult. Eventually though, I found a community newspaper in the Adelaide Hills and after a year and a half of working there, felt it was time to move on and applied for the job I have now, working as the journalist for the Coonamble Times and being part of the team behind a new digital regional news app called the Western Plains App which is really exciting. Living and working in a small town of less than 3000 is very different to how I grew up, but by embracing opportunities out here, I believe I am in a great place to continue to learn and develop my career while exploring a social side of life I have never really experienced before.”

Mrs Dana Casimaty
Director of Development
dcasimaty@redlands.nsw.edu.au
9968 9858