UniSA Online UNITE

Justice & Society
Thursday 20 July | 6.30pm – 8.30pm (ACST)

Event Schedule

6.30pm Welcome and Acknowledgement of Country
6.40pm Program Panel
Hear from your Program Directors and Program Facilitators who will give you a program overview and discuss professional outcomes, what you can do to increase employment opportunities post study, and postgraduate options. 
7.20pm

Career Panel
Join the conversation with UniSA alumni and industry professionals on starting and navigating your career, tips and tricks for career-related challenges, and advice on things you'd like to know when you finish university. 

8.00pm Career Planning - Understanding Your Professional Identity
Gain insights on how to build and enhance your professional identity effectively and how to best present yourself at professional networking opportunities. Facilitated by Rosslyn Cox.
8.30pm Event Concludes

Program Panelists

Tarosh Jacob

Tarosh Jacob is a Program Facilitator with UniSA Online for programs across the Justice and Society, STEM and Creative units. He provides leadership and support in the delivery and ongoing development of UniSA Online degree programs.

Assoc. Prof. Ben Livings

Associate Professor Ben Livings is the Program Director for Criminal Justice program at UniSA Online. He joined UniSA in 2018 after working in Law Schools across France, the UK and Australia.

Dr Elissa Pearson

Dr Elissa Pearson is the Program Director for undergraduate psychology programs with UniSA. She holds a PhD in Conservation Psychology, exploring the relationships between people and the natural world.

Career Panelists

Rubina Amusingize

Rubina Amusingize is a graduate of UniSA Online's Bachelor of Psychological Science and Sociology. In 2021, she established her own company, Ability to Choose, to decrease barriers and ensure equal opportunities for people from CALD backgrounds, Indigenous Australians and people living with disabilities.

Tracey Jane

Tracey Jane is the Director and Principal Clinical Psychologist of Inspired Psychology, a private psychology practice with two clinic locations in South Australia. Tracey’s current role involves a mix of therapeutic work, practice governance and management, and the provision of supervision and consultation and training services.

Bec Medhurst

Bec Medhurst is the Online Course Facilitator for the Bachelor of Criminal Justice, leading the development and delivery of online teaching for UniSA Online students. Bec has an industry background in policing (SAPOL) and qualifications in criminology, management, government and justice administration, and adult education.

 

 

Sarah Faulkner

Sarah Faulkner is the Project Lead for the Neighbourhood Circles Project, which focuses on the role of neighbourhoods to facilitate greater inclusion and safeguarding for people living with a disability or mental illness in South Australia. Sarah holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Political Science, a Master of Arts in International Studies and is currently completing her PhD in Sociology and Human Geography at UniSA.