{"id":17260,"date":"2009-08-05T02:26:42","date_gmt":"2009-08-04T18:26:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/media-release\/wasm-degree-helps-graduate-chase-dreams\/"},"modified":"2009-08-05T02:26:42","modified_gmt":"2009-08-04T18:26:42","slug":"wasm-degree-helps-graduate-chase-dreams","status":"publish","type":"media-release","link":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/media-release\/wasm-degree-helps-graduate-chase-dreams\/","title":{"rendered":"WASM degree helps graduate chase dreams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>C259\/09<\/p>\n<p>Armed with a relevant and practical degree in extractive metallurgy, Western Australian School of Mines (WASM) graduate, Ryan Beatson, has secured employment in the mining industry despite the gloomy economic climate.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Beatson, originally from Bunbury, completed his Bachelor of Science (Extractive Metallurgy) in 2008 before securing a two-year graduate position at the Gold Fields Australia\u2019s St Ives Gold Mine.<\/p>\n<p>For the 22-year-old, it\u2019s the chance of a lifetime.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince I was young I have had an interest in science and mining,\u201d Mr Beatson said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a great job, and I was lucky enough to go to WASM where I was given the chance to obtain a solid university education, practical experience and a great range of skills.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no better place to study extractive metallurgy and other mining related courses than the WASM campus in Kalgoorlie.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The School is regularly visited by industry representatives through forums such as careers fairs, allowing students to network with industry professionals and secure vacation work opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a great help in gaining valuable hands-on experience,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce I am finished with my graduate program, I will consider my position and my options.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI may go overseas to work, travel and further my experience.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Armed with a relevant and practical degree in extractive metallurgy, WASM graduate, Ryan Beatson, has secured employment in the mining industry despite the gloomy economic climate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4275,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_research-areas":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"research-areas":[],"class_list":["post-17260","media-release","type-media-release","status-publish","hentry","category-campus-and-global-community"],"acf":{"post_options":{"":null,"additional_content":{"title":"","content":"","image":false},"related_courses":false,"credits":{"author":"","photographer":"","media":false},"display_author":true,"banner":{"image":false}}},"featured_image":false,"author_meta":{"first_name":"Curtin","last_name":"University","display_name":"Curtin University"},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media-release\/17260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media-release"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/media-release"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media-release\/17260\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17260"},{"taxonomy":"research-areas","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/research-areas?post=17260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}