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"At Box Hill Institute it’s really hands-on. You actually learn because when we complete the theory we then move straight into putting it into practice where you get to apply what you have learnt."
The whole house is open, doors, windows, everything. Sally-Ann Howard is ensuring that by the time she finishes her Advanced Diploma in Computer Systems Engineering she will have every option open to her.
“You could say I am truly opening every door and every window to see what is available,” she said. “I am just going to wait before I make a decision as to what I’m going to do.”
Quite a wise decision for the Box Hill Institute student, who recently found herself a finalist in the Vocational Category in the Institute’s Outstanding Student of the Year Awards.
Sally-Ann could be described as a very determined and brave woman. Especially considering she resigned from her position with the Yooralla Society of Victoria, where she had been employed for her whole working life, to enrol full-time into an advanced diploma with Box Hill Institute.
“It really was the right thing to do,” she said. “I needed to gain more skills and knowledge and while it was scary it was something I personally had to do.”
Sally-Ann first discovered her interest in computer systems while she was working with Yooralla. “I was involved in the implementation of their intranet, it got me interested so I joined up with the course,” she said.
The decision didn’t come without its challenges. While studying full-time, Sally-Ann has been raising her children and her husband has been completing a PhD. “It’s been difficult, but I really love what I’m doing,” she said.
“At Box Hill Institute it’s really hands-on. You actually learn because when we complete the theory we then move straight into putting it into practice where you get to apply what you have learnt.”
26 May 2004
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