Looking to take the next step in your career and support people with hearing or vision loss?

With one in six Australians affected by hearing loss and the growing number of Australians who are blind or have low vision1, there is increasing demand – whether in schools or in the community – for qualified professionals to support people who are deaf, are hard of hearing, are blind or have low vision.

Join us for this exclusive session as our alumni panel provides insight on:

• why they decided to do postgraduate study
• why they chose Macquarie University’s Master of Disability Studies
• how their lives and employability have changed post-graduation.

Hear from those with experience and register now to receive the session recording and an exclusive offer direct to your inbox.

1 Australian Network on Disability

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About our Master of Disability Studies

Delivered by and in affiliation with the NextSense Institute (formerly the Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children), our Master of Disability Studies will develop your skills and knowledge as an advanced professional to qualify you to work in the disability sector. This course is 100 per cent online, so you’ll have the flexibility to balance your current commitments and apply techniques in your current role while studying.

You can choose from three specialisations:

• Education: Blindness/ Low Vision
• Education: Deaf Hard of Hearing
• Sensory Disability

Our accredited Master of Disability Studies, with Commonwealth supported places available, is perfect for current educators wanting to upskill and become a qualified Teacher of the Deaf or teacher of children who are blind or have low vision, or for allied health workers and disability support workers wanting to develop their career as an advanced professional specialising in the disability sector.

Meet the panel

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Trudy Smith
Manager – Continuing Professional Education
NextSense Institute

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Dr Melissa Fanshawe
Alumni, Education: Blindness/ Low Vision specialisation

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Samantha Martin
Alumni, Education: Deaf Hard of Hearing specialisation

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Emma Hall
Alumni, Sensory Disability specialisation