At Stanley College, there are designed pathway programs that not only prepare students for entry into a bachelor’s degree at Stanley College, but also provides them with practical skills and experiences that will make them “work ready” at an earlier stage in their studies. They also have the opportunity to graduate with more qualifications—Stanley College pathway students will graduate not only with a Higher Education (university-level) qualification, but also with a Certificate III and a Diploma, nationally recognized Vocational Education and Training (VET) qualifications that are highly regarded locally and internationally. Pathway programs at Stanley College are longer than those offered at universities—they are not just crash courses in academic writing skills, referencing and learning how to write a resume. Their purpose is to provide students with the best possible opportunities to gain employment in the industry of their choice as soon as they graduate. Whilst many students spend years in mostly menial jobs that are unrelated to their studies, Stanley College students earn their first qualification after the first or second semester, enabling them to find casual or part-time employment in the field of their chosen VET course, even before they start the degree part of program. Many students who have gained employment on the basis of their VET qualifications, applying the fundamental skills they learned during that phase of their pathway program, have gone on to enjoy supervisory positions whilst studying for their degree.