Forge Your Future in the news

Around 800 Charles Campbell College students explored Australia’s defence industry through hands-on activities and AI-driven career assessments. The Forge Your Future program, run by WithYouWithMe and Year13, gave students insight into diverse defence careers, helping them align their skills with real-world roles and inspiring future study and career choices.

Forge Your Future is helping high school students discover real defence industry pathways, offering hands-on insights, mentorship, and direct links to industry opportunities while building the skills and confidence needed for Australia’s future STEM workforce.

The Forge Your Future initiative is helping fast-track high school students into defence industry careers by showcasing diverse STEM opportunities beyond traditional classrooms. By engaging students with practical experiences and industry connections, it prepares them for future workforce demands and broadens their career horizons.

Forge Your Future is flipping the traditional workforce model by connecting Year 10–12 students with STEM careers in defence industry through skills testing, mentoring, and real opportunities. Read how the program is making national impact.

The government is failing to engage young Australians with messaging about careers in the ADF and defence industry. A new report reveals that, despite significant investment in outreach, current strategies are missing the mark.

Developed by WithYouWithMe (WYWM) and Year13, the Forge Your Future program equips students with tools, education, and industry experience to fast-track careers in leading SA defence companies, helping them secure high-paying roles in the future.

Forge Your Future connects high schoolers to high-demand STEM careers in South Australia’s defence industry, including shipbuilding and nuclear subs. Supported by top employers BAE Systems & Babcock, it offers training and job opportunities.

In an Australian first, high school students nationwide will soon have access to a groundbreaking government-backed program, Forge Your Future, designed to unlock career pathways into high-demand STEM roles within South Australia’s defence industry.

The Australian showcases how Forge Your Future is preparing teens for AUKUS careers, connecting students with training and pathways into SA’s growing defence industry, including shipbuilding and nuclear submarine projects.

WithYouWithMe and Year13 launch Forge Your Future, a groundbreaking program helping high schoolers access STEM career pathways in South Australia’s growing defence industry, backed by major employers like Babcock and BAE Systems.