Join the Career Conversation with The Ponderers
Every month, Lucy Sattler (our CDP) has a ‘fireside chat’ with an industry or educational expert about all things careers. And you’re invited to join in and have your questions answered – register for free below.
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The conversations about careers and pathways that you'll want to listen to
There are some incredible people in the education space across Australia, New Zealand, and the world, and we know you’ve got questions for them.
The Ponderers is your opportunity to listen-in ‘live’ on a career development/career education conversation hosted by us, with the opportunity to ask questions in the session too. If you work in careers, counselling, or education, you’ll love the The Ponderers. See below for our upcoming sessions.
Coming soon on The Ponderers
Thursday 30 July, 4pm AEST
Lucy’s talking with Nick Humphreys from the Beacon Foundation about the incredible work they’re doing in the career readiness space with young people. Places are limited, register today.
Here are some of our recent Ponderers recordings
There’s more to come, with one new one each month (subscribe below to be notified)
Nick Humpfreys: How the Beacon Foundations' 3 key phases are changing outcomes in Tassie
They discuss barriers for disadvantaged youth including access to opportunity, social capital, and declining school belonging, Beacon’s partnerships and funding model, the need for more coordinated systems-level thinking, and Nick’s wish to expand career education into primary school.
Kirstene 'KC' Ciappara from the Parramatta Eels: How can we blend learning with professional sport
Lucy interviews KC about her career journey and ideas in career development and education. A scholarship proposal led her to the Parramatta Eels, where she now runs the Eels Institute, delivering dual diploma programs with TAFE Queensland that integrate contextualised learning, guest speakers, and 100 hours of meaningful work experience, benefiting both students and the club’s talent pipeline.
Dr Tanmay Bagade: What aspiring doctors need to know before applying
In this session of The Ponderers, Lucy welcomes Dr. Tanmay Bagade, Senior Lecturer in Medical Education and Global Health at the University of Newcastle and Chair of the Joint Medical Programme Admissions Committee, to discuss careers in medicine (May 2026)
Marian Wright: Redesigning Schooling for Relevance: Systems Thinking, Human-Centred Design & Student Agency
In this casual Ponders conversation, host Lucy speaks with Marian, founder of Coherence CoLab and former lead project officer for the Brisbane Catholic Education Career Education Project, about how schools can redesign learning to be more relevant for young people (March 2026)
Tyson Day: What students need to know about designing their careers for the future
In the first Ponders session, Lucy speaks with Tyson, lead facilitator and co-founder of Arrive and Thrive, which has delivered career workshops to over 130,000 students (February 2026)
Who is Lucy?
Lucy Sattler is the driving force behind our programs and methodology at Study Work Grow. Amongst being our CEO and raising three teenagers, she is currently studying a PhD with the Queensland University of Technology focussed on Vocational Identity.
Careers has been her ‘thing’ for a long time (since she was a teenager helping out in her Dad’s Careers Office at school). Today, her work positively impacts student futures in over 1,800 secondary schools worldwide.
Lucy Sattler
CEO & Qualified Senior Career Practitioner
Master of Educational Studies
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About Us (Study Work Grow that is)
We're a student-focused, school-funded Social Enterprise
If you haven’t heard of us, that’s totally ok.
Study Work Grow is one of the most popular careers resource providers in Australia, New Zealand, and the UK because of our fresh approach to career education.
As a social enterprise, we reinvest our profits into making better program materials and resources for you, while keeping costs affordable for all schools, no matter their location, funding, or status.
Study Work Grow:
- Is funded by Schools
- Successfully assessed by Safer Technology for Schools (ST4S)
- GDPR Compliant for UK Schools
- Doesn’t sell data to third parties, ever
- Has an in-house (and very friendly) support team
All of the good things you need in an education provider.
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