Building Your Financial Confidence Through Real Learning
Money feels complicated because most programs skip the basics. We don't. Our courses start from where you actually are—not where textbooks think you should be. Over nine months, you'll work through budgeting, investing fundamentals, and risk management with instructors who remember being confused about this stuff too.
What You'll Actually Learn
We focus on three areas that matter most when you're starting to take money seriously. Each connects to the next, building your understanding step by step.
Budget Foundations
Forget those spreadsheets that make you feel guilty. We'll help you design a money system that matches your actual life—including the parts where you spend more than planned. Realistic tracking beats perfect planning every time.
Investment Basics
Starting with shares and ETFs feels overwhelming until someone explains them without the jargon. Our autumn 2025 intake covers diversification, compound growth, and when you should actually care about market news (spoiler: less often than you think).
Risk Management
Insurance, emergency funds, and super contributions sound boring until you need them. We'll work through what protection actually makes sense for your situation—without pushing products you don't need.
Learning That Sticks Because It's Practical
Theory without application just creates confusion. Each week combines explanation with hands-on exercises using real market data and actual budget scenarios. You'll mess up, adjust, and figure out what works—which is exactly how financial literacy develops.
- Weekly case studies based on authentic Australian financial situations
- Small group sessions where you can ask the questions you're actually wondering about
- Flexible online modules you complete around your existing schedule
- Access to instructors who've worked in financial planning and remember being beginners
Learn From People Who Get It
Our instructors combine professional experience with the ability to explain things without making you feel behind. They've taught hundreds of students and adjusted their approach based on what actually helps people understand.
Rhiannon Caldwell
Financial Education Coordinator
After seven years in retail banking, Rhiannon saw how confusing financial advice becomes when it's packed with assumptions. She designs our curriculum around questions real people ask—not what textbooks think they should know.
Saffron Tremaine
Investment Fundamentals Instructor
Saffron spent a decade managing portfolios before realizing most investing education skips the foundations. She teaches shares, bonds, and ETFs by focusing on the logic behind strategies rather than memorizing rules you'll forget.
Your Nine-Month Journey
Starting September 2025, you'll work through three phases that build on each other. Each phase includes online modules, live discussions, and practical assignments that connect to your personal financial situation.
Foundation Phase (Months 1-3)
Cash flow tracking, budget design, and understanding where your money actually goes. You'll build a system that works for your life rather than trying to force yourself into someone else's template.
Investment Phase (Months 4-6)
Introduction to shares, ETFs, and diversification principles. We cover how markets work, what risk actually means, and how to start investing with amounts that make sense for beginners.
Protection Phase (Months 7-9)
Emergency funds, insurance basics, and superannuation strategy. You'll finish with a personalized financial plan that addresses your specific situation and goals for the next five years.
Applications Open June 2025
Limited to 40 students per intake to maintain small group sizes. Program fee covers all materials, live sessions, and ongoing instructor support throughout your nine months.
Register InterestWhy orezetilumeolios Works Differently
Most financial education either oversimplifies to the point of uselessness or drowns you in complexity. We aim for the middle—detailed enough to be useful, clear enough to actually understand. Our Wollongong team has been refining this approach since 2019, and student feedback shapes how we teach.
- No upselling of financial products—we're educators, not advisers trying to sell you things
- Course materials stay accessible after you finish, including updates as regulations change
- Optional alumni sessions where graduates share what worked in their first year applying the concepts
- Honest discussions about what we can't teach in nine months and where you'd need professional advice
