Personal Finance Through Real Teaching
Our autumn 2025 program starts with something most finance courses skip—actual human guidance. Not videos you watch alone at 2am. Real mentorship from people who've spent years teaching everyday Australians how money actually works.
We built this around instructor expertise because finance isn't something you download into your brain. It takes conversation. Questions. Someone who notices when you're confused and adjusts the explanation.
Program begins September 2025. Applications open June.
Who's Actually Teaching You
These aren't guest speakers who pop in for an hour. They're the ones building lesson plans around how students actually learn, not how textbooks think they should.
Rhys Patterson
Budget Systems & Debt Strategy
Rhys spent eight years at Queensland credit unions before teaching. He explains compound interest through grocery bills and uses real bank statements in class—with permission, obviously. His thing is making you comfortable with numbers that used to feel shameful.
- Weekly one-on-one budget reviews
- Teaches through your actual financial situation
- Available for questions between sessions
Meredith Carlisle
Investment Basics & Long-term Planning
Before teaching, Meredith worked in financial education for a Melbourne nonprofit. She's good at translating investment terminology into plain Australian English and won't let you leave a session still confused. Her students say she remembers everyone's goals.
- Small group discussions twice per month
- Personalizes examples to your timeline
- Follows up on progress after program ends
What Happens After
We check in with past students because we're curious how this stuff holds up in real life. Turns out, the teaching approach matters more than we thought. People remember conversations better than they remember worksheets.