Career's

Work Experience / Structured Workplace Learning

Alannah Furmston-Moira Shire,   Ryan Tribel -Cobram Dental,   Josh Francis-Manto Produce, 

John Hammersley-Rural-Tech,   Billie Boyd and Jorja Withers-Irvin House.

Well done to all of our Year 10 and 11 students who participated in our Semester One Work Experience and Structured Workplace Learning Program.

A big thank you to all the businesses and organisations for their support and generosity in providing our students with meaningful workplace opportunities.

University school holiday events:

Aspire-La Trobe

At La Trobe, we believe there’s more to being a good student than marks alone. 

Our Aspire program rewards the skills and knowledge students gain from their community contributions with an early conditional offer into La Trobe. Designed to give Year 12s the tools they need to succeed at La Trobe and beyond, students accepted into the Aspire program will get:

• A taste of university life at La Trobe with special on-campus events before the year commences.
• The chance to meet and connect with like-minded students.
• VCE revision lectures in the September school holidays.
• Access to our extensive library and campus resources.
• Induction into our Enrichment Program to prepare for what’s to come.

Successful applicants also receive an early conditional offer in September for their chosen course along with minimum ATAR requirements.   Applications for Aspire open on June 1.

Aspire: A success story

After years of involvement with the Cobram Scouts in Victoria’s Murray River region, Amabel Grinter’s loyalty paid off when she successfully applied for Aspire. She received a conditional offer for La Trobe’s Bachelor of Agricultural Science before she’d even finished Year 12.

‘Aspire was like having a security blanket. As an early entry program, it took the pressure off my Year 12 exams,’ says Amabel.

Aspire also helped Amabel find her feet before the semester started.

‘To visit the campus and meet other Aspire students was awesome. It meant things weren’t so foreign when I showed up on my first day.’

Now a La Trobe graduate, Amabel recently returned from a six-month stint working on a large dairy farm in America. Her goal is to land a position in animal nutrition, where she hopes to provide consulting services to the dairy industry.

‘Community work is ingrained in my personality – it’s part of who I am.’

Defence Force Gap Year program

Current Year 12 student can apply for the 2020 Defence Force Gap Year program. Places are strictly limited and will only be open for a short time. 

More information and application details can be found at https://www.defencejobs.gov.au/students-and-education/gap-year/ 

UCAT

The UCAT test has replaced UMAT (Undergraduate Medicine and Health Sciences Admission Test) for 2019. Students who are planning to apply to Medicine, Dentistry and Health Science courses commencing in 2020 at participating universities MUST sit the UCAT 2019 test in the month of July 2019.

Registrations are now open and close on 17th May 2019 - https://www.ucat.edu.au/