Pathways and Careers

Important dates for Year 12 students:

Students will hear a lot more about VTAC this year, and for those who wish to pursue tertiary studies in Victoria, it is essential that they attend all Daily Connect sessions, as much of the information will be delivered via tutors, who can then support students through the application process.

These VTAC key dates need to go into your calendars:

* Monday 1 August - Applications open for courses, SEAS, and Scholarships

* Thursday, 29 September - Timely course applications close (NB this has changed due to the pre-AFL-Final Long Weekend!)

* Tuesday 4 October - SEAS (Special Access Entry Schemes) applications close

* Friday 14 October - Scholarship applications close

Monday 12 December - VCE Results and ATAR released

Wednesday 18 January - Round 1 undergraduate offers available

Is this You?

If you are a former student, parent, or community member, and would like to help our young people with their career development, we’d love to hear from you.

We would welcome:

• Hearing personal career stories – either for the newsletter or in person at the school.
• Help with work experience placements.
• Sharing other skills or knowledge related to the working world.

Please contact Kylie Witt, our Careers Practitioner.

Work Experience Guidelines 2016

Year 10 students have started to organise their work experience placements. An outline of the procedure is attached here for your information.

Events & Workshops

Whilst all the tertiary institutions run open days later in the year, many of them also run special activities in the holidays. These shorter activities are often more targeted, and there are fewer visitors, so you can get more individualised information. We will promote them at school, but you should make a habit of actively looking for them as well.

A couple of examples are listed below:

• Experience La Trobe – Starting March 31 – sign up at http://www.latrobe.edu.au/experience/events/experience-la-trobe-events
• Meet Melbourne – events, seminars, holiday programs, starting in March – go to www.futurestudents.unimelb.edu.au  and sign up for their newsletters.
• Inside Monash Seminar Series – starting March 9 – information on all study areas, spread out through the year. March offerings include Business & Economics, Science, Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences – more info at  www.monash.edu/inside-monash
• RMIT – runs workshops throughout the year – follow this link to see what kind of events take place, bearing in mind that some of them are during school hours - https://www.rmit.edu.au/events/all-events/tours/2016/
• VCE Careers Expo – May 5-8 - a massive big event at Caulfield Racecourse, with displays and seminars. You can download a program below. This is a good place to get lots of information in one hit, after which you can narrow down your search.

NCAT Open Day 10 May