VET, CAREERS & PATHWAYS
News from Chad Elliott, Careers & Helen Leicht, VET
St Augustine's College Cairns
Upcoming events
Our QTAC Information Evening will be held on Monday 5 August. This session will inform parents and students about applying to university in 2025.
Selected students from Years 11 & 12 will be attending the Ergon Young Leaders Breakfast on Friday 26 July.
Year 9 students will be tutored in resume writing by JCU staff in Week 4.
Career skills
Have you ever thought about the term “professional communication”? One aspect of this term focuses on how you compose correspondence, specifically, emails. If your son has started contacting universities, colleges, employers etc. it would be beneficial for him to read this article on How to write a professional email.
Scholarships for 2025
Is your son in Year 12 and looking for ways to fund his life and study after school? Here are a selection of scholarships that may interest him:
2025 Faber Writing Scholarships