VCE Philosophy
VCE Teacher Meet Up 2026
The VAPS VCE Teacher Meet Ups are an opportunity to get together with other VCE Philosophy teachers to support each other, seek advice from others, share resources, moderate, and generally keep our community connected.
Link to July Meet Up (30th, 4pm)
available here via LinkedIn or
Link to August Meet Up (28th, 4pm)
available here via LinkedIn or
New Study Design Support
In 2024, VAPS dedicated 2 days to unpacking and collectively resourcing for the new study design. These resources are uploaded to our website. The content is behind a paywall accessible via a VAPS membership.
You can find:
- Vocabulary Support for each Text
- Concept Games for many of the key concepts in the Study Design
- Sample Planners
- Lists with Contemporary Applications and Case Studies
VCE PIPS Event - Science Gallery of UniMelb - Year 11
This year VAPS has organised a PIPS event for Year 11 VCE Philosophy Students. It will be held again at the University of Melbourne's Science Gallery.
DATE: September 4
FULLY BOOKED FOR 2026
Max # of students 10 (this is due to high demand last year). Depending on interest and numbers we may have capacity to open it to more.
Contact: VCE Sub-Committee
Contact:
Please consider joining the sub-committee - email Bonnie
Please see our website and events calendar page of this newsletter for full details about venues, times, and registrations for all events.
Please join the VAPS VCE google group here.
Please join our VAPS VCE Facebook group here.
2026 VCE Forums
The agenda for the VCE Forum has been finalised.
Sunday August 2, 2026, 12-3pm
$230 per school
If you want to be on the list to receive more information and registration details, put your name down in this form
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2025 - VCE Study Design
VCAA have released the 2025- Study Design available here.
VCAA Update
Exam Specs & Sample Exam has now been released.
Philosophy - Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority
2026 - Set Text PDF
The set texts for the new study design have been released. Tyson Foreman has collated them all and has been very generous with allowing VAPS to distribute.
It is available permanently via the member resources page on the VAPS website (and will be there for the next 4 years for future reference, unless VCAA makes any revisions).
It is also available here for convenience now.
2026 - Set Text Audiobooks
The set texts for the new study design have been converted to audio or students' (and teachers') listening ease. These are available via the VAPS youtube or youtube music. The link is here. Audio is AI generated and is based off the set text reader.