Careers and Pathways HUB
News from the Career and Pathways HUB
Early entry programs
Many universities, including Latrobe, RMIT, ACU and Swinburne, offer early entry programs that Year 12 students can apply for throughout June-October (application period depends on the university). Applying for these courses means that students may receive an offer to a course based on their Year 11 results and co-curricular and community involvement prior to sitting exams in October/November, which can alleviate a lot of pressure. Information regarding early entry programs for 2025 tertiary study can be found on HT Connect here.
Career Bites sessions
Would you like to be part of our Futures program at Huntingtower?
In 2023, a range of members from the HT community including former students, parents, friends and staff members presented to our Year 11 students regarding their careers and the varied ways in which they got there. The students all spoke very highly of the sessions and were very grateful to all presenters for the time they gave to help them in their career research. We will be starting these sessions again next term for our current Year 11 students. I am looking for interested members of the HT community who might be prepared to support this program – whether you participated last year or not, we would love your involvement. If you would like to be part of this exciting program, and help our students make informed choices about their futures, please complete the very short survey here.
Upcoming events
The best way for students to research and plan for their futures is to experience things for themselves. Please read through the following opportunities carefully and register for anything that is of interest. Most of these activities are free to participate in.
What’s on? | Relevant to: | When? | Further information and registration |
| Education USA virtual Q&A | Students interested in studying in the USA | Various dates throughout the year | |
| Melbourne Conservatorium of Music festivals and Mega Days | Music and performing arts students | Various dates throughout 2024 starting 22nd March | |
| Focus on Melbourne – University of Melbourne information sessions | Year 9-12 students and parents interested in courses at Melbourne University | Various dates in May and June | |
| RMIT campus tours | Year 10-12 students | Various dates | |
| Melbourne University campus tours | Year 10-12 students | Various dates | |
| Swinburne University campus tours | Year 10-12 students | Various dates | |
Discover Monash – Course information series | Year 10-12 students | Various dates commencing March 5th | |
| Holmesglen Sports Summit | Year 12 students interested in careers in sport | Saturday 22nd June | Registration information to come |
| Monash Business Explorer | Year 11 and 12 students interested in studying Business or Commerce degrees | Tuesday 2nd and Wednesday 3rd July | |
| Monash University Design Experience Days | Year 10-12 students interested in architecture, design & fine art |
July 2nd, 3rd, 4th September 24th, 25th, 26th | |
| RMIT Tech & Trades Experience Day | Year 10-12 students interested in studying a trade at RMIT | Thursday 4th July | |
| Monash University Science Precinct Tours | Year 9-12 Students | June-July school holidays | |
| RMIT student for a day | Year 10-12 students | September school holidays |
Tertiary Open Days - 2024
Below is a list of the dates for the tertiary open days for 2024. As you can see, August is incredibly busy for open days, so I advise that if you are a student in Year 10 or 11, you start early and attend some of the institutions that may be of interest, so that you don’t run out of time trying to attend them all in Year 12! I will continue to update the table as more institutions publish their dates, and registration for open day information can be made by clicking on the link in the table.
| Australian Catholic University | Melbourne campus: Sunday 11th August Ballarat campus: Sunday 25th August |
| Box Hill Institute | Box Hill: Tuesday 4th June Lilydale: Thursday 6th June |
| Deakin University | Geelong campuses: Sunday 18th August Warrnambool campus: Sunday 4th August Melbourne campus: Sunday 25th August |
| Federation University | Gippsland campus: Sunday 11th August Berwick campus: Sunday 18th August Mt Helen campus: Sunday 24th August |
| Holmesglen | Thursday 13th June |
| La Trobe University | Melbourne campus: Sunday 4th August Bendigo campus: Sunday 25th August |
| Monash University | Peninsula campus: Saturday 3rd August Caulfield campus: Saturday 3rd August Clayton campus: Sunday 4th August Parkville campus: Sunday 18th August |
| RMIT | Bundoora campus: Sunday 4th August Brunswick campus: Sunday 11th August City campus: Sunday 11th August |
| Swinburne University of Technology | Sunday 28th July |
| University of Melbourne | Sunday 18th August |
| Victoria University | Footscray Park and Sunshine campuses: Sunday 18th August City campus: Sunday 25th August |
Please take some time to explore the Careers and Pathways page on HT Connect. You will find links to the VTAC course search page and the Career Bullseyes, as well as information on various courses, gap years, non-ATAR pathways and much more. There is even a jobs board to help with finding a casual job!
Ms Alison Howard
Career Pathways Advisor