What’s Happening in Careers?

Year 10

This class looked at the importance of transferable skills and wrote their ‘personal brand’ statement for use in resumes and cover letters. We spoke about the skills that were valued by employers and how they might be developing these skills in their sporting clubs, volunteer work and roles within Mazenod.

There are some great opportunities for Year 10’s to consider:

6 November Applications Close - Curtin Focus on Mining Tour

24 Year 11 and 12 STEM students will be heading to Kalgoorlie during the January holidays to find out about emerging STEM careers in WA's evolving mining sector. The students will be hosted at Curtin's WA School of Mines with trips to Goldfield operational sites throughout the week.

Applications close 6 November.

More about Focus on Mining

Rotary Youth Exchange Applications for 2025 Close March

Senior school students have the opportunity to go overseas to study as part of the Rotary Youth Exchange. The Exchange Student program is a life changing experience.

Year 10 students interested in the Rotary Youth Exchange program should check out the website HERE or the Facebook page HERE.

Year 11

The Year 11’s completed some virtual work experience in their session. This allowed them to explore the type of work they might do in an industry of interest to them. They will probably need to complete this work outside the session. You can explore these resources at home – ask your son to log into The Careers Department and have a look around!

Year 12

The Year 12’s may not be here, but they are not forgotten! We wish the ATAR boys all the best in the upcoming exams. They should remember that we are here to help if they need support.

Some resources below:

University Opportunities

Murdoch

23 October Your Personalised Law and Criminology Journey

Are you a prospective law or criminology student who has placed Murdoch University as a preference on your TISC application? This event is tailored just for you, the future leaders of the legal and criminal justice fields, to help you explore the endless opportunities that await you.

Find details HERE.

ECU

24 October Social Work Information Session Online

If you're interested in learning more about ECU's Social Work course please join us for our online Information Session, where you will hear from both the Future Students Team and Social Work Academics.

6:00– 7:30pm Register and get the link HERE.

15 November Future Student Information Expo

Our Information Expo will introduce you to our wide range of courses and the excellent support services you can expect as a student. We'll cover course admission pathways, how to apply, fees and scholarships and flexible study options like online or part-time. Bring family or friends and explore the campus and our great facilities.

6:00 – 7:30pm Joondalup Campus. Find details HERE.

Curtin

30 November Curtin Portfolio Applications

Year 12 students must submit all supporting documentation for their portfolio applications by 30 November 2023 to be considered for the Main Round offers. Any documentation uploaded after this date will most likely be assessed for Second Round offers in January.

Learn more about Portfolio entry.

Curtin Connect Year 12 Assistance

Curtin Connect will be open and available throughout the December holiday period to provide Year 12 students with course advice or assistance with their TISC application. They will be open Monday - Friday from 8.30am - 4.30pm (Tuesday from 9.30am) but will be closed on regular public holidays.

Change To Early Offers For Select Health Courses

Whilst previously many Health Sciences courses were not included in Curtin's Early Offers Program, we are now implementing a reviewed offer process to enable us to send a limited number of early offers for the following competitive courses:

Bachelor of Science (Nursing)
Bachelor of Science (Occupational Therapy) (Honours)
Bachelor of Science (Speech Pathology) (Honours)
Bachelor of Science (Physiotherapy) (Honours)

School Leaver applicants will be considered for Early Offers through the TISC system and offers will be based on their predicted ATAR.

For information about Important TISC Dates for 2023 go HERE.

Early Offers for Uni 2024

If you received an early offer and you are not clear what to do, contact the university that made you the offer.
If you don’t want to accept the offer for the start of 2024, but don’t want to lost the offer, you should contact the university and ask to “defer”.

Did you get more than one offer?

If you received an offer that you no longer wish to accept, please let the university know so that they can offer the place they had allocated to you, to someone else.

ATAR Calculator – estimate your ATAR score

You can get a rough idea of your ATAR score by going HERE and estimating what you think you will get for your top subjects.
This is just a guide using raw scores. Raw scores are scaled according to subjects and schools to ensure fairness.

Estimate Your Uni Fees

You can estimate your uni fees for 2024 through the UWA Fee Calculator.

The calculations are for 2023 but there won’t be much change and you can get a fair idea of your costs.
You can do your calculations by course or down to the individual unit level. Most units go for one semester and cost $1892.
The cost of your degree will grow most based on the number of years you spend at university, rather than the cost of each unit.

Careers Newsletter

There is plenty of news so please have a good read and enjoy!

Kylie Eaton

Careers Information Coordinator

Year 8 Quiz Night