Careers
Aitken College
Year 12 Results
Year 12 results will be released to students at 7:00 am on 11 December. Good luck to the Class of 2023 VCE students as they await these results. We hope you are all delighted with your achievements and feel positive about your resilience over the two years of your VCE program. We congratulate all of the Year 12 Class of 2023 on safely reaching this point in the year.
All VCE students who are applying for courses through VTAC and have paid the VTAC course application fee will automatically receive a printed ATAR statement if they qualify for an ATAR. This statement is mailed to the postal address listed in your VTAC account.
Students who are not applying through VTAC can still access their ATAR and VCE results online, free of charge, at the Results and ATAR website. If you wish to purchase a printed ATAR statement, you can do so by using the Request for VTAC Documentation form after results are released on Monday 11 December.
For VCE students with VTC applications, Change of preference closes at 4:00pm on Wednesday 13 December. Tertiary institutions provide a range of seminars, workshops and hotlines to assist applicants with changing their preferences during the period 11 – 13 December. In addition, a pack of information about accessing VCE Results and the ATAR, the timeline from the Careers perspective for the remainder of this year (including December 2023 Round offers) through to offers in January / February 2024, Change of Preference details and the availability of Careers staff after the release of VCE Results has been mailed home to all the Year 12 students. If you did not receive your pack please get in touch and we will arrange for a replacement.
Christmas and Holiday Good Wishes from B21
Careers staff would like to wish all our Year 12 students, in particular, a restful and happy break before they embark on their life beyond Aitken. You have done an amazing job to reach the end of the 2023 academic year after a very difficult, exhausting and challenging 12 months.
Warmest wishes also from B21 to all the Aitken College community for a peaceful break and a safe, healthy and very happy Christmas period.
2023 RMIT Future Finder excursion
During Early Commencement the 2024 Year 12 cohort headed to RMIT. This excursion was designed to kickstart the thinking process for students around some of the big decisions they will need to make during Year 12 and beyond. The excursion successfully provided students with an insight into tertiary life and opened their eyes to possible options available at RMIT. For this excursion students were expected to demonstrate organisation and time management skills by arranging their own transport and transport plan so that they arrived at RMIT on time and showing they were able to find their way around the campus and return to the main lecture theatre on time after the morning tea and lunch breaks. In the main, students managed this very well. These are examples of some of the ‘soft skills’ which are very necessary for success in ‘life beyond Aitken’ and are highly prized by employers. In addition, students are now better prepared to attend Open Days at tertiary institutions, helping them to get the most out of their time on campus.
The students listened to a general presentation on tertiary education and an introduction to studying at RMIT. As RMIT is a dual-sector institution, the excursion provided students with an understanding of both TAFE / Vocational Education opportunities and options for Higher Education study and their overlap and the many excellent pathways available between the two sectors. Students also learned about the multitude of courses RMIT offers, opportunities for Work Integrated Learning, study abroad and exchange possibilities, clubs and societies they could join, the support available to students and the differences between studying at TAFE and studying at university. They then attended two seminars to have a more in-depth look at particular areas of study.
The students especially enjoyed the opportunity to travel to the excursion independently and be part of a more adult environment. They also found learning about pathway courses very helpful. Many are now able to say either, they have a strong interest in attending RMIT or, that RMIT is not the “right” institution for them. This significantly advances their career and course research regarding options for pathways after Year 12.
Thank you to all the students who attended the excursion and listened so respectfully to the presentations. You represented the College beautifully. Thank you also to the Aitken staff who assisted on the day and contributed to making the event such a success.
Career News 14
Career News Issue 14 is now available. It includes information about:
- Studying Biomedicine and Science at The University of Melbourne
- Speech Pathology and Audiology degrees in Victoria
- A Snapshot of Kangan Institute
- Accessing 2023 VCE Results
- Summer school programs
- Useful tips for successful interviews
- Occupational Therapy degrees in Victoria
- A Snapshot of Whitehouse Institute of Design
- A new major in Public Health and Epidemiology in the Bachelor Biomedicine at The University of Melbourne
- A new major in Sports Journalism at Deakin University
- The MySci program at Monash University
- Seven Free TAFE courses available at William Angliss
- Studying Science at Monash University
and much more.
Careers Newsletter on My Aitken
Career News is written and published fortnightly and is available via My Aitken / Resources / School Life / Aitken News / Careers Newsletter / Careers Newsletters – 2023 Editions:
Contact Details
Please contact us via email: careers@aitkencollege.edu.au.
Mrs Clare Borg & Ms Rae Gibbs
Careers Counsellors