Welcome Term One 2020

I am delighted to be back preparing for another exciting year in the Careers Hub. If you are looking for ideas about where the future might take you, please feel free to come by the office and make a time to meet. I would be more than happy to help you.

"I cannot teach anybody anything.

I can only make them think." - Socrates

What's in this issue?

Careers News for Term One Issue 1 includes:

Next Offer Rounds for 2019 IB Cohort
Year 12 - Entry to Medicine
Year 12 - Early Applications General Info
Year 12 - Hanson Scholarship
Year 12 - ANU Tuckwell Scholarship
Year 10 - Work Experience reminder
Year 10 - Careers and Pathway classes
New Pathways Tool & Engineering quiz
Reminders and alerts
Making an appointment

Useful Links: Australian Jobs 2019

Careers Website: www.preshilcareers.com.au

Ace Day Job Videos: Sign in to Preshil Clickview

Next offer rounds

Just a reminder that the next offer rounds are:

Monday 3 Feb - 2pm
COP open 4 Feb 10am - 4 Feb 4pm
Monday 10 Feb - 2pm
COP open 11 Feb 10am - 12 Feb 4pm
Monday 17 Feb - 2pm
COP open 18 Feb - 10am - 19 Feb 4pm
Monday 24 Feb - 2pm

For more dates and details visit the VTAC website.

Year 12 - important entry to Medicine from 2020

Students who have commenced Year 12 in 2020 and are planning to apply for any of the following university courses listed below are reminded that registrations for the UCAT (University Clinical Aptitude Test) open on Monday 2 March and close Monday 11 May (late registration Monday 18 May). Tests are available from Wednesday 1 July until Friday 31 July.

In the meantime, students who are preparing for entry into these courses are encouraged to familiarise themselves with the practice tests and preparation material provided at UCAT Preparation.

The University of Adelaide - Medicine, Dental Surgery, Oral Health
Curtin University - Medicine
Monash University - Medicine
The University of Newcastle / University of New England - Joint Medical Program
The University of New South Wales - Medicine
The University of Queensland - Medicine (provisional entry), Dental Science
University of Tasmania - Medicine
The University of Western Australia - Medicine (Direct Pathway), Dental Medicine (Direct Pathway)
Western Sydney University - Medicine
The University of Auckland - Medicine
University of Otago - Medicine, Dental Surgery

Early applications

Many universities have early entry schemes where you can be offered a place before the normal round of offers. These schemes can vary at each university but generally involve completing an application and being able to demonstrate that you are capable of succeeding in your chosen course and also that you are a good all-round student who will contribute well to the life of the university you have chosen to apply for.

ANU Early Entry opens 4 March 2020: https://www.anu.edu.au/study/apply/domestic-applications-anu-undergraduate/applying-to-anu-application-details#offer
Applications close TBC May.
ACU Early Entry opens March 2020: Visit: https://www.acu.edu.au/study-at-acu/admission-pathways/i-volunteer-regularly
Applications close in August TBC.
Latrobe Early Entry opens June 2020: https://www.latrobe.edu.au/study/aspire Applications close in August TBC.
Teaching Applications - CASper Test:
Opens Semester 2 - For info visit: https://takecasper.com Deakin info: https://www.deakin.edu.au/courses/find-a-course/education-and-teaching/the-casper-test
VTAC info for other Admission tests: http://vtac.edu.au/admissions-tests/other-tests.html

More detailed information about all the above will be available in due course.

University of Melbourne Hanson Scholarship

University of Melbourne Hanson Scholarship: Opens Monday 27 January & closes Monday 9 March: Visit https://scholarships.unimelb.edu.au/awards/hansen-scholarship

Australian National University Tuckwell Scholarship

Australian National University (ANU) launched the Tuckwell Scholarship Program in 2013. The Tuckwell Scholarship Program at the ANU is the most transformational undergraduate scholarship program in Australia. A Tuckwell is not just about a student's intellect. It is also about their desire and determination to use their natural abilities to realise their full potential so that they can make a difference in the world. All up one could say, this is no ordinary scholarship!

Applications open Wednesday 4 March & close Wednesday 25 March:

Visit https://tuckwell.anu.edu.au

Key dates for applications below:

Year 10 work experience

Year 10 is the year most Australian students get a taste of working life through undertaking work experience. Students will have received some information and resources about this via Compass during Semester 2 last year. I have attached the information again for you below.

Work experience is an important short-term placement with employers to provide insights into the industry and the workplace in which they are located. It provides students with the valuable opportunity to:

• develop employability skills 

• explore possible career options 

• understand employer expectations, and 

• increase their self-understanding, maturity,

independence and self-confidence. 

We have set aside the final week of Term 2 (Monday 15 to Friday 19 June) for this - and all Year 10 students are expected to participate. We understand these dates are not always suitable to take advantage of available opportunities, therefore we are happy to discuss other times that are more accommodating. Students must let us know in advance and complete the Work Experience Arrangement Form on our dedicated Careers Website which you can access here. Please remember to check your Compass newsfeed as I do post work experience opportunities regularly, as they arise. You can also find lots more information and valuable careers resources under the 'SCHOOL RESOURCES' tab in your Compass account. Please note this is only available through the Compass APP by clicking on 'OPEN IN BROWSER'.

Students need to make their own arrangements for work experience, so start talking to those neighbours, friends and family members who might be able to offer something. Students should also directly contact employers in their fields of interest; showing confidence and initiative by making direct contact would be attractive qualities to demonstrate. Below is a copy of the Work Experience Resource book 2020 that has a great list of businesses and industries offering placements. However, as I have mentioned previously some of these do need to be applied for months in advance and are highly competitive.

We’re always on the lookout for Preshil community members who might be able to offer a work experience opportunity to our Year 10 students, so please contact me if that might be you! I am available to answer student or family queries at any time by telephone or email.

Year 10 Careers and Pathways classes 2020

All Year 10 students will participate in Careers and Pathways during our Electives Program in Term 2. We already have a number of great workshops lined up which include:

Learning interview skills with the amazing James Lynch
Youth Outreach is coming back to do the Safe@Work module to guide students on the important things they should know before their work experience
an exciting workshop to explore new entrepreneurial and startup pathways, accessing real-world business case studies which could lay the foundation to starting your own business in the future, hosted by Edwina Kolomanski, co-founder of Girledworld
First Impressions Workshop
Excursion to the Careers Expo

and a host of other activities including our Careers Activities Week ... more about that soon!

The goals of the Careers and Pathways Program are to assist students to:

understand and manage influences relating to career planning and lifelong learning;
develop skills, knowledge and capabilities to make career decisions through critical thinking, inquiry and research;
apply their learning to achieve educational and career aspirations;
build resilience in their capacity to manage change throughout their lives.

These goals are organised into three Stages of Career Development:

Self Development: students understand themselves and the influences on them, build their experiences and achievements and develop their capabilities;
Career Exploration: students locate, investigate and consider opportunities in learning and future work options;
Career Management: students make and adjust Career Action Plans and manage their life choices, changes and transitions.

Helpful new tools

RMIT University – Pathways Tool

The traditional path into university is not the only one. RMIT offers a large range of vocational education courses that lead onto undergraduate study. Students are encouraged to browse RMIT’s new pathways tool to find out more at

RMIT University – Pathways Tool. Many of these pathways can be applied to other institutions.

RMIT Engineering Quiz

With so many different types of engineering available, it can be hard to decide which one is best for you. Take RMITs interactive quiz to discover which engineering courses or double degrees are matched to you. https://trueengineer.rmit.edu.au/. These courses can be applied to many other institutions.

Reminders and alerts

Please remember to log in and read your Compass Newsfeed as we regularly post updated information about tertiary open days, information sessions, work experience and workshop opportunities, updated Careers and industry news and a host of other information. You can also set up notification alerts on your phone for Compass so you will be instantly notified and never miss anything.

Making an appointment

You can find me in the Careers Hub office downstairs in The Cottage. Please use this link on the Preshil Careers website to make an appointment because it syncs to my calendar to avoid clashes. If you have any questions or concerns please email me anytime at bronte.howell@preshil.vic.edu.au

Thanks to Jacky Burton from the Yarra Career Practitioners Group and Compass Career News who tirelessly each year has put together a lot of the one-sheet information guides that help us collate tertiary course information into the one place for students to easily access.

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