Careers
Pictured: Alicia, Eadie and Georgia (Year 10)
June Careers News
As Term 2 draws to a close I have been reflecting on what has been an incredibly busy, but also such a warm and welcoming first semester at Huntingtower. I have greatly enjoyed the opportunity to get to know students and many parents and I hope that the 1:1 appointments have provided support and direction for students as they start to think about life beyond their secondary schooling.
Senior secondary school, and particularly the VCE, can be overwhelming and puts a lot of pressure on students, but it is imperative that students and families understand that the ATAR and subject prerequisites only provide a gateway for students to continue on to further study. Once students have begun their post school journey, universities are more concerned with the subjects studied and results achieved there.
So, while it is important for students to work hard and achieve their best while at school, there are endless pathway options for them to follow after the ATARs and university and TAFE offers have been released. Please feel free to contact me for information or assistance about the many pathway options for students.
Early Entry Programs
Many universities, including Latrobe, ACU and Swinburne, offer early entry programs that can be applied for throughout June-September (depending 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 involvement prior to sitting exams in October/November, which can alleviate a lot of pressure. Information regarding early entry programs can be found on Firefly here.
Reminders – Work Experience
Work experience for year 10 students is happening in week two of term 3 and there are still many students who are yet to find a placement and/or return their forms. If you are struggling to find a place, please contact me as soon as possible, as we have some opportunities you may be interested in. Work experience arrangement forms can be found here and need to be completed and returned to me ASAP.
Work experience is also highly recommended for students in years 11 and 12, as these cohorts missed out over the previous couple of years. If you would like to complete work experience during a week of your school holidays, please do so and complete the work experience arrangement form.
Upcoming Events
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RMIT – Discover What’s Next series | Various dates from May 3rd – July 19th | |
RMIT City Campus tours
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Every Wednesday from 3pm-4pm |
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Discover Monash Events |
Various dates throughout July and August
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| Discover ACU | Tuesday June 28th | |
| Victoria Police Information Session – Box Hill | Tuesday 28th June 6:00pm-8:00pm | Information sessions for police roles |
| Monash University Campus Tours | July 4th -7th | |
| A Day at Melbourne | 7th July | |
Monash University Workshop: Do it with DATA: Pandemics, People and Bioinformatics | Tuesday 5th July 9:00am-3:30pm | Do it with DATA: Pandemics, people, and bioinformatics (monash.edu) |
Monash University Workshop: Experience Art, Design and Architecture | Tuesday 5th July 10:00am-3:30pm | |
| Monash University Biomedicine Discovery Institute work experience opportunity | Monday 19th September-Friday 23rd September | Work experience for secondary students - Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute |
| Free VCE revision lectures | Ongoing throughout the year |
University Open Days
| Australian Catholic University | Melbourne campus: Sunday 7th August Ballarat campus: Sunday 14th August |
| Deakin University | Geelong campuses: Sunday 7th August Warrnambool: Sunday 14th August Melbourne campus: Sunday 28th August |
| Federation University | Sunday 14th August |
| Holmesglen | Thursday 7th July |
| La Trobe University | Melbourne campus: Sunday 7th August Bendigo campus: Sunday 28th August |
| Monash University | Peninsula Campus: Saturday 6th August Caulfield Campus: Sunday 7th August Clayton Campus: Sunday 7th August Parkville Campus: Sunday 21st August |
| RMIT | Bundoora campus: Sunday 7th August Brunswick and CBD campuses: Sunday 14th August |
| Swinburne University of Technology | Sunday 31st July |
| University of Melbourne | Sunday 21st August |
| Victoria University | Sunday 21st August |
| William Angliss | Saturday 13th August |
VTAC webinars
Year 12 Students, parents, carers and supporters are warmly welcome to book in for VTAC's information webinars. There will be two types of presentation on offer:
In addition, there will be a dedicated interstate student session on 28 July, and a webinar in conjunction with the CEAV on 10 August as listed below. More information will be provided on the website shortly, and additional sessions can be scheduled if these book out.
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Students interested in studying Medicine
There is a page on Firefly that has a short webinar and some detailed information outlining entry into Medicine courses. For any students in years 10-12 who have expressed interest in studying Medicine, I highly recommend that you read through the information provided on this page and contact me if you have any questions about the process. To understand pathways into graduate Medicine programs, please see the “Science as a pathway to Medicine” information provided by Monash University here.
Please keep up to date with information on the Future Pathways Firefly page, and particularly the weekly careers newsletter, which is uploaded each Friday. I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a restful break and I look forward to seeing you refreshed in Term 3!
Alison Howard
Career Pathways Advisor