Year 12 Careers Hub 

Welcome to Term Four

As we enter the last few weeks before exams, please take a moment to review any important upcoming deadlines for applications. 

I also recommend, if you have some time, to read some of the interesting articles in the previous main CAREERS HUB page. If you are looking for some inspiring stories you can check out 'That Careers Show' video podcast here to see all of the recorded shows from National Careers Week.

What's in this issue?

• IMPORTANT DATES
  • VTAC - Course Admissions
• IMPORTANT REMINDERS
  • Early Entry Applications Closing
• WHAT IS MY BACKUP PLAN?
  • Pathways to University 2022
• EDUCATIONAL SUPPORTS @ TERTIARY
  • Transitioning with a disability?
• WHERE DO I FIND THINGS?
  • What types of courses are there?
  • What are tertiary institutions like?
  • Compass News & Notifications
  • Excellent Resources
  • Helpful Tools
  • Making an Appointment

HOW DO I APPLY?

VTAC Guides

• Helpful How To Apply Guides are here: Researching Tertiary Education 2021
• VTAC Guide Applying Courses, SEAS & Scholarships 2021
• DEMO applications I recommended is here:

Remember I am always happy to meet individually at any time to help set up your VTAC  or Interstate admission centres accounts, choose your preferences or to go through the SEAS and Scholarship application processes, please feel free to contact me.

IMPORTANT DATES

VTAC Course Admissions

• Late Applications closes 5 Nov - $122
• SEAS closes 5.00pm 8 October
• Scholarships closes 5.00pm 8 October

For other state admission centres please visit their websites:

• ACT/NSW ” Universities Admissions Centre (UAC)
• QLD ” Queensland Tertiary Admissions Centre (QTAC)
• SA/NT ” South Australian Tertiary Admissions Centre (SATAC)
• TAS ” Applications go directly to the institution - UTAS
• WA ” Tertiary Institutions Service Centre (TISC)

YEAR 12 REMINDERS

Early Entry Applications

• Bond University Early Offers  
  Visit Bond’s direct online application information page.
• Griffith University – Early Admissions Program. Under this scheme, offers will be issued on 19 November 2021— so there’s no anxious waiting to find out what you’re doing or where you’re going next. To be considered for an early offer, simply submit your QTAC application by 15 October listing one of the eligible degrees, and you will receive an invitation to apply. For more information visit the website

WHAT IS MY BACKUP PLAN?

ALTERNATIVE PATHWAYS TO UNI 2022

EDUCATIONAL SUPPORTS

The following video provides information about supports available to students with different abilities in universities (REF: 3.56 to 29.56) and TAFES (REF: 30.19 to 56.00) across Australia and how to access them. Each segment is followed by a panel of university disability and TAFE practitioners, and university students living with disability.

WHERE DO I FIND THINGS?

WHAT TYPES OF COURSES CAN I STUDY?

WHAT ARE TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS LIKE?

NEWS AND NOTIFICATIONS

Please remember to log in and read your  Compass NewsFeed regularly. 

EXCELLENT RESOURCES

Download this list of special resource links

Virtual Tours On Demand: Download below

Australian Jobs 2020: Download below

Helpful  tools

RMIT University – Pathways Tool

RMIT Engineering Quiz 

Australian Catholic University - Pathway Tool

Making an Appointment

You can now contact me in the Online Careers Hub in Zoom. 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, concerns or need a face-to-face appointment please email me anytime at bronte.howell@preshil.vic.edu.au

Career Practitioner

Professional Member Career Education Association of Victoria (CEAV) 

Morrisby Accredited Careers Adviser

Visit: https://www.preshilcareers.com.au/

Special thanks to Jacky Burton from the Yarra Career Practitioners Group and Compass Career News who tirelessly each year puts 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.