CAREERS INFO:

VICTORIAN TERTIARY ADMISSION CENTRE [VTAC]

What is VTAC?

The Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre (VTAC) is the central office that administers the application processes for places in tertiary courses, scholarships and the Special Entry Access Scheme at universities, TAFEs and independent tertiary colleges in Victoria (and a few outside Victoria). VTAC receives and forwards application information and supporting documentation to the relevant authorities at institutions.

VTAC is not a selection authority, does not determine the selection criteria used by institutions and does not decide who will receive an offer. All decisions about which applicants are offered a place are made by the course selection authorities at institutions.

After selection decisions have been made by the course authorities at institutions, VTAC sends offer messages to successful applicants on the institutions’ behalf.

VTAC applications and registration is now open for students in Year 12 to register.

Reminder to students that SEAS and Scholarship applications through VTAC close on Friday 12th October.

For more information go to their website at www.vtac.edu.au

Key Dates:

- September 27, 2018: Timely course applications close

- October 12, 2018: SEAS applications close

- October 12, 2018: Scholarship applications close

- October 31, 2018: Payment deadline for early offers

COURSESEARCH

CourseSearch provides up-to-date detailed course information for all courses with applications through VTAC and some courses with applications direct to the institution.

Year 10 and 11 students. CourseSearch will help students to plan a future VCE program It will also allow them to identify which VCE studies they will need to be eligible for any potential courses they have in mind.

Year 12 students can also use the prerequisite search to add their current VCE program and prospective ATAR range to view the range of courses available for including on their 2018 course application.

Information about other forms of selection criteria are outlined in course entries listed on CourseSearch. For an explanation, see Course selection criteria.

Students should now be researching and investigating options for 2019 and beyond. For more information go to their website at www.vtac.edu.au

LIFT OFF GOULBURN VALLEY EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIPS - 2019

2019 Lift Off Goulburn Valley Education Scholarships are now open.

Lift Off Scholarships is a collaboration between The Community Fund Goulburn Valley and Greater Shepparton Lighthouse Project with the aim of increasing the number of students from the region who are able to pursue post-secondary education or compete in high level sporting events.

Please find below, the link to the scholarships page on our website which is where you can find all the details and make an application. Please check the criteria and guidelines to determine your eligibility. http://www.thecommunityfund.com.au/scholarships

SCHOLARSHIPS

A reminder to Year 12 students intending to go to University in 2019 to be checking out scholarships. Scholarships available through VTAC close on October 12th 2018. There are also many scholarships outside of the VTAC process. Students need to be regularly checking to ensure that they meet the closing dates. Attached is a list of merit scholarships for 2019. Please be aware that this is not an exhaustive list, there are still others available.

SCHOLARSHIPS - La Trobe University

The Scholarships website is the best source of information for their available scholarships, and is always being updated as and when new scholarships become available. Go to https://www.latrobe.edu.au/scholarships for a comprehensive list of scholarships. For more information log onto their web site www.latrobe.edu.au/shepparton

THE APPRENTICESHIP FACTORY

The Apprenticeship Factory advertises vacancies each week. Currently they are starting the recruitment process for interested year 12 students for 2019 GAP Year traineeships. Please refer to the attached document for the recruitment process and timeline.

2019 TRAINEESHIP OPPORTUNITIES

RMIT SNAP I BELONG

As part of the College's partnership with RMIT SNAP I BELONG Connection, students in Year 9 & 10 will have the opportunity to participate in the following excursions. Students from Shepparton High School, Wanganui Park Secondary College and McGuire College will also be travelling to Melbourne, and participating in the excursion with our students on the day.

Student numbers for these excursions will be limited.

RMIT SNAP I BELONG IN ART & DESIGN EXCURSION on Wednesday 24th October 2018

RMIT SNAP I BELONG IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION, HEALTH & EXERCISE SCIENCE EXCURSION on Thursday 15th November 2018

RMIT SNAP I BELONG IN HEALTH & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE EXCURSION on Monday 19th November 2018

Students interested in attending any of these opportunities, need to see Mrs O'Bree to put in their expression of interest.

Ruth O’Bree - Careers Coordinator

Dates to Remember

SEPTEMBER