Tertiary updates
ACU Guarantee
Is ACU’s early offer program designed to help Year 12 students secure a place at ACU before they sit their final exams. Students will receive two main benefits if they are successful with their application:
- An early conditional offer to study their preferred course* prior to sitting their final Year 12 exams.
- The ATAR requirement for their course will be removed completely, taking a huge weight off their shoulders as they approach a busy exam period.
More information is available Explore ACU Guarantee
Collarts
New Bachelor and Diploma courses for Collarts in areas of Public Relations, Esports Management and Event Management.
Deakin
- New in 2024, Deakin's Bachelor of Design (Architecture)/ Bachelor of Property and Real Estate (Geelong Waterfront Campus).
- New Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) program offering in 2024, including the official arrival of the full course at our Melbourne Burwood campus.
- There are more pathways into university than you might think. Deakin’s Pathways Finder helps students discover all the opportunities available to them, so they can walk away with an achievable plan to make their dream course a reality. Students are encouraged to spend some time familiarising themselves with this useful tool - Pathways Finder.
RMIT Flight Training and Aviation Open Days
Discover study opportunities at our Point Cook and Bendigo flight training facilities. Take a tour of our facilities and fleet of planes, meet our flight instructors and students, hop in a flight simulator, join an information session and learn how RMIT will help student's launch a career in aviation and flight training. Sun 20 Aug: Point Cook - 10am to 4pm I Sun 27 Aug: Bendigo - 10am to 3pm. Find out more here!
SAE
SAE’s early entry program is now open. Year 12s can confirm their place prior to Exams and there is no ATAR required and the application process is easy. More information here.
Scholarships are also available.
Swinburne Professional Purpose Program
Runs alongside a student’s bachelor’s degree and functions like a life and career planner. Its objective – to help students make the most of their university experiences and set themselves up for the sort of meaningful success others can only dream of. In some degrees, this program is actually embedded in the course. For more detailed information, including answers to frequently asked questions, browse Professional Purpose Program.
University of Melbourne Residential Colleges
Applications are now open for 2024 entry. Students are encouraged to browse UniMelb Colleges - How to Apply for more details and/or to submit an application for next year. Students should also note that in 2023, the University’s Residential Colleges awarded $7.5 million in scholarships and bursaries to support its resident students, and 1 in 3 students in the Colleges receive financial assistance. Interested students should note that all ten of the Residential Colleges will also be welcoming visitors for tours during the University’s Open Day on Sunday 20 August 2023.
Scholarships on offer to study renewable energy engineering
At the School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering (SPREE) at UNSW we have a proud cohort of women on our teaching and research staff who are each hugely successful in their own right, and who are excited to welcome the next generation of women and nonbinary-identifying students looking to embark on their renewable energy engineering career with us.
There is an exciting scholarship opportunity from ATSE: Australian Academy of Technological Sciences & Engineering, available to all women and non-binary students who are looking to undertake a new course of tertiary study as undergrad engineers.
The full criteria and eligibility can be found on the ATSE website where enquiries are welcome, with applications closing at 5:00pm AEST 31 August 2023.
UAC School Recommendation Scheme (SRS)
SRS is an early offer program connected with your UAC (NSW and ACT tertiary application). It looks at your Year 11 results and your school’s rating of your abilities in different areas of study as well as your personal aptitudes. If you're successful, you could receive an offer before you sit your VCE Exams.
Steps for your UAC SRS application
- Apply for your preferred courses via UAC. You'll receive a UAC application number and PIN.
- You can then log in to your account and complete the SRS application.
- Applications open in August and close 18 September 2023, with first offers released 10 November 2023.
- It automatically links to your chosen courses, so when you hit submit, there's nothing else for you to do.
More info – UAC SRS Website
University of Adelaide
The 2024 Medicine, Dental Surgery, Oral Health, and Psychology admissions guides are now available. Reminder: applications close 29 September 2023 for Medicine (including Bonded Medical Program), Dental Surgery and Oral Health. Find your Admissions Guide
The 2024 Veterinary admissions guides are now available. Reminder: applications close 29 September 2023 for Veterinary Bioscience. Find your Admissions Guide
Victoria University Block Model
Unlike the standard university model where students juggle multiple subjects at once over a semester, at VU students get to focus on one unit at a time over a four-week ‘block’. Students typically finish their block on a Friday and receive their results on the following Monday, taking away uncertainty and a long wait for results. YouTube clip on the VU Block Model, as well as browse the link
Why Choose the VU Block Model?
Monash and University of Melbourne Entry Schemes 2024
Any Year 12 considering further study with Monash and/or UoM, is encouraged to check out this document from Compass Career News which summarises the entry schemes available at both institutions.
Considering Teaching?
Casper is a requirement of applying to many initial teaching training courses in Victoria.
Casper is an online test designed to assess an applicant’s personal and professional attributes.
Most universities offering undergraduate teaching courses will be requiring students sit the Casper online test as part of the selection into teaching degrees in 2024. Students are encouraged to browse VTACand determine which courses will require the Casper for selection. Students might also like to browse Casper FAQs and have a look at Casper Preparation too. Students might find this YouTube clip useful.