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St Andrew's College
St Andrew’s College recently launched an initiative designed to help more students get to the University of Sydney / St Andrew’s College.
Three of the core barriers are: (1) cost, (2) lack of information, and (3) the belief that students won’t get in (due to high ATAR cutoffs and the College’s low acceptance rate).
We have been tackling this issue in three ways:
1. Providing Information
We have just finished a new Undergraduate Prospectus, which you are welcome to share with students.
2. Making More Places
Those who are familiar with the USyd colleges are often deterred by the low acceptance rates (for example, St Andrew’s College receives 6 applications for every place). We have endeavored to address this issue by expanding the capacity of College. Next year, we will be opening 85 new bedrooms (taking our capacity up to 385). What this means is that a higher proportion of students will receive a place.
3. $1.5m in Scholarships
And finally, we understand that it is expensive to relocate. We’re addressing this issue by providing the most generous scholarship fund per capita of any university college in Australia. Your students might be interested in the St Andrew’s Scholars Program, which provides up to 15 students with full fee relief for the entire duration of their undergraduate degree. We also have many means-tested and merit-based scholarships that we hope will help deserving students relocate.
If your students would benefit from talking to us, we may be able to organise a trip to O'Connor Catholic College. During our outreach trips, we often talk to year 11 and 12 students about both Sydney’s universities and accommodation options (share houses, university-owned accommodation, and colleges).
ADFA Open Day
Do you have any degree-minded students who might be interested in a role with the Australian Defence Force? Maybe you can think of a future leader who is up for a challenging and rewarding career path? We’re giving three lucky students the opportunity to win the ultimate ADFA Open Day VIP experience across two days, 23-24 August. It will give them an exciting taste of life at ADFA, where they could have the added advantage of gaining a world-class University of New South Wales degree with no HELP debt. All they have to do to enter is take our fun quiz to find out which famous leader they're like; then tell us why they’ll make a great leader themselves one day. Entries are now open and close on 31 July, 2019, so be sure to direct them to our website for their chance to enter and win. Why ADFA? Your students will benefit from a unique education that combines degree study with Service training — and they’ll acquire valuable leadership and management skills at the same time. They can undertake a world-class degree in Arts, Business, Engineering, Science or Technology and get paid while they study. Once they graduate they’ll head straight into an amazing job as an Officer in the Navy, Army or Air Force. The benefits they'll enjoy at ADFA include:
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Southern Cross Uni
First of all welcome back to Term 3! Below you will find some information on our new Allied Health Building, Head-Start program returning for 2020, STAR Early Offer, school visit reminders and key on-campus activities for your students.
New Allied Health Building coming to the Coffs Harbour campus
Southern Cross University new Allied Health Building is on tract to open in Session 1, 2019. The new building will provide seven laboratories including an internal and external running track allowing biomechanical analysis of movement with infrared motion capture system and synchronised force plate data. To download a flyer to share, click here.
Head-Start applications now open
Southern Cross University Head-Start program is back for 2020.
Any students who are academically capable of completing university-level study while in years 11 or 12 are encouraged to apply. On completion of the program and their Year 12 studies, students will have a guaranteed offer into a Southern Cross University degree.
To submit an application please visit scu.edu.au/headstart.
School visits
Our wonderful Coffs Harbour Student Recruitment team, Peter Marshall and Mandy Atkinson have been reaching out to get all of your Year 12 STAR school visits locked in for 2019. This is a great opportunity for us to share all the exciting things happening at Southern Cross and for the students to understand all of the opportunities available to them. If you haven't locked in a date yet or would like a return visit, please contact peter.marshall@scu.edu.auand we will organise a time that works for you.
STAR Early Offer
As you may be aware our STAR Early Offer program is open. We have had a great number of applications come in so far and are still taking applications until 13 September 2019. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Sandra on starentry@scu.edu.au.
Save the date
Southern Cross has some fantastic opportunities for your students to explore our campuses and find out more about their courses of interest and student life. Bookmark the following dates:
Open Day at Coffs Harbour campus - Friday 16 August from 3-7pm
Open Day at Lismore campus - Saturday 17 August from 10am - 2pm
Open Day at Gold Coast campus - Sunday 18 August from 10am - 2pm
Discovery Day at Coffs Harbour campus - Tuesday 22 October
More information about these events will follow shortly.
Southern Cross Open Day
Our Open Day is right around the corner and we would love if you could share this information with your students and the school community. I have formatted this email so that you can delete this top section and forward it on to your students.
Southern Cross University Open Day is fast approaching. We have everything you would expect at an Open Day from campus tours, presentations, academic and university staff available to chat to you about your area of interest as well as the chance to score a $15,000 Open Day scholarship! OPEN DAY 2019
Coffs Harbour campus - Friday 16 August from 3pm - 7pm
Lismore campus - Saturday 17 August from 10.30am - 2.30pm
Gold Coast campus - Sunday 18 August from 10.30am - 2.30pm Save the date in your calendar and feel free to bring your family and friends with you.
We will have presentations that run throughout the day about each discipline on offer but if you're not quite sure what you want to study, you can browse the stalls and chat to our friendly staff about your options. You will also be able to chat to our current students about what studying at Southern Cross University is really like!
Get ready for uni with an Open Day scholarship worth $15,000!To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Southern Cross University, we are offering one lucky future student the chance to receive a scholarship worth $15,000.
To register for Open Day and the scholarship, click here or visit scu.edu.au/openday |
Kind regards,
Student Recruitment team studentrecruitment@scu.edu.au |
St John's College
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