Pathways and Careers

Important dates for Yr 12 

Students will hear a lot more about VTAC this year, and for those who wish to pursue tertiary studies in Victoria, it is essential that they attend all Daily Connect sessions, as much of the information will be delivered via tutors, who can then support students through the application process.

VTAC has just released a few of the key dates, so these need to go into your calendars:

Monday 1 August: Applications open for courses, SEAS, and Scholarships

Friday 30 September :Timely course applications close

Tuesday 4 October: SEAS (Special Access Entry Schemes) applications close

Friday 14 October: Scholarship applications close

Monday 12 December : VCE Results and ATAR released

Wednesday 18 January: Round 1 undergraduate offers available

Work Experience Guidelines 2016

Year 10 students have started to organise their work experience placements. An outline of the procedure is attached here for your information.

ADF Expo

ADF Expo – March 5 – check out all the different options in one place – see attachment

Careers Expos @NHS

We run two of these events – one for Year 11, and one for Year 10. All students attend, but we are always looking for dynamic, interesting career stories to inspire them.

- Do you have a friend or relative with a really cool career?

- Does that person like young people?

- Would he/she be interested in talking to our students about his/her career?

If you answered “yes” to any of the above, please contact Kylie Witt or Colm Reale at the school. Our next event is on March 15. We’d love to have you there – especially if you work in art/design technology, any of the sciences, hospitality, police, the medical field, with animals, in sport and rec, video or game making, law or the emergency services. If you are an athlete, many of our students also want to hear about making a career out of their love for sport. If you are not on this list, but have an interesting story to tell, we still want to hear from you as well.

Still looking for career stories from our alumni … please get in touch!

And remember to keep checking the careers page at myNHS …

Events & workshops

There are many opportunities to explore what’s out there, and the earlier you start, the better informed you will be when you get to Year 12. Being better informed can also help with motivation and a sense of purpose or direction. All the tertiary institutions run open days later in the year, but many of them also run special activities in the holidays. As they are advertised, we will promote them in the school, but you should make a habit of actively looking for them as well.

A few  examples are listed below:

• VCE Careers Expo – May 5-8 - a massive big event at Caulfield Racecourse, with displays and seminars. You can download a program here. This is a good place to get lots of information in one hit, after which you can narrow down your search.
• Experience La Trobe – Starting March 31 – sign up at http://www.latrobe.edu.au/experience/events/experience-la-trobe-events
• Meet Melbourne – events, seminars, holiday programs, starting in March – go to www.futurestudents.unimelb.edu.au  and sign up for their newsletters.
• US College Fair – March 7, 6pm – hosted by Scotch College – speak to reps from different unis in the USA. More information by emailing melbourne@educationusa.info
• Inside Monash Seminar Series – starting March 9 – information on all study areas, spread out through the year. March offerings include Business & Economics, Science, Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences – more info at  www.monash.edu/inside-monash
• RMIT workshops for VCE students       
• -  For those doing Design subjects (Sat Mar 19)
• -        Study skills & time management workshop (Wed Apr 6)
• -        Bookhere: 
• http://www.eventbrite.com.au/o/rmit-snap-team-6142036387