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.
These dates 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 2017 - 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.
Events & Workshops
Whilst all the tertiary institutions run open days later in the year, many of them also run special activities in the holidays. These shorter activities are often more targeted, and there are fewer visitors, so you can get more individualised information. We will promote them at school, but you should make a habit of actively looking for them as well.
A couple of examples are listed below:
- 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.
- 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 – runs workshops throughout the year – follow this link to see what kind of events take place, bearing in mind that some of them are during school hours - https://www.rmit.edu.au/events/all-events/tours/2016/march/
- VCE Careers Expo – May 5-8 - a massive big event at Caulfield Racecourse, with displays and seminars. You can download a program below. This is a good place to get lots of information in one hit, after which you can narrow down your search.
Is this you?
If you are a former student, parent, or community member, and would like to help our young people with their career development, we’d love to hear from you.
We would welcome:
- Hearing personal career stories – either for the newsletter or in person at the school.
- Help with work experience placements.
- Sharing other skills or knowledge related to the working world.
Please contact Kylie Witt, our Careers Practitioner.