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

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

EARLY OFFER ASPIRE PROGRAM LA TROBE UNIVERSITY

The Aspire Program rewards students who have demonstrated a commitment to their community through volunteerisn or leadership. The University will be making early offers to these community minded students in September.

Applications for Aspire close at midnight on Friday 31st August 2018

ACCESS EDUCATION REVISION LECTURES UNIT 3 & 4

As part of La Trobe University’s Partnerships Program with the College, students studying Unit 3 & 4 subjects are able to apply for subsidised entry to an Access Education Revision Lecture. This offer applies to lectures at GOTAFE in Shepparton and at La Trobe campuses being held during the coming school holidays. These lectures provide an intensive overview specifically designed to help students study and get the most out of their final exams. For more information, or to secure a free ticket, please see Mrs O’Bree by Wednesday 29th August 2018. Students are able to book extra sessions as per information brochures in C12.

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

DATES FOR THE CALENDAR

RMIT, Melbourne Excursion for Year 11 students – Friday 31st August 2018

La Trobe University and TAFE, Bendigo for Year 11 and 10 students – Thursday 20th September 2018

Ruth O’Bree - Careers Coordinator

Dates to Remember

AUGUST

SEPTEMBER