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Providing advice to Year 10 students: scaling and the ATAR
This blog is from VTAC May 20, 2014 • Helping year 10 students make study choicesAll VCE studies are treated equally in the calculation of the ATAR The ATAR represents a students’ overall performance in their VCE studies, not just in one or two studies. In order to make sure that all studies are treated […]
Correction from ‘The Conversation’ re Student Loans
Academic rigour, journalistic flair Today’s newsletter sponsored by the C20 Summit. Melbourne 2014. EDITOR’S NOTE Yesterday we removed two articles from our website: “Modelling shows more students face lifetime debt under deregulated fees” and “Students could be in debt for the rest of their lives”.Both were removed due to a significant error in the modelling on […]
Modelling shows more students face lifetime debt under deregulated fees
Here’s a report from The Conversation highlighting the likely outcomes of the Federal Government’s proposals regarding educational funding in Australia. Interestingly it is believed that such changes may initiate some investigation on the part of students and parents, into international university courses as these become more financially competitive. Watch this space. Debtors prison: under the […]
Can you change your life in 50 coffees?
I love the idea of calling someone up and suggesting a different coffee shop around Melbourne to meet for a chat about life, politics (very pertinent topic in Australia in light of the proposed changes to funding arrangements, for tertiary education), and career change. Transitions can be hard to navigate. They can be thrown […]
Wondering where your Degree might lead you?
Career development is not as simple as it might seem. Here’s an alternative way to look at your career. I have reblogged this resource from Adventures in Career Coaching. Thanks to Tristram Hooley for sharing. Retrieved from: http://adventuresincareerdevelopment.wordpress.com/2014/04/24/wondering-where-your-degree-will-lead-you/
All in the name of progress
As a school girl I never closely questioned how cultures were brought together on the basis of their relative usefulness. Nor did I consider for long the 1960s tragedy of a small Welsh village being dammed for the sake of infrastructure development. There wasn’t a subject in the school curriculum that allowed space for a […]
Guess What: Creative Industries Jobs are OK
This article appeared in The Conversation on 3rd April. Worth reflagging Guess what: creative industries jobs are okay By Jason Potts, RMIT University Sebastiaan ter Burg A little economics can go a long way, and that is certainly true when thinking about good jobs and bad jobs, and specifically whether some sectors have better jobs […]
The F Word
The F word. Failure. It’s a word that needs to be banished from our language! I am reliably informed, although I’m having to listen carefully to work out the lyrics, that the song by Martin Sexton (You Tube Video attached) is about failing at something and going on to fulfil a long-held dream of being […]
Mothers in the Boardroom
Mothers in the Boardroom. Heres’ a link that might interest professional young working women; also mothers in the workforce who aspire to the top chair; fathers who are supporting their spouses ambitions, and professionals who are interested in how to provide career progression opportunities for women.