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Year 12 students apply through VTAC for tertiary courses
Year 12 students in Victoria will soon be able to apply through the Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre (VTAC) for tertiary places in up to 8 courses. It is a period when they are also really busy completing SACs and so semester 2 in year 12 can be really busy and maybe a little stressful for […]
Best tertiary courses for job outcomes and career success
Are you looking for the best tertiary courses for your child? The courses that offer the best job outcomes and careers success? Of course you are! That’s what all parents want for their young job seeker. In year 10 your child is asked what subjects they want to study. In years 11 and 12 they […]
Helping with course preference change.
It’s been a busy few weeks helping with course preference change. So many parents, or students themselves, have contacted me this year, when their VCE results were released, for a range of reasons, and driven by anxiety and the urgency of the process. Many were looking for help because they did so well. Better than […]
Melbourne VCE and Careers Expo
I spent yesterday at the Melbourne VCE and Careers Expo. Wow, it was busy, and jam packed with bus loads of year 10s from all over Victoria. I was happy to see that the event had drawn so many students. By the way, VCE stands for Victorian Certificate of Education. There exams are taken […]
Looking for VTAC application support?
Are you, or is your young one in year 12, looking for VTAC application support?Are you finding it hard to see the wood for the trees? Good news, you have found the right person to help! I have years of experience as a counsellor and in particular have supported many students through the sometimes quite […]
Who should go to University?
Another great big question mark at the top of the page, tells you we’re in yet another debate, and this one is very current in Australia, and very juicy. It’s a pretty polarising one about who should go to university. I’ll share another good read, courtesy of The Conversation, (which generously allows bloggers to re-publish). […]
Private Education Providers
As I say to all of my clients who are searching for the right course, do your research well. There is much press attention around private education providers in particular and so how do you assess the relative merits of these institutions? Indeed, should you even look at private training and education providers at all? […]
Does ‘university access for all’ mean lowering standards?
This is a very interesting article by David Gough, shared here today from The Conversation. What is useful here is to pay attention to the detail provided that serves to clarify statistics that, on face value, may mislead. When researching university courses it is wise to check information on graduate outcomes, pass rates and […]
Comparing uni grades: is a distinction always a distinction?
Flickr/Alan Rampton Photography, CC BY-SA How can students be sure their high distinction would be a high distinction at any other university? This article published online in The Conversation is interesting reading for tertiary students who are interested in the comparability of courses. Perhaps the biggest concern for students in higher education aside from the cost […]