Careers

Claire Pech – Careers Advisor

UAC updates

Gladys Berejiklian made her welcome announcements last week about our returning to school processes and plans for Term 4. Even though it seems like a long way off, it was good to hear dates and have some tentative plans ahead. For Year 12s, there were some obvious changes about the HSC that will affect how places for university are now offered.

UAC have now updated their website.

“UAC will work closely with NESA and universities to finalise arrangements for the calculation and release of the ATAR in January 2022 and the release of offers based on ATAR in January and February 2022. These details will be communicated to schools and students and be made publicly available as soon as possible.”

I am monitoring the UAC details closely and updating the students on any new information. The biggest change for them, irrespective of the HSC, will be the release of main round places. Now that everything has moved forward, release dates for places will most likely take place in the week following 15 January 2022. I will be available for meetings around this new date to discuss preferencing and UAC strategy.

UAC COVID Disaster Payments: Students can make a claim and put in an Educational Access Scheme application if either parent has received COVID Disaster payments. More details can be found here – claiming financial hardship for 2022 COVID-influenced events.

Here are some important UAC reminders:

The early bird application deadline is Thursday 30 September 2021 (prices increase to $200)
Many institutions early offer schemes for Year 12 students – please apply
The closing date for the Schools Recommendation Scheme (SRS) is Sunday 19 September 2021 and the first offers will be released on Friday 12 November 2021.

Sydney University Vice Chancellor – Mark Scott

There is a fabulous article written in last week’s Sydney Morning Herald, by the new Vice Chancellor of Sydney University, telling the class of 2021 that Sydney University wants students like them at their prestigious institution. Every Year 12 parent and student should read this.

Webinars

Beyond is a new careers and pathways platform that has been designed to make it easier to support students in career planning. Students can access a huge range of industry videos, engage with universities and other education providers, access HSC prep materials and attend live webinars.

Webinar on Autism Spectrum and Career Planning: Career planning and transitions for young people on the autism spectrum will be discussed at this webinar on Thursday 2 September 2021 at 4.00 pm. This is a one hour, webinar with presenters about career planning and the role of parental supports. Register now

Media and Telecommunications Industry Insights – Thursday 9 September 2021 at 4.00 pm. This is brought to you by myfuture. In this webinar students will hear from a panel of representatives from technology and telecommunications companies. Register now

Year 10

The TAFE portal is now closed for any 2022 applications for TVET places. I have spoken to all students keen on applying and their applications are now all uploaded into the TVET portal. TAFE will be in touch in Term 4 with updates about places.

Year 11

Wishing all of the Year 11s a well-earned rest after their Year 11 exams this week. As I have told them throughout the term, these exam results (probably more than any other Year Group before them) will be important, if they are to access any early offer programs in the build-up to Year 12 completion. This link will give an example of what was available. This is something that I will be going through in detail next term and beyond.