Claire Pech – Careers Advisor

Last week we had our last careers session with Year 12 students. I ran a quiz for the group to ensure that students were up to date with all dates, preferences and contact details. Important points to note:

 Who can I contact now?

•  Do your research – there are many employees available at future students’ departments to answer your questions
• UAC has a huge fleet of staff to speak to current Year 12 students about any questions they have about preferences, log-ins, payments and more. You can contact 1300 ASK UAC – they are extremely helpful.
• You can contact university departments. There are staff there dedicated to helping answer your questions.
• Most universities have an ASK facility on their contact pages for emails. They also usually have a 24-hour turnaround policy.
• Don’t rely on your peers/contacts for information, especially last years’ or previous year groups, as the new year brings new information.
• A great way to research a course and to see how it is made is to Google the words “Handbook” + the University + the full degree name for e.g. “B Media/B Design”

Parent Q&A

This week Adam Majsay and I ran a Parent Q&A session for our current Year 12 parents who had any questions about preferences, university/tertiary applications, HSC questions and many more. We went through the variety of questions and hope that parents left the school more informed then before they arrived.

I wish all of the Year 12 students the best of luck in the their examinations, their up-coming graduation and of course, their tertiary choices.

I will be on leave for Weeks 1 and 2 of Term 4 but after that I am available for students at any time throughout to Term 4 to answer any questions.