Careers
Claire Pech
E-Zone
Last week we held our annual Careers E-Zone event. We were lucky enough to have fabulous speakers, most of whom were alumni giving up their valuable time for our Year 11 and Year 12 students. The point of this day was to sow seeds in the minds of the senior students, answer some career specific questions and to choose areas of interest that students could then pursue in an informal Q&A style setting.
Our feedback from the event has been very positive, with 91% of respondents saying they found the day excellent/good and 78% finding the day inspiring and giving them answers to some career questions they had. We sincerely thank all those who gave up their time and we hope to build on this initiative for next year.
Aarin Regan-Lacey and Sophie Lew with parent, Jason Schulz and Tom Perfrement and Edbert Chung from the UNSW Engineering team
Open Days
As open day season is upon us, I really hope students are attending the busiest open day weekend coming up. UTS, ANU (Canberra) Notre Dame, TAFE and University of Sydney all host their annual open days and I cannot emphasise enough how important it is to get out to these institutions to see and hear more from faculty members, current students and so on. Each open day usually has its own separate website with running sheets so that you can either pre-select or plan your day around events.
Preferences
As I have launched the UAC process over the last few weeks and handed out all of the UAC Hard copy guides the UAC process should be underway for your Year 12. They have until 30 September before the prices hike up to $188 so well worth getting in before this deadline. Students have until after they get their HSC results, and ATAR until early January before the official closing date kicks in. Below is a great article on preferences and how to structure them with lots of helpful FAQ’s.
And finally here is another part of this article with finer details on change of preference tips.
UNSW: Next week – Art and Design Open Day
This will be held on 3 September, from 9am until 4pm at the Paddington Campus, Corner Oxford Street and Greens Road, Paddington.
As part of UNSW’s Open Day, the Paddington campus will also be open to showcase their range of facilities. Those who attend will be able to participate in a portfolio entry workshop, and speak to staff and students about course options.
www.artdesign.unsw.edu.au/whats-on/events/open-day-2016-unsw-art-design