Volume 26 Issue 18 23 Jun 2017 29 Sivan 5777

Careers

Subject selection and more

Last week I spoke at the Year 10 subject selection evening and have been seeing students and answering questions about the variety of subjects to take. Most students seem to have an idea of how to start this list – and sometimes starting the list can be the trickiest part. You would be surprised how quickly 6 subjects (12 units) are put together once the initial conversation takes place, even with students who feel they don’t know which way to begin this process. Here are the links that I discussed last week:

  1. University Entry Requirements 2020 for Year 10 Students can be downloaded from UAC: www.uac.edu.au/documents/publications/year10-booklet-20.pdf This booklet gives all of the information that Year 10 need to choose their senior subjects towards entering into university in 2020.

 

 

  1. The leaflet: “Top 10 Tips for Choosing HSC Courses” will also help with subject selection. http://uac.edu.au/documents/schoolink/toptips.pdf is a great resource that will help each and every student.

 

 

  1. Bullseye Posters www.education.gov.au/career-bullseye-posters showcase the many jobs that can come from a love/interest in HSC subject areas (this eg Art).

 

 

 

  1. Slides – I have shared these with all of the Year 10 group from last week’s presentation.

To reiterate the very strong message we promoted last week, choose subjects based on the following three things: Choose subjects that you:

  • like
  • are interested in
  • are good at.

 Please do NOT choose subjects based on:

  • the teacher, or
  • the scaling you have heard about
  • what your friends are choosing.

If you stick with this in the back of your mind, you cannot go wrong. Remember that this does not set you up for life, or decide on your career, it simply fills in another piece of the puzzle amongst the many, many pieces to come.

Careers with Mathematics

Read this story of where a career in Mathematics can take you. I always find it interesting when students tell me they are interested in the subject but cannot see any relevance to jobs out there. 

https://careerswithstem.com/profiles/campaign-manager/    

National Art School open day and information sessions

Open day: Saturday 2 September

/www.nas.edu.au/study/bfa/important-dates/

Information sessions: Tuesday 20 September, 6-7.30 pm @ National Art School, Postgraduate Centre Seminar Room

www.nas.edu.au/Whats-On/bachelor-fine-art-information-session/

UNSW Co-op program

Australia’s leading companies take part in the training and professional development of some of the nation’s best and brightest students with a view to recruiting high-potential young professionals. Minimum ATAR of 96 (or equivalent) is required, and aside from training and mentorship throughout university, you’ll increase your chances of being offered a graduate position at a participating company.

www.coop.unsw.edu.au/future-students