Year 10 Work Experience
Year 10 students have now secured their Work Experience places and submitted all their arrangement forms. Well done to students who secured places — parents, you can now rest easy as the paperwork documentation is done and I can hear a quiet sigh of relief from you. The Careers staff will begin to visit work sites and confirm arrangements with employers over the course of the term to ensure our employers are ready to receive our students in the final week of Term 2.
This week, Year 10 students diligently prepared for and successfully completed their Occupational Health and Safety industry specific micro-credential in their seminar class. This is the second certificate of attainment students have completed this year in order to safely participate in Work Experience. Those students who are going to work in the building and construction industry have also registered to complete their white card accreditation. We have two training days arranged, on 9 and 10 May. Parents and guardians of our future builders, architects and tradesmen and women are encouraged to monitor Compass to ensure you have approved your son and daughter’s attendance for this incursion.
We are pleased to see students attending a variety of placements this year, ranging from the Australian Defence Force, Boeing Aviation, Victoria Police, medical research facilities, hospitals, aged care homes, not for profit organisations like World Vision, local libraries and local government bodies, various trades, civil construction companies, architecture firms, law firms, kindergartens, primary schools, universities, equestrian academies, retail, wholesale and manufacturing companies, IT, design and printing companies as well primary industries such as wineries. We look forward to hearing all about our students’ adventures into the real world of work!
Year 11
On Thursday 2 May, VCE students will head to the biggest Careers and VCE Expo in the southern hemisphere, held at the Melbourne Exhibition Building. Students will gain insight into all tertiary institutions both within Victoria and interstate, tertiary early offer schemes, campus residential opportunities, as well as apprenticeship, GAP year and employment opportunities with key service industry and government bodies. Students can also attend VCE lectures which prepare students to manage the VTAC application process and subject revision material for Unit 3 and 4 exams. It is a future-focused careers event, preparing students for their final year of school next year and their transition beyond school to post-graduate study and training.
Year 12
Earlier this week, Year 12s attended a Careers session in Pastoral Care focused on the recently released VTAC application timeline. Students were mentored on how they must prepare now, for the opening of VTAC on Monday 29 July, so they are organised with their timely course applications and SEAS applications. We encourage students to attend our Term 2 lunchtime Careers university sessions to get a better idea of the culture and offerings of each university and in particular their early offer programs. La Trobe University’s Year 11 Academic and Community Contribution Early Offer schemes have opened this week and we really encourage students to apply for these as they ease the burden of ATAR entry. The confidence an early offer gives a student can also make a difference with managing stress levels to ensure optimal end-of-year exam performance.
Over the coming term we have representatives from a number of universities coming to the College. Parents and guardians are more than welcome to attend as well, so you can have meaningful conversations at home together about post-secondary study opportunities. Your Year 12 student can meet you at reception and bring you to the Year 12 building. It is a great opportunity to have specific questions answered face to face by a university representative. Please put these dates in your diary, with all sessions to be held during lunchtime:
- La Trobe University — Tuesday 23 April
- Australian Catholic University —- Thursday 9 May
- Swinburne University — Thursday 23 May
- Deakin University — Friday 14 June.
Which university is best?
This is a question we often get asked in Careers. A key insight for you from the recently published 2023 Graduates Insights Report:
Australian Catholic University has recently ranked the top university for graduate employment in Victoria, with La Trobe University the second highest Victorian university for graduate employment. This means more students from these universities are getting jobs in their industry and chosen occupation than any other university in Victoria.
MLMC has a cultural and regional partnership with both these universities so that our students receive selection rank adjustments to assist VTAC applications to these institutions' courses, essentially giving our students a leg-up to receive an offer.
Key overall ranking insights for you from the AFR Best University Ranking Report, which assesses universities across the five dimensions of student satisfaction, research performance, global reputation, career impact and equity and access, are below:
Monash University is ranked fourth overall in the country
Deakin University and The University of Melbourne are ranked equal seventh
Swinburne University is ranked 15th
Australian Catholic University is ranked 22nd
La Trobe University and Federation University are ranked equal 33rd
RMIT is ranked 36th
Victoria University is ranked 39th.
We encourage our Year 12s to explore why these universities have these overall rankings, by seeing how their individual scores rate. Particularly for student experience... because we want to make sure, whichever university our students choose, they have just as positive a learning experience there, as they have had whilst at MLMC.
You can access individual ratings by clicking HERE.
