The University of Qld - FEAST (Future Experiences in Agriculture, Science and Technology)

FEAST (Future Experiences in Agriculture, Science and Technology) - Registrations open 1 March!

Students in Years 11-12 are invited to attend the FEAST residential camp held at the UQ Gatton campus from 26 June - 30 June, 2016.
Future Experiences in Agriculture, Science and Technology (FEAST) is a five day residential program designed to inspire and inform high school students of the range of exciting and rewarding science careers in the agriculture, animal, plant and food sectors.

For information, contact:
Karli Kollegger
Phone: 54601279
Email: science.events@uq.edu.au
web: http://www.science.uq.edu.au/feast

New Zealand Special Category Visa holders - access to HELP loans

The Australian Government recently passed legislation to make Higher Education Loan Programme (HELP) loans available to New Zealand citizens who are Special Category Visa (SCV) holders and meet the requisite criteria. This new legislation came into effect on 1 January 2016.
Eligibility:

• If students hold a New Zealand SCV they will be able to access HELP loans, providing they:
• first entered Australia as a dependent child aged under 18 years of age;
• have been generally living and resident in Australia for the previous 10 years or more (that is, they have been physically present in Australia for at least eight out of the past 10 years) and 18 months out of the last two years at the time of application for the loan; and
• are otherwise eligible for the loan.

Note: just being a New Zealand citizen, or holding a Special Category Visa, will not automatically entitle students to HELP loans - they must meet all of the required eligibility criteria under this category.

Specific enquiries about the Special Category Visa, and other visas, should be directed to the Department of Immigration and Border Protection http://www.border.gov.au.

 

UMAT - Undergratuate Medicines and Health Sciences Admission Test

UMAT2016 will be held on 27 July 2016.
UMAT is developed by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) on behalf of the UMAT Consortium universities. The test is used specifically to assist with the selection of students into the medicine, dentistry and health science degree programs at undergraduate level at the universities listed on the UMAT website. Please see them at this link.UMAT scores can be used for admission to any of the UMAT Consortium universities ONLY in the year following the test. For example, results from UMAT2016 can be used for undergraduate medicine or health science courses beginning in 2017 but NOT 2018. Do not register for UMAT2016 unless you are planning to apply for a course commencing in 2017 AND you meet the eligibility criteria specified in the UMAT2016 Information Booklet.
UMAT2016 registrations are now open.
The UMAT 2016 Information Booklet is now available for download.

Student Connect information for Year 12 students

Last year, for the first time, students’ individual QCS Test grades were released prior to senior certification in December. This year, test grades will again be released early.

From 9 am on Wednesday 18 November 2015 students will be able to access their individual QCS Test grade — from A to E — in their learning account on the Student Connect website: https://studentconnect.qcaa.qld.edu.au  

 Students’ QCS Test grades will be confirmed on the Senior Statement they receive as part of their Senior Education Profile sent to them in December.

All results contributing to the Queensland Certificate of Education (QCE), OPs and FPs will be available in student learning accounts on the Student Connect website.

From Monday 21 December, students will begin receiving their Senior Education Profiles in the mail. Depending on students’ individual circumstances, their profile will comprise one or more of the following documents:

• QCE

• Tertiary Entrance Statement

• Senior Statement

• Queensland Certificate of Individual Achievement.

Student Connect website

Students must know their Learner Unique Identifier (LUI) and password to log in and check their results online. Students will gain faster access to their results if they have previously activated their learning account. Please ensure you know your LUI number.

Women in the Australian Defence Force

Defence Force Recruiting invites Year 10-12 female students to their upcoming Women in the Australian Defence Force Pins & Platters event.

Women in the Australian Defence Force: Pins & Platters

When: Saturday 17^th October, 11:45am – 2:30pm

Where: Go Bowling Cairns, 93 Pease Street Manoora

RSVP: wid@dfr.com.au by Thursday 15^th October

Are you interested in dispelling myths and gaining information about what exciting careers women can have in Defence? If so, please go along to Pins & Platters at Go Bowling and bowl over the myths!

Led by current serving female personnel, this is the opportunity to discuss what life is like in the Navy, Army and Air Force and where a career in the ADF can take you in a fun and relaxed environment. Participants will get two FREE games of bowling and the ADF will look after lunch with delicious platters!

You are welcome to bring a friend.

If you are interested in attending, please RSVP to  wid@dfr.com.au to reserve a spot.

Applications for the 2016 Premier's Anzac Prize are now open

Applications for the 2016 Premier’s Anzac Prize are open for Year 8–11 students. The winning students will tour Gallipoli and the Western Front and attend the 2016 Anzac Day dawn service at Anzac Cove. Entries close on 30 October 2015.

Principals can endorse up to two applications from their schools. Pease see Jenny in the Senior School Guidance Office if you are interested.

Australian Defence Force Breakfast

Students in Year 10, 11 and 12, are you interested in attending the Australian Defence Force Breakfast?. The aim of the Annual Defence Force  Breakfast is to raise awareness of career opportunities with the Defence Forces. The Australian Defence Force strongly encourage students from Years 10, 11 and 12 attend.

 

Squadron Leader Rebekah Herron, SRT-Health will be the guest speaker for the morning.

 

Details are as follows:

DATE: 14 August 2015

TIMES: 8.30 am Registration 9.00 am – 11.00 am Breakfast and Guest Speaker

VENUE: Rydges Tradewinds Hotel, The Esplanade, Cairns            

TOPIC: Careers Opportunities within the Australian Defence Force.

COST:  $27.50 per person – includes breakfast and Certificate of Attendance

 

There will be Raffle Prizes sponsored by local business houses.  Students are encouraged to bring some extra money to support raffles as proceeds are used to Support Ronald McDonald House at Palm Cove.

 

If you are interested in attending, please register your name at the Senior Guidance Office in A Block by morning tea on Friday 7/08. Numbers are limited.