Student Recruitment

2011 Guidance Officer and Career Advisers’ Information Seminar

Tuesday May 3, 2011

Nathan Campus- Multi Faith Centre

Griffith University Student Recruitment Team

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Welcome

Thank you for joining us for the 2011 Guidance Officer and Career Advisers’ Information Seminar

• Housekeeping

• Introductions

• Delegate packs

• Seat Raffle and Business Card Raffle

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Agenda

• Student Recruitment – The Big Picture

• Research at Griffith

• School and Campus Visit ONLINE Booking System

• Changes, Updates and New Griffith Programs

• LUNCH /BREAK **dietary requirements

• Website Changes / Access

• School visit presentation Overview

• Admissions QTAC and UAC changes

• Equity Updates and Changes

• Scholarships and Honours College

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Student Recruitment- The Big Picture

HIGHLIGHT REEL•Celebrating our 40th Anniversary this year. Established in 1971 and officially opened in 1975.

•We are home to more than 43,000 students from over 131 countries

•Griffith offers more than 300 degrees including undergraduate degrees, postgraduate and research degrees

•ERA’s highest possible rating of ‘5’, reserved for outstanding research, has been awarded to physical sciences, specifically quantum physics, and dentistry at Griffith. Places us a top ten research university in Australia.

•More than 110,000 graduates from over 156 countries have passed through our doors

•The prestigious QS World University Rankings places Griffith in the top 300 universities in the world, which means we are in the top 5% of universities in the world

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Student Recruitment- The Big Picture

Recruitment Engagement Metrics•This year we anticipate that our team will see over 39 000 of your students with a target of 250 visits

•Additionally, if we included all the regional career makets,TSXPO, Options Events and Open Day , the SR team will engage with an additional 53, 410 prospective students and influencer groups.

Transition Year 12 Presentations – New for 2012•The Student Recruitment team will be actively promoting and delivering a Change of Preference /Transition to Uni In-School Presentation for your year 12 cohorts. The presentation will overview important key dates, preferencing models, and cover key transitioning issues for your year 12s.

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Student Recruitment- The Big Picture

2011 Semester 1 Admission Round

• Overall marginal increase in demand for CSP in QLD for 2011 increasing from 57,451 in 2010 to 57,563 in 2011.

•This is the highest number of applicants for the last decade and improves on the significant upswing in 2010.

• Griffith also had higher cutoffs in majority of program areas( FOEs) eg. Bachelor

of Biomedical Science increasing to OP7 from an OP10.

•Griffith university first preferences also increased

• Detailed and comprehensive information will be delivered during the Admissions Presentation.

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Events and Communications Update

Experience Day Program

• Allows students to sample our courses and be a university student for a day

• A range of programs are held at various campuses over a period of

a week

• Open to senior students, in years 10, 11 and 12

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Events and Communications Update

Experience Day Program; Semester 1, 2011

• 17-21 May 2010

• Full list of programs can be viewed online at

www.griffith.edu.au/experiencedays

• Registrations are now Closed 30 April

• Still have places available in some limited programs. Please see Tennille

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Events and Communications Update

Griffith Guidance and ConnectEd Newsletter

• Sent every month to all Schools

• Contains valuable information on upcoming events,

programs and key dates

•Cut and paste into your own school newsletter

•Key links and condensed sections- new for 2011

•Revised sections- UPCOMING EVENTS, PROGRAM NEWS, HIGHLIGHT OF THE MONTH

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Events and Communications UpdateGriffith Newsletter

• Redesigned for 2011

• Shorter, concise, easy link

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Events and Communications Update

Griffith Guidance and ConnectEd Newsletter

To register your details to receive the newsletter, please email promotions@griffith.edu.au

For any change to your details, please also email promotions@griffith.edu.au

• Feedback on how to improve the newsletters and include content relevant to schools is always welcome

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Student Recruitment- The Big Picture

Key Events

• Logan Campus- Careers and Information Day 10 June

• TSXPO- 16 and 17July - RNA Showgrounds

• Open Day – GC –SB and Nathan– Sunday 14 August

• Options Information Event – Tuesday 20 December

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Preparing to Succeed@uni

The Preparing to Succeed@Uni website provides future students with access to online courses to help students prepare for university study, including tutorials in academic writing, library research and referencing.

Research has shown that the earlier a student can be engaged in preparing for University life, the better the chance of success for that student.

We hope your students find preparing for succcess@uni a valuable resource.

www.griffith.edu.au/preparing-for-university

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Preparing to Succeed@uni

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Preparing to Succeed@uni

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Extension Programs- Website

Updates for 2011

MAJOR CAMPUS REFURBISHMENTS

Largest capital program in history to provide new facilities and reinvigorate existing infrastructure

Investments on all campuses New community centre building –Nathan Campus Construction of a new $32m innovative 6 Green Star rated

teaching and research building to be named The Sir Samuel Griffith Centre - at the Nathan campus

New $136m Griffith Health Centre at the Gold Coast campus - the largest development in our 40-year history

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•Nathan Campus

•Campus Heart

•Johnson Path Upgrade Pedestrian Tunnel

•Sir Samuel Griffith Centre

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•Mt Gravatt Campus

•Technology Building Upgrade

•Library refurbishment

•Criminology Research Precinct opening

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Gold Coast Campus

•< Griffith Health Centre >

•< SEA building •(Science Engineering Architecture)

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Research at Griffith

Tony Shiel

Deputy Director- Office of Research

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Visit Online Booking System

Mary Clarke

Student Recruitment Officer

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Changes Updates and New Griffith Programs

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Lunch

Lunch is now served

Guests who registered with special dietary requirements, please see Mary or the Catering Function Centre Staff

On site bookings are now being taken for School and Campus Visits, please see the Student Recruitment Staff for more details

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Griffith Website Update

Improvements to Griffith corporate website•Offers an improved user experience and a refreshed look and feel, plus extra content. •New features include: •-         A new drop-down menu which allows you to view more of the homepage without scrolling •-         A new interactive 5-campus website to explore •-         A link to the new Future Students site •-         Griffith's most popular links •-         Easy access to Griffith's social and rich media sites •-         A new search bar which allows users to search the website, the degree finder and •          frequently-asked questions •-         An impressive footer of links •-         Rotating promotions on the homepage.

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Guidance Officer Website Update

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School Visit Presentation Overview

Jessica Boulter- Student Recruitment Officer

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Close

Thank you for attending the 2011 Guidance Officer and Career Advisors’ Information Seminar – please have a safe trip home

Any attendees who caught the Gold Coast campus shuttle car, please be advised your driver Lucas is waiting at ring road, just above the Multi-Faith Centre.