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VTAC selection in 2011 and 2012
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2011 VTAC selection – pop polls
• Monash domestic 1st preferences stable +0.2%(+29)
• Campuses with an increase in 1st preferences:– Berwick +2.0%– Clayton +2.3%– Gippsland +3.2%
• Increase in all Monash preferences +1.1%(+987)
• Monash continues to have more 1st and all preferences than the entire Victorian TAFE sector
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2011 VTAC selection – offer figures
• Early round offers (8 health courses 232participating)
• Main round offers stable at +0.1% 8,593
• Round 2 offers up +55.7% 707
• All undergraduate offers total up +1.8% 9,532
• Total round 1 & 2 offers to CY12 6,866
• Offers made as a result of SEAS up +70.2% 1,076
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2012 VTAC selection – New Courses
Clayton• Bachelor of Nutrition Science
• Bachelor of Journalism/Bachelor of Commerce
Caulfield• Bachelor of Journalism/Bachelor of Business
Peninsula• Bachelor of Business/Bachelor Sport & Outdoor
Recreation
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2012 VTAC selection – New CoursesBerwick• Bachelor of Health Promotion• Bachelor of Social Welfare• Bachelor of Social Science• Bachelor of Nursing (Community Health)• Bachelor of Education (P-10)• Bachelor of Business (replacing Bachelor of Business and Commerce)
Gippsland• Bachelor of Arts and Social Sciences/Bachelor of
Education (Primary)
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Diploma of Tertiary Studies (DoTS)
Diploma of Tertiary Studies changes for 2012:– Single VTAC course code per campus
(excluding Visual and Media Arts)
– New DoTS streams offered at Berwick:Social WelfareHealth PromotionBusinessEducation
– DoTS applicants are only required to submit a Monash supplementary information form
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Diploma of Tertiary Studies (DoTS)
DoTS also has streams leading to degrees in:• Arts (Berwick, Gippsland)• Business (Peninsula)• Business and Commerce (Gippsland)• Information Technology and Systems ( Gippsland)• Education (Gippsland, Peninsula)• Nursing (Gippsland, Peninsula)• Science (Gippsland)• Visual and Media Arts (Gippsland)
Streams are now selected on the supplementary information form
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The Vice Chancellor's Access Monash list
• New institution wide pilot scheme for:– Financially disadvantaged
applicants with an ATAR of 90 (94 for Law) and,
– Indigenous students awarded a Monash Indigenous Scholarship for Achievement (and 94 ATAR for Law)
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The Vice Chancellor's Access Monash list
A place on the VC’s access list will guarantee an applicant entry to, or an interview for, the course of choice on having met course prerequisites and UMAT requirements
(with the exception of Scholars Programs)
To apply applicants MUST submit a Scholarship application via VTAC
(between 1 August - October 2011)
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2012 VTAC selection – SEAS
• VTAC have reduced the number of SEAS categories and streamlined the application process. Monash will continue to recognise the following categories:
– Category 1: Personal information and location: Mature age consideration, Indigenous Australians, Students studying at under-represented schools and Applicants from rural or isolated areas.
– Category 2: Non-English speaking background
– Category 3: Difficult circumstances
– Category 4: Disadvantaged financial background
– Category 5: Disability or medical condition
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2012 VTAC selection – SEAS
• Monash will be releasing an updated list of under-represented schools recognised under Category 1 for SEAS consideration in 2012 (July 2011)
Further information:
www.monash.edu/access
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Scholarships update
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2011 scholarship and bursary offers
14,547 applications submitted (10,501 VTAC; 3,095 direct; 951 late)
Scholarships offered 3,041
Accepted and enrolled students 2,172
Rejected/withdrawn/not eligible offers 819
Deferred until 2012 50
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2012 scholarships and bursaries available
• Over 2000 scholarships and bursaries totalling 15 million dollars
• 200+ different types of scholarships for study in a specific course, specific campus or for study in a course of your choice
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Types of scholarships and bursaries• Merit • Merit and Equity• Equity• Indigenous• International• Accommodation• Sport• Gippsland campus Isobel Aloisio
Monash University Scholarship for Excellence
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Equity and personal disadvantage groups• people of Indigenous Australian descent • people from a non-English-speaking background - arrived in
Australia from 2006• people experiencing difficult family circumstances e.g.
homelessness• people experiencing financial disadvantage e.g. receiving a
Centrelink benefit• people from regional and remote areas – postcode list on
website• people with a disability or long term medical condition e.g.
glandular fever• people from under-represented schools – list on website
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Commonwealth Scholarships
• Two scholarships available:– Student Start-Up Scholarship– Relocation Scholarship
• No application process
• Students in receipt of Youth Allowance, Austudy and Abstudy are eligible
• Payment processed by Centrelink
• Eligibility enquiries must be forwarded to Centrelink
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Application process
• Applications – only through VTAC for all available scholarships (merit and equity based)
• 1 August to 21 October 2011
• Supporting documentation is required for equity scholarships
• Late applications are not accepted for merit based scholarships
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Further information
• Social Inclusion & Scholarships workshop – 11.30am today
• www.monash.edu.au/scholarships
• www.vtac.edu.au
• 2012 Coursework Scholarships Guide (available in Waivestar from next week)
Lina ZhuBachelor of Science Advanced with Honours Scholarship