Archive for the 'University' Category

College Board Guide for Homeschoolers

The following site explains the American College Board site and looks at sections useful to home ed kids bound for uni. Much of the info is specific to America and the SAT test but there is some useful info (both if you intend to sit the SAT) and also general preparation for uni. Note that [...]

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VCE, Alternatives & University Entrance for Home Ed Students

Home ed students have been accepted into every major Australian university.
Home ed students and their families need to be pro-active in terms of investigating the options and deciding on the best route for each student. We provide the following information to get you started.
Some home ed students who wish to go on to university undertake [...]

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University Without VCE

VCE is not essential for university entrance. It is the main university-entrance route but there are other pathways. Basically, universities use VCE scores to compare students’ results and offer positions to those with the highest results. With alternative pathways, what you need to do is prove yourself in some other way and, from the university’s [...]

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MIBT Wants to recruit Home Ed students

The Melbourne Institute of Business and Technology is interested in recruiting home ed students. They have diploma courses in Commerce, Computing, Health Sciences, Management and Media and Communication available at the Burwood campus and Engineering and Science available at the Waurn Ponds campus. Students who successfully complete a MIBT diploma can gain entry to the [...]

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Careers Information

A good place to start for introductory information on nearly every career on offer is the Melbourne Career Information Centre. Their representatives are happy to discuss all available options and they will send out an information package based on your field of interest.
Melbourne Career Information Centre.
Locked Bag 2005, Box Hill 3128
Phone; Freecall 1800 048 [...]

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Alternatives to VCE

There are various alternatives to VCE. Read on to find out more…

AYCE Program
This program was set up by Yea High School many years ago and has now spread to many centres around the state. Through it you can do your entire secondary education including VCE. You are required to meet once a week at your [...]

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Studying Through Open University

By Sharee Cordes
Otherways

I think it all started for us when Jayden became interested in linguistics. I was searching on the internet for some way to help him find out more about linguistics when I came across the Open Universities Australia website.

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AYCE – Alternative Secondary Education For Young People

The AYCE (Access Yea Community Education) is a program of the future operating today, run by Yea High School. It is a program that enables teenagers to complete their entire secondary curriculum (Yrs 6 – 12) outside of mainstream schools. We, as adults, are able to access VCE subjects through day and evening classes and [...]

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School Programs

There are a number of schools supporting homeschoolers with flexible and sympathetic education programs:FAST (Foundation Access Studies) Programme at Ballarat University is an alternate pathway to tertiary study. It is a 13 week fulltime course designed to prepare adults for university courses. However the co-ordinator is very keen to encourage homeschoolers to also apply. Her [...]

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