Student Recruitment

2010 Guidance Officer and Career Advisers’ Information Seminar

Tuesday May 4, 2010

Southport Sharks Function Centre

Griffith University Student Recruitment Team

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Agenda

• Welcome

• Griffith University – The Big Picture

• Events and Communications Update

• Updated Guidance Officer Website

• Changes, Updates and New Griffith Programs

• Admissions QTAC and UAC changes

• Equity Updates and Changes

• Scholarships

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Welcome

Thank you for joining us at the 2010 Guidance Officer and Career Advisors’ Information Seminar

• Housekeeping

• Delegate packs

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Griffith University - The Big Picture

Michelle Wear

Manager, Student Recruitment

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Griffith University - The Big Picture

2010 Semester 1 Admission Round

• Overall more applications, more offers and higher acceptance rates

• New programs well received, good cut-offs

• Nutrition & Dietetics

• Midwifery

• Architecture

• Area of concern – Business – state and nationwide declines

• Griffith chose to hold cut-offs

• New for 2011

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Griffith University - The Big Picture

Campus Improvement Program

• Gold Coast

• G39 Science, Environment and Architecture Building

• Smart Water Facility

• University Hospital Development

• Nathan

• General student spaces & lecture theatres

• Student Centre Development

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Griffith University - The Big Picture

Key Events

• Open Day – Sunday 8 August

• Logan campus Information Evening – Friday 20 August

• Options Information Event – Tuesday 21 December

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Events and Communications Update

Tennille Ikin

Events and Communications Officer, Student Recruitment

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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

• Places are limited. As a general rule the first two nominated students per workshop receive a place

• First preference is given to students from Year 12

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Events and Communications Update

Experience Day Program; Semester 1, 2010

• 17-21 May 2010

• Full list of programs can be viewed online at

www.griffith.edu.au/experiencedays

• Registrations are taken online (Closed 30 April)

• Still have places available in some programs

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Events and Communications UpdateGriffith Guidance and ConnectEd Newsletter

• Sent every month to all Schools

• Contains valuable information on upcoming events,

programs and key dates

The last newsletter was sent in April:

• 1,721 recipients received the newsletter

(combination of Griffith Guidance and ConnectEd)

• 279 recipients in total opened the newsletter

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Events and Communications UpdateGriffith Guidance and ConnectEd Newsletter

• St Joseph’s College Newsletter example

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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Events and Communications Update

April 14, 2010

Griffith Guidance- April 2010

Key Dates

Make sure you have a list of Griffith's key dates in 2010:

Tuesday 4 May - Guidance Officer Seminar, Southport Sharks Club, Gold Coast

Thursday and Friday 6 & 7 May - Science & Engineering Challenge, Gold Coast

Wednesday 12 May - Schoolgirls Career Expo & Experience Day, Gold Coast campus

Monday 17 May - Pathways to Medicine I nformation Evening, Gold Coast campus

Wednesday 19 May - Pathways to Medicine I nformation Evening, Nathan campus

17 - 21 May 2010 - Experience Days Wednesday 9 J une 2010 - Architecture I nformation

Evening, Gold Coast Campus Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 20, 21 & 22 J uly -

Science & Engineering Challenge, Brisbane South Sunday 8 August - Open Day at Gold Coast, Nathan and

South Bank campuses August 2010 - Conservatorium audition applications close Friday 20 August 2010 - Information Evening - Logan

campus

You may like to keep in mind the following dates for careers events:

Friday, Saturday & Sunday 7, 8 & 9 May - Brisbane Careers & Employment Expo

Thursday 13 May - Gold Coast Careers & Employment Expo Saturday & Sunday 17 & 19 J uly - TSXPO (Tertiary Studies

Expo)

In this issue

Key Dates

Events - Guidance Officer Seminar

Events - Schoolgirls Career Expo & Experience Day

Events - Experience Days

Events - “Rock School” on during Winter Break.

GUESTS Program

Visits - New online visit request form

Visits - Academic area school visits

Competitions - Win a iTunes Voucher

Features - Scholarship supports medical research career

Features - Nursing students learn realities of life in Laos

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Guidance Officer Website Update

Emily Gavranich

Acting Promotions Manager, Student Recruitment

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Guidance Officer Website Update

Improvements to Guidance Officer website

• New online request for visit

• Online brochures

• New Navigation buttons on website

• Guidance Officer Seminar page

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Guidance Officer Website Update

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Guidance Officer Website Update

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Guidance Officer Website Update

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Guidance Officer Website Update

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Guidance Officer Website Update

Guidance Officer website suggestions

• We are always looking for ways to improve our service

• Feedback welcomed

• Questions?

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Lunch

Lunch is now served

Guests who registered with special dietary requirements, please see the Sharks 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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Close

Thank you for attending the 2010 Guidance Officer and Career Advisors’ Information Seminar – please have a safe trip home

Any attendees who caught the Nathan campus shuttle bus, please be advised your driver Kandice is waiting in the loading bay outside the entrance to the Functions Centre