Mrs Christina Wrigley is our careers counsellor who is available by appointment to discuss any matters with students regarding careers information.

Details of school-based apprenticeships and part time casual jobs are also available from Mrs. Wrigley.

A new website for prospective uni students has been developed at http://www.uq.edu.au/study.  This excellent website contains detailed information on all UQ programmes and has a number of innovative features including

• A specially designed Secondary School Students’ web page where students can search for courses based on their favourite school subjects and

• Registration for free newsletters containing information about the interest areas nominated by students.

Another very useful website for those who are not certain what they would like to study at university can be found www.qut.com.  Select the Studyfinder section on the home page.  Once at Studyfinder, select the “Match My Skills” button and complete the online questionnaire.   It takes about 5-10 minutes and concludes by giving you some ideas of the various courses open to students at uni

Web sites for helping you choose careers, tertiary institutions and other related organizations

Careers Website Links

QTAC - Queensland Tertiary Admissions Centre is responsible for placing students into tertiary courses at http://www.qtac.edu.au/

The Queensland Studies Authority is responsible for developing and administering the Queensland Core Skills Test and distributing Senior Certificates and Tertiary Entrance Statements at http://www.qsa.qld.edu.au

Education Queensland’s website (http://www.education.qld.gov.au) also provides information on Year 12 matters (under “Parents and students”, select Guidance, counselling and careers” and at http://education.qld.gov.au/students/services/careers/cic.html here you’ll find a calendar of open days and information sessions at universities.

Tertiary institutions

ACU - Australian Catholic University  http://www.acu.edu.au/

AMC - Australian Maritime College  http://www.amc.edu.au/

Bond University  http://www.bond.edu.au/

CQU - Central Queensland University  http://www.cqu.edu.au/

GU - Griffith University  http://www.gu.edu.au/

JCU - James Cook University of North Queensland  http://www.jcu.edu.au

QUT - Queensland University of Technology  http://www.qut.edu.au

SCU - Southern Cross University  http://www.scu.edu.au

SCUC - Sunshine Coast University College  http://www.scuc.edu.au

TAFE

http://www.tafe.qld.edu.au/  Or http://www.goldcoast.tafe.net

UNE - University of New England  http://www.une.edu.au

UQ - University of Queensland  http://www.uq.edu.au

USQ - University of Southern Queensland  http://www.usq.edu.au/

Private Providers

Australian College of Natural Medicine http://www.acnm.edu.au

Commercial Arts Training College http://catc.qld.edu.au

Martin College http://www.martincollege.com

National Institute of Dramatic Arts www.nida.edu.au

QANTM

http://www.qantm.com.au 

QIBT

http://www.qibt.qld.edu.au 

Russo Institute of Technology http://www.russo/qld.edu.au

The Australian Institute of Technology http://www.tait.qld.edu.au

Other useful sites

Apprenticeships/traineeships

http://www.newapprenticships.gov.au/

http://www.training.qld.gov.au

Australian Defence Force Academy  http://www.defence.gov.au/ADFA

ENTA (a system which allows students to apply to educational institutions world wide)
http://enta.com.au/ENTA

HECS  http://www.ato.gov.au/hecs

The Good Guides (guide to educational institutions) http://www.thegoodguides.com.au/