Many students don’t consider university as a possible or desirable pathway to follow at the end of year 12. Yet studies show that a university education can have a positive impact on lifelong experiences.
The aim of Talk About Uni is to encourage high school students and their families to discuss the possibility of university attendance. We want to show students what assistance is available at university and we want parents and carers to know this too. A further aim is to support student academic performance through the VCE years.
In asking students to consider university as a post-school pathway, we are asking them to think about what interests and enthuses them and how these things could translate into a productive and happy future.
This website is intended to complement secondary school initiatives and to assist time-poor teachers. It seeks to assist students, parents and teachers on a number of levels.
Downloadable copies of relevant publications, classroom activities and teachers notes.
Links to relevant research, important sites and information zones.
Study tools for the VCE years - classroom presentations and activities for academic success.
The Talk About Uni website includes inspirational stories of people whose pathways into university were not always well-defined, along with information about university and access into university. There are also self-directed study tools that aim to help develop good study habits for the VCE and beyond.
Parents and Carers are also provided with readily accessible information about university. They can also read case studies of students who may have been the first in their family to attend university.
For more information about this resource, please email shanyak@unimelb.edu.au or fbussey@unimelb.edu.au