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Tertiary Offers World at their feet

Jane Howard Stellar results opens many doors for VCE top scorers of 2013

Tertiary Offers The offer process explained

Suzanne Connelly VTAC VTAC explain what the offer process is and what you should do next

Tertiary Offers How students are selected

Suzanne Connelly VTAC Who will be offered what course for each round is decided by each institution and the decision is independent of VTAC

Tertiary offers Offers in other rounds

Suzanne Connelly VTAC Don't panic if you haven't received the offer you were hoping for, you may still be eligible for future offers.

Tertiary Offers Supplementary offers

VTAC Even if you are not offered a placement in any round, you can opt to recieve supplementary offers

Tertiary Offers Selection data

VTAC Understanding what the data means is essential to working out what options you now have

Tertiary Offers Creating opportunities

Suzanne Connelly VTAC Today is the day! But what happens if you check the list and your name does not appear with a placement offer? Other opportunities await

Tertiary Offers Consider on-site training

VTAC Anyone of working age is eligible to become a trainee or apprentice in the industry of their choice

Tertiary Offers Options make degree possible

VTAC There are other pathways to gaining a university degree than what may at first appear

Tertiary Offers The enrolment process

VTAC Your enrolment details will come with your offer and it's important that you follow the right process when in comes times to enrol

Tertiary Offers Course fee codes

VTAC The last digit of your course indicates the fee type for the placement you have been offered

Tertiary offers In the driving seat

Jeanette Hill Taking some sound advice from his father, Luke Goegan decided to take-on an apprenticeship and hasn't looked back

Tertiary Offers A rewarding choice

VTAC Undertaking voluntary work can help build your skills and provide valuable work experience

Drawing on politics

Mark Knight Witty political comments in the form of cartoons have dominated newspapers in Australia since the 1830s. Herald Sun cartoonist Mark Knight explains how it's done.

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Australia's top war heroes

BRAVERY and leadership on the world's great battlefields earns these five Australians a place among our top war heroes.

Government Glossary of political terms

Jo Schulz Don't know your caucus from your cabinet? Get a better understanding of political speak with definitions for some of the commonly used terms.

PRIME MINISTERS Prime ministers: Leading the way

Staff Writers EDMUND Barton was the first of only 27 people to hold the nation's most powerful position - as prime minister.

The First Fleet's 225th anniversary

REJECTED criminals on board a fleet of 11 sailing ships, which arrived in 1788, became the foundations of European settlement in Australia.

Solar system Earth and the solar system

Jane Howard ANCIENT stargazers saw objects in the night sky they dubbed planets, or wanderers, and named them after Roman gods.

Endangered species Native birds

BIRDS of a feather no longer necessarily flock together in Australia, where more than 100 species of birds are heading towards extinction.

Teen's year of hell ends in triumph

Wes Hosking education reporter NOT even a cancer diagnosis during her studies could stop this Victorian student from conquering her VCE, even sitting an exam the day after chemotherapy.