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USC organises annual University Showcase
A travelling University Showcase organised by the University of the Sunshine Coast will visit 16 high schools across the region next week (March 23-27) to provide Year 11 and 12 students with a comprehensive display of tertiary study options.
This will be the sixth year that USC has coordinated the showcase which will feature eight universities, the Sunshine Coast Institute of TAFE and the Australian Defence Force as exhibitors.
Almost every university in Queensland will take part, including the University of the Sunshine Coast, University of Queensland, Queensland University of Technology, James Cook University, Griffith University, University of Southern Queensland, Bond University and the Australian Catholic University.
Organiser Kylie Russell said the showcase was an important community engagement exercise by USC to help ensure the region’s students were well informed about future study choices.
“USC coordinates this event that brings all the exhibitors to the region each year to provide a one-stop-shop for students interested in tertiary study,” she said. “It gives them an opportunity to find out more about degree programs, pathways to uni, admissions, tertiary study costs, accommodation and university life in general.”
“For some school students, particularly on the Sunshine Coast, it’s difficult to access so much information across such a wide variety of education providers.
“The University Showcase will give students the best opportunity to make a choice that’s right for them.”
Ms Russell said USC’s student ambassadors would travel with the showcase to talk one-on-one with high school students about their university experiences.
For more information, contact <schools@usc.edu.au> or Kylie Russell on 5430 1117.
— Terry Walsh