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Kevin Kennedy, vice president of global partner ecosystem at Red Hat The channel has fundamentally changed – and for a long time, Red Hat‘s partner program hadn’t caught up. That’s the candid starting point for Kevin Kennedy, who joins In The Channel this week fresh off his appointment as Red Hat’s vice president of global partner ecosystem. Kennedy’s career spans just about every layer of the channel – direct sales at IBM and Xerox, close to a decade at Arrow Electronics, and leadership roles at VCE, Dell EMC, and TD SYNNEX before joining Red Hat in 2022. That perspective shapes how he talks about the shift from a model built on clear “swim lanes” – where resellers, services partners, and software sellers all stayed in their own lanes – to the multi-partner, collaborative engagements that define how business gets done today. “It’s really hard to even define a partner today,” Kennedy says. “We can’t go to market by ourselves any longer.” Red Hat’s program refresh responds to that reality with a bifurcated incentive structure: front-end rewards for individual sellers at the deal level, and back-end incentives for firms making deeper investments in Red Hat competencies. Kennedy is direct about what drove the change: “We were putting all of our rewards around the resell of our products. And that ship had sailed.” The conversation also covers the Broadcom/VMware disruption as a modernization opportunity rather than a rip-and-replace play, where AI realistically fits in the partner revenue picture right now, the evolving role of distribution as an ecosystem aggregator, and – for Canadian partners specifically – the growing urgency of data sovereignty as a go-to-market factor. And Kennedy offers a memorable frame for Red Hat’s long-term platform ambition: “Red Hat inside” – the idea that Red Hat increasingly underpins solutions partners build and customers buy, whether or not the name is on the box. Read Full Transcript Robert Dutt: Hello and welcome to In The Channel from ChannelBuzz.ca, bringing news and information to the Canadian IT channel community for the last 16 years. I’m Robert Dutt, editor of ChannelBuzz.ca and your host for the show. My guest today is Kevin Kennedy, vice president of the global partner ecosystem at Red Hat. Kevin’s career spans just about every seat in the channel: direct sales at IBM and Xerox; the better part of a decade, on and off, at Arrow Electronics; leadership roles at VCE and Dell EMC; and then about five years running advanced solutions at Tech Data and TD SYNNEX before coming to Red Hat in 2022. That’s a resume that takes you from carrying a bag, through distribution leadership, to vendor-side ecosystem strategy. That full-channel perspective shapes how he thinks about the partner business in ways that are pretty evident in this conversation. Red Hat recently named him the permanent head of its global partner ecosystem, and the word “ecosystem” in that title is deliberate, as you’ll hear. We get into how the partner business has fundamentally shifted from the old swim-lane model to something much more collaborative and complex; what Red Hat is changing in its partner program and why; the VMware modernization opportunity; where AI realistically fits in the partner revenue story right now; and what data sovereignty means for Canadian partners specifically. Let’s get right into it, my chat with Kevin Kennedy. Robert Dutt: Kevin, thanks for taking the time. I appreciate it. Kevin Kennedy: Thanks for having me, Rob. I appreciate being here. Robert Dutt: You’ve been in so many different seats facing the channel, from starting in direct sales at IBM and Xerox, to distribution, and now, of course, the vendor side. I’m curious: when you look back at the arc of the channel, as it were, over that time, what’s the biggest way the partner business has changed since you started looking at it and watching it closely? Kevin Kennedy: That’s a great question, because there has been a significant evolution, that’s for sure. I think it starts with the definition of what a partner is. It used to be that you had very clear swim lanes. You had resellers, you had services partners, and you had people who always sold software or people who always sold hardware. Everybody had their individual lanes, and that was predominantly the way the channel made money: through the resale of all those things. If you fast-forward to today, it’s completely different. It’s really hard to even define a partner today. You can’t put them in one camp. Take a larger partner like WWT, for example. It used to be the preeminent reseller for a myriad of OEM lines. Today, that may be just a portion of its business. If you look at its total bottom-line profitability, I would say the vast majority of that comes from the services it offers and the contracts it manages for very large customers. Partners have evolved. We used to be able to go sell something individually. With the complexity that now exists in technology and the solutions that customers are demanding, we can’t go to market by ourselves any longer. We’re forced to collaborate and build relationships outside of our historical domains in order to present a customer with a holistic solution that’s going to drive the outcomes or efficiencies they demand. I think all of that dynamic is great. We talked about multi-partner engagement for decades and couldn’t get it to work because, realistically, we were all competing for the same nickel. If I went into a customer with you, likely one of us would get cut out of that deal or eventually be eased out. Today, that’s not true. We’re really dependent on each other. You bring your strengths to the table, I bring mine to the table, and those combined strengths are what the customer is going to realize. I think that’s the exciting component that’s really changed dramatically, especially over the last 10 years, and even more so over the last five. Robert Dutt: That speaks to the fact that you’re coming in as vice president of the global partner ecosystem, rather than vice president of channel sales or vice president of partner programs. I’m guessing, especially from that latter point about the co-sell and multi-partner arrangement becoming much more accepted and more of a default, that it’s a meaningful and purposeful distinction. What changes day to day when you call it an ecosystem, or when you think of it as an ecosystem, rather than a channel? Kevin Kennedy: I think your point is well made. The title and our nomenclature – ecosystem versus channel, or ecosystem versus partner – are intentional. Again, it goes back to illustrating the necessity of multiple people with varying levels of expertise in a variety of domains. All of them are required to bring a customer a solution and drive an outcome. It actually makes things more complex in some regards. From my lens, at the end of the day, what do we want to sell? We want to sell Red Hat products and our platforms into a customer. In years gone by, that might have been a much more simplistic arrangement. Our sales teams would call on a customer, represent only what we’re good at, and get that deal done. That no longer remains the case. I have to make sure we’re selling the value of Red Hat’s portfolio not just to the customer. I’ve also got to make sure the systems integrator sees how we can bring value to the solutions they’re going to represent to their customer base. I’ve got to represent the value of Red Hat to the hyperscalers – why they should care about us and how we may drive consumption in their marketplaces. I’ve got to bring value to the distributors and explain why they want to put resources around our product portfolio. I need to show them how our portfolio is going to help accelerate some of the more profitable lines they represent. On one hand, the ecosystem model illustrates the necessity for all of us to come together. On the other hand, it invites complexity from a go-to-market standpoint because everybody’s my customer. That’s traditionally been true in distribution, where a lot of my heritage comes from. We used to have the adage that we’re nobody’s customer and everybody’s customer, because I have to constantly sell the value of why we exist and why we should matter to you, and how we can help you be successful. Robert Dutt: That must make it an interesting challenge to structure programs when it’s no longer as simple as, “You are a reseller, therefore you fit in box A.” Now you’ve got to get creative with your programs and incentives in order to keep partners excited about what you’re doing, engaged with your platforms, and recognizing where you’re headed and why that might be valuable to them. Kevin Kennedy: I’ve got to construct a program with incentives that look at presales and the whole customer-management lifecycle. It’s no longer just, “We’ve got a product and a contract for that product that’s going to be sold.” Now I’ve got to think about adoption. I’ve got to think about how we make that product more pervasive through an organization. I’ve got to ensure that everything we said was going to be done when we presented the solution is actually coming to fruition, so the customer sees a return on that investment. If they don’t, I’m going to be a one-and-done. If they do, it’s going to give me an opportunity to have conversations around other things we can bring to bear that might provide similar or even better outcomes than what they did initially with us. Robert Dutt: When you did the program refresh, you said it was built around simplicity, predictability and profitability – three words that come up a lot in channel chief conversations, for obvious reasons. I don’t think those are unique to Red Hat, but along with what you’ve already touched on, what did you see or hear from partners about what they were experiencing that made those changes the priority at this time? Kevin Kennedy: That’s a good question. When I joined Red Hat, I observed that we weren’t necessarily meeting partners where they were. We were still thinking about the way things had been in years gone by. We were typically putting all of our rewards – and, by the way, they were plentiful – around the resale of our products. That ship had sailed. The ecosystem had evolved considerably, but we hadn’t necessarily evolved with it. What we tried to do, especially with the incentives we launched in January, was meet partners where they are. That means we have to bifurcate our incentive structure. We’ve got sellers at those partner organizations, and we need to make sure we’re targeting incentives on the front end, at the deal and transaction level, to get them excited about moving Red Hat products. Primarily, I look at that as a great opportunity for customer acquisition. There are a lot of places where we haven’t been, and those sellers are going to be able to introduce us to those customers. They have respected and long-tenured relationships that are going to help us land our objectives, which is to have the Red Hat portfolio consumed there. Similarly, we’ve got to make sure we’re incentivizing the firms to make the investments necessary to upskill their people and ensure they have the technical requirements and technical capabilities to deliver our solutions. We’re showing them a path from whatever managed services they currently provide in the enterprise to how they can include Red Hat as part of that. That’s going to be accretive to their service capabilities and to their profitability. We’re ensuring that we have both the front end and the back end covered. Again, we’re meeting partners where they are in the market, rather than saying that we only care about what they’re going to do for us from a product standpoint. We recognize that services are probably the most profitable component of their business. How do we translate the sale of our products into an increase in their services business, which is going to be accretive to their overall profitability? Robert Dutt: The nice part about that approach, even if you are coming from playing catch-up a little bit, is that there isn’t quite as much need to educate or incentivize partners to come around to where you’re going. You’re setting it up based on where they’re at today. Kevin Kennedy: Exactly. Recognizing that partners need a lot of hand-holding and a lot of our Red Hat engagement isn’t necessarily true. In many cases, partners have a level of sophistication that’s beyond what we would even address in a traditional enablement program. Now it’s about leveraging all those skills and competencies and translating them into what that means for Red Hat and how that accelerates adoption of our portfolio. From a partner standpoint, what does our portfolio mean to them in terms of plugging into what they’re already doing from a go-to-market standpoint? It puts more bullets in the gun when they’re talking to a customer. Robert Dutt: One of the areas of opportunity right now has to be the whole Broadcom-VMware situation, which has created a lot of disruption for partners, customers and pretty much everyone. Red Hat is obviously positioned well in that space, but capturing the opportunity through the channel is different from simply having the right technology on the shelf. How are you helping partners have that conversation with customers, especially those who are frustrated and interested in other options but aren’t necessarily ready to make the big jump? Kevin Kennedy: When the whole Broadcom situation first transpired, I think we all saw it as a generational opportunity to make a land grab. We all had varying degrees of success. And when I say “we all,” I don’t just mean Red Hat, but others that play in this space as well. Where we’ve seen a tremendous acceleration in our opportunity is by changing the conversation. When we go out with one of our partners and talk to customers about what they’re doing from a virtualization perspective, it’s no longer simply about moving off VMware onto Red Hat, for instance. It’s about modernization. It’s about making sure that the customer is prepared for its technology journey – moving from virtualization and modernizing its data centre toward the AI conversation that I’m sure we’ll get to in a moment. Red Hat and our partners can help customers on that journey and accelerate it without requiring a rip-and-replace approach or a complete transformation of their entire infrastructure. They can leverage the things they may do with us today to move off VMware and into a more modernized, virtualized, containerized and Kubernetes-based environment. That prepares them to take the next step into AI. It’s not a step back. It’s not a step sideways. It’s a step forward from their initial investment with us. Robert Dutt: It is 2026, and we’ve been talking for 12 or 13 minutes now, so I am legally required to ask an AI question at this point. You’ve been pretty straightforward in saying that virtualization, automation and hybrid cloud are still the real revenue drivers, while AI is more of a near-future opportunity. I respect that honesty, and I think it probably maps closely with what partners are telling you about where they are today. But where does that leave the partner who’s getting pressure from customers to have an AI story right now? Do you lead with the infrastructure story, or do you lead with AI and then backfill toward virtualization, automation and hybrid cloud? Kevin Kennedy: I think we lead with the hybrid modernization and automation play first, and then segue into the AI discussion. Part of what we’ve seen over the last year, especially, is the need to separate AI reality from AI hype. Everybody talks about AI, and I think the pockets of success have come from partners who are listening to customers and giving them the counsel and advice that they don’t need to boil the ocean. Let’s start with some very specific processes that the customer could look to automate by leveraging AI technology and Red Hat technology. Then the customer will be able to see an immediate win and a return on that initial investment. From there, we can see where to grow. For most customers, it’s not too different from us as consumers. We think of AI and ChatGPT, and all of these things where we’re going to be able to ask a whole bunch of questions and get smart answers back to help inform us about where to go. For a lot of customers, that’s debilitating. They don’t even know where to start. The whole thing is a massive labyrinth of issues they’re trying to sort through. Every partner that can go in and provide consultative advice – saying, “We don’t need to look at everything. Let’s start with some very direct things that you say require a lot of manual intervention or take up a lot of cycles” – can leverage AI technology to circumvent a lot of that. They can make processes that took weeks or months translate into hours or minutes. What productivity increase do you see as a result? That’s an immediate win and a return on the initial investment. I think the partners that understand what collaboration looks like in this space are also going to be successful, because AI forces us to talk to others and play well with others. Even for us, we’ve enjoyed a lot of recent announcements around collaborative partnerships with NVIDIA, Dell, Cisco and others. We’re doing these things together. It’s not because we each woke up one day and said, “I really want to build a partnership with NVIDIA,” or, “I really want to build a better partnership with Cisco.” We were forced to have those conversations because of the outcomes customers expect. We realized that while we have a really important and robust piece of the solution, it’s only a piece of the pie, and the customer wants the whole pie. How do we orchestrate and architect it together so that we collaborate and go to the customer together and say, “Here’s what we can do for you. Here’s your whole pie”? Robert Dutt: You spent years on the distribution side, as you said earlier. A lot of your career was spent there. Now you’re managing some of those same companies, or the companies they’ve become over time, as a vendor. I’m curious: has your background in distribution changed what you actually ask of distributors, or what you think vendors typically ask of distributors but either shouldn’t or should ask more of? Kevin Kennedy: I tell anybody who wants to be involved in the ecosystem that if you’ve worked in distribution, that’s your MBA of channel engagement. You learn so much because, when I was at TD, for instance, I was doing business with every major OEM in the world, each with different expectations and demands. I was running a business on basis points. Understanding how to get the greatest efficiencies in the sales model and how to reap the greatest amount of profit in order to continue investing in the business prepared me better for the ecosystem role I have today. Even when I got to Red Hat, I think the way we leveraged distribution was much more traditional. We appreciated distributors for the financial piece they brought to the equation. That continues to be a critical thing that distribution adds to technology in general: they’re a financial backbone for a lot of the investments we’re all making. But distributors were also viewed as providing logistics and operational efficiencies. While that’s still part of what they do, it’s just a small part of what they do today. I look at distributors as aggregators. We talked about how one, two, five or seven partners may touch every transaction a customer buys. There’s no better place to bring all of that together than within distribution. Distributors have developed their own great level of sophistication. They’ve got technical expertise across multiple vendor lines. They’ve made tremendous investments in AI on their own, and they have specialists who are trained, competent and capable. I’m leaning on them to do a lot of the enablement for me. When I look at how we go to market with all these different partner types – whether it’s hyperscalers, OEMs, GSIs or ISVs – I can go to distribution, which is also doing business across all those same partner types, and say, “How do we work more effectively together to develop a really cohesive go-to-market strategy?” The distributor is the aggregator. It can go to the partners we all share in common – the WWTs, CDWs, Softchoices and Mobias of the world – and say, “How can you bring all this together for us to present to these partners, so they can go talk to a customer and have a holistic solution to put in front of them?” Distributors represent that capability for me. We’re leaning in hard with distribution, certainly on the legacy and traditional things they bring to bear, but more importantly on the forward-looking investments they’re making in their own enterprises that are going to help accelerate partner adoption of our solutions. Robert Dutt: Close to home, data sovereignty is a major issue for Canadian organizations right now. Between government guidance and some muscle being put behind that, there’s a growing concern about where data resides and the whole CLOUD Act question. Do you see that showing up in partner conversations in Canada, and how does Red Hat’s story change in that context, if it does? Kevin Kennedy: It’s a prevalent and very relevant conversation today in Canada, certainly in EMEA and APAC – essentially everywhere outside of the United States. It’s forced us to re-evaluate how we’re going to market in those environments. It changes the perspective on simply talking about the hyperscalers. It changes the perspective on what a sovereign cloud looks like and who the players are. It’s introducing us to players in spaces such as telecom, where telcos are now looking more like the sovereign cloud providers of the future. How do we build a secure solution, working on a public cloud, private cloud or sovereign cloud provider, that will be required – especially in government and GOE spaces – and provide them with the opportunities they’ll need in the future? It started to emerge perhaps at the end of last year, but it’s now a massive topic of conversation with us, and I think that’s going to continue. When we talk about AI, this is going to be a big component as well. How do we protect this data, and how do we have it reside in a secure environment that’s critical to government agencies and how they operate every day? Robert Dutt: Do you see Red Hat partners as having a major untapped or under-realized opportunity right now? Kevin Kennedy: I still think virtualization is a major, major untapped market. We’re hot on the customer-acquisition trail. Traditionally, we’ve grown through established customer relationships that have been great to us over the years. We’ve made mutual investments in those relationships, and we’re certainly going to continue that. But we’ve got to find new business. I think AI is the accelerant in that. It gives us a forum for conversations around what we’ve built. Anybody who has made an investment in our core portfolio has a springboard to get to where they want to go relative to AI. The partnerships I referenced with NVIDIA, Cisco, Dell, HPE and others are great catalysts for opening discussions with customers who perhaps didn’t know Red Hat before. I sometimes think about it this way – and this is probably an oversimplified way to put it – but for years we all bought laptops that ran on Intel chips. “Intel Inside” was a great marketing ploy for a whole host of reasons. I kind of see Red Hat that way a little bit: Red Hat inside. We’re going to be the underpinning of a lot of solutions that customers are going to buy in the future. They may not even know that Red Hat is running in there, and I’m not sure that we care. We want to be that secure platform that provides mobility from the cloud to on-premises environments, with seamless motion back and forth. We want to provide the level of security that’s going to be required, whether that’s in a sovereign environment or in our current state, where data security is the utmost concern. We want to be the underpinning that allows all that stuff to run effectively and efficiently, and gives customers portability and an open concept. Whether or not the customer actually knows Red Hat is there, I’m not sure that matters that much to us from the customer lens. It matters more in terms of how we’re going to work with some of the other partner routes we’ve talked about, especially given the ecosystem discussion. Robert Dutt: I’m curious what you’d like to see partners doing more, better or differently for the benefit of Red Hat, yes, but especially for their own businesses and where the business is going. Kevin Kennedy: I want to be a catalyst for them to sell autonomously. I think OEMs have often seen themselves in an outsized role when it comes to going to market with partners. We’ve acted as though partners need us in order to deliver the solution, or need a Red Hat badge in order to get validated by the customer. Certainly, there may still be an element of that, but I’ve found that partners’ customer relationships and the trust they’ve already earned with those customers supersede our need to be necessarily involved. I’m looking at ways to pour gasoline on that fire. How can I get out of the way and let partners move at a quicker pace than they may have in the past? Certainly, we’re part of the solution. We want to make sure partners have everything necessary, whether that’s training, enablement, demo equipment, proofs of concept or executive briefing centres – whatever they need to ensure they have the utmost confidence to position a solution that contains Red Hat products in the best light with the customer. But we know partners don’t need our help to have that sales conversation. They don’t necessarily need our help to deliver the services after the sale, to do the migration or to provide managed services, because they already have that expertise. We just need to make sure they feel confident that they can incorporate us into that motion. That’s really my focus, even from an ecosystem program standpoint. I want to put the incentives in a place that accelerates all the things partners are already good at and simply includes us in that motion. Robert Dutt: It sounds from those last couple of answers that you’re quite happy being the underpinning, the foundation behind either the customer solution or the partner’s sales motion. How does that shape what you’re focused on personally and program-wise in terms of what partners can expect from you and from Red Hat over the balance of the year and beyond? Kevin Kennedy: My mantra has been to do more with less. What I mean by that is that the partners who already fit the profile I’ve been describing – those with core competencies and skills, strong market presence, tremendous customer relationships, and investments in upskilling their people with the technical and sales expertise to represent Red Hat well in the marketplace – are the partners I want to invest in to a high degree. The partners who may traditionally have just wanted to put our logo on their website and clicked through to become a partner because they wanted to resell or perform more fulfilment activities – that’s great, and I still want to welcome those partners. But those are not the partners around whom I’m going to build programs or in whom I’m going to invest heavily. They’re not the partners where I’m going to continue putting direct resources side by side with them to win in the marketplace. I want to go deeper and wider with fewer partners who have the investments and skills necessary to bring customers the outcomes and efficiencies they’re looking for. Robert Dutt: That’s a great place to leave it. Kevin, thank you very much for taking the time. Kevin Kennedy: Thank you for having me. It’s been a great time, and I appreciate the opportunity. Robert Dutt: There you have it, Kevin Kennedy from Red Hat. I’d like to thank Kevin for his time today. He’s someone who has thought seriously about how this business actually works from multiple vantage points, and that comes through. Thanks for listening as well. A couple of things I’m taking away from this one. The “Intel Inside” framing that Kevin used – the idea that Red Hat is increasingly going to be the underpinning of solutions that customers buy and partners build, without necessarily being the name on the box – is a significant strategic statement. It’s a bet that being foundational is worth more than being front and centre. It’s worth watching how that plays out for partners who are building practices around Red Hat technology, or potentially are. And the ecosystem-versus-channel distinction doesn’t come off as just a title change. When you’re talking about a single customer engagement that might bring together a cloud provider, a services integrator, a software specialist and a reseller, all at the same table, the question of how you build a program and reward structure around that is unsolved across the industry. Red Hat is working on it, but so are a lot of other people. For Canadian partners specifically, the data sovereignty conversation is one to pay attention to. Kevin was candid that it’s reshaping how Red Hat thinks about going to market outside the United States, and the Canadian regulatory environment is only going to make that more pressing over the next few years. If you found this useful, please follow or subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. We’re on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube and most major directories. Ratings and reviews are always appreciated. Until next time, I’m Robert Dutt for ChannelBuzz.ca, and I’ll see you in the channel.

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Giữa hàng loạt bằng cấp như VCE, HSC và thứ hạng ATAR, nhiều phụ huynh Việt tại Úc không khỏi lo lắng về tương lai học tập của con em mình. Tuy nhiên, hệ thống giáo dục Úc hiện nay không chỉ xoay quanh “cuộc đua” đại học. Nhiều học sinh có thể bắt đầu học nghề từ lớp 10, vừa học vừa nhận lương thông qua apprenticeship, hoặc chọn các lộ trình chuyển tiếp từ diploma lên đại học. Từ hướng nghiệp sớm ở lớp 7 đến các pathway linh hoạt sau lớp 12, giáo dục Úc đang mở ra nhiều lựa chọn khác nhau để học sinh tìm được con đường phù hợp với khả năng và sở thích của mình.

விக்டோரியா மாநிலத்தில் 2025 VCE பரீட்சையில் தமிழ் பாடத்தில் அதிகூடிய புள்ளிகளுடன் முதல் ஐந்து இடங்களைப் பெற்றுள்ள வினோஜன் பிரபாகரன், காவ்யா செல்வரூபன், ஹவீஷ் சுரேந்திரன், ஆகீஷன் உதயகுமார், சஹானி கௌரிதரன் மற்றும் திவா விவேகானந்தன் ஆகியோருடன் உரையாடுகிறார் றேனுகா துரைசிங்கம்.

ਵਿਕਟੋਰੀਆ ਦੇ ਜੰਮਪਲ ਮਨਰਾਜ ਧਨੋਆ ਨੇ VCE ਵਿੱਚ 99.95 ATAR ਹਾਸਿਲ ਕਰਕੇ ਮਿਹਨਤ, ਲਗਨ ਅਤੇ ਆਤਮਵਿਸ਼ਵਾਸ ਦੀ ਮਿਸਾਲ ਕਾਇਮ ਕੀਤੀ ਹੈ। ਉੱਥੇ ਹੀ 92 ATAR ਦੀ ਉਮੀਦ ਨਾਲ ਇਮਤਿਹਾਨ ਦੇਣ ਵਾਲੀ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਮੁਟਿਆਰ ਬਾਣੀਪ੍ਰੀਤ ਕੰਗ ਦੀ ਖੁਸ਼ੀ ਦੀ ਉਦੋਂ ਕੋਈ ਹੱਦ ਨਾ ਰਹੀ, ਜਦੋਂ ਉਸ ਨੇ ਸਰਾਹਣਯੋਗ 97.35 ATAR ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਕੀਤਾ।

Biak Cin Par Kompa (Melbourne) cu tang 12 VCE ah ATAR 90 cungin teinak a kan hmuhpiak lawng siloin, VSL cawnca pakhat ah pom mi Chin Hakha zong mark 50 chungah 49 a kan hmuh piak fawn. Kan biaruahnak tling deuh in rak ngai ve.

2025年12月11日中午：今天早上七点，维州12年级毕业生可以查询他们的VCE高考成绩。有42名学生获得了ATAR满分99.95分（收听播客，了解详情）。

VCE results are released tomorrow, and whether you're feeling excited, nervous, or a mix of both, this episode is here to support you. Even though we all know ATARs aren't the most important thing in the long run, they do feel important right now — and that's completely normal. In this short pep talk, I explain why your ATAR is simply a piece of data that helps you make your next step, not a measure of your worth, potential, or future success. You're allowed to celebrate if you're proud of your results, and you're allowed to feel disappointed if they're not what you expected. I also walk you through the wide range of pathways available through VTAC, including vocational courses, UniLink programs, starting at a different university with lower entry requirements, or choosing a similar course at your dream uni and applying to transfer after 6 or 12 months (often with credit!). No matter what number appears on your screen tomorrow, you still have options — so many options.

Now that VCE exams are finished, it's time for Year 12 students to prepare their VTAC preference list before results are released next week. In this episode, I explain why finalising preferences early leads to better choices, how to set up your list with dream courses and pathways, and what to do if you still have no idea what you want to study next year. Timestamps: 1:30 — What to do after VCE exams 4:45 — Why you should finalise VTAC preferences before results 8:30 — What to do if you don't know what you want to study Links: Work with me: https://www.roadmapeducation.com/services VTAC dates: https://vtac.edu.au/dates

In this episode, I share why setting goals around a specific ATAR or study score can actually increase stress, reduce motivation and lead to burnout. Inspired by Dr Emily on The Imperfects Podcast, we explore a healthier approach to VCE goal setting — one that focuses on future pathways, not numbers students can't fully control. Timestamps: 1:48 — Why I've never liked ATAR-based goals 3:55 — Dr Emily's take on goal setting 5:20 — Why students burn out when they chase a number 8:20 — How to create healthier, more meaningful VCE goals Links: Work with me: https://www.roadmapeducation.com/services The Imperfects Podcast episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-imperfects/id1476501557?i=1000731475926

In this episode, I share how trying to navigate my son's cricket club with zero information helped me understand exactly how parents feel when their child starts VCE. You'll hear why VCE feels so overwhelming, why schools often don't communicate clearly, and how understanding the system helps you make better decisions about VCE subjects, tertiary pathways and supporting your teen through Year 11 and 12. Timestamps: 0:45 — Trying to start cricket with no information 6:11 — Why VCE parents feel lost 10:24 — How I support families through VCE Links: Work with me: https://www.roadmapeducation.com/services The Parents' Guide to VCE: https://www.roadmapeducation.com/podcast/95

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Choosing VCE subjects and planning a tertiary pathway can feel overwhelming — especially when you're worried about closing off future options. In this episode of Course and Career Chat, I share stories of four students who were unintentionally limiting their choices because of assumptions about what they could or couldn't do. You'll hear how, once they had the right information, they were able to make informed decisions about their VCE subjects, courses, and career pathways — and feel confident about their next steps. Timestamps: 1:00 – Penny's story: Exploring creative careers and overcoming self-doubt 5:30 – Hailey's story: Finding health and medicine pathways that work 10:50 – Two more stories: Deciding between Year 12 and trade pathways Links mentioned: Work with me → roadmapeducation.com/services

You've seen the tutoring ads — the ones bragging about all their tutors getting ATARs over 99, studying medicine or law, or being dux of their schools. These ads drive me crazy because they completely miss the point. In this episode, I explain why high ATARs don't make someone a good tutor, how tutoring companies lean into a broken VCE system, and why they make promises they can't keep. Most importantly, I'll share how students can actually beat ATAR anxiety by finding their own path — no matter what results they get. 4:02 – Doing well in school doesn't make someone a good tutor 9:04 – The VCE system is broken, and tutoring companies lean into it 10:28 – The tutoring companies are making promises they cannot keep 11:53 – How to actually beat ATAR anxiety Links mentioned: Work with me – Career counselling for high school students in Melbourne: https://www.roadmapeducation.com/services Do You Need a Tutor or a Career Counsellor: https://www.roadmapeducation.com/podcast/76 Listen to more Course and Career Chat episodes: https://www.roadmapeducation.com/podcast

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Української Центральної Шкільної Ради в Австралії (УЦШР - Ukrainian Education Council of Australia) разом із Союзом Українських Організацій Австралії ( СУОА - Аustralian Federation of Ukrainian Organisations (AFUO) розпочали просвітницько-адвокаційну кампанію з метою відновлення матурального курсу з української мови для учнів 11-12 класів навчання за програмами (в залежності від штату чи території ) VCE, HSC, QSE, SACE, NTCET, WACE, TCE, ACT SSC. Про це і більше для SBS Ukrainan розповідає колишня довголітня провідничка Української Центральної Шкільної Ради в Австралії (УЦШР - Ukrainian Education Council of Australia ) і теперішня членкиня Управи УЦШР п-і Орися Стефин.

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What we're talking about: It's nearly the end of Term 2, and I've had a lot of conversations with students lately where they've been trying to decide whether or not to drop a VCE subject that they're studying. To make an informed decision, there's a few things you need to consider - do you know what you want to do when you finish school? Is this subject a prerequisite for that course? Can you support yourself to feel more confident in the subject with some extra help? Could you look at similar courses that don't need it as a prerequisite? Is not liking the subject a clue that maybe your dream course isn't really the one you want after all? Listen up so you can consider your options and decide what will be best for you and your future. Links mentioned: Work with me: https://www.roadmapeducation.com/services VTAC CourseSearch: https://delta.vtac.edu.au/coursesearch/#/search  

What we're talking about: In this episode, I continue the mini-series on feeling confident about VCE and choosing tertiary courses. Instead of jumping straight to career titles, I encourage you to reflect on your favourite subjects and, more importantly, what you enjoy about them. This approach can provide valuable insights into courses and careers that will allow you to do more of what you actually like. 0:45 – Recap of Episode 100 and the importance of understanding VCE In the last episode I shared some episodes where I explain key aspects of VCE so that you can really understand the system you're working in. If you're stressed at all about VCE, I encourage you to go back and listen to that episode first. 2:27 – The significance of identifying your favourite subject I discuss why pinpointing your favourite subject—and what you like about it—can guide your decisions about future studies and careers. 6:00 – My personal experience with subject preferences and career choices I share my journey of loving maths but not feeling great about the typical career paths everyone was suggesting, like engineering or accounting. 9:50 – The importance of understanding what you enjoy in a subject I delve into how recognising the specific topics or skills within a subject you enjoy can open up a broader range of course and career options that will actually suit you better. I encourage you to take time to reflect on your favourite subjects and what you really like about them so that you can find courses and careers that will allow you to do more of what you like. Links mentioned: Work with me: https://www.roadmapeducation.com/services

What we're talking about: Thanks for joining me for the 100th episode of Course and Career Chat! This episode is Part 1 in a series I'm calling How to Feel Confident About VCE and Choosing Tertiary Courses, and in this episode I want you to think about what is stressing you out about VCE so that you can get your questions answered. I've created a list of past episodes of Course and Career Chat where you can find the answers to common questions I get when I'm working with my students and their parents, and if I haven't answered your question yet, please send me a DM on Instagram to let me know - I'm happy to help! Links mentioned: VCE Subjects: 5 Things to Consider When Choosing Yours: https://www.roadmapeducation.com/podcast/56 How Are ATARs Calculated?: https://www.roadmapeducation.com/podcast/58 ATAR Myths and Misconceptions: https://www.roadmapeducation.com/podcast/70 Should You Accelerate in VCE?: https://www.roadmapeducation.com/podcast/78 What Happens If You Do An Unscored VCE or VCE-VM?: https://www.roadmapeducation.com/podcast/87 All About the GAT (Updated for 2024): https://www.roadmapeducation.com/podcast/85 How Do SACs Work in VCE?: https://www.roadmapeducation.com/podcast/96 What is your VCE subject ranking?: https://www.roadmapeducation.com/podcast/79 Send me a DM with any other questions you have on Instagram @roadmap_ed: https://www.instagram.com/roadmap_ed/?hl=en Work with me: https://www.roadmapeducation.com/services

2025年4月15日下午：近日，维州VCE考试制度传出重大变革消息。此前，因一名初级员工操作失误，致使数门科目试题提前泄露，考试出现令人尴尬的混乱局面（收听播客，了解详情）。

What we're talking about: Should you take a gap year after Year 12? It's a big decision, and in this episode, I break down the benefits and drawbacks of taking a year off before further study. I also share practical advice on how to keep your options open, even if you're unsure about your next steps. 1:09 Common concerns about taking a gap year I've had a lot of conversations with parents recently about whether a gap year is the right choice for their child. Many students don't know whether they should still apply for courses through VTAC, or if taking a gap year will impact their future plans. In this episode, I share my thoughts on how to approach this decision. 3:28 The benefits of taking a gap year There are plenty of good reasons to take a gap year, including: Taking a break – After 13 years of school, it makes sense to want some time off before starting further study. Travel opportunities – Exploring new places and cultures, or working overseas through programs like Camp America. Earning money – Getting a full-time job to save for university, travel, or other goals. Career exploration – Using the year to try jobs in industries you're interested in, so you get a feel for what you might want to study. 5:39 The drawbacks of taking a gap year Some students worry that if they take a gap year, they'll never go back to study. While that's not always true, there are some things to consider: Losing the study habits you've built over the years. Feeling like you're behind your friends who go straight to university. Starting uni with students who are younger and still in a “VCE mindset.” 9:54 How to keep your options open Even if you're planning to take a gap year, I strongly recommend applying for VTAC courses now and securing a spot. Most courses allow deferral, so you can take your gap year with peace of mind, knowing you have a place waiting for you. It's also much easier to do this while you still have access to school resources like career counselors and scholarship applications. 13:23 Final advice: Plan now, decide later There's no right or wrong answer when it comes to taking a gap year—it's a personal choice. But having a plan in place (even if you're unsure) will make your gap year experience smoother and more enjoyable. Links mentioned: Work with me: https://www.roadmapeducation.com/services

What we're talking about: 1:43 My observations around motivation as a Maths teacher I share my experience of teaching a particular class who were really focused, willing to learn, with high aspirations for their VCE results. Most people would assume that there's not much a teacher of a class like that needs to do to in terms of motivation, but what I actually found was that in the second half of the year, these students were feeling really stressed and losing motivation despite the fact that they were doing everything “right” and still doing well on their SACs. I found that by helping them have some perspective around VCE and looking ahead to something fun that they were planning for the future, I could see that it really helped them get their heads out of VCE and visibly reduced their stress. 9:58 The podcast that helped me understand the science behind my theory I happened to listen to The Imperfects podcast episode with their regular guest, Dr Emily, teaching listeners about hope. She talked about hope being made up of 3 parts - the goal, pathways (including overcoming obstacles) and agency (or the motivation to follow through to reach your goal). The way she explained it helped me understand why for many students, having a goal linked to results (eg I want to get an ATAR over 90) can be really hard to maintain. So many students with goals like that find it hard to keep going when they hit a topic they find really difficult or have a bad day on a SAC. They could no longer see how they could reach their goal, they'd lose motivation because they no longer thought just working hard would help them achieve the results they wanted, and they'd lose hope. 16:43 A Better Way to Motivate Yourself in VCE I know that working with students to help them discover what they want to do beyond school in terms of courses and careers is truly motivating. I see it with the students I work with all the time. What Dr Emily was saying about hope helped me understand why. It makes sense to me that by finding a course or career that a student is excited about, you've found a goal. The next step is to find out how they can get there, and the reality is that there are so many pathways you can take to get into any course or career. Because there are so many pathways, it makes sense that if one falls over (ie you don't get the ATAR you need), you can immediately see the next pathway. So now not getting the ATAR you need is an obstacle that can be overcome. Students can still have hope of reaching their goal because they can change the pathway and still achieve it. Links mentioned: Work with me: https://www.roadmapeducation.com/services The Imperfects Podcast with Dr Emily on Hope: https://theresilienceproject.com.au/at-home/podcasts/dr-emily-hope/

What we're talking about: Let's talk about how SACs work in VCE so that you know what they are, how they're used, and to bust some of the misconceptions around them that often come up throughout the year so that you can feel really confident as you move through VCE. 1:32 What is a SAC? Throughout your time at school from prep through to Year 12, you do different types of assessment. SAC stands for School Assessed Coursework and it's called that because it is one of the assessment types that is used to calculate your study score for your VCE subjects, but it is written by your teachers and completed through your school (as opposed to the external exams at the end of Unit 3&4 subjects written by VCAA). You can find out how many SACs you'll do for each subject and how each SAC will look by looking at the study design for the subject on the VCAA website. 4:35 How do you find out your SAC results? Different schools will report back differently. Some schools will give you an actual percentage mark for each SAC. Others might use a grade or a descriptor to give you an idea of how well you've done. These marks are not what is submitted to VCAA - your teachers will rank all the students for a subject based on their results in their SACs, and then these will be scaled up or down depending on how your cohort of students do on the external exam at the end of the year. The most important part of your SAC if you're aiming to do really well in VCE is to make sure you understand where you didn't get some of the marks and what you needed to do differently to get full marks on those questions. That will help you prepare for the next SAC and also for your end of year exams. 7:47 How are SAC results used? When you get your study scores at the end of the year, you'll be able to see the grades you got for your overall SAC results (which might be split into Unit 3 and Unit 4, or might be put together as one SAC result) and then a grade or grades for your end of year exam(s) for that subject. Your SAC result may be higher or lower than you expected based on the feedback you got from your school throughout the year. This is because of the scaling that happens, and it has to happen to make sure that the SACs at one school are treated as being equivalent in difficulty to the SACs at another school. This is why you shouldn't get too focused on your SAC results throughout the year other than learning from them - see the podcast episode “What is Your VCE Subject Ranking?” linked below for more information. Links mentioned: Work with me: https://www.roadmapeducation.com/services Free Download - The Parents' Guide to VCE: https://www.roadmapeducation.com/parents-guide How are ATARs Calculated? https://www.roadmapeducation.com/podcast/58 What is Your VCE Subject Ranking? https://www.roadmapeducation.com/podcast/79

What we're talking about: This episode is all about explaining how VCE works and translating the jargon around VCE so that you can understand it more clearly and feel more confident supporting your child. Grab the free download The Parents' Guide to VCE to have on hand (https://www.roadmapeducation.com/parents-guide), and listen up as I clarify what the key organisations like VCAA and VTAC do, what all the acronyms mean, and tell you what you need to focus on and what you can ignore as white noise. 5:22 What does VCAA stand for and what do they do? The VCAA is the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority. They set the curriculum for schools in Victoria from early childhood through to VCE (including creating VCE study designs), organise the external exams at the end of Unit 3 and 4 subjects, and calculate a student's study scores for their subjects. 7:00 What is VTAC and what do they do? VTAC is the Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre and they facilitate the transition between high school and tertiary education. They get students raw study scores from VCAA, use them to calculate students' ATARs, and manage the offer process for tertiary institutions. Keep an eye on their website for important dates for VTAC applications and offers, and also for all of the University and TAFE Open Days (links below) 8:15 What is VCE? VCE stands for Victorian Certificate of Education, and it is the secondary qualification for students in Victoria. It now includes the VCE - Vocational Major which has replaced VCAL and allows students to explore vocational studies as part of their secondary education. 9:50 What is a SAC? SAC stands for School Assessed Coursework. They are set out by the VCAA in the subject study designs which can be accessed on the VCAA website, and a student's ranking after all of the SACs are completed in a subject is used as part of the calculation of the study score for the subject. Not all assessment completed in Year 12 is a SAC. 11:49 What is a study score? A study score is the result that students get for each of the Unit 3&4 subjects they complete. It is a number out of 50 and it's a ranking showing where you sit compared to everyone else who completed that subject in the same year. VCAA calculates the raw study score for each student, and then study scores are scaled depending on how well each cohort of students has done well across all of their subjects to be used in the calculation of each student's ATAR. 14:38 What is an ATAR? ATAR stands for Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank and it is a ranking showing how well each student did in VCE compared to all other students who completed VCE in the same year. The highest ATAR a student can get is 99.95, which means that they're in the top 0.05% of the state. It only exists because it is the most efficient way for students to get an offer into (a lot of) university and TAFE courses. It is not the only way of getting into tertiary courses, and as a society we need to stop giving it so much power. 17:28 What is SEAS? SEAS stands for Special Entry Access Scheme and it is the way that students can get extra points added to their selection rank if they have had any type of disadvantage in VCE compared to their peers, such as financial difficulties, health issues and other difficult circumstances. The focus of a SEAS application is how the issue has affected the student's ability to perform at their best in VCE. A SEAS application will only ever be used to your child's advantage. Links mentioned: Work with me: https://www.roadmapeducation.com/services Free Download - The Parents' Guide to VCE: https://www.roadmapeducation.com/parents-guide How are ATARs Calculated? https://www.roadmapeducation.com/podcast/58 What Happens If You Do An Unscored VCE or VCE-VM? https://www.roadmapeducation.com/podcast/87 VTAC dates: https://vtac.edu.au/dates.html University and TAFE Open Days (Please note that at the time of publishing this page still has dates from 2024, but it will be updated closer to July 2025): https://vtac.edu.au/opendays.html?highlight=WyJvcGVuIiwiZGF5cyJd

What we're talking about: After working with parents first as a teacher and now as a career counsellor, and now being a parent myself, I know how hard it can be to navigate that line between allowing your child to have their independence and also wanting to support them as best you can. In this episode I share how you can best support your child through the decision making process around VCE subject selection, tertiary course exploration and applying through VTAC. 2:01 Where is the responsibility? Knowing where your responsibility for your child's studies ends and theirs begins is a bit of a grey area and really depends on the individual child. I give you some ideas of how you can support your child academically during VCE, but you know your child best, and you know what will help your child feel supported and what will just annoy them. 7:15 What do you need as a parent? When I've worked with parents in the past both as a teacher and now as a career counsellor, I know that the reason parents are concerned about school for their children is because they want the best for their kids. One thing that can really help, is lowering your own stress levels around VCE by understanding as much as you need about the VCE systems and VTAC processes. In this way, you're not as worried because you know what's going on and have the information you need, and you don't need to hassle your child about it. If your child then is on track and gets the results they want and is confident about applying for courses, then that's great. However, if they do get stressed further down the track, you are empowered to support them with concrete information. 10:00 How I help the parents I work with There are a few ways that I can support parents who have children in VCE. I have a free download called The Parents' Guide to VCE (link below) where you can get a better understanding of the acronyms and jargon around VCE and the school system. When I'm working with a student, in most cases I'm originally contacted by the parent, and we have a conversation on the phone where I found out more about their perspective of where their child is at, and then answer all their questions to help them feel comfortable with the VCE system and the VTAC process. I also offer single sessions with parents where we can go a bit deeper into pathways for your child, and I'm currently working on a package for parents where you end up with a similar report to what families get when I work with the student, where I outline a range of courses that will suit your child, including pathways and other relevant information like early entry programs and campus accommodation. Please reach out via my website or Instagram if you're interested. Links mentioned: Work with me: https://www.roadmapeducation.com/services Do You Need a Tutor or a Career Counsellor?: https://www.roadmapeducation.com/podcast/76 The Parents' Guide to VCE: https://www.roadmapeducation.com/parents-guide

What we're talking about: 1:40 What you can do if your measure of success in VCE is to get the best ATAR you can Using a planner to keep on track, creating a study timetable, using a calendar to keep track of SACs, extracurricular activities and your casual job if you have one. Work out how you will get help when you need it eg homework club at school or getting a tutor (see the link to an episode below where I talk about how to choose the right tutor for you). Choosing the “right” subjects - some people will think this means choosing subjects that scale up, I think the right subjects for you are the ones that suit you best so that you will lean into your strengths and not have as much trouble finding the motivation to study. 6:21 Why I don't think that getting a good ATAR should be your only measure of success in VCE. If your only measure of success in VCE is to get a really good ATAR, you are going to spend a lot of time over the next two years feeling stressed out, feeling inadequate if you're not ranked first in the subjects you want to rank first in for example or if you're not doing as well on SACs as you think that you might. If that's your only measure of success in VCE you are setting yourself up for a pretty awful couple of years. Two years of stress is too much as far as I'm concerned. There's a difference between little pockets of stress the night before a SAC, and being completely stressed out for 2 years. 7:26 Your measure of success in VCE could be having a really great couple of years. Take advantage of all the amazing opportunities your school has to offer, including extracurricular activities like sport, drama, music and debating, as well as fun activities like the school formal. 8:30 How can we reframe the importance of your ATAR and it being a measure of success. The only reason that an ATAR exists is because it's the most efficient way to get into a course. That's it. Getting an amazing ATAR and having no idea what you want to do, that's very short-lived success. And I know that because that's what I did. I got the great ATAR, I got into the course that I thought I wanted, spent two and a half years in it being miserable until I changed my plans, and went back to wanting to be a teacher. I worked out how to do that and had an amazing career as a teacher. But getting that good ATAR was not what got me there. The plan was what got me to where I wanted, and successfully into a career that I really enjoyed. Really what I want you to think about is what success in VCE looks like to you, and what you can do to have a really great couple of years AND set yourself up for having many many fun, exciting years after VCE as well. Links mentioned: Work with me: https://www.roadmapeducation.com/services Do You Need a Tutor or a Career Counsellor?: https://www.roadmapeducation.com/podcast/76

What we're talking about: Do Year 11 results matter? Are they used to calculate your ATAR? Are my SACs in Year 11 important? It's the start of the new school year, and when you're new to the VCE system, it can be hard to understand how it all works. In this episode of Course and Career Chat, I'm answering your questions about what's important in Year 11 so you know what to focus on. 2:23 VCE terminology I want to differentiate between the language we often use and the specific VCE language. Make sure you know the difference between Year 11, Year 12, Units 1&2, and Units 3&4, because what is relevant here is whether you're talking about Units 1&2 or Units 3&4, not Year 11 or Year 12. 4:51 Do my Unit 1&2 subjects matter? Only your Unit 3&4 subjects will count towards your ATAR. However, you need to pass VCE to get an ATAR as well. In Units 1&2, it's important that you receive an S for each unit (which means that you've satisfactorily met the outcomes as outlined by VCAA in the study design for the subject (see link below). Listen to this part to find out all the ways you can get an S for a unit outside of just passing a SAC. 8:54 Why else can Units 1&2 be important? In some subjects, you need the foundational skills and knowledge from Units 1&2 to do well in Units 3&4. In contrast, there are other subjects where the content is very different in Units 3&4. These are traditionally the subjects where your school will allow you to accelerate without doing Units 1&2. Links mentioned: Work with me: https://www.roadmapeducation.com/services VCE study designs: https://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/curriculum/vce/vce-study-designs/Pages/vce-study-designs.aspx How are ATARs Calculated? https://www.roadmapeducation.com/podcast/58

為甚麼維州高考狀元的滿分往往是99.95而不是100？ VCE的高考分數到底是如何計算的？

An associate professor is reminding Year 12 students their VCE results arem't the be-all-end-all following the release of their ATAR.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Yarra Valley Grammar principal, Dr Mark Merry, has addressed the "crisis in confidence" from parents and students amid the VCE exam debacle.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joe Biden welcomed Donald Trump back to the White House this morning. Thousands of VCE students have been given access to cheat sheets containing almost identical questions to those in their final exams. Victoria Police are set to walk off the job for the first time in 25 years today over a pay dispute.People magazine has named the sexiest man alive. Full House star, Dave Coulier, has been diagnosed with stage 3 non-Hodgkin lymphoma. NRL star Ezra Mam has broken his silence after being charged by police for failing a roadside drug test.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What we're talking about: I'm talking to anyone who is choosing and finalising their VCE subjects, and I'm answering the question “How many VCE subjects should I do?” 2:13 How many VCE subjects do you need to get an ATAR? According to VCAA, you have to do an English subject, and then at least 3 other VCE subjects (so 4 VCE subjects in total). Most schools will have their own rules about what they expect their students to do, but officially, you only need to complete 4 VCE subjects. 3:54 How will your ATAR be calculated? See the episode linked below that goes through this in detail, but understanding how your ATAR will be calculated is important when you're weighing up how many subjects you need to do. The important part for today's discussion, is that the main part of your ATAR is calculated from your English result, your next top 3 results, and then 10% of a 5th subject and 6th subject if you do it. 5:57 Should you do a 6th VCE subject? Knowing how your ATAR is calculated, I have some questions for you to consider if you're trying to decide whether or not to do a 6th subject. Is it a prerequisite? Is it something you're really interested in? Is it very different to your other subjects so it will help you feel more balanced in Year 12? 7:42 Don't do a 6th VCE subject to try to get a better ATAR Yes, it's true that you will get 10% of your 6th subject added to your aggregate. But what's the cost of doing that subject? Will doing that subject mean that you don't have as much time to focus on your other subjects? If that's the case, then you could actually end up with a lower aggregate and ATAR than if you had just completed 5 subjects and scored higher in those subjects. Listen as I explain it using calculations to make it more clear. Links mentioned: Work with me: https://www.roadmapeducation.com/services How Are ATARs Calculated? https://www.roadmapeducation.com/podcast/58

What we're talking about: If you're trying to decide whether you want to do a scored VCE, unscored VCE or VCE-Vocational Major (VM), then listen up! In this episode I'll explain the implications of choosing each type in terms of what happens when you want to apply to TAFE or university. 1:57 What's the difference between a scored and an unscored VCE? If you do a scored VCE, then you'll get an ATAR that you can use to apply to university and TAFE courses. There might be other criteria, but most Bachelor degrees require an ATAR, so doing a scored VCE is the most efficient way of getting into one of these courses. How an unscored VCE works may differ depending on which school you go to, but it essentially means that you won't get study scores for your subjects or an ATAR at the end of the year. 3:47 Is an unscored VCE new? Most parents haven't heard of an unscored VCE because it was very rare when we were at school. When students were kept at home during lockdowns throughout the pandemic, more students chose to do an unscored VCE because of the anxiety they were feeling about not being in the classroom. Since students have been back at school full time, the number of students doing an unscored VCE has decreased but it's not back to what it was before covid, so while a minority of students are choosing to do an unscored VCE, it's a larger minority than most parents would think. 4:40 Do all courses require an ATAR? While the vast majority of Bachelor degrees require an ATAR as part of the selection criteria, not all do. You can find Bachelor degrees that only require completion of Year 12 and maybe a prerequisite subject. There are also Diplomas and TAFE courses that don't require an ATAR. 5:38 If you do an unscored VCE, you can look at pathways into Bachelor degrees If you don't have an ATAR, there are still other ways that you can do a Bachelor degree at university if you want to. Listen up to hear more about guaranteed pathways, recommended pathways and why I think RMIT and Swinburne are great options for you if you need a pathway into a course. Links mentioned: Work with me: https://www.roadmapeducation.com/services How ATARs are calculated?: https://www.roadmapeducation.com/podcast/58

Russ and Freddie discuss VCE exams, interesting people at the races, attempt to fix Facebook Marketplace, discuss JB Hi-Fi's new billboard strategy and decide Tesco's new ad is genius.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What we're talking about: 2:16 A note for parents about prerequisites If you finished high school a while ago, you need to know that the prerequisites for courses have changed dramatically since we were applying to university. We've seen an increase in mental health issues, anxiety and comparison for today's students, and this has led to less students choosing what some people call “harder” subjects. A lot of universities have jumped on board and changed their prerequisites to match what students are actually choosing. So my message to you is to look at what the prerequisites actually are instead of making assumptions about what subjects your child will need to do to be eligible for certain courses. 6:10 Should you do subjects like Specialist Maths? If you love the subject, want a challenge and want to explore the particular topics within a subject, then yes, absolutely! If you're only choosing it because you think you need it, and you are worried about how you're going to cope in VCE and how you'll balance the workload, then double check the prerequisites for the types of courses you're looking at and make an informed choice about whether you need to do it or not. 8:10 If I haven't studied subjects that used to be prerequisites, how will that impact me later on? When universities change the prerequisites for a course, they will adapt the course to suit the new prerequisites. For example, they'll take the content out of the VCE subject that traditionally they would have expected students to know, and they add it into the course. For a lot of students, this is a better way to do it because they no longer have the stress of VCE and ATARs over them as their learning more difficult topics. 10:40 Why do some universities still have the “harder” subjects as prerequisites? The more prestigious universities often have higher ATAR requirements and prerequisites for their courses, and this is because their courses are in high demand and they need a way to distinguish between the students applying for the course. It doesn't necessarily make the course better. Employers are much more interested in which applicants can show that they are capable of doing the work, so it's more important to find courses that allow students to do internships or placements and engage with the industry they'll be working in. Links mentioned: Work with me: https://www.roadmapeducation.com/services VCE Subjects: 5 Things to Consider When Choosing Yours - https://www.roadmapeducation.com/podcast/56

Russ and Freddie discuss VCE exams, interesting people at the races, attempt to fix Facebook Marketplace, discuss JB Hi-Fi's new billboard strategy and decide Tesco's new ad is genius.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Achieving a high ATAR score is a stressful preoccupation for many young people. 

On September 5th, as students and teachers in India celebrated Teacher's Day, SBS Hindi spoke to Manjeet Thethi, a Melbourne-based VCE Hindi teacher and language expert. In the interview, she discussed her experience in teaching foundational concepts, building student confidence, and guiding students through VCE subjects. She emphasized the importance of providing cultural and language guidance while maintaining teaching quality.

In this episode hosted by Janet Michael, the focus was on the Virginia Master Naturalists and the upcoming event, 'An Evening Under the Stars' at Blandy Experimental Farm on September 13th. Joining Janet was Rebecca Harriett, President of the Shenandoah Chapter of Virginia Master Naturalists, and Mary Beth Yarborough, the event coordinator. Rebecca explained the mission and scope of the Virginia Master Naturalists, emphasizing the extensive training volunteers undergo in natural sciences to aid in various community and conservation projects. The organization has 30 chapters across the state and is heavily involved in education, citizen science, and stewardship projects. Mary Beth detailed the inspiration behind the event 'An Evening Under the Stars' and the documentary Hometown Habitat - Stories of Bringing Nature Home which aims to inspire community stewardship of local resources. The documentary, filmed the previous fall, highlights the importance of pollinators and native plants. The film starts at 7:30pm but plan to arrive between 6pm - 7pm to enjoy food and drinks, local native plant nurseries, conservation groups, and prizes. Guests are invited to bring chairs/blankets to Blandy's amphitheater as well.  This documentary film profiles 7 “hometown habitat heroes” around the country who are taking practical steps to bring more native plants into their backyards and communities. The narrative thread of this documentary (produced by Catherine Zimmerman) is provided by renowned entomologist Douglas Tallamy, Ph.D. whose research, books and lectures about the use of non-native plants in landscaping sound the alarm about habitat and species loss. Throughout the conversation, the guests discussed various topics, including the benefits of conservation landscaping, the role of native plants in supporting local ecosystems, and the importance of educating children about the environment. Rebecca and Mary Beth shared their personal experiences in transforming their own yards to support native wildlife and reduce turf grass. Janet touched upon the practical aspects of the event, such as the layout with information tables, food trucks, and plant nurseries, which will contribute to a comprehensive educational experience for attendees. Tickets for the event are free but attendees are encouraged to register through Eventbrite for updates.  Mary Beth emphasized that the documentary and event are relevant for a wide audience—from homeowners to community leaders—highlighting the shared responsibility in promoting sustainable practices.  About the Event organizers: Sponsored by: ·        Virginia Master Naturalists- Shenandoah Chapter: volunteers who work to help manage and conserve Virginia's natural resources and public lands. They provide education, outreach, and service to benefit their communities' natural areas and resources. VMNs are also known as citizen scientists and volunteer educators. One goal is to inspire individuals to become stewards of their local resources. Rebecca Harriett, President ·        Virginia Native Plant Society, Piedmont Chapter: is a nonprofit organization of individuals who share an interest in Virginia's native plants and habitats. The Society and its chapters seek to further the appreciation and conservation of this priceless heritage and strives to have a positive impact on the future of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Emily Southgate, President ·        Blandy Experimental Farm (home to the State Arboretum of Virginia) host and partner to VMN, is hosting this event at its outdoor amphitheater, located in Boyce, Virginia (Clarke County).  The State Arboretum of Virginia is part of Blandy Experimental Farm, a research field station for the University of Virginia. Its 700 acres are a good representation of the habitats found in the Shenandoah Valley, making it an excellent spot to watch birds and other wildlife. The State Arboretum is the only mature arboretum on limestone soils on the east coast. The grounds are open dawn to dusk, 365 days a year, free of charge. Director David Carr; Ariel Firebaugh, Director of Scientific Engagement In collaboration with: Virginia Cooperative Extension Agency: The Frederick County office of Virginia Cooperative Extension is the local connection to Virginia‘s land-grant universities, Virginia Tech and Virginia State University. Through educational programs based on research and developed with input from local stakeholders, VCE helps the people of Frederick County improve their lives: education through programs in Agriculture and Natural Resources, Family and Consumer Sciences, 4-H Youth Development, and Community Viability. Joanne Royaltey Program Associate

The Filipino language is one of the options available as a VCE (Victorian Certificate of Education) subject for high school students in the State of Victoria. - Ang wikang Filipino ay isa sa mga maaring piliin para maging VCE o Victorian Certificate of Education subject ng mga mag-aaral na high school sa State ng Victoria.

Kate and Mandy chat with Amanda, Pea mum of two daughters, a carer for her dad, a teacher of one day and a wonderful carer. Amanda introduces us to her family and youngest daughter Bella who has autism and an intellectual disability. Bella is also our own Molly's BFF. Amanda shares with us about the early years with Bella, her mainstream beginning in school and her move to specialist schooling after the school encouraged the move. Bella has thrived in these schools and is in a core friendship group of 4 friends who have done some amazing and fun things together.Amanda is a woman who loves to study, and was doing her thesis during Melbourne's COVID-19 lockdown in 2020 with her family at home. Experiencing overwhelm, Amanda called Carer Gateway which is Australian federal and state government-funded program that provides emotional and practical services and support for carers. Amanda received practical help from Carer Gateway, and so did her eldest daughter who was also studying her VCE. Amanda now works for them as the Victorian Partnerships Lead and her job is to talk to organisations to build partnerships with Carer Gateway. Amanda absolutely loves this work and sees it as a great privilege to use her lived experience as well as her skills to improve the lives of carers.Thank you Amanda for chatting with us.Plus: Listen to our Spotify playlist –Too Peas: Songs Our Guest Peas LoveJoin our Facebook HangoutFind us on YouTubeBuy our book The Invisible Life Of Us!Melbourne forecast for Friday May 10 - Showers easing, 18 degrees Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ጸብጻብ፥ መበል 14 ዓመታዊ ስሩዕ ስነ-ስርዓት ምዕዳል ሽልማት ዓዋተ፡ ብ24 ለካቲት 2024 ብቤት ትምህርቲ ቋንቋ ማሕበረሰብ ኤርትራ ኣብ መልበርን ተኻይዱ ። እቲ ስነ ስርዓት ፡ ነቶም ኣብ 2023 ብ VCE, IB. እተመረቑን ዩኒቨርሲቲ ዝወድኡን ንስድራ ቤቶምን ንምጽምባል ዝተገብረ በዓል እዩ ነይሩ ። እቲ ቤት ትምህርቲ ነቶም ተመሃሮን ንስድራ ቤቶምን ናይ ምሽላም ስነ-ስርዓት ወዲቡ ፡ ንዅሎም ተዓወትቲ ናይ ዓወት ምስክር ወረቐት ዓዲሉ ። ኣብ ርእሲ እዚ: እቶም ልዑል ዓወት ዘመዝገቡ ብሉጽ ሽልማት ዓዋተ ተዋሂብዎም ። ብተወሳኺ፡ ግዜኦም ንማሕበረሰብ ኣብ ምግልጋል ዝወፈዩ ወለንተኛታት ንዝገበርዎ ኣበርክቶ'ውን ኣፍልጦ ተዋሂብዎም ። ብዘይካዚ ፡ መደረታትን ባህላዊ ምርኢታትን ቀሪቡ ኣምስዩ ።

Our conversation for Extension Office Friday included Joanne Royaltey, Program Associate based in the Frederick County Extension Office (though she serves all five counties.) Our topic was the 2024 class for becoming a Master Gardener. Joining Joanne was Chris Jorgenson & Kate Reed. Both are Master Gardeners and will serve as program leads for the upcoming class alongside Joanne. The women gave details for what the class entails, who should apply, and talked about the various projects that can be done for volunteer hours. Each year, the class rotates through the five counties and the City of Winchester. This year the class will kick off on February 20, 2024 with graduation in early May. The classes will be held at Horizon Farm Credit (125 Prosperity Dr #100, Winchester, VA 22602) on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1pm - 4pm with occasional weekend labs and hands-on workshops. There will be an information/interview session on January 23, 2024. Find the application and more information on their website: http://nsvmga.org/join/  The Northern Shenandoah Valley Master Gardener Program has served our region for more than 30 years. It is one of 62 units across Virginia and serves the counties of Clarke, Frederick, Page, Shenandoah, Warren and the City of Winchester. Over 160 members participate in active projects in the region. Working as volunteer educators to support VCE educational programs in consumer horticulture, EMGs serve the home-gardening public by answering questions, speaking to groups, teaching in demonstration gardens, and participating in many other projects for youth and adults. Virginia Extension Master Gardener volunteers are educators who work within their communities to promote environmentally sound gardening practices. As an educational outreach component of VCE, the Master Gardener Program brings the resources of Virginia's land-grant universities, Virginia Tech and Virginia State University, to the people of the Commonwealth. The VCE Master Gardener program is made up of more than 5,000 active and certified Master Gardener volunteers throughout the commonwealth who contribute more than 350,000 hours of volunteer service each year. Almost 1,000 new volunteers are trained annually. EMGs work toward: preserving the environment through sustainable gardening practices positively impacting youth through gardening education, both in and after school producing food in public and private gardens to improve human health and food security improving the overall quality of life for Virginia's citizens by increasing accessibility to practical, research-based gardening knowledge.  

193 μαθήτριες και μαθητές από δημόσια και ιδιωτικά σχολεία της Βικτώριας επέλεξαν φέτος το μάθημα των Νέων Ελληνικών στις εξετάσεις VCE της πολιτείας. Δύο μαθήτριες έλαβαν βαθμό 49 (με ανώτατο το 50) και μίλησαν στο SBS Greek

2023年12月11日：从明年初开始，学生签证和临时毕业生签证的英语语言要求将有所提高；VCE今日放榜，39名学生拿到99.95最高分（点击播客，收听详情）。

Born Christopher John Cheney in 1975, Chris graduated with a VCE from Wheelers Hill Secondary College. Chris played guitar since age 6 and studied jazz at Box Hill Tafe in 1994-95. However, it was at a barbecue Chris' was introduced by his sister to Scott Owen. In 1992 they formed a cover band called 'The Runaway Boys' taken from a Stray Cats song of the same name which performed covers of the band's songs with the odd original song thrown in. In 1994 he got his first album with The Living End who formed with a drummer called Joe Piripitzi who was later kicked out for musical differences. In 1995 the EP 'Hellbound' was released and The Living End was made. In 1996 they released another EP called 'It's For Your Own Good' and had success by sending a T-shirt to Green Day for a gig as their supporting act. In 1997 after Joe was replaced with new drummer Trav Demsey, The Living End cut their first single, entitled "Prisoner Of Society/Second Solution". Two songs from their debut album. This followed up with more success of their self-titled album 'The Living End'. In 2000 this followed with the album 'Roll On'. In 2001 Chris was involved in a severe car accident with his girlfriend Emma who escaped with minor injuries but left Chris in a wheelchair with a broken leg and 3 pins to replace some of the muscle that was damaged. After 2 years of resting and writing songs for the new album they were back in the studio where Trav quit due to a disliking of heavy touring and to spend more time with his family. The Living End were stranded. They spent two days auditioning 40 drummers of which the first was Andy Strachan. Their current drummer. The boys hit the studio and recorded a 14 track album entitled 'Modern ARTillery' which was released in 2003. In 2004 the boys hit the studio once more to record 2 more tracks, "I Can't Give You What I Haven't Got" and "Bringin' It All Back Home". This was a greatest hits album called 'From Here On In: The Singles (1997-2004)'. The same year he formed tribute super group The Wrights with Nic Cester (Jet) - Bernard Fanning (Powderfinger) - Phil Jamieson (Grinspoon) - Kram (Spiderbait) - Davey Lane (You Am I/The Pictures) and Pat Bourke (Dallas Crane). He performed with the band as the lead and rhythm guitarist for parts 1 and 3 respectively and later released Stevie Wrights hit Evie with all three songs of "Evie: (Let You Hair Hang Down)", "Evie: (Evie)" which Chris was not involved with and "Evie: (I'm Losing You)". It wasn't until 2005 the boys hit the studio again to record the fifth album entitled "State Of Emergency" released in 2006. After almost a year and a half of touring Chris left the band and took up yoga and painting while his other band mates hit the surf. It wasn't until late 2007 that they hit the studio again to write and rehearse songs which resulted in the band's sixth studio album 'White Noise' with a single of the same name. Since then the boys have been performing to the general public throughout Australia, Japan, USA and more.

Vanessa Marcon, 19enne nata in Brasile da genitori italiani, ha conseguito il prestigioso Premier's VCE award e rivela: "Se sbaglio un congiuntivo, mamma e papà mi sgridano".