Phoebe McShane has struggled with remote learning but now has two big things to look forward to.
Year 12 student Phoebe McShane has been offered a place for a teaching degree at La Trobe University. “It’s nice to know I have something to rely on next year,” she says.The class of 2021 are completing their VCE during a pandemic and have endured six periods of remote learning in the past 18 months.
To compensate for the stress and disadvantage of COVID-19, each year 12 student will be assessed and any adverse impacts will be reflected in their ATAR, as happened last year. Swinburne University is offering ATAR-free entry to 41 courses in the fields of science, technology, engineering, arts and media.
Monash University said it enabled students to get into a course if they didn’t reach the course’s lowest selection rank if they had experienced financial disadvantage, lived in a low socio-economic area, were an Indigenous Australian, or attended a Monash list of under-represented schools.