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<font face="Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">This information has been passed to me and </span><span style="font-size: 13px;">I</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> thought might be good to </span><span style="font-size: 13px;">circulate even
though I am aware that you students have completed their exams.</span></font><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">If your students are interested in studying ICT
there are some specific scholarships I thought they might be interested in.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.swinburne.edu.au/study/courses/scholarships/24/bachelor-of-information-technology---industry-scholarship-program" style="color: purple;">Bachelor
of Information Technology Industry Scholarship Program</a><span style="color: red;"><br>
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</span></span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">This course is one of Australia’s most prestigious IT degrees and aims to provide future leaders for the ICT industry. It has been designed in partnership with leading Australian
companies to equip students to move quickly into senior ICT positions after graduation. Students spend 40 weeks gaining direct experience in the ICT industry by working with Swinburne’s industry partners. They also receive a tax-free scholarship totalling
approximately $40,000, to be paid in fortnightly instalments over the three-year course. This degree is professionally accredited by the Australian Computer Society.</span><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.swinburne.edu.au/study/courses/scholarships/190/science-technology-engineering-and-mathematics--stem--scholarship" style="color: purple;">STEM
Scholarship (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics)</a><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Students who STEM disciplines are eligible to apply for a new Swinburne Scholarship which provides students a number of benefits designed to increase their employability and
reward their scholarly pursuit.<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><a href="http://www.swinburne.edu.au/study/courses/scholarships/34/vice-chancellors-excellence-scholarship--information-technology-" style="color: purple;">Vice-Chancellor's
Excellence Scholarship (Information Technology)</a></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.swinburne.edu.au/study/courses/scholarships/140/deans-outstanding-achievement-scholarship--information-technology-" style="color: purple;">Dean's
Outstanding Achievement Scholarship (Information Technology)</a></span></h1>
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<font face="Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Swinburne will be providing year 12 students a range of services to help them get the right advice during the Change of Preference period. </span><span style="font-size: 13px;">I</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> have
included </span><span style="font-size: 13px;">the</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 13px;">telephone</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> numbers below:</span></font></p>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Extended hotline hours– 1300 275 794<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">One-on-one appointments – Hawthorn campus<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Change of Preference Expo– Hawthorn campus<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Visit <b><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://www.swinburne.edu.au/change-of-preference/" style="color: purple;"><span style="color: red;">swinburne.edu.au/choose</span></a></span></b> for
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">For further information, please contact</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> Lauren Pearce on 9214 4427 (lpearce@swin.edu.au)</span></p>
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in a previous email, if you have students currently in Year 11 that are high achievers and want to study more IT at Year 12, the </span></font></font><a href="http://www.swinburne.edu.au/ict/courses/undergrad/hesvce.html" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: 12px; color: purple;">Higher
Education Studies within the VCE</a><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: 12px;"> provides</span><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: 12px;"> students the chance to study first year university units while completing Year 12.</span><font face="Lucida Grande"><span style="font-size: 12px;"> Students will </span></font><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: 12px;">receive
credit for the units they have studied towards a relevant bachelor degree at Swinburne. </span><span class="apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: 12px;">Students must have completed or be concurrently enrolled in IT Applications
Units 3 & 4 or Software Development Units 3 & 4, or have successfully completed VCE/VET Cert.III Media.</span><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: 12px;"> </span><font face="Lucida Grande"><span style="font-size: 12px;">The course is recognised
by the VTAC and they will provide an ATAR increment as a fifth or sixth study score. A graded increment of 3, 3.5, 4, 4.5, or 5 points will be included in the ATAR aggregate according to level of achievement. Swinburne will be offering two units in IT (Creating
Web Applications and User Centered Design). They will also be offering two other units inPphysics and Astronomy. Application deadline is 13th of Feb 2015 and there will be no charge to study these units.</span></font></p>
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For further information, please contact Kathleen Mendan on 9214 4593 (kmendan@swin.edu.au)</p>
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<font face="Lucida Grande"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Faculty of Science, Engineering & Technology</span></font></div>
<div><font face="Lucida Grande"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Room: EN502b</span></font><br>
<font face="Lucida Grande"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Phone: (+613) 9214 8579 </span></font><br>
<font face="Lucida Grande"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Fax: (+613) 9819 0823</span></font><br>
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<font face="Lucida Grande"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Twitter: #SwinEdTech</span></font><br>
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<font face="Lucida Grande"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Swinburne University, </span></font><br>
<font face="Lucida Grande"><span style="font-size: 16px;">PO Box 218 Hawthorn, </span></font><br>
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