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National Education => Tuition Companies and Services => Tuition and Education Services => VCE (and related) Businesses => Topic started by: Russ on July 17, 2010, 04:06:43 pm
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It's run by volunteers, not actual university lecturers but we're still pretty good at teaching!
If you're in year 11 at the moment you might want to check the website out :)
http://www.union.unimelb.edu.au/summerschool
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Is it only for people from "Access Melbourne" schools?
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Not as far as I know, but it is certainly aimed at students from underrepresented schools. I don't think Shane (admin) actually checks your school but...we run at a loss anyway, so we're really only in it to help those kids out.
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Hey Russ,
How many years you've been volunteering? I was there up to 2008/09 (3yrs running). Paired up with a friend who also left to join Dept of Education. Predominantly ATSI and Indigenous students during my run.
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2 years now.
It certainly wasn't predominantly ATSI/indigenous students last year (or at least not in the classes I taught). Seeing them around campus, it didn't seem like a particularly over-represented demographic either.
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Yeah, putting my application to go this week :D Its also for year 10's going up into year 11.
I can't wait to go ~.~ Meeting new people etc.
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We're underwritten by the union apparently, so we actually run at a loss. But yeah, if you want to volunteer please do :)
Same link as above!
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I'm a tad bit confused.. You can pay 160 dollars to get the tutoring, but you have to make your way their by yourself.
Theres an other option of paying 500 something dollars to stay on campus?
Can you please explain the ~$500 dollar one to me, Russ?
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I think it's an extra $500 or whatever it specified to stay at the allocated UoM residential college for the week.
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Like you said, it's to stay on campus. You'll live in one of the residential colleges for the fortnight (since no uni students are there over summer) with a team of residential tutors. So all you need will be supplied and the residential tutors run events/nights out etc. because you're there after the day students go home. Plus they'll do extra tutoring if you want it.
Pretty sure they're hosting you at St. Hilda's but don't quote me on that.
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What do you mean, hosting at St.Hilda's? I have no idea where the fek that is.
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It's one of the residential colleges around Melb Uni: see http://www.hildas.unimelb.edu.au/
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What do you mean, hosting at St.Hilda's? I have no idea where the fek that is.
It's a college (place where students live) on the campus. This is their info page but again, not 100% sure if you're being hosted there or at another one. Basically you live at the uni for the duration of the summer school.
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9 days to go, guys! Looking forward to meeting some of you. :)
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Should be okay I suppose.
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Is their some sort of timetable, Ill be away till the 17th :/
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Where do you meet up? I know you meet up at UoM, but where 0.o?
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Is their some sort of timetable, Ill be away till the 17th :/
I get mine on Wednesday, you get yours on your first day there. If you're away until the 17th, that's when you can pick it up.
And as for meeting, Union House (2nd floor) is the place where everything is organized from (but don't worry, you'll see a whole lot of students in yellow T-Shirts, just follow them)
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We're underwritten by the union apparently, so we actually run at a loss. But yeah, if you want to volunteer please do :)
Same link as above!
I volunteered for this a couple of years ago. As far as summer lecture series go, MUVCESS is definitely a lot cheaper than the other stuff that's out there. But I've always wanted to know, where does the $160 that the students contribute go? Because all the tutors are student volunteers, and I'm guessing that printing costs a great deal less than that amount. And there's NAB as sponsors as well. Unless the University charges a heap for rent and utilities (:P like I mean it got really hot a few days when I was there and they couldn't give us air-con because it was central)
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I think the uni probably charges a fair bit...I mean hiring rooms all over campus is probably going to add up pretty fast. I suppose some of it could also be used to contribute to the residential costs
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Union house (2nd floor). LOL
I'm so fked, I have no idea where that is.
Hopefully I see a shiet load of people in yellow t-shirts.
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VCESS10 was great, I loved it. I would volunteer to tutor in the future, but my scores and understanding of subjects wouldn't suffice.
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They don't look at your scores, just your personality and communication skills. You get given all the content you need to teach, so volunteer next year!
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They don't look at your scores, just your personality and communication skills. You get given all the content you need to teach, so volunteer next year!
Okay! :)
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I wanna volunteer for all of these programs :D haha I'll have to wait till 2012 for the summer school one though I guess haha
Do you know of any other ones just like these Russ? I know of VCESWOT...But that's later in the year from what I've heard.
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9 days to go, guys! Looking forward to meeting some of you. :)
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I'm not too sure. My confirmation letter lists Renaissance on there, but I don't know if there's going to be an actual class yet. We'll see at pre-enrolment day, I suppose. :)
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I wanna volunteer for all of these programs :D haha I'll have to wait till 2012 for the summer school one though I guess haha
Do you know of any other ones just like these Russ? I know of VCESWOT...But that's later in the year from what I've heard.
I was with VCESWOT last year but I didn't end up lecturing or tutoring because the times clashed. They'll take applications midyear but they're much smaller than VCESS so you'd have to be pretty proactive about volunteering.