For Parents, Students and Teachers

Want to know what it's like to study at uni?

Need some help with subject selection or applications? Confused about how QTAC works? What happens if you don’t get the ATAR you need? Want to learn how to deal with unprecedented disruptions and uncertainty due to COVID-19?

Parents, Students and Teachers, connect with JCU to have all your questions answered.

Upcoming webinars

Thursday 8 June, 2023, 7 pm (AEST)

JCU NOW Webinar

Have you ever wondered how mountains are made? Or wanted to study the origin of human rights? Discover how JCU NOW can prepare you for life beyond school by studying first-year university subjects alongside your high school subjects.

Aimed at Year 11 and 12 students, parents, guardians, and teachers, this webinar offers advice on how you can prepare for life beyond school with JCU NOW.

Find out more about JCU NOW

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Thursday 22 June, 2023, 7 pm (AEST)

Mature Student Experience

Mature students in the classroom

Making the decision to go to uni as a mature student can take a lot of consideration as you navigate the balance between work, home life, and study.

Hear inspiring real stories from JCU alumni about their experiences as mature students and find out insider tips and tricks on how they adapted to challenges and went on to achieve study success. If you are a mature student looking to upskill, re-skill or simply learn something new, you will hear from people who have developed advanced skills to build rewarding careers.

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Thursday 20 July, 2023, 7 pm (AEST)

Careers in Health

Explore your passion for a career within the human or animal healthcare industries with our upcoming webinar.

Gain a deeper understanding of available career options, study pathways and more, with JCU advisors available to answer all your questions about our application-based programs, including the Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, Bachelor of Dental Surgery, and Bachelor of Veterinary Science.

Emerge from this webinar with the information you require to confidently complete your JCU application, and with further insight into the available course options for preference selection.

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Student nurse in the lab

Thursday 27 July, 2023, 7 pm (AEST)

QTAC Information Webinar

Students studying in library

This webinar is essential viewing if you or someone you know is finishing Year 12 this year and planning to move on to university. You will emerge confident in making the right decisions for your chosen pathway.

QTAC (Queensland Tertiary Admissions Centre) is the tertiary application service for Queensland universities, including JCU. It assesses student applications for JCU against our entry requirements and makes offers to successful applicants.

You’ll emerge from this webinar more informed about:

  • Key QTAC application steps including preference selection, entry requirements, ordering preferences, and pathways options
  • ATAR calculations and other Year 12 qualification assessments
  • Special Admissions Schemes including the Educational Access Scheme and other adjustment factors
  • Important dates and deadlines and strategies for responding to offers.

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Thursday 31 August 2023, 7 pm (AEST)

Unmasking the ATAR system

Differentiate your QCE from your ATAR and your QTAC and discover your university options with JCU’s Unmasking the ATAR system webinar. Aimed at Year 10 students, parents, guardians and teachers, this webinar demystifies the university entry process and prep you with everything you need to know about subject selection, ATAR calculations and university applications.

Key topics:

  • Explore the role of the Queensland Tertiary Admissions Centre and how they can assist you in your university applications.
  • Break down the QCE system terminology, so you can understand what phrases like QCE, applied subjects, and summative courses mean, and how they’ll affect your studies.
  • Develop an overview of what your Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank means, how it is calculated and how it can assist you on a university pathway in Queensland.
  • Enter the exciting world of subject selection and discover how different subjects are graded and which subjects cannot be studied together.
  • Gain an understanding of subject scaling, and how it assists the ATAR calculation process.
  • Learn how to access your ATAR, and what a QTAC application looks like.
  • Understand the importance of subject prerequisites for certain university courses, and how to see if your ideal course has one.
  • Gain a clear picture of your pathway forward and allow JCU to debunk some of the pervasive myths around Year 11 and 12, ATAR and university

Register now

Student smiling at camera

Thursday 14 September 2023, 7 pm (AEST)

Pathways Webinar

Students studying in Ideas Lab

Pursue the best path for you to study at JCU.

No ATAR? No problem. Whether it’s been a few years since you finished school or you need a few more qualifications to meet the entry requirements for your chosen degree, there are plenty of options available for you to get into JCU. Even the experience you gained through life and work may make you eligible for certain degrees.

We can also help if you’re currently in Year 12 but aren’t on track to get the ATAR you were hoping for or haven’t undertaken the subject prerequisites of your chosen degree.

No matter your background, JCU has pathways to help you pursue your future career. We explore the different study options and support services available, application processes, course credits and much more.

Register now

Thursday 12 October 2023, 7 pm (AEST)

Year 12 Webinar

Want to hear what student life is really like at JCU and how to make the transition from high school to uni as easy as possible? Then this JCU Year 12 webinar is the perfect opportunity for you.

  • Hear from current JCU students about their move from school to uni, and their top tips for first years
  • Learn about student life including the vast range of clubs, social activities and societies at JCU (and how to balance life and study)
  • Discover what it’s like to live on-campus with other students from around Australia

Register now

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Previous webinars

Get inspired, view more previous webinars in the JCU Webinar Series.

Unmasking the ATAR System

Differentiate your QCE from your ATAR and your QTAC and discover your university options with JCU’s Unmasking the ATAR system webinar. Aimed at Year 10 students, parents, guardians and teachers, this webinar demystifies the university entry process and prep you with everything you need to know about subject selection, ATAR calculations and university applications.

Key topics:

  • Explore the role of the Queensland Tertiary Admissions Centre and how they can assist you in your university applications.
  • Break down the QCE system terminology, so you can understand what phrases like QCE, applied subjects, and summative courses mean, and how they’ll affect your studies.
  • Develop an overview of what your Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank means, how it is calculated and how it can assist you on a university pathway in Queensland.
  • Enter the exciting world of subject selection and discover how different subjects are graded and which subjects cannot be studied together.
  • Gain an understanding of subject scaling, and how it assists the ATAR calculation process.
  • Learn how to access your ATAR, and what a QTAC application looks like.
  • Understand the importance of subject prerequisites for certain university courses, and how to see if your ideal course has one. Gain a clear picture of your pathway forward and allow JCU to debunk some of the pervasive myths around Year 11 and 12, ATAR and university applications.

JCU Careers in Health

Explore your passion for a career within the human or animal healthcare industries with our upcoming webinar. Gain a deeper understanding of available career options, study pathways and more, with JCU advisors available to answer all your questions about our application-based programs, including the Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, Bachelor of Dental Surgery, and Bachelor of Veterinary Science. Emerge from this webinar with the information you require to confidently complete your JCU application, and with further insight into the available course options for preference selection

Pathways Webinar

Pursue the best path for you to study at JCU.

No ATAR? No problem.

Whether it’s been a few years since you finished school or you need a few more qualifications to meet the entry requirements for your chosen degree, there are plenty of options available for you to get into JCU. Even the experience you gained through life and work may make you eligible for certain degrees.

We can also help if you’re currently in Year 12 but aren’t on track to get the ATAR you were hoping for or haven’t undertaken the subject prerequisites of your chosen degree.

No matter your background, JCU has pathways to help you pursue your future career.

We explore the different study options and support services available, application processes, course credits and much more.

For more information on the JCU Webinar Series or to submit topics of interest for future webinars, please contact us.