Lives: In Wellington, with parents, likes Wellington; mother has tertiary qualification and has explained how uni/degrees work. Seemed shy; mature in making decisions; balanced; etc
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Want to know from website: "I don't really know how it all works at uni." ? Mother has explained it but I do not yet have a grasp on it all. Publications were a good place for her to start but she wants more time to browse online. Does not really watch videos on websites as she prefers to read.What sort of jobs are related? Need to learn more about points, papers, degrees, subject? "What do I learn, exactly? How would I use/apply it?". How does uni differ from school (e.g. class sizes, formats)? If I was considering Auckland I would also want to know about accommodation/halls
Info needs summary:
- How it works
- What would you study (ie, options)
- Does it lead to a job? Is important – but more important is how can it help me contribute to the world AND what work would I be doing?
- Class sizes, how is uni different from school
High level I/A: Numbered are where to find info about what you want to study, rest were to tease out understanding of the term.
- Faculty and schools: F&S would have subjects/areas of study. Broad areas eg science.
- Study at Vic: broad area containing lots of stuff. Really want to know total costs and about scholarships
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- Life at Vic: facilities, accommodation
- Current students: About them, features/profiles, what they do
- Future students: No idea even with prompting
- About us: history
- Learning and teaching: Methods, standards
Meaning of F&S
- Faculty = different subjects – eg, maths, science
- School School = not sure
2nd level I/A: Numbered are where to find info about what you want to study, rest were to tease out understanding of the term.
- Subjects or Study areas (broader than subjects)
Then would look at Careers or Qualifications
Then maybe Papers
What would expect to find in other areas:
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Saw 200 level prerequisite so inferred that they were in a third year course. Then wanted to know what the school pre-requisites were (i.e. what they could do before coming here to be better prepared).
Assessment – what is internal assessment? She doesn’t know.
How do trimesters work?
Redirected to look for a subject of interest, tried Research, came back out, tried MyVic and got stuck (return but effective).
Guided to Future Students, Clicked on ‘Plan your career’ – a page where she felt she'd be able to ‘work backwards’.
Would rather read than watch videos on websites, so waded through long pages on how degrees are put together.
Still had questions ("Can I do all {any} subjects as a major?"
Terms Hons and Masters – vaguely familiar
Guided to the subject listing page. Selected biomedical science and early on wanted course information/details. Also wanted more details about careers using this subjecyt, not just the job titles.
Subject page
Wants to know:
Prerequisites from school
Specific courses – needs to see this near start of page. Requirements and options.
Careers (but a bit later)
Visited Planning your degree – wanted to link through to Degrees page(s) but link not obvious enough.
Subject selected for Treejack: Need to match up with results in the tool
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