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
Schools: Wellington High School; Year 12; studying three sciences, maths, english and music
Interests outside of school: Playing flute, dancing ballet, reading, tv (Dr Who), enjoys websites (tumbler, you tube, not so much Facebook)
Awareness/preparedness for post-school: Started thinking about this when careers advisor spoke late Yr 10); little interest then and little action taken just after. Went to the Careers Expo at TSB and this made her think a little more (earnestly) about future when choosing subjects; a little more interest now when planing subject selection for 2016 so might attend Vic Open day in August.
Post-school options: Will probably study sciences (good at them, currently doing all three) but not yet sure which one/part; has an altruistic motive to help people/make a difference (e.g. would like to cure diseases so somewhat aware of or drawn to biomedical sciences). Vic is clearly on the top of the list (because she likes Wellington, friends likely to stay here, can live at home and save money, etc. Would like to study music BUT unsure of the employment prospects and this is (already) a consideration. Also looked round Auckland Uni website following Careers Expo and found it good.
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
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: Broad areas eg science. Are faculties like subjects? Schools would be something separate.
- Study at Vic: Fees, f@s in here, broad area containing lots of stuff. Really want to know total costs and about scholarships
- 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
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)
- Careers and qualification: Ba, like degrees, etc. Maybe relates to getting a career?
- Programmes = groups of papers, or maybe similar to a degree
- Papers - courses
To enrol: Future students
Starting on the home page: Asked to find a subject or area they wanted to study
Straight in to Course Finder (via quick links), then selected science as a subject
K expected to find courses/papers in the science area. Was too broad so returned and selected biomedical science, then entered a specific (300 level) course screen from the result list.
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).
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, articulated a desire to work backwards from a career and found exactly this option.
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?"
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 selected for Treejack: Need to match up with results in the tool
- Music
- Biomedical science
- Chemistry