Supporting students to make the best career and study choices for them is your most important role – and one we also see as ours.
That's why we offer a range of informative and engaging events, services and publications dedicated to facilitating students' successful transition from secondary to tertiary education.
Visit our Open Day hub.
You can watch course info sessions, take virtual campus tours and discover your next steps at VU.
We love getting the chance to engage with you and your students. We offer a range of activities on campus, where students can experience life at VU and discover their course and career options. We are also happy to come to present at your school.
Are you having an event at your school and need a guest speaker? Or would you like us to come and talk to your students in class?
We are able to come out and present about all things VU, including our early admissions program and VU Guaranteed for students years 10-12. We are also happy to attend your school expo to chat to students and parents.
In their final school years, students begin to think seriously about their course options and future career. That’s why, for year 11 and 12 students we offer a university-focused experience, including:
These presentations will be conducted by either a Student Ambassador or a Future Student Advisor.
Campus tours are available at:
Year 9 and 10 students are not usually ready to compare and choose courses; instead, they are thinking more generally about career options. Our on-campus activities are designed to let your students explore areas of study and connect courses with career outcomes.
We offer activities for small and large groups. If you’d like to arrange multiple sessions on one day, we can work with you to organise this. We can also cater to groups who would like multiple activities run across a day.
Please call or email us any time to discuss your options and arrange activities.
A great option for large groups; students explore Footscray Park Campus in groups of five, gathering clues, exploring facilities and student life, and competing for the number one spot. The winning team takes home a token prize.
Length: 1-1.5 hours
Max number of students: 200
Campus: Footscray Park
Days: Monday–Friday
If your students are considering future careers in nursing, midwifery, speech pathology, physiotherapy, dietetics, or related fields, please get in touch with us to arrange an Explore Health session.
In this activity, students can:
Length: 1 hour
Max number of students: 25
Campus: St Albans, Footscray Park, City
Days: Monday-Friday
The Explore Business activity introduces students to some key concepts taught in our business courses. Students will learn about the importance of advertising, and the fundamentals of marketing tools.
Length: 1 hour
Max number of students: 50
Campus: City, Footscray Park
Days: Monday-Friday
Our interactive law workshop gives your students a chance to find out what it's like to study law and to become a lawyer.
We'll take students through:
We'll also explore a mock criminal law trial – students will be asked to piece together the clues and build the legal case!
Length: 1 hour
Max number of students: 50
Campus: City, Footscray Park
Days: Monday-Friday
Our Explore Engineering workshops allow students to discover engineering processes using measurement and design skills.
The activities involve:
Length: 1 hour
Max number of students: 30
Campus: Footscray Park
Days: Monday-Friday (subject to lab availability)
Find out about our early-entry program for students from our partner schools.
Students in the program can get a guaranteed place at VU, even before they've sat their exams.
Our Future Students team works collaboratively with career practitioners and teachers to ensure that future students receive the most relevant, up-to-date information. We deliver presentations at schools, career expos and information evenings, and offer on-campus tours and activities at VU.
We take part in:
We also offer one-on-one consultations to mature-age students who are interested in returning to study at any level.
Find out more about VU's Future Students team in their bios below and contact us to discover how we can help guide your students to success in tertiary studies with our exciting VU Block Model®.
+61 3 9919 5495 | student.recruitment@vu.edu.au
For general enquiries and event bookings please email student.recruitment@vu.edu.au.
Future Students Senior Manager
+61 3 9919 5761 | emily.bodey@vu.edu.au
Emily manages the VU Guaranteed program as well as a large number of recruitment projects such as VU in Focus and VU News.
Regional Recruitment Manager
+61 3 9919 5078 | alex.hanlon@vu.edu.au
Alex is part of the Victoria University International Future Students team and supports recruitment activities for international students in Australia and New Zealand.
Future Student Adviser
+61 3 9919 5261 | joanna.little@vu.edu.au
Joanna works part time (Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays) and is a highly experienced Future Student Adviser at Victoria University. She supports schools in the north west of Melbourne, as wells as having a focus on the schools in the Ballarat region and Western Districts of regional Victoria.
Future Student Adviser
+61 3 9919 5386 | jessica.laverdure@vu.edu.au
Jessica is driven to connect with students and help them find their passion. She comes with extensive experience in higher education, working with students at high school, university and postgraduate level. In addition, she has also been in the classroom teaching economics and English as an additional language. She loves supporting communities and has volunteered with a number of organisations including Western Bulldogs Community Foundation. She’s a proud Westie!
Future Student Adviser
+61 3 9919 4623 | melanie.inturrisi@vu.edu.au
As an alumni of Victoria University, Melanie is passionate about VU and aims to continue creating positive outcomes for education, industry and our community. She supports schools in the north and east of Melbourne and the Albury–Wodonga, Shepparton and Mildura areas of Victoria.
Future Student Adviser
+61 3 9919 5191 | Jonathon.ioannou@vu.edu.au
Jonathan has a wealth of experience in the Higher Education sector, particularly in TAFE. He will be supporting schools west of Melbourne, as well as the Bendigo region. Jonathan always has a smile on his face and is very approachable, he has a passion to help students find the course for them.
