This report covers the activities of the Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre for the period 1 July 2003 to 30 June 2004.
The period was one of quiet success. The actual selection season was smooth and uneventful with all processes and outcomes as expected. Developments and enhancements were completed on schedule and provided the expected benefits. In this connection it was pleasing to see the transfer of Diploma in Education selection to the web and, for the first time, testing of IB applicants for prerequisite satisfaction.
Processing of chronic circumstances forms, foreshadowed last year, occurred as planned, with few questions from applicants or schools.Development of a new process, centralised applications for access and equity schemes, took place immediately at the conclusion of the offering timetable. Further details about this important initiative are contained in the next section. This period also saw implementation of another new development, web-based editing of Guide entries, with several universities successfully using this VTAC written software. Detailed preparation for a parallel run in 2004/05 of a new application processing system was undertaken.
Applications decreased marginally from 84,893, to 84,634, the first negative movement since 1997/98.
The committee approved the participation of three new institutions -
Grenadi School of Design
Footscray City College Film and TV Department
Australian Institute of Fitness.
The number of institutions participating in VTAC, is therefore, 55 - 14 universities, 14 TAFE institutes and 27 independent tertiary colleges.
It is with pleasure that I present this report of the Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre.
Ian Marshman
Chair
Management Committee, VTAC
September 2004