Download the 2010-2011 Annual Report - VTAC

Course applicants(AUG-DEC 2010):3%Course applicants(AUG-DEC 2010)offered a place:1%Course applicants(APR-JUN 2011):34%New applicants(APR-JUN 2011):42%Course applicationsVTAC is the central office that administers the application and offerprocess for places in vocational education training, undergraduateand graduate entry teaching courses at university, TAFE andindependent tertiary colleges in Victoria (and a few outside Victoria).VTAC receives and forwards application information and supportingdocumentation to the course selection authorities at institutions.After selection decisions have been made by the course authorities atinstitutions, VTAC sends offer letters to successful applicants on theinstitutions’ behalf.Although the number of course applicants for August-December2010 decreased by three per cent, the number of applicants for thisperiod who received an offer showed an increase of one per cent.COURSE APPLICANTS 2009 2010 ChangeDomestic undergraduate 81,141 79,135 –2006 –2%International undergraduate 2773 2628 –145 –5%Graduate entry teaching 4736 4468 –268 –6%Total undergraduate 83,914 81,763 –2151 –3%TOTALS 88,650 86,231 –2419 –3%APPLICANTS OFFERED 2009 2010 ChangeDomestic undergraduate 66,728 67,415 687 +1%International undergraduate 2300 2208 –92 –4%Graduate entry teaching 3597 3397 –200 –6%Total undergraduate 69,028 69,623 595 +1%TOTALS 72,625 73,020 395 +1%Universities appear to have made more offers in response to thehigher participation targets set by the Commonwealth Governmentfollowing the 2008 Bradley Review of Australian Higher Education.Universities made 517 more main round offers than the previousyear, and over the past two years, main round university offers haveincreased cumulatively by almost twelve per cent.Mid-year course applicationsVTAC provided a mid-year application and offer service for thesecond time in 2011. Eleven institutions participated, offering a totalof 72 courses and making 738 offers. There were 1326 applicants,of whom 629 were 2010 applicants re-applying and 697 were newapplicants in 2011. Mid-year applications in 2011 increased by thirtyfour per cent and new applicants increased by forty two per cent.Behind the scenesApplication assessmentWhen VTAC processes an application, the information submittedis automatically checked against the information VTAC can accesselectronically (such as Year 12 records or university results).These checks are referred to as ‘tasks’. System-processed tasksinclude confirmation of student details and study claims. When theinformation does not exactly match, some form of manual checkor investigation is required by VTAC assessment staff to verifythe information submitted. Examples of manual checks includeinvestigating mismatched names or dates for study claims, orassessing whether overseas qualifications meet Australian entrancerequirements according to National Office of Overseas SkillsRecognition (NOOSR) guidelines.Document processingWhile all applications are available online, applicants are ableto submit printed documentation to support their application.Processing printed documentation requires sorting and validatingdocuments sent to VTAC. Each item is date-stamped, grouped,scanned and verified. This information is circulated electronicallyto selection officers for consideration.VTAC Personal information (Pi) formsApplicants are also able to submit additional information tosupport their application using the VTAC Pi form which is availablethrough the online applicant portal: MyInfo. In the past year VTACreceived and processed a number of printed VTAC Pi forms. Infuture all Pi forms will be submitted online.APPLICATION ASSESSMENT TASKS 2010System-processed tasks 1,200,464For undergraduate course applications 24,001For Automated Results Transfer Service 16,173For SEAS applications 29,940For Scholarship applications 11,861For Graduate Entry Teaching (GET) course applications 11,064Sub-total manual-processed tasks 93,039TOTAL 1,293,503Assessment tasks:1,290,000 +Printed documentation:208,000 +VTAC Pi forms:42,000 +DOCUMENTATION 2010Academic transcripts 143,503Supporting documents forSEASSupporting documents forScholarshipRMIT University SchoolsNetwork Access Program(SNAP) formsLa Trobe University SchoolsAccess La Trobe (SALT)forms21,42318,17155712661VTAC Pi forms (online) 25,476VTAC Pi forms (printed) 16,842Sub-total (VTAC Pi forms) 42,318Sub-total (printed) 208,171TOTAL 233,67416 Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre (VTAC) Annual Report 2010-2011 17