Tertiary admissions data reveals the most in-demand fields for university study, and it appears passion, not money, is driving students’ choices.
Victoria’s next generation wants to work in health and science, but is less keen on a future in commerce or secondary-school teaching.
The deadline for this year’s first preferences came a couple of weeks after the state government announced a $229 million package to address the teacher shortage by enticing more people into the secondary-school system. Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre chief executive Teresa Tjia said it was still a positive sign, given the announcement came towards the end of the application cycle.
Tjia said this could be the field “normalising” after significant increases following the Victorian government’s promise in 2022 to pay for the degrees of more than 10,000 nursing and midwifery students as part of a $270 million plan to boost staffing in the health system. She said there were expectations of a decline in applications post-COVID, but this year had bucked the national trend.
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