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For your information, Career Voyage 2011 version will be available in January 2011.
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Boys miss out on uni with 'wrong choice'
The head of the WA Curriculum Council has warned that boys are missing out on opportunities to go to university because they are not taking courses which will make them eligible.
Latest Curriculum Council figures show more boys than girls avoid the rigours of Year 12 exams, with 46 per cent of boys enrolled to sit at least four WA Certificate of Education exams this year, compared with 54 per cent of girls.
Scores from a student's best four subjects are used to calculate a university admission rank.
"On the assumption that there should be an equal distribution of boys and girls because there roughly is in the population, then boys are not being provided the same opportunities," Curriculum Council chief executive David Wood said.
Two years ago, Mr Wood said he was concerned more boys were not taking the rigours of the Tertiary Entrance Exams, but he believed the introduction of compulsory exams by this year could narrow the gender gap. However, the gender split has now changed since 2008.
"This remains an important issue for schools to monitor to ensure that boys are not being disadvantaged," Mr Wood said. "I am hopeful that increasing familiarity with the opportunities offered by the new courses means that the situation will change in future."
Education Minister Liz Constable said schools should ensure boys were not disadvantaged.
"It is important that students are encouraged to participate in challenging courses which will result in students, regardless of gender, getting the best education we can give them," she said.
"The range of WACE courses, endorsed programs, and vocational education and training options offers an ever-increasing range of attractive and relevant options, many of which do not involve external examinations and some of these non-exam options have proved particularly attractive to boys."
WA Secondary School Executives Assocation preseident Rob Nairn said schools gave boys and girls the same opportunities.
"It's what they choose to do with these opportunities," he said. "You can't actually force students to go into a particular course - it's all about choice."
Written by Bethany Hiatt - Education Editor. Published in The West Australian on 22nd Oct 2010.
Latest Curriculum Council figures show more boys than girls avoid the rigours of Year 12 exams, with 46 per cent of boys enrolled to sit at least four WA Certificate of Education exams this year, compared with 54 per cent of girls.
Scores from a student's best four subjects are used to calculate a university admission rank.
"On the assumption that there should be an equal distribution of boys and girls because there roughly is in the population, then boys are not being provided the same opportunities," Curriculum Council chief executive David Wood said.
Two years ago, Mr Wood said he was concerned more boys were not taking the rigours of the Tertiary Entrance Exams, but he believed the introduction of compulsory exams by this year could narrow the gender gap. However, the gender split has now changed since 2008.
"This remains an important issue for schools to monitor to ensure that boys are not being disadvantaged," Mr Wood said. "I am hopeful that increasing familiarity with the opportunities offered by the new courses means that the situation will change in future."
Education Minister Liz Constable said schools should ensure boys were not disadvantaged.
"It is important that students are encouraged to participate in challenging courses which will result in students, regardless of gender, getting the best education we can give them," she said.
"The range of WACE courses, endorsed programs, and vocational education and training options offers an ever-increasing range of attractive and relevant options, many of which do not involve external examinations and some of these non-exam options have proved particularly attractive to boys."
WA Secondary School Executives Assocation preseident Rob Nairn said schools gave boys and girls the same opportunities.
"It's what they choose to do with these opportunities," he said. "You can't actually force students to go into a particular course - it's all about choice."
Written by Bethany Hiatt - Education Editor. Published in The West Australian on 22nd Oct 2010.
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
2011 Price List
For your information, prices for Career Voyage will change in 2011. This is effective from 1st January 2011.
Please contact Deborah on (08) 9440 5333 or email deborah.mills@jiig-cal.com.au for more information.
Please contact Deborah on (08) 9440 5333 or email deborah.mills@jiig-cal.com.au for more information.
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Pay by credit card now available
Visit www.jiig-cal.com.au/Invoice/ to make payment for your Career Voyage, Career Compass and Career Voyage Correspondence Training invoices.
Any questions please call (08) 9440 5333.
Any questions please call (08) 9440 5333.
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Career Compass Online
JIIG-CAL has just launched Career Compass Online which provides introductory career exploration for your 12 to 14 year olds. Career Compass helps your students to work out their job related interests and levels of training & education, then allows them to explore types of work of greatest interest.
Please visit www.careercompass.com.au for more information. If you have any questions please contact +61 8 9440 5333.
Monday, February 8, 2010
Career Voyage Reports - Pop Up Blockers
Have your student computers had their web browsers upgraded over the holidays at all? If they are now using Internet Explorer 7 or 8 or a recent version of Mozilla Firefox, these browsers have their own built in pop up blockers. When you try to view the reports Career Voyage tries to open a new window with the report loaded in it. These browsers will attempt to block this action the first time.
It will however display a yellow information bar at the top of the content area of the browser window (just above Career Voyage) saying that a pop up has been blocked (see below screenshot). If you click this bar you can choose the option of allowing the pop up just once, or always allowing pop ups from this website - the preferred option.
An unfortunate side effect of changing the pop up rules when you make your decision, is that Internet Explorer will reload the page. Because Career Voyage is an Adobe Flash application this resets the flash component and you have to log in again. No data however, is lost in this process and your students should be fine to then print the desired report.
We realise this is a slight inconvenience however it is beyond our control and is quite common on many other sites on the internet.
It will however display a yellow information bar at the top of the content area of the browser window (just above Career Voyage) saying that a pop up has been blocked (see below screenshot). If you click this bar you can choose the option of allowing the pop up just once, or always allowing pop ups from this website - the preferred option.
An unfortunate side effect of changing the pop up rules when you make your decision, is that Internet Explorer will reload the page. Because Career Voyage is an Adobe Flash application this resets the flash component and you have to log in again. No data however, is lost in this process and your students should be fine to then print the desired report.
We realise this is a slight inconvenience however it is beyond our control and is quite common on many other sites on the internet.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Career Voyage 2010 - Desktop & Network - Available now to download
JIIG-CAL has decided to take a greener position in an effort to reduce our carbon footprint and impact on the environment. As a result, the software is available for download for our Desktop & Network Subscription customers. All manuals and job file booklets will be provided in electronic format. You will be able to download the software for Desktop or Network and view manuals & job file booklets online at www.careervoyage.com.au/download.
Added Features for 2010
In addition to a fresh appearance, and the updated 2010 JobFile (database of job details), a number of extra features have been added to make the software even more flexible and responsive to your individual needs. The 2010 version is now fully compatible with Windows Vista, Windows 7 & Windows Server 2008.
New Registration Key
For our Desktop & Network customers, you will receive a letter in the mail over the next few days. You will find your new registration key for 2010 version. You will need this key to install the software as your previous registration key will not work for 2010.
No internet access on your computer
If you do not have access to the internet to download the software, please contact me.
Interested in Web Access?
More and more organisations are using the Career Voyage Web Access edition as it requires no IT installation. The other advantages are that it can be accessed on any computer connected to the internet and it has an additional section - Resume Writing. If you would like to trial the web access edition then please contact me for trial instructions.
Any questions please do not hesitate to contact me.
Deborah
deborah.mills@jiig-cal.com.au
Added Features for 2010
In addition to a fresh appearance, and the updated 2010 JobFile (database of job details), a number of extra features have been added to make the software even more flexible and responsive to your individual needs. The 2010 version is now fully compatible with Windows Vista, Windows 7 & Windows Server 2008.
New Registration Key
For our Desktop & Network customers, you will receive a letter in the mail over the next few days. You will find your new registration key for 2010 version. You will need this key to install the software as your previous registration key will not work for 2010.
No internet access on your computer
If you do not have access to the internet to download the software, please contact me.
Interested in Web Access?
More and more organisations are using the Career Voyage Web Access edition as it requires no IT installation. The other advantages are that it can be accessed on any computer connected to the internet and it has an additional section - Resume Writing. If you would like to trial the web access edition then please contact me for trial instructions.
Any questions please do not hesitate to contact me.
Deborah
deborah.mills@jiig-cal.com.au
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