Tom, Author at Career Champ

Numbers you’ll need for uni – Unique Student Identifier (USI) + Tax File Number (TFN)

Are you about to start uni? Then you’ll probably need a USI and TFN.

Let’s talk about what they are, why you need them and how to get them.

Credit points are a way of keeping track of how much of your degree you’ve completed.

Let’s have a look at how they work.

Maybe. It depends on the kind of course you’re doing and whether your TAFE has Commonwealth-Supported Places.

Let me explain.

Interested in becoming a physiotherapist?

It can be pretty darn competitive to get in, but here are all the Queensland unis that offer physiotherapy degrees.

No! But it might be superseded by something else in the future.

Let me explain.

QTAC is a bit different to UAC and VTAC. You can only have one active offer at a time.

Let’s talk about how that works.

The federal government passed some legislation in 2020 that’s changing higher education.

Let’s talk about the changes that start this year.

As I’ve written about before, it is notoriously hard to find your QTAC application. Here’s a quick guide!

It’s back!

From 2021, if you pay some of your uni fees upfront, you could get a 10% discount.

From 2022, you’ll need to be passing at least half of your subjects each semester in order to keep getting HECS.