March 2010

As Semester 1 gets underway, the Prospective Students Office are also starting on their busy annual schedule. Just as a reminder, as well as being the central outreach and high school liaison point, the PSO devise and implement new domestic recruitment strategies. We also spend considerable time promoting the University interstate, and service over 90% of South Australian high schools, both metro and country, every year.

By informing you of our immediately forthcoming activities, this month by month bulletin will hopefully encourage you to work with us on attracting the very best applicants. If you would like to get involved, please contact us.

The PSO Team

Although we all share the regular program of metro and country visits, we have other ongoing and new projects aimed at specific groups. For example:

Tracy Dancer is organising School Counsellors' Conference, as well as our attendance at large expos such as VCE in Melbourne and TSCEA in Adelaide, the December Information Sessions, and other key events throughout the year.

Tony Duggan will be compiling The Adelaide Bulletin, a hard copy newsletter that goes out to over 1000 high school contacts nationwide. He will also be managing the University's attendance at local school careers evenings, and is involved with Postgraduate Coursework recruitment.

Jen Hill, Michelle McKinnon, Louise Mitchell, and Sally Owen between them manage our Access & Equity schemes. These include the First Generation Program, Aim for Adelaide, Primary and Secondary Horizons, our TAFE pathways campaign, Mid Year Entry Night, and Adult Entry in general.

Renee Naylon edits and co-ordinates our central publications and liaises with the Faculties and our other partners to produce these.

Jit Loh is implementing an exciting new campus tour offer, as well as managing the Golden Key Honour Society members and co-ordinating the PSO's contribution to Open Day.

Angela Ballantyne manages our Headstart Scholarships, as well as working with all of the team on the above projects, and Jason McArthur and Emma Scott also work on a wide variety of tasks aimed at bringing in the very best students.

Finally, Karen Pichlmann is the Manager, PSO, who strives to align all of this work with the strategic aims of the University as a whole. In addition, Karen is always keen to encourage productive dialogue between the PSO, the Faculties, and all central staff, in order to produce the very best outcomes for us all.

We look forward to hearing from you!

With kind regards,

The PSO Team