Student Voice Hub

I vividly remember the day my career advisor shared an opportunity with a small group of us: an application to join the ‘Senior Secondary Pathways Student Advisory Panel (VicSRC)’. The title alone caught my attention, but it was the purpose behind it that truly resonated with me – students having a direct voice in shaping the future of senior secondary schooling. For the first time, I felt like my ideas, questions, and suggestions about education could be heard by those in po

Imogen (she/they) is a year 10 student who is a panellist for the Senior Secondary Pathways Reform Student Advisory Panel with VicSRC. She is currently undertaking a VET Certificate III in Community Services as their chosen alternative pathway. I first engaged with VicSRC in October of last year, and I got to see first-hand the positive impact student voices make. As a Year 10 student studying an alternative pathway like VET, this pathway has opened new doors for me, and it i

Our 2024 Executive Committee Co-Chair Billy (he/him) shares his thoughts on the ‘Shared Vision, Equal Pathways’ Report. In 2023,  VicSRC made a submission and spoke  at a hearing for the Inquiry into the Perceptions and Status of Vocational Education (VET) in Australia. Our submission specifically spoke about VET Delivered to Secondary Students (VDSS) and included five key focus areas around the available information and perceptions of VET. VicSRC's submission identified the

The Budget will take place tomorrow, Thuesday 7th May, and our CEO, Julia, will be locked in a room with all of the important documents and a bunch of important people on the hunt for news and figures that will impact Victorian students. But what is the budget? And what do VicSRC and the students of Victoria want to see? Like every year, VicSRC is there to understand its impact on student voice and education policy for the upcoming year. We've spoken to two of our 2023-2024 E

Following a successful student voice exploration workshop with Thornbury Primary School, our Partnerships and Engagement Coordinator, Winnie (she/her), spoke with 2023 VicSRC Ambassadors and 2024 Executive Committee member Darcy (they/them), to talk all things student voice.  Lessons from Social Education Victoria (SEV)’s  Laura Newman  show that when student voice is promoted in the classroom, teachers can sometimes feel hesitant to be fully onboard: “student voice, and the