VCAA Bulletin No.90 – August 2023
VCE curriculum
Submissions for the 2024 VCE Art Making and Exhibiting exhibitions list
Galleries, museums and other organisations are invited to recommend exhibitions, artworks and collections to be included on the 2024 VCE Art Making and Exhibiting exhibitions list.
The VCE Art Making and Exhibiting exhibitions list is published each year to support the teaching of content related to the VCE Art Making and Exhibiting study design.
For submission details and requirements, email the Visual Arts, Communication Design and Media Curriculum Manager.
Submissions close Friday 8 September.
VCE English and English as an Additional Language and VCE Literature 2026 text nomination process
Text nominations are now open for the 2026 prescribed text lists for VCE English and English as an Additional Language (EAL) and VCE Literature in the following categories:
- VCE English and EAL List 1
- novels
- collections of poetry
- non-fiction
- VCE English and EAL List 2 (mentor texts) – nominated texts must connect to one of the ideas from the Framework of Ideas (see page 22 of the VCE English and EAL Study Design: Unit 1 and 2 – 2023–2027, Units 3 and 4 – 2024–2027)
- short stories
- essays
- feature articles
- speeches
- podcast (with transcripts)
- memoirs
- biographies.
- VCE Literature
- novels
- plays
- collections of poetry
- other works of literature
Please submit your nominations by Friday 15 September.
Nominations must address the nomination criteria as set out in the online nomination form.
The English Curriculum Manager and relevant text advisory panels will consider all nominations and store them for future consideration.
For more information, please email the English Curriculum Manager or call 9059 5141.
Notices to Schools
- VCE Health and Human Development – Updated information Unit 4 Area of Study 2 – Australia’s aid program [Notice 105, July 2023]
- VCE Legal Studies (2024–2028) implementation resources [Notice 104, July 2023]
- VCE Extended Investigation Consultation Draft Study Design Focus Groups [Notice 103, July 2023]
- VCE Media and VCE Visual Communication Design (2024–2028) Implementation webinars [Notice 101, July 2023]
- VCE English Language Study Design (2024–2028) [Notice 100, July 2023]
- VCE Outdoor and Environmental Studies (2024–2028) Study Design implementation resources [Notice 99, July 2023]
- Support materials for the VCE English Language Study Design (2024–2028) [Notice 88, July 2023]
- VCE English Language Study Design (2024–2028) implementation webinar recordings [Notice 86, July 2023]
VCE assessment
Examination development panels – written examinations
Teachers and academics interested in examination development and with the appropriate experience and qualifications are encouraged to apply for a 2024 VCE and VCE VET examination development panel role.
Roles for the Examination Panel Chair, Examination Panel Member, Study Specialist and Examination Sitter reviewer are now open.
More information about the examination panel roles and conditions of appointment can be found at Be on a VCE examination development panel.
Applications can be submitted via the Sessional Staff Management System (SSMS) until Sunday 3 September.
Anyone applying for the panels below can also work on examinations for the 2025 VCE on a Northern Hemisphere timetable:
- Accounting
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Chinese First Language
- English/English as an Additional Language
- General Mathematics examination 1 and examination 2
- Mathematical Methods examination 1 and examination 2
- Physics
- Specialist Mathematics examination 1 and examination 2
For more information, email the VCE Examinations Unit or call 7022 5550.
Notices to Schools
- 2024 VCE examination periods [Notice 107, July 2023]
- Examination advice slips for VCE performance arts studies, VCE Languages oral examinations and VCE Extended Investigation oral presentations [Notice 106, July 2023]
- Training for conducting and administering the 2023 VCE written examinations [Notice 95, July 2023]
- 2023 VCE Literature examination [Notice 92, July 2023]
- Externally Assessed Task Implementation Guides for VCE Music Inquiry and VCE Music Composition [Notice 89, July 2023]
- Amendment to Mathematical Methods Examination 2, examination specifications [Notice 85, July 2023]