Dickson College is a public two-year secondary college located in the
Canberra
Canberra ( )
is the capital city of Australia. Founded following the federation of the colonies of Australia as the seat of government for the new nation, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The ci ...
suburb of
Dickson, Australian Capital Territory
Dickson is a suburb in the Inner North of Canberra, Australia. It is named after Sir James R. Dickson (1832β1901) who was a Queensland advocate of Australian Federation and one of the founders of the Australian Constitution. There is no spec ...
. It was established in 1976 on the former Dickson High School campus when it closed.
It was set to close after being announced as the sole college in Canberra to be eliminated for the Towards 2020 plan, but was spared when the final decision was made.
The college draws its students from Canberra's inner north, principally taking students from
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and
Lyneham High Schools.
Enrollment
Currently there are just under 1000 students enrolled at Dickson College. The feeder schools are Lyneham High School, Campbell High School, and Emmaus High School.
Curriculum
Students are prepared for the ACT Year 12 Certificate, as mandated by the Department of Education and Board of Senior Secondary Studies.
More than half of Dickson College students who graduate with a
Year 12 Certificate also obtain an
ATAR
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and go on to study at university. In 2007 of the 215 students awarded a Year 12 certificate, 61% were awarded Tertiary Education Statements. In 2007, the median UAI gained by students of Dickson College was 78 compared with the average of students from all across ACT colleges of 79. Over 78% of students from the college who were awarded Tertiary Education Statements in 2007 scored over 65 for their UAI compared with 70% of all ACT students.
68 students were awarded a vocational certificate in 2007 and 131 students were awarded a vocational statement of attainment.
See also
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List of schools in the Australian Capital Territory
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Notable alumni
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David Branson
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David Branson's father John was an Antarctic scientist, and his mother Margaret a school librarian. Branson was born in Melbourne in ...
, artist, theatre director, actor and musician
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Jackie Chan
Fang Shilong (born 7 April 1954), known professionally in English as Jackie Chan and in Chinese as Cheng Long ( zh, c=ζιΎ, j=Sing4 Lung4; "becoming the dragon"), is a Hong Kong actor, filmmaker, martial artist, and stuntman known for ...
, actor, filmmaker and martial artist (attended Dickson College in 1971)
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Taro Gold
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, author, entertainer and entrepreneur (attended Dickson College in 1985)
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Sussan Ley
Sussan Penelope Ley (pron. , "Susan Lee"; ; born 14 December 1961) is an Australian politician who has been deputy leader of the Liberal Party since May 2022. She has been member of parliament (MP) for the New South Wales seat of Farrer since 2 ...
, politician
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Garth Nix
Garth Richard Nix (born 19 July 1963) is an Australian writer who specialises in children's and young adult fantasy novels, notably the ''Old Kingdom'', '' Seventh Tower'' and '' Keys to the Kingdom'' series. He has frequently been asked if his ...
, author of young adult fantasy novels
References
External links
Dickson College website*
High schools in the Australian Capital Territory
Public schools in the Australian Capital Territory
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