Hi Emma,
As I understand it, most unis will have a certain number of places specially for mature aged students. So in other words, you probably wouldnt be competing against school-leavers for a spot in uni. This was the case for my course (nursing) but may not be the case for every course at every uni. Best to check with the uni to be sure.
I started uni this year. I applied through the tertiary admissions centre last year. Have a look on the tac website and that should tell you when you can apply and all the closing dates, how too apply and so on. I did all of my application online and then had to also send them a copy of some of my certificates and pay a fee for my application. I think the fee was about $40. It was fairly simple to do my application. I think the applications opened in August and closed in October but it might be differnt between the different states.
As I am mature-age student, I had to sit the STAT (Special Tertiary Admissions Test), which I did in October. It was just a multiple choice test with about 70 questions. There were reading/comprehension type questions and maths type questions. I didnt do very well in my STAT, but I guess that didnt really matter as I recieved an offer in the first round of offers. You can get practice questions for STAT from somewhere. I cant remember where but if I do remember I will come back and let you know.
I think Midwifery is pretty competitive to get into. Maybe you could have a chat to the uni as well and ask them whether you will need to do STAT and if any of your previous study or employment will count towards your application.
Good luck!
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