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TAFE teacher guiding class through automotive repair
19 April 2023

How to become a TAFE teacher - studying a Certificate IV in Training and Assessment

Did you ever have a teacher who changed your life or way of thinking? Would you like to be able to enrich the lives of our future workforce? Teaching is one of the most important professions as it facilitates growth and learning on an individual level and societal level. If this appeals to you, becoming a TAFE teacher could be the right move.
Sigrid Tucker (Program Manager) Mei Lui, Brooke Wilson, Sneha Babu, Sarah Mullins (Teacher), Senator Jess Walsh, Rebecca Lee (Teacher)
13 April 2023

Free TAFE helping forge career pathways for Gippsland students

A handful of students from our Warragul campus got to share their study stories with Victorian Senator Jess Walsh yesterday, reflecting on the opportunities that the state and federal governments’ Free TAFE programs have offered them.
Amber Leyshan in full PPE at work
27 March 2023

Career trade sparks newfound fortitude

Amber Leyshan quit her full-time retail job and deferred a university course to take up a boiler making apprenticeship at AGL Loy Yang. So, how’s that working out for the 20-year-old?
Bairnsdale Secondary College year eight student Madeleine Love, TAFE Gippsland Chief Executive Officer Laura Macpherson, Gippsland Tech School Director Paul Boys, TAFE Gippsland Partnerships and Governance Executive Director Susan Thomas, Gippsland East LLEN (Local Learning and Employment Networks) Executive Officer Pam Waters, and year nine student Lachlan Hall.
24 March 2023

Atlassian and Schools Plus, leaving a legacy for Gippsland Schools

A community resilience-building project for secondary schools in East Gippsland is coming to an end in June 2023 and as part of the project, a suite of Virtual Reality (VR) headsets will be available for local schools to share as a legacy of the project.
woman sitting on floor with laptop
07 March 2023

How effective are online only courses?

Whether or not online only learning is as effective as traditional face-to-face teaching methods has been widely debated among educational professionals. Read on to find out how effective online only learning can be and some of the challenges it might present.
healthy woman in spa salon
08 March 2023

What is beauty therapy?

Movies, magazines, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and fashion runways. We’ve all seen at least one of these platforms, but each one has something in common — beauty.