News
Media Releases 2008
| June 2008 |
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Students Drum Up Support for Burma |
| GippsTAFE music students are enjoying the sweet sound of charity as they gear up to perform a benefit for the Burma Disaster Relief fund next week. | |
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GippsTAFE Students Mean Business |
| GippsTAFE Business Studies students are ready to take their skills to the streets, following an employability skills workshop in Morwell last week. |
| May 2008 |
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Great Skills for GippsTAFE Staff |
GippsTAFE has been successful in securing four staff development scholarships, a staggering one third of the scholarships available for Victorian non-teaching staff through the TAFE Development Centre. | |
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Opposition Spokesperson Supports TAFE Refurbishment |
| Overcoming skills shortages through training was the hot topic for Chadstone last week, when the opposition spokesperson for Education and Training came to offer his support for local training provider, GippsTAFE. | |
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Free Training for Volunteer Tutors |
| Resettled families will soon have help to connect with the Gippsland community, thanks to a new volunteer tutoring program on offer at GippsTAFE.The program will provide assistance to migrants who have recently moved into the area by helping them to master everyday communication tasks. | |
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Salon des Refusés Success for GippsTAFE Students |
| In an unprecedented event, the work of three local art students has been selected to appear in the prestigious Salon des Refusés exhibition.The GippsTAFE students have real cause for celebration, as the exhibition, sister to the Archibald, continues to attract some of the fiercest competition in the Australian art sector. | |
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International Nurses Day 2008 |
| In an unprecedented event, the work of three local art students has been selected to appear in the prestigious Salon des Refusés exhibition.The GippsTAFE students have real cause for celebration, as the exhibition, sister to the Archibald, continues to attract some of the fiercest competition in the Australian art sector. |
| April 2008 |
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Local Artists Live, Dream, Create |
| A new exhibition is set to put two local artists on the cultural map, with the opening of Live - Dream - Create at the West Gippsland Art Centre this week (28.04.08 - 14.05.08). | |
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GippsTAFE Accelerates Learning |
| GippsTAFE has a long history of providing the local community with a broad range of high quality courses. In fact, their programs not only cater to school-leavers, apprentices and trainees, but also to mature-aged students, people seeking a change in career, and professionals seeking more skills in order to further their career. | |
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GippsTAFE Offers A Taste of Hospitality |
| GippsTAFE has a long-held reputation of providing high quality hospitality training, and now, you can taste the difference!The WattleSeed Training Restaurant, located on Mason St in Warragul, is now open for lunch on Wednesdays and dinner on Thursdays. |
| March 2008 |
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GippsTAFE Industry Awards Nights |
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Dementia Essentials for Aged Care Workers |
| Statistics from the Victorian branch of Alzheimer’s Australia indicate that Victoria is facing a dementia epidemic. | |
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GippsTAFE Steps Boldly Into The Future |
| February 2008 |
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Dairy Training Move to Benefit Community |
| An improved range of dairy industry training programs will be delivered locally, thanks to a joint initiative by the National Centre for Dairy Education Australia (NCDEA) and GippsTAFE in Leongatha. | |
| Student Style on Show at the Pakenham Cup | |
| Fashions on the field will be in full force at the Pakenham Cup, with a host of up-and-coming designers expected to wow the audience in a new catwalk show. | |
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GippsTAFE Gets Gardenwise! |
| GippsTAFE has gone green, in a series of environmentally friendly initiatives designed to reduce the organisation’s use of resources such as water, paper and electricity. | |
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Gold Stars for GippsTAFE in Industry Review |
| In the current climate of skills shortages, trade qualifications are in high demand. A new Star Rating Scheme from the Institute for Trade Skills Excellence has been introduced to recognise excellence among training providers in the trade sector and highlight their performance as rated by industry. | |
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PEGG Program Launched for Power Industry |
| A new program will help settle power industry professionals in the Latrobe Valley, in a bid to retain skilled workers in the local energy sector. |