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Education and Training International Newsletter 16

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WA Training Awards – And the Winner is....
Lecturer, Amanda Smith. Named best trainer in WA at the WA Training Awards.

The South West Institute of Technology had cause to celebrate recently when lecturer, Amanda Smith from the Margaret River Campus, was named best trainer in WA at the glittering WA Training Awards ceremony hosted in Perth.

This event acknowledges excellence in training across a range of categories and rewards apprentices, trainees, vocational students as well as trainers and training organizations.

Ms Smith trains aspirant chefs and, having spearheaded a number of initiatives involving students, industry and local producers in the Margaret River region, has successfully enabled students to develop an appreciation for the superb local produce available in the region. To build on this foundation, Ms Smith envisages inviting a range of award winning local guest chefs into classes in 2012 to showcase their signature dishes and talk about their passion for cooking, how they got into it, where they have worked and what makes a successful chef.

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Upcoming Changes to ETI’s Website and Facebook Page
Stay tuned for changes to the ETI web site

In the New Year you will notice some enhancements have been made to the design and functionality of ETI’s web and Facebook sites. This has been undertaken to make it a smoother experience for our prospective students and clients.  The change will include a new ETI Portal page so our clients can be directed off to the appropriate functional area within ETI including:

  • TAFE Training Institutes
  • Primary and Secondary Education
  • International Projects
  • Skilled Migration

Along with this significant change ETI is also enhancing the information it provides on our WA TAFE institutes as well as the information provided on our social media sites such as Facebook.

Campus Update – West Coast Institute – McClarty Campus
Danica Rossouw from south Africa studying Enrolled Nursing at West Coast Institute of Training

West Coast Institute of Training offers its Health and Community Services courses at the McClarty Avenue Campus. This campus has a fully equipped simulation hospital and support facilities and is just a short walk from the main Joondalup campus.

Courses delivered at the McLarty Campus include:

A free Joondalup central area transit bus service is available to transport students from the train station to the main campus and McLarty Avenue.

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Student Profile - Helmut Acosta Arrue from Chile

Challenger_Helmut Student: Helmut Acosta Arrue

Course: Diploma of Horticulture

Where: Challenger Institute of Technology - Murdoch

"I really like Perth’s mix of nature and urban spaces with its parks, gardens, river and beaches. The transport works well and the people are really nice. Challenger Institute is a place of high standards in the Australian industry. The lecturers and the experience that all the staff have with international students is wonderful and they are always willing to help you."

Spotlight on a School - Leeming Senior High School

Leeming Senior High School was established in 1985 in the suburb of Leeming, just a short drive from the Perth CBD.

This government high school has approximately 800 students studying across grades 8 – 12. Leeming SHS has a strong reputation, both for the excellent educational opportunities it offers and for its high standards of achievement and behaviour. 

The school offers an academic extension program and also has a science and technology academy.

Check out  Leeming Senior High School

WA's Economy Hits Fastest Pace on Record
Fueled by the Mining Industry, WA's economy achieves record growth.

A $210-million-a-day spending surge by miners and the construction industry has helped WA grow at its fastest rate on record.

Aided by shoppers and the government sector, WA's economic activity excluding exports and imports, known as final demand, jumped 8.4 per cent in the three months to September.

Since the Australian Bureau of Statistics started keeping State final demand figures in the mid-1980s, the WA economy has never grown faster. Annual growth jumped to 16.4 per cent. It was driven by a 19.4 per cent jump in private sector capital spending which hit an all-time high of $19.2 billion.

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