Fashion takes off in Hornsby Mall
BUDDING fashion designers showed off their handiwork at the Rags to Runway parade in Hornsby Mall last Friday. The outfits modelled on the catwalk were created from used materials, demonstrating how...
View ArticleWorld Skills Regional Game Design and Development competition
The inaugural World Skills Regional Game Design and Development competition was held on Thursday October 15th at St Leonards Campus. Competitors had under 9 hours to create a game around a sustainable...
View ArticleCongratulations to Vincent Nguyen - International Student Ambassador
Congratulations to international student Mr Vincent Nguyen from Vietnam, who was selected for the City of Sydney - International Student Leadership and Ambassador (ISLA) Program 2013. Vincent, an...
View ArticleCelebrating Student Excellence
Congratulations to all the Northern Sydney Institute 2013 Excellence Award Winners. The Excellence Awards is the Institute’s premier annual event which acknowledges the outstanding achievements and...
View ArticleA winning wreath design
Certificate III in Floristry student, Susan Senn, has won Wildflowers Australia’s National Competition with an incredible ‘turn of the century’ wreath. Susan won first place in Category 1 (75% of the...
View ArticleStudent Spotlight - Sarah Elbert - Diploma of Accounting
Name: Sarah ElbertCurrent Employer: AccountsConnectPosition Title: BookkeeperInternational Student from: SwedenCampus: Northern Beaches Campus 1. What is the name of the course you have completed or...
View ArticleStudents serve up a win
Four students studying a Diploma of Hospitality at the Northern Sydney Institute’s Ryde Campus have taken out the 2015 Front of House Challenge as part of the Fine Food Australia industry event held...
View ArticleStudents don ‘white hats’
SECURITY PENETRATION TESTS IN 24 HOURS OF HARD WORK By Monique Cowper HACKING into the Federal Government’s security system with your mates while pumped full of energy drink at 3am might seem like a...
View ArticleGenuine Cuisine
Students at the Northern Sydney Institute’s Asian Culinary Centre are guaranteed an authentic learning experience. “We pride ourselves on providing training that preserves the traditional Asian methods...
View ArticleThe Northern Sydney Institute wins Sustainable Gold for the second time
The Northern Sydney Institute is delighted to announce it has been awarded Gold partner status with the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage Sustainability Advantage program for the second time in...
View ArticleAward winner has the right foundation
Emily Jacobs has only just begun collecting a string of accolades through her accomplishments at NSI. She graduated from the Certificate IV in Tertiary Preparation with a tertiary entrance score of...
View ArticleArtist delivers message in plastic
By Monique Cowper ANYONE who lives with a young girl would know the menace that is loom bands but one particularly talented artist has turned these tiny annoying pieces of plastic into an award-winning...
View Article4th in the world for hospitality students
The Northern Sydney Institute’s Samantha Johnson (Restaurant Service) and Adele Di Bella (Patisserie and Confectionery) have both achieved an incredible 4th place in the world in their respective...
View ArticleAward winning student
The Northern Sydney Institute, part of TAFE NSW, congratulates Marisol Miro Quesada Le Roux, winner of the NSW International Student of the Year Award in the Vocational Education and Training Category....
View ArticleFrom the ground up
Turn a job into a career by growing your skills. Cara Jenkin report WORKERS must take it on themselves to study throughout their careers, as their last level of education is usually not enough to keep...
View ArticleNorthern Beaches long-standing customer turns 100
Turning 100 is no excuse to let yourself go, according to the ever-glamorous Lisa Fallen, of Freshwater. The great-great-grandmother celebrated her 100th birthday with a big party at Bayview Golf Club,...
View ArticleSkillaroos taking on the world at 43rd WorldSkills competition
In less than 12 hours, WorldSkills Australia’s most elite young trades and skills champions will compete against the world’s best at the 43rd WorldSkills Competition in Brazil. Held at São Paulo’s...
View ArticleMeadowbank artist an Archibald finalist
Jeffrey Chen is pictured with his latest portraits at Meadowbank TAFE on Friday. TWT on-the-spot PHOTO. An Archibald Prize finalist from Meadowbank hopes readers of The Weekly Times will support him...
View ArticleBusiness Management teacher nominated for Pride of Australia Medal
Defeat is not a word associated with Willoughby’s Frances Chauncy. She has campaigned for her community on several occasions and won each battle through persistence. She helped SES teams deal with...
View ArticleEducation opportunities huge in culinary career
Sugar and spice and all things nice, that’s what Andre Sandison’s job is made of. The head teacher culinary at the Northern Institute’s Australian Patisserie Academy in Sydney teaches all things...
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