The Northern Sydney Institute has been recognised for its ongoing commitment to Aboriginal education and training with a TAFE NSW Gili Award. Recent graduate, Skye Day has won an achievement award for student excellence.
“I am proud to be recognised for my achievements and would like to acknowledge the great support from the Aboriginal Education and Training Unit, Gamarada at Meadowbank Campus which helped me succeed in my studies,” she said.
Skye completed her Certificate IV in Marketing in 2013 and continued her studies in 2014, completing a Diploma of Marketing and a Diploma of Advertising. As a result of her qualifications and skills, Skye was promoted to sales and marketing coordinator in her workplace.
A proud descendant of the Aboriginal Wiradjuri Nation from the Dabee Clan, Skye was also supported by the Institute’s Aboriginal Education and Training Unit in a recent educational trip to China as part of her studies.
In June 2014, ten of the Institute’s business students from Meadowbank Campus travelled to the Shunde Polytechnic College in China to enhance their classroom studies.
“The experience was amazing! We were immersed in another country and culture and in return I was able to give the students some information about my history and about the history of the Aboriginal people,” Skye said.
Skye will be presented with her Gili award at a ceremony on Thursday 28 August in Sydney.
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