Asian Cuisine at its finest
The heat was on at the TAFE NSW – Northern Sydney Institute’s (NSI) Crows Nest College Fusion Cookery Competition when 10 commercial cookery students battle it out in the kitchen for one of five...
View ArticleChoose your wine with confidence
Have you ever found yourself presented with a wine menu, only to again find yourself asking the question “which do I choose, white or red?” The Sydney Wine Academy at TAFE NSW – Northern Sydney...
View ArticleFinalist NSW Woman of the Year Award
NSI's Women’s Strategy Coordinator Robyn Woolley has been selected as a finalist for this year’s International Women’s Day NSW Woman of the Year Award. One of only 10 women in NSW selected as a...
View ArticleNSI's Student Sommelier of the Year Award announced
Ryde College student Jeremy Foot has received the Fine Wine Partners - Philip Shaw Wines - Student Sommelier of the Year Award for 2010. Each year the award is presented to the most outstanding...
View ArticleNSW Premier’s International Student of the Year Award
NSI's International student Hayley Ward has received the 2011 inaugural NSW Premier’s International Student of the Year Award. Hayley was one of 12 students across the state nominated to receive the...
View ArticleWorld Water Day awareness campaign launch
NSI's Hornsby College will celebrate World Water Day, 22 March 2011 with the launch of their innovative educational eco-literacy campaign to minimise the impact of bottled water on the environment....
View ArticleGreen skills training scholarships for apprentices
NSI is offering 19 scholarships for apprentices to study the Certificate IV in Business Sustainability Assessment. Funded by the Board of Vocational Education and Training (BVET), the Certificate IV...
View Article2011 NSI Surf Life Saving Scholarship recipients announced
Three surf life savers Mia Leszinsky, Maxine Peacock – Smith and Christine Armour were selected to receive the 2011 NSI Surf Life Saving Northern Beaches Scholarship, which will see them complete a...
View ArticleLocal chef congratulates hospitality graduates
Over 100 hospitality students attended a graduation ceremony at NSI’s Northern Beaches College Pittwater Training Restaurant in late March. The four classes of commercial cookery and hospitality...
View ArticleNSI wins top plumbing prize
NSI stole the stage at the Institution of Gas Engineers and LPG Australia NSW Awards for Excellence last week, winning the Training Institution of the Year Award, while plumbing student Stephan...
View ArticleNSI teacher wins SMART car competition
NSI's Hornsby College Adult Foundation Education teacher Fiona Dimas-Herd is the lucky winner of NSI’s World Water Day SMART car competition. As part of Hornsby College’s World Water Day festivities...
View ArticleChocolate competition a sweet success
NSI Ryde College recently hosted the Callebaut Chocolate Showpiece Competition. Students from NSI’s Ryde College, Le Cordon Bleu and Hunter Institute competed for the title of best chocolate showpiece....
View ArticleHornsby Children's Centre recognised for cultural diversity program
Hornsby Children’s centre has been recognised as the 4000th children’s centre in NSW to access a bicultural worker to help support the children and families. This program is funded by the...
View ArticleNSI Landscaping students take centre stage at Royal Easter Show
NSI’s Ryde College landscape and construction apprentices have taken out second place in the 2011 NSW Landscaping Challenge at the Royal Easter Show. Following the theme ‘A Courtyard Garden’, the...
View ArticleNSI announces 2011 Student of the Year
Parliamentary Secretary Gabrielle Upton recently attended the 2011 NSI Excellence Awards at Ryde College to announce NSI’s Student of the Year. Fourteen Excellence Awards and ten TAFE NSW State...
View ArticleInternational eLearning award for NSI
NSI's eLearning Officer Kelly Pickering is the winner of the 2011 Teaching with Sakai Innovation Award (TWSIA). The annual international competition encourages the sharing of innovative technology,...
View ArticleNSI students join Great Waiters Race
A group of 11 NSI Ryde College hospitality management and events students recently joined some of Sydney’s best waiters for the Great Waiters Race in Sydney during May, 2011. Based on the traditional...
View ArticleHospitality industry’s finest celebrate 2011 Appetite for Success launch
NSI recently celebrated the launch of the 2011 Appetite for Success program at Parliament House in Sydney. Designed to develop and assist tomorrow’s leading chefs and food and beverage staff,...
View ArticlePlumbing apprentice receives Prime Minister's Award
Collaroy resident and NSI North Sydney College student Patrick Nicols has received the Prime Minister's Award for Skills Excellence in School for Construction and Property Services. The Minister for...
View ArticleIndustry forum attracts Sydney's best chefs
Recently professionals from across the hospitality industry attended industry forums at NSI's Ryde College and the Amora Hotel in Sydney to address the issue of apprenticeship completions. Part of...
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