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Why SuniTAFE

In deciding to study at SuniTAFE, you are not only choosing a high standard of education, supportive teaching staff and dedicated student services, you are becoming part of a diverse, engaging and culturally rich community in a truly spectacular part of the world.

news Student Stories Don't just take our word for it! Hear from current and past students about all the good reasons to choose SuniTAFE as your pathway to a career or further education. Read our Student Stories for insights into the many ways SuniTAFE helps its students realise their dreams. Facilities Campuses SuniTAFE has two state-of-the-art campuses - Mildura and Swan Hill - with each offering specific courses to meet the needs of our diverse student body. The main Mildura Campus provides a range of trades, business, arts and other educational programs, plus the largest academic library in the region. Surrounded by an extensive agricultural region, the Swan Hill Campus has a focus on heavy automotive & mechanical engineering, alongside other trades and a new nursing training wing. All our campuses boast state-of the-art facilities and dedicated teaching and student support staff. Reconciliation Action Plan Dulka Yuppata Indigenous Training Centre Located on the Mildura Campus, the Dulka Yuppata ('Place of Learning') Training Centre provides support and assistance to all Koories enrolled at SuniTAFE Mildura. For Koorie students at the Swan Hill Campus, there is the Telkaya ('to improve, to be peaceful and to be well') Centre. The Centres include student wellbeing spaces, community and meeting spaces, an art gallery and a library of Indigenous resources. Koorie Liaison Officers (KLOs) are located at both campuses, to assist Koorie students with all aspects of their life at SuniTAFE. Find out more about SuniTAFE's Koorie training programs and partnerships, and additional support services here.

Reasons to study at SuniTAFE

There are lots of reasons for choosing to study at SuniTAFE, from the beauty of the surrounding region, to the dedicated staff and high quality education, to the supportive and entertaining campus life on offer. In the following we list just 5 of the many good reasons why studying at SuniTAFE is a great choice for students from both Australia and overseas.

Studying in Regional Victoria

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University Pathways

For those students who aspire to a university degree, SuniTAFE is an excellent place to start. Our partnership with La Trobe University allows SuniTAFE diploma and advanced diploma graduates to gain credit into a range of university programs, reducing the duration of study required to achieve a degree. We also partner with Charles Sturt University, which provides a pathway into higher study for SuniTAFE graduates in either the Diploma of Horticulture or the Diploma of Conservation and Land Management.

History

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Sunraysia Institute of TAFE is one of the largest providers of vocational education and training in north-west Victoria. A small TAFE with a large reach, the Institute was established in 1980, instigated by a number of local educators who recognised that the introduction of post-secondary education was integral to the needs of the growing community and regional industry.

Formerly known as the Sunraysia College of TAFE, SuniTAFE was the first purpose-designed and built TAFE college in Victoria. It was set up to provide a quality teaching program that would meet the needs of the community and industry and give access to training to those living in remote regional areas of north-west Victoria. Right from the start, residential accommodation and childcare facilities were included in the planning phase of the new college. This was unprecedented in Victoria at the time but was strongly fought for by the steering committee, who deemed the facilities necessary in order to provide access for remote students.

Removing educational obstacles for regional and rural students was a significant driver for the initial establishment of the Institute. During the very early years of the Institute’s inception the vital role partnerships with other educational providers could play was recognised. Links and relationships were fostered with Ballarat University College, La Trobe University, Hawthorn Institute of Education, Victoria College and Deakin University. Notably, SuniTAFE continues to enjoy strong links with all of these early partners, although some are operating under different names.

Today, SuniTAFE is a vibrant educational community, with two main campuses at Mildura and Swan Hill, and a training farm at Cardross. Together these facilities provide vocational education and training for the people of Loddon Mallee North and beyond. In fact, SuniTAFE now has programs on its scope of registration operating in every state and territory in Australia. Through the use of technology and a commitment to building educational partnerships that improve opportunities for our students, SuniTAFE's reach now extends far beyond the boundaries of its geographic location.

SuniTAFE celebrated 40 years of providing education and training to the region in 2020. Due to the COVID-19 situation a commemorative lift out was developed.

Future

SuniTAFE is committed to growing our educational and training offerings into the future, recognising that, as the economy and industry change, we need to be ahead of the curve. We must be able to provide our students with the knowledge and skills they need to negotiate the demands of a changing world. Here we highlight some of the programs and partnerships we are developing to lead SuniTAFE into the future.

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