Overview: The Southern Queensland Institute of TAFE - Toowoomba is an educational institution which offers educational training in various vocations and fields recognised by the Australian government. In fact, it is one of the largest provider of relevant and practical training of vocational courses with a reach of over 20000 students covering one – third of the state of Queensland. They also have an added advantage of having access to more than a hundred TAFE.....Continuing reading campuses across Queensland.
TAFE: Technical and Further Education mainly offer courses and training in various tertiary educational subjects, vocations and fields which come under the National Training System. A wide range of vocations are covered including finance, business, engineering, construction, information technology, hospitality, tourism, visual arts, and community service.
Southern Queensland Institute of TAFE has campuses in the cities of Charleville, Nurunderi, Chinchilla, Dalby, Kingaroy, Roma, Stanthorpe, Toowoomba and Warwick, Australia. The institution was established by The Department of Education and Training, Queensland Government, Australia.
Specialty: The Southern Queensland Institute of Training And Further Education provides vocation and educational and training to students. They offer around 300 courses from 20 different skill areas.
Study Centre: The study centres are equipped with all the modern state of the art equipment needed by the students to study and learn. The class sizes are kept small so that each individual gets the attention he/ she deserves. The students have a choice in choosing their means of learning: Traditional classroom teaching, video conferencing, streaming and learning technology services can also be opted for learning purposes.
Hostel: One can arrange for accommodation facilities through the counsellors at Toowoomba or Warwick campuses. The Toowoomba student association has accommodation facilities for students. They can either choose to board rooms privately, share the accommodation or live in local motels. One can also rent a house through the Residential Tenancies Authority.
Infrastructure: Parking, library with e – learning facility. The Kingaroy campus has a special feature called – the Taabinga training restaurant. It usually runs during class hours and trains hospitality students. Similarly, the Roma, the Toowoomba and the Warwick campuses have the Timbury training restaurant, the Futures training restaurant and the Horizons training restaurant respectively. The Toowoomba campus also has the following extra infrastructural facilities like the Toowoomba student association and hair and beauty services. The Toowoomba campus is provided with security during all class hours and activities.
Faculty: The faculty at the Southern Queensland Institute of TAFE includes teachers, trainers, consultants and assessors. They are all well qualified experienced professionals with significant current industry exposure. They are mostly working professionals and help students develop latest courses to get them all ready for recruitment in the industry.
Southern Queensland Institute of TAFE - Toowoomba delivers education through the latest technology. Apart from the traditional classroom approach, it also provides high quality training through video conferences and other educational technologies on and off campus. The method of teaching is carefully planned out before hand and adequate study materials are provided. Classroom activities and interaction between the students and teachers is encouraged. Every teacher aims to improve the student's level of mastery and competence so that they are well trained and well prepared for the dynamics of the global industry. The students are trained to compete in the global world. Small classes encourage an interactive, versatile, communicative and assignment based approach. The student is expected to be willing to learn and accept the assignments which are assigned. The educational approach is student centered. The latest technology is used in all teaching methods to ensure that all the student requirements are fulfilled.
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