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TAFE Brisbane
TAFE Queensland Brisbane was formed in 2013 on 1 July by the amalgamation of Southbank Institute of Technology, the Brisbane North Institute of TAFE and the Metropolitan South Institute of TAFE. TAFE Queensland Brisbane has eight campus locations spread across the Greater Brisbane geographical footprint from the north side (Caboolture) to the far south (Loganlea). As of July 2017 TAFE Queensland started the process of consolidating TAFE Queensland Brisbane and its five other regional registered training organisations (RTOs) into one single RTO. TAFE Queensland Brisbane now no longer operates as a separate RTO. TAFE Queensland campuses across the Greater Brisbane area offer a wide range of qualifications, including entry-level skill sets, certificates, diplomas, advanced diplomas and bachelor degrees. Campus locations * Alexandra Hills *Bracken Ridge *Caboolture *Grovely *Loganlea *Mount Gravatt * Redcliffe *South Bank TAFE Queensland Brisbane and TAFE Queensland SkillsTech co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Technical And Further Education
Technical and further education or simply TAFE (), is the common name in English-speaking countries in Oceania for vocational education, as a subset of tertiary education. TAFE institutions provide a wide range of predominantly vocational courses. Individual TAFE institutions (usually with numerous campuses) are known as either colleges or institutes, depending on the country, state or territory. In Australia, where the term TAFE originated, institutions usually host qualifying courses, under the National Training System/Australian Qualifications Framework/Australian Quality Training Framework. Fields covered include business, finance, hospitality, tourism, construction, engineering, visual arts, information technology and community work. TAFE colleges are owned, operated and financed by the various state/territory governments. Qualifications awarded by TAFE colleges TAFE colleges award Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) qualifications accredited in the Vocational ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TAFE Queensland
TAFE Queensland is the statutory authority parent body for TAFE technical and further education training in the Australian state of Queensland. Established in 1882, TAFE Queensland is one of Australia's largest education providers with 120,000+ students trained each year across the state, nationally and internationally. On 1 July 2013, the state's TAFE institutes were organised into six regions; Brisbane, East Coast, Gold Coast, North, SkillsTech, and South West. On 1 July 2014, TAFE Queensland was officially established as a statutory body by the TAFE Queensland Act 2013. On 1 July 2017, TAFE Queensland began consolidating their six regional registered training organisations (RTO) into a single RTO. Regions * TAFE Queensland Brisbane * TAFE Queensland Gold Coast * TAFE Queensland Sunshine Coast * TAFE Queensland Darling Downs and South West * TAFE Queensland Wide Bay Burnett * TAFE Queensland Far North Queensland * TAFE Queensland North Queensland Education & Tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TAFE Queensland SkillsTech
TAFE Queensland SkillsTech (previously known as SkillsTech Australia and Trade and Technician Skills Institute) is a pre-eminent provider of Vocational education, vocational education and training in Queensland, Queensland, Australia. It operates four trade training centres across Brisbane. TAFE Queensland SkillsTech offers specialist trade training for many industrial areas. History In July 2017, the process of consolidating TAFE Queensland SkillsTech and five other regional Registered training organisation, registered training organisations (RTOs) into a single RTO began. TAFE Queensland SkillsTech consolidated into the TAFE Queensland organisation, and no longer operate as a separate RTO. TAFE QLD offers admissions to international students in up to 22 study areas. TAFE's international students are mostly from South Korea, China, India, Brazil, Japan, Philippines, Columbia, South Carolina, Columbia, Nepal, Hong Kong, Italy, Germany, United Kingdom, Taiwan, Sweden, Papua New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Bank, Queensland
South Bank is a cultural, social, educational and recreational precinct in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The precinct is located in the suburb of South Brisbane, on the southern bank of the Brisbane River. Landmarks South Bank Parklands The South Bank Parklands, which were established on the former site of World Expo 88, are one of Brisbane's most popular tourist attractions. The parklands are home to many restaurants and cafés as well as landmarks such as the Queensland Conservatorium, the Wheel of Brisbane, the Nepalese Peace Pagoda, Streets Beach (a free man-made swimming area), and the Grand Arbour. Approximately 11,000,000 people visit the South Bank Parklands each year. Grey Street & Little Stanley Street A number of Brisbane's most popular restaurants and fashion boutiques are located on Grey Street, and Little Stanley Street which it runs parallel to. The South Bank Cinemas are also located on Grey Street, along with two five star hotels. Brisbane Convention and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Redcliffe, Queensland
Redcliffe is a town and suburb in the Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia. It also refers colloquially to the Redcliffe Peninsula as a whole, a peninsula jutting into Moreton Bay which contains several other suburbs. Since the 1880s, Redcliffe has been a popular seaside resort in South East Queensland. In the , the suburb of Redcliffe had a population of 10,373 people. Geography Redcliffe is situated in the east north-east of the Redcliffe Peninsula on the western shore of the Moreton Bay. It is approximately north-north-east of the Brisbane CBD. It serves as the Central Business District for the Redcliffe Peninsula and its surrounding suburbs. History Before European settlement, the Redcliffe Peninsula was occupied by the Ningy Ningy people. The Aboriginal name is ''Kau-in-Kau-in'', which means Blood-Blood (red-like blood). A famous Ningy Ningy Bora ring structure, consisting of two separate rings, large and small, joined by a ritual pathway, once existed betwe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Gravatt, Queensland
Mount Gravatt is a southern suburb of the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia and a prominent hill and lookout within this suburb (). In the , Mount Gravatt had a population of 3,366 people. Geography The suburb is situated in the south-east of the city and was one of Brisbane's largest. This was before it was divided into Mount Gravatt East, Upper Mount Gravatt and Mount Gravatt South; the last being renamed Wishart in the early 1990s. History The hill was named Mount Gravatt in 1840 by surveyor Robert Dixon after Lieutenant George Gravatt who was the commander of the Moreton Bay penal colony from May to July 1839. Gravatt was later transferred to India where he died in 1843. Mount Gravatt State School was opened on 29 June 1874. In 1888, 3 sections of 107 allotments, 6 and 7 acres were advertised to be auctioned on 24 November as 'The Abdington Estate Mount Gravatt'. Between 1953 and 1969 electric trams ran from the suburb into Brisbane's Central Business Distr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bracken Ridge, Queensland
Bracken Ridge is a northern suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Bracken Ridge had a population of 16,936 people. Geography The suburb is located about north of the Brisbane central business district. The southern border is formed by Telegraph Road, one of the oldest roads in the suburb, and a portion of the western border is formed by the Caboolture railway line. A number of housing estates are located within the suburb, including ''The Oaks'', ''Enbrook Heights'' and the most recent development ''Sungate Estate''. The terrain in the suburb is, as the name suggests, generally hilly. The highest area of the suburb features a park and a reservoir; from this height it is quite easy to see Moreton Bay to the east and the CBD to the south. History The Turrbul people are the traditional owners of the area. The suburb takes its name from a property name and later an estate name, which in turn was a name given by the original settlers because there wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandra Hills, Queensland
Alexandra Hills is a residential locality in the City of Redland, Queensland, Australia. In the , Alexandra Hills had a population of 16,254 people. Geography Alexandra Hills sits between two major areas of Redlands, with Cleveland to the east and Capalaba to the west. Alexandra Hills itself is notable as the only enclaved suburb of the largely coastal Redland City. Finucane Crossing is near the western edge of locality (). It is near where Finucane Road crosses Hilliards Creek into neighbouring Ormiston and Cleveland. History Alexandra Hills State School opened on 28 January 1975. St Anthony's Catholic Primary School opened on 1 January 1980 on a site purchased by the Archdiocese of Brisbane. The school opened with 157 students under the leadership of Presentation Sister Kieran McNamara. Archbishop Francis Rush blessed and officially blessed the school on Sunday 9 March 1980. Vienna Woods State School opened on 29 January 1985. Alexandra Hills State High School ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loganlea, Queensland
Loganlea is a suburb in the City of Logan, Queensland, Australia. In the , Loganlea had a population of 7,321 people. Geography The eastern boundary of Loganlea is marked by a winding section of the Logan River. The north of the suburb is aligned with the Beenleigh railway line. The western boundary follows part of both Scrubby Creek and Kingston Road. The Logan Motorway crosses the northern tip of Loganlea where access is provided via Kingston Road. Loganlea is one of three toll points on the road. Loganlea railway station serves the suburb (). Loganlea State High School was built in the north-east close to the railway line. A police beat is located on the corner of Haig Road and Station Street. Towards the centre of the suburb is a small retail zone which includes a child-care centre. The Logan Artists Association art gallery and studio opened in 2012 and is located in Coral Street. In the east along Logan River the land is prone to flooding. Flooding is experienced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brisbane
Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the states and territories of Australia, Australian state of Queensland, and the list of cities in Australia by population, third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of approximately 2.6 million. Brisbane lies at the centre of the South East Queensland metropolitan region, which encompasses a population of around 3.8 million. The Brisbane central business district is situated within a peninsula of the Brisbane River about from its mouth at Moreton Bay, a bay of the Coral Sea. Brisbane is located in the hilly floodplain of the Brisbane River Valley between Moreton Bay and the Taylor Range, Taylor and D'Aguilar Range, D'Aguilar mountain ranges. It sprawls across several local government in Australia, local government areas, most centrally the City of Brisbane, Australia's most populous local government area. The demonym of Brisbane is ''Brisbanite''. The Traditional Owners of the Brisbane a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caboolture, Queensland
Caboolture () is a town and suburb in Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the suburb of Caboolture had a population of 26,433 people. It is located on the north side of the Caboolture River, which separates the town from Morayfield and Caboolture South. Geography Caboolture is an urban centre or satellite city approximately north of Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland. Caboolture is now considered to be the northernmost urban area of the greater Brisbane metropolitan region within South East Queensland, and it marks the end of the Brisbane suburban commuter railway service along the North Coast railway line. The urban extent of the town of Caboolture is not formally defined but is generally regarded as including the following suburbs: * Bellmere * Caboolture (as a suburb) * Caboolture South * Morayfield (northern section, west of Bruce Highway) * Upper Caboolture History Indigenous history '' Duungidjawu (''also known as ''Kabi Kabi, Cabbee, Carb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metropolitan South Institute Of TAFE
Metropolitan South Institute of TAFE (also known as MSIT or Metro South TAFE) was a progressive, public provider of technical and further education college within Queensland, Australia. MSIT operated in the highly competitive vocational education and training sector. The college offered 270 courses for approx 30,000 students enrolled each year. MSIT also provided fee for service corporate training and small business coaching programs. In 2012, MSIT became the first TAFE college to deliver higher education bachelor's degree programs in Queensland, initially in disciplines such as accounting, early childhood teaching, film and television, or fashion design. MSIT established a strong list of links with Australian and international universities, enabling graduating students to earn credit towards additional qualifications with a university. MSIT also developed and ran a unique alternative to high school (Year 12) senior studies programs from its Alexandra Hills campus. For almost tw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
