Phoenix Academy leads the way in Teacher Training
Phoenix Academy, through its Institute for Teaching Excellence (ITE) recently launched the new DELTA Teacher Training course at its Perth campus. The lasttime a DELTA was offered in Western Australia was in 2003, also at Phoenix. Phoenix Academy is the only centre in Australia offering a DELTA at this time. This 8-week intensive course is one of the best known and most popular advanced TESOL qualifications in the...
2014 Agents Forum
Thank you to everyone who attended the WAPETIA Agents Forum last week and made it the fantastic event it was. It was great to hear from speakers about current and real topics that affect many of us in the Industry. A fantastic job was also done by each Provider with the ‘College in a Couple’ segment. The agents quite enjoyed these short yet informative presentations. All feedback received from the event has been positive...
Stanley College joins WAPETIA
It was decided at the last WAPETIA Meeting in February that Stanley College’s application for Membership would be accepted. We welcome Stanley College to the Association and look forward to working closely with them in the coming years
Immigration authorities back down on SVP visa threat
Overseas students who switched to a degree course at institutions outside the streamlined visa processing system before January 14 will not lose their visas. Since that date, the Immigration Department has emailed more than 1400 overseas students warning them they were in breach of visa conditions because they had left the SVP university course that brought them into the country. These students were told they had to go home and apply...
Augmented Reality in Education: teaching tool or passing trend?
AR shouldn’t be another monster under the bed (or desk), says Judy Bloxham – used intelligently, it provides new ways for learners to access content and knowledge. What some may call an ‘unsurprising’ 71% of 16 to 24-years-olds own smartphones, so why aren’t teachers utilising these in the classroom or campus? Is the use of these devices going to detract from the learning process or contribute to future...
Diploma puts officer on right career path
DEDICATED lecturers have made changing to a career in occupational health and safety easy for Busselton Freight Services’ newest employee. Vishal Sharma, who migrated to Australia from India in 2010, was recently appointed as an OHS officer for the company. Mr Sharma said he started a diploma for occupational health and safety at the Australian-International Institute of Workplace Training after deciding to switch from studying law....