International Training Provider of the Year Award

CHARLTON BROWN® is a registered training organisation specialising in community services. It provides programs across early childhood education, aged care, home and community care, disability, youth work, welfare and youth justice. Annually, it enrols almost 2000 students, with approximately 12 per cent from international backgrounds.

A further 132 students are enrolled through transnational educational partnerships in Sri Lanka, Indonesia and the Philippines.

CHARLTON BROWN® provides local and international internships to its students to ensure they are work ready upon graduation. Its complimentary safety programs teach over and above the requirements of the training package ensuring its graduates stand out from the crowd.

Study tours are arranged by CHARLTON BROWN® for potential international students, allowing them to stay with a local family whilst studying and experiencing the local culture. It also runs a working holiday program, which gives international students the opportunity to work and study around Australia and provides language support and placement opportunities in local community services facilities.

Commencing operations in 2008 with two employees, the Australian Institute of Professional Education (AIPE) is now a multi-sector education provider located in Sydney with 200 full time employees and more than 8000 students, with 1800 from an international background.

With a core purpose to drive excellence in education, AIPE offers its students a unique learning experience with courses taught in a technologically advanced and socially interactive environment.

The Institute is a higher education provider, registered training organisation and an English language centre. Its registered training organisation arm offers a wide variety of nationally recognised training ranging from Certificate IV to Advanced Diploma levels in business, human resources, marketing, management, tourism and project management.

AIPE’s mission is to make a valuable academic contribution to the community by delivering successful educational experiences to its students and to assist them develop into confident and professional individuals through focused academic development channels.

Box Hill Institute is a leading Victorian vocational education and training provider offering a variety of courses to both local and international students. In 2013, it had 37,000 student enrolments, including 6000 offshore enrolments and more than 600 inbound students from more than 50 countries.
 
In November 2013, Box Hill Institute was named the International Training Provider of the Year for its outstanding delivery of vocational education and training and training to full-fee paying international students.
 
“Winning International Training Provider of the Year acknowledges that the work we’re doing in the international area is important.” Box Hill Institute’s interim Chief Executive Officer, Joe Piper, said.
 
“These awards send a message of how important international education is, not only to Australia, to Victoria and Box Hill but to all of the developing countries and regions we work in.”
 
Box Hill Institute is committed to internationalisation and its approach to this commitment encompasses four pillars: inbound international students, international projects, transnational delivery and global studies and citizenship.
 
Box Hill Institute’s international inbound students are supported prior to and throughout their training, with a dedicated team of international student support staff providing accommodation, language, academic and social support.
 
Box Hill Institute’s income from all international activity represents approximately 19 per cent of its overall income, making its international arm a significant and strategic part of its operations.

Download the Australian Training Awards fact sheet on Box Hill Institute's achievements.

William Angliss Institute of TAFE was established in 1940 as Australia’s first trade training institute for the food industry. Today, more than 23 000 students study events, foods, tourism and hospitality at William Angliss. Approximately 1300 of these students are international, with the majority from South East Asia.

William Angliss’ International Office employs 12 full-time staff members fluent in languages including Indonesian, Korean, Japanese, Chinese and Spanish to assist international students, providing services such as visa regulation and programme admission advice. International Student Course Coordinators are in each teaching department at William Angliss, with responsibility for helping students to navigate their timetables, monitoring student progress and arranging any support services that are required.

For the past seven years, William Angliss students have coordinated an International Student Day which promotes awareness of the international cohort’s contributions to the institute. Through day trips and off-campus activities, international students are able to enjoy unique Victorian experiences.

Charlton Brown® specialises in the provision of VET in the field of community services, offering accredited and non-accredited courses including nannying, early childhood education and care, aged care, home and community care, disability, youth work, community services and youth justice. Of its 1500 onshore students annually, approximately 30 per cent are international.

Charlton Brown® organises paid and unpaid work experience in both the national and international markets for its students to ensure they are work ready upon graduation.

Charlton Brown® arranges study tours of two to three weeks duration for potential international students, allowing them to stay with a local family whilst studying and experiencing the local culture. Charlton Brown® also runs a working holiday programme, which gives international students the opportunity to work and study around Australia. International students are also provided language support and placement opportunities in local community services facilities.

Central Institute of Technology has been providing VET to international students for more than 50 years and now educates over 3000 each year through both onshore and offshore courses. Central’s international students are able to study 120 courses, 76 per cent of which are offered at Certificate IV or above.

Central has five international student advisors to support international students with visa conditions, course progress and English language. Free access to International Student Counsellors can be provided if required.

Central is working with TAFE Directors Australia (TDA) to expand the Vocational Education Leadership Training programme to Indonesia, and is TDA’s representative on the Australia-India Education Council where it has led three projects to support the development of India’s VET sector, including a VET in Schools programme. Central is also Western Australia’s public provider representative on the Study Perth Board, which is building the profile of international education in Western Australia and overseas.