Jolie En Blanche Dinner at St Georges Restaurant
After the high summer heatwaves and above average temperatures that extended well into Autumn, winter has finally arrived in Melbourne. To welcome the arrival of winter Second Year Diploma of Hospitality students from the Hospitality and Tourism Department at NMIT have organised a special evening to showcase their many hospitality talents. Jolie En Blanche – Pretty in White – will …
Deaf Centre for Excellence celebrates 20th anniversary
The NMIT Centre for Excellence for Students who are Deaf and Hard of hearing recently celebrated its 20th anniversary and launch of a new name and logo. The staff of the Centre of Excellence have been delivering educational programs and support services for students who are deaf or hard of hearing since 1993. They will now be known as deafConnectED …
Nexus Festival explores creative arts and visual culture
The Nexus festival is a two day celebration of narrative visual culture. It will address and explore the connections and emerging relationships between various aspects of visual culture, providing a fertile ground for cross-pollination, inspiration and innovation. It provides opportunity for the community to engage with masters in the field through hands on workshops, forums, exhibitions, screenings and performances. The …
Signature. Creative Arts Staff Show & Exhibition
NMIT’s Creative Arts Department Higher Education staff creative juices are on display on Tuesday 26th March at the Fairfield Campus. In the Signature Creative Arts Staff show Higher Education staff provide special performances, readings and exhibitions. Details are on the flyer below:
NMIT Bachelor of Writing and Publishing lecturer makes Stella Prize Longlist
NMIT Bachelor of Writing and Publishing lecturer Amy Espeseth has made the longlist for the Stella Prize for her novel Sufficient Grace. The Stella Prize is a new major literary award for Australian women’s writing. Named after Stella Maria ‘Miles’ Franklin (1879–1954), the prize rewards one writer with a $50,000 grant. The Stella Prize shortlist will be announced on the …
Bachelor of Agriculture and Land Management put to the test
Julie Proctor from the Age recently reviewed NMIT’s Bachelor of Agriculture and Land Management degree in the article: Is the farmer’s life for you? If interested in studying agriculture at the tertiary degree level, read her course road test. Is the farmer’s life for you? Course road test: Bachelor of agriculture and land management at NMIT. It’s a farmer’s life …
Minister Jenny Macklin visits trade apprentices at Heidelberg
Heidelberg Campus enjoyed a visit last week from local Federal MP Jenny Macklin, the Federal Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Minister for Disability Reform. Jenny Macklin chatted with NMIT staff and apprentices starting or resuming their formal trade training after the summer break. Ms Macklin toured the plumbing and gas fitting, carpentry, building construction, and locksmithing …
Parenting teenagers through challenging times Free Seminars
NMIT’s Youth Unit in conjunction with the Youth Connections program present two free seminars on parenting teenagers. The seminars will explore effective ways to develop a strong and supportive parent-teenager relationship, manage adolescent behaviour and guide teenagers in the right direction. The seminars will look at the changing nature of the role as a parent, including: ages and stages – …
Sound Production students to Showcase electronic music skills
Students of the Diploma of Sound Production present two nights of original electronic music and sound design at the NMIT Greensborough Campus. The two concerts will feature original music written, recorded, produced and performed by students completing the one year Diploma of Sound Production. The course has a particular focus and specialisation on producing electronic music and sound design for …
Wishes in Space – an Ignition Theatre performance
Come along to enjoy a performance by NMIT work education students. The Ignition Theatre Company is presenting: WISHES IN SPACE – A hero with imagination will save us from empty perfection at the Northcote Town Hall this weekend. The performance is devised by NMIT’s Ignition Theatre Company in 2012 and will include showings of Café Chat (an award winning short …