Northern Weekly reports on our ‘Oskar’ win
The Northern Weekly newspaper has reported on the Café Chat animated film made by NMIT Work Education Centre students winning the most original film award at the Oskar Bright Festival. WHILE it’s been more than a week since Kirsten Woodhouse returned from her whirlwind six-day trip to Brighton, England, she is still buzzing from the excitement. The Northern Melbourne Institute …
African students log on to a better future
Presentation of computer equipment to NMIT Certificate II in Spoken and Written English Students On Tuesday 20 December 2011. Left to right: Romia Kori, Mohamed Hersi and Sharrif Ubdirahman with their reconditioned computer equipment supplied by Mission Australian Employment Services and organised by NMIT Student Pathways Officer, Shona Stephen. After coming to a new world, three NMIT students are gaining better access …
NMIT teachers contribute to ‘Christmas heART’
The meaning of the Christmas tree is open to modern interpretation and NMIT Creative Arts staff members, Dr Colleen Morris and Stephen Pascoe, recently applied their take on the Christmas Tree at an exhibition called ‘Christmas heART‘ which opened on December 14 at the Wyndham Art Gallery in Werribee. Colleen and Stephen’s combined installation entitled Symbol and Metaphor in a …
Animated film by Work Education students wins most original film award
NMIT Work Education Centre staff member, Kirsten Woodhouse, represented NMIT at the Oskar Bright Festival awards presentation in the UK on 25 November and was thrilled to pick up the award for Most Original Film. “For Café Chat to be awarded Most Original Film was tremendous,” said Ms Woodhouse. “This recognition sends a great message for all the students and …