Highlights from our 2022 Annual Report

Bendigo TAFE and Kangan Institute were named Gold recipient – Large Training Provider of the Year at the 2022 Australian Training Awards, following our win at the 2022 Victorian Training Awards.

Students and staff achieved success at State and National awards.

Our Bendigo City Campus revitalisation project was awarded The Built Projects – Local and Neighbourhood Scale Prize at the 2022 Australian Urban Design Awards. It also won the Health and Education Landscape — Award of Excellence at the 2022 Landscape Architecture Awards Victoria.

The hub boasts modern state-of-the-art facilities, including simulation labs and has capacity to train more than 900 health students every year.

From a new parent room and first aid space, through to a refurbished student recreation area, upgraded classrooms and new outdoor areas, a focus of 2022 was upgrading Charleston Road campus to improve student experience.

We launched our Journey to Inclusive Leadership program, five-year Diversity Charter, Gender Equality Action Plan and progressed our Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan.

Shivohn Carroll was one of our many motorsport students who had an opportunity to work in the pit lane in 2022.

Part of the 2022 Melbourne Fashion Week line up, our Fashion Devotion runway show presented more than 80 student designs. 

70 new commercial agreements were rolled out across 2022, including training delivered to more than 30 participants from Oasis Horticulture.

We trained more than 230 technicians on electric vehicle safety at our Automotive Centre of Excellence in Docklands.

We welcomed Indian Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and his delegation at our Automotive Centre of Excellence in Docklands. We're currently working with the International Automobile Centre of Excellence (iACE) in Gujurat, India to deliver world-class automotive programs and teacher training. 

Hon Brendan O’Connor, Minister for Skills and Training, and Lisa Chesters MP, Federal Member for Bendigo, held a Jobs and Skills roundtable at Bendigo City campus.

Hon Gayle Tierney, Minister for Training and Skills and Higher Education, launches the 2022 Victorian Skills Plan at our Automotive Centre of Excellence in Docklands.

The annual Victorian TAFE Association State Conference was held at Bendigo City Campus and Bendigo Town Hall. The two-day conference was attended by more than 140 delegates and included a students’ skills showcase on campus. Themed Leading Through Change, the conference saw sector leaders gather to discuss contemporary issues, convey big picture ideas, communicate trends and engage in collaborative consultation.

A mural by Indigenous artists Alex Kerr and Ashley Kerr-Firebrace was completed at Essendon campus library, sprucing up the learning space for our students.