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911±¬ÁÏÍø student wins 2020 Student of the Year Award

Community Colleges Australia (CCA) has announced the winners of the 2020 Community Education Student of the Year Awards that took place on 25 November via Zoom and involved about 120 people at more than 20 locations along the east coast of Australia. 911±¬ÁÏÍø student Kristal Barlow won the 2020 Community Education Student of the […]

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Anti-Poverty Week 2020

911±¬ÁÏÍø and Alesco Senior College are proud to be taking part in activities that raise awareness for Anti-Poverty Week 2020. Anti-Poverty Week runs from 11th – 17th October 2020 and throughout this week we will be sharing information under the theme ‘Breaking the Cycle of Poverty through Education’. By bringing poverty to the forefront […]

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Bringing music to the streets

911±¬ÁÏÍø has joined forces with the business community to help create live music ambience across the City of Newcastle. Live Spots was launched in August and is a collaborative initiative of the Business Improvement Associations (BIAs) of Hamilton, Newcastle, Mayfield and Wallsend and will see the establishment of four sites initially that will be […]

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911±¬ÁÏÍø invests in region’s future

As our region continues to move into recovery and renewal, the 911±¬ÁÏÍø team remains focussed on providing the right education and training support for our community. For more than 100 years, 911±¬ÁÏÍø (formerly WEA Hunter) has continuously provided education in good times and in bad, and it is no different in 2020. As Covid19 […]

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COVID Safe at 911±¬ÁÏÍø

COVID Safe at 911±¬ÁÏÍø  911±¬ÁÏÍø is now registered as a COVID Safe organisation with the NSW Government. This means that 911±¬ÁÏÍø offers a range of accessible and safe learning options for students.  911±¬ÁÏÍø Executive Director Rowan Cox, said that the organisation moved quickly to ensure that its staff, students and all those who came […]

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911±¬ÁÏÍø joins The Inclusive 100 movement

At the end of 2019, 911±¬ÁÏÍø proudly joined Castle Personnel’s initiative The Inclusive 100, to increase employment and the social inclusion of people living with a disability. Today, Castle’s CEO Dianne Hamer, presented a certificate to our Executive Director, Rowan Cox acknowledging our involvement with the initiative. The inclusion pledge that Castle has put […]

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911±¬ÁÏÍø Student named Australian Student of the Year

Carmel Kentwell lives by the motto ‘It’s not worth letting life get you down, you just need to keep going!’ and her journey is a shining example of overcoming life’s hurdles. Carmel grew up in the NSW country town of Warren, near Dubbo, in a lower socio-economic area where she had limited access to educational […]

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Unlocking potential – A new name for a new start

ATWEA College was launched on 5 April 2019 and unifies the organisation’s seven campuses, almost 100 staff, thousands of students and hundreds of courses and programs across the Hunter and Mid North Coast.

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Helping students reach their full potential

911±¬ÁÏÍø offers a range of vocational and community education (VACE) programs across its campuses.

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