Batchelor Institute students get started on their Higher Education journeys in Preparation for Tertiary Success (PTS), Education, Creative Writing, and Nursing at a student orientation program held at Desert Peoples Centre (DPC) Alice Springs from 28 February 28 to 2 March 2013. This

By KIERAN FINNANE Lena Campbell is working on a digital photo story as I enter the classroom. It shows mostly young men in her family circle and the backing track is an original rap by her son. It’s called “Runamucks”. The photos are captioned: the word “gangsta” crops up frequently.

Derek Hunt, a Yolngu man from Elcho Island recently completed a Diploma of Interpreting from the Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education. Under the new Memorandum of Understanding between Batchelor Institute and the Aboriginal Interpreter Service (AIS) workplace professio

The Batchelor Institute Indigenous Achievement Award Recipient for 2012 was Miss Sharmayne Asera.  Sharmayne has completed Year 9. She is a talented young lady who is capable of achieving some outstanding results.  Through this award we hope to encourage Sharmayne to set an example th

Recently, we have teamed up with the Tiwi Islands Training and Employment Board (TITEB) to help coordinate delivery of our courses to the Tiwi people. Rick Jenkins is the newly appointed Training Coordinator and he reports tremendous successes in signing up students to help the CDEP p

Jeanie Bell attended this conference to co-present on Section Systems (often referred to as ‘skin names’) of Queensland with one of her ANU PhD supervisors Dr Patrick McConvell, an anthropological linguist. Jeanie’s focus was on the section systems of the Gubbi Gubbi, Badjala and Wakk

To view more images click on the photo above We currently have 7 Aboriginal Environmental Health Workers (AEHW) that have successfully completed Cert III in Environmental Health The AEHW’s are employed by the following  Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations (CCO’s) within rura

Recent graduates of a Conservation and Land Management course delivered by Sue Guilfoyle have implemented a large-scale banana plantation and vegetable garden at Banthala outstation, Elcho Island. In late 2011 a group of trainees located at the northern end of Elcho Island completed a

Understanding the importance of contributing to the Top End’s rural and regional communities, Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education has collaborated with the Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) – Northern Territory Division to implement its Indigenous Mines Pre-Employme

Students training in Conservation and Land Management at Wadeye with Jaemie Page. As part of the project with Jobfind CDEP we have built a model garden at the TDC nursery. Participants have been involved from original planning of the garden design, growing the plants from seed, buildi