Jumpstarting
Women in Automotive Careers
Groups of women from Western Sydney and Sydney who love working with
cars have finished a 14 week auto-repair scholarship at Blacktown and
Ultimo TAFEs as part of the NRMA's JumpStart program. The 2002 graduates
received a Certificate I in Automotive from TAFE giving them a head
start when applying for apprenticeships, further training and eventually
jobs in auto-mechanical repair industry. There will be more Jumpstart
programs in 2003.
If your
interested in Auto courses you can contact your local TAFE
college.
Check
out the NRMA
Jumpstart website for more info about the program.
Write
in Your Face
Write in Your Face is an Australia Council initiative which supports
emerging young writers (16-30 years old).
The Council
is looking for proposals from young writers who are using language
in innovative ways. This may involve writing for zines, e-zines, comics,
multimedia, multi-art forms, web sites, live performance and spoken
word.
Submissions
close on 14 February 2003 and you can checkout the Australia
Council's website for more info.
International
Women's Day - a day to celebrate!
International Women's Day (IWD) is held on 8 March every
year. Most TAFE NSW Institutes put on activities especially for girls
and women during the week leading up to IWD. The activities include
things like course taster days, cabarets, breakfasts and information
stalls.
You can
call the Women's Strategy Officer at your local TAFE Institute for
information about what is happening at a TAFE
college near you.
The Department
for Women also has lots of information on IWD events in NSW.
Youth
Week is Your Week
It's National Youth Week (NYW) from 7-14 April 2003. NYW
is an annual celebration of Australia's youth. NYW is run for young
people, by young people. NYW encourages young people to get out and
share ideas, go to events, discuss issues, show off their talents,
enter competitions and CELEBRATE.
For more
info check out the NYW
website.
News
from the NSW Department of Education and Training.
