Huge day. Late night. Competitors finally joined us on site and semi-official competitor/expert photos were handled by @Sathish Narayanan from India. What a beautiful way to celebrate their arrival with a huge defused natural lightbox in front of our skill area. So pleased to finally see...
Everyone is keen to get started. Team notifications intensify, last minute issues arise. It is hard to put down the phone and be totally present even before non-stop three hour presentations exhaust the levels of concentration in the room to zero. But, nevertheless, it is important...
Experts on site. Notes to future self: Bring your own hi-viz and avoid a half hour line. Likewise with security check, avoid bringing a bag or water bottle. Or honey. Comprehensive slide deck and MAT training really brings experts together. The variety, diversity and application of...
Four flights in 48 hours and Team Australia have arrived in Kazan, Russia. It starts slow. We walked to enjoy an impassioned farewell function at the Sydney Cricket Ground and several flights later arrived in another country, climate and timezone. C-6 and C-5 has seen swift...
Who says study will get you work? Who says school will get you class? Who said that job will get you the cash? Who said the loan will save your ass? Who said money covers all the expenses? Who said love will save the kids? Who says forever is not divorce? Who...
Early start to squeeze in a coffee and quick souvenir shop before a super-cool masterclass with Anna Moskaleva from ANVIL FRAME who delivered strongly on her "Styling images and compositions for the target audience" promise. Thoroughly enjoyable. Great results. Excellent technique. It has been a fascinating...
Indy and I have been particularly fortunate on this trip to be hosted by Olga Minaeva – Our no-nonsense Russian expert and local host for this Moscow Friendly before Worldskills Kazan 2019 – only 55 days before the mayhem of international competition. Today's workshop produced a...
Привет from sunny Moscow. Sunrise is at 3:30am and it never really gets dark. Our host college is literally translated as: State budgetary Vocational Educational Institution of the City of Moscow "Moscow publishing and printing college named after Ivan Fedorov" http://mipkif.mskobr.ru They have strong class sizes, interesting course design and...
The Global Online Marketing Academic Challenge (GOMAC) is a unique opportunity for students to experience and create online marketing campaigns using Google Ads. Under the supervision of Graphic Design lecturer Brendan Hibbert, 37 North Metropolitan TAFE Advanced Diploma students developed digital marketing campaigns for real clients in...
Geoff Earl, our local Spicers Business Development Executive had a riot on his hands 15 minutes prior to scheduled start time today, but fortunately came equipped with some amazing new samples and inspiration. Now an annual event on the NM TAFE Graphic Design and Print...
The 2019 Global Skills Challenge, was staged in conjunction with the Victorian Skills Commissioner and WorldSkills Australia and lived up to its claim as the biggest international skills excellence competition to be held in Australia this year. Padmé Skills Squad Graphic Designer (Skill 40), Indy Griffiths enjoyed a...
For a third year in a row, Alex Gavalas from BONFIRE stepped up to talk to our Advanced Diploma students about “The Science Of Setting A Marketing Budget”...