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2003 ANNUAL REPORT
TAFE NSW – Northern Sydney Institute
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Seventeen NSI Film and Television students produced a series of short
documentary films on safety issues for residents with an intellectual disability at
the Lorna Hodgkinson Sunshine Home, Gore Hill. The students were commended
by Sunshine Home for their commitment, talent, generosity and community spirit.
• Leading food writer and restaurant critic Jane Adams delivered a training session
for NSI Tourism and Hospitality staff and students on restaurant evaluation. The
training provided an opportunity to test and compare food and service procedures
against current industry practices.
More than 150 former students and staff attended the launch of the NSI
Horticulture Alumni Association. Many horticulture industry areas were
represented and several high-profile industry identities attended. Speakers
outlined the many benefits alumni will offer to students through the provision of
a college-based professional network. Its establishment will provide opportunities
for networking, mentoring, specialised training, specialist tours, niche marketing,
curriculum feedback and industry updates.
• A Summer Wine, Cheese and Coffee Fair hosted by NSI attracted a large number of
students and industry representatives. The fair provided an opportunity for guests
to learn about wine from students completing the specialist wine studies courses.
• A Women in Business Networking Lunch, co-hosted by NSI and Professionals Real
Estate (West Ryde), was held in the Gum Trees student training restaurant. The
lunch, which raised money for the National Breast Cancer Foundation, provided
a well received networking opportunity for local businesswomen from various
industry sectors including health, sport, local government, retail and law.
• The ‘Friends of Bradfield College’ sponsored and organised two highly successful
forums on topics of interest to parents and carers. In May, Dr Andrew Martin,
author of ‘How to Motivate your Child’, addressed strategies for motivating young
people to achieve better outcomes at school. In September, Dr Jim Bright, a senior
lecturer in psychology at the University of NSW, gave timely and sensible advice to
parents on how to support teenagers through the HSC and beyond.
• In April NSI’s Bradfield College celebrated its tenth anniversary. The Institute
organised a range of programs and exhibitions to celebrate the talent and
achievements of current and past students, including a ‘walk-through’ visual
history of the college.
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