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Welcome Welcome to the first edition of Kirana Colleges Australia(KCA) Partner Connect e-Newsletter for 2019 It is hard to believe that we are already into our first quarterof the year So far we have welcomed back not only ourcurrent students but over 100 new students during ourintake in January bringing our total cohort to just over 300students When we entered the international market our goal was tocreate a point of difference This difference was based onthe quality of our programs a student centric mindset and building a dedicated andpassionate team We also wanted to develop excellent partner relationships in orderto produce a college that reflected our core values of lsquoRespect Integrity and Belief thatwe can make a differencersquo This year KCA will build on the success we have achieved to date as we prepare tolaunch a brand new dedicated website and expand our offerings into Brisbane It isalso with pleasure that I can share with you one of our new testimonial video clips inthis edition As always all this hard work would not be possible without the support of you ourpartners and I would like to thank you for your continued support as we assist ourstudents with their educational journey in Australia We look forward to another exciting year ahead Tony Patterson

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Director ndash International Education

NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK

During April and July KCA had the pleasure of welcoming approximately 100 newstudents to both our Sydney Olympic Park and Sydney CBD campuses Mostimportantly we were delighted to have all continuing students return which is alwaysa good sign that students are enjoying their studies

WEBSITE MAKEOVER - COMING SOON

We are excited to announce that our new dedicated KCA website is almost readyfor release The new website will host all our KCA related information including

student testimonials along with past editions of Partner Connect and we hope will bea valuable marketing tool that you can use

NEW STUDENT TESTIMONIALS

It is with pleasure that we can share one of our new student testimonials with you We will be releasing a lot more of these shortly and they will be also featured on ournew website

ST STAR AWARDS ST STAR VOCATIONALCOLLEGE

As one of our valued partners your ongoing support in providing us with the tools weneed to become a great place for our International students to learn grow and thriveis greatly appreciated We are in the running for the Study Travel Awards Vocational Education institution ofthe year The ST Awards honour top class performance across the study travelindustry and congratulates those quality providers across the market If you believe that Kirana Colleges Australia delivers industry leading service to ourstudents and our wider community we would love to have your vote Below is the link

Watch Samuel - Social Media Marketing

Watch Beatris - Early Childhood Education amp Care

student testimonials along with past editions of Partner Connect and we hope will bea valuable marketing tool that you can use

NEW STUDENT TESTIMONIALS

It is with pleasure that we can share one of our new student testimonials with you We will be releasing a lot more of these shortly and they will be also featured on ournew website

ST STAR AWARDS ST STAR VOCATIONALCOLLEGE

As one of our valued partners your ongoing support in providing us with the tools weneed to become a great place for our International students to learn grow and thriveis greatly appreciated We are in the running for the Study Travel Awards Vocational Education institution ofthe year The ST Awards honour top class performance across the study travelindustry and congratulates those quality providers across the market If you believe that Kirana Colleges Australia delivers industry leading service to ourstudents and our wider community we would love to have your vote Below is the link

Watch Samuel - Social Media Marketing

Watch Beatris - Early Childhood Education amp Care

that will allow you to cast the vote The category is lsquoST Star Vocational Collegersquo Thank you for your participation

OUR STUDENT MIX

Cultural diversity is very important and studying with a people from a range of differentbackgrounds only enhances the overall learning experience We believe or StudentMix is also one of the reasons for our success As apart from learning fromexperienced industry teachers some of the most important life lessons come from ourfellow students Currently we have just over 300 International students from 28 different nationalitieswhich is an increase of 8 different nationalities from last term Philippines remains ournumber 1 with Brazil 2nd and China 3rd followed by Indonesia

OUR PROGRAM MIX

We thought it would also be interesting to share with you what our students arecurrently studying by facility A broad overview of our courses highlights that EarlyChild packaged programs remains our most popular choice However the Aged Careand Community Services are experiencing substantial growth with incrementalgrowth also being experienced in Social Media and our newly launched Advanced

Vote Now

Diploma of Leadership and Management

PLAY GROUP

Our Play Group continues to grow and is a great way for our students to connect withthe local community and practice engaging with children as a part of their studiesThis is also a nice introduction for all students as they prepare to enter into their WorkPlacement sessions

WORK PLACEMENT

Did you know that we have a dedicated Work Placement team to assist all ourstudents This quarter our Work Place Coordinator Zakia was very busy visiting allour Childcare and Aged Care partners and thanking them for all the support andcommitment they provide to our students during their work placement sessions Thegreat news is a large number of our students are now employed on a part-time basis

Hi ho its off to work placement we go Itrsquos always an exciting time watching our students getting prepared to head into theirwork placement sessions A part of this process includes all our students completethe first aid training along with our Aged Care students practicing their manualhandling and hoist training The work placement sessions are a vital part of ourprograms whereby the students have the opportunity to not only gain experience andput their theory into practice but also build their confidence connect with industrypartners and establish important networks We wish all our students the best for their work placement sessions

STUDENT ACTIVITIES

Itrsquos always great finding new ways toenhance the learning experience forour students This term our Early ChildhoodEducation and Care students wereeach given an lsquoeggrsquo that they neededto care for

This was a great way ofdemonstrating some of the skillsinvolved in how to care for childrenand the support that is need

KCA MASTERCLASSES

Our Masterclasses continue to be asuccess and are a great opportunityfor potential students to learn aboutour programs as well as hear thefeedback from current students atKCA We offer Master Classes forChildcare and Social MediaMarketing and at times we will alsoinvite our partners to offer specialistsadvice This quarter we had the pleasure ofMelanie Macfarlane fromMMMigration provide an excellentseminar about the updates toimmigration at our CBD Campus

We plan on holding a Masterclass every 3 months at our CBD campus However itcan also be conducted at your agency Our Master Classes are FREE and we bringall the materials and information you just need to provide the space and invite yourstudents

KCA is proud to support ISEAA The International Student Education Agents Association (ISEAA) is a non- profitmembership based association established specifically for education agentswith an Australian office While there are numerous associations and forums foreducation providers until the formation of ISEAA there has not been a multi-national peak body for education agents in Australia ISEAA representing smallmedium and large education agents has been formed to fill this void Theassociation welcomes all quality education agents who wish to make a positivecontribution to Australias international education industry to join the association

httpswwwiseaaorgau

STREAMLINED ONLINE DOCUMENTS

In the effort to continually improve our processes and our response times to you wehave updated and streamlined some of our online documents Please find the links to our new forms below

Click here for International Student Application Form

Click here for International Agent Application Form

Hi ho its off to work placement we go Itrsquos always an exciting time watching our students getting prepared to head into theirwork placement sessions A part of this process includes all our students completethe first aid training along with our Aged Care students practicing their manualhandling and hoist training The work placement sessions are a vital part of ourprograms whereby the students have the opportunity to not only gain experience andput their theory into practice but also build their confidence connect with industrypartners and establish important networks We wish all our students the best for their work placement sessions

STUDENT ACTIVITIES

Itrsquos always great finding new ways toenhance the learning experience forour students This term our Early ChildhoodEducation and Care students wereeach given an lsquoeggrsquo that they neededto care for

This was a great way ofdemonstrating some of the skillsinvolved in how to care for childrenand the support that is need

KCA MASTERCLASSES

Our Masterclasses continue to be asuccess and are a great opportunityfor potential students to learn aboutour programs as well as hear thefeedback from current students atKCA We offer Master Classes forChildcare and Social MediaMarketing and at times we will alsoinvite our partners to offer specialistsadvice This quarter we had the pleasure ofMelanie Macfarlane fromMMMigration provide an excellentseminar about the updates toimmigration at our CBD Campus

We plan on holding a Masterclass every 3 months at our CBD campus However itcan also be conducted at your agency Our Master Classes are FREE and we bringall the materials and information you just need to provide the space and invite yourstudents

KCA is proud to support ISEAA The International Student Education Agents Association (ISEAA) is a non- profitmembership based association established specifically for education agentswith an Australian office While there are numerous associations and forums foreducation providers until the formation of ISEAA there has not been a multi-national peak body for education agents in Australia ISEAA representing smallmedium and large education agents has been formed to fill this void Theassociation welcomes all quality education agents who wish to make a positivecontribution to Australias international education industry to join the association

httpswwwiseaaorgau

STREAMLINED ONLINE DOCUMENTS

In the effort to continually improve our processes and our response times to you wehave updated and streamlined some of our online documents Please find the links to our new forms below

Click here for International Student Application Form

Click here for International Agent Application Form

This was a great way ofdemonstrating some of the skillsinvolved in how to care for childrenand the support that is need

KCA MASTERCLASSES

Our Masterclasses continue to be asuccess and are a great opportunityfor potential students to learn aboutour programs as well as hear thefeedback from current students atKCA We offer Master Classes forChildcare and Social MediaMarketing and at times we will alsoinvite our partners to offer specialistsadvice This quarter we had the pleasure ofMelanie Macfarlane fromMMMigration provide an excellentseminar about the updates toimmigration at our CBD Campus

We plan on holding a Masterclass every 3 months at our CBD campus However itcan also be conducted at your agency Our Master Classes are FREE and we bringall the materials and information you just need to provide the space and invite yourstudents

KCA is proud to support ISEAA The International Student Education Agents Association (ISEAA) is a non- profitmembership based association established specifically for education agentswith an Australian office While there are numerous associations and forums foreducation providers until the formation of ISEAA there has not been a multi-national peak body for education agents in Australia ISEAA representing smallmedium and large education agents has been formed to fill this void Theassociation welcomes all quality education agents who wish to make a positivecontribution to Australias international education industry to join the association

httpswwwiseaaorgau

STREAMLINED ONLINE DOCUMENTS

In the effort to continually improve our processes and our response times to you wehave updated and streamlined some of our online documents Please find the links to our new forms below

Click here for International Student Application Form

Click here for International Agent Application Form

KCA is proud to support ISEAA The International Student Education Agents Association (ISEAA) is a non- profitmembership based association established specifically for education agentswith an Australian office While there are numerous associations and forums foreducation providers until the formation of ISEAA there has not been a multi-national peak body for education agents in Australia ISEAA representing smallmedium and large education agents has been formed to fill this void Theassociation welcomes all quality education agents who wish to make a positivecontribution to Australias international education industry to join the association

httpswwwiseaaorgau

STREAMLINED ONLINE DOCUMENTS

In the effort to continually improve our processes and our response times to you wehave updated and streamlined some of our online documents Please find the links to our new forms below

Click here for International Student Application Form

Click here for International Agent Application Form

MEET THE TEAM

Wed love for you to get to know our team members better especially because theyare the ones you will be in contact with the most Our dedicated international team are

Ally Lee ndash International Student Recruitment ManagerSunny Jin - International Student Recruitment ManagerRenan Vieira - International Student Recruitment ManagerJaspreet Sahota - International AdmissionsArty Sivalingathasa - International Campus SupportPook Kravenkij - International Campus SupportGloria Gambrellis- International Operations ManagerTony Patterson - Director International Education

Introducing Arty Sivalingathasa ndash International Campus Support We are delighted to introduce a new International Campus Support Officer atSydney Olympic Park Campus Arty has a wealth of knowledge in the HEsectors and joins us from the American College of Higher Education and CurtinUniversity where he was a Student Mentor and a part of the Student Servicesteam His commitment to assisting international students to transition into theirlsquonew academic way of lifersquo will be of great value to our operations and thesupport of our students

Here are two things you may know about Arty

1 Irsquom Sri Lankan I grew up in Colombo which is the capital city of Sri Lanka2 Been working in the international education industry for 5 years

Two things you may NOT know about Arty are

1 I came to Australia as an international student to pursue my masterrsquos degree atUTS Sydney and now I am a resident here

2 I love Playing Cricket and been part of a Local club here in Australia

Introducing our youngest team member Baby Alex

As you may be aware ourInternational Recruitment ManagerJuliane Gold welcomed her beautifulbaby boy Alex to the world inDecember We are pleased to advise you thatmother and son are both doing well

SUPPORTING OUR DIRECTOR TONY

In less than 1 week our DirectorTony will be riding over 300kms fromSydney2CAMberra to raiseawareness and funds for thosefamilies that have been touched bystillbirth or a loss of an infant or child It is unfortunate that in Australia westill have 6 stillbirths a day and thesefigures have not changed in over adecade

100 of all funds raised by this event goes directly to the Stillbirth Foundation andRed Nose (formerly known as SIDS for Kids) to support those families who haveexperienced the tragedy of stillbirth This is a personal and emotional journey for Tony along with the other 99 riders whowill be taking on this challenge Any support for this worthy cause would be greatlyappreciated

REMEMBER APPLICATIONS ARE STILLOPEN FOR APRILS INTAKE

Please contact Ally Sunny or Renan to find out more about our promotional offers andsubmit your application

NOW TAKING BOOKINGS FORMASTERCLASS

Masterclasses and seminar - bookings are now open for 2019 confirm yourstoday

Click here to donate

100 of all funds raised by this event goes directly to the Stillbirth Foundation andRed Nose (formerly known as SIDS for Kids) to support those families who haveexperienced the tragedy of stillbirth This is a personal and emotional journey for Tony along with the other 99 riders whowill be taking on this challenge Any support for this worthy cause would be greatlyappreciated

REMEMBER APPLICATIONS ARE STILLOPEN FOR APRILS INTAKE

Please contact Ally Sunny or Renan to find out more about our promotional offers andsubmit your application

NOW TAKING BOOKINGS FORMASTERCLASS

Masterclasses and seminar - bookings are now open for 2019 confirm yourstoday

Click here to donate

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