TAFE NSW’s Western Sydney Institute was named Australia’s leading educational institute for sustainability at the Australian Training Awards presentation late last year.
Western Sydney Institute’s purpose-built sustainable teaching and learning spaces include the Green Skills Hub at Nirimba College, a laboratory designed to meet the current and growing demand for green skills training including refrigeration.
Institute director Susan Hartigan said that in 2011 nearly 9000 Western Sydney Institute students were enrolled in the institute’s 857 Environmental Sustainability Units.
“We are working with industry, government and community partners to bring sustainability to life in Western Sydney and beyond through a wide range of innovative initiatives,” Hartigan said.
The Skills for Sustainability – Educational Institution Award is a federal government initiative.