Media Release
December 1 2003
10 year success for management graduates of UniSA TAFE alliance
In a joint partnership forged in SA long before many other
institutions were considering equity as an educational issue, in 1993
UniSA and TAFE established a Graduate Certificate in Management program
at Adelaide Institute of TAFE under an agreement targeted at helping
people to access higher education.
And 10 years on, some of this State’s top professionals who are
graduates of the program will be getting together to celebrate the
anniversary of a management course that has made a difference.
The celebrations will be held at UniSA’s City West campus, ground floor,
Yungondi Building on December 2 from 5 pm – 6.30 pm. Key speakers will
include UniSA Vice Chancellor Professor Denise Bradley, Adelaide
Institute of TAFE Director Maureen Morton and several of the students
who have graduated from the program.
The first intake of students numbered 25 but today about 70 students
enter the program each year and a large percentage of them find they
want to study further, moving from the graduate certificate to complete
a MBA with UniSA’s International Graduate School of Management.
UniSA’s Strategic Partnerships business manager Ross Morriss says the
program has proven to be an excellent means for those with significant
management experience but no University degree to commence study at a
Post Graduate level.
“The program format eases students back into study and importantly adds
value to prior learning experiences,” Morriss said.
“The University recognises the value of prior learning in programs such
as the Graduate Certificate in Management and students thrive in the
program, many of them continuing on to do their MBA and proving to be
some of the best students we have.”
Past graduates include Adelaide high achievers such as Laura Fell, meat
chicken producer, leading industry body representative at the state and
national level and one of the first women to represent the industry in a
trade mission to Iraq in the 2002 Oil for Food program mission for SA
business; John Doherty ABC’s head of International Operations; Maree
Rogers, Human Resources Manager for the Royal District Nursing
Association; and Brian Clancey, Director of Legislation and Environment
for the Local Government Association.
“The wealth of expertise in this program is so broad that there is
enormous benefit for students in sharing that knowledge, supporting each
other and networking across industries,” Morris said.
“What the success of the program has shown in the past 10 years is the
value of the UniSA TAFE partnership in opening opportunities up for
people to engage with education at different stages of their lives to
enhance there important contributions to the community.”
More information
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UniSA - Ross Morris (08) 8302 0314,
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Adelaide Institute of TAFE – John Luker (08) 8207 8305
Media contact
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Michele Nardelli ph: (08) 8302 0966 or 041 8823673