Navitas Skilled Futures has teamed up with SBS and WIRES on a new media project to help migrants learn about Australian wildlife while improving their English language skills. Navitas Skilled Futures Learning Designer Michael Hill has been uniquely placed to work with SBS on the project, having once been a WIRES volunteer and a suburban/urban […]

A class of students from diverse countries and backgrounds have given presentations on “Healing and Human Connections” in a special Refugee Week event at Navitas Skilled Futures Canberra. The students – from countries including Afghanistan, Iraq, China, Myanmar, Vietnam, Japan, Mexico and Bangladesh – presented to classmates and representatives from the Canberra Refugee Service (CRS). […]

Navitas Skilled Futures welcomed its first ever class of Employability Skills Training (EST) participants in Brisbane’s South East today. It is also the first time Navitas Skilled Futures (NSF) has run a program in Queensland. NSF Employer and Industry Engagement Officer, Jo Maxwell, said she was very excited to be launching the program in Browns […]

Free childcare is a huge benefit for parents at Navitas Skilled Futures – and their children. Many new migrants and refugees with young children say they would not otherwise be able to attend AMEP classes to learn English, meet new people, gain independence and integrate into their communities. Navitas Skilled Futures Bankstown currently has 61 […]

Navitas Skilled Futures officially opened its new Campbelltown College this week, holding a welcome morning tea and information session for local support groups, providers, staff and students. The event gave Navitas the opportunity to provide information about its wide range of flexible courses and to hear from the community about their requirements, so future courses […]

Navitas Skilled Futures has helped a Fairfield AMEP student find her first job in Australia, in an important and meaningful community-based role, with two more students to follow. Midya Boya ran her first session this month as a Bilingual Community Educator (BCE) in the South Western Sydney Local Health District and said it was “amazing”. […]

Navitas Skilled Futures asked three recent participants in the Career Transition Assistance program what they gained most from their experience. Here’s what they had to say: Navitas Skilled Futures asked three recent participants in the Career Transition Assistance program what they gained most from their experience. Here’s what they had to say: Alexis Alexander Santiago: […]

Valerie Solman worked in hospitality all her life, including owning three successful businesses. But after taking time off to care for her husband and father-in-law, she found it impossible to re-enter the industry. Despite 30 years’ experience, good health and a strong work ethic, she said no one wanted to employ a 63 year old. […]

By any measure of success Albert Abdal has a lot to be proud of. He owns his own painting business, a home in Fairfield and he enjoys a full and rich life with his wife and three beautiful children. It is a long way from his former existence as a fruit farmer in pre-war Syria […]

Three outstanding refugee students from Navitas Skilled Futures Canberra have received scholarships from Canberra Refugee Support (CRS) to encourage and support them on their settlement journeys. The Geoff McPherson Refugee Scholarships, which include a cash grant and certificate, were presented to Afghan refugees Karima and Wahida, and Iraq student Feras, at a Refugee Week celebration […]

Refugee Week in Australia (June 19-25) aims to promote harmony and unity while celebrating the contribution refugees make to their communities and the country. This year’s theme of ‘Healing’ also raises awareness of the issues faced by refugees and how, together, we can help overcome them. For one group of Canberra-based evacuees, who fled Afghanistan […]

A Navitas Skilled Futures initiative that kept thousands of Western Sydney people connected, informed and safe during the COVID-19 lockdowns has been recognised with a Western Sydney Community Forum Zest Award. The Exceptional Community Partnership Award recognised the “extraordinary impact” of Navitas Skilled Futures’ “Ask the Expert” project, which provided targeted practical information to people […]

Two students from Navitas Skilled Futures Youth Class in Fairfield are starring in their own “food story” films after winning a competition that focussed on the personal and cultural significance of food for people from diverse backgrounds. Marwah Mader and Marleen Jameel, both refugee students from Iraq, entered the competition along with the rest of […]

Navitas Skilled Futures is proud to announce an expansion of its services and reach, following two successful tenders with the Commonwealth Department of Education, Skills and Employment (DESE) this month. Navitas Skilled futures will now offer its Career Transition Assistance (CTA) program beyond the Sydney Greater West region, into the Murray and South East region […]

A tailored course in business writing skills has helped to lift the confidence, professionalism and communication standards for a group of diverse team leaders at one Sydney company. Multicultural community service provider CASS Care approached Navitas Skilled Futures in 2021 about a Foundation Skills for Your Future course to further develop the business writing skills […]