The Foundation Skills for Your Future (FSFYF) Program ended in June 2024. Workplace-Based Training Projects are now available through the Skills For Education and Employment (SEE) Program. 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 […]

Hundreds of students and staff from dozens of diverse backgrounds came together across Navitas Skilled Futures’ colleges this week to celebrate Harmony Week. Activities included the unveiling of a collaborative artwork, a fashion parade of cultural costumes, sharing favourite traditional foods and recipes and speeches about “what harmony means to me”. At Liverpool college, student […]

Navitas Skilled Futures is honoured to have received the prestigious NSW Premier’s Multicultural Community Medal for the second year in a row. The Corporate Business Excellence Medal, presented at the NSW Premier’s Harmony Dinner on Tuesday 1 March, recognises the outstanding achievements of a business in creating employment, or other opportunities, which value and promote diversity and inclusion. […]

Meet Sue Valdeck, our wonderful Programs Manager who oversees the running of all our programs at Navitas Skilled Futures.

“I’m passionate about making sure people receive the opportunities they need … so they can follow their own paths to success and are not held back through lack of basic skills that many of us take for granted.”

Choosing the right provider for your Career Transition Program makes a huge difference in employment outcomes. Navitas Skilled Futures has supported over 300,000 people in the last 30 years to work towards their own personal goals, and boasts outstanding client outcomes.

Hongyu Meng could not speak a full English sentence when she arrived at Navitas Skilled Futures for the IELTS Preparatory Short Course. Ten weeks later her writing and speaking has improved – along with her confidence – and she is happily working her way towards sitting the IELTS exam, and enrolling at university. The International […]

In the six months since Afghanistan fell to the Taliban, Navitas Skilled Futures has provided a vital lifeline to Western Sydney-based Afghans. Apart from helping with the settlement and education of new arrivals, Navitas Skilled Futures staff have been working tirelessly and constantly behind the scenes to care for those affected by the trauma of […]

We are so proud to launch our English for Swimming Book: a resource pack and guide to running our English for Swimming program for culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities in Australia. This pack is designed for any learning provider centre wishing to run a program that combines English classes with a learn-to-swim program designed […]

An award-winning Sydney program for migrants and refugees that combines learning English with swimming lessons has now been turned into a teaching resource that will be shared widely across Australia to help reduce drownings. After successfully running the English for Swimming program in South West Sydney for the past two years, Navitas Skilled Futures has […]

When Mujeeb Muneeb arrived in Australia from Afghanistan in 2012 he could speak only limited English and doubted he would ever work in his chosen career of journalism again. Fast forward 10 years and not only is he working as a journalist, he is interviewing government ministers, writing news stories on politics and world affairs, working […]

Navitas English is now officially known as Navitas Skilled Futures! The name change, which came into effect on 1 December 2021, is part of a wider review designed to better reflect the scope of our programs, the focus of our work, and its positive impact on the clients, stakeholders and the communities we serve. Navitas […]

Staying connected, safe and well during the pandemic was the overriding theme of this year’s Navitas Skilled Futures CEO Roadshow. More than 100 staff from ACT and South West Sydney colleges attended the online roadshow, held on 29 October, World Teachers’ Day, to reflect on the year that had its challenges but also many positive […]