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READY TO RELAY: Horsham Primary School grade six students, from left, Aaqib Khan, Brodie Tepper, Billie Wills-Mellington, Sienna Walsgott and Cameron Schulz will participate in Horsham and District Relay for Life on Friday. Billie is the 700th student to register for the school’s Relay for Life team since 2003. Story, page 5. Picture: PAUL CARRACHER
College looks to Asia L
BY DEAN LAWSON
ongerenong College will target China and India in efforts to establish its first cohort of international students.
College campus head John Goldsmith confirmed brokers would work on promoting the college in both countries for a 2019 February student intake. He added that while the college was zeroing in on China and India, doors remained open to international students from any country. “Student intake won’t be limited to China and India, but that is where we are going to concentrate our en-
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drawn-out process set to break new ground for the historic college was almost complete. “We’ve had to work to update polices, procedures and standards and have been busy establishing broker agreements and contracts. We’re now entering the final stage in implementing a marketing plan,” he said. “It is really important that we get our brokers and our broker agreements right. About four to six agents will be working on our behalf and other training organisations. “If they come across students interested in agriculture the idea is that they send them our way.”
ergy,” he said. “We’re targeting these countries based on their appetite for agricultural training in Australia. It is also about weight of numbers.” Longerenong College, near Dooen north of Horsham, has been working through applications, policies and procedures needed to provide education and training for an international student cohort for almost three years. The move, which won Commonwealth approval last year, represents a major step forward in attempts to establish the college as one of Australia’s leading agricultural education centres. Mr Goldsmith said a lengthy and
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Longerenong’s initial international student intake remains at a maximum of 20. The move is designed to fit in with a traditional and growing domestic student intake. “In no way will it interfere with domestic student intake or studies – in fact it will enhance domestic student experiences,” Mr Goldsmith said. The college has 100 domestic fulltime students with a budget for a maximum of 110, as well as the international cohort of 20. “They key is to get the formula right and carefully manage college growth,” Mr Goldsmith said. “We’re
unsure of what the number of international students might grow to in the future, but we have to be careful and just see how it goes. “We plan to maintain close communication with federal and state governments to keep them informed of the progress and potential of what we’re doing. This is a landmark circumstance in regards to agricultural training in our part of the world. “And if it is going to be successful, governments have an opportunity to take the lead or become active contributors in significant institutional growth in a growing sector.” Continued page 3
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