A GROUP of more than 150 TAFE students from migrant and refugee backgrounds visited Warwick TAFE Campus last Wednesday as part of TAFE Queensland’s Adult Migrant English Program (AMEP) ’Youth Social Day Out’ program.
Warwick TAFE has a strong agricultural focus, specialising in Jackaroo and Jillaroo programs.
The students were invited to get hands-on and experience with farm-focused activities in sessions including working dogs, cattle, horses, meeting a newborn foal, tractors, and sheep-shearing.
The Youth Social Day Out provided TAFE Queensland’s AMEP students with a new cultural experience and an opportunity to meet and socialise with fellow students.
The group included students from more than 30 different nations, studying at Toowoomba, Gold Coast, Brisbane, Logan and Ipswich TAFE Campuses.
“This is a unique opportunity to learn about agricultural vocations that they might never have considered by staying in the city,” said Michael Kavian, Youth Support Officer at TAFE Queensland English Language and Literacy Services.
“Events like this also really help the students to see that they are part of a connected network of people who are all going through the same experience of learning a new language, settling in a new country and figuring out their options for further education and work.”
The AMEP is the Australian Government’s largest settlement program. It supports newly arrived migrants in their transition to life in Australia.
The AMEP is funded by the Department of Immigration and Citizenship. In Queensland the AMEP is delivered by TAFE Queensland.
