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Kangan Institute
Kangan Institute is recognised as being one of Victoria's
most innovative training providers. In 2001 it won Victorian
Training Provider of the Year Award. Through its "Innovation
Incubator", Kangan Institute nurtures the development of innovative
approaches to training delivery. This has enabled the Institute to
remain on the cutting edge of learning technology and materials
development.
Kangan Institute has launched many industry firsts and
innovative educational training projects in the automotive
field.
In October 2002, the Victorian Government announced the approval
of the establishment of a new Kangan Institute Automotive
Centre of Excellence at the Docklands.
The announcement of funding of $14 million for the first stage of
the Automotive Centre of Excellence will provide an opportunity to
build a one-of-its kind automotive learning and research
centre.
NMIT
In 1995, NMIT, located in the City of Darebin, became one of
Australia's first TAFE institutes awarded the highest international
level of quality assurance for its operations - the International
Quality Standard ISO9001.
NMIT has a number of programs working with industry to
commercialise products and services for the manufacturing,
engineering and building, thoroughbred, viticulture and aquaculture
facilities.
The aquaculture facility at Epping in the City of Whittlesea
provides both research and training facilities for business in
Melbourne's North wishing to establish or improve existing
operations.
NMIT also has state-of-the-art business and management computer
training facilities.
La Trobe University,Technology Enterprise Centre
La Trobe's R&D Park is the largest wholly University owned
and managed network of technology parks in Australia, focussed on
innovation, new product development and realisation, industry
collaboration, and the commercialisation of intellectual property.
The University has research parks in Bundoora, Melbourne; Flora
Hill, Bendigo and the Albury-Wodonga Campus.
The mission of the R&D Parks is to provide, within the La
Trobe University environment, accommodation and facilities for the
promotion and support of commercial science and technology research
and development so as to build on the particular strengths of the
University’s teaching and research facilities and expertise and to
provide a means of further developing those strengths in
collaboration with outside researchers, teaching institutions,
government agencies and private industry.
RMIT University (Brunswick)
The RMIT University Brunswick campus houses state-of-the-art
facilities for printing and textiles technology, including textile
testing and is the leading Victorian provider of training services
to the printing and textile industries.
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