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INDUSTRY • EDUCATION

Learn, earn, grow Cairns and supports nearly 300 local
jobs.
While the majority of international
Tropic talks to Cairns Business visitors choose to study in capital cities,
College and Cairns Language Cairns is increasingly becoming an
Centre to gain insights into the attractive destination for students.
growing education sector. Tropic spoke with Cairns Business
College and Cairns Language Centre’s
Digital Marketing Manager Shuaib
You may not realise it as you drive Chaudhry to get an insight into the
along Mulgrave Rd, but there’s a college’s operations and future plans
surprising hive of activity underway for growth in this evolving sector.
behind the façade of a distinctive
white-panelled building on the fringe Tell us about some of the new
of the Cairns CBD. Glimpses of initiatives at Cairns Business College
backpack-wearing students clutching and Cairns Language Centre.
folders in their arms as they come and Our approach is to continuously
go from the building is the only hint of improve our programs and how we
the buzz going on within. deliver them to ensure we meet the
Beyond the garden hedges at the Cairns changing needs of our students and
Business College and Cairns Language the industries where they will pursue
Centre, you’ll find a vibrant melting pot their careers. However, there are some
of students listening, learning, chatting things we will never change such as
and studying at any given time of the our culture and core values that place
day, including weekends. the student’s success and well-being
This hub of education is undergoing at the centre of our activities: students
a steady revitalisation after being first. We are currently refreshing our
acquired by Charles Darwin University website, our resources and the look
in June last year. The university’s and feel of the campus. The changes
timing was impeccable. According are evolutionary, not revolutionary.
to State Government estimates, the For our Business College, we have
international student market is worth recruited a teaching team who bring
about $70 million in export revenue in industry expertise into the classroom

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