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Box Hill Institute is a provider of vocational and higher education, situated in the eastern suburbs of
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, Victoria. The institute operates across multiple campuses, including three in Box Hill (Elgar, Nelson, and Whitehorse), one in Lilydale (Lilydale Lakeside), and a city campus in Melbourne's central business district, where it is co-located with the Centre for Adult Education.


History

Box Hill Institute is the descendant of two Box Hill area technical schools. "Box Hill Technical School for Girls and Women" was opened on the 4th of September 1924, having welcomed 65 Junior pupils some six months before. The girls primary studied domestic subjects like housewifery,
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. Some girls also took courses like
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and secretarial work. On the 2nd of February 1943 the "Box Hill Technical School for Boys" was established because many boys in the eastern suburbs were being turned away from Swinburne Technical School. They studied subjects like sheetmetal work,
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and
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. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s both technical schools added post-secondary options like certificates in
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. The Girls' Technical School started the first business certificate course in 1967. The Girls' Technical School was renamed "Whitehorse Technical School" in 1971. Around this time the Boys' Technical School separated its tertiary technical offerings from the secondary ones, the tertiary section becoming "Box Hill Technical School". Both schools were declared colleges of
Technical and Further Education Technical and further education or simply TAFE () is the common name in Australia for vocational education, as a subset of tertiary education. TAFE institutions provide a wide range of predominantly vocational courses. Colloquially also known ...
in late 1981. On the 25th of January 1984, Whitehorse Technical School and Box Hill Technical School merged to become "Box Hill College of TAFE". On the 12 September 1995, the Governor in Council approved orders to change the name of Box Hill College of TAFE to Box Hill Institute of TAFE. The College was renamed "Box Hill Institute" ten years later.


Courses


Higher education

Box Hill Institute offers a range of higher education courses at a Masters, Graduate, and Undergraduate level. It covers areas such as biotechnology, animal science, music, music business, fashion, business, IT and more.


Vocational education

Box Hill Institute offers a large range of vocational courses. It covers areas including hospitality, tourism, health, beauty, automotive, transport, carpentry, electrical, refrigeration, construction, plumbing, engineering, business, commerce, art, graphic design, dance, music, fashion, live production, English, English as an additional language, ELICOS, VCAL, VCE and more.


Awards

In 2015 Box Hill Institute won more than 20 awards, including Excellence in International Education at the Victorian Internal Education Awards. In 2013 Box Hill Institute was declared International Training Provider of the Year. In 2012 Box Hill Institute won Victorian Large Training Provider of the Year. In 2012 they also won the Premier’s Sustainability Award – Tertiary Education category


Notable alumni

*
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, Australian singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer * George Calombaris, chef/restaurateur, judge on
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* Chris Cheney, Musician, Guitarist & Lead Vocalist for
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* Helen Croome, Musician, Songwriter & Lead Vocalist for Gossling * Guy Grossi, owner of famous Melbourne restaurant Grossi Florentino * Matthew Richardson,
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player * Herb Sawatzky, Former
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Football player *
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, Chef * Tobie Puttock, Chef (Executive Head-Chef of
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's Fifteen restaurants)


Notable faculty

* Ian Gardiner, artist, woodcut print maker * Dianne Beevers, artist, sculptor, curator


See also

*
Technical and Further Education Technical and further education or simply TAFE () is the common name in Australia for vocational education, as a subset of tertiary education. TAFE institutions provide a wide range of predominantly vocational courses. Colloquially also known ...


References


External links


Box Hill Institute official site
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