South West TAFE coronavirus updates

The Premier Daniel Andrews has announced an easing of restrictions for regional Victoria which sees us move from ‘Second Step’ to ‘Third Step’ restrictions.

We are now almost two weeks into the Stage 3 restrictions in regional Victoria, which I thought was good timing to remind everyone of how we can all keep keeping COVID SAFE at SWTAFE.

As you would be aware, on Sunday 2 August, The Victorian Government made a series of significant announcements in line with advice from the Chief Health Officer about restrictions in Victoria to help slow the spread of COVID-19.

This week we again see changes to our working and living environment. However, the precautionary measures that have been put in place by the Victorian Government will assist us all to remain safer and reduce the risk of COVID-19 within our region.

As term three is about to begin we want to welcome all of our new and returning students.

The last few months have been like no other time. Adapting to the evolving demands of the COVID-19 pandemic has challenged, stretched and galvanised our learning community in new and unpredictable ways. From the rapid reimagining of remote learning and to new COVID-19 processes and protocols that have kept our campuses safe. Your readiness and willingness to tackle these challenges as students has been fantastic.

A brief update today, with only minor changes in our remote study mode of operations.

We remain cautiously optimistic about the slowing spread of COVID-19 in Victoria and continue to prioritise the health, safety, and wellbeing of our students and staff as we endeavour to provide the very best remote learning opportunities we can during this challenging time.

Welcome back to Term 2 at SWTAFE! For those of you who have started back, I hope you are settling into the new mode of study from home.

The latest information on what SWTAFE is doing to prepare for students to resume studies in Term 2 on 14th April, 2020.

The developments that have occurred over the last 24 hours, as a result of State and Federal Government announcements, will no doubt be on many people’s minds. I write to update you on how this looks for SWTAFE.

South West TAFE student holidays will be brought forward to now commence on the evening of Tuesday 24th March instead of Friday 27th March (or as soon as practical for any students undertaking exams).

We are a community here at SWTAFE and this is a challenging time for us all. It is now several days into this critical response to COVID-19 virus and I would like to share with you the latest information.

South West TAFE, along with all TAFEs across Victoria, is continuing to operate as usual but is closely monitoring the COVID-19 crisis and liaising daily with Department of Education and Training (DET) who will provide directive to all TAFEs and schools in regard to our future operations.

Over the past week there have been continuing developments of the spread of the coronavirus across Australia and therefore it is timely to remind you about several appropriate preventative measures.

Over the past week there have been continuing developments of the spread of the coronavirus across Australia and therefore it is timely to remind you about several appropriate preventative measures.

As you are aware, Australian and international authorities are currently dealing with an outbreak of the novel coronavirus in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, in China.