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Belinda Survilla, a talented student from TAFE Queensland’s Coomera creative campus has won the Student Design category at the Building Designers Association of Australia (BDAA) 2025 Awards for her innovative ‘Tiny Home’ project.

Nicola Robertson knows what it’s like to feel like the odds are stacked against you. Diagnosed with ADHD she struggled with traditional learning, unsure if she could ever reach her dream of owning a boutique hotel in a snow-capped mountain town.

For most design students, seeing their work publicly displayed is a dream that sits somewhere in the future. For TAFE Queensland’s Diploma of Interior Design students, that moment came early - front and centre at the Brisbane Home Show.

TAFE Queensland’s Robina Campus has made history, becoming the first TAFE in Australia to be named Sustainability Institution of the Year at the 2025 Green Gown Awards Australasia in Sydney.

Big news for Gold Coast musicians as TAFE Queensland partners the University of Canberra to bring a brand-new music bachelor to the Coomera Creative campus from 2026.

Sitting in the audience at Monsterfest, watching his debut feature Dracula Revamped light up the big screen, TAFE Queensland Screen and Media teacher Clint Cure wasn’t just seeing a premiere - he was living a full-circle moment.

When doctors told Kelli Lee she had a rare blood cancer, everything changed. After more than two decades building a successful career in design and product development, Kelli thought she knew her path. But the diagnosis, alongside the challenges of raising a teenager, shifted everything.

For 21-year-old Sally Osborne, the idea of studying - let alone working in hospitality - once felt impossible. Living with an intellectual disability and managing anxiety meant unfamiliar environments, especially busy workplaces could feel intimidating and overwhelming.

TAFE Queensland is proud to be a presenting partner of the Ken Done: No Rules exhibition, now open at HOTA, Home of the Arts.

Mark O’Loughlin had spent nearly three decades orchestrating chaos in kitchens. But when life relocated him to the Gold Coast, he realised his true passion had been quietly waiting in the garden all along.

Imagine walking into class and being told your mission is to defend a corporate network from a cyber-attack, while your classmates try to break through your defences.