Coolangatta

Early Childhood Education and Care student Kaho Ishikawa felt a mix of nerves and excitement when asked to lead an activity at an Under 8’s Week community event, but the experience was a turning point in her learning journey.

Thirteen TAFE Queensland Gold Coast students made their mark on the national stage, collecting a suite of medals at the WorldSkills Australia 2025 National Championships in Brisbane.

After 12 years, Rebekah Taylor’s career in optometry was steady, until it wasn’t. At 28-years-old, the career she’d built hit a dead end, and not knowing what to do next terrified her.

TAFE Queensland hairdressing apprentice, Tayla Lucas is turning heads while snipping, styling, and slaying her way to the top.

A battered 1986 Holden Gemini complete with a PVC pipe snorkel is getting a new lease on life, thanks to automotive apprentices at TAFE Queensland’s Ashmore campus.

When 22-year-old Ahmad Fadhil Soddam Lubis, or Loui to his classmates, watched a once-shy young netballer take charge during a training drill, something clicked.

She started with a typewriter and a dream - now Kym Wesener has hung up her TAFE Queensland staff ID and is calling it a day on the exact date she started 50 years ago.

Lying in a hospital bed, paralysed on one side and unable to speak, Therese Stanton had one thought on her mind -"I’m not done yet."

David and Kathlyn Harrison have spent nearly five decades navigating life’s twists and turns together—raising three kids, doting on grandkids, and building careers. But nothing tested their teamwork like enrolling in a Certificate III in Pathology Collection at TAFE Queensland on the Gold Coast.