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Kingsley Wright is an engineering educator with 14 years’ experience in training and education. His career in industry took him all over the world and now Kingsley is teaching at TAFE Queensland’s Metal Trades, Manufacturing, and Robotics Centre at the Ipswich campus, given its focus on executing advanced manufacturing techniques.

For as long as he could remember, Stanley Harlen had a dream to share his love of music with young people. After a medical diagnosis and a long journey of self-discovery, the 34-year-old has now achieved his dream and is using his skills and life experience to help young people reach for the stars.

Breaking away from traditional career paths, husband and wife duo Jesse and Erin Bickford are rewriting the narrative —he’s a registered nurse, while she’s a skilled mechanic, proving stereotypes have no place at their dinner table.

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.

When Vivienne Nickels talks about her study journey, it’s clear she’s walking with purpose - grounded in culture, driven by community, and focused on creating change.

After two decades in the Royal Australian Air Force and playing rugby league internationally, Michael Godfrey is studying to launch his next chapter.

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."

TAFE Queensland’s role in delivery of the Queensland Government’s Regional Economic Futures Fund.

From chasing football dreams in Tasmania to coaching young players in Brisbane, Sophie Wilson is on a mission to reshape her future in sport - on the pitch and in the classroom.

When Georgia Powell enrolled to study screen and media at TAFE Queensland’s Mt Gravatt campus, she wasn’t sure what would come next - she just knew her career needed a boost.

When Dana Louis learned she had received a TAFE Queensland scholarship, she could hardly believe it.

Astri stepped into the TAFE Queensland classroom with one major goal: connecting with fellow migrants. Before she knew it, she had built a networking community from the ground up.