Blog

Welcome to our ACE Community Colleges Blog. This is where we share all the news, stories and course updates, plus celebrate the amazing success of students and the program. Plan on visiting this page often to catch up on all the ACE Community Colleges happenings.

News
Caroline Butterworth, our new Business Trainer

Gosh the ACE training family is growing fast! Today we welcome Caroline Butterworth, our new Business trainer. We managed to get 3 quiet minutes to take a little behind the […]


12 December 2019

Courses
Begin Your Leisure and Health Career

If you have managed to get a hold of the 2020 course books for our Colleges you would have noticed a focus on Leisure and Health qualifications, this comes in […]


02 December 2019

Courses
Is Travel on your List

Language courses at ACE are a staple of the Lifestyle & Leisure Program and we can totally appreciate why. Fun, fast paced and brilliantly interactive. In 2020 we are focusing […]


28 November 2019

News
Operations Manager – Recounts the Year & Talks 2020

ACE’s Operations Manager is the super talented Erin Hutchinson. She’s doing a little sharing today about the year that was and the plans for ACE in 2020. Cheers Erin. ACE: […]


24 November 2019

News
Finally Some Good News – 2020 Arrives

Welcome to the 2020 course program for Lismore, Kirra, Burleigh Waters and Southport ACE Campuses. Times have changed, and so has ACE. This is our most intensive and tailored course […]


14 November 2019

Courses
Disability 4 Units

Add 4 more units and really shine. In Class or Online! We are thrilled to be sharing this news with ACE students today. You can opt to add just four […]


11 November 2019

News
Raining Kindness in Northern Inland

A few weeks back Community Colleges Northern Inland reached out to ACE Community Colleges seeking any assistance that we could provide to support their staff and students who are being […]


28 October 2019

Courses
Tech Savvy Seniors is Back

Tech Savvy Seniors delivers low cost digital literacy training to seniors so they can develop the skills and confidence to access information and services online. The program provides training in […]


14 October 2019

Courses
Where to Next?

Where do you want to go next in your career? It’s a very good question and a big topic of conversation at this point in the year. Perhaps you have […]


30 September 2019

Courses
Crafting is Good for Everyone

At a time when many of us might be feeling overwhelmed by the 24/7 demands of the digital world, craft practices, alongside other activities such as colouring books for grown-ups […]


30 September 2019

Success
Motivation Boosters

Wow where did that year go ACE Tribe? Well over halfway now and you might be stuck on finding that end-of-year motivation. Don’t worry, life skills trainer extraordinaire Steve Tuxford […]


19 September 2019

Courses
Homemade & Crafted this Spring/Summer

You don’t have to be an artisan to get into the spirit of handmade and homemade this Spring/Summer. We’ve been busy bringing together our first full program for crafters, best […]


02 September 2019

Courses
ACE Summer School 2019/20

Summer, it might feel like a long way off at the moment, but it is just around the corner. At ACE we believe that preparation is the foundation to study […]


01 September 2019

Events
What Are You Waiting For?

Adult Learners’ Week is celebrated annually with hundreds of events and activities designed to promote the benefits of learning and to highlight the many options available: in the home, at […]


01 September 2019

News
New National Vision for VET

A Vision for vocational education and training (VET) has been released by the  Council of Australian Governments (COAG) – the peak intergovernmental forum in Australia. “A strong Vocational Education and […]


14 August 2019

News
Trainer Job Vacancies. Hurry.

ACE has been making a difference to the careers and well-being of students in our communities for more than 40 years. We are enormously proud of our quality training products […]


05 August 2019

Courses
Author Christina Larmer now with ACE!

It’s a big day here at ACE HQ, we had a moment to chat with author of the Amazon best-selling Agatha Christie Book Club series Christina (C.A.) Larmer. Christina is […]


24 July 2019

Success
Success Looks Like This – Brilliant Emma

Getting your P’s is a rite of passage for anyone, and Emma Grant was super focused on reaching that goal. When she heard about ACE’s Driving Program offering driving lessons […]


21 July 2019

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