Lillian Zhang

Review of Box hill TAFE

I completed my degree in the higher degree in Earl...

I completed my degree in the higher degree in Early Childhood education. If you are considering completing a similar course, I would highly recommend going elsewhere as my experience left a very sour taste in my mouth and also affected my confidence when I went into the industry.

Firstly, the course is incredibly disorganised- there is rarely clear communication between the tutors, the course manager, and the students. Secondly, the staff within the course are rarely available to support you when you needed clarification on assignments, and you were constantly advised to obtain information independently on the subjects. Thirdly, I found that what was communicated in the classes were not what was expected within the industry. During this course, many of the staff members in the course made the industry out to be incredibly isolating and unsupportive, when I found it to be otherwise when I was completing my placements. Overall, I would recommend that you thoroughly research the course at other universities before considering attending Box Hill Institute. I found the standard to be incredibly low and the lack of student support quite shocking for a course where the fees were comparable to other more reputable institutions.