Facilities and services

• The Valleys Restaurant and Function Centre
• TAFEspace

An enhanced learning environment

You will never feel like you're in a concrete jungle at Wodonga Institute of TAFE!

Enjoy your time between classes in the landscaped outdoor areas. Shoot some baskets, or take a walk along the pathways around the campus. Felltimber Creek winds its way through the campus and we have revitalised the creek and its surrounds through a program of revegetation and bank stabilisation. This is just one way in which we are working to improve the environment for our students and staff.

If you need to be indoors, hang out with your friends in the student lounge and enjoy a coffee or a bite to eat from the café.

LIRNspace

Used by students and staff, the LIRNspace has more than 30 networked computer workstations with internet access and printer facilities. It is an ideal place to study, do research, and complete out-of-class assignments, with discussion spaces available, and access to drink and snack vending machines. Class groups may use the LIRNspace and the neighbouring E Street, which also contains computers for student use. This facility is open every day during Wodonga TAFE's business hours. For personal study needs after hours and on weekends, the David Mann Library is available. Visit the La Trobe University Library website for more information about Library opening hours and facilities for students.

Purpose-designed workshops and training centres

Although some students learn off campus, Wodonga TAFE has excellent on-campus training and specialist facilities that help you to be work-ready when you graduate.

Our ongoing program that updates and improves training facilities and student resource areas will enhance your learning experience. Specialised workshops and training centres, including fully-equipped workshops, computer laboratories, and specialised 'hands-on' industry facilities, are located around the campus.

Child care - Kids on Campus

Located in picturesque gardens between Wodonga Institute of TAFE and La Trobe University, Kids on Campus delivers high-quality, fully-accredited long day care for children from six weeks of age to school age. Kids on Campus has introduced an exciting initiative in child care where the child is the centre of learning and is encouraged to fully explore and discover his/her own environment. Affordable, high-quality child care is delivered by a dedicated team of professionals. Places are available for the children of students, staff, and other community members.

Kids on Campus operates 50 weeks each year, from Mondays to Fridays, and between the hours of 7.30am and 6pm (except on Victorian public holidays). Standard government subsidies are available.

For further information, please visit the Kids on Campus webpage, or phone 02 6055 6635 or email kidsoncampus@wodongatafe.edu.au

Library

The David Mann Library is a jointly-used facility that offers services to staff and students of Wodonga Institute of TAFE, La Trobe University, and the Murray Darling Freshwater Research Centre (MDFRC). The Library is located in Building O, next to Lake Drive, and between the main campuses of Wodonga TAFE and La Trobe University.

The Library has materials that support the learning, teaching, and research needs of students and staff, including:

• daily newspapers and popular magazines
• fiction, children's picture books, and DVDs and videos
• general interest collections including cooking, gardening, computers, cars, parenting, home improvement, travel, history, study skills, and so on
• online resources including full-text newspaper, magazine and journal articles, training videos, and e-books
• computer facilities, photocopiers, group study rooms, and DVD and video players.

You can search the Library's catalogue online from La Trobe University's Library website, and also view and renew loans, place holds on items, and book audiovisual equipment.

Cafeteria

Wholesome meals or quick snacks are available from the cafeteria, Food on Campus, which is located on the ground level of Building A, on Wodonga TAFE's main campus. Drink and snack machines, indoor and outdoor seating, and two student lounges are available for student use. One lounge is located in Building W and the other at the Hangar.

The Hangar

The Hangar is a student lounge and café, situated in the grounds of Wodonga Institute of TAFE, near La Trobe University. Operated by the Wodonga Student Association, the Hangar has recently undergone extensive renovations to include a coffee lounge, outdoor entertainment area, a small gym and expanded cafeteria space for student or staff use.

Student Association

The Wodonga Student Association helps students who are enrolled at Wodonga TAFE by providing facilities, services and activities.

Car parking

Please park in designated car-parking areas and obey all parking signs. Please refer to the campus maps for more information.

Security

You need to be aware of your safety and of the security of your personal belongings while you are on campus. An after-hours security service is available in the evenings, from Monday to Friday. This service includes an escort to your vehicle. You can contact this service by using the direct-dial phone that is located in the cafeteria near the blue phone, on the ground floor in Building A. You can also phone after-hours security for help on 0418 656 440.