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Meet Toni our fantastic Study From Home Tutor

Meet Toni Young – Study From Home Tutor

Toni Young joined the Study From Home team in early 2021. Before that, she lived in Australia and the UK, and worked as a travel agent, a teacher, and for an airline and event management company.

No two days are the same for Toni. She might be working in Teams Assessment with a group of students, on a Zoom meeting with a student overseas, marking students’ work, or working on developing new course content. She sees her role as encouraging, motivating, facilitating, and counselling students.

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Meet Lynelle our amazing Study From Home Tutor

Lynelle Panton is our wonderful Study From Home Tutor

Lynelle’s background is all about travel. She has worked in leisure travel, in hotels, for rental car companies, and even as a corporate travel consultant at American Express. That’s when she joined the ITC team as a campus tutor, before moving across to the Study From Home team where she is also a tutor.

As a part-timer, Lynelle juggles her work with SFH with her home life, where she’s full-on with three kids. She loves that she can spend time with her children after school and help with their activities, while still working in an industry she loves so much and knows so well.

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Meet ITC’s wonderful new addition to the Botany Tutorial Team – Anna Addison

Anna in uniform on a plane!

Anna Addison has recently joined our Botany Tutorial Team, bringing with her a wealth of knowledge, experience, and passion about the travel and tourism industry.

She’s already making a splash in the classroom, and we can’t wait to see her connect with students and pass on her invaluable knowledge!

Read on to learn more about Anna’s travel industry history and what she’s going to bring to the role. (more…)

Meet ITC’s incredible new addition to the Schools Team – Ruth Betham

Ruth Betham is ITC’s newest member of the Schools Team!

Just when you think we’ve already got the most passionate, awesome, experienced travel and tourism team in New Zealand, we go and find someone like Ruth Betham.

Ruth is a recent hire on our Schools Team, and she’s excited to share her skills and knowledge with young students just getting started in the travel and tourism industry.

We asked her some quick questions to learn more about Ruth’s background, and what she brings to the team! (more…)

Meet Brad: ITC’s newest Botany staff member!

New Botany Student Services Advisor Brad in front of the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

ITC has been fortunate recently to hire Brad Sargent as a Student Services Advisor at the Botany Campus.

Like all of our team, he has plenty of passion for the tourism industry, and great experiences working in it to share with students. And as it turns out, he was basically born to work in tourism, considering his parents met while on a Contiki trip through Europe!

We’re so excited for Brad to be part of the team and see him help guide students on their journeys into the tourism industry. Read on to get to know a little more about Brad and his background!

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Planting The Seed: How a job interview turned into a new favourite class activity

Recently I met Ruth, who was interviewing for a tutoring position. During this process we ask for a demonstration to show their presentation skills. Ruth bought some soil, seed and water. This immediately sparked my interests as I love indoor plants.

Ruth demonstrated the process of planting a seed and talked about its growth stages and how this represented the growth of your life, study and your career.  This got the cogs turning in my brain and I wondered “how could I use this as an activity for the classroom”, especially for a new class. 

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Meet ITC’s new Botany Campus Manager & Course Advisor!

Sam Gilmour is our new Botany Campus Manager & Course Advisor!

ITC has recently hired – or should we say rehired – Sam Gilmour as our Botany Campus Manager & Course Advisor.

Sam brings with her a huge array of experience in the tourism industry and passion for education, with past roles at Air New Zealand, AJ Hackett Bungy, and EcoZip! She has previously worked for ITC as well, and has come back to the team for this role – and it feels as though she never left.

We’re so excited to have Sam back on board, so we asked her a few questions about her experience in the industry and how she’s going to help our ITC students find success. 

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Introducing Rachel Mackwood: Botany’s newest Course Advisor!

Rachel Mackwood is Botany’s newest Course Advisor!

Our Botany Campus students can consider themselves lucky, because we’ve just had a fantastic new Course Advisor join the team!

Her name is Rachel Mackwood, and her experience in the tourism industry and love for all things travel will be a huge help for students looking to get into this industry.

We asked Rachel to share her background and what she’s looking forward to most about this new role with ITC:

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Meet ITC’s fantastic new Tourism Education Tutor & Marketing Support person!

Seane is our new Tourism Education Tutor & Marketing Support person!

Seane Gifford, like so many of ITC’s incredible team, has an impressive background in travel and tourism.

She caught the travel bug from her mother at a young age, and always wondered what else was out there in the world for her to discover. That curiosity led to travels, qualifications, and amazing roles throughout her career.

Now, ITC is excited to welcome her to the team as a Tourism Education Tutor & marketing support person. We can’t wait to see her share her knowledge with students.

Learn more about her roots, her favourite job before now, what she’s looking forward to the most, and her advice for students below!

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