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A CIT Reid photography student has made an impact with an image celebrating campus life.
Heather Hodgson was one of six TAFE students selected from around Australia as finalists in a national photography competition, which "celebrates vocational education through moving photographic depictions of life on campus".
Federal Minister for Skills and Training, Brendan O'Connor hosted the finalists at a gathering at Parliament House on Wendeday afternoon, on what was National TAFE Day.
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Minister O'Connor and members of the Australian Education Union announced the winner - culinary and arts student Mei Ho from SuniTAFE Mildura who took a photograph of her fellow cooking students in the kitchen.
Runner-up was Callae Sutton from North Metropolitan TAFE in Perth with his image of students in the campus library.
Heather, meanwhile, also a mum-of-four, took her photograph of Grace a fellow CIT student, sewing in the Textiles and Fashion Design workshop at the CIT Reid campus.
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The photograph was taken in June this year as the textiles students were working on their end-of-semester projects.
"Their focus and determination caught my interest as well as their actual projects," she said.
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Heather said she loved "capturing a moment in time" with her photographs.
"I love that photographs help to document a story and connect with people in a unique way," she said.
AEU Federal President Correna Haythorpe said that the competition was a wonderful way to celebrate the vital role of vocational education in Australian society.
"The submissions by TAFE students from around Australia wonderfully capture the multi-faceted and important role TAFE plays in our society," she said.