Advanced Diploma of Leadership and Management

Kensington Institute of Australia assured to provide training that allows you to step into your professional career with determination by unique student support, devoted trainers, flexible training arrangements and high-quality training system.

Course Objective

If you like being in charge, manage and getting things done, Advanced Diploma of Leadership and Management will equip you with the appropriate leadership and management skills that are prepared to help you stand-out from the rest. Leadership and managerial roles offer a lot of opportunities to make a difference. It will need a set of critical and essential attributes, all of these will be thought to you during the program. Our expert instructor with their innovative industry knowledge will bring you with nurturing support throughout the program, hands-on course. They are using subjective and communication skill to recognize and evaluate information from accredited sources and transfer their knowledge to others, and innovative skills to show ideas and respond to complicated situations.

Course duration

·         2 x 7-hour face to face classes per week over 78 weeks (9.00am to 4:00 pm) In this part of the program learners are required to attend instruction as part of their learning process

·         Required mandatory hours of Self-study/ independent learning/ research and reflection hours per week, where learners are required to reflect and carry on further study, 6 hours are mandatory for international learners (Please see delivery and assessment). A trainer is present during such sessions.

Course Requirement

·         Be 18 years and above;

·         Have satisfactorily completed a minimum of year 12 or equivalent (this may be international);

·         To ensure an appropriate learning opportunity, learners would need to demonstrate a capacity to undertake • study at Diploma level; this can be demonstrated via the following:

·         Successful completion of Year 12 or the equivalent level of study or mature aged entry (if applicable

·         Minimum English level of IELTS 5.5, learners originating from student visa assessment levels 1 and 2 without the required IELTS score can undertake KIA’s English Proficiency Test. For information on student visa assessment levels, refer to Department of Immigration and Border Protection website (www.border.gov.au)

Numeracy and Literacy

All learners are required to complete a Language, Literacy and numeracy test in order to ascertain and acceptance into the program. Where a learner is not completing the test at the required, support will be offered to them. This assistance is determined at a case-by-case measure.

Learners must have a demonstrated capacity in competencies as required by the Australian Core Skills Framework (ACSF), to undertake this course. This will be ascertained through the LLN Assessment they complete their application form.

It is recommended that participants must have the following levels:

·         Learning: level 6

·         Reading: Level 6

·         Writing: Level 5

·         Oral communication: Level 5

·         Numeracy: Level 4

Credit transfer and RPL

Based on your existing skills, knowledge, and experience you could be granted full or part qualification. Find out if you're a candidate for RPL.

For more information about the course BSB61015 Advanced Diploma of Leadership and Management you can visit our main office at Level 1, 20 Otter Street, Collingwood, Victoria, Australia, VIC 3066, or call us +61399997959, visit the website kensington.edu.au.

International students In Australia (Overcoming the Cultural Barrier)

International students in Australia have many exciting opportunities but in line with it are the struggles you will need to be prepared of. Learning on how to overcome those struggles may also help you overcome the cultural barriers.

Adjusting in Australia

After few months of departure preparation, you will only feel the difference once your excitement in studying abroad has worn off. However, don’t stress yourself due to these things. It is well understood that there’s a period time for adjustment. Nevertheless, always maintain a good perspective towards your journey in Australia and make the most of your time during your stay.

Overcome the Adjustment Period

There are times you may seem to wonder and feel senseless but don’t let it ruin your study journey in Australia. Just keep it in mind that it is your dream you are fulfilling. It is reasonable that you will miss on what you have left back home or be intimidated by the language barrier and overthink on what may happen in such a different place.

Things to ponder

While enrolled in an institution in Australia, write down your personal and career goals, for it may help you boost your courage while studying abroad.

Likewise, you will surely achieve your goals too eventually but it will take time and you must exert a lot of effort in order to achieve it, there will be a time you will feel depressed and frustrated but remind yourself that the goals cannot be attained in one try. Just like your first attempt on lacing your shoes when you are a child, it wasn’t perfect on your first try but you are slowly getting it as time goes by.

Keep in touch and Draw In

In order to adjust quickly in Australia, you must open yourself to the social community, groups and participate in different curricular activities. Also, give time to update your family. Join in any form of school related organization or get a part time job to money to fill-up days that you are not in school to lessen the chances of feeling homesick. Moreover, interact with your fellow international students as well. Keep in mind that it might take time before you can feel the total greatness of Australia but making new companions and engaging into social activities will help massively.

Gap Year is not a barrier but an opening for a bright future

Everyone needs to take a break even in school that is why other students take a gap year. Gap year is a valuable break to study or work for the individual to pursue their other interest, a 12-month break to make a different line of work dissimilar to their regular life. This is some of the reason for the students why they have a gap year, students sometimes need a break to relax, refresh and recharge to be fully ready to take the new challenges when coming back to school. Next is they are not sure what course they will pursue. It is important that you know your interest before taking up courses, explore every option you have and discover your true interest. Some students take have to gap year to travel and learn cultures and traditions of other countries and learn their languages. They travel to have fun and experience new things that may inspire them and can help them choose the right career for them. Others want to discover and explore a new career, experience new opportunities that have come to their way. Sometimes they have gap years because they choose to work for a while to save money for their future goals or they have to work to help and support their family. Students who want to be more ready to face the reality in going to school, take a gap year to have tutorials in some areas of academics that they find themselves weak at. This will make them more refined when they go back to school.

Students who plan to study abroad after having a gap year if it is still acceptable, even if they have more than 12 months of a gap year. Mostly their questions are if they can still be able to get a student visa or are they still qualified to study abroad? Student visa gives you clearance to study outside of your country for a set period of time. You have to be enrolled formally to a registered institution to be able to get a student visa. Kensington Institute of Australia is one of the registered institutions in Australia located in Collingwood, Melbourne. At KIA it’s not an issue even if you have more gap study for more than a year as long as your documents are complete and you can justify your reasons for taking a gap year. You can have your student visa without having a problem because of the gap year, all you have to do is to be eligible to the criteria given by the institution. To study abroad is not an easy engagement, but a worthwhile journey to all of you who dream big. Kensington Institute of Australia will help you in the best way possible to achieve all your aims in life. Stop the gap now and be part of our growing community, a place where future leaders and successful individuals hone their skills to be more ready to face the challenges in life.

Travel to learn, Explore Australia

Why should you choose Australia?

          When we say Australia, the first thing that comes up to our mind is kangaroo’s and Koala’s but people must also know that Australia is the leader of Education. Other than being the third most popular place for global undergraduates to be listed aside for the other nation which is, for instance, the USA and it is a nation that initially talks in English. Australia is known as a cheerful civilian that welcomes different countries and gives a higher educational training. Australian degree and different types of certificates that can be enrolled in Australia are highly recognized by the Universities and Entrepreneurship all over the earth.

What can Australia offer you as a student?

           Australia can help you continue your study while living the experience; they support a student that is learning while studying at the same time, by this he/she can provide money for the living expenses by working part-time at the same time he\she can get also experience in her resume or bio-data. Student visa mostly allows you to work for 40 hours every 2 weeks while you are enrolled in the certain course. They also offer a scholarship for those International students that chose Australia to study.

Financial capacity to study in Australia

          They are using AU$ kind of money, the living and study costs there relies on upon the place and Universities you chose to stay. Yes, it will cost you big-time to force yourselves to train abroad but this also an investment so don’t think twice about investing in yourself because time will come there that all your expenses and effort will off, so someday, you'll claim and let yourself appreciate that I have established on the correct choice.

After graduating from a University in Australia what will happen next?

          After you will complete the course that you have taken, your student visa as well will also be no longer valid for a longer stay in Australia but there are many choices you may do after you graduate It’s either you will extend your student visa to continue your study and earn more high quality of education or apply for a working visa to continue working in your current employer during your study in Australia but it will a great and easier for you if the employer will sponsor you on applying for temporary or permanent visa in Department of Immigration and Border Protection’s (Employer Nomination Scheme).