Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education

<h2 id="history">History</h2>
<p>Batchelor Institute began in the mid-1960s as an annex of <a href="/facts/Kormilda_College/Ig8WuzG2">Kormilda College</a>, a residential school for Aboriginal students on the outskirts of <a href="/facts/Darwin%2c_Northern_Territory/d9fEmGNV">Darwin, Northern Territory</a>. Short training programs were provided for Aboriginal teacher aides and assistants in community schools. In 1973 the Commonwealth government allowed Indigenous communities to determine the educational approach they wanted for their children, including bilingual education.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a>
</p><p>In 1974, the college moved to Batchelor (100 kilometres south of Darwin), a town of about 500 people. It has been at its present site since 1982.
</p><p>A community-based teacher education program established at <a href="/facts/Yirrkala/rDTGbFzA">Yirrkala</a> in 1976, was later extended to become the Remote Area Teacher Education (RATE) program, and in 1986 Batchelor College entered into a partnership with <a href="/facts/Deakin_University/YYTBvyzs">Deakin University</a> (Melbourne) to deliver a teaching qualification known as Deakin Batchelor Aboriginal Teacher Education Program (DBATE).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a>
</p><p>A second campus of the college was established in <a href="/facts/Alice_Springs/5q9PX26H">Alice Springs</a> in 1990 to address the educational needs of Aboriginal people from <a href="/facts/Central_Australia/rBGBkLHj">Central Australia</a>. Other annexes were opened in Darwin, <a href="/facts/Nhulunbuy/s4tehYmX">Nhulunbuy</a>, <a href="/facts/Town_of_Katherine/Q8zbJo55">Katherine</a> and <a href="/facts/Tennant_Creek/BWLFYh5B">Tennant Creek</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a>
</p><p>The college was granted autonomy as a public sector agency in 1995. It became independent under Northern Territory legislation on 1 July 1999.
</p><p>The <a href="/facts/Australian_Government/UAFhWff0">Australian Government</a> recognised Batchelor College as an accredited independent higher education institution through the Higher Education Funding Act 1988 and provided funding through the <a href="/facts/Higher_Education_Support_Act_2003/Nb7Uoqob">Higher Education Support Act 2003</a>. This meant that BIITE could issue its own degrees and other tertiary qualifications without outside involvement, in the same way as universities, and also be funded like them.
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<h2 id="campuses-and-annexes">Campuses and annexes</h2>
<p>Batchelor Institute has 15 locations throughout the Northern Territory.
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<h3>Campus/annex locations</h3>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Alice_Springs/5q9PX26H">Alice Springs</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Batchelor%2c_Northern_Territory/GGgVL0c8">Batchelor</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Darwin%2c_Northern_Territory/d9fEmGNV">Darwin</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Katherine%2c_Northern_Territory/7IrGUWfq">Katherine</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Nhulunbuy/s4tehYmX">Nhulunbuy</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Tennant_Creek/BWLFYh5B">Tennant Creek</a></li></ul>
<h3>Study centre locations</h3>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Borroloola/Ilnq0SC3">Borroloola</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Gunbalanya%2c_Northern_Territory/1sGAr7e2">Gunbalanya</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Maningrida%2c_Northern_Territory/Mu41aEj0">Maningrida</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Ngukurr/ygnLYKWR">Ngukurr</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Nyirripi%2c_Northern_Territory/EzlbY2mD">Nyirripi</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Utopia%2c_Northern_Territory/KyHLEBnq">Utopia</a></li></ul>
<h3>Learning centre locations</h3>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Angurugu%2c_Northern_Territory/KnQqy38G">Angurugu</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Wadeye%2c_Northern_Territory/8R5VfHU7">Wadeye</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="https://www.batchelor.edu.au/">Official website</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>Huijser, Henk (2015). Finding common ground : narratives, provocations and reflections from the 40 year celebration of Batchelor Institute. Ober, Robyn; O'Sullivan, Sandy; McRae-Williams, Eva; Elvin, Ruth; White, Leon. Batchelor, Northern Territory: Batchelor Press. p. iv. ISBN 978-1-74131-309-3. OCLC 933225399. <a href="978-1-74131-309-3" target="_blank">978-1-74131-309-3</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>Huijser, Henk (2015). Finding common ground : narratives, provocations and reflections from the 40 year celebration of Batchelor Institute. Ober, Robyn; O'Sullivan, Sandy; McRae-Williams, Eva; Elvin, Ruth; White, Leon. Batchelor, Northern Territory: Batchelor Press. p. iv. ISBN 978-1-74131-309-3. OCLC 933225399. <a href="978-1-74131-309-3" target="_blank">978-1-74131-309-3</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>den Hollander, Jane (5 June 2013). "Statement by Deakin University following the death of graduate Dr M Yunupingu". Deakin University News. Retrieved 7 December 2020. <a href="/wiki/Jane_den_Hollander" target="_blank">/wiki/Jane_den_Hollander</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>De Vries, Susanna (2005). Great Pioneer Women of the Outback. Harper Collins. <a href="/wiki/Susanna_de_Vries" target="_blank">/wiki/Susanna_de_Vries</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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