Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education

<p>Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education (BIITE, generally known as Batchelor Institute and formerly known as Batchelor College) provides training and <a href="/facts/Vocational_education/vIDzdCs1">further education</a>, and <a href="/facts/Higher_education/6GjdtJap">higher education</a> for <a href="/facts/Aboriginal_Australians/DNAQ5z5m">Aboriginal Australians</a> and <a href="/facts/Torres_Strait_Islanders/IffhRyps">Torres Strait Islanders</a>. It is based in <a href="/facts/Kungarakany/etcF2rrI">Kungarakany</a> and <a href="/facts/Awarai/j6W0D43K">Awarai</a> country, in <a href="/facts/Batchelor%2c_Northern_Territory/GGgVL0c8">Batchelor, Northern Territory</a> in Australia.
</p><p>Batchelor Institute is classified as a 'Table A' <a href="/facts/Tertiary_education/WMN5RpeC">tertiary education</a> provider. Like an increasing number of universities, Batchelor Institute is a dual-sector institution, providing higher education and vocational education and training courses. The Institute is the first Indigenous-controlled higher education institution in Australia. It is also unusual in that most of its students are over 30 years of age, and a high proportion of its students are female.
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Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education