Students will now be able to apply for a VET FEE-HELP loan for study in one of the following courses:

• Advanced Diploma of Applied Fashion Design and Technology
• Advanced Diploma of Interior Design

VET FEE-HELP is a government loan scheme which assists eligible students undertaking certain courses to pay for all or part of their tuition fees. The loan allows students to study now and pay later by deferring loan repayments until your income is above the minimum repayment threshold (in 2010-2011 this was $44,911). Once you reach the repayment threshold repayments are made to the Australian Government through the tax system.

To be eligible to apply for VET FEE-HELP you must be an Australian citizen or permanent humanitarian visa holder who will be a resident in Australia for the duration of your study. To obtain VET FEE-HELP you must be enrolled in an eligible unit of study on or before the census date (having submitted your Request for VET FEE-HELP Assistance Form), meet the tax file number requirements and have not exceeded the FEE-HELP limit.

Click here to read more about VET FEE-HELP.

For more information about VET FEE-HELP or to see if you qualify visit http://www.studyassist.gov.au/.

Applications are open for all of our full time and part qualification courses for 2012 with many courses nearly full, so if you are planning on studying with us next year get your application in now!

AICD’s offices are now closed for the Christmas break. Our Gold Coast office will be reopening again on Tuesday the 3rd of January with our Brisbane office opening a little later in the New Year – Prospective Brisbane student’s don’t fear however as the Gold Coast office is able to handle all course enquiries, applications and enrolments for Brisbane and interview appointments are still available at our Brisbane campus by appointment.

We are still accepting enrolments for all of our short courses through our website between Christmas and New Year and positions are limited so don’t leave it to the last minute to enrol or you could miss out!

Don’t miss out in a position in one of our exciting January School Holiday intensive courses such as:

• Introduction to Photography
• Handbag Design
• Introduction to Fashion Design
• Introduction to Personal Styling/Image Consulting
• Introduction to Swimwear Design
• Introduction to Pattern Making
• Introduction to Make-Up
• Introduction to Hair Styling

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from the AICD team!

Stay tuned for a big announcement soon!

AICD has been receiving requests to run an eyelash extension course for some time, and now we are finally offering one! The course will prepare you to provide professional eyelash extensions which are in high demand in salons and have great profit margins.

The first Eyelash Extension course is scheduled for Friday the 2nd of December and will run from 9.30am – 4pm, so enrol now so that you don’t miss out!

Click here to read more about our eyelash extension course!

'Beauty of Springs' by Thu Nguyen

There were some close contenders in the competition, with the runner up, a last minute entry by Ruby Anne (Reginato) achieving 500 ‘likes’ in just over 1 day! Ruby completed our Certificate III in Styling in 2009. Check out the fantastic entries into the competition by clicking here.

Last Friday night (the 7th of October), eleven of our first year fashion design students participated in the 2011 Queensland Brides Design Awards student category – Calico Brides. The competition was held at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre in South Bank, where the student paraded their bridal designs made from seven metres of calico alongside professional bridal designers gowns. AICD student Liezl Boshoff was awarded the ‘Highly Commended’ award for her bridal gown titled ‘Linea Houdini’. Watch the parade below:

Entrants in order of appearance: Angela Ashton, Tyler Giudes, Alana Schlener, Emma Harvey, Helena Hill, Sharnee Lamb, Belinda Masterson, Dorothy Sullivan, Liezl Boshoff, Brooke Campbell and Alice Newman.

The price of the Waxing and Tinting course was risen to $1200 as this course had it’s duration extended to 12 weeks after the recent training package updates and has been under-priced for quite some time. This price rise has also affected the pricing of the Certificate III in Beauty Services as the Waxing and Tinting course forms part of this qualification.

Anyone who has already received the enrolment pack for the Waxing and Tinting course or Certificate III in Beauty Services will still able to enrol at the old pricing until the 1st of January 2012.

To enter, add the ‘AustralianInstitute ofCreativeDesign‘ as a friend on Facebook and email your photo and description to photocomp@aicdedu.com.au.  The photo will then be uploaded to our Facebook profile and users can vote for their favourite photo. The photo with the most likes by 5pm Friday the 7th of October wins! Click here to download the competition details and rules of entry.

The courses will run between the 9th and 20th of January, with courses offered at both the Gold Coast and Brisbane campuses.

2012 Summer School Courses:

• Beginner Sewing Workshop (5 Days)
• Introduction to Pattern Making (5 Days)
• Introduction to Make-Up (3 Days)
• Introduction to Hair Styling (3 Days)
• Personal Styling (3 Days)
• Spray Tanning (1 Day)
• Shoe Design (3 Days)
• Photography (5 Days)
• Introduction to Fashion Design (3 Days)
• Introduction to Swimwear Design (5 Days)

Tania Tuetue

Cynthia Coetzer

Rheya Minard

Julian Napier

Sara Hultman

Thank-you to the following sponsors for their support!

• Sanctuary Cove
• Gold Coast Fashion Incubator
• Sass Design
• Brad Kay Photography
• Katz Management
• Division Model Management
• Boss Models
• Reeder Models
• VM Photography
• Advanced Gold Coast Photography
• Hot Chilli Pix
• Ivy Nine Designs
• The Little Cupcake and Cookie Shop
• Sushi Train
• Tobi Atkins DJ
• Watts Clean: 0432 447 362 / 0422 582 462

If you missed the parade last night, there is another parade tonight at Sanctuary Cove starting at 6.30pm! See you there!