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New Fellowships
opening in 2022

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The Italian Australian Fellowship opens 1 January 2022

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Innovation in Ageing International Fellowship

The Hugh D.T. Williamson Foundation

Applications open again in 2022

Fellowship in Traditional Arts and Stained Glass Window painting

The Mason Family Trust

Applications opening in 2022

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Donate to the Sir James Gobbo legacy Fellowship.

We have established a legacy Fellowship in Sir James Gobbo's name to build upon his legacy and support rare and heritage skills

T17306 FermenTasmania – Render 01 – REVG

$7.5 million for Food Innovation in Tasmania

ISS Institute is thrilled to learn that past fellow Tom Lewis’ company FermenTasmania has been awarded $7.5 million of Australian Government funding to build a global-first Fermentation Hub at Legana in Northern Tasmania.

Congratulations to FermenTasmania

Chair named Member of the Order Of Australia

Congratulations to ISS Institute Chair Professor Amalia Di Iorio, made a Member of the Order of Australia in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours List for her significant service to tertiary education, to skills development, and to women.

International Specialised Skills Institute Passionate people. Great ideas. A better skilled Australia

Passionate people. Great ideas. A better skilled Australia

What can I achieve with a Fellowship?

To date ISS Institute has supported over 450 Fellows to undertake their international learning across a wide range of sectors. Our Fellowship Program creates lasting impacts for the Fellow, both personally and professionally, their industry sector and the way we work in Australia.

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Interested in a Fellowship?

The ISS Institute Fellowship programs explicitly recognise that specialised skill and knowledge gaps exist within Australian industry and that there is a need to create a more responsive, innovative, industry driven approach to up-skilling of the Australian workforce for the global marketplace.

Now more than ever Australia needs a skilled community of artisans, scholars, teachers, craftspeople, tradespeople, professionals, care workers, innovators, artists, and creatives.

Excluding the international travel component of the Fellowship program, all other aspects of the program have proceeded as normal with the assistance of information technology.

Pictured right: 2015 Fellow, Guy Grossi during his Sir James Gobbo Fellowship.

Fellowship Reports

Underpinning the Fellowship program is the expectation that all Fellows return to Australia and actively seek opportunities to disseminate their learnings and assume a role of influencer, innovator and change-maker within their industry sector or area of work. This approach ensures that the benefits and outcomes of the Fellowships achieve a far broader reach than the individual Fellows and facilitates impacts at an organisational, sectoral and community level.

Education, Training & Employment

The education sector, industry development and employment support.

Heritage, Conservation & Artisan Crafts

Heritage, conservation, art and design.

Our Environment (Built and Natural)

Building & Construction, Architecture & Design, Environment & Sustainability.

Other

Manufacturing, automotive, food, tourism, aquaculture and animal practices.

Example Reports

Our Fellows produce quality reports to disseminate their findings.

Latest updates

The International Skills Institute provides many Fellowship opportunities each year. We also hold annual events to celebrate the success of our Fellows.

501

Fellows appointed over 29 years

Countries visited by Fellows

Industry sectors of Fellows

Fellowships Available

Each year, we have a range of Fellowship opportunities available.

Events 2022

ISSI holds regular events to celebrate the success of our Fellows.

Latest News

Keep up to date with our latest news here!

“The Fellowship program is a light in our sector. It provides unique opportunities for professionals to test their boundaries, innovate and inspire. I believe the true impacts of many Fellowships will not be felt immediately but form the foundation of advocacy. My Ffellowship means that a community facing many levels of disadvantage is now being looked at as a model of engagement. A journey that has willingly been shared with them, it is not my journey but ours!”

"This Fellowship allowed me to attend a nine week internship at the INSTAP centre in Eastern Crete. During which time I also visited 13 archaeological sites and three archaeological museums. This Fellowship has had a positive impact on my confidence in my abilities as a conservator as well as allowing me to develop my networking skills. I feel more prepared to step into private practice in Melbourne with better hand skills and experience of a wider range of treatments.``

"Wonderful opportunity and thank you for supporting our ability to look beyond our borders and see firsthand some amazing examples of best practice and inspiring programs."

ISS Institute would like to acknowledge and thank the Ian Potter Foundation for providing the funding to develop our new website.

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Pictured right: 2015 Fellow, Guy Grossi during his Sir James Gobbo Fellowship.