Despite many changes in the VET sector in international education, the college continues to provide up-to-date industry education, delivering Hybrid and direct online for Employers and employees in Traineeships and internships. In addition, in 2023, ACIT & IFTV commenced offering AI and Cybersecurity Diploma.

The college offers a unique education for women, through scholarships. Empowering women initiatives such as “women in crisis scholarships” are offered widely to many students throughout COVID-19.

ACIT & IFTV college has formed partnerships with leading industries such as telecommunications specialists JUNIPERS Networks, Information Technology industries such as Microsoft, VM Ware and Cisco, Digital Media industry such as IFTV Studios & French production industries, to ensure quality graduates with world-class industry standard education.

STAR RIDER recognises the benefits of a quality alliance with education providers.

Working and collaborating with education providers like ACIT & IFTV will allow more opportunities for the global workforce.

Using the framework that is provided by the Australian Government, STARRIDER and ACIT & IFTV will potentially contribute to areas of mutual interest such as robotics, AI, and Space education development with the support of the Australian Government in the future.

Australia has a long-standing commitment partnership with NASA, a project that was started by Prime Minister Scott Morrison committed more than triple the Australian Space Agency budget to support Artemis and Moon to Mars. This initiative forces potential Australian contributions to the project of NASA’s Moon to Mars in the future.

NASA and the Australian space agency signed a letter of intent witnessed by Prime Minister of Australia Scott Morrison and U.S Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross on September 21, 2019, at NASA headquarters in Washington, for 60 years of collaboration in space exploration between the two countries and commit to expanding cooperation.

“We are honoured by today’s statement and the commitment of our friends from Australia to support us in our mission to return to the Moon by 2024 with the Artemis program,” Morhard said. “The strong relationship between NASA and the Australian Space Agency affirms NASA’s commitment to establish sustainable exploration with our commercial and international partners by 2028.”

Australia has a long tradition of working closely with the U.S. in space activities. A formal agreement between NASA and the Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) signed in 1960 allows for tracking and communication of NASA missions through the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex (CDSCC) at Tidbinbilla, as well as the Data Relay Satellite facilities in Alice Springs, Northern Territory, and Dongara, Western Australia. The CDSCC serves as an integral component of NASA’s Deep Space Network.

The Mars 2020 and ExoMars rover science teams honed their skills in the Australian Outback, where the rocks are of similar age to the terranes on Mars, in preparation for their respective missions to launch to the Red Planet next summer in search of signs of past life on Mars. This rover and its aerial sidekick were assigned to study the geology of Mars and seek signs of ancient microbial life, collect samples of rock and soil for their possible return to Earth, and demonstrate the technology of the Ingenuity helicopter – the first aircraft to make a powered, controlled flight on another planet.

STARRIDER will continue its research in the Robotics, AI and Space industries, with the help of the Australian Government and its agencies to build stronger relationships with the U.S. and broaden the scope of the education for AI, Robotics and space industry, in exploration of the Moon, Mars, and beyond.

Mrs McGuire’s long-term sustainable plans and contributions for the industries, help build on a broader scope of cooperation between the U.S. and Australia alliance, that creates opportunities that date back to the Apollo era.

For information about the Australian Space Agency, visit: https://www.space.gov.au

For more information about the Moon to Mars exploration approach, visit: https://www.nasa.gov/moontomars