Enhanced Student Experience with 24/7 Global Access to Digital Credentials

Jul 27, 2022

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Bendigo TAFE and Kangan Institute launch digital credentials for learners on My eQuals.

Higher Ed Services (HES) and Digitary are thrilled to welcome Bendigo Kangan Institute (Bendigo TAFE and Kangan Institute) to the My eQuals community.

As one of their key strategic goals to digitally enable operations by 2025, Bendigo TAFE and Kangan Institute is excited to empower learners with access to their secure digital qualifications, anytime, anywhere, through the My eQuals platform.

With over 20,000 enrolments and one of Victoria’s largest providers of apprenticeship and traineeship training, My eQuals will save the institutions significant time in processing and issuing qualifications, enhancing the student experience by empowering learners to share their verified credentials and qualifications.

Bendigo TAFE and Kangan Institute launch digital credentials for learners on My eQuals.

Higher Ed Services (HES) and Digitary are thrilled to welcome Bendigo Kangan Institute (Bendigo TAFE and Kangan Institute) to the My eQuals community.

Read on to learn more about this fantastic partnership.

Bendigo TAFE and Kangan Institute join a growing number of TAFE institutions to recently join My eQuals. Along with dual-sector universities issuing Statement of Attainments with Testamurs and Transcripts to students, vocational education and higher education verified credentials continue to rely on My eQuals as the official tertiary credentials platform of Australia and New Zealand.

“At Bendigo TAFE and Kangan Institute our mission is to make a real difference to our students as well as industry across the communities we serve,” said Sally Curtain, Chief Executive Officer at Bendigo Kangan Institute.  

“We are proud to enable our students easy to access digital qualifications through My eQuals. My eQuals will provide accessible and verified evidence of completion of study to both our students and our industry partners.”

“Improving our digital capabilities and the student experience is a key strategic objective for us, and we would like to thank the My eQuals team for contributing to this.”

“We warmly welcome another TAFE partner to My eQuals, with Bendigo TAFE and Kangan Institute’s recent launch to issue verified digital credentials to their students through the secure and trusted My eQuals platform.”  Jay Segeth, Program Director, My eQuals said, We have been working in close collaboration with the team at Bendigo TAFE and Kangan Institute to enhance their student experience through the adoption of digital credentialing solutions and in addition help the industries their students serve by ensuring the veracity of their qualifications.”

 

About Bendigo Kangan Institute

Bendigo Kangan Institute is the group entity for Bendigo TAFE, Kangan institute, VETASSESS and eWORKS. Bendigo TAFE has been transforming lives for more than 155 years. The institute has a rich history of providing education for local people and preparing them for work in local jobs. With more than 80 years of experience in vocational education and training and over more 20,000 enrolments each year, Kangan Institute is a flexible, innovative, and dynamic place of learning with a rich multicultural atmosphere. For further details visit: www.bendigokangan.edu.au

About My eQuals

My eQuals is the official tertiary credentials digital platform for the higher education sector, students, and verifiers. It is a Pan-Pacific solution providing easy, secure access to certified, official qualification records for Australian and New Zealand universities and their learners. For further details visit: www.myequals.edu.au

About Digitary

Digitary was launched in Dublin, Ireland in 2005, and has grown to become the leading online platform for certifying, sharing, and verifying academic credentials. Learner-centric since the very start, Digitary enables millions of learners to access their verified achievements and to share them with others securely, quickly, and easily. Digitary is now used by organisations in over 135 countries. For further details visit www.digitary.net

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AVAILABLE FOR COMMENT:

Sally Curtain, Chief Executive Officer, Bendigo Kangan Institute

Jay Segeth, My eQuals Program Director, HES 

Daniel Hibbert, Regional Director, Digitary 

 

MEDIA ENQUIRIES:

Cassandra Hoult, External Communications Manager, Bendigo Kangan Institute – choult@kangan.edu.au

Karen Hanna, My eQuals Communications Manager, HES – khanna@hes.edu.au

Marni MacGilp, International Higher Education Portfolio Marketing Manager, Digitary – marni.macgilp@digitary.net