Centre for Continuing Education - University of Sydney

After completing Excel course 1 - I moved myself and colleague on to course 2. I felt it was also a wonderful learning experience, some time was spent focusing on some skills in course 1, which was good to refresh minds. However it felt as though everyone lost ability to concentrate by 3pm, which left and hour and half of class with everyone desperately trying to maintain focus (or perhaps that was just me?!) - Maybe it would have been worth it to recap course 1 at the end of the day rather than throughout. Great content and take home resources to self learn, great lecturer also!

Had the worst experience of my life here, I went there for a company funded training course for SQL and the instructor had the worst attitude. Even though i told him at beginning that i have no experience in SQL but still he singled me out in class and constantly bombard me with humiliating lines like you are slowing down the whole class"

Good courses offered to gain continuous learning! I tried two couses: Data Visualisation & Story Telling and Business Analytics course, both are 8-hour course in 1 day. The facilitators have good real life example from field, and can let you appreciate the concepts better. It can help with personal growth and career improvement. I would highly recommend these courses.

Wish I had read the reviews before attending… this was the worst up-skilling experience I have had. The teachers for each course were glamourised scammers, spouting harmful messages about “people from concentration camps choosing to be victims when they could have made the most out of their lives” and that the women in the class would have a hard time practising a speech that was written for men. There were also other things that came up and one of the two teachers was just completely incompetent. The fact that this is associated with the University of Sydney implies the people taking these classes are good at what they do or have some skill but after making a complaint I was told I wasn’t eligible for compensation because they flicked through the slideshow and ticked the box. Would never ever ever go here and suggest everyone save their money.

This was my second course run by Lynn, and I can recommend them to new and more experienced photographers who want to further develop their skills and confidence in Street Photography in all its many facets. Lynn is encouraging, attentive and excellent in bringing out the best in all attendees, no matter what their background and abilities. Refreshingly open, and a great immersive experience, and I have no hesitation in recommending to others.

The Google AdWords course was very good. I would say that if you're a medium to high end user of AdWords this training may not be for you as it does cover a lot of the basic concepts of AdWords and Campaign creation.Having said that the trainer was very informative and very willing to discuss business cases in both theoretical and practical applications. The Centre itself was very well catered and professional with mac's for each user and the neccesary amenities provided.

BEWARE - awful customer service and TERRIBLE language coursesTake great care in purchasing anything from this centre as their insane cancellation policy is 24 hrs from date of purchase. A refund was refused even in the case of a serious health situation - absolutely zero compassion, disgusting and shameful.The Italian language course that I have done in the past was also absolutely awful - the teacher spoke English very badly and generally, the course was just all over the place, she was impossible to understand and follow, could not answer questions properly, I learned almost nothing (and I generally have no problems with learning). Stay away. Go to the Italian Institute to learn Italian.

I did a beginner's German language course here and I was very disappointed. Firstly there were 20 people in the course - which is just too many for a language class. Secondly despite being advertised as a complete beginners course, most of the other students enrolled had done German before, so they completely dominated group work and had no patience with any one who was a genuine beginner. The tutor was competent enough I guess, but as others have mentioned the CCE customer service either completely rude or non-existent. Once they have your money they don't care what kind of an experience you have.

Please do not attend training here - not worth your money.The facilitation is mediocre and is extremely unorganised with materials not available until a day before the session and the facilitator does not follow the curriculum in order, nor finishing the course off in the specified time. No follow ups, nothing. This is specifically related to Business Writing Skills Course. They blamed COVID for this but unfortunately, it got worse.The facilitator even stated that a paying member 'was not there' for the session and was absent. This was not true as the member took photos at the time of the room etc. and thankfully showed proof that she was in attendance.After all of that, one can safely say this is not an institute worth of rolling out training as they even have the audacity to go against their word when they offered me a credit for the curriculum not being completed/facilitator being unorganised and now, they are saying that this credit is no longer available and it was never agreed too. Why would one lie about this and retract on their word?My advice, CCE it is not worth your money - find a professional institute with an organised team who can properly train and have respect for teaching.

The venue was great and the presenter of the course was certainly very knowledgeable, sharing many tips for software applications and computer programs that would assist us beyond the course. Would definitely consider doing another course through Sydney University Continuing Education. Thanks!