Mission - Wellington Institute of Technology

Our business is ‘learning’,
in the widest sense.
People
Highlights
The PEP (Personal Education
Plan) process was introduced this
year to ensure that students are in
programmes that best suit their needs.
PEP also contributes to their success
by giving students, and their tutors,
information about their
individual learning style.
WelTec retained over
90% of its
International
students with a
success rate of over
81%.
Business Communication
students took a
leadership role in the
New Zealand and South
Pacific Regional Enterprise
Experience (SPREE).
This year’s Student Satisfaction
Survey showed another increase in
student satisfaction with their tutors –
99 percent saying they found their
tutors to be helpful and supportive.
WOW – 52 students and 10
tutors from WelTec’s
Centrestage School of
Hairdressing, Beauty Therapy
and Makeup Artistry played a
major part in the Montana
World of Wearable Art
Awards.
The 2005 Graduate Destination Survey showed that 94%
of WelTec degree and diploma graduates who
looked for work found employment. 87% of degree
students found that their qualifications were relevant to
their current work and 91% said they used skills and
knowledge from their qualifications in their current work.
More programmes
employed flexible
delivery and learning
options including offering
courses in a range of
environments.
Hospitality students again achieved
excellent results in the National
Salon Culinaire competitions.
Kimberley Atwell juggled his responsibilities at work as a support engineer at Assa Abloy NZ Ltd
(formerly Interlock Group) with his own ‘high flying’ business.
High Flying
“Photo Higher grew out of my hobby – flying radio controlled helicopters – and my work as a tool
maker, says Kimberley. “I designed a camera mount for taking aerial video and photographs and was
doing thermal imaging work.
“But I realised with more work I could develop the camera mount and turn that into a commercial
proposition. So I enrolled in a product design diploma at WelTec. I decided to do a diploma in
mechanical engineering at the same time.
“Now that I’ve finished my study I’ve got more skills to offer at work. And my camera mounts are
nearly ready for launching into the US and Europe markets.”
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