Wintec Annual Report 2009

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES
EQUAL EDUCATION
OPPORTUNITIES
SUPPORTING PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES – STUDENT
LEARNING SERVICES
Our Student Learning Services team
continued to offer a high level of support
for Wintec students who disclosed an
impairment. All of these students were
provided with information about our disability
services, with 405 of them utilising the
service. Of these students, we had an
81.4% successful retention rate.
Disability support this year involved 44
support staff providing 8,919 hours of
support - a 50% increase from 2008. Six
reader/writers also provided 214 hours of
disability support. Various equipment and
assistive technology such as ergonomic
chairs and dictaphones were purchased
and issued to ensure an equal playing field
and successful outcomes for students with
an impairment.
TE KETE KŌNAI – MĀORI AND PASIFIKA
LEARNING AND SUPPORT CENTRE
Te Kete Kōnae, our Māori and Pasifika
support centre, continued to provide support
based on whanaungatanga, inclusiveness
and sharing. Services included academic
and learning support, pastoral care, cultural
support, counselling, marketing and
recruitment activities, scholarship information
and information and advice related to
studying at Wintec. Wintec staff and students
also participated in a number of Māori and
Pasifika community events.
LEARNING SUPPORT –
STUDENT LEARNING SERVICES
More than 1590 students utilised student
learning services in 2009, with 80 students
also attending ACE-funded writing and
study skills courses. These services included
academic tutoring for individuals and small
groups, peer tutoring, reader/writer services,
and study skills workshops and courses.
Of the students who utilised these services,
there was a 91% successful retention rate.
81.4%
RETENTION RATE
OF IMPAIRED
STUDENTS
50%
INCREASE IN HOURS OF
DISABILITY SUPPORT
1590
STUDENTS UTILISED
STUDENT LEARNING
SERVICES
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