2012 wintec annual report

WINTEC ANNUAL
REPORT 2012
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Māori achievement remains one of our strategic priorities and the
opening of our marae, Te Kōpū Mānia o Kirikiriroa, brought further
improvement and change. Since its opening, hundreds of our
students have enjoyed learning on the marae, all of our schools
have used it in some way, and many of our community partners
have used it for events.
A comprehensive review of our Māori achievement strategy
recommended a number of initiatives to reflect our whole
of organisation approach to Māori achievement, and, most
importantly, more student support.
Many of our initiatives to attract young people into tertiary
education gained further traction this year. Sixty two per cent of
our TEC-funded students are under the age of 25 years, and 51%
of them are studying at level 4 and above. We also delivered more
Youth Guarantee provision and provided free training for 16 and
17 year-olds in hospitality, business administration, trades, and
hairdressing.
We expanded our relationships with secondary schools to create
more pathways into tertiary education by opening a second trades
academy. The trades academies, now running in Hamilton and
Te Kuiti, are partnerships between Wintec and local secondary
schools. They are producing positive results for students who
experience and gain educational credits in a tertiary environment,
while still remaining at secondary school.
Globally connected
Our commitment to internationalisation was demonstrated by
increased enrolments, more international partnerships, and
greater involvement in emerging off-shore delivery opportunities.
Our international student numbers continued to increase. This
year we taught 661 international EFTS, a 9% increase from 2011.
This was a pleasing result considering the very competitive export
education market.
Our strong relationship with Chengdu University (China) involved
progress in establishing an off-shore campus in Chengdu. It is
planned that English Language courses, taught by Wintec staff,
will begin by September 2013, approvals pending. This project
is supported by Education New Zealand, and several other New
Zealand institutes of technology and polytechnics (ITPs). Chengdu
University continues to send teaching staff for training at Wintec
and students for under-graduate and post-graduate study.
Our Saudi Arabian student numbers have increased, along
with associated increased revenue in the order of $1m. This
year we undertook two off-shore delivery contracts in Saudi
Arabia: the Saudi Electrical Services Polytechnic (SESP) project
where Wintec is contracted to deliver the qualification and
teaching materials for English language, technical and on-job
training; and the Saudi Jubail Technical Institute (JTI) where
Wintec provides quality evaluation capability. The Saudi
Jubail Technical Institute has also expressed an interest in
sending JTI engineering graduates to Wintec to study.
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