People in the Wanganui region will soon have a unique way to map out the best study route to their chosen careers.
The new One Stop Shop resource is part of a ground-breaking education pilot based at Wanganui�s new tertiary education campus Matapihi ki te Ao and is the first exciting step in a new concept for tertiary education in New Zealand. The resource provides information on all tertiary study options in the region and links to other valuable support and industry information.
On Wednesday 17 September the Whanganui Tertiary Education Venture (WTECV) project will launch the One Stop Shop initiative as a pilot at the Matapihi ki te Ao campus in Rutland Street . The pilot will also give up to 200 students at private tertiary education providers (PTE�s) in the region access to UCOL facilities in Wanganui.
It will be launched by the new chief executive of the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC), Dr Roy Sharp. Speakers will include Denise Scott-Lister, from Training For You, representing private training providers, and UCOL�s Chief Executive Paul McElroy.
WTECV project is a partnership between the TEC, Whanganui UCOL and other tertiary education providers in the region, as well as support agencies, such as Career Services, Study Link and Work and Income New Zealand. The project is based at the new Matapihi ki te Ao campus at Whanganui UCOL, Rutland Street, which was opened by the Prime Minister Helen Clark in April this year.
The government is helping to fund the collaborative project as a pilot, and hopes it will lead to similar ventures in other parts of New Zealand.
The One Stop Shop pilot will allow for around 200 PTE students access to the UCOL Learning Hub (including computers and the Library) and other learning-related support services. Further students groups will be given access during 2009.
The initiative offers unique opportunities to tertiary education students (and future students) in the Wanganui region:
Two state-of-the-art, touch screen kiosks (or portals) will allow access to a new website with information on more than 130 courses available within the Wanganui region. The portals contain links to tertiary education providers (both private and government-
