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Aoraki Polytechnic Purchases International Colleges
Thursday, 21 January 2010
Located in the small South Island city of Timaru, Aoraki Polytechnic has purchased Aoraki International College (AIC) and the Aoraki English Language College in a move that polytechnic chief executive Kay Nelson describes as an “exciting opportunity to increase the number of International students coming to Timaru to study”.
(via Aoraki Polytechnic) Ms Nelson announced the acquisition last week saying the polytechnic was delighted to be involved in a transition that would see the two long-established providers of international education join the polytechnic’s already successful internationally-applied programmes.
“By adding the experience of Aoraki Polytechnic as a provider of quality and relevant education to the work of the existing colleges we believe we will provide an attractive option to international students,” Ms Nelson said.
She said the polytechnic was keen to increase its offering to international students and would be reviewing the international market’s requirements and providing new and existing programmes to meet that market. Much of that work would be in partnership with overseas educational providers.
“I believe many of our quality programmes provide an exciting opportunity to international students to undertake study in Timaru. I see programmes such as our respected outdoor education and hospitality programmes appealing to overseas students.”
Aoraki Polytechnic’s success in catering for the international student market, which has seen many overseas students take up careers in their own countries and elsewhere around the world, joins an impressive record of international achievement by the international colleges.
Aoraki International College director Adrian Kerr said that in the 12 years since the college was formed in 1998 around 2000 international students had come through, with the bulk through the English Language School.
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