Te Uru Kahikatea Project
Fees Grants for Undergraduate Health Promotion Training in 2011 - 2012
Fees grants are available to support students to access the Health Promotion courses at Manukau Institute of Technology (MIT), Eastern Institute of Technology (EIT) and the distance learning through Otago University.
The fees assistance programme aims to increase access to health promotion qualifications opportunities for health promoters/kaimahi from around Aotearoa.
To be eligible for a fees grant a person must be working in a public health role.
MIT
For more information about the Auckland-based MIT course and fees assistance, contact MIT on 0800 626252 or 09 968 8736
see www.manukau.ac.nz.
EIT
The second year of the EIT (Hawkes Bay) Certificate in Health Promotion is underway. This entry level qualification is a part-time, two-semester programme (two mornings per week). There are two intakes per year (depending on numbers): semester one in February, and semester two in July.
This year (2011), both the Certificate and Diploma are being run concurrently. This means that students can choose to complete the diploma in one year should they wish to. The Certificate and Diploma together is a fulltime, two-semester course run over two days each week.
The programme equips people to work effectively in multi-disciplinary health promotion teams. Graduates of the programme can explore further study in programmes such as Certificate in Hauora, Certificate in Mental Health Support, Diploma in Recreation and Sport, Bachelor of Recreation and Sport or Bachelor of Nursing.
The EIT programme is open to all people who fulfil the entry criteria.
Fees subsidies are available for the EIT course. Contact Sue Jackson – Secretary, Certificate in Health Promotion, Faculty of Health and Sport Science, Phone: (06) 974 8000, ext 5421, Email: sjackson@eit.ac.nz.
OTAGO UNIVERSITY
For more information about the Otago course and fees assistance, contact Jeannine Stairmand, Course Co-convenor at jeannine.stairmand@otago.ac.nz.