Learner Profiles

Megan was pleased that they complemented each other nicely.

I’m grateful for the new knowledge.

Doing this course gave me the perfect opportunity to step up into a leadership position.

After completing the ITL3 course, Rilesh realised he could take his career to new heights and enrolled in the MBA degree at Waikato University.

The course has given me another perspective of a team and of a business environment.

And it has. Suchiti enrolled in the ITL3 programme looking for a deeper understanding of New Zealand culture.

This course taught me to express my thoughts professionally and calmly.

Working with stakeholders daily, to ensure the well-being of the whānau in her care, means communication and kōrero is very important to Moana.

She was pleased to learn so much about the fundamentals of businesses.

The course reinforced that Krishna had the skills and showed him how to present them in the correct way.

The course equipped Alan to learn more about himself and he has kept up the journaling habit now for over a year.

For Talya Awheto, the LearningWorks course was the first step in a journey to finding her voice: “The best thing, as soon as I walked into the course was my facilitator, he spoke Māori, and he started off with a Karakia which I thought was amazing and that automatically gave me that sense of belonging into the course.

Read about how Sean persevered with study, despite experiencing work and family-life difficulties. He now successfully leads a team.

Beau told his kids that he too was studying and getting a formal qualification that would back up all the years of hard work and experience he'd gained in the workforce.

Karina found the flexible learning approach fitted in with her busy lifestyle. She enjoyed studying outside of work and even found time to study at the gym.

Rodney took the bull by the horns to improve his business acumen.

Team leadership is something that pretty much everyone should do.

Teresa’s son wasn’t so sure his mum could complete the course, so that was all the motivation she needed to prove she could do it.

Rekha wanted to sharpen her thinking and leadership skills to give herself a boost.

Alan had not done any formal study for 35 years. Now, he’s a role model for his company and for other learners. ‘It is achievable’, he says.