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The Certificate is a 'gateway drug' - staff students can sell the cheaper certificate to their employer
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Entry requirements are easier for the Cert and Dip
The They use the term 'staircasing' but are not sure if students understand it
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Less about the mathematics, more about the practical - students need reassurance they'll be able to handle the maths (cf. Honours, which is 100% theory and applied maths)
Courses are very unusual (even unique) in New Zealand
1/3 theory 1/3 taught applications, 1/3 hands-on applications
Develops your career
Adds economics to your toolkit
Courses are very unusual (even unique) in New Zealand
Flexibility - Adrian does his best to accommodate student needs, describes the programme as 'demand driven'
Hands Hands-on includes things like time in the computer lab, or using Excel to build economic tools - practical but campus-based - don't have placements yet but aiming to get good connections with industry
Develops your career
Adds economics to your toolkit
Flexibility - Adrian does his best to accommodate student needs, describes the programme as 'demand driven'
Aims to take smart graduates and teach them to think from the clients' point of view
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