STAR / Gateway at SIT

A Secondary Tertiary Alignment Resource (STAR) course introduces secondary school students to training for a specific career or study at tertiary level. STAR courses are short and are only available through polytechnics and private training organisations. Students participate in short-term programmes or ‘taster courses’ for a few days at a time, or one day per week for several weeks; and longer-term programmes leading into Gateway are also available.

Gateway offers longer term programmes which lead to industry unit standard qualifications. Gateway is a programme tailored for secondary school students and is structured around work-based learning, allowing them to learn and work while still at school.

STAR/Gateway at Southern Institute of Technology is offered on-site at the Invercargill campus and by distance via SIT2LRN Distance Learning, with a variety of courses available.

STAR / Gateway programmes delivered by SIT2LRN Online Distance Learning Campus are available to secondary schools throughout New Zealand.

Course Costs

The cost to the school is $30.00 including GST per credit. (Includes all marking and resubmissions). This is for digital materials issued via blackboard.
Travel and Tourism materials are sent in hard copy at a cost of $36.00 including GST per credit.
Individual unit standard prices are specified each programme.

SIT offers a range of on-campus STAR/Gateway programmes at the Invercargill campus and additional programmes are delivered via SIT2LRN Online Distance Learning to students at secondary schools anywhere in New Zealand. SIT2LRN Online Distance Learning programmes makes it easy for all schools to offer STAR NZQA unit standards in a variety of subjects with no travel/timetable problems.