Experience Ara

What is Experience Ara?

Experience Ara is all about giving you a feel for tertiary-level study with hands-on taster days, holiday programmes and workshops in a wide range of subjects.

Events are held throughout the school year and most are free.* Depending on the activity, you might meet tutors and current students, use the Araindustry-standard facilities to undertake tasks and challenges, or just have a great time learning about a subject you’re really interested in.

What are the Benefits?

If you’re interested in a particular subject area at Ara, these sessions will give you lots of useful information on their programmes, plus great advice on how to produce a quality application, portfolio or audition.

Junior Tasters are ideal if you have little or no experience in a subject but you’d like to explore it as a potential future career, these are designed for Year 9 and 10 students. If you have some understanding of a particular subject area and you’re considering studying it at a tertiary level, Senior Tasters, designed for Year 11, 12 and 13 students, are a great way to get hands-on experience.

Students can also earn NCEA credits through STAR courses!

Below are the events coming up during the April school holidays, or you can check out all of Experience Ara offerings here.

• Thursday 11 April: Builder for a Day [Timaru]

• Monday 15 April & Tuesday 16 April: Barbering Essentials [CHCH - STAR]

• Monday 15 April & Tuesday 16 April: Beauty Therapy Essentials [Timaru - STAR]

• Wednesday 17 April: Manawa Campus Tour [MANAWA]

• Tuesday 23 April: Lab Science for a Day [CHCH]

• Wednesday 24 April: Manawa Campus Tour [MANAWA]

Further information

• Experience Ara | www.ara.ac.nz
• Experience Ara Brochure
• Experience Ara Wall Calendar | Christchurch
• Experience Ara Wall Calendar | South Canterbury

If you do not receive an automatic registration confirmation email or if you encounter any difficulties during the registration process, please email us at engagement@ara.ac.nz

Please complete the Waimate High School sign up form for anyone interested in being involved in any taster events for any organisation or the Experience Ara events this year.

*A fee of $50 will be charged per day if notice of non-attendance isn’t received within 48 hours of the event. The fee will be waived if a medical certificate is provided (send to engagement@ara.ac.nz). For STAR courses, the non-attendance fee is the complete price of the course