Te Tirohanga Whānui | The Year in Snapshot

2022/2023

2022 / 2023

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Strong rebuild post-COVID: our student numbers for 2022/23 have bounced back to the exact same number as 2018/19!

After working so hard to return to ‘normal’ after the pandemic we now have the opportunity to apply the learnings and ensure our ‘new normal’ is more resilient, more impactful and more relevant than ever before.

Malindi MacLean, Outward Bound CE

Our students gave back to different parts of the Marlborough community, including; The Link Pathway, Ronga Reserve, Linkwater School, & Koro Wildlife Centre.

On Course Results

Results from students attending between
July 1 2022 – June 30 2023. N=1210*
*Excludes Professional, Custom Design, and
Leaps & Bounds courses

Course Objectives -
Effect Size

All students complete an electronic post-course evaluation at the end of their course. They’re asked to score themselves against statements in these eight categories (self-confidence, values awareness, service etc.), 1 being ‘false, not like me’ and 8 being ‘true, very like me’, firstly how they felt at beginning of the course, and secondly how they feel at the end of the course.

This data is used to calculate the change each student experiences during their course, therefore the effect the course has on them. The effect size is a quantitative measure of how much the course has affected them. An effect size of above 0 indicates a positive change, and an effect size of above 0.4 indicates a major change.

"A lifechanging and eye opening experience that teaches independance, teamwork and hardwork and that challenges and encourages growth during the course and back in the everyday world."

Outward Bound Student - 2023

"Outward Bound is an opportunity to fully disconnect from the 'real world' - no phone (stepping out of the digital world), no need to buy anything (stepping out of consumer culture), no everyday life admin and work pressures.

I feel like it's a bit of a bubble that has to pop when we go home, but it's been a unique opportunity to experience a total disconnect from all those things, which has allowed me the space to consider what I want to do and can bring forward into my everyday life."

Outward Bound Student - 2023