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Sheikh Rafat Najm is New Zealand’s only Muslim chaplain and he has just joined Unitec’s Chaplaincy team. Unitec’s team of volunteer chaplains offers a range of services to support an inclusive approach to spirituality for students and staff of all faiths. Coordinating Chaplain, Ricky Waters, said: “While we’ve been operating as a multi-faith team for… Read more »
Updated: 30 July 2018 A pohiri will be held for the Commissioner, Murray Strong, on Monday 6 August at Ngākau Māhaki Wharenūi, Mt Albert campus, 9.15-10.15am – everyone is welcome to come along. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ The Minister of Education has announced that he has dissolved Unitec’s Council and appointed Murray Strong as Commissioner to replace it.… Read more »
Unitec’s new attendance tracking software called SEAtS went live today. We’re now using Bluetooth beacons in class rooms so that students can check in via their smartphones for all timetabled classes. This will make life a lot easier for our teachers and students – no more paper registers and collection boxes! Here’s a quick guide for… Read more »
Tū Arotake.Checkpoint was our staff mid-year catch-up, providing a great opportunity to come together to share information and celebrate success. Tū Arotake followed close on the heels of our recent Internal Evaluation Review, so the timing was perfect to ask one of the assessors how we did and what we still need to work on.… Read more »
Do you know what to do in the event of a student suicide? Please familiarise yourself with the new procedure, and contact the team at Te Puna Waiora, Health and Counselling if you’re concerned about a student’s welfare. Suicide is a tragic and distressing event that will potentially have a far-reaching impact on our students… Read more »
Made After Dark – Shining a light on creativity First year Creative Enterprise student Tamaryn Roy is one of a dozen up and coming artists to feature at the Moonlight exhibition currently being held at the Allpress Gallery and Studio in Drake Street, Ponsonby. Moonlight — Made After Dark is presented by specialist advertising agency… Read more »
Annette Pitovao has been appointed Director – Student Success. Annette has previously held several senior leadership positions here at Unitec including; Head of Centre – Student Services at Waitakere, Student Central Manager, Customer Experience Project Manager and more recently as General Manager – Commercial Services. Annette brings a wealth of tertiary knowledge and leadership experience that will… Read more »
Nadia Lim joined our Women in Leadership meeting last week and shared with the group her thoughts on leading by example, enjoying the journey and the vital connection between cooking and health and happiness. When asked about her management style, Nadia told us that it’s all about empowering people. She much prefers to give guidance and inspiration… Read more »
The Education Minister has confirmed today that he has formally notified Unitec’s council of his plans to appoint a Commissioner. You can read his full statement below. Commissioner proposed for Unitec The Government is reaffirming its commitment to Auckland-based institute of technology Unitec, with the proposal to appoint a Commissioner, Education Minister Chris Hipkins said.… Read more »
We tested our readiness for November’s External Evaluation Review (EER) last month. During the first two weeks of June, 12 areas of Unitec were involved in a self-assessment exercise using the same process that the NZQA will use for our EER. This was based on a series of interviews with management, staff, students and other… Read more »
