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Te Puna was the place to be last week, when almost 600 staff gathered last week to celebrate excellence in teaching, research and service. Twenty-two awards were presented by our Executive team to kaimahi across thirteen categories ranging from ‘Excellence in Teaching’ to ‘Innovation and Enterprise’. Excellence in Teaching awards went to Trades lecturer Craig… Read more »
Unitec School of Architecture ākonga were featured as finalists, with Keisha Rawiri awarded Highly Commended, in the 2022 Te Kāhui Whaihanga Resene Student Design Awards held by Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects. The programme brings together the top ākonga from each of New Zealand’s four schools of architecture: Waipapa Taumata Rau — University… Read more »
Celebrating the students, the rich history and amazing people who’ve played a key role in shaping Unitec from its inception to the present day was a central focus at this year’s Staff Excellence Awards. Te Pou Manawa, Darlene Cameron led the celebrations this year as MC and worked alongside Creative Industries lecturer, Paul Young to… Read more »
With Gus Gilmore leaving on Thursday to start his new role at Te Pūkenga as Deputy Chief Executive Ako Delivery, Peseta Sam Lotu-Iiga has accepted the role of Unitec and MIT’s Executive Director. He sent out this pānui on Friday: Talofa lava I’d like to round off what has been another really big week… Read more »
The Student Central team recently volunteered at ‘Eat My Lunch’. Below is their account of the experience, written by Fatin Elier and Pa Tere from Student Central… “As our end of the year team building and venturing into the new year with a new team, we wanted to challenge ourselves, but at the… Read more »
Only two days until our biggest staff event of the year! It’ll be a day of celebrating our people and the exceptional work they’ve done to support Unitec and the success of our learners. In light of our move to Te Pūkenga, we’ll also be acknowledging Unitec’s journey so far – looking back as we move forward. Check… Read more »
Earlier this month, award-winning producer Jon Landau joined Creative Industries students for an hour-long conversation on producing and creativity. He spoke to the second and third-year Screen Arts students from Wellington, via Zoom, where he was busy putting the last touches to the upcoming release of the Avatar sequel The Way of Water. With long-time… Read more »
Unitec is celebrating the launch of a research centre dedicated to providing Healthcare Professionals with the best educational opportunities available. The Centre for Research in Education for Healthcare Professionals was underpinned by a $320,000 MBIE Science Whitinga Fellowship., awarded to the new director, Associate Professor Samantha Heath, for her research project “Fit for the future:… Read more »
The Senior Academic Staff Appointments and Promotions (SAAP) process is an opportunity for our academic staff to apply to be promoted. Congratulations to Unitec’s four new Professors, five new Associate Professors and 10 new Senior Lecturers who were successful in the 2022 SAAP round. “The SAAP Committee was delighted at the high calibre of applications, strongly supported… Read more »
