It’s Mental Health Awareness Week, so we caught up with Nigel Pizzini, lecturer in Social Practice and specialist counsellor, about coping with anxiety in the face of the current COVID-19 challenges. “People may find themselves needing to adjust their thinking about being around others,” says Nigel. “They may worry about over-load or overwhelm or have… Read more »
Mental Health Awareness Week, which runs this week, is a great opportunity to reflect on our daily habits, and how these impact on our mental health. While mental health issues can often be complex, there are still lots of small things we can adjust in order to lighten the load. Many of these are to… Read more »
We’re joining the national Mental Health Awareness Week (MHAW) campaign with on-campus activities and resources so you can look after your own mental wellbeing. The campaign is centred around the theme of ‘Reimagine wellbeing together – He tirohanga anamata’ and is underpinned by Te Whare Tapu Whā framework – exploring wellbeing under the five kaupapa… Read more »
Demonstrating how our learner outcomes meet the needs of industry and stakeholders, and our students In this this post, we’ll look at how the programmes we teach at Unitec, and the skills our students graduate with, meet the needs of industry and the communities we serve. We use data (refer below), to show how… Read more »
Susan Bennett has been appointed as our new Interim Head of the School of Computing, Electrical and Applied Technology. She has an extensive background in tertiary education and joined Unitec late last year as Academic Programme Manager for the School while Nick Sheppard was acting Head of School, alongside his role of Executive Director –… Read more »
Thanks to everyone for participating… don’t forget it is still ‘Mahuru Māori‘ – celebrating te reo Māori for all of September – learn more about what we’re doing at Unitec to celebrate! Kua tīmata te Wiki o te Reo Māori, inā rā me ū tātou katoa ki te whakamana i tō tātou reo rangatira rā… Read more »
Demonstrating how we have responded to meet the needs of our students and stakeholders In this first post we’ll look at the sources of data we can provide to demonstrate how we are meeting KEQ #1 (refer below), use a case study, the Learner Outreach Programme, and further examples, to demonstrate how we have responded… Read more »
This is the second in a series of stories supporting Mahuru Māori – celebrating te reo Māori for the entire month of September. Read our first story for more ideas and challenges. Building your knowledge of te reo me ōna tikanga Māori (Māori language and customs) Every Monday for the month of September, our staff… Read more »
Dr Terri-Ann Berry, our Associate Professor in Environmental Engineering and Director of our Environmental Research Solutions Centre (ESRC), has had her hair shaved off by the Coast FM Breakfast team in aid of the Cancer Society. Terri-Ann braved the morning cold to cut off her long locks to raise awareness and support for victims of… Read more »
Unitec has become the first tertiary institution in New Zealand to offer a short course in installing and commissioning the latest range of Rinnai commercial water heating systems. We are providing training on newly-installed, state-of-the-art gas water heaters as part of a new short course for registered licensed and certifying gas-fitters, due to launch later… Read more »
