Creative Industries ākonga showcased their doddling skills, along with the chance to have their work reach the international stage. The Red Bull Doodle Art Workshop is a fun global drawing competition for students where art and technology meet, and they can showcase their imagination and creativity! The best doodles will vie against each other in a national… Read more »
Social Work students and lecturers came together at Waitākere campus last week to celebrate World Social Work Day 2023. This is an annual event celebrated on the third Tuesday of March every year to recognise and celebrates the contributions of social workers to society and raises awareness about the importance of social work as a… Read more »
Ramadan Mubarak! The Federation of Islamic Associations of New Zealand (FIANZ) announced that Ramadan began (Friday, 24th March) for Muslims in NZ, InsyaAllah. We wish everyone who celebrates a blessed and meaningful month ahead. During Ramadan, Muslims fast from dawn to sunset, abstaining from food and drink, and engaging in acts of worship and charity.… Read more »
“We have trained people in a real clinic to be Osteopaths – it’s a unique, time-consuming and fantastic learning experience,” says Sue Palfreyman, Academic Programme Manager for Osteopathy, reflecting on what has been a hugely successful Osteopathy programme at Unitec-Te Pūkenga. The programme is now closed after a planned five-year teach out. A legacy to… Read more »
Hamid Sharifzadeh draws on a wealth of experience and knowledge for his role as the Academic Programme Manager for the School of Computing, Electrical and Applied Technology. As a teacher, Hamid says he sees his role as not only transferring knowledge to students, but also nurturing their curiosity and critical thinking abilities. He encourages students… Read more »
It was a welcome return to Tonga for Unitec’s veterinary nursing team. The veterinary nursing programme has been collaborating with South Pacific Animal Welfare (SPAW) since 2013, taking a veterinary team to Tonga yearly to care for animals on the island. However, the Covid-19 pandemic and the volcanic eruption in 2022 meant the team hadn’t… Read more »
Unitec-Te Pūkenga is proud to have once again sponsored the Diversity stage at ASB Polyfest 2023. It was a welcome return for the event, which returned to fully onside after three years of disruption due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The Diversity stage features school teams representing cultures from all over the world to share their… Read more »
Listen: Dr Bradbury speaks to Katherine Ryan on RNZ Nine to Noon about the important role of Landscape Architecture in mitigating the effects of climate change Unitec’s School of Architecture is preparing as architecture schools globally face up to the significant challenge of training students for the effects of climate change, which are predicted to… Read more »
Last month, Unitec’s E-press published a paper from 2022 Bold Innovator Scholarship recipient and Master’s in Applied Practice graduate Kristi Shaw. Kristi’s $15,000 scholarship grant is being used to help create a project for parents caring for children with anxiety disorder. Anxiety disorder is one of the most prevalent mental health concerns internationally, with one… Read more »
Practical and laboratory work is a key component of some engineering courses such as Hydraulics/Fluid Mechanics, but over the past few years, lecturers realised that a number of students were missing important demonstrations of the lab-based experiments. Civil and survey senior lecturer Babar Mahmood approached Te Puna Ako staff member to discuss and find a… Read more »
