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 »
Te Kohinga Māori, the Māori reference collection on Level 2 of Te Puna Library, is a taonga for our students and staff. The collection is filled with mātauranga Māori books, including most of the titles from a specially-curated list named Te Takarangi. The list of 150 titles in Te Takarangi was curated five years ago… Read more »
The year was 1990 and MC Hammer’s ‘U Can’t Touch this’ was blazing up the New Zealand pop Charts, Sky Television had just launched and Marcus Williams, a young photography enthusiast, joined Carrington Polytechnic as a part-time technician refreshing darkroom chemicals Today, Marcus is Unitec’s Director of Research & Enterprise at Tūāpapa Rangahau Research and… Read more »
Register now for the Unitec Excellence Awards Staff Celebration event! Please join us at the Unitec Excellence Awards 2022 Celebration – and wear a costume from your favourite decade from the 70s to now! 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… Read more »
