2019 is shaping up to be a great year for David Bell, who is a student in our Supported Learning programme. He recently competed at the 2019 Asian Pacific Weightlifting championships on the Gold Coast, where he took out the gold medal for his age and weight class and set three Oceania records. Supported Learning… Read more »
Lynn-Elisabeth Hill’s story below is a great example of one of our teachers engaging in both on-the-job learning and formal training, reflecting our 70-20-10 development model, through our new badging programme, launched last year. Badges ‘help teachers to reflect’ Academic Leader Lynn-Elisabeth Hill –, Unitec stalwart and fan of continuous reflection – has embraced the… Read more »
In an exciting addition to our food outlets in Te Puna, Subway will shortly move in next to Nuri Maru (the Japanese café). Subway offers sandwiches, wraps and salads, all tailor-made to your preferences and will be a valuable option for staff and students alongside our established outlets, Long Black, Nuri Maru and Breaktime. Contractors… Read more »
Have you been feeling stressed out recently? We are looking for 20 volunteers (10 females and 10 males) aged 18 years or older to participate in a study on The effects of a proposed therapy package on physiological and perceived stress in females and males: A pilot study. This study will involve 20 participants (10… Read more »
Inspired by the stories and achievements that were shared at the Unitec Staff Excellence Awards in December 2018, Merran asked us to share our favourite stories, to reflect on some of the exciting, heart-warming and outstanding contributions which are happening around Unitec. She offered a $100 Pak ’n Save voucher to help inspire and motivate… Read more »
Throughout the year we celebrate our staff who have reached a significant service milestone. It’s important that we acknowledge and thank everyone who has made a long term commitment to Unitec and our students. In February we had 17 people who reached a Unitec career milestone: 25 years: David Turner – Senior Lecturer, School of… Read more »
On Friday, staff and students gathered at our Waitākere and Mt Albert campuses at a special service to show our support for the victims of the Christchurch tragedy, their families, and the Muslim community. It was an opportunity for everyone to unite together as whānau in a show of love and solidarity. There was a… Read more »
It was a proud day for our School of Creative Industries when Master of Creative Practice student, Danae Ripley, won the Craig’s Investment Partners Youth Award in the recent Molly Morpeth Canaday Award — Painting and Drawing. Danae completed a Certificate of Design and Visual Arts and a Bachelor of Creative Enterprise before embarking on… Read more »
There have been numerous online scams and attacks following last Friday’s tragedy in Christchurch. Please take a few minutes to find out below what these are and how to make sure you don’t get scammed! Online donation fraud – Beware of online requests for donations to the Christchurch tragedy unless you are 100% sure it… Read more »
Updated – 21 March 2019: Note change of venue at Waitākere for the ‘Show of Love and Solidarity’ event on Friday 22 March (detailed below). _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ There was a large gathering of staff at the marae for the morning karakia today. It was a special and emotional experience as the group shared their… Read more »
