Following our Tū Arotake staff event in July, the ELT has reviewed the breakout workshop and post-event survey feedback. The ELT would like to thank you for your contribution and want to reassure you that your feedback has been considered and taken on board. Key themes of the feedback are summarised in the breakdown below.… Read more »
Our lockdown situations are all different, from our bubble-mates, to our routines and our challenges. We talked to staff about their lockdown lives, including who they’re bubbled-up with, and the benefits and challenges of their situation. The video has been timed for reading pace so you can just sit back, move your curser off the… Read more »
Mālō ‘etau lava ki he ‘aho ni Tau fakafeta’I ki he ‘Otua´ koe’uhi´, ko ‘Ene finangalo lelei ke tau kau hono kātoanga’i ‘o e uike lea faka-Tonga‘, ko e kaveingā ke fakakoloa ‘o Aotearoa ‘aki ‘a e ako lelei, ko e polokalama ko eni´, ‘e fakakakato ia ‘e he ongo ‘apiako ko UNITEC mo MIT,… Read more »
Each year Tūāpapa Rangahau provides scholarships to students across Unitec’s Master’s programmes, supporting Unitec students to succeed. Programme scholarships These scholarships are available to support talented students enrolled or intending to enroll in one of the following Master Programmes: Master of Applied Practice (Social Practice) Master of Architecture Master of Architecture (Professional) Master of Computing… Read more »
Join in and be part of raising the kindness temperature today. September 1st is New Zealand’s Random Acts of Kindness Day – and is especially welcome in these Covid times. We are the only country in the world with a national Random Acts of Kindness Day. The first national RAK Day was started by Kiwis… Read more »
Secondary stress is an emotional burden we can pick up when helping others who are experiencing trauma. We asked our staff members about strategies for supporting their students, colleagues and themselves while dealing with the move back to lockdown learning. In this first edition, we hear from Dr Falaniko Tominiko and Joanna Thorogood. Check… Read more »
Feeling over lockdown already? Here’s a handy directory of resources to help get you through. There’s everything from where to order food, awesome activities for kids, mental health tools and online soothing baking videos. Have something to add to the list? Be sure to add it to the comments section below. Food Stuff shared an… Read more »
New research by Unitec’s School of Construction has highlighted the challenges the construction sector faces in upskilling workers with differing technological skills and experience. Published by Unitec’s E-Press, The Response of Auckland Construction Firms to Recent Technological Changes by Urvi Kerai, Dr Lydia Kiroff and Dr Rashika Sharma, investigated the adoption of technology in the… Read more »
Update: Wednesday, October 6, 1:00pm Not such great news today, 39 community cases, with 30 in Auckland and nine in Waikato. Better news is 38 of the cases are linked, and that is the only current unlinked case. Sadly, one person died from Covid-19 in hospital. There are now 32 people in hospital with seven… Read more »
Director of our Māori and Indigenous Research Centre, Ngā Wai a te Tūī, Professor Jenny Lee-Morgan (Waikato, Ngāti Mahuta, Te Ahiwaru, Chinese) sat down with Quiane Matata-Sipu from NUKU, a podcast about kickass Indigenous women doing things differently. Jenny shares her experiences as a Māori-Chinese wahine growing up in Aotearoa. “The values of whānau and… Read more »
