Last week the carpentry team from our School of Trades and Services, led by Lecturer Chris Stoddard, provided this year’s graduating NZ Certificate in Construction Trades students with an opportunity to hear first-hand from five visiting Alumni. Their focus was on how to move forward to secure and enjoy success, and thrive within a carpentry… Read more »
A large group of new (or newish!) staff were welcomed to the Unitec whānau last week and given the chance to explore some of our significant social and cultural spaces. Due to COVID lockdowns and the resulting schedule changes, the usual four orientations were reduced to two this year, meaning a larger than usual group… Read more »
Unitec Excellence Awards: Thursday 3 December, 11.15am in Te Puna We’ll have many ‘stars’ on the day at the Staff Awards, our winners and all our nominees, but let’s all ‘shine’ with our theme, Stars of Unitec! We’re hoping to see glitter, twinkles and sparkles, some Hollywood or rock stars, Unitec ‘westies’, your interpretation of… Read more »
As we near the end of the year, why not treat yourself to something a bit different while you’re at work! Take some time out to try our Wellness activities; they’re designed to give you a chance to reset and look after your physical and mental health. Whether you participate alone or round up your… Read more »
With travel overseas off the table for now, we’ve rounded up some recommendations from staff across Unitec on the great New Zealand holiday spots. If you haven’t planned your Christmas break yet, or are looking for options for 2021, take a look at the below stories from four of our staff… there are recommendations for… Read more »
Last Wednesday the School of Trades and Services ran its first 2021 Carpentry Apprenticeships Employers Evening. This event was designed to provide a pathway for employers to connect with potential apprentices graduating from our Level 3 Carpentry Pre-trade (Housebuild) course. Getting these students in front of employers, is a key step in moving them from… Read more »
Our School of Environmental & Animal Sciences (EAS) recently announced that Dr Marleen Baling has been accepted as a Fellow of Linnean Society of London – one of only 15 New Zealanders to have been recognised by this prestigious Society. Marleen was nominated by EAS Associate Professors Peter de Lange, Dan Blanchon and Mark Large… Read more »
Social Practice graduate Sheree Veysey has helped many people with their mental health since leaving Unitec, including working on the National Depression Line and working in South Auckland as a social practice worker. In her current role as Programme Manager of the Rethink team, she’s back at Unitec in November, offering Mental Distress workshops to… Read more »
Our Cyber Guy Meet Rie Dodsworth from our IT team. He’s a man with eclectic interests, including cracking safes, dowsing (divining ground water), cooking, riding horses, reading lots of books and travelling – in fact he’s worked in 12 different countries! But over the next few months, you’re going to get to know him as… Read more »
This week on campus our creative and media agency Drum-PHD, photographer and a film crew, supported by Marketing, have been on site to capture stills and video footage for our new brand campaign; ‘Find your thing’ – Rapua tō ara. Find your thing, at Unitec This ‘tag line’ is a key part of Unitec’s brand… Read more »
