A note from the ELT… One of Unitec’s most hardworking and committed colleagues will soon hang up his boots. During his nearly four years’ service as our CFO Graeme Archer has provided financial support for all aspects of our operations and change – most notably our development and construction financing. He was pivotal to enabling the… Read more »
Former Unitec Council member, Charmian O’Connor, has been named a Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to education and chemistry. Dame O’Connor sat on our Council from 2005 to 2014. She also served as Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee. She is an Emeritus Professor of Chemistry and spent… Read more »
Since February, we’ve had a new provider for student advocacy. Kahui Tu Kaha is an independent advocacy service that is here to support students towards academic success and personal wellbeing. The service contract has reduced from two fulltime advocates to the equivalent of one advocate for four days. Part of the Student Wellbeing team, the… Read more »
We’re hosting the 2018 ITP Māori Innovation Symposium at our Mt Albert campus on 10-11 July and registrations are now open. The Symposium will bring educators, businesses and researchers together to discuss the connections between their work, with a focus on the needs of the Māori economy. Organising Committee Chair, TeUrikore Biddle, wants to make sure… Read more »
Late last month Volkswagen technicians from around the country spent a week at Mataaho on an upskilling training programme, making the most of our ‘state of the art’ technology. The programme was led by Vehicle Systems & Materials Lecturer Steven McAfee, in partnership with Giltrap Volkswagen, the New Zealand franchisee, and their training technicians.… Read more »
A new pre-police programme tailored specifically for Māori will start next Semester. The agreement was signed last week and is a collaboration between Unitec, NZ Police Recruitment and Auckland City Police. This weekend around 60 people who have all previously trialled for, but missed out on selection in the Police College, will take part in… Read more »
Simon Nash, recently appointed as Director Ako, is all about making sure our teachers are supported in their teaching, whether that’s the quality of teaching and learning practices, or evaluation, compliance and academic quality. A new structure will help to achieve this, by creating more cohesion between teams. What’s changed? Simon, who oversees the Te… Read more »
Unitec won the supreme award at this year’s New Zealand Workplace Health and Safety Awards for the implementation of the automated card reader system that controls access to the high-risk machines in Mataaho. The card reader system ensures that students and staff have been fully trained and have proven that they are competent (by passing… Read more »
More than 300 staff members have attended workshops over the past few months to help get ready for this month’s Internal Evaluative Review (IER) and November’s External Evaluation and Review (EER). There’s a range of opportunities for teams to learn more about the self-evaluation process and develop understanding of key areas that the NZQA will… Read more »
Radio New Zealand has spoken to Alastair Carruthers about the results reported in our 2017 Annual Report. In the interview, Alastair talks about the measures we’re putting in place to save costs and increase Semester 2 enrolments, in line with his update to staff on Tuesday. The articles also refer to the fact that we’re… Read more »
