Moderation, an important part of learning and teaching, is in the spotlight. Our pathways now have additional resource available to them, in the form of a Moodle course and face-to-face support from our TKK and TPA team. What is moderation? Moderation is all about the quality of our assessment: it’s a self- and peer-review process… Read more »
Tim Fowler, CE of the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) visited Unitec last Friday to attend a forum with staff at the invitation of The Tertiary Education Union (TEU). Speaking to the gathered group, Tim explained that he was here for a conversation with staff and had been talking to Council and ELT for some time.… Read more »
In March we sent you a survey asking for your input on what you’d like to see in our Wellness programme for 2018 and beyond. The survey, facilitated by Business Intelligence, had an excellent response rate of nearly 50%. The team feel they now have a “…Goldmine of information” to shape their Wellness programme and have… Read more »
More than 200 Māori student nurses and teachers from across Aotearoa will visit our Mt Albert campus for the annual Māori Nurses’ Hui this week. The hui will cover the continuum of support available for Māori nursing students, and provide the opportunity for the nursing community to hear from a range of Māori health experts.… Read more »
Our ‘student central’ building, Te Puna, was a winner in the 2018 Auckland Architecture Awards in the ‘education building’ category, held on Wednesday at MOTAT Aviation Hall. We are super proud of everyone involved! Te Puna which opened last year, was designed to provide a fully integrated service for our students, as well as staff.… Read more »
The Mind Lab by Unitec is now enrolling students for a new masters programme. The Mind Lab and Unitec development team presented the Master of Contemporary Education to the NZQA panel for final approval last month and the feedback was glowing. Comments from the panellists included: “We commend the academic integrity of the proposed MCE, in meeting the transformative needs… Read more »
Will Seymour, Executive Director Operations, has resigned from Unitec and will be leaving on 31 May. Will joined Unitec in late 2015 as the Executive Director – Transformation. In February 2017, he was appointed to the Executive Director – Operations role with overall responsibility for service operations performance, development and implementation of quality processes and outcomes, business… Read more »
This week the Trades Need a feed? student initiative was launched at Mataaho, providing them with a free breakfast and also lunch, if needed. The programme was launched in response to two different incidents involving students passing out due to not having eaten adequately. There’s also been other examples of Trade students coming to… Read more »
We’ve made some changes to our campus shuttle service – you can now flag our shuttle down anywhere on Mt Albert campus on their campus loop, and peak time, morning and afternoon runs to Mt Albert train station and Pt Chev shops. Our recent staff travel survey revealed that 78% of our staff get to… Read more »
Two of our design grads and Mataaho ‘star’ in new TV design show! A new local TV ONE show, Design Junkies, takes six designers through a series of challenges, scoring points each week, to win the title of New Zealand’s Best Design Junkie. The show line up features two of our Creative Industries grads,… Read more »
