Delivering outstanding performances and mastering the persona of a character is nothing new to Pedro Ilgenfritz’s third year Bachelor of Performing and Screen Arts (Acting for Screen and Theatre) students in our School of Creative Industries. While being thrust into isolation during lockdown presented uncertainty, their innate ability to adapt led to the production… Read more »
Commerce graduate Madeleine McCarthy has enrolled for Unitec’s New Zealand Diploma in Cybersecurity, beginning in July, after making the decision to switch her career path. Madeleine’s story was featured in the NZ Herald recently, as an example of how people are responding to the pressure the COVID-19 pandemic has placed on jobs and the economy.… Read more »
Join in – there’s phrases to learn and prizes to win! Talofa lava! This week we’re supporting Samoa Language Week, 25-29 May 2020, an opportunity to build our culutral understanding of another Pacific neighbour, and with Gagana Sāmoa, New Zealand’s third most spoken language! Get your language skills underway by heading to the Unitec Pacific… Read more »
Congratulations to Dr Kristie Cameron and Yo Heta-Lensen, who have been selected as our Unitec nominees for this year’s national Ako Tertiary Teaching Awards. Kristie and Yo were both winners at our Unitec Staff Excellence Awards 2019 and have reached an outstanding level of teaching. In the first of a two-part series we look into… Read more »
School of Trades and Services Plumbing lecturer, Craig Goodhue, found a positive way to manage the challenges of lockdown and teaching from home by getting out into the community to do ‘good’ as an essential worker. With the blessing of his manager, every second day for a few hours, Craig has been out and about … Read more »
“It’s a progressive friendship… we feel like part of the family.” This is how Corrections Supervisor Matua Vic describes the five-year relationship between Unitec and the New Lynn branch of Ara Poutama Aotearoa – the Department of Corrections. Vic and his colleague, Ellen, bring a group of Corrections whānau to work on the Unitec marae… Read more »
Experiencing a level of anxiety at the prospect of returning to pre-Coronavirus is OK, despite other people welcoming the return to level 2 after nearly seven weeks of lockdown. In this Stuff.co.nz article, Nigel Pizzini, School of Healthcare and Social Practice lecturer, provides some expert input on making that change to level 2 and why… Read more »
Noa’ia ‘e mauri! This week take some time to explore the official language and culture of the small island paradise, Rotuma, with Rotuman Language Week, 10-16 May. Rotuma is located approximately 465 km to the north of the Fiji Islands (a Fijian dependency) and must be one of the smallest island nations with a… Read more »
A group of students from our Canine Behaviour and Training programme have shown it is possible to teach dogs – and their owners – new tricks. Throughout the one-year New Zealand Certificate in Animal Management (Canine Behaviour and Training), the students would usually bring their dogs to our Mt Albert campus twice a week for… Read more »
Last year we established the Unitec International Academic Excellence Scholarships, designed to motivate our International students to succeed in their studies. The Awards first launched in semester 1 2019 and had a really great response from students and positive feedback from the winning awardees. The semester 2 awards were announced in the International Community Newsletter… Read more »
