Yesterday Unitec welcomed Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Housing and Urban Development Minister Phil Twyford to the Mt Albert campus to announce that the Crown will be purchasing 29 hectares of our surplus land. The land will be used to build 3000-4000 new homes as the first major development under the Government’s KiwiBuild programme. You… Read more »
Congratulations to photography lecturer, Allan McDonald who has won the New Zealand Photobook of the Year Award for his publication Carbon Empire (Rim Books). The Photobook Awards celebrate excellence and innovation in photobook creation, and aim to showcase the work of antipodean photo artists to local and international audiences. Carbon Empire works in the… Read more »
* Update to the story coming soon… A small team of Unitec and Wairaka Land Company staff has been working hard on our plan to open up the Mt Albert campus to the community and sell surplus land to invest in our student amenities and modernise our campus. We are very close to the point of settling… Read more »
A big congratulations to everyone involved in the Auckland Bike Challenge 2018! This is the third year in a row that we’ve won the challenge in our category. It’s an important initiative as it helps many of us to get moving and to explore alternative ways of getting to work. Our bike challengers celebrated our… Read more »
Will Seymour provided an update on our student numbers in his recent intro to Pou Tukutuku. But just in case you missed this week’s newsletter, here are the points he covered. The majority of enrolments have now been processed and we currently have 5,384 EFTS enrolled for this semester. Our target for two weeks into… Read more »
We’re building on the success of last year’s Graduation Haka Pohiri by Māori staff and students by encouraging all staff attending the Graduation ceremony on 11 April to take part. The performance at last September’s ceremony was a Unitec first and this year it’s going to be even bigger. This is a great opportunity for staff… Read more »
Christian Probst is Director of High Technology Transdisciplinary Research Network (HTTRN). We announced his appointment in August last year, and he joined Unitec in January after completing his commitments at the Technical University of Denmark. Kia ora Christian and welcome to Unitec – and to New Zealand! As a German citizen who has lived in… Read more »
There’s been a lot in the media recently about the ‘brown marmorated stink bug’, a pest that could have significant impact on horticultural and agricultural exports, and potentially, our native plants and humans due to its overwintering behaviour in houses and buildings. Maintaining New Zealand free of this pest has also impacted car imports with… Read more »
You may have heard someone mention the Academic Dashboard, but unless you’re involved with the reporting process, you probably don’t know a lot about it. While it’s a tool that’s mainly used by HoPPs, the Academic Board and the Te Korowai Kahurangi team at the moment, the Academic Dashboard is a great example of how… Read more »
Congratulations to Mark McNeill who has been appointed the new Dean of Construction, Infrastructure and Engineering, a role he has been covering since November last year. Prior to this, Mark was Head of Practice Pathway – Computing in the High Technology Network. Mark has a wealth of experience in the tertiary sector including monitoring… Read more »
