Glenn McKay recently joined Unitec as Tumu Tauwhirowhiro Māori and Executive Director Student Experience. His previous roles were in Wānanga and the New Zealand Police, and he is of Te Arawa descent. We sat down with Glenn to find out more. Kia ora Glenn and welcome to Unitec. Can you tell us about your longstanding… Read more »
Congratulations to Simon Nash who has been appointed Director Ako – a new position. The purpose of the role is to lead the strategic enhancement of teaching and learning, and to ensure there is an integrated approach to the provision of academic support for teachers and learners. Since 2015 Simon held the role of Interim… Read more »
A meeting between Education Minister Chris Hipkins, the chief executives of New Zealand’s 16 institutes of technology and polytechnics (ITPs) and representatives from the Tertiary Education Union (TEU), Tertiary Education Commission and other sector agencies was held at Manukau Institute of Technology’s campus last Friday. The all-day meeting called, “Voices from Tertiary Education” was planned as a forum to discuss the future of vocational education and training in New Zealand. Several executives… Read more »
Check out Unitec Music lecturers Age Pryor and Chris O’Connor in Trustpower’s new TV ad campaign. The ad was broadcast for the first time on Sunday and features four musicians learning and performing a song, which Age wrote for the campaign. Unusually, the song is built on musical loops created by the band members in… Read more »
The Pacific team has launched their five-year success strategy – and we’ve all got a role in it. The Pacific Success Strategy 2018-2023 is about tracking and monitoring the progress of our Pacific students, helping them to succeed and complete their programmes. Director of Pacific Success, Niko Tominiko explains that our monitoring of Pacific student success… Read more »
OnzO bikes – easy to use, convenient and inexpensive!The black and yellow bikes that you’ve seen randomly scattered across Auckland City are now available on campus, a great additional resource to our bike fleet. OnzO is a bike share concept that is easy to use and once you’ve set up your account they’re a great… Read more »
Without having to leave your work station you can now get familiar with our collaborative teaching and learning spaces, by checking out the room layout, technology and equipment using our 360 degree previews – all online! The new semester is coming up fast and perhaps you’re scheduled to teach in a room that you’re not… Read more »
The Copy Centre team is now operating out of their new home in building 114 – 1001 (the old ANZ). And from 26 February, they’ll be extending their opening hours from 7am to 7pm, Monday to Friday in response to our students’ needs. Until our new online printing portal (Web to Print) has been rolled… Read more »
2018 Programme Development stages and due dates The Te Korowai Kahurangi team (formerly Academic Service Centre – go to our Nest story) has recently streamlined the Programme Development process and implemented time frames for each development stage. Led by Ciarin Smith, Programme Development Co-ordinator, the goal was to make the process easier to follow… Read more »
On Saturday 60 staff, their whanau and friends, alongside our Love who you are float, featuring seven Cook Island drummers, paraded and danced their way along Ponsonby Road for the 2018 Pride Parade celebration! The combination of our people, great connections and Pacific sounds made it an awesome event for everyone involved. Many of our crew… Read more »
