At the end of August, we farewelled Tracy Chapman, previously Director International Success, who has taken on an exciting role at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa as Head of Student Experience which includes Recruitment, Applications, Enrolments, Registry, Conversions and Student Support. This presented an opportunity for us as an organisation to formally incorporate the scope of… Read more »
Demonstrating how our learner outcomes meet the needs of industry and stakeholders, and our students Note: previous posts included in this series are linked in the right-hand column, scroll down. In this this post, we’ll look at KEQ #3, the first of four process questions; how we can demonstrate our approach to academic quality… Read more »
It’s Tuvalu Language week, so Ioane Fa’avae from our Pacific Centre spoke with Tokasi Iupeli, recent graduate and Student Council Pacific rep, about what the Tuvalu language means to her. Tokasi talks about the Tuvalu culture and traditions that she holds dear, the climate challenges that the small island nation faces and how she connected… Read more »
New name and visual identity revealed at ceremony at Te Pūkenga’s head office The Hon Chris Hipkins, Minister of Education, has announced Te Pūkenga as NZIST’s new permanent name. The Minister made the announcement at Te Pūkenga’s head office location at Wintec’s city campus in Hamilton, on Tuesday 29 September 2020. The new name… Read more »
Our ‘Supporting Distressed Students at Unitec’ workshop has been specifically developed to support staff with their interactions with students in the Unitec context. It has been offered at Unitec for the past two years and is held on our Mt Albert campus. To register for a workshop, please click here The workshop will cover: How… Read more »
As announced in July, our summer holiday close-down period is set at three weeks, with the last day of work for 2020 being Friday 18 December. The ELT considered the feedback of the Wellbeing Survey, along with comments around staff fatigue after the COVID-19 lockdowns and inability for staff to take their usual leave mid-year.… Read more »
Mary has announced that a new suite of free, on-campus workshops has launched to support you in the way you manage your interactions at work, whether you’re a people manager, aspiring people manager or team member. At the heart of the workshops is Rangatiratanga: Rangahia te pūkenga, rangahia te wānanga, rangahia te tirahou – Weaving… Read more »
Mālō e lelei – Greetings everyone! Mālō ‘aupito – thank you for checking in and exploring the culture of Tonga. Let’s practice and use these two important Tongan words all week to show our support for the Tongan language. You can learn a few more here. Tonga language week theme The theme for Tonga language… Read more »
It’s Spring, and a great time to come out of hibernation, get outdoors and get your body moving. At this time of year, we usually see many Unitec teams participating in the STEPtember team walking challenge and Cerebal Palsy fundraiser, which has unfortunately been cancelled due to uncertainty around COVID-19. In place of STEPtember and… Read more »
The Te Korowai Kahurangi team has uploaded some new and updated data to our Power BI dashboards, which includes the most recent Student Performance data, from the August 2020 SDR (Single Data Return – a TEC requirement), and an update of our EPIs – Educational Performance Indicators, as well as a number of other updates… Read more »
