Dr Terri-Ann Berry, Associate Professor and Director of our Environmental Solutions Research Centre (ESRC), is taking part in Brave the Shave to raise money for better awareness and support for victims of malignant mesothelioma cancers, a type of respiratory cancer caused by exposure to asbestos. She will have her hair shaved by the Coast Breakfast team of Toni… Read more »
Yo Heta-Lensen has won a Kaupapa Māori award in the national Ako Tertiary Teaching Excellence Awards, a first for Unitec! Yo will accept her award tomorrow, at virtual ceremony. The awards ceremony will be live-streamed and staff are welcome to watch. When: Tuesday 1 September, 3.30pm The event will run for approximately 1 hour, 15… Read more »
Is your household experiencing financial hardship? Has your partner or a family member lost their job because of COVID-19 and do you wish to help them navigate all the WINZ terminology and processes, or perhaps access the foodbanks in your neighbourhood? Our Wellbeing Champions have pulled together a team of staff at Unitec with prior… Read more »
Mask-making a popular theme for teach catch-ups With the move towards wearing masks in public spaces, some of our teams are supporting each other to make their own masks, with mixed results! Our Human Resource (HR) and Learning & Development (L&D) teams used the opportunity to try out an instructional video, while our Marketing and… Read more »
As Mary Johnston outlined in her message today, soon we’ll be introducing our new team collaboration and communication hub, Microsoft Teams, which replaces and upgrades a number of everyday resources we currently use. This new hub brings together chat, meetings, calling, collaboration and file sharing into a single interface, and even better, the new online meeting resource surpasses the capabilities of Skype… Read more »
At risk of using a very over-used word, our Wellbeing and Sustainability team has ‘pivoted’ in response to our latest move to remote working. Below you can see the online wellness activities and opportunities available while you work from home. Sign up for 5-week ‘Take a breather’ free course starting next Tuesday evening via zoom. Each… Read more »
Registrations of Interest are now open for grants from the 2021 Unitec Early Career Researcher (ECR) Fund The ECR Fund provides annual, contestable funding to emerging and established early career researchers (ECRs), to support them to develop their capability, capacity and career progression as a Principal Investigator (PI) on a high quality applied research project… Read more »
Our Te Korowai Kahurangi team, responsible for supporting and guiding academic quality, is looking for an Academic Quality and Capability partner to work with our Schools to champion high-quality academic outcomes. This is a full-time, fixed-term role. Full information is available on the Unitec Careers site and you can also contact Simon Tries – Manager,… Read more »
Update: This event has been cancelled due to COVID Level 3 lockdown (as at 12 August 2020) The team will consider what steps they will take to reach out to our Māori and Pacific students in place of this event. Keep a watch on the Nest for more info on the next few weeks. Tena… Read more »
This article… Will help support staff understand an important quality process that evaluates the success of our programmes – PEPs Provide academic staff with a reminder on the resources available to help prepare for the Interim PEPs, including the five focus areas, a timeline and support info A 101 on PEPs and the resources available… Read more »
