New Board and MIT executives are welcomed to Unitec

This morning a pōwhiri was held to welcome our new Board of Subsidiary Directors, along with members of the Manukau Institute of Technology executive team. This was another milestone in our journey as a subsidiary of the New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology (NZIST). Our new Board was appointed on 1 April 2020 by… Read more »

Wellbeing survey will contribute to your work-life balance

Complete the Wellbeing survey – share your input – and be in to win! The Wellbeing survey is an opportunity to contribute your feedback and thoughts re our wellness programme, flexible work arrangements, the Christmas closedown period and also sustainable travel. It takes just 15 minutes to complete and will shape a number of aspects… Read more »

The Unitec (Lockdown) Solo Project

Unitec staff and students are invited to the ‘Unitec (Lockdown) Solo Project’, presented by the Year 3 Acting students. The students have been hard at work over the last six weeks on a brand new project – creating 10-minute online solo works, with support from three truly spectacular industry directors: Jason Te Kare, Julia Croft… Read more »

New Power BI dashboard: Non-completion reporting

Te Korowai Kuhrangi has published a Non-Completion Dashboard, available on Power BI, which profiles student non-completions in Unitec for the TEC reporting years of 2015-2019. The non-completion dashboard aims to: Provide better understanding of non-completions in Unitec Summarise and analyse the demographic and enrolment characteristics of students who did not complete their qualifications at the… Read more »

Drop-in sessions to support teachers with blended/online approaches in semester 2

Over the next 2 weeks, the TPA team is running six sessions to provide staff with an opportunity to drop-In for chat, get some advice/support, on aspects they are considering carrying over from COVID remote teaching to their practice in Semester 2, 2020. The days and times of the drop-in sessions are below. No need to… Read more »

Calling all women: shape the new Women@Unitec programme

Women at Unitec are invited to help to plan and roll out a diverse, inclusive programme for our staff: ‘Women@Unitec’. You’ll get to know an amazing group of women and help build a more inclusive culture at Unitec, and have lots of fun in the process. See the below invitation from the wāhine of the… Read more »

Feeling the effects of working from your home office? Our Osteo clinic is open – book now!

If you’re feeling the effects of working from home – sore shoulders, neck or lower back pain – or perhaps you tried out some new moves at home during lockdown, or are generally feeling a little tight – our Osteo team can help! The Unitec Osteopathy clinic re-opened today, so book in now and enjoy… Read more »

Creative Industries appoints Jonty Valentine as lecturer in Graphic Design

Meet Jonty Valentine, who recently joined Creative Industries as a lecturer in Graphic Design on our Bachelor of Creative Enterprise and Master of Creative Practice programmes. Jonty will teach all elements of graphic design on our multi-disciplinary three-year Creative Enterprise programme, which also includes animation, photography and moving image, visual arts and illustration. He will… Read more »

Student NPS survey – Detail report

The full report for the semester 1 2020 Student Net Promoter Score (NPS) survey is now available. This survey is designed to capture how are students are feeling and includes some insight to how Unitec has responded to COVID-19 through the eyes of our students. The survey dated recorded the highest result ever (since the… Read more »

Our Internal Evaluation and Review kicks off

The first of our Internal Evaluation and Review (IER) meetings got off to a start on Monday with a virtual mihi whakatau with our external panel members Judith Brown, Shane Edwards and Debra Robertson-Welsh. The IER meetings, which are conducted online, are modelled on the actual External Evaluation and Review (EER) process and are designed… Read more »