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CPIT helps prisoners upskill for rebuild
Wednesday, 16 November 2011, 4:47 pm | CPIT
The Department of Corrections and Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology (CPIT) are working together to train prisoners for the rebuild of Christchurch. More >>
CPIT Creative Industries Come Out to Play
Wednesday, 9 November 2011, 1:17 pm | CPIT
CPIT’s annual showcase of the Creative Industries, Ignition, provides a scintillating glimpse into the future of design, architecture, performance and fashion when students put their best work of the year on show. More >>
HIHA strikes balance between cultures old and new
Wednesday, 9 November 2011, 1:14 pm | CPIT
HIHA!, the celebration of this year’s work from CPIT’s Te Puna Wanaka (TPW) Faculty, brings traditional Maori and Pasifika culture into a modern context. The performance on 10 November at 5.30pm in the TPW Wharenui includes moteatea (traditional ... More >>
CPIT announces 100 new scholarships for 2012
Wednesday, 2 November 2011, 3:15 pm | CPIT
CPIT is delighted to announce 100 new ‘CPIT Ara Ake Rise Up Scholarships’, aimed at supporting people keen to enter tertiary education in 2012. The scholarships acknowledge young academics, emerging leaders, sportspeople, and those committed to culture and ... More >>
CPIT showcases students’ innovative interiors
Thursday, 27 October 2011, 10:33 am | CPIT
CPIT Interior Living students will showcase their innovative décor design for Christchurch Fan Zone bar ‘The Zephyr’ in a display which details their project from conception to implementation. The display of their work will be available for the public to ... More >>
ArtBox prototype on show
Friday, 21 October 2011, 11:23 am | CPIT
CPIT's Faculty of Creative Industries will reveal their ArtBox prototype module next Tuesday 25 October. The unveiling of the prototype marks the beginning of the initiative to provide gallery and studio spaces for displaced Christchurch artists. It will ... More >>
CPIT rugby research measures heartfelt response
Tuesday, 18 October 2011, 10:16 am | CPIT
If you feel your pulse quicken when the All Blacks take a five-metre scrum you're not alone. There may be a link between watching rugby and heart troubles such as irregular heartbeats or heart attacks, says CPIT sports science programme leader ... More >>
Māori upskilling for family and Christchurch
Thursday, 6 October 2011, 2:18 pm | CPIT
The new Māori trades training scheme at CPIT, He Toki ki te Rika, is providing new opportunities for upskilling and young Māori are taking up the challenge. Among them is Tihema Brown, who signed up for a pre-trade plasterboard programme after ... More >>
CPIT tutors’ creative cooking for charity
Tuesday, 4 October 2011, 3:07 pm | CPIT
Tantalising aromas are emerging from CPIT’s School of Hospitality kitchen this week as tutors experiment with bite-sized delicacies for this year’s Supper Club @ Home, a fundraiser for children’s charity Ronald McDonald House. The event, held ... More >>
Renowned architects’ present plans at CPIT
Wednesday, 28 September 2011, 10:15 pm | CPIT
Three internationally renowned New Zealand Institute of Architecture (NZIA) members will present their ideas for a ‘people friendly’ Christchurch central city tomorrow night at CPIT. More >>
Negotiations Still Essential
Tuesday, 27 September 2011, 3:23 pm | CPIT
CPIT’s priority is to minimise disruption to student learning caused by industrial action by Tertiary Education Union (TEU)-affiliated members and to reach agreement on the current collective employment agreement negotiations. More >>
Practical experience gives job hunting advantage
Thursday, 22 September 2011, 2:17 pm | CPIT
CPIT students’ practical experience gives them an advantage when it comes to job hunting according to employers. More >>
CPIT nursing students achieve 100% pass rate
Thursday, 22 September 2011, 10:44 am | CPIT
Volunteering post-earthquake has proved beneficial for CPIT’s newest nursing graduates. The School of Nursing is celebrating a 100 per cent pass rate across its programmes. This compares with national pass rate averages of 98.14 per cent for registered nurses, ... More >>
Top students have fun with chemistry at CPIT
Wednesday, 21 September 2011, 5:18 pm | CPIT
CPIT will be abuzz as high school students take on chemistry challenges this Thursday evening at the NZ Institute of Chemistry Year 11 Chemistry Competition. More >>
Tutor takes Tool Blacks to the top
Monday, 19 September 2011, 12:40 pm | CPIT
CPIT plumbing and drain laying tutor Ritchie Gorrie will head to London on October 1 as a coach and judge at WorldSkills trade and technical competition. Gorrie will accompany the Tool Blacks team from New Zealand in support of his plumbing trainee ... More >>
CPIT Celebrates Graduate Success
Wednesday, 14 September 2011, 1:28 pm | CPIT
When Douglas Hall decided on a career change to civil engineering, he didn’t know he would soon be involved in the biggest infrastructure build in New Zealand’s history. More >>
Canterbury Tertiary College places to treble
Monday, 5 September 2011, 5:14 pm | CPIT
Young Cantabrians will have more opportunities than ever to start training for their careers while also completing secondary school after Minster of Education Anne Tolley announced today that Canterbury Tertiary College (CTC) places will treble next year. More >>
CPIT’s Georgia Currie wins Westpac Young Designer
Friday, 2 September 2011, 5:09 pm | CPIT
She is yet to graduate but third year fashion technology and design student Georgia Currie got a taste of industry success when she was awarded Westpac Young Designer 2011 during the Red runway show at New Zealand Fashion Week last night. More >>
CPIT committed to modernising TEU collective agreement
Thursday, 1 September 2011, 4:17 pm | CPIT
CPIT has been in negotiations with the Tertiary Education Union (TEU). TEU is one of five unions representing CPIT staff and they currently have about 200 members. There have been no significant changes to the collective agreement with TEU since ... More >>
Hana O’Regan Accepts Prestigious Fellowship
Wednesday, 31 August 2011, 10:14 am | CPIT
CPIT strengthened its alliance to the new wave of energy in the field of language revitalisation when the institute’s Dean of Te Puna Wanaka and Kaiarahi Hana O’Regan accepted a fellowship to the International Centre for Language Revitalisation (ICLR) ... More >>
