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Unitec to open first simulated veterinary clinic
Monday, 28 June 2010, 12:02 pm | UNITEC
Unitec Institute of Technology is opening the first simulated veterinary teaching clinic that will enable its students to learn in a safe environment before they gain experience in a real clinic. More >>
Unitec academics’ family affair in New York
Thursday, 24 June 2010, 5:11 pm | UNITEC
It will be a family affair come July when Unitec lecturers Marcus Williams and Susan Jowsey take up a six-month artist in residency post at one of New York’s well-established art studios. Wallace and Jowsey will make art at the International Studio and Curatorial ... More >>
Kartika's carpentry wins one for the girls
Thursday, 24 June 2010, 12:39 pm | UNITEC
Unitec carpentry apprentice Kartika Mutzelburg has created history in winning the first ever ‘Third Year Apprentice Challenge’ organised by Certified Builders Association of New Zealand (CBANZ) and Industry Training Association Building (ITaB). More >>
Unitec presents a new musical...The Other Way
Thursday, 24 June 2010, 9:31 am | UNITEC
Showing for three nights only on 1-3 July at its Mt Albert, Auckland campus, Unitec New Zealand's brand new theatre production, 'The Other Way' is a devised musical that follows the stories of 12 young people. More >>
Unitec lecturer realises long-held dream
Wednesday, 23 June 2010, 12:57 pm | UNITEC
Pioneering Maori dance choreographer Charles Koroneho is finally realising a long held dream when the curtains go up for the inaugural Kowhiti Matariki Festival of Maori Contemporary Dance this weekend. More >>
A Unitec Festival Experience of Dance & Theatre
Wednesday, 16 June 2010, 2:54 pm | UNITEC
Starting Wednesday, 16 June, Unitec New Zealand Mt Albert campus will be the site of an experimental performing arts experience like no other. The Market blends original dance and theatre works, with installations and the latest in sound, lighting and ... More >>
Unitec hosts world famous Beijing dancers
Wednesday, 16 June 2010, 2:43 pm | UNITEC
New Zealand audiences will get a chance to witness a breathtaking fusion of western and eastern contemporary dance styles with the arrival the world famous Beijing Dance Academy in Auckland on Friday, 18 June. More >>
Unitec announces $8.43 million surplus
Wednesday, 5 May 2010, 1:02 pm | UNITEC
New Zealand’s largest provider of vocational and applied professional education, Unitec Institute of Technology, has announced a $8.43 million surplus for 2009 as well as having a course success rate of 79 percent, amongst the highest of any tertiary ... More >>
Maori Personality To Oversee Services At Unitec
Monday, 3 May 2010, 10:35 pm | UNITEC
Television presenter and well known Maori personality Scotty Morrison has been appointed as the new Director of Maori Student and Community Engagement at Unitec Institute of Technology. More >>
Unitec to open state-of-the-art training centre
Tuesday, 27 April 2010, 4:03 pm | UNITEC
Unitec’s reputation as the number one provider of trades training takes a step into the future with the opening of a new purpose-built facility for plumbing and gasfitting on 26 May . More >>
Unitec completes it new Council with remaining app
Thursday, 22 April 2010, 10:11 am | UNITEC
Unitec Institute of Technology has announced its four Council-appointed members who will make up the new Unitec Council starting 1 May, 2010. More >>
Unitec Announces Ministerial Council Appointments
Thursday, 15 April 2010, 4:12 pm | UNITEC
Unitec Institute of Technology has welcomed the four ministerial appointments to the make up of its new council confirmed by Tertiary Education Minister Stephen Joyce yesterday. More >>
Unitec boosts men in health with scholarships
Monday, 22 March 2010, 12:20 pm | UNITEC
An alarming lack of men entering the health professions has seen Unitec Institute of Technology and The New Zealand Men’s Health Trust team up to help increase numbers. More >>
Shortage of students studying boatbuilding in NZ
Thursday, 11 March 2010, 1:17 pm | UNITEC
Unitec Institute of Technology lecturer and yacht designer, Rob Shaw has observed a shortage of skilled boat builders in New Zealand and says there are not enough young people coming into the industry to meet the demand for work locally. More >>
Unitec Proudly Supports Alfonsina
Wednesday, 24 February 2010, 5:15 pm | UNITEC
Alfonsina is a comic depiction of the adventures and misfortunes of a young Argentinean cleaner facing the social, economic and cultural challenges of migrating to Auckland in search of a new life. More >>
Unitec turns an important corner
Thursday, 17 December 2009, 5:00 pm | UNITEC
Unitec Institute of Technology, the country’s largest polytechnic, has turned an important corner and is poised to produce excellent educational and financial outcomes for the 2009 year, Chief Executive Dr. Rick Ede said today. “Over the last year ... More >>
Humorous approach to art attracts attention
Thursday, 26 November 2009, 11:43 am | UNITEC
Humour and irony are two things Unitec students Matt Arbuckle and Tim Webber like to use in his sculptures. More >>
Runi’s Mexican roots adds spice to Grad Show
Thursday, 26 November 2009, 11:42 am | UNITEC
Runi Schoenhofer can still recall going on numerous visits to church sites in Mexico with her father as a young girl. More >>
Unitec’s annual Grad Show even more exciting
Thursday, 26 November 2009, 11:40 am | UNITEC
New Zealand’s creative industries’ future talents will be on display when Unitec’s annual Grad Show opens tonight. More >>
Unitec students fear failure due to strikes
Tuesday, 3 November 2009, 1:02 pm | UNITEC
Unitec students could fail their courses as a result of persistent striking from Unitec staff. Unitec members of the Tertiary Education Union (TEU) have been striking intermittently since September 16, hitting students in the crucial exam preparation ... More >>