Wintec - Latest News [Page 8]
More awards for Wintec House
Monday, 1 August 2011, 9:54 am | Wintec
Wintec House has scooped its third award since it opened last year, this time winning gold at the recent Waikato Registered Master Builders House of the Year Awards. More >>
New centre and diploma widen opportunities in healthcare
Tuesday, 19 July 2011, 9:30 am | Wintec
Wintec’s new Centre for Health and Social Practice recognises the interconnectivity between healthcare and social services, and will build on this relationship for the benefit of students and industry. More >>
Top Art Exhibition 2011
Tuesday, 12 July 2011, 11:16 am | Wintec
Wintec welcomes the NCEA Secondary School's Top Art exhibition for 2011. The best art portfolio's created by secondary school students are shown annually at the Top Art exhibition, which travels around New Zealand. More >>
Wintec Chair To Retire Next Year
Monday, 11 July 2011, 3:06 pm | Wintec
Long-standing Chair of the Waikato Institute of Technology (Wintec), Gordon Chesterman, is to step down next April. More >>
Five More Years For Wintec Chief Executive
Monday, 4 July 2011, 11:32 am | Wintec
The Waikato Institute of Technology (Wintec) has renewed the contract of Chief Executive, Mark Flowers, for a further five years from October 1, 2011. More >>
Wintec extends its educational reach
Wednesday, 22 June 2011, 3:25 pm | Wintec
The worldwide head of the Sikh community visits Hamilton tomorrow to sign an educational agreement with Wintec. More >>
Matariki Wearable Arts Show Returns to Wintec
Thursday, 16 June 2011, 3:27 pm | Wintec
Since the idea originated at a weaving course five years ago, the Matariki Wearable Arts competition has grown to become a highlight on Hamilton’s arts and culture calendar. More >>
Sir Henry Van Der Heyden Honoured On His Home Turf
Wednesday, 1 June 2011, 9:28 am | Wintec
Fonterra chairman and farmer Sir Henry van der Heyden returned to his home turf, the Waikato, to receive an honorary fellowship from Wintec (Waikato Institute of Technology) last night. More >>
Metro Group Welcomes Increased Focus on Export Education
Friday, 27 May 2011, 1:20 pm | Wintec
The Metro Group, representing six of the country’s largest Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics (Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology, Otago Polytechnic, Waikato Institute of Technology, Wellington Institute of Technology, Manukau Institute ... More >>
Warner Music Group love, love, love Avalanche City
Friday, 20 May 2011, 1:57 pm | Wintec
Wintec Media Arts graduate Dave Baxter has just been signed up by United States recording giant, Warner Music Group, receiving a global deal for his band Avalanche City . This puts him amongst an impressive range of top-selling artists including The Beegees, ... More >>
Wintec Council's response to TEU claims
Saturday, 14 May 2011, 12:14 pm | Wintec
Wintec's Council chair Gordon Chesterman is unhappy with the untrue claims made yesterday by the Tertiary Education Union that the Council has awarded it members pay rises. More >>
International Student of the Year
Wednesday, 11 May 2011, 11:21 am | Wintec
Wintec social work student Kai Quan, from China, has been named International Student of the Year by Education New Zealand. More >>
Wintec Secures Partnership with Open University of Malaysia
Wednesday, 27 April 2011, 11:24 am | Wintec
Wintec will help the Open University of Malaysia to provide security programmes as part of a new educational partnership. More >>
Martyn 'Bomber’ Bradbury Wintec’s new editor-in-residence
Thursday, 14 April 2011, 3:39 pm | Wintec
Martyn ‘Bomber’ Bradbury is Wintec’s newly appointed Wintec editor-in-residence. More >>
Students get best of both worlds
Friday, 25 March 2011, 12:42 pm | Wintec
An exciting government initiative will see Wintec partner with Waikato secondary schools to encourage students to stay at school for longer by engaging them in hands-on learning. The Waikato Trades Academy enables year 11-13 students who are interested ... More >>
Tourism Student On Top Of The World
Friday, 25 March 2011, 9:35 am | Wintec
Wintec tourism student, Melissa Haakma, achieved the best result internationally for the City & Guilds Advanced Diploma in International Tourism. More >>
Plans Under Way for “Long Overdue” Indoor Recreation Centre
Wednesday, 26 January 2011, 4:35 pm | Wintec
Plans for Hamilton’s newest and largest multi-court community indoor recreation centre are well under way with a number of the city’s indoor sports and recreation groups stating such a facility is “long overdue”. More >>
Honorary Awards for a Businessman, a Farmer and a Journalist
Thursday, 16 December 2010, 10:32 am | Wintec
A businessman, a farmer, and a journalist will have honorary awards conferred upon them next year by Wintec (Waikato Institute of Technology). John Spencer will receive an honorary fellowship for his business, financial and commercial savvy both at a ... More >>
Youth Suicide Expert In New Zealand
Thursday, 11 November 2010, 10:43 am | Wintec
Professor Hatim Omar – Professor of Paediatrics at the University of Kentucky and chair of the successful ‘stop youth suicide’ campaign – is visiting New Zealand soon to give a series of workshops and a public lecture on preventing youth ... More >>
Pecha Kucha Returns To Spark Festival
Tuesday, 3 August 2010, 5:57 pm | Wintec
Ever wanted to know how not to design a submarine in wartime, what it’s like to grow up in the shadow of a quarry or how Albert Einstein’s first visit to Hollywood turned out? These and other subjects will be covered at Pecha Kucha More >>