Archive for the 'Education' Category

Radio Training School graduates win industry awards

Press Release – Whitireia Polytech

Radio Training School graduates win industry awards

Radio Training School graduates have won again at this year’s New Zealand Radio Awards. Read more »

Auckland Student 3rd At International Science Fair

Press Release – The Skills Organisation

Auckland Student 3rd At Prestigious International Science Fair

Auckland student Sohail Abdulla placed third in the Engineering: Electrical and Mechanical award at the prestigious Intel ISEF competition in Phoenix, USA last week. Read more »

First Terry Healy Memorial Award Recipients Announced

Press Release – University of Waikato

First Terry Healy Memorial Award Recipients Announced

The first two recipients of the Terry Healy Memorial Award have been announced, with Andi Ramli and Stephen Hunt both receiving $750 to help them attend international conferences. Read more »

Apply now to delve deep into New Zealand’s past

Press Release – Auckland Council

Apply now to delve deep into New Zealand’s past

If you’re a history buff, a research scholar or someone with a deep interest in New Zealand and its heritage – here is a very special opportunity for you. Read more »

Expert teachers to be recognised in new initiative

Press Release – NZEI

20 May, 2013
Immediate Release

Expert teachers to be recognised in new initiative

The Primary Teachers’ Collective Agreement which covers 27,000 teachers has been settled after 10 months of negotiation between the Ministry of Education and NZEI Te Riu Roa. Read more »

International Travel College Students Get TRENZ Experience

Press Release – International Travel College

ITC Students Get TRENZ Experience

International Travel College of New Zealand (ITC) students recently had the opportunity to highlight their skills and gain valuable industry knowledge at New Zealand’s premier tourism trade event – TRENZ 2013. Read more »

Manukau Institute of Technology Celebrates 4500 Graduates

Press Release – Manukau Institute of Technology

Manukau Institute of Technology celebrates over 4500 graduates

Thousands of Manukau Institute of Technology (MIT) graduands will celebrate with friends and family at annual graduation week celebrations this week. Read more »

Manukau Institute of Technology Celebrates 4500+ Graduates

Press Release – Manukau Institute of Technology

Manukau Institute of Technology Celebrates Over 4500 Graduates

Thousands of Manukau Institute of Technology (MIT) graduands will celebrate with friends and family at annual graduation week celebrations this week. Read more »

Auckland students say no to bullying on Pink Shirt Day

Press Release – Auckland University Students Association
Auckland University Students’ Association is celebrating Pink Shirt Day today to help stamp out bullying at the University of Auckland. Read more »

Auckland animation to raise awareness of need for food in schools

Press Release – Auckland Bioengineering Institute
An animation to raise awareness about the issue of child poverty in NZ, and the need for food in schools programmes, has just been released by an educational research project at The University of Auckland. Read more »

Massey’s new theatre at Albany will be available for wider community

Press Release – Massey University
A brand new performing arts space has opened at the Albany campus, and it will prove an asset to students at Massey and the wider performing arts community. Read more »

500 Auckland students to learn about agriculture careers

Press Release – Young Farmers
Over 500 students from the greater Auckland region will be heading to Kumeu Showgrounds this Friday to find out what they can do to make a difference in the world. As the world’s population grows so too does the requirement for food production and innovation in the agri-sector. Read more »

The Education of Ming Ming wins top University film award

Press Release – University of Auckland
Film Television and Media Studies graduate Beyond Wen has won the annual Images and Sound ‘Geoff Evans Memorial Prize for Excellence in Screen Production’. Read more »

MOTAT increasing its entry fees; free entry for Super Gold Card holders

Press Release – Museum of Transport and Technology
After holding its entry fees at the same rate for three years, the Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT) has announced that it will be restructuring its general admission fees and giving Super Gold Card holders free entry from 1 July 2013. Read more »

Gifted violinist wins graduation gala concerto competition

Press Release – University of Auckland
Violinist Shauno Isomura was awarded the top prize at Thursday night’s University of Auckland Graduation Gala Concerto Competition. Shauno, a Bachelor of Music student at the School of Music, performed a moving rendition of Jean Sibelius’ Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op 47 Movement I to a rapt audience at Auckland Town Hall. Read more »

Graduating Auckland University students plan protest against their debt

Press Release – Vanessa Cole
During the procession at graduation day on Friday 19th May, students from the University of Auckland are planning a visual protest against the extreme amount of debt that they and other students are subjected to. Read more »

“Shocked” university students stand by workers at McDonald’s in Queen Street

Press Release – AUSA
Auckland University Students’ Association stands in solidarity with workers at McDonalds in their fight against low-pay, casualisation, poor working conditions and discrimination such as homophobia and sexual harassment. Read more »

Auckland University in top fifty list – best-performing NZ institution

Press Release – THE-QS World University Rankings
Seven New Zealand universities featured in QS World University Rankings by Subject
London 8th May: The 2013 QS World University Rankings by Subject, published today on TopUniversities.com, reveals the top 200 universities in the world for 30 disciplines including degree subjects such as mathematics, economics, civil engineering, psychology, law and 25 others.Overall, the University of Auckland was featured in the top 50 in 17 subjects, making it the best-performing institution in the country. Read more »

Sophie Elliott Foundation: campaigning to prevent dating violence

Press Release – Sophie Elliott Foundation
The Sophie Elliott Foundation will be launching a pilot of a healthy relationship programme, Loves Me Not, in nine secondary schools around New Zealand from May this year. Read more »

Auckland keeps its place as North Island’s most popular holiday spot

Press Release – Wotif.com
As the school holidays come to an end and suitcases are emptied, online travel website Wotif.co.nz has released the top five holiday spots in the North and South Island during the recent school holidays. Auckland retains its place as the top holiday location in the North Island, with Wellington second. Read more »

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