Submitted by dkirkman on Wed, 27/08/2025 - 4:34pm
Our providers will be the venue for next year’s Association for Pacific Staff in Tertiary Education (APSTE) National Conference.
This was confirmed at the 2025 APSTE Fono hosted by Victoria University of Wellington on 18 to19 August.
Unitec was represented at the APSTE Fono by eleven Pacific kaimahi who joined nearly two hundred kaimahi representing 22 tertiary institutions from across the motu.
Submitted by dkirkman on Wed, 27/08/2025 - 3:46pm
Five years ago, the global COVID pandemic led to widespread job losses as economies around the world tightened.
For Madeleine McCarthy, it became the catalyst for a life-changing career shift.
At just 26, she had a clear path ahead of her having completed a university qualification and worked for several years in Australia before securing a paid internship with a major company.
Submitted by dkirkman on Wed, 27/08/2025 - 3:19pm
Twenty-one-year-old Hana Kurukaanga was inspired to become a film editor after watching a YouTube music video and the story behind how it was made.
“I enjoyed the passion of the whole thing, and the description of how it was filmed and edited, talking about metaphors and storylines,” she says.
“It inspired me to want to tell stories through the art of editing and a hidden motif.”
Hana had become disillusioned with school after completing her Year 12 studies, and was casting around for what to do next.
Submitted by dkirkman on Wed, 27/08/2025 - 2:21pm
Master of Applied Technologies (Computing) student Manochitra Loganathan has placed third in Falling Walls Lab Aotearoa, an international pitch competition that challenges students and early-career professionals to present their breakthrough ideas in just three minutes.
Submitted by dkirkman on Wed, 27/08/2025 - 1:59pm
A new learner outreach project launched by Student Services in Semester One saw an eleven percent improvement in course pass rates for the Schools of Applied Business and Healthcare and Social Practice.
The First Assessment Project aims to improve student retention and course completion rates by responding early to learners who struggled with their first assessment.
Led by our Student Central and International Services teams, the project is rooted in academic research from Unitec’s Master of Applied Business programme.
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