ideaschool is reaching out to creative spirits in the community with an offering of short courses. The night classes and weekend workshops provide an opportunity to learn basic-level creative skills in a professional tertiary environment without the stress of assessments and deadlines. The tutors will be ideaschool staff or top graduates of related EIT programmes. The venue is ideaschool on ...Read more
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Fabulous Arts Short Courses at EIT
By Brenda Chapman, May 8th, 2013 Tags: art short courses, Design, EIT, EIT Hawkes Bay, free study, short courses, study courses
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Exhibition St Hilda’s and Abbotsford: Our Children’s Homes
By Brenda Chapman, May 1st, 2013Former children from St Hilda’s and Abbotsford Homes will be special guests at this Saturday’s opening of an exhibition at the Central Hawke’s Bay Settlers Museum in Waipawa. The exhibition St Hilda’s and Abbotsford: Our Children’s Homes has grown out of a book by Dr Kay Morris Matthews, an internationally recognised academic historian and a research professor at EIT. A ...Read more
Tags: abbotsford, children's homes, EIT, EIT Hawkes Bay, St Hilda's, waipawa
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New Research by EIT Computing Lecturer
By Brenda Chapman, April 16th, 2013There is a technical divide between teachers and students. New research has found that many educators feel out of their depth when adopting new technology for use in the classroom. Kathryn Mac Callum, an EIT Computing lecturer, will receive her doctorate at a Massey graduation this week. She investigated the use of mobile technology in the tertiary education sector. She found some clear ...Read more
April Tasters in Wine, Ag and Hort
By Brenda Chapman, April 10th, 2013If you’ve got senior high school students in your family then you might be interested in our April school holiday taster programs. There’s a two day viticulture and wine science workshop. There will be hands-on activity learning about our local grape and wine industry. Students will pick grapes and process them in our winery and then analyze the juice in our state-of-the art ...Read more
A Genuine Familial Celebration
By Brenda Chapman, March 28th, 2013It was very exciting to watch diplomas and degrees being conferred last Friday at our annual Graduation ceremonies. There were eight Bachelor of Arts Honours (Maori) degrees conferred – the most ever from EIT. A further 30 hoods were also needed for those graduating Bachelor of Teaching (Early Childhood Education) – 20 completed the programme in 2011 compared to 50 last year. There were a ...Read more
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EIT Nursing Graduate enjoys working in Wairoa
By Brenda Chapman, March 27th, 2013EIT Valedictorians David Steel and Katherine Corney EIT's afternoon valedictorian Bachelor of Nursing graduand Katherine Corney discovered her life calling by an indirect route. A saxaphone player, Katherine launched into a Bachelor of Music after leaving William Colenso College. Realising it wasn’t for her, she moved to the UK where she worked for two years in a hospital and decided that ...Read more
Tags: business studies, EIT, EIT Hawkes Bay, Hawke's Bay, nursing, nz degrees, online study, study courses, tertiary education
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EIT’s Largest Graduation Yet
By Brenda Chapman, March 20th, 2013Valedictorians David Steel and Katherine Corney We’re celebrating EIT's biggest graduation ever this Friday. 430 people are crossing the stage to be awarded their diplomas, postgraduate diplomas and bachelor, honours and master degrees. The number of graduands is considerably up by 23%. EIT’s wide range of applied degree programmes continues to boost enrolments in higher-level ...Read more
Tags: EIT, EIT Hawkes Bay, graduation, napier, tertiary education
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EIT Design Student Selected for Trade Exhibition in Germany
By Brenda Chapman, March 13th, 2013Final year Bachelor of Visual Arts and Design student Hayden Maunsell is on a dream trip. He’s showcasing his work at a prestigious platform for young artists hoping to launch creative careers in Europe. Hayden has been awarded Creative New Zealand funding to travel to Munich for Talente, held annually as part of the International Trade Fair for Skilled Trades. He’s one of four young New ...Read more
Check out the short courses at EIT
By Brenda Chapman, March 5th, 2013There are plenty of short course and industry training options this year. Click here if you want to browse or ready on! From Hospitality Sylvia Gee’s Thai Asian Cuisine Sylvia’s Advanced Asian Cuisine Korey Field’s Master Classes in Patisserie Junior Chef Barista Bartender’s certificate Health and Safety Workplace Assessor From ideaschool Into to Screen Production Photoshop ...Read more
Tags: business school, computer course, computer studies, Design, EIT, EIT Hawkes Bay, industry training, short courses, study courses, study IT
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Business and computing skills are a high octane blend
By Brenda Chapman, February 26th, 2013EIT graduate Amanda Gray finds business and computing are complementary disciplines in her role as business analyst for Fastway Global in Ahuriri. Having already graduated with an EIT Bachelor of Business Studies, Amanda has now completed her EIT Bachelor of Computing Systems degree. In choosing her study path, she factored in job opportunities in the business sector and demand for IT ...Read more
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