New Infrastructure Training Programme for Road Construction Boom
Source: Eastern Institute of Technology – Tairāwhiti 9 mins ago EIT plans courses for road construction industry. A move by EIT to train roading construction workers is being welcomed by local contractors in the face of the massive increase in regional road funding announced by Prime Minister Jacinda Adern yesterday. “We are going to need […]
Read More →Fantastic New Pathways into Automotive
Source: Eastern Institute of Technology – Tairāwhiti 8 mins ago One of the new trucks EIT has acquired for its Level 4 automotive programmes People wanting jobs in the motor trade industry can now get a hand up through EIT’s new automotive apprenticeships programme. The institute has been certified to offer Level 4 certificates in […]
Read More →Construction Course Taking Women into Building Industry
Source: Eastern Institute of Technology – Tairāwhiti 29 mins ago Ana and Danielle Biddle on the job for RJ and RA Building Ltd where they have joined the growing number of women taking up building as a career. Gisborne Herald photo. Two sisters are leading the way into the local construction scene after finishing EIT’s […]
Read More →Prestigious Awards for Toihoukura Leaders
Source: Eastern Institute of Technology – Tairāwhiti 1 min ago Ahorangi/Professor Derek Lardelli (centre) with Ayson Lewis (left) and Makarini Solomom who all featured in this year’s Matariki awards. The status of Toihoukura – EIT Tairāwhiti’s School of Visual Māori Arts – as a world-class faculty was further enhanced when its professor/ahorangi and two of […]
Read More →Training hard to enter the services
Source: Eastern Institute of Technology – Tairāwhiti 13 mins ago Ready for action: Working towards a career in the services are, Front – from left: Tiahuia Turei, Kodi Campbell, Holly Brown, Waata Shepherd (tutor), Fritha Rau, Jack Parker Back – from left: Tikiko Viqasi, Lucretia Taitapanui, Tutira Poi, Clint Easton, Antarge Lloyd, Aaron McKay and Ricky […]
Read More →Dream Jobs with EIT IT Degree
Source: Eastern Institute of Technology – Tairāwhiti 1 min ago Jesse Whitehead (left) and Shayne Glassford in the server room for Gisborne District Council’s Council’s state- of- the- art computer system. Two EIT computer systems degree graduates are living the dream, helping run one of the most sophisticated computer systems in the region. Shayne Glassford […]
Read More →New Hastings Learning Centre
Source: Eastern Institute of Technology – Tairāwhiti 1 min ago The staff at the Hastings Learning Centre Hastings’ new regional learning centre underscores EIT’s commitment to serving the needs of all its communities. The site, in Heretaunga Street West, has many pluses including greater foot traffic, its proximity to public transport and the opportunity it […]
Read More →HB Magpie – EIT Student Jacob Devery
Source: Eastern Institute of Technology – Tairāwhiti Home News HB Magpie – EIT Student Jacob Devery 4 mins ago I am currently studying for a Bachelor of Recreation and Sport at EIT, as well as being a member of the Hawke’s Bay Magpies. After finishing my studies at Hastings Boys’ High School in 2016, the […]
Read More →New Chair for EIT Council
Source: Eastern Institute of Technology – Tairāwhiti 8 mins ago Newly appointed EIT Council Chair Geraldine Travers Recently-appointed EIT Chair Geraldine Travers says the institute is well-placed to deliver on many of the Government’s priorities even as polytechnics nationwide engage in a review exploring sector reform. “The winds of change are blowing through the New […]
Read More →Computing School Attuned to Industry Changes
Source: Eastern Institute of Technology – Tairāwhiti 11 mins ago EIT’s School of Computing has added robotics and automation to its suite of programmes as it continues to respond to the changing needs of a fast-growing and evolving industry. Last year’s Government-backed and industry-driven Digital Skills Forum study noted that the number of New Zealanders […]
Read More →Teaching Inspires Graduate
Source: Eastern Institute of Technology – Tairāwhiti 2 mins ago Recently graduated EIT valedictorian Helen Monteith says her guiding maxim is that “teaching is the one profession that creates all other professions”. From an unknown source, the saying inspires her approach to her new job, teaching at Peterhead School in Flaxmere. Helen grew up in […]
Read More →EIT tackling the motor industry skills shortage
Source: Eastern Institute of Technology – Tairāwhiti 15 mins ago Assistant Head of School, School of Trades & Technology Tim Jagusch with one of the new trucks EIT has acquired for its Level 4 automotive programmes The motor industry in Gisborne and Hawke’s Bay has welcomed a move by EIT to manage Motor Industry apprenticeships. Until […]
Read More →Programme leading to real jobs
Source: Eastern Institute of Technology – Tairāwhiti 13 mins ago Top of the Class Marelda Hanson (pictured) and Tania Nepe topped the class when they graduated from EIT this month with the NZ Certificate in Primary Industries Skills. Marelda is pleased to be in permanent employment thanks to collaboration between a local horticulture company, Ministry […]
Read More →Graphic Designers Win Gold
Source: Eastern Institute of Technology – Tairāwhiti 8 mins ago Three EIT graduates have struck gold for their employer, local design and print studio printing.com napier. The graphic designers each won gold in the independently-judged Redshift Design Awards, competing against more than 30 printing.com and Nettl design, web and print studios nationwide. Melissa McCormack’s award […]
Read More →EIT Overview for Hastings District Council
Source: Eastern Institute of Technology – Tairāwhiti 4 mins ago For the last 42 years people have been reaping the rewards of a quality EIT education. The institute is the major public tertiary education provider servicing the wider Hawke’s Bay and Tairāwhiti regions. EIT has campuses in Hawke’s Bay (Taradale), Tairāwhiti (Gisborne) and downtown Auckland. […]
Read More →EIT Applauds Funding Increase
Source: Eastern Institute of Technology – Tairāwhiti 2 mins ago EIT welcomes a Government funding boost for New Zealand’s polytechnic sector which it says will allow EIT to more fully focus on meeting the tertiary education needs of its communities. Minister of Education Chris Hipkins announced the $31.7m funding increase last week. Characterising the move […]
Read More →Out of class, into the business world
Source: Eastern Institute of Technology – Tairāwhiti 1 min ago EIT Bachelor of Business students who have been engaged in industry-based learning projects are, from left, Braxton McHugh, Ashley Johnson, Crystal Stankovich Te Ua (front) Bayley Taylor-Law and Zara Missen (back) They are pictured with EIT Senior Business Management Lecturer Dr Steve Hinge A group of […]
Read More →Kia Angitu – Māori Student Success at Te Aho a Maui Research Project
Source: Eastern Institute of Technology – Tairāwhiti 15 mins ago “Poipoia te kākano kia puawai” “Nurture the seed and it will blossom” The Kia Angitu research project aims to develop a strategy for EIT to raise Māori student achievement across its programmes. The project comprises a partnership between EIT’s Māori Directorate (overview and oversight); the […]
Read More →EIT Institute of Sport and Health
Source: Eastern Institute of Technology – Tairāwhiti Home News EIT Institute of Sport and Health 6 mins ago EIT researchers are looking forward to the opportunities provided by the new EIT Institute of Sport and Health currently under construction at the Hawke’s Bay Regional Sports Park. The EIT School of Health and Sports Science will […]
Read More →Winner of EIT Business Award Feels Validated
Source: Eastern Institute of Technology – Tairāwhiti 13 mins ago Knowing that “we’re doing things right” has been a huge boost for Brett Mead and the team at First Chiropractic Hastings after a win in the city’s celebration awards last week. Brett and wife Emma have owned the business for three years. Taking out the […]
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