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Huzaifa is about to take part in an exclusive MIT-Harvard Medical School Healthcare Innovation Bootcamp
Born in India, raised in Singapore and educated in New Zealand, life has certainly been a journey for Huzaifa.
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More Waikato secondary school students are going to get a head-start on a trades career
Wintec has been allocated 150 more placements for Waikato Trades Academy by the Ministry of Education to help pathway secondary students into apprenticeships and employment.
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Turning Science on it's head
Science Spinners Creative Lab houses a massive group of hands-on science activities presented by Kudos scientists and industry professionals.
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Leading educators from China visit Wintec
Senior leaders from 10 leading Chinese vocational education institutions met at Waikato Institute of Technology (Wintec) last week to find inspiration in the way teaching and learning is delivered.
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From rock pooling to the “Internet of Things”
“The idea for an app evolved quite organically from a place of curiosity about the world that we live in” says Jenny, a solo parent of an eight and a half-year-old, “Living on a budget was challenging especially during the school holidays but luckily my daughter and I live in Raglan and we have the biggest natural playground on our doorstep”.
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Educators gather to grow Māori and Pasifika learner success
Led by Wintec Māori Learning Advisor and Association of Tertiary Learning Advisors of Aotearoa New Zealand (ATLAANZ) executive member, Tania Oxenham, the conference aimed to further professional development in Māori and Pasifika teaching and learning practises.
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Join us, together we can rule the software specialist space, Company-X tells girls
The 50 plus Silicon Valley savvy team with a Kiwi can-do attitude sent one of its best and brightest software architects to Hamilton Girls’ High School to inspire students to aspire to become her colleagues.
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Wintec partnership will support more Māori and Pasifika students into trades careers
The agreement with Waikato-Tainui, K’aute Pasifika, OneStaff and BCITO will ensure Māori and Pasifika Trades Training (MPTT) will continue to be offered from the Waikato.
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This student has IT in her jeans
Eunji Min is in the third year of her fashion design degree at Wintec School of Media Arts and she was looking at ways to upcycle denim jeans into bags, connect the ‘owners’ and encourage sustainable living. The result is the Contrisumer project.
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LearningWorks scoops two of seven national education awards
LearningWorks, a Waikato Institute of Technology (Wintec) owned company, won the Innovative Use of Technology Award and the Leadership and Professional Development Award.
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Scholarship winners say strong whānau connections carry them through
The importance of whānau support and the power of this to help get students through their study was a recurring theme when two Wintec health students were awarded the Dame Te Atairangikaahu Scholarship recently.
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How this Design Junkies contestant gets to do what she loves every day
Utilising her creativity and learning practical skills is paying off for this Wintec interior design graduate who is now an apprentice builder and developing an exciting business of her own.
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