News - October 2012

Students Buff Design Skills at Local Practices
October 31, 2012

Fledgling graphic designers and illustrators Suné Wiehahn and Amelia Haliday are early birds in harnessing the winds of change at EIT’s School of Arts and Design. The school, headed by...

Tablets a Winner for Māori Studies
October 29, 2012

EIT’s Te Manga Māori students have found using tablets helps them learn about Māori music and musical instruments. The tablets were trialled as part of a pilot project in developing the...

EIT Welcomes International Director
October 29, 2012

Newly-appointed international director Philippa Jones moved from the UK to head EIT’s international marketing team. Formerly head of international student recruitment at Anglia Ruskin...

Computing Degree Student Finds Her Niche
October 29, 2012

When she completes her Bachelor of Computing Systems this year, Katja Feldtmann will already be well settled into a great job that harnesses her individual skills and experience.  Tourism,...

EIT Fashion Students Star at Cult Couture
October 29, 2012

 EIT students Hinei Chadwick and Tessa Paaymans are delighted with their runner-up placings in two of six categories at Cult Couture – a nationwide competition held as part of Auckland’s...

Dear Diary – Wow, I’ve Won A Design Competition
October 24, 2012

Meeting a brief for a real-life corporate client was a challenging and fun experience, says Morgan Taylor – the Hawke’s Bay winner of New Zealand’s first Design Distinction Awards,...

EIT Lecturer to Travel on Fulbright Scholar Award
October 8, 2012

A senior lecturer in EIT’s School of Health and Sport Science, Dr John Maxted has been granted a Fulbright New Zealand Travel Award which will take him to the USA and eastern Canada. John...