Shaping Up a Career In IT
September 11, 2018
Leaving William Colenso College, Harley Simmons didn’t know what he wanted to do in life. A year working as a labourer confirmed that he didn’t want to spend it doing a manual job and...
On Track for A Career in Computing
May 30, 2018
EIT Bachelor of Computing Systems graduate Martin Bischofer secured his operations technician job after working his final-semester internship at DataNow. “This was great for us,” the...
Govhack Sparks Creative Response
December 12, 2017
Hosted by EIT and held on campus, Hawke’s Bay’s recent GovHack challenged some of the best and brightest minds in the IT sector to come up with creative mock systems based on national...
Academic Focused on Educational Technology
August 22, 2017
Kathryn MacCallum breaks the mould with her recent appointment as an associate professor in EIT’s School of Computing. At 35, the programme coordinator for the Postgraduate Diploma in...
EIT Students to Spend Semester Overseas
July 26, 2017
EIT continues to grow its international student exchange programme, with two students heading to Germany next month. EIT has partnerships with 45 educational institutions throughout the...
From Unemployed to Unstoppable
May 2, 2017
EIT Tairāwhiti valedictorian Keegan Spraggs went from being unemployed, depressed and disillusioned with education to a job that’s taking him places via a Bachelor of Computing...
Safe Bet
January 11, 2017
After he and his partner had their first son in Dunedin, where Anaru Ngata (39) worked as a casino surveillance operator, they decided to come back to Gisborne to be closer to family...
EIT Business School Boosts its Community Profile
January 10, 2017
Change continues apace at EIT’s School of Business as staff and students embrace an increasingly proactive role in networking with the Hawke’s Bay community. Under the leadership of Rebekah...
Computing Graduate Embraces Career Change
January 10, 2017
Bachelor in Computing Systems graduate Andrew King believes he was at an advantage as a mature student at EIT. As an honoured valedictorian, Andrew delivered a speech on behalf of his fellow...
Achiever Proud of his Māori Identity
October 11, 2016
Double degree EIT graduate Rudolph Tuhura has always felt comfortable in his own skin. Of Ngāti Kahungunu descent from Te Wairoa, Rudolph remembers asking his mother what he was when...