News - Education

First Degree Cohort Find Jobs in Local Schools
January 11, 2016

Among the first to complete EIT’s innovative primary teaching degree, Luke Rurawhe is starting the new year with a job at a local school. EIT launched its Bachelor of Teaching...

EIT Celebrating Māori Language Week 2015
July 22, 2015

EIT is to be a showcase for the Māori language next week, with daily activities celebrating and promoting te reo.EIT’s Māori and Pasifika liaison advisor Lee Kershaw-Karaitiana says the school...

Graduate Enjoys Teaching Kindy Kids
March 24, 2015

Growing up in the Netherlands, Bonnie Finnema remembers being surrounded by other children. Her mother offered child care in her home in Haarlem, North Holland, and Bonnie loved helping out...

A New Stage for Creative Educator
February 3, 2015

Newly-appointed associate professor and programme coordinator for EIT’s Bachelor of Teaching (Primary), Dr Viv Aitken is delighted to be associated with the innovative degree...

EIT encourages Pacific Island achievement
June 23, 2014

More Pasifika students are enrolling in EIT degree programmes, reflecting the success of an initiative aimed at encouraging Pac ific  Islanders into tertiary education. This year, eight...

Israeli Graduate to Celebrate With Family
March 19, 2014

Graduation is going to be an extra special time for Shiran Atira of Hastings, with her parents flying out from Israel to see her capped one day and married the next. As a valedictorian, Shiran...

Love of learning leads
January 30, 2014

Ko Hikurangi te Maunga, ko Waiapu te Awa, Ko Ngāti Porou te Iwi. Ko Turitaka ki Tikitiki taku kāinga tuarua. (Hikurangi the mountain, Waiapu the river, Ngāti Porou the people. Turitaka in...

More fee free study places
January 23, 2014

EIT youth scholarships, partially funded by the government’s Youth Guarantee (YG) scholarship scheme, has  now been extended to 18 and 19 year olds who wish to study up to Level 3. In...