EIT’s primary teaching degree a New Zealand first
January 7, 2013
The New Zealand Teachers’ Council and NZQA approved and accredited New Zealand’s first undergraduate practice-based primary teaching degree after visiting EIT to assess the...
An Insight Into Growing Up In Hawke’s Bay Children’s Homes
November 19, 2012
The often harrowing and sometimes heartening stories of fourteen people who grew up in children’s homes in Hawke’s Bay are told in a book to be launched on the EIT campus. An...
Hawke’s Bay Leads With Innovative Teaching Degree
October 24, 2012
The Eastern Institute of Technology is responding to community demand for primary teacher training in Hawke’s Bay by launching New Zealand’s first undergraduate practice-based...
Students get a taste of EIT
August 13, 2012
July school holidays saw over 200 students from around Hawke’s Bay participate in EIT’s short taster workshops. Designed to provide a ‘teaser’ of different tertiary study options, these...
Otatara Trust Scholarships Announced
April 30, 2012
The five students awarded Otatara Trust Scholarships this year will each receive $2500. The scholarship selection panel said the calibre of applicants was once again high, and all were...
EIT Celebrates Record Graduate Numbers
March 19, 2012
The Eastern Institute of Technology has plenty to celebrate at Friday’s graduation ceremony (23 March) at which a record number of diploma, degree and post graduate qualifications will be...
EIT Links Newly Registered Teachers
July 13, 2011
Many of the Hawke’s Bay-based secondary school teachers who recently gained full registration found they had a ready-made connection in their association with EIT. Six of those celebrating at...
EIT Research Professor Walks the Talk
April 4, 2011
EIT research professor Kay Morris Matthews is among women achievers photographed for the cover of the influential New Zealand Census of Women’s Participation report published by the Human Rights...
New Website for EIT
March 1, 2011
EIT's cleaner, clearer and visually more striking website is up and running after a launch timed for the start of the academic year. Havelock North-based Mogul was selected from a hand-picked...
Free Database for Family Historians Launched In Napier
July 5, 2010
A database launched in Napier will provide genealogists and other researchers the opportunity to easily research women who have pursued academia in New Zealand. Napier-based educational...