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Category Environmental and Animal Sciences

Understanding and improving indoor air quality

Guest post by Yanina Purcell Understanding and improving indoor air quality (IAQ) within homes is important for the health and wellbeing of residents. Unitec’s Environmental Solutions Research Centre (ESRC), which investigates ideas and concepts under two main themes of waste… Continue Reading →

Unitec researchers facilitate better asbestos awareness

Guest post by Yanina Purcell Unitec’s Environmental Solutions Research Centre (ESRC) investigates ideas and concepts under two main themes of waste and pollution. Current research within these fields includes asbestos awareness and disposal solutions (bioremediation), construction and demolition waste minimisation… Continue Reading →

Unitec staff and students present at recent SRARNZ conference

Authors: Dr Marleen Baling and Unitec Frogs, geckos and skinks might sound like the ingredients for a witch’s potion but they are also the subjects of fascinating research projects presented by Unitec’s School of Environmental and Animal Sciences at the… Continue Reading →

Industry experience for Unitec science students

Co-authored by Dr Diane Fraser Since 2011, Unitec’s School of Environmental and Animal Sciences (EAS) has worked to partner students at Level 7 with external organisations, as part of their self-directed study course for their Bachelor of Applied Science degree…. Continue Reading →

Dissemination of research in the time of Covid-19

In the first few months of this year, the spread of Covid-19 saw rapid changes to the teaching and learning environment that staff at tertiary institutes had to lead and adapt quickly to, for the welfare of students and their… Continue Reading →

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