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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 →

Architecture lecturer Min Hall develops a prefab building product using straw

Min Hall, a Lecturer at Unitec’s School of Architecture, was awarded Early Career Researcher Fund (ECRF) grants for both 2019 and 2020. These awards have enabled her to focus on Project Pātūtū, in which she is the lead researcher investigating… 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 →

Unitec researchers publish paper on bioremediation for asbestos

Following the launch of the Environmental Solutions Research Centre (ESRC) in September 2019 (covered in articles by Scoop and Voxy), the Director, Associate Professor Terri-Ann Berry, has co-authored a paper, Challenging Global Waste Management – Bioremediation to Detoxify Asbestos, with… Continue Reading →

New Kaupapa Māori research centre at Unitec

Artworks depicting tui in Unitec’s pā harakeke painted by artist and Maia Māori Centre lecturer Hohepa Renata, grace the walls of the newly-opened Ngā Wai a Te Tūī Māori Research Centre. The name was gifted to Research Centre head Jenny… Continue Reading →

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