Students studying with Wintec were recognised and celebrated at the 20th annual Adult Learner Awards event this week. The annual event, hosted at Wintec’s City campus, highlighted the outstanding achievements of ākonga (students) over the age of 25 years.
More than 100 Wintec international students recently began their education journey in New Zealand with a positive brush with local law enforcement.
Aspiring wāhine gained insight into a variety of potential trades and engineering career pathways at Wintec’s Wāhine in Trades and Engineering event last week.
The Gordon Chesterman Scholarship is an annual scholarship of up to $5000, available to full-time Wintec students enrolled in the School of Media Arts, Centre for Business and Enterprise, or Centre for Information Technology.
Students from the Musical Education Joint Programme between Wintec and Zhengzhou Preschool Education College (ZPEC) in China performed a beautiful welcome waiata for Kieran Hewitson, Wintec | Te Pūkenga Tumu Whenua ā-Rohe 2 | Executive Director, during her recent visit.
Wintec student, Arohaina Bagley, 17, has a goal to graduate with a degree in Information Technology (IT) by the age of 18, a goal that has become more achievable thanks to winning the Suzanne Hunt IT Scholarship.
Wintec’s Oire Pacific Team, along with the International and Trades teams, have been collaborating with Tupou College Toloa in Tonga to bring a version of Wintec’s New Zealand Certificate in Construction Trade Skills (Level 3) pre-trade course to the oldest history-rich boarding school in the Pacific region.
Six theatre students studying towards a Wintec Bachelor of Music and Performing Arts degree spent part of their semester break abroad at Australia’s JMC Academy’s Melbourne campus.
The road to graduation with a degree in Strategic Management for Jessica Nelson, 35, wasn’t smooth or quick. She often jokes that it took seven years, two kids, a pandemic, and a marriage!
An outbreak of Dutch Elm Disease in the Waikato over the summer saw the Wintec arboriculture team become ‘first responders’ to help to contain the spread of the disease. Wintec level three arboriculture students were at the frontline of this response, removing infected trees in the Ōtorohanga and Te Awamutu districts.
Wintec’s 19th annual Waikato Culinary Fare, in partnership with Cater Plus, had hundreds of young foodies fired up getting a taste of what it’s like to be in a professional kitchen. Students from all around the motu competed for the highest scores to achieve gold, silver, or bronze awards for their entries. The fare featured both live food and static events, where the students pre-prepare the entry, including the latest addition to the fare’s lineup, the new celebration cake category, which saw some intense competition.
Several Wintec Business students recently returned from transformative internships in Japan and Colombia, thanks to the Prime Minister’s Scholarship scheme. These experiences not only provided valuable professional skills but also fostered deep cultural understanding and personal growth.
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