Andrew Harrison teaches arboriculture at Wintec and like hundreds of other teachers across New Zealand, he had to change his teaching style – and fast, when the country went on Alert Level 4 lockdown in March.
As New Zealand went into lockdown and Wintec classes moved online, no one predicted that in some cases, more students would attend online classes.
Working online during the lockdown is second nature to Wintec communication and journalism students who are honing their skills for careers in the online space.
Waikato’s hub for entrepreneurs, Soda Inc. is collaborating with Callaghan Innovation and startup centres around New Zealand to solve real problems in a post-COVID-19 New Zealand.
While the streets of New Zealand became eerily quiet as the country went into lockdown on 26 March 2020, behind the scenes at Wintec, staff had never been busier.
Today is World Health Day and it is dedicated to our nurses and midwives. It’s also the day, WHO released the first-ever State of the World’s Nursing report which Wintec has contributed to.
In a world where cancelled events are becoming the norm thanks to COVID-19, the IoT Waikato tech meet-up is going to fly this week regardless of any lockdown.
Waikato Institute of Technology Ltd (Wintec) will have a new board of directors from 1 April 2020.
More than 1,300 students will celebrate success by receiving their qualification during Wintec’s annual graduation week, with increasing numbers opting to graduate at Wintec’s Te Kōpū Mānia o Kirikiriroa Marae.
A new exhibition exploring a 15-year love affair with New Zealand glass art by Wintec Master of Arts student, Heather Olesen is an exciting experience in sculptural glass fluidity.
A new partnership with Netball Waikato Bay of Plenty will see Wintec provide a range of high-performance services to help boost the netball organisation’s talent development programme.
Wintec is the first educational provider in New Zealand to receive the GenderTick, showing a commitment to gender equality in the workplace.