15th October 2020 Aviation NZ / EducationAviation New Zealand says high-value pilot training should be one of the first sectors allowed back.
13th October 2020 EducationThe Government will grant 250 PhD and postgraduate international students entry into New Zealand after establishing a new category in its border exception policy.
15th September 2020 Education / TrainingChanging how tourism is taught in schools is one of the winning ideas from the Young Enterprises ‘Entrepreneurs in Action’ business competition.
11th August 2020 Education / EmploymentPledge A Placement will match a tourism or hospitality operator to those searching for work experience.
7th August 2020 Education / TrainingThe Eastern Institute of Technology in the Hawke’s Bay will offer a new NZ Certificate in Outdoor Experiences (Level 3) as part of its School of Trades and Technology.
31st July 2020 EducationStudy Northland, the international education arm of Northland Inc., was set up in 2018 to strengthen and support international education throughout New Zealand.
22nd July 2020 Education / EmploymentThe government-funded jobs initiative’s Education Programme aims to inform secondary school students about careers in tourism.
29th June 2020 Education / PeopleLincoln University professor of tourism David Simmons will retire on 30 June after 37 years with the university.
23rd June 2020 Education / PerspectivesAuckland University of Technology’s senior lecturer in economics, Dr Rahul Sen, andInternational Business, Strategy and Entrepreneurship lecturer, Swati Nagar, on how NZ universities can turn the Covid-19 induced international student crisis into an opportunity.
3rd June 2020 EducationWaitangi Treaty Grounds has developed new virtual visits for schools that are not able to visit Waitangi.
3rd June 2020 Education / TrainingThe Targeted Training and Apprenticeships Fund will pay the costs of people of all ages to undertake vocational education and training.
9th April 2020 Education / EmploymentIn an effort to offer its support to the wider tourism industry, Auckland University of Technology’s Tourism Department got in touch with the Ticker to share the following letter from its Head of School, Linda O’Neill.
24th February 2020 EducationAJ Hackett Bungy NZ and tourism and education specialists Lesley Immink, Cherie Freeman and Sandi Eickhoff, have launched two business studies for secondary school students.
18th February 2020 EducationA new piece of research into secondary school students’ views of tourism education and tourism careers is being undertaken by a senior tourism lecturer at Auckland University of Technology.
13th December 2019 Education / TrainingThe Go with Tourism job platform has launched in Northland.
13th December 2019 Education / EnvironmentStudents and staff from Massey University’s College of Humanities and Social Sciences will undertake a drone project to gather footage for a film revealing land use, environmental issues and human-environment relationships in Aotearoa New Zealand.
9th December 2019 Education / International StudentsQuality over quantity has aided growth in international student enrolments in universities and the regions, according to education minister Chris Hipkins.
20th June 2019 Education / HotelsFour hotel management scholarships worth $3000 each have been announced today at the 2019 New Zealand Hotel Industry Conference.
13th November 2018 Education / ScholarshipsAUT student Heaven-Lee Kaka has won Ngāi Tahu Tourism’s 2019 Te Pia Tāpoi Scholarship.
9th November 2018 Education / Summit 2018Two students from the University of Otago have each won $4,000 tourism industry scholarships.
23rd August 2018 Education / TrainingThe top challenges around encouraging and recruiting talent into tourism include the perception that it offers limited career pathways, the jobs are low-status and the pay is average, according to new research.
12th March 2018 DOC / Education / Lincoln UniversityLincoln University and the Department of Conservation are teaming up to meet “a desperate need” in the parks and recreation sector.
