Tuesday, 26 January 2021, 8:32 am
The Department of Applied Science and Social Practice are
offering two new scholarships for Māori learners to study
for a Graduate Diploma in Laboratory Technology (GDILT) in
2021.
Completion of the programme will enable Māori
learners to move into a future-focused, scientific career
pathway with strong employment outcomes. Growth in STEM
sectors (science, technology, engineering and math) job
opportunities is projected to increasingly drive global
economic growth, with the UN calculating that by 2025 in
Europe alone there will be seven million STEM jobs
available.
However, these same projections also
indicate however that there will not be enough qualified
Monday, 14 December 2020, 2:58 pm
The New Zealand IRD has recently confirmed that Ara
Institute of Canterbury Ltd has been granted ‘approved
researcher provider’ status. This makes Ara the first ever
ITP/Te Pūkenga subsidiary to have attained this.
The
country’s recently-enacted Research and Development Tax
Incentive law incentivizes businesses to undertake R&D
by making the process considerably more affordable. The
Incentive means that they are able to obtain a 15% tax
refund on their expenditure when they work with an approved
research provider. This is especially beneficial for
businesses that spend less than $50,000 per annum and that
would tend to require the services of an R&D