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F i Greig was always a natural cook, so it was no surprise when she started a course training to be a chef at Whitireia Polytech. Originally, she wanted to. ....
Wednesday, 12 May 2021, 2:54 pm Smartphones are a part of nursing education. Student nurses use smartphones to access textbooks, pharmacology resources, standards for practice and lots of other knowledge as part of their everyday learning. Particularly while they are in practical sessions, and need to quickly fact check what to do next in clinical situations. Up until now, no-one has researched the downside of this digital reliance. Belinda McGrath, who has taught first year nursing students at Whitireia for almost 15 years, has published international research with a group from Western Sydney University, Murdoch University and others, on the impacts of smartphones on nursing students. ....
Wednesday, 17 March 2021, 10:02 am Wellingtonian Luke Finnigan has been awarded the first ever Māori and Pasifika Publishing Scholarship thanks to a collaboration with Whitireia Community Polytechnic Ltd and Penguin Random House New Zealand (PRH). The scholarship offers funding for a Māori or Pasifika student to study the Graduate Diploma in Publishing at Whitireia. It also includes travel to the Penguin Random House head office in Auckland twice a year for hands-on experience in Aotearoa New Zealand’s biggest local and international publishing house. The NZ Māori and Pasifika scholarship was created in 2020 to reduce barriers to equity, and encourage diversity and ....