Education

Te Whai Ao Dodd-Walls Centre for Photonic and Quantum Technologies is investing in MOTAT’s new science and technology centre.

The National Party is promising to revive international education by improving visa processing and expanding work rights if it becomes the government following the 14 October election.

The Go with Tourism programme may have been given a lifeline from Tourism Industry New Zealand Trust.

EcoZip Adventures has launched two $15,000 per annum scholarships for students from Waiheke Island and Kaikōura.

A call goes out for industry to engage with the education sector to ensure it gets the workforce it needs.

Western Institute of Technology at Taranaki Te Pūkenga has hosted a 12-strong teacher delegation from the architecture school of Huanggang Polytechnic College, Hubei, China.

The government’s Digital Boost platform has added 60 new tourism and hospitality videos to its website to help businesses in the industry learn more about digital tools to aid productivity and efficiency.

Demand is strong for tourism education in secondary schools, but it needs govt funding and industry engagement to flourish.

Hundreds of school board members have converged on the Rotorua Energy Events Centre over the weekend for the 33rd New Zealand School Trustees Association annual conference.

Go with Tourism and Crowne Plaza Auckland have given students a taste of tourism through a tailored famil programme designed to showcase careers in the industry.

Industry is being urged to help save tourism academia amid fears the ranks of researchers and lecturers are being decimated.

After a fall in student numbers during the pandemic, Queenstown Resort College is seeing a strong recovery.

China and India make up the largest number of applicants and both have a way to go to reach pre-Covid levels.

Go With Tourism and Tourism Industry Aotearoa are hosting two days of education-focused activities at TRENZ.

Maverick Digital’s Alex Dykman and Tash McGill have unveiled their new online learning platform for the tourism and hospitality industries.

The International Travel College has hosted its first Business of Tourism Academy for secondary students in Northland.

BEIA has launched its 10th BE Mentored Programme with its largest participation in almost 10 years.

Tourism needs to change its perception among young people and their parents if it is going to appeal as a strong career choice for the next generation.

Education Minister Chris Hipkins is leading a delegation to Asia to promote New Zealand to the important international student market, which was worth $4.2bn in visitor spend pre-Covid.

The North Asia CAPE has selected the six industry representatives to take part in the Japan Tourism Study Tour this November.

North Asia CAPES is inviting up to six people to participate in a Japan Tourism Study Tour, which will visit Tokyo and hot springs destination Beppu.

An “exodus of youth” employees could hit NZ’s tourism hotspots just as the peak season starts.

Southland and Nelson-Marlborough are welcoming back international students after more than two and a half years.

Around 160 students will arrive in Christchurch tomorrow, marking the return of the international education sector back to the city.

Tourism Industry Aotearoa and Meta, the company behind Facebook, will run digital skills workshops in Queenstown and Rotorua in September.

The Ministry of Social Development is partnering with Hilton Lake Taupo to address the chronic labour shortage plaguing hospitality and tourism.

Kirikiriroa Hamilton and the University of Waikato have welcomed more than 100 international students from 18 countries.

More than 70 international students have arrived in Taranaki to begin their education at schools and universities in the region.

YoungTEC is calling for senior professionals in the tourism industry to consider becoming mentors for the 2022 Mentorship Programme.

The University of Otago’s Hospitality and Tourism Management has been ranked 23rd worldwide and the best in New Zealand.

The changes will help students see tourism as a subject worth studying and a career worth pursuing.

Education Minister Chris Hipkins has been travelling overseas to promote New Zealand as an attractive study destination for international students.

Education Minister Chris Hipkins will travel to the United States and South America from late May to early June as part of a mission to promote New Zealand as a destination for international students.

Tourism and hospitality employment opportunities across the region can be improved, says a new report.

Waitangi Treaty Grounds is offering workshops and tours to support educators as part of the new Aotearoa New Zealand Histories Curriculum.

Employment initiative Go with Tourism has identified 28 industry-led ideas to improve the tourism and hospitality workforce.

Pacific International Hotel Management School in Taranaki is calling on New Zealand students to train for a tourism career ahead of an expected surge in demand.

The timing of the government border reopening for international students means that a large group of them would not enrol until early 2023, says Education New Zealand.

The Kauri Museum at Matakohe expects three out of four of the projects funded by a $3m Provincial Growth Fund grant to be complete by Labour Day.

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Haka Educational Tours will operate in accordance with a new specific animal welfare policy to show its commitment to responsible travel.

Around 20 operators are involved in reviving an adventure tourism qualification at Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology’s Rotorua campus in a bid to meet a shortage of outdoor tourism staff.

Two tourism students heading towards their final year of tertiary study have been picked for the 2022 Tourism Industry New Zealand Trust (TINZT) Tourism Academic Scholarship.

With the international market drying up, tourism and event company MDA Experiences decided to go back to it roots as a community driven operator.

Tourism Australia launches a A$4m campaign to drive visitation from Singapore.

Wellington Zoo and Massey University have signed an agreement to establish closer ties and identify more opportunities for both parties.

Aviation New Zealand has welcomed a government decision to allow 400 foreign pilot cadets to enter New Zealand in 2022.

New Zealand needs to get ready for the age of electric planes, says a key Crown entity tasked with mapping out the country’s future infrastructure needs.

Business Events Industry Aotearoa has partnered with US-based Professional Conference Management Association to award new scholarships worth US$895.

Proponents say it’s a unique opportunity to increase the mana of tourism, which faces perception issues.