QTI Member Articles
Monthly articles submitted by member organisations
November 29,
2016 564 564 
Whitecliffe is proud to announce the approval of a new three-year BFA degree and a one-year BFA (Honours). Starting in 2017, all students enrolling to begin their studies at Whitecliffe in Fine Arts, Photo Media, Fashion Design or Graphic Design within the Bachelor of Fine Arts will be enrolled in a three-year programme. A four-year journey will see successful students graduating with a postgraduate Honours degree in 2020 and beyond.
October 28,
2016 677 677
Palmerston North's first Tertiary Knock Out competition was held recently in The Square with UCOL, Massey, Te Wananga o Aotearoa and IPU New Zealand all participating. About 50 people attended the event, which resulted in a tie for first between Massey and IPU New Zealand.
October 28,
2016 597 597
Media Design School is the first tertiary provider in New Zealand to offer a qualification with a dedicated stream focusing on two of the world’s biggest emerging technologies: Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR).
October 28,
2016 616 616
The plight of an Italian woman who lost her family in Central Italy’s August 24 earthquake has struck a chord with a group of hospitality and cookery students from NZMA – they recently hosted an Italian canape lunch in Otahuhu to raise money for her.
October 28,
2016 640 640
A childhood fascination for sci-fi and fantasy movies has evolved into a promising career for Hening Wang (Ted) from ACG Yoobee Wellington. Twenty years after hiring his first VCR from his local video shop in Dalian China, Ted is now living in the land of The Hobbit, one step closer to creating his very own sci-fi blockbuster.
October 28,
2016 941 941
International Travel College (ITC) is giving away 20 scholarships to celebrate its 20th birthday and to help 20 motivated individuals gain a qualification in airline, travel or tourism. Scholarships range between $1,000 and $5,000 NZD and will be awarded to applicants who can demonstrate outstanding enthusiasm for the industry.
October 28,
2016 709 709
Whitecliffe Graphic Design graduates Brittnee Covich, Caroline Konarkowska received Student category gold and silver awards at the 2016 Best Design Awards and HOD Graphic Design Jonty Valentine won gold in the Design Communication category.
October 4,
2016 851 851
Quality Tertiary Institutions (Nga Wananga Kounga), a key private tertiary education sector peak body, has welcomed the Productivity Commission’s draft report into new models of tertiary which it called “thoughtful and bold.” QTI strongly supports the proposed move to a more genuinely market-based tertiary education system with a strong focus on students. The report also comprehensively challenges official claims that the current system is ‘high trust/high accountability’ and ‘low compliance’ – in fact, the Commission described Government control as “high-level”, “pervasive” and “stifling innovation.”
September 27,
2016 790 790
A beautiful spring day and blooming cherry blossoms made for a perfect International Spring Festival at Palmerston North's IPU New Zealand. The busiest thus far, the festival attracted 7250 people and made the front page of the Manawatu Standard and Stuff.co.nz.
September 26,
2016 731 731
Unity Technologies has partnered with Media Design School to offer one aspiring game developer a scholarship that will provide them with the opportunity to study game development at the number one ranked 3D animation, visual effects and game school in the Asia Pacific region.