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