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Ako Aotearoa announces new Board Chair
Ako Aotearoa and host organisation Massey University Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa are pleased to announce the appointment of Derek McCormack to the role of Chair of the Ako Aotearoa Board.
2022 Te Whatu Kairangi Awardees
Congratulations to the 9 outstanding teachers who have received Te Whatu Kairangi 2022 – the Aotearoa Tertiary Educator Awards for their contribution to tertiary teaching and learning.
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Otago dive instructor’s success with the ‘Māori Cultural Capability (MCC) Series’
It has been four months since Ako Aotearoa published its first MCC online, self-paced course. We were delighted to receive an update from participant Virginia Watson of Dive Otago on how the “Ako” course has helped her organisation become better educators for both Māori and Pākehā students.
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Veterinary educator announced as Prime Minister’s Educator of the Year for 2022
Associate Professor Carolyn Gates from Massey University was yesterday named the Prime Minister’s Educator of the Year 2022 in the online Te Whatu Kairangi | Aotearoa Tertiary Educator Awards ceremony.
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More Tertiary Education Organisations becoming dyslexia-friendly
SIT’s Invercargill campus has joined the growing ranks of organisations who have achieved the New Zealand Dyslexia-Friendly Quality Mark (DFQM).
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