Education

Every school holiday’s, over two half days, up to 12 local primary school aged children with learning differences like Dyslexia, attend Growing Stars, a hands-on craft based programme developed by local charitable organisation, Learning Differences Aotearoa Trust.  The workshop, thought to be the on

Southland Gymnastics recently announced its team for 2022, and includes two Southern Institute of Technology students who are hoping to excel at the national competition in less than a month, at ILT Stadium, Invercargill. Bailey Keepin, first-year Bachelor of Architecture student, and Lewis Thomson,

Local Engineering employers met with Engineering students last week at Southern Institute of Technology (SIT), to facilitate the annual Southland Speed Interviewing Event, which assists students in progressing towards their career aspirations and successfully entering the engineering sector. The Sou

Southern Institute of Technology (SIT) has recently signed a formal Collaboration Agreement with Murihiku Regeneration, with the goal of making stronger connections with its Māori community in Southland. The Collaboration Agreement, signed in January, is the culmination of a series of discussions o

The number of children being home schooled has increased 40 percent in the South since Covid-19 hit, as parents move to take more control of their education. The Ministry of Education has confirmed there have been significantly more applications for home education compared to 2019. Invercargill pare

South Port and the Southern Institute of Technology (SIT) have partnered to create opportunities for students to work on ‘real’ environmental projects as part of their diploma studies. Over the past few years South Port has been undertaking the required work to measure and report on the Port’s carbo

Miriam McKenzie has published a resource for teachers, won an award for exporting speech programmes to China, and is now back in the classroom. The primary school trained, speech and effective communication expert has gone full circle since graduating as a teacher almost 30 years ago. She’s relishin

Southern Institute of Technology is rolling out a new delivery mode for Screen Arts students this year; Hybrid-Flexible (HyFlex) Delivery offers a greater variety of ways to engage in study, with flexibility of learning the most obvious benefit, there are other positive outcomes expected as well. SI