Education

Southern Institute of Technology has signed new partnership agreements with three Chinese universities after its CEO joined a government-led education delegation to China in late July. Bharat Guha was part of an 11-institute polytechnic delegation that visited Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou from July 26 to 31, travelling alongside Tertiary Education

Two SIT hairdressing students have made the national top 10 in one of New Zealand's most prestigious bridal hair competitions — and they've only been at this for 18 months. Haylee Clark and Holly Wolf, both second-year students at the Southern Institute of Technology, were announced as

Sophie Ineson won a $50,000 for tertiary study and a trip to an international science fair in the United States — and she did it by never stopping asking questions. The Year 13 Southland Girls' High School student has spent her after-school hours designing medical products for space, simulating

Two SIT staff spent a week in Poland this month building international partnerships — and came back with genuine interest in Southland as a study destination. SIT nurse educator Marie Meyer and head of faculty Hamish Small travelled to Gdańsk from May 20 to 24 to attend the Powiślańska Academy of

A Southland Girls High School student has taken out the top prize at the 2026 NZAS Southland Science and Technology Fair, beating 328 fellow competitors with a project that could change how we keep food fresh. Aroha Ridzuan won the NZAS Premier Science Award for Beyond the Leaf: Mānuka &

Two hundred and fifty student projects. Forty years. And for the first time, the sponsors are competing too. The NZAS Southland Science and Technology Fair opens to the public this Wednesday, marking four decades of the region's biggest student science event. Running August 11 to 14 at a

A Nightcaps music teacher's songs, written nearly two decades ago and largely sitting in a drawer, are now animated videos watched by children across the country — thanks to a collaboration with SIT's screen arts programme in Invercargill. Nicky Fryer, a teacher aide and music teacher at

Sixteen Southland schools are in line for rooftop solar panels under a $30 million government programme announced as part of Budget 2026. Invercargill MP Penny Simmonds confirmed the selections on Monday, with the list spanning from Halfmoon Bay School on Stewart Island to Drummond Primary School inland, and Otautau School