Eastern Institute of Technology

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name = Eastern Institute of Technology
native_name = Te Whare Takiura o Kahungunu


motto = Educate, Innovate, Transform
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established = 4 October 1975
faculty = 300 FTE Staff
president = Chris Collins

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students = 8,704 individuals or 2,951EFTS (2007) [http://www.eit.ac.nz/about_eit/annual_reports.aspx]
city =Napier
country =New Zealand
affiliations =Public NZ TEI
website =http://www.eit.ac.nz/
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The Eastern Institute of Technology is a public Tertiary Education Institution in the Hawke's Bay region of New Zealand. It is also referred to as EIT Hawke's Bay or simply EIT. EIT serves as the main regional higher education centre for Hawke's Bay. The EIT mission as stated on its website is to "support the economic and social development of our diverse communities by providing relevant, high quality and accessible education and training to individuals, professionals, businesses, community organisations and iwi." It has five faculties - Business & Computing, Science & Technology, Arts & Social Sciences, Health & Sports Science and Te Manga Māori. [http://www.newzealandeducated.com/int/en/institution/80 Eastern Institute of Technology, Hawke's Bay : New Zealand Educated ] ] [ [http://www.eit.ac.nz/about_eit/annual_reports.aspx Annual Reports ] ]

Location

The Eastern Institute of Technology has a spacious and green 28 hectare main campus in Taradale a suburb of Napier. It is situated half-way between the twin cities of Napier and Hastings, (approximately 15km from each city), which together comprise the fifth largest urban area in New Zealand. It also has learning centres in Hastings, Waipukurau, Flaxmere, Wairoa and new in 2008, a centre in Maraenui, a suburb of the city of Napier. [ [http://www.hbtoday.co.nz/localnews/storydisplay.cfm?storyid=3775544&thesection=localnews&thesubsection=&thesecondsubsection= Community campus off to exciting start - Hawkes Bay Today - 2008-06-13 13:55:00.0 - localnews ] ]

History

The Eastern Institute of Technology, as it is named today, was officially opened as the Hawke´s Bay Community College by the Minister of Education, Phil Amos. Mr Amos laid the foundation stone, on 4 October 1975. In 1987 the Hawke´s Bay Community College was renamed the Hawke´s Bay Polytechnic. The next name change - to the ”Eastern Institute of Technology” occurred in 1996, the Institute´s 21st year. [http://www.eit.ac.nz/about_eit/history.aspx History ] ]

The site of the main campus was donated to the people of Hawke's Bay at the time of the province´s centenary by the late Margaret Hetley and in memory of her husband, Arnaud.

tudying at EIT

EIT had 8,704 students in 2007. Approximately 200 international students study at EIT each year and come from over 20 different countries. It has its own Student Residential Village across the road from the campus. [ [http://www.newzealand.com/travel/accommodation/accommodation-options/operator-details.cfm/businessactivityid/182815/regionid/8/startrow/5/endrow/0/qualmarkcategory/3/activitycategoryid/2/seed/0.html EIT Hawkes Bay Student Resdential Village > Holiday Parks > New Zealand ] ] [ [http://www.eit.ac.nz/student_residential_village/student_residential_village_default.aspx Student Residential Village ] ]

EIT Staff

Academic staff at EIT are highly qualified with real-world experience and teaching skills. The student-lecturer ratio is significantly lower than at a university. This allows a more personal approach and direct access to lecturers.

Employment Prospects

EIT aims to meet the demands of the region's key industry groups as well as the wider employment market, and networks closely with the community. Programmes such as Viticulture, Wine and Food Science and Nursing are unique to the region. The wide range of programmes available at EIT ensures that people in Hawke's Bay can access quality tertiary education without having to leave the region.

Programmes Available

Many people have reaped the rewards of a quality education at EIT over the last 30 years. The Institute offers an extensive range of programmes. There are now more than 90 programmes offered at postgraduate, degree, diploma or certificate level, across an impressive range of subject areas including:

* Agriculture and Equine Studies * Art, Design and Fashion * Aviation * Business * Computing and Information Technology * Education * English Language Courses * Grapegrowing and Winemaking [ [http://www.wine.eit.ac.nz Viticulture and Wine Studies at EIT Hawke's Bay ] ] * Hair and Beauty

* Health and Development * Horticulture * Maori Studies * Nursing and Health Professions * Trades and Technology * Science * Social Sciences * Sport and Recreation [ [http://www.sport.eit.ac.nz EIT Sport and Recreation - Live your dreams! ] ] * Tourism, Hospitality and Customer Management

The EIT Campus

Providing spaces that are attractive, exciting and special in order to diffuse the levels of stress involved in the learning process, has been an important feature of campus design. The boldness of shape and colour together with the landscaped, park-like grounds help students perform to their best ability. Leading-edge technology is used in the lecture theatres for the benefit of the students. EIT Anywhere is a campus-wide wireless network allowing students to use laptops or other mobile devices on campus.

Moodle Institution

EIT Online is EIT's learning management system and allows students & staff to share information, communicate and interact through online course sites. It is powered by Moodle. From 8-10 October 2008 EIT Hawke's Bay hosted the annual Moodle conference, MoodleMootNZ08. [ [http://www.flickr.com/photos/28232838@N03/2927015337/in/set-72157607885363374/ MoodleMootNZ08 at EIT Hawke's Bay ] ] with Martin Dougiamas as keynote speaker. The MoodleMoot was successful and described as "brilliantly run, fantastic speakers" [http://www.moodleman.net/archives/232 Live-blogging MoodleMootNZ08] .

External links

* [http://www.eit.ac.nz EIT Hawke's Bay website]

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