by weakening the design department in terms of experience, expertise and knowledge you are damaging the value of Unitec design degrees both past and future. by commercialising the course you are undermining the industry and exploiting the labour of students who already part tuition fees. this is highly unethical. As a graduate of this course, I feel betrayed and ripped off.
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Rich Coburn
12 years ago
Let's face it the best thing about Unitec BDVA is the staff - I'm sure none of the students enrolled for the facilities! The fact that School of Design management is undermining that defies belief!
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Sarah McMullan
12 years ago
An utterly ridiculous cost cutting decision that makes a mockery of UNITEC's claim to provide a world class education. Disgusting and shortsighted.
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Chetna Prasad
12 years ago
This is actually ridiculous Unitec.
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Jamie Martel
12 years ago
What are Unitec doing? Doesn't make sense.
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Irene Kam
12 years ago
Disappointed with Unitec... Without qualified staff quality student education will drop. You are short changing the people I believe in and my industry.
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Justin Barter
12 years ago
Teachers of this calibre deserve better.
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Corinne lochner
12 years ago
This is buu
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Jah Marsh
12 years ago
I am 100% behind the staff on this. I cant believe you would short change these students education like this Unitec, im embarrassed for you.
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Mandy Flood
12 years ago
This is creative murder. Opportunities will be lost forever all due to short sighted economics Consultation with the community has been close to nil. The facility has changed many people's lives. Auckland will be a sadder place for this one eyed decision
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Mai Tanaka
12 years ago
I can not understand how 17 staff can replace 50.
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Megan Lundberg
12 years ago
This is insane! It's ALL about the $$$
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Jan Simmons
12 years ago
Are the 50 made redundant being given the opportunity to apply for the 17 vacancies? If not, why not?
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suskia hennessy
12 years ago
Why should students pay fees if there are not enough qualified teachers!Unfair all round.
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Trudy Tea
12 years ago
This is absolute madness and how degrading for the whole of the design school
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Angus Burrows
12 years ago
Education is not a business.How are we supposed to develop and grow as artists and designers when we are not being encouraged and taught by passionate full time staff?
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Briarlee Rees
12 years ago
We have the right to the level of education we signed up for, the staff are instrumental in our success and academic progress!
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Jess Moore
12 years ago
I owe all my success and future success to the dedication of all the amazing tutors I had in my Bachelor of Design. With out those tutors the Unitec Degree offers nothing that any other uni or polytech has to offer.. I chose Unitecs degree because it cared about giving students a 'real life experience' and that is all down to the amount of tutors and experience / skills they have to offer. This is the worst idea Unitec could ever put into action. Just look at some of the amazing NZ brand that have come from Unitec and are now internationally sought after.. THIS IS AN AWFUL IDEA UNITEC. Keep your staff thats all thats keeping you alive. From a very upset ex graduate
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Amy Blinkhorne
12 years ago
Unitec is one of the top design schools in NZ, and this is due to the incredible, nurturing, enthusiastic staff that teach there. I would not be where I am today if it weren't for them. By following through with this redundancy you will be taking away the conversation that is education, and the conversation that made me choose Unitec over all the art schools in NZ.
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Ashneel Chand
12 years ago
this is just not right and fair for the staff or the future students!
by weakening the design department in terms of experience, expertise and knowledge you are damaging the value of Unitec design degrees both past and future. by commercialising the course you are undermining the industry and exploiting the labour of students who already part tuition fees. this is highly unethical. As a graduate of this course, I feel betrayed and ripped off.
Let's face it the best thing about Unitec BDVA is the staff - I'm sure none of the students enrolled for the facilities! The fact that School of Design management is undermining that defies belief!
An utterly ridiculous cost cutting decision that makes a mockery of UNITEC's claim to provide a world class education. Disgusting and shortsighted.
This is actually ridiculous Unitec.
What are Unitec doing? Doesn't make sense.
Disappointed with Unitec... Without qualified staff quality student education will drop. You are short changing the people I believe in and my industry.
Teachers of this calibre deserve better.
This is buu
I am 100% behind the staff on this. I cant believe you would short change these students education like this Unitec, im embarrassed for you.
This is creative murder. Opportunities will be lost forever all due to short sighted economics Consultation with the community has been close to nil. The facility has changed many people's lives. Auckland will be a sadder place for this one eyed decision
I can not understand how 17 staff can replace 50.
This is insane! It's ALL about the $$$
Are the 50 made redundant being given the opportunity to apply for the 17 vacancies? If not, why not?
Why should students pay fees if there are not enough qualified teachers!Unfair all round.
This is absolute madness and how degrading for the whole of the design school
Education is not a business.How are we supposed to develop and grow as artists and designers when we are not being encouraged and taught by passionate full time staff?
We have the right to the level of education we signed up for, the staff are instrumental in our success and academic progress!
I owe all my success and future success to the dedication of all the amazing tutors I had in my Bachelor of Design. With out those tutors the Unitec Degree offers nothing that any other uni or polytech has to offer.. I chose Unitecs degree because it cared about giving students a 'real life experience' and that is all down to the amount of tutors and experience / skills they have to offer. This is the worst idea Unitec could ever put into action. Just look at some of the amazing NZ brand that have come from Unitec and are now internationally sought after.. THIS IS AN AWFUL IDEA UNITEC. Keep your staff thats all thats keeping you alive. From a very upset ex graduate
Unitec is one of the top design schools in NZ, and this is due to the incredible, nurturing, enthusiastic staff that teach there. I would not be where I am today if it weren't for them. By following through with this redundancy you will be taking away the conversation that is education, and the conversation that made me choose Unitec over all the art schools in NZ.
this is just not right and fair for the staff or the future students!