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RESEARCH & CONSULTANCY HIGHLIGHTS These are some highlights from WelTec’s research and consultancy outputs in 2006. A full Research Report is available by emailing information@weltec.ac.nz Improving Student Success Academic Development Manager Stewart Wilson’s paper on Improving retention and success: a case study approach for practical results was included in the international refereed Journal of College Student Retention. IT and Pacific Business Information Technology Lecturer Kerese Manueli contributed to a conference paper presented at the 19 th Annual Conference of the National Advisory Committee on Computing Qualifications in Wellington. The paper asked the question Are Pasifica Businesses in New Zealand Capitalising on IT Alcohol and Drug at the Cutting Edge Alcohol and Drug Studies Lecturer Mirjana Vilke contributed an article to the New Zealand Treatment Research Monograph on Alcohol, Drugs and Addiction. The publication presented the research proceedings from the Cutting Edge Conference. Her article, Young Voices, explored substance use from a young people’s perspective. Professional Practice Alcohol and Drug Studies Team Leader Raine Berry was an invited reference group member on the Northern District Health Board Support Agency’s Alcohol and Drug Practitioners Scoping Project. The project will contribute to the development of a draft scope of practice for alcohol and other drug practitioners working within the context of AOD service provision and practice in the Northern Region. Mechanical, Electrical and Civil Engineering Cadetships WelTec already has a number of successful cadetship arrangements. A Business Links project with Mel Lock from the Centre for Smart Product and Bob McGrath from Civil Engineering explored the extension of cadetships to diploma level mechanical, electrical and civil engineering programmes. Students can earn while they learn and businesses have the chance to secure their next employee talent. Support for Sunrise Industries Paul Mather, Director of the Centre for Smart Product, coordinated a research project with Industrial Research Ltd to establish what programmes WelTec might develop to ensure that students had the necessary skills to meet the needs of new technology companies. The result was an education consortium involving several tertiary institutions to ensure a coordinated response. Manufacturing Value Chain Network Maps In another research project, the Centre for Smart Product worked with Management Systems Ltd and McCarty Joyce Ltd to look at how companies collaborate to produce and export products. The findings will inform WelTec’s teaching and industry services and have also been shared with Foundation for Research, Science and Technology, New Zealand Trade and Enterprise and Positively Wellington Business. High Pressure Inspection Information Technology and Mechatronics Lecturer John Gould was commissioned by specialist instrumentation company Enovation to assist with the development of an electronic and software tool to monitor wear and damage to well casings in active geothermal power stations. John is a recognised expert in developing embedded software applications. Wellington. Going Solo Visual Arts teaching staff Lorraine Rastorfer and Kiran Gandhi both had solo exhibitions in 2006. Lorraine’s show Airborne, was at Milford Galleries in Dunedin. Kiran’s Deleted Scenes featured at ROAR Gallery in Wellington. 1 14
Do You Feel Lucky Punk Senior Visual Arts Lecturer Grant Corbishley and Interior Design Lecturer Tony De Goldi’s collaborative work Dressed to Kill – This Town Ain’t Big Enough for the Two of Us was included in Jewellery Out of Context, first exhibited in Sydney at the 2006 Jewellers and Metalsmiths Group of Australia symposium. The exhibition will tour internationally. Vocational Centre of Excellence for Hospitality A Business Links project with industry partners, nationally and internationally, looked at what industry needs and expectations are from a Centre of Excellence in hospitality education. The investigation considered both the programme portfolio and delivery modes. Pauline Nunns, Pastry Chef of the Year Pastry Chef of the Year Pauline Nunns secured the title of Pastry Chef of the Year in 2006 at the Culinary Fare event. This is the second time Pauline has won the title. She will represent New Zealand on the New Zealand Culinary Team for the 2007 American Culinary Classic in Chicago. Professionalising Hospitality Hospitality Lecturer Mick Jays delivered a refereed conference paper giving an Industry view of vocational education and training for the bar, café and restaurant sector in New Zealand. The paper was delivered at the fourth Asia Pacific Conference and the 12 th Biennial Conference on Tourism in Asia 2006. Abel Alonso and Mark Bruce-Miller Wine Tourism Studies Hospitality staff member Abel Alonso contributed to three refereed conference papers delivered in Australia, Turkey and New Zealand. The papers covered wine tourism experience and gender; winery visitor demographics and the use of a wine involvement index as a tool to study winery visitors. Is Wellington just a stopover Hospitality staff Abel Alonso and Mark Bruce-Miller delivered a refereed conference paper at Waikato University on their visitor research study in visitor perceptions of the capital city. Tony De Goldi 1 15
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