This story is no longer valid. Kia ora koutou katoa. My name is Scott Fack, and I’m the Director of Operations at The National School of Aesthetics, New Zealand’s oldest beauty therapy education organisation. NaSA’s been qualifying beauty therapists and nail technicians for over 37 years now, and I’ve been a part of that for …
Our new programme approvals for the 2020 academic year have been with the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) since July 2019. Yesterday, NZQA formally approved our combined New Zealand Certificate and Diploma in Beauty Therapy programme. We are also accredited to teach it. All new students from 2020 will be offered the combined New Zealand …
This story is no longer valid. Our new programme approvals for the 2020 academic year have been with the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) since July 2019. Last week, NZQA and we agreed that we would take a two-pronged approach to getting the programme approvals through the process: First, we would concentrate on getting the …
This story is no longer valid. Our new programme approvals for the 2020 academic year are now with the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA). We finalised the approval documentation and submitted it to NZQA yesterday and today. It should take no more than 45 days for NZQA to finish up the programme approval and accreditation …
This story is no longer valid. We need your help! If you are a current NaSA student, a NaSA graduate, or a member of the beauty therapy industry, we need your help in taking a survey about our proposed new programme approvals. They are: New Zealand Diploma in Beauty Therapy (Level 5) New Zealand Certificate …
This story is no longer valid. Fees Free is a Government scheme that started in 2018. If 2019 is your first year studying tertiary education, you may be eligible for Fees Free from the Government. This means up to $12,000 GST inclusive can be paid for your course fees and some required course related costs …
Good news! NZQA have approved our applications for the New Zealand Certificate in Beauty Therapy (Level 4) and the New Zealand Certificate in Nail Technology (Level 4). This means from 2019, these two programmes will replace the Diploma in Beauty Therapy and Applied Aesthetics programme and the Certificate in Nail Technology programme (respectively) at The …
This story is no longer valid. Lately, we’re getting asked, “Why don’t you have information about your 2019 programmes on your Web site yet?” In 2019 and 2020, we’ll begin the switch to programmes that align to the new New Zealand suite of beauty qualifications. The first wave of alignment will happen in January 2019. …
The Government has announced Fees Free 2018 is here.
You can see if you are eligible to receive fees free in 2018 at the Web site feesfree.govt.nz. You will need to have your National Student Number (NSN) handy to determine your eligibility.
Thursday night, 20/20 reported on the incidence of medical issues arising from poor hygiene and sterlisation (amongst other things) in some clinics in the Auckland region. It’s interesting to note that some (if not all) of these nail bars seemed to be run in malls. I would wager that some of the operators did not …
