This story is no longer valid. I admit, it’s been a long time since I’ve written. I’m sorry. We’ve had a few exciting new opportunities come our way in the last few months, and this has taken up a lot of my time. One of our new exciting changes is our new Web site. The …
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Following on from my last blog on getting results for taxpayers’ dollars invested, I’d like to discuss picking the right course in the beauty therapy industry. This is a big sticking point, because the current government wants to reduce the proliferation of courses out there to help improve consistency and streamline choices for students to allow them to get the right qualifications for jobs in our and many other industries.
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Recently, there has been a lot of talk from the Minister of Tertiary Education about the New Zealand taxpayer (they say Government, but don’t be fooled; it is the taxpayers’ money they are investing) getting more “bang for their buck” out of tertiary education. Of course, we have heard this for a while. If I recall correctly, for about a decade! But the action on this seems to be finally coming now.
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Over our school holidays, my partner and I went away with a few friends on a cruise around the Pacific Islands. One of the perks of working with Steiner is having the opportunity to talk with the beauty therapists, spa therapists, nail technicians and other beauty- and spa-related staff aboard the ship.
The majority of times I’ve been aboard cruise ships, many of the Steiner staff members aboard have been friendly, outgoing, confident: this time was no exception.
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When the economic crisis (as they are calling it now) struck last year, many people were worried about how this would affect their lives, their jobs, their industry. I was saying to a student last week that I’m of the “old school”, starting my tenure at the National School of Aesthetics in the mind-set that, “beauty therapy treatments are probably one of the first things people cut back on in times like this.”
I was very wrong.
This story is no longer valid. In light of our 25th anniversary, as stated before, we’re making a few changes, and some of these changes are to make the information we give prospective students and their loved ones as concise but informative as possible. In the last few days, I’ve been updating our Web site …
This story is no longer valid. When someone books in for a tinting procedure in our clinic or during school hours, the patch test plays an important role. While we understand this can be an inconvenience to some clients, overall, we are attempting to ensure their health and safety are looked after. Just today, Stuff.co.nz …
This story is no longer valid. I’d like to apologise to all our readers for the delay in a new blog from the National School of Aesthetics. Unfortunately, from the time when qualifying examinations swing around (usually late November) until our new classes are well settled-in (usually beginning of March) is an extremely busy time, …
This story is no longer valid. I have heard, moreso recently than in previous years, that an applicant has decided to enrol at another provider offering beauty therapy because it is less expensive than the National School of Aesthetics. Now, I’m not sure if it’s just me, but I personally would pick a provider who …
This story is no longer valid. We have had a few emails from prospective students about the cuts in courses like our Certificate in Aesthetics for 2010, so I felt it adequate to discuss this a little bit more in our blog to help outline the reasons why these sorts of cuts have had to …
