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 …
This story is no longer valid. In my last post about Application and Interview Changes, I wrote about the application changes happening at NaSA for 2014 courses. In this post, I’ll continue this by writing about changes in the interview process for 2014. Changes in the Interview Process As I explained in my last post, …
This story is no longer valid. In my last post, I wrote about a major change at the National School of Aesthetics in 2014 by offering a concurrent Diploma in Beauty Therapy and Certificate in Nail Technology course. Now that we’ve updated our Web site with a fresh new look and uploaded our 2014 course …
This story is no longer valid. The New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) is required to review all New Zealand tertiary-level education providers, including Industry Training Organisations (ITOs) and Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics (ITPs) but excluding universities, through an External Evaluation and Review (EER). In our 2013 EER, NZQA judged us “highly confident in educational …
This story is no longer valid.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 …
