National School of Aesthetics

Cyclone Gita and School — 8:30 AM, 20 February 2018

All students have been advised, on our Facebook page and in an assembly on Monday morning, that we are keeping our eye on Cyclone Gita. School will be operating as normal, unless we advise otherwise, and all students are expected to attend class as normal.  

5 December 2017: Fees Free 2018 is Here

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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.

Happy 32nd Birthday, NaSA!

Congratulations to Noel and Don for their 32 years owning and operating NaSA, and a big thanks to all the students, graduates, industry, and NaSA team members past and present who have made NaSA the success it is today. Congrats on being the South Island’s oldest (and leading) beauty therapy, nail technology, and spa therapies …

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Happy 31st Birthday, NaSA!

Congratulations to Noel and Don for their 31 years owning and operating NaSA, and a big thanks to all the students, graduates, industry, and NaSA team members past and present who have made NaSA the success it is today. Congrats on being the South Island’s oldest (and leading) beauty therapy, nail technology, and spa therapies …

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2014 Interview Changes for NaSA Courses

This story is no longer valid.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, …

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2014 Application Changes for NaSA Courses

This story is no longer valid.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 …

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A Sneak Peek at a Major Change at NaSA in 2014

This story is no longer valid. “But Scott,” I hear you say, “we’re only a little beyond halfway through 2013!  And you want to talk about 2014?!?” I think a lot of people don’t quite understand how much forward planning goes into tertiary education.  We’re lucky that Private Training Establishments (PTEs) like ours respond to …

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Our NZQA Review Results: Yet More Proof The National School of Aesthetics is One of New Zealand’s Best Beauty Training Providers

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 …

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Scott’s Plain English Guide to the Targeted Review of Qualifications

As I said in my previous post about the New Zealand Beauty Expo, one of the most humbling pieces of feedback I received was about my blog entries on the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) Targeted Review of Qualifications (TRoQ) in beauty therapy education. Some providers and industry people said that my blog entries were …

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Our First Time at the New Zealand Beauty Expo: Loved It!

Noel, Don, Soni and I have been to several different beauty expos throughout the world, and the one we have visited the most times has been the Sydney Beauty Expo, held around August each year at the Convention Centre in Darling Harbour. This year, Don and Soni made the decision to visit the New Zealand …

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