From Trade Workers To Trade Tutors: Actively Supporting Vocational Identity Transitions - published by Dr. Mahrukh Khan, ConCOVE Tūhura Senior Researcher In New Zealand, the teachers who are employed in the delivery of vocational subjects in tertiary institutions often come from practical …
Construction Sector Accord Budget Announcement
Construction Sector Accord Budget Announcement ConCOVE Tūhura welcome the news of the Construction Sector Accord’s funding to support delivery of the Construction Sector Transformation Plan 2022-2025. The Accord’s TP25 as it is known has a renewed set of transformational goals and will be …
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Presenting at the Te Aranga Alliance hui
Presenting at the Te Aranga Alliance Hui Last week, our Entry Project Lead, Tony Atina, attended a hui with the Te Aranga Alliance, a Civil and Infrastructure group (Fletcher Infrastructure / Brian Perry Civil / Higgins / Beca / Harrison Grierson) based in Porirua that has a contract …
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Executive Director Pōwhiri
Executive Director Pōwhiri On Wednesday 11 May, Board Members and staff from ConCOVE and MIT welcomed Katherine Hall, Executive Director of ConCOVE, with a pōwhiri on Ngā Kete Wānanga Marae at the Manukau Institute of Technology Otara Campus. It was an amazing gathering of the many people …
The Taster Way to Becoming Construction Curious
The Taster Way to Becoming Construction Curious - published by Dr. Mahrukh Khan, ConCOVE Tūhura Senior Researcher According to Pierre Bourdieu (2012), tastes are socially qualified. It is, arguably, through social conditioning, and specific “practices and the perception of those practices” …
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Delivering a sustainable talent pipeline for our Construction sector
Delivering a sustainable talent pipeline for our Construction sector A new Executive Director of ConCOVE: Tūhura has been appointed at a key time for workforce development. The centre of vocational excellence for construction and infrastructure (ConCOVE) is responsible for using …
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The Perception Barrier to Construction Careers
The Perception Barrier to Construction Careers - published by Dr. Mahrukh Khan, ConCOVE Tūhura Senior Researcher The TEC through the Construction Skills Action Plan was formally tasked with construction sector growth and capability in 2018. There are many challenges in lifting and building …
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Celebrating Teresa’s Success
Celebrating Teresa's Success! Congratulations to Teresa Poli, Project Lead for ConCOVE's Sustainability project, who has been selected to be a part of The C40 Women4Climate Mentorship Programme, as a Mentee. Teresa is one of the ten wāhine selected for the Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland …
ConCOVE & Waihanga Ara Rau Partnership
Waihanga Ara Rau and ConCOVE Tūhura partnership will support a thriving construction and infrastructure workforce Work to transform vocational education and training for the construction and infrastructure workforce has marked another milestone with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding …
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Collaboration Between CoVE’s
In late March 2022, the Food and Fibre CoVE and ConCOVE gathered in Hamilton for the first time since the CoVE's came into existence. It was a great opportunity to share some of the mahi being undertaken by each CoVE and let’s be honest, having a face to face conversation was a welcome change!We’re …
