Remembering Helen Langdon
Remembering Helen Langdon Attendees of our conference at Takapuna may remember the cheerful lady looking after registrations on the door. But Helen was much more than a conference registrar to NZACE ( as we were then). Many institution admin people spoke with Helen...
Fellows of WILNZ
The 2020 AGM instituted the award of Fellow of WILNZ. This award is for outstanding academic contribution to the Work-Integrated Learning community on recommendation from the Executive Board of Work-Integrated Learning New Zealand Inc and approved at a General...
Dr Jenny Fleming receives prestigious award
Dr Jenny Fleming, from Auckland University of Technology, and our current President, was recently awarded the Ralph. W. Tyler Award by the Cooperative Education and Internship Association, of the United States. This award recognises outstanding and distinguished...
Award Winner – Kathryn Hay of Massey University
Kathryn Hay of Massey University received the annual Social Work Field Placement Recognition Award from the Australia New Zealand Social Work and Welfare Education and Research Association. Congratulations to Kath on being just the second New Zealander to receive the...
Pilgrimage to see the father of Co-operative Education, Professor Herman Schneider
The WACE World Conference, August 2019, was kindly hosted by the University of Cincinatti which is the 1906 birthplace of Co-op and what we now recognise as WIL. Professor Schneider is considered by many as the father of co-op. He was well ahead of his time and had...
NZACE signs the Global CWIE Charter
The Global Cooperative and Work-Integrated Education (CWIE) Charter formalizes a commitment by world leaders in cooperative and work-integrated education to unite globally to provide access for all post-secondary students to workplace-based experiences that will...
2020 Keynote Speaker Retained for 2021 WILNZ Conference
2020 Keynote Speaker was retained for 2021 WILNZ Conference Associate Professor Denise Jackson of Edith Cowan University, Western Australia was the keynote speaker for this year's conference. We were excited to have her joining us for our first virtual...
Dr. Karsten Zegwaard appointed Director of WIL
Dr Karsten Zegwaard has recently been appointed as Director of WIL Research, WIL Central Unit, Office of the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic), at the University of Waikato. This newly created role is part of Waikato’s institutional-wide expansion into WIL and will...
InPlace joins NZACE sponsorship
InPlace is a cloud technology platform and end-to-end solution that connects academic institutes and their students to the workplace through Work Integrated Learning (WIL) placements and internships. Securely manages the entire student placement process with...