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Techweek2020 is going digital and moving to July
Wednesday April 1, 2020
UPDATE your calendar: Techweek20 is going to be held from Monday 27 July to Sunday 2 August.
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Don't miss the next Tech Careers Night - now streaming online!
Wednesday April 1, 2020
If you, or someone you know, is thinking about a change of career in 2020, or wants to add tech to their existing degree, find out more at our next Tech Careers Night.
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Online collaboration & remote working
Monday March 23, 2020
The SIGNAL Team already collaborates across two sites, here we share some of the tools we use to keep in touch.
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COVID-19 & Alert Level 4
Sunday March 22, 2020
Information on SIGNAL during the COVID-19 Alert Level 4 period.
News People + 2 More
SHIFT Profile: Mark Cousins
Wednesday March 18, 2020
Music graduate to IT professional - how SHIFT prepared Mark for a full-time tech career in less than a year.
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Industry engagement in the Garden City
Wednesday March 18, 2020
Students grow their professional network by engaging with Christchurch tech organisations.
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Introducing the 2020 Christchurch and Dunedin SHIFT cohorts!
Wednesday March 18, 2020
New decade, new career for our latest SHIFT cohorts, as students look forward to embracing new tech skills during the innovative SHIFT programme.
Events Women In Tech + 2 More
SIGNAL Dunedin celebrates International Women's Day 2020
Thursday March 5, 2020
Join us to celebrate International Women's Day 2020, Monday 9 March with special guest, Rasha Abu-Safieh.
News People + 2 More
Tech industry insights 'invaluable' for SHIFT students
Monday March 2, 2020
Students gain personal and professional insights from local tech experts during 'SHIFT Fridays'.
Events Professional development + 1 More
Business Analysts Meetup launches in Dunedin
Tuesday February 18, 2020
SIGNAL Dunedin will host a new monthly Business Analyst Meetup, providing face to face networking and support for our BA community.
Events Women In Tech + 2 More
SIGNAL Christchurch celebrates International Women's Day 2020
Monday February 17, 2020
Join SIGNAL, Lentune, Onside, EPIC, Cerebral Fix & Drive for International Women's Day, Monday 9 March, with light lunch, networking and inspiring speakers.
Events People + 2 More
SIGNAL Dunedin Hosts International UX Specialist - 26 February
Monday February 17, 2020
With the support of CODE, Dunedin GameDev Meetup welcomes Celia Hodent, former director of UX at Epic Games for a fireside chat on 'The Psychology behind the success of Fortnite', Wednesday 26 February!
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Join us for the Dunedin SHIFT Industry Showcase - 26 February
Saturday February 1, 2020
Hear first-hand from our SHIFT students about their trials, learnings and successes, and the positive impact of their SHIFT Industry experiences. Join us to celebrate our Dunedin 2019 SHIFT cohort, with drinks, nibbles and networking opportunities afterwards.
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$2500 SHIFT Scholarships available - Apply today!
Wednesday January 29, 2020
Do you need a financial hand to SHIFT to a tech career? SIGNAL offers a number of partial fees scholarships for full-time February 2020 SHIFT intake. Applications close February 28th, so apply now.
Xtend News + 2 More
"XTEND was 100% absolutely worth doing!"
Tuesday January 28, 2020
Kyle Forde, CIO at WellSouth, is not content to wear just one hat. Whilst completing the at-work XTEND programme over 18 months, he concurrently held four different executive roles, served on the board of both a social services charity and the NZ Health Informatics group, and played water polo and touch football! He shared his XTEND experiences with us over a coffee recently.
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SHIFT Profile: Teo Bucutea
Tuesday January 28, 2020
From zero programming skills to full-time Graduate Software Engineer - Teo shares how SHIFT fulfilled her career dream in less than a year.
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SIGNAL Dunedin to host Global Game Jam in 2020
Tuesday January 28, 2020
Join the massive Global Game Jam community and use your creative or digital skills and help develop an online game in just 48 hours.
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SIGNAL 2019 - That's a Wrap!
Friday December 20, 2019
Student success, tech community events and industry engagement - we look back on our awesome year at SIGNAL ICT Grad School.
scholarships Professional development + 2 More
ATTN TEACHERS: 2020 Scholarships for EDUCATE Programme
Monday December 16, 2019
$2000 Scholarships for Digital Technologies Teachers - limited spaces left - APPLY NOW!
Past Events Shift + 3 More
Connecting companies with SHIFT students at Speed Networking event
Thursday December 5, 2019
Held recently in Christchurch, the Speed Networking event for SHIFT students and Industry hosts helped find matches for the early 2020 Industry Placements.
Xtend Professional development + 2 More
"Personal and professional transformation" ....A glimpse into XTEND
Thursday December 5, 2019
This article was written by Michael McDonald as he reflected on his XTEND journey.
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Towards values-based practice: Congratulations to Michael McDonald, XTEND Graduate!
Tuesday December 3, 2019
Michael works as a business analyst, and now lives and breathes the values-based practices he has developed, as part of his Master of Professional Practice.
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SHIFT Profile: Lois Li
Friday November 8, 2019
From an English Literature degree to race car app development, find out how Lois has switched gears into a new career in tech.
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Nine new industry hosts onboard for the Dunedin SHIFT projects
Thursday November 7, 2019
Following the successful Speed-Meeting event in September, the 2019 SHIFT cohort are now embarking upon their industry projects, gaining experience and proving their worth to local employers. The project topics include product development, IoT integration, web development, machine vision, data scraping and visualisation, database design, digital marketing and cloud platform migrations.
Past Events People + 1 More
Local VR startup at Dunedin's Vogel Street Party
Monday November 4, 2019
Virtual Reality driving simulator, CoDriVR, joined SIGNAL Dunedin at the Vogel Street Party in October.
News Xtend + 2 More
SIGNAL celebrates another XTEND success story
Saturday November 2, 2019
Gavin Dilworth takes his tech career to the next level with XTEND, a customised learning experience based upon your individual skills and goals.
News Past Events
SIGNAL Director presents on Industry-based Education at ITx Rutherford
Thursday October 17, 2019
SIGNAL was proud to be a sponsor of ITx Rutherford 2019 held in Nelson last month, combining the ITPnz and CITRENZ national conferences.
Events Professional development + 2 More
Canterbury Tech Summit 2019
Tuesday October 1, 2019
SIGNAL was proud to be a third time sponsor for one of the South Island's most popular events for the tech industry.
People News
SIGNAL has new team mates!
Tuesday August 6, 2019
We are excited to welcome Lauren Saker and Leisa Browne, the newest members of the SIGNAL team.
News Shift Cohorts + 1 More
New SHIFT students @ SIGNAL
Wednesday July 31, 2019
We have welcomed two new cohorts into SHIFT in the last few weeks, a full-time one in Christchurch and a part-time one in Dunedin. These new students are taking the plunge, shifting gears and learning relevant tech skills and exploring new opportunities in the tech sector, following in the footsteps of our dozens of successful graduates.
Events Women In Tech + 2 More
SIGNAL Dunedin hosting the revamped NZ GameDev MeetUp
Wednesday July 31, 2019
Whether you are a gamer, or an aspiring or an established game developer, join us on August 22 to be inspired, informed and entertained, plus you can bring your own work along to share and gain feedback!
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PROFILE: Julia Pye - Brewery Manager to Business Analyst
Wednesday June 26, 2019
We continue this series on our SHIFT graduates, this time featuring community minded Julia Pye.
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SIGNAL Christchurch has moved, but not far!
Thursday June 20, 2019
From 1st July SIGNAL Christchurch will be based at the EPIC Innovation Campus.
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Welcome Kevin, Industry Reference Group Chair
Thursday June 20, 2019
Kevin Mansfield, Chief Product Officer, Nomos One has joined the SIGNAL Board as Industry Reference Group Chair
Past Events News
Smart Cities - how will tech & data improve our lives?
Friday June 14, 2019
Have you heard of Smart Cities? A smart city is an urban area that uses different types of tech to collect data and then uses the data to manage resources efficiently.
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Another successful Speed Networking Event @ SIGNAL Christchurch
Wednesday June 12, 2019
Face to face networking between SHIFT students and Industry hosts helps to find matches for Industry Projects.
News Past Events
Kick-starting Innovation - Using Story Maps to define your Minimum Viable Product
Wednesday June 12, 2019
Another sell-out event over Techweek19 saw Tasneem Gould and Ashley Bass run a workshop in kicking- starting innovation.
News People
Welcome Janelle
Tuesday May 7, 2019
Janelle Gee joins SIGNAL as our Business Development Manager, based in Christchurch.
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Dunedin Techweek Events 2019
Tuesday May 7, 2019
SIGNAL is sponsoring several events for Dunedin Techweek 2019. On Wednesday, May 22, we are hosting two sessions with Tim Packer, Smart City Practitioner and former team lead for the NEC NZ's Smart Cities Solutions business unit. One of these will include an evening discussion with Tim Packer, the Honourable Pete Hodgson, and NZ Innovator of the Year Ian Taylor CNZM, on how smart city technologies could be utilised in the Dunedin Hospital rebuild, and the proposed Dunedin Harbourside Vision.
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PROFILE: Harry Taylor - Software Developer at RCG Creations Limited
Sunday February 17, 2019
Harry started SHIFT in July 2017. He has now completed the programme and is working full time at RCG Creations Limited as a software developer.
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Get involved in Techweek'19 running May 20 - 26
Sunday January 27, 2019
This year's Techweek calender is shaping up to be another exciting week of events celebrating, inspiring and building capability across the tech sector, and bringing together our community to promote tech as a vital part of NZ's economy and future prosperity. The theme is "Innovation that is good for the world".
Educate News
ATTN TEACHERS: Educate 2019 Scholarships open for applications!
Thursday October 18, 2018
SIGNAL has already awarded some Educate Scholarships for 2019, but there are still several available. These scholarships will help teachers and schools access the professional development needed to deliver the Computer Science (Computational Thinking) aspects of the new Digital Technologies curriculum, and boost the capabilities of their fellow teaching team.
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Apply now for $2000 Scholarships for 2020 Digital Technology Teacher Training
Thursday October 18, 2018
Teachers, principals, school boards should have already asked themselves - Are we ready to implement the new digital technologies curriculum?
News Shift
Industry Showcase highlights SHIFT employment outcomes for 2017 Christchurch cohort
Wednesday October 17, 2018
Thanks and congratulations to Showcase presenters Harry Taylor, Felicia Sacramento and Sakinah Abdul who have all secured industry employment following SHIFT!
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Make a difference by taking part in Dunedin's first ImpactNPO Hackathon
Tuesday October 16, 2018
Use your skills to help local charities as SIGNAL Dunedin hosts the first ImpactNPO Hackathon Nov 9 -11. This event is open to anyone with tech, marketing, communications, business or other skills that could make a difference to our local community. Interested? Read on for more info from ImpactNPO!
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A Chat with Eteroa Lafaele... the dancing Comp Sci Grad' who took the Internet by storm!
Monday October 15, 2018
Many graduands dream of making their 23 second capping walk a time to remember, but there are few who do it in as much style as Eteroa Lafaele. I recently had the pleasure of speaking to the vivacious Eteroa about her new found fame, her positive role model status and what inspires her everyday.
News Research
Research: Calling all Agile Companies
Friday October 12, 2018
Are you a ground-breaking SME that is experimenting with new ways to think and do HR? Leonie Mollet, a PhD Student and HR professional would like to contact you for her thesis research.
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AgritechNZ connects global interests and promotes NZ to the world.
Tuesday October 9, 2018
NZ Agritech companies are making waves on the global stage, and have several opportunities to work alongside some of the world's largest food producers, who are investing heavily into robotics, sensing and automation. The potential economic benefits of this are tremendous as we discovered at the AgritechNZ roadshow which recently toured NZ.
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Enthusiastic crowd at the AI Forum Connect event 'Artificial Intelligence in Dunedin: Research, industry, and public policy' at SIGNAL Dunedin.
Tuesday October 9, 2018
Over 70 people attended the AI Forum Connect event in Dunedin last night to discuss the impact and deployment of AI in New Zealand.
News Past Events
ITx 2018
Tuesday September 11, 2018
SIGNAL was proud to be a silver sponsor of ITx 2018, held in Wellington from July 11 to 13. This action packed programme was a collaboration of twelve leading tech-focused conferences and included over 150 speakers on many different tech related topics.
SHIFT Dn 2018 News
Shift Dunedin ready for Industry placements!
Sunday September 9, 2018
Do you have an idea for your business or organisation, but have had to park it? Could it be the start of a productive line of work? Perhaps some research, assessing, testing or user experience design project that will potentially add to your bottom line? The 2018 SHIFT cohort will soon be starting their 200 hour Industry Project work with local organisations, and we are calling for projects in Dunedin.
News People
SIGNAL welcomes new staff to Christchurch and Dunedin offices
Sunday September 9, 2018
We are excited to introduce Lufei Wang (Christchurch), and Stephen Geddes (Dunedin) to the SIGNAL team.
Past Events News
SIGNAL's VR Arena an "Unreal Success" at NZ Scifest
Friday August 31, 2018
SIGNAL Dunedin welcomed over five hundred and fifty people into the SIGNAL VR Arena, hosted by Dr Simon McCallum, who also gave a range of lunchtime VR talks as part of the NZ International SciFest in Dunedin from July 6 - 15.
News Shift + 1 More
SHIFT Industry Showcase - Christchurch Sep 20
Friday August 31, 2018
Join us as we celebrate the achievements of the first Christchurch SHIFT cohort, on Thursday Sep 20 from 3 - 4.30pm.
Past Events News
The Future of Learning Conference 2018
Thursday August 23, 2018
Bring the change! Amazing ripples happen when you bring open minded, game changers and action takers together to share ideas. SIGNAL was a proud partner and sponsor for THE FUTURE OF LEARNING Conference, held in July 2018, tautahi, Christchurch.
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Action time! Putting the learning into action in the 'Real World'
Thursday August 23, 2018
Exciting times ahead for the Christchurch SHIFT'ers starting on their Industry Projects. In this photo, left to right are Orbica's Banika Sirohi (Orbica Full Stack developer - mentor) and Antonin Caen (Orbica Geospatial Architect - mentor), with two members of the 2018 SHIFT cohort, Arthur McGregor & Kiriana Brown.
Past Events News
CODE REBEL: Ally Watson
Thursday August 23, 2018
The greatest challenge for us is removing the stigma that tech is geeky or its only for guys and engaging girls at a young age.
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SIGNAL: Proud Sponsor of the Canterbury Tech Summit
Saturday July 7, 2018
Last week over 700 members of the tech industry converged at the Wigram Air Force Museum for one of NZs premier tech events of the year the Canterbury Tech Summit. As NZ's second largest tech hub, Canterbury hosts a wide cross-section of tech industries and companies.
Educate News
Educate cohort convene in Christchurch
Thursday April 26, 2018
SIGNAL's Educate programme allows teachers to upskill in Digital Technologies teaching, and the 2018 cohort recently met to communicate and collaborate, and explore the local tech ecosystem during the Educate block course.
Shift News
Exciting industry projects commence for first Christchurch SHIFT cohort
Thursday April 5, 2018
Now into their second semester of SHIFT, Felicia, Dewi, Sam, Harry and Sakinah are well into their workplace industry projects with five Christchurch companies, from game design to air traffic control and location data intelligence specialists.
Shift News
New Shift 2018 cohort in Christchurch busy and productive!
Thursday April 5, 2018
The February Shift cohort of nine has been busy visiting local companies, gaining insight into various tech roles, and the skills needed to work in the growing tech sector. The students have also completed an intensive introduction to programming and further technical skills, and have begun working on projects in the studio to put their new found skills into practice.
Shift News
SHIFT assists local tech industry in sourcing new talent
Thursday April 5, 2018
The Dunedin SHIFT Industry Showcase held earlier this month highlighted to the local tech sector how SHIFT is a "viable pathway to attract smart talent".
News Shift
'Christmas Gift' Industry award to SHIFT learner in Christchurch
Wednesday December 20, 2017
Synapsys NZ Ltd are pleased to announce the awarding of a $1000 'Christmas Gift' grant to Felicia Sacramento for her hard work during SHIFT in 2017.
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Agile Workshop at SIGNAL Dunedin
Monday November 20, 2017
On the 16th November, SIGNAL Dunedin hosted an Agile Workshop for current SHIFT students and other IT Professionals in Dunedin.
CantyTechSummit2017 News + 2 More
15th Annual Canterbury Tech Summit
Monday September 25, 2017
SIGNAL ICT Grad School was proud to be a sponsor of this inspiring and informative gathering of the region's top tech companies.
News Shift
SHIFT driving internal innovation at MTF
Monday September 25, 2017
An organisation works best when it has the best tools at its disposal, sometimes they need a bit of a tune-up ........
Educate News
Educate Scholarships Announced
Monday September 25, 2017
SIGNAL is pleased to announce Educate Scholarships for 2018. These scholarships will help teachers and schools access the professional development needed to deliver the Computer Programming aspects of the Digital Technologies curriculum.
Educate News
Grow the next generation! Support a teacher in Educate
Monday September 25, 2017
We all know that we have a shortage of tech professionals to help continue to grow the NZ economy and NZ businesses - be part of the solution by supporting a teacher in the Educate programme to inspire the next generation into tech.
People News
Welcome Amanda!
Wednesday September 20, 2017
Amanda Veldman joins the SIGNAL team to support communications, marketing and events.
News Shift
SHIFT making a difference to local firms
Friday September 1, 2017
The Dunedin Shift Cohort are well into their industry placements, gaining valuable experience whilst working alongside industry professionals. Last week we visited Jonathan Manning, at The Tarn Group in Princes St Dunedin to see what he has achieved so far.
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Open, officially!
Thursday August 24, 2017
The Hon. Paul Goldsmith cut the virtual ribbon to officially open SIGNAL ICT Graduate School on Tuesday 22 August.
Events News + 1 More
Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, Export and Leadership
Monday August 21, 2017
The sold-out Canterbury Tech Summit is the South Islands largest annual tech conference that brings together leaders in innovation, technology and business to share ideas, grow their networks and be inspired. SIGNAL is proud to be a Silver sponsor of this event on 14 September.
Shift News
Shifting to a new career in Christchurch
Monday August 21, 2017
Christchurch studio welcomes its first cohort of Shift students.
Events News + 1 More
The Internet of Things: A Revolution in Health & Wellbeing?
Wednesday July 12, 2017
You are invited to a one-off event featuring international thought-leader Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino hosted by SIGNAL ICT Graduate School and Ara, Institute of Canterbury.
News Shift
400 hours of free student time for your business! Dunedin & Christchurch EOIs now open.
Monday July 3, 2017
Industry Experience Grants provide a 400 hour internship opportunity for SIGNAL Shift students at the completion of their studies. Your organisation could host one - read on to find out more.
Events News + 1 More
You're invited: Realising disruptive tech ideas with Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino
Monday July 3, 2017
Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino will be hosting a session on realising disruptive tech ideas for SIGNAL supporters in both Christchurch and Dunedin as part of her visit to both cities. RSVP required
Educate News
SIGNAL's Educate programme supports $40m digital fluency package for New Zealand schools.
Monday July 3, 2017
Education Minister, Nikki Kaye, announced last week the biggest change to the New Zealand Curriculum in ten years. The change will equip young learners for the increasingly digitalised workplace and society. As part of this change, there is a need to upskill teachers with the necessary knowledge and capability to implement these changes. SIGNAL's Educate programme enables teachers to deliver the Computer Science and Computer Programming strands of the Digital Technologies curriculum in schools.
News Events + 1 More
How will the Internet of Things affect Dunedin?
Thursday June 1, 2017
You are invited to hear international speaker Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino in Dunedin on 10 July.
News Shift
Great ideas Hatched by Shift
Tuesday May 30, 2017
SIGNALs inaugural Shift cohort completed their first Studio Industry Project this month, working with Hatch, a children's creation and innovation workshop space in Dunedin.
News Xtend
Xtend + CerebralFix = Transformation.
Tuesday May 30, 2017
Christchurch gaming developer CerebralFix wanted to transform their work environment into a place where everyone had a voice in the design and build process. They wanted to create a workplace full of thinkers.
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Full SIGNAL team now in place.
Tuesday May 2, 2017
SIGNAL's operations and engagement co-ordinators are now on board in Christchurch and Dunedin.
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Can your business benefit from new CSST satellite data?
Tuesday May 2, 2017
Find out how you can make the most of The Centre for Space Science Technology's new satellite data products and solutions at a SIGNAL (Dunedin) and GigCity hosted seminar this Wednesday.
News Educate
Who said school holidays were for taking a break?
Tuesday May 2, 2017
Twenty-eight school teachers took a break from their holidays to attend a three-day intensive workshop for the Educate programme in Christchurch last week.
News Shift
Shift forges ahead
Tuesday February 28, 2017
SIGNAL's Shift programme welcomed its first cohort to 123 Vogel St this week.
Xtend News
MTF's IT development manager is future-focused with SIGNAL's Xtend programme.
Thursday February 16, 2017
Mark Oliver is all smiles when talking about SIGNAL's Xtend programme - a year into the programme he's up-skilled during work hours and also has found it's improved his work satisfaction.
News Xtend
Dr Stuart Charters opens two SIGNAL sites.
Thursday February 16, 2017
Dr Stuart Charters, the new director of SIGNAL - the South Island's ICT Grad School - opened the doors to the Christchurch and Dunedin SIGNAL sites on 27th February.
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First day on the job for new director of SIGNAL.
Monday January 9, 2017
News People
Industry chair announced for NEW South Island ICT Grad School.
Monday November 28, 2016
SIGNAL, the new South Island ICT Grad School, has appointed international businessman David Band as its new chair.
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SIGNAL the South Island ICT Grad School is open for business.
Monday November 21, 2016

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