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'Christmas Gift' Industry award to SHIFT learner in Christchurch

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.

SHIFT Dunedin working in industry

After a busy and productive year of study, workshops, projects and work experience, the first SHIFT cohort are about to start their paid Industry Experience. This is the final part of the innovative SHIFT programme and further prepares the cohort to transition into a role in NZ's booming tech sector.

Your partner on your leadership journey

Xtend is the programme to take you to the next level as a technical, peer, thought or people leader. Built around your everyday work, Xtend is cleverly tailored to your needs and meshes with your company's strategy. Our "in work, at work, for work" approach develops your individual leadership capabilities and contributes to your company's future.

First Shift studio almost complete in Christchurch

Shift students have been working closely with clients to develop a citizen science app about planting activities and a personal bus schedule monitor using Raspberry Pi.

VR Flights with SIGNAL

A popular activity at the 2017 Vogel Street Party

15th Annual Canterbury Tech Summit

SIGNAL ICT Grad School was proud to be a sponsor of this inspiring and informative gathering of the region's top tech companies.

SHIFT driving internal innovation at MTF

An organisation works best when it has the best tools at its disposal, sometimes they need a bit of a tune-up ........

Educate Scholarships Announced

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.

Grow the next generation! Support a teacher in Educate

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.

Welcome Amanda!

Amanda Veldman joins the SIGNAL team to support communications, marketing and events.

SHIFT making a difference to local firms

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.

Open, officially!

The Hon. Paul Goldsmith cut the virtual ribbon to officially open SIGNAL ICT Graduate School on Tuesday 22 August.

Meet the Christchurch Shift cohort

The 2017 Shift semester two students have a wide variety of backgrounds - here they introduce themselves.

The sky's the limit for Shift

Shift students start projects embedded with industry in Dunedin

Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, Export and Leadership

The sold-out Canterbury Tech Summit is the South Island’s 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.

Shifting to a new career in Christchurch

Christchurch studio welcomes its first cohort of Shift students.

The Internet of Things: A Revolution in Health & Wellbeing?

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.

400 hours of free student time for your business! Dunedin & Christchurch EOIs now open.

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.

You're invited: Realising disruptive tech ideas with Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino

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

SIGNAL's Educate programme supports $40m digital fluency package for New Zealand schools.

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.