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The academy has been set up to provide technology and resources to help equip students with the next-generation cybersecurity knowledge and skills they will need to succeed in the rapidly changing cyber-threat landscape.

The institute previously used a mix of on-premises and cloud services but elected in late 2017 to consolidate its workloads onto IBM Cloud.

The Digital Passport has been created by 12 Mind Lab educators to enable teachers to develop skills and understanding to deliver the new curriculum.

"More than 40,000 students have learnt how to create, code, invent, test and build solutions using problem-based learning and technology in our lab."

Kordia and Unitec will nurture NZ's future cybersecurity talent as part of a new scholarship programme for Bachelor of Computing Systems students.

Louise Webster, Craig Hilton and Lorraine Guerin join the team, while Sarah Hindle, Tech Futures Lab GM has been appointed to the NZTech board.

"It makes you feel like pro player. But it’s also a great teaching tool, allowing teams to review games, work on their tactics and individual skills."

The three education leaders were celebrated at yesterday’s ceremony alongside 366 fellow teachers from the November 2015 and March 2016 cohorts.

It officially kicks off next month, and will be New Zealand’s first semester-long tertiary SEO course.

Search engines. A crucial feature of the modern era – fail to master their ins and outs and you essentially fail to do business. Here's a solution.

"The invitation to sit on the Canadian Institute for Cybersecurity is a great recognition of the cybersecurity work happening in New Zealand."

New threats, new malware, new attacks, new chaos and new ways to fight back: A look back at Kiwi cybersecurity in 2016.

"Lee was responsible for leading the board on a journey of constant improvement including the development of an excellent diversity policy."

Unitec's new high-tech research network has been launched to help boost the country's innovation and IP creation prospects.

Unitec's cybersecurity health check for SMEs named a finalist for 'best security project or initiative' in the iSANZ 2016 InfoSec New Zealand awards.

“I’m thrilled to have won the NEXT Expert Teacher Award and am looking forward to using the prize to study my Masters in Applied Practice,"

We speak to security experts from Unitec and Vodafone about the ever-changing face of ransomware & what NZ is doing in the cyber security arms race.

“To counter what is effectively a security arms race requires a fast, hard, bullish response bringing all the right players together."

The Mind Lab by Unitec has launched a new campaign aimed to get teachers to put their hands up to bring its postgrad programme to their towns.

“It’s great to see another cohort of teachers develop their digital and collaborative learning skills through our postgraduate certificate."

The redevelopment project aims to deliver world-class, technology-based learning and teaching to Unitec students.

Several digital learning teachers have been recognised at The Mind Lab by Unitec’s graduation last week with NEXT Foundation awards.

The Mind Lab by Unitec is offering its Postgraduate Certificate in Applied Practice (Digital & Collaborative Learning) to Auckland tertiary educators.

Technology can be an enabler for alternative learning methods and approaches, helping to prepare students for jobs of the future.