Massey University announces TAFY scholarships

Farnaaz Mohammed from Massey University is delighted to announce that Massey is introducing an Academic Award Programme for students of Taylors Auckland Foundation Year (TAFY).

Massey will offer a total of 63 academic awards to eligible TAFY students for July 2011 undergraduate entry. Eligible students are those who have applied to Massey University July 2011 intake and have achieved more than 265 marks in TAFY. 

This scholarship programme has been designed especially for Taylors Auckland students. Awards will be granted as follows:
Dux- NZ$10,000
First runner up to Dux- NZ$7500
Second runner up to Dux- NZ$5000
Students ranked with next 10 best TAFY scores- NZ$750
Students ranked with next 50 best TAFY scores- NZ$500

The scholarships winners will be notified on final offers day on June 9th.  Scholarship winners will join an elite group of Massey scholarship students on-campus and will be called-upon to assist Massey with special activities during their studies.

Taylors College staff are very excited about the prospect of so many students receiving an award for their achievements and are very grateful to Massey for offering such a generous award programme.

Good luck to all students! We will post an update of the winners after final offers day.

TAFY students visit Massey University

On March 16th, 61 TAFY students and 4 Taylors College staff visited Massey University for a full and exciting programme of mini lectures given by 11 academics. The TAFY students were very excited about their chance to be a ‘university student for a day’. Campus visits are a great way for students to get a taste of university life, as well as helping them make important decisions about which course to study and where. 

Science and Engineering students were well hosted by Professor Ian Maddox. Dr Ding, Professor of Finance also joined TAFY students and staff for afternoon tea, helping to convince some students that finance is a great course to choose to study. TAFY students had the opportunity to visit the "mechatronics" lab and to view some weird and wonderful robotic contraptions that excited their young engineering minds. Our Commerce and Communications students also attended some mini lectures on a range of topics which they found engaging and inspiring.

Students celebrate Lunar New Year and Waitangi day at Auckland campus

On Wednesday 2nd February 2011, Taylors Auckland held a joint celebration for the Lunar New Year – Year of the rabbit and Waitangi Day.

Waitangi day is celebrated in New Zealand every year on 6 February to mark the signing of the treaty of Waitangi with the British Crown and 500 Maori chiefs. Waitangi Day is recognised as New Zealand's national day.

To mark the double occasion, traditional red lanterns and New Zealand flags decorated the student common room.

Students were treated to NZ and Chinese food as well as NZ and Maori music. For the NZ food, Taylors teachers and staff cooked sausages on the barbecue, there were kiwi sweets - Minties and Pineapple Lumps, hokey pokey ice-cream, kiwi fruit, watermelon and a popular kiwi drink called L&P. 

For the New Year celebration, students enjoyed traditional Chinese dumplings and learning about the festival from their classmates.

The party was a way to welcome new students, help them learn about New Zealand culture and to celebrate Chinese New Year with their teachers and classmates.

Taylors College Auckland holds many fun cultural and social events throughout the year.

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90th birthday celebration at the Auckland campus

Friday 29^th October 2010 saw around 80 guests gathered in the campus’ student common room for a cocktail event celebrating the 90^th birthday of the school’s establishment in Melbourne in 1920. The guests included past students, staff from our partner universities, top agents and staff from the Saudi Arabian Cultural Mission

Campus Director, Lindsay Spedding, welcomed guests and reflected on the impressive growth of the school and its reputation, locally and internationally. Lindsay spoke of the changing face of Taylors, explaining that what began as a school giving local students a “second chance” at a tertiary education, now prepares many thousands of international students for the life-changing experience of a university education in Australia and New Zealand.

Lindsay also took the opportunity to announce the Auckland Campus winners of the 2010 staff awards and acknowledge the hard work and professionalism of the staff that has made Taylors such a great place to work and study.

The formal part of the evening was completed with the cutting of the Birthday Cake, decorated with the Taylors logo and other delightful colours.