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Congratulations NaSA Graduates in the New Zealand Beauty Therapy Awards!

The National School of Aesthetics gains only 5% of the beauty therapy education funding annually but 26% of the finalists and 40% of the winners in the Beauty NZ Association Awards 2017 are or involve NaSA graduates. Congratulations to the winners and finalists for a job well-done.

Happy 32nd Birthday, NaSA!

Congratulations to Noel and Don for their 32 years owning and operating NaSA, and a big thanks to all the students, graduates, industry, and NaSA team members past and present who have made NaSA the success it is today. Congrats on being the South Island’s oldest (and leading) beauty therapy, nail technology, and spa therapies …

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Happy 31st Birthday, NaSA!

Congratulations to Noel and Don for their 31 years owning and operating NaSA, and a big thanks to all the students, graduates, industry, and NaSA team members past and present who have made NaSA the success it is today. Congrats on being the South Island’s oldest (and leading) beauty therapy, nail technology, and spa therapies …

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Why Recognised and Approved Training is Important

Thursday night, 20/20 reported on the incidence of medical issues arising from poor hygiene and sterlisation (amongst other things) in some clinics in the Auckland region.  It’s interesting to note that some (if not all) of these nail bars seemed to be run in malls.  I would wager that some of the operators did not …

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2014 Interview Changes for NaSA Courses

This story is no longer valid. In my last post about Application and Interview Changes, I wrote about the application changes happening at NaSA for 2014 courses.  In this post, I’ll continue this by writing about changes in the interview process for 2014. Changes in the Interview Process As I explained in my last post, …

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2014 Application Changes for NaSA Courses

This story is no longer valid. In my last post, I wrote about a major change at the National School of Aesthetics in 2014 by offering a concurrent Diploma in Beauty Therapy and Certificate in Nail Technology course.  Now that we’ve updated our Web site with a fresh new look and uploaded our 2014 course …

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A Sneak Peek at a Major Change at NaSA in 2014

This story is no longer valid. “But Scott,” I hear you say, “we’re only a little beyond halfway through 2013!  And you want to talk about 2014?!?” I think a lot of people don’t quite understand how much forward planning goes into tertiary education.  We’re lucky that Private Training Establishments (PTEs) like ours respond to …

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Our NZQA Review Results: Yet More Proof The National School of Aesthetics is One of New Zealand’s Best Beauty Training Providers

This story is no longer valid. The New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) is required to review all New Zealand tertiary-level education providers, including Industry Training Organisations (ITOs) and Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics (ITPs) but excluding universities, through an External Evaluation and Review (EER).  In our 2013 EER, NZQA judged us “highly confident in educational …

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Scott’s Plain English Guide to the Targeted Review of Qualifications

As I said in my previous post about the New Zealand Beauty Expo, one of the most humbling pieces of feedback I received was about my blog entries on the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) Targeted Review of Qualifications (TRoQ) in beauty therapy education. Some providers and industry people said that my blog entries were …

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Our First Time at the New Zealand Beauty Expo: Loved It!

Noel, Don, Soni and I have been to several different beauty expos throughout the world, and the one we have visited the most times has been the Sydney Beauty Expo, held around August each year at the Convention Centre in Darling Harbour. This year, Don and Soni made the decision to visit the New Zealand …

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