News 3 Mar – Whitireia Council, GEOS and completions

March 3rd 2010 at 12:39pm, By Dave Guerin

  1. Whitireia Community Polytechnic is having open nominations for the four non-Ministerial Council places. The Council statute shows that none of the four places have been reserved for any group or role.
  2. In other news from Whitireia, staff there have recently completed a report on an evaluation of programmes that support nurses in their first year of work. The media release could have done with an edit, so I suggest you check out the report’s executive summary.
  3. Steven Joyce, Tertiary Education Minister, has been interviewed by Otago University student newspaper Critic. It won’t give you much more information but might be a useful read for those seeking to learn more about the new Minister.
  4. The Carnegie Corporation (US) has joined with 17 states and other foundations to “make college completion a national imperative“. The campaign is called Complete College America and it quite impressive – I’ll probably review the wider issues in a later post. (HT AACC)
  5. GEOS New Zealand has been sold and changed its name, according to Companies Office records. It is now called New Zealand Language Centres Limited and ownership has transferred from Japan-based GEOS Corporation to Justinus Mastoyo, also the sole director. The new owner was the Principal of the Christchurch branch of the chain, which also operates in Auckland and Wellington. A 4 Feb post on this covered the possible flow-on effects of the closure of GEOS Australia. It seems that GEOS branding is continuing to be used – the global agent networks that GEOS has is its great strength but with ongoing questions about the company’s viability, it may become a weakness.
  6. An author who has had a book pulled by publishers due to accuracy concerns has also been claiming to have a doctorate from Victoria University of Wellington, although the University begs to differ.
  7. Last week the TEC release Sep 09 quarter figures on industry training. They show that numbers held up well last year, although there was a 19% drop in 15-19 year olds from the previous year, mirroring rising youth unemployment trends.

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