News 17/5 – ECE Teacher Training Shortage, Gondolas to Massey & BOPP $$

May 17th 2010 at 8:22am, By Dave Guerin

ECE Teacher Shortage Exacerbated The NZ Tertiary College has had to close its enrolments in April after it went over its funding caps. It has 90% course completion rates but has 100 students ready to enrol, plus another 400 on a waiting list. NZTC is a specialist in training early childhood education teachers, which are in hot demand (and shortage) right now.
Vic Enrolments Closure Reaction Some reactions continued over the closure of Victoria University’s enrolment closure, including blog No Right Turn.
Gondola to Massey?A gondola system, dubbed Palmylink, has been proposed to run from Palmerston North to Massey University. The idea is that it will reduce congestion and improve sustainability. The Promoters are looking for $50m.
SIT’s New Building SIT will use new apartments in a proposed Queenstown building for students, although they could be converted to general rentals too. SIT has had interest in Queenstown from international students, but no accommodation to offer them.
Dairy Industry Awards Congrats to 2010 New Zealand Dairy Trainee of the Year, Blake Korteweg.
Otago’s Campus Master Plan The University of Otago has just released its long-term campus plan and the link will take you to a long opinion piece by VC Sir David Skegg. The ODT has a brief story but the document will be formally released this afternoon, so details will wait until after that.
Bar Manager The Professional Bar and Restaurant School, a PTE with large enrolments and low funded EFTS, has a new general manager, Hamish Small.
Tairawhiti Farm Cadets Turanga Ararau, a Gisborne Maori PTE, is running a farm cadet scheme that was visited by the PM and other Ministers last week - support is coming from the Ag ITO, Tairawhiti Poly, TPK and others.
Eco-Coffin A Unitec graduate has had his eco-coffin accepted into New York’s Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt Museum’s National Design Triennial Exhibition.
Bay of Plenty Poly $$ Bay of Plenty Polytechnic had an $8.5m surplus last year, but after accounting for capital injections from the government, it had a $2.5m surplus, still 5.7% of revenue.