News 28/5 – Canty Music Dvlpt Off plus Top ICT Users

May 28th 2010 at 9:08am, By Dave Guerin

The Music’s Gone The University of Canterbury won’t be appealing the decision against its Music Conservatorium at the Arts Centre in Christchurch. It’s not surprising. Canty had said earlier that they’d look to develop a building on the main Ilam site.
Floating Pier A Massey University design student has won first prize in the interior design section of the Australasian Student Design Awards with a design for a floating pier.
Top ICT Users The CIO website has a list of the MIS100, the top 100 ICT-using organisations in the country. It is rife with TEIs (about 20, plus the MOE) and the University of Auckland is number 1 and the University of Otago at number 3 (Fonterra is 2). For those keen on ICT, it is a great resource on what people have and what they’re planning.
Red Cross CRM The Red Cross has implemented a new CRM across their organisation.
R&D Uptake Easi-Yo is working with the University of Auckland Liggins Institute to research the impact of food intake on learning behaviour. They’re claiming it’s made possible by R&D incentives from the Budget, but that must have been pretty quick concept development! Never mind, it sounds like an interesting idea.
CentrePoint Massey psychologists have got in the news for research on the experience of children growing up in the CentrePoint commune.
Save the Frogs Seriously. Save the Frogs is an American group, working with a University of Otago academic, which opposes mining for the impact on the Archey’s Frog.
Otago Teacher Ed The ODT has more on the College of Education restructuring at Otago Uni, with a range of comment on the issues – it’s a good article.
Wine Research A retired Lincoln Uni professor has been recognised for his work on wine.
Pacific Barriers Labour MP Carmel Sepuloni has pointed out barriers raised for Pacific students by last week’s Budget. I agree with a lot of her points, but the biggest barrier for Pacific students’ success is not participation, but low achievement amongst those who do participate.