Archive for February, 2011
News 28/2 – Quake Update
In: Export Education|Facilities & Equipment|ITOs|ITPs|Policy|PTEs|Staff|Students|Tertiary Education|Universities
28 Feb 2011Most readers will have seen far too many stories on the Christchurch quake, so I will focus on some key ones that relate to tertiary education. King’s Education The missing students (there are also 9 staff missing) include 26 from Japan, 14 from China, 7 from the Philippines, 3 from Thailand, 1 from Korea and 1 from the Czech… Read Full Story.
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- Tags: Aoraki Polytechnic, ATTTO, Christchurch Quake, CPIT, King's Education, Lincoln University, Massey University, Minister - Tert. Ed, MOE, NMIT, NZQA, Seafield School of English, SSC, StudyLink, TEC, University of Auckland, University of Canterbury, University of Otago, Victoria University of Wellington
News 25/2 – Kings Education Update & Other News
In: Export Education|Facilities & Equipment|ITOs|ITPs|Policy|PTEs|Staff|Students|Teaching & Learning|Tertiary Education|Universities
25 Feb 2011Kings Education An address to family members yesterday by the two directors of the company is online. It details the number of students and staff involved in the school at the time (125) – of that number 44 were safe, 46 were believed in the building and 35 were status unknown. I am impressed by the address as… Read Full Story.
46 King’s Education Staff & Students Thought to Be in Building, 35 More Status Unknown
In: Policy
24 Feb 2011It is with a very heavy heart that I announce what I feared from Tuesday afternoon. 46 (updated at 4.30pm, was 48 earlier today) King’s Education students and staff are thought to be in the CTV building and are believed to have perished. Another 35 (was 42) students are status unknown – they could well have moved on… Read Full Story.
Quake Updates thru FB/Twitter
23 Feb 2011I’m doing most updates through ED’s Facebook and Twitter accounts at the moment, as most news is now in small bites. The main development is that the Police now believe that the damage and fire at the CTV building is no longer surviveable (4.19pm update) so it seems unlikely that any more King’s Education staff and students will be rescued from there. Rescuers… Read Full Story.
King’s Education – Some Saved. Also Quake Update 23-2
In: Facilities & Equipment|ITOs|ITPs|PTEs|Staff|Students|Tertiary Education|Universities|Wananga
23 Feb 2011I have an update on King’s Education, via The Press, where the CTV Building it was in collapsed. Two Japanese teachers and 21 students were there (from Toyama College of Foreign Languages in Japan). A teacher emailed out from the rubble and has since been rescued, but 12 of those students were unaccounted for. A male NZ teacher… Read Full Story.
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- Tags: Aoraki Polytechnic, ATITO, Avonmore Tertiary Institute, CCEL, Christchurch Quake, CPIT, King's Education, Lincoln University, LSI, LSNZ, NZ Career College, NZCECE, Sir George Seymour College, SIT, Tai Poutini Polytechnic, Travel Careers and Training, TWOA, University of Canterbury, University of Otago, WelTec
News 23/2 – Chch Quake, King’s Education Worries
In: Export Education|Facilities & Equipment|ITPs|Policy|PTEs|Quality Assurance|Staff|Students|Teaching & Learning|Tertiary Education|Universities
23 Feb 2011I hope your family and friends are safe and well after the Christchurch earthquake yesterday. My closest friends and family are safe but an old colleague from the tertiary sector worked in the first floor of the collapsed CTV building – I hope he is OK. The post today will start with quake news and then cover some… Read Full Story.
Chch Quake Update
In: Facilities & Equipment|ITPs|Tertiary Education|Universities
22 Feb 2011There has been an enormous quake in Chch (GeoNet) and those checking websites and TV will have seen some very disturbing images. And the PM just confirmed 65 deaths, with more likely to come. As with the last quake in September, I will be updating tertiary education news as it becomes available. I’ll just use this post today so come back to the site and look again if you’re getting this… Read Full Story.
News 22/2 – Aoraki Student Walkout. Middle East. Infant Nutrition.
In: Funding|ITPs|Policy|PTEs|Staff|Students|Tertiary Education|Universities
22 Feb 2011Aoraki Student Walkout? While the staff-management dispute was a problem, it seems that dozens of students might put in withdrawal notices from Aoraki’s outdoor education class today. The Timaru Herald has 20 students in a photo in its story who will withdraw. This is the nightmare scenario, but it would have been pretty amazing if Aoraki could have… Read Full Story.
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- Tags: Agriculture ITO, Aoraki Polytechnic, AUT, Bay of Plenty Polytechnic, Design & Arts College, Massey University, Orientation, Otago Polytechnic, Student Loans and Allowances, University of Auckland, University of Canterbury, University of Otago, Victoria University of Wellington, Waiariki Institute of Technology
Turn Off the Funding Tap?
In: Industry|Industry Input|Policy|Research|Tertiary Education|Universities
21 Feb 2011“Question: How do you get the country’s eight universities to co-operate? Answer: Turn off the funding tap. That was the gist of a cheeky crack last week from entrepreneur, scientist and former New Zealander of the Year Sir Ray Avery, at an event showcasing the fruits of university R&D. It got a good laugh, both from the academics… Read Full Story.
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- Tags: AUT, Science
News 21/2 – School Leaver Gap? Loans Repaid. Bitey/Yummy Spiders.
In: Facilities & Equipment|Funding|ITPs|Policy|Students|Tertiary Education|Universities
21 Feb 2011School Leaver Gap? Is there a gap in provision for those who pass NCEA (and thus are not eligible for Youth Training etc) but cannot get into university/polytechnic? Dunedin Methodists think there is and are setting up a specialist programme but I’m not so sure that there’s a big problem there. Any thoughts from readers? Paul Callaghan There’s… Read Full Story.
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- Tags: Aoraki Polytechnic, AUT, Massey University, Orientation, Otago Polytechnic, Secondary-Tertiary, SIT, Student Loans and Allowances, Tai Poutini Polytechnic, TEC, Unitec, University of Auckland, University of Canterbury, University of Otago, University of Waikato, Victoria University of Wellington
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