Archive for October, 2011
News 31/10 – Big ITO News. UCOL Design Review. The Hagfish.
In: Facilities & Equipment|Funding|Industry|Industry Input|ITOs|ITPs|Policy|Politics|PTEs|Students|Teaching & Learning|Tertiary Education|Universities
31 Oct 2011There are new headings in today’s post, developed during consultation over the last couple of weeks. I won’t define or finalise the headings yet as each day will lead to refinements as the stories and headings are aligned. The headings should make the news posts work better for the wide range of people who read it J Policy &… Read Full Story.
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- Tags: Agriculture ITO, AUT, EXITO, Lincoln University, Literacy, Massey University, National, NorthTec, NZ First, Otago Polytechnic, Retail Institute, Student Loans and Allowances, Taratahi Agricultural Training Centre, UCOL, Unitec, University of Auckland, University of Canterbury, University of Otago, University of Waikato, Victoria University of Wellington, Wintec
News 28/10 – Welcome Back Peter. PBRF Rort? Air Crash Email.
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28 Oct 2011CEISMIC Canterbury’s earthquake digital archive is live and will have a launch event tonight. Welcome Back Peter Peter Coolbear has gone back to lead Ako Aotearoa after a short stint at TEC in the ITP investment team. I admire Peter for giving it a go, but I’m not surprised he left. PBRF Rort? Eric Crampton has details of… Read Full Story.
News 27/10 – Whitireia’s 25th. Architecture + Women. Low Student Votes.
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27 Oct 2011Whitireia’s 25th Nice story on upcoming celebrations at Whitireia and its development since 1986. Aoraki Changes Consultation has been extended on changes to Aoraki courses by two weeks – not really a story. Architecture + Women Auckland Uni and industry are supporting a website, graduate tracking and broader initiatives to celebrate 80 years of female architecture grads (in… Read Full Story.
News 26/10 – Otago EFTS Down. R J Scott Medal. Fulbright Scholars.
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26 Oct 2011I hope you’re all keeping warm if the northern North Island gas leak has shut off your institution’s gas heating! Otago EFTS Down Otago Uni’s EFTS will be down about 330 for 2011, but that’s mainly due to them limiting entrants after above plan growth in recent years. R J Scott Medal AUT’s Prof Stephen Henry has won… Read Full Story.
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- Tags: AUT, Bay of Plenty Polytechnic, Christchurch Quake, CPIT, EIT, Fulbright, Greens, King's Education, Lincoln University, Massey University, National, Te Whare Wananga o Te Pihopatanga o Aotearoa, TEC, Unitec, University of Auckland, University of Canterbury, University of Otago, University of Waikato, Victoria University of Wellington
ED Blog Survey Results
25 Oct 2011Thanks to the 123 ED Blog readers who filled in last week’s survey. It was great to have such a large response, and also to hear so many nice things. Overall, most people liked the blog and found it useful professionally – thanks for all your feedback. One of my favourite comments was “I’ve been on your blog… Read Full Story.
ED Blog’s Rationale and Approach
25 Oct 2011Last week 123 readers filled in a survey about ED Blog. I’ll be reporting the results in a few minutes, but before that I wanted to pop down a few thoughts about the rationale and approach behind ED Blog, as it’s useful context for the discussion to follow. My priorities in creating ED Blog were, in no particular… Read Full Story.
News 25/10 – RIP Frank Holmes. Aoraki No Confidence. Unitec for Sale?
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25 Oct 2011RIP Frank Holmes Emeritus Prof Sir Frank Holmes, a giant in NZ public policy and economics circles, died yesterday morning at the age of 87 (NewstalkZB, Business Day, One News). He was a long-time professor at Victoria (22+ years) and founded the Institute of Policy Studies, which I’d nominate as one of the most successful institutes amongst NZ… Read Full Story.
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- Tags: Aoraki Polytechnic, AUT, Christchurch Quake, CPIT, Massey University, MIT, Otago Polytechnic, Te Whare Wananga o Te Pihopatanga o Aotearoa, TEU, UCOL, Unitec, University of Auckland, University of Canterbury, University of Otago, University of Waikato, Victoria University of Wellington, Waiariki Institute of Technology
News 21/10 – Demolish, Build. Quake & Religion. WITT in the News.
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21 Oct 2011Thanks to all those who filled in the ED Blog survey – well over 100 of you. I’ll close it at 5pm today and provide feedback next week. Demolish, Build Fresh from announcing the demolition of two buildings, Canterbury is building a new one, as long as the resource consents go through (Gerry Brownlee can sort that out… Read Full Story.
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- Tags: Agriculture ITO, AUT, Bay of Plenty Polytechnic, Labour, Laidlaw College, Massey University, Minister - Tert. Ed, MIT, NMIT, NZ Childcare Assn, Otago Polytechnic, PEETO, TEU, Unitec, University of Auckland, University of Canterbury, University of Otago, University of Waikato, Victoria University of Wellington, WelTec, Wintec, WITT
News 20/10 – Demolition. Big ABs. Start Digging.
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20 Oct 2011Demolition Demolition of two buildings will start next week at Canterbury. Unfair IRB? AUT’s Rawiri Taonui had a NZ Herald op-ed arguing that the IRB is biased against Pacific Islands teams. His arguments aren’t that great but the overall point has some strength, even if the issue is driven by other things (ie money). Big ABs Massey has… Read Full Story.
News 19/10 – Fees Up. Cannibalism. Bishop in Trouble.
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19 Oct 2011If you have a couple of minutes, I’d appreciate it if you could fill in a brief anonymous survey I’m doing on ED Blog. Over 50 people filled it out yesterday and I’d be keen to get some more feedback. Fees up Lincoln’s fees are up 4% but the story also has some enrolment stats which show that… Read Full Story.
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- Dave Guerin: Pedantic, I'm sure the banks will lend money based on Steven Joyce's cogent analysis alone. [...]
- Pedantic: It's good news. The Budget is now sure to include significant funding for buildings so universities [...]
- Are ITOs Doing More Business Training?
- News 17/5 – Get Exporting! WIE Wins Dispute. Marine Resources.
- News 16/5 – Premier Uni. Music Review. Tui.
- News 15/5 – Nursing Investigation. Vet School. Name for Sale.
- News 14/5 – World Class Salaries. Hotels and Feng Shui. Fatal Crash.
- News 11/5 – Chch Renewal Plan. Land Purchase. Teaching Excellence.
- Would you crowdfund a research project?
- News 10/5 – Income Mobility. Industrial Coating. WITT Uniforms.
- News 9/5 – Saudi Ban. Durie Retires. Op Shops.
- News 8/5 – World Class Uni. BSA Complaint. CircoArts.
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