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Are ITOs Doing More Business Training?
17 May 2012Have you noticed ITOs expanding into basic business administration quals? I saw the following two examples over the last week. The Communications and Media ITO is now offering the NC in Business Administration and Computing L2 and L3. The ETITO is offering similar quals through a specialist website, Skills Plus, where you can sign up for the NC… Read Full Story.
News 17/5 – Get Exporting! WIE Wins Dispute. Marine Resources.
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17 May 2012The “Auckland Uni as a premier uni” debate continued yesterday with Steven Joyce taking a swipe at Auckland. Policy, Management & People Get Exporting! In what must be one of his silliest public comments, Steven Joyce said in a NZ Herald op-ed that the main problem facing the University of Auckland is that it doesn’t have enough international… Read Full Story.
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- Tags: Agriculture ITO, Aoraki Polytechnic, Hospitality, Massey University, Minister - Tert. Ed, Otago Polytechnic, PBRF, Prisoner Training, Royal Society of NZ, Taratahi Agricultural Training Centre, TEU, Unitec, University of Auckland, University of Canterbury, University of Otago, University of Waikato, Victoria University of Wellington, Vision College, Waikato Institute of Education, Wintec, WITT
News 15/5 – Nursing Investigation. Vet School. Name for Sale.
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15 May 2012The news for yesterday and today has been delayed due to a server changeover at our end. Given our muck up, we’ll go very easy on the next two ICT muck-ups in tertiary education J Policy, Management & People Nursing Investigation UCOL, NMIT and Waiariki are being investigated by NZQA over allegations of shonky entry standards by Indian… Read Full Story.
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- Tags: Aoraki Polytechnic, AUT, Bay of Plenty Polytechnic, CPIT, Massey University, Media Design School, NMIT, NZQA, NZUSA, Open Polytechnic, Otago Polytechnic, Student Loans and Allowances, TEC, TEI Councils, TEU, UCOL, University of Auckland, University of Canterbury, University of Otago, University of Waikato, Victoria University of Wellington, VSM, Waiariki Institute of Technology
News 14/5 – World Class Salaries. Hotels and Feng Shui. Fatal Crash.
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15 May 2012It was a tough weekend for American students in New Zealand. Five were saved off a mountain, but three were killed in a car crash, with five more injured (one critically). Policy, Management & People World Class Salaries Canterbury’s Eric Crampton makes a blatant play for a higher salary but make some interesting points along the way about… Read Full Story.
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- Tags: ACE, ATTTO, AUT, Bay of Plenty Polytechnic, Christchurch Quake, CPIT, Greens, Le Cordon Bleu, Lincoln University, MacDiarmid Institute, Massey University, NZ Tertiary College, NZAS, NZUSA, Salaries, SIT, Student Job Search, Student Loans and Allowances, Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi, TEI Councils, UCOL, Unitec, University of Auckland, University of Canterbury, University of Otago, University of Waikato, Victoria University of Wellington, VSM, Whitireia Community Polytechnic, Wintec
News 10/5 – Income Mobility. Industrial Coating. WITT Uniforms.
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10 May 2012There’s a respite in the student support debate today, but lots of good research came out. Policy, Management & People Creative Industries The Nelson Mail had a good article on the shift of NMIT’s school of arts and media to a school of creative industries. There’s also an accompanying comment piece. Extras: Otago Uni staffer missing after a… Read Full Story.
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- Tags: Agriculture ITO, AUT, CPIT, EIT, International Travel College, Lincoln University, Massey University, NMIT, NorthTec, NZUSA, TWOA, UCOL, University of Auckland, University of Canterbury, University of Otago, University of Waikato, Victoria University of Wellington, Waiariki Institute of Technology, WITT
News 4/5 – Student Support. Academic Salaries. Fund Design!
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4 May 2012Well, let’s deal with the student support changes upfront since there’s so much on it. Steven Joyce announced the changes, which was reported by 3 News, RNZ, NZ Herald, Fairfax (315 comments), Fairfax, 3 News, NewstalkZB (and earlier), NZN, One News, NZN, Follow-up stories this morning included Fairfax, NewstalkZB, RNZ, NZ Herald, NZ Herald, Otago students saying people… Read Full Story.
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- Tags: Aoraki Polytechnic, Bay of Plenty Polytechnic, BCITO, Labour, Massey University, Minister - Tert. Ed, Salaries, SIT, Student Loans and Allowances, TEU, Unitec, Universities NZ, University of Auckland, University of Canterbury, University of Otago, University of Waikato, Victoria University of Wellington, Whitireia Community Polytechnic, Wintec
News 3/5 – Explosion, Arson and Prison Education. STEM $$. Butchers Battle.
In: Facilities & Equipment|Funding|ITOs|ITPs|Policy|Politics|Students|Teaching & Learning|Tertiary Education|Universities|Wananga
3 May 2012Off to Dunedin this morning – if anyone wants to catch up down there, drop me a line. Policy, Management & People Canterbury Explosion A lab explosion caused media near-hysteria yesterday afternoon (NZ Herald, RNZ, NewstalkZB, 3 News, Fairfax, NZN), but the flask that shattered during a purification exercise caused a hand injury to a student and a… Read Full Story.
News 2/5 – Big Budget Hints. Drama at Canterbury. Imagine Cup.
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2 May 2012Congrats to the TEU’s comms supremo Stephen Day, who achieved fourth in the Rotorua marathon at the weekend, in his first attempt at that distance. Policy, Management & People Big Budget Hints John Key gave a pretty mild speech covering loans and other issues yesterday, but follow-up comments to reporters suggested that the 10% repayment rate would go… Read Full Story.
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- Tags: Aoraki Polytechnic, AUT, CPIT, Greens, Labour, Lincoln University, Massey University, MITO, National, NZUSA, SIT, Student Loans and Allowances, TEU, University of Auckland, University of Canterbury, University of Otago, University of Waikato, University Rankings, Victoria University of Wellington, Waiariki Institute of Technology, Whitireia Community Polytechnic, WITT
News 1/5 – Uni Rankings. Dr Bogan. Eels.
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1 May 2012Check out Stuart McCutcheon’s piece on uni rankings and let me know what you think. Do we need higher ranked unis? Policy, Management & People Uni Rankings Stuart McCutcheon had an op-ed on declining university rankings yesterday, suggesting more money or rationing to fix it. Closing the Gap NZUSA proposes closing the gap with Australia by improving NZ’s… Read Full Story.
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- Tags: EIT, Graduate Outcomes, HSI, Lincoln University, Massey University, NZUSA, Otago Polytechnic, SIT, Student Loans and Allowances, TWOA, Unitec, University of Auckland, University of Otago, University of Waikato, University Rankings, Victoria University of Wellington, Whitireia Community Polytechnic
News 30/4 – ACE @ Auckland. Hitman Bought. Group Training.
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30 Apr 2012Critic, the Otago Uni student paper, has some good stories with an alternative take this week. Policy, Management & People Quake Impacts More Christchurch students headed to Dunedin this year – the ODT story is worth a read. Critic Otago student newspaper Critic has some good stories this week on academic suspensions, business competitions, the Uni’s surplus and… Read Full Story.
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- Tags: ACE, Aoraki Polytechnic, ATTTO, AUT, Bay of Plenty Polytechnic, Christchurch Quake, CPIT, DEANZ, EXMSS, Group Training, Lincoln University, Literacy, Massey University, Minister - Tert. Ed, NMIT, Restaurant Assn of NZ, SIT, Student Loans and Allowances, Tourism, UCOL, Unitec, University of Auckland, University of Canterbury, University of Otago, University of Waikato, Victoria University of Wellington, Wintec, Youth
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