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22 Feb 2012The Christchurch quake has had an enormous impact on many in the tertiary education sector, especially the friends and family of the 8 staff and 64 students King’s Education who died. It has also affected all those working and studying in tertiary education in Christchurch, as they struggle with changing enrolment numbers, damaged facilities and personal impacts. I… Read Full Story.
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21 Feb 2012Mayumi Asakawa will ring the Peace Bell at a Christchurch quake commemoration tomorrow. She is a former King’s Education student. Policy, Management & People Christchurch Mergers? Steven Joyce called for Christchurch TEIs to look at all possible options, including mergers, as they look to the next 20 years. The merger option is for the unis. Top $ A… Read Full Story.
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17 Feb 2012A former King’s Education student will come from Japan will play a part in a commemorative ceremony next week. Policy, Management & People Christchurch Trades A Christchurch trades academy based at CPIT can take on another 350 students, taking the roll to 500. Student Debt The Dom Post debunked student debt myths – good article. Equine-Ag Merger The… Read Full Story.
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15 Feb 2012The answer was yes…to the Auckland student being proposed to by billboard. Policy, Management & People Canterbury Facilities Canterbury has gained CEMARS carbon footprint certification, while its UCSA Events Centre is on schedule for post-Easter opening and you can watch an interview with their facilities manager. $51m Hall Auckland’s new $51m student hall opens this week and it… Read Full Story.
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14 Feb 2012An Auckland student proposed to his fellow student by billboard this morning. Policy, Management & People Planning Issues UCOL has some problems with the District Plan in Palmie as it seeks to have an education precinct established. Boosterism The Manawatu Standard turns Massey QS 4 Star rating into a defence against Massey’s lower TEC ratings, even though they… Read Full Story.
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10 Feb 2012Today’s Spotlight is on Philip Aldridge, the CE of InfraTrain. Spotlight is a series of posts where ED Blog asks 5 questions of interesting people in tertiary education (see other posts in the series). 1. What’s the biggest challenge facing you at Infratrain at the moment? The need for longer-term planning in the infrastructure industry. A large proportion… Read Full Story.
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10 Feb 2012The OECD has a global video competition for 18-25 year olds that closes on 31 March. Entrants must make a 3 minute (max) video on the big issues in education and skills. Your students might be up for it and if they win they get a free trip to Paris (to an OECD Forum, but I’m sure they’ll… Read Full Story.
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9 Feb 2012I’m now starting news posts with a top story and today’s is the great op-ed in the ODT about student flats from OUSA president Logan Edgar. Comms people could learn a thing or two from this guy – so could I. Policy, Management & People Waiariki Art Waiariki launched a new art collection last night – I’ll write more later. Liquor Ban… Read Full Story.
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3 Feb 2012Policy, Management & People BIMs Treasury’s BIM sparked media releases from NZUSA’s Pete Hodkinson (opposing interest on student loans) and the TEU’s Sandra Grey (opposing shifting funding to younger students and research money to help the private sector). It is not surprising that NZUSA wasn’t too worried about shifting funding towards younger students as most student reps are…younger… Read Full Story.
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2 Feb 2012Policy, Management & People Building/Glass Wintec is finding it hard to fill its construction trades classes while UCOL is not filling the glass school in Wanganui. New Professors Auckland has named 11 new professors. Aviation 25th Massey’s School of Aviation is celebrating 25 years of operation. New ECE Centre TWOA has started a new ECE centre in Gisborne…. Read Full Story.