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News 14/7 – Top Designers, Leeks and Penguins

In: Funding| ITPs| Research| Students| Universities

14 Jul 2010

James Dyson Awards The three finalists in the NZ James Dyson Awards have been announced. You can view Tri-Cast, Wanderest and Lucid Wakeboard Binding here. The winner will be announced on 22 July and will go on to the international competition.
Elam’s 60th The University of Auckland’s Elam School of Fine Arts is celebrating the 60th anniversary [...]

News 13/7 – Robots in the Vines, Loan Problems and FRST $$

In: Funding| ITPs| Research| Students| Universities

13 Jul 2010

UCOL’s Nursing Mannequin UCOL has just bought Anne, a training mannequin that can even scream. Cool. Anne can also become Andy with some quick rearrangement.
Robotics The University of Canterbury is introducing robotics to horticulture to prune vines. It’s a cool idea, especially if it looks like the photo.
Loan Problems? It seems that some students might [...]

News 12/7 – Waikato Uni Shuts Door

In: Export Education| Funding| ICT| ITOs| ITPs| Staff| Students| Universities| Wananga

12 Jul 2010

Waikato Uni Shuts Door…to any more students in 2010, with 470 turned away for the second semester. 500, here, 1,000 there and pretty soon you have some big numbers that add up much like a hip replacement waiting list for a government. Maybe the government should have a strategy beyond shrugs.
Wintec Opens Door …to India, [...]

News 8/7 – Glass School Closure? Metros’ Big New Idea.

In: Facilities & Equipment| Funding| ICT| ITPs| Industry Input| PTEs| Students| Universities

8 Jul 2010

Metros’ New Idea The Metro ITP are formally launching their Innovation New Zealand network – I’ll write a full post on it later this morning.
Food Miles University of Otago researchers have found that, while food miles are of concern to the UK public, the belief does not translate into action in the supermarket aisles.
Wanganui Glass [...]

Why Are Allowances Rising So Fast?

In: Funding

7 Jul 2010

Last week the Ministry of Education released a paper on student allowances in 2009, showing increases of 26% in recipients and 30% in payments over 2008. That resulted in an interview of Steven Joyce, Tertiary Education Minister, on Radio NZ – he was a bit surprised by the extent of increase in expenditure. NZUSA got in [...]

News 2/7 – Security Scandal, PTE $$ and Job Cuts

In: Facilities & Equipment| Funding| ITOs| ITPs| Quality Assurance| Research| Staff| Students| Universities

2 Jul 2010

There are two posts coming up this morning. At 10.30, a story on new degrees by Harrods and Wal-Mart will be posted. At 11.45, a video with some food for thought on engaging young people will go up. If you want something now, the news below is full of good stories and there has been [...]

News 1/7 – Allowances Boom, ITP MECA and Skill Shortages

In: Funding| ITOs| ITPs| Industry Input| Research| Staff| Students| TEO Sector Groups| Universities

1 Jul 2010

Allowances Boom in 09 Steven Joyce was on Morning Report yesterday talking about student allowances increases in 2009, while NZUSA put out a release about it too. Allowances eligibility was loosened, while enrolments went up.
Tainui College The -Tainui College for Research and Development has its first academic director. The buildings were built ten years ago but [...]

Guest Post: Tertiary funding policy at an impasse

In: Funding

30 Jun 2010

This guest post is by Roger Kerr, Executive Director of the New Zealand Business Roundtable. It originally ran in the ODT.
A fundamental law of economics is that you can control the price of something or the quantity supplied, but not both.
We saw that law in operation in the old Soviet system, with rationing and queues, and [...]

Guest Post: Missing Out on the Chance to Learn

In: Funding| Universities

29 Jun 2010

This guest post is by Tom Ryan, TEU President.
Recently New Zealand school principals announced that they were worried that pupils leaving their school would end up on the dole rather than in tertiary education study.  “How do you tell someone who has worked really hard to give themselves the chance of going to university that [...]

News 29/6 – Terry Barnett, Cleaner Training and Cuts at Aoraki

In: Export Education| Funding| Government on Industry| ITOs| ITPs| Registration & Licensing| Research| Students| Universities

29 Jun 2010

Tom Ryan of the TEU will have a guest post at 11am today on university entry.

Terry Barnett Honoured A group of student mentors at NorthTec have honured former CEO Terry Barnett (pictured) by presenting him with a patu rakau to recognise his support for student learning.
Training Cleans Up The Dom Post has a good story [...]


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