Archive for the ‘Politics’ Category

Policy, Management & People Aviation Liquidation Bay Flight Aviation closed just before Xmas, apparently leaving 20 staff and 60 students in limbo. A buyer is being sought and… Read Full Story.

Policy & Management Agencies Differ Over Pilot School A Palmerston North flying school, Wings Flight Training Academy, seems at high risk of closure after the International Education Appeal… Read Full Story.

Policy & Management Student Fees Otago Uni has boosted its 2012 student services fees by $92 above the uni and students’ assn charges this year, while OUSA will… Read Full Story.

Policy & Management New Ministers John Key announced new Ministers yesterday, with Steven Joyce keeping tertiary education (adding “skills and employment” too) and picking up economic development, plus… Read Full Story.

A new Minister for Tertiary Education should be appointed this week, so it seems like a good time to discuss the options. This morning Stephen Day made a comment suggesting that Te Ureroa… Read Full Story.

Policy & Management Labour Leadership David Shearer’s speech to the NZ Tertiary Education Summit has been talked up as a Labour leadership speech – I was there and… Read Full Story.

Policy & Management Ministers Steven Joyce is picked to get Economic Development (and keep tertiary education?) while Hekia Parata is tipped for education. Waiariki Settlement Waiariki has been… Read Full Story.

I mused about the reason for the departure of the SMSS CE a few days ago but I found out she departed for completely personal reasons. I’ve deleted… Read Full Story.

Policy & Management Rally Here’s some coverage of the TEU-NZUSA rally last week. Ashburton Challenges…in literacy provision, that is. Extras: Labour’s David Cunliffe mentions defence college at Massey… Read Full Story.

Policy & Management Whitireia-WelTec Merger Steven Joyce has approved the Whitireia-WelTec council merger. Fees There were fears that Otago Uni’s fees would rise by 4% and they did…. Read Full Story.


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  • Stephen Day: Yeah, I just about fell off my chair laughing when I read the 'communism' comment under Woodham's co [...]
  • Stephen Day: I've just met the folks from NZUSA this morning, and I'm pretty sure we were/are on the same page wi [...]
  • Richard Hamilton-Williams: Tinkering with funding on the basis of the age of students doesn’t have a very successful track re [...]
  • dean: I loved that you started to question my own motives. BTW. [...]
  • dean: Well, err, um i was actually trying to point out how potentially futile ascribing motive to somethin [...]