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Thumbs-Up: Teach First’s New Model
In: Industry|Policy|Quality Assurance|Registration & Licensing|Teaching & Learning|Tertiary Education|Universities
13 Apr 2011The ED Thumbs-Up is a new series celebrating good ideas or outcomes in the tertiary education sector. It should be weekly and I’ll either cover something identified in… Read Full Story.
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- Tags: NZ Teachers' Council, NZEI, NZGSE, PPTA, Teach First, Thumbs-Up
NZQA’s Quake Chickens Come Home to Roost
In: Policy|PTEs|Quality Assurance|Students|Tertiary Education
6 Apr 2011Three days after the Christchurch quake, NZQA made a tough call, by declaring a course closure event for PTEs in the Christchurch region, thereby protecting students’ fees but… Read Full Story.
News 4/4 – Dodgy Courses? GM-Tourism Link Debate. Couch Fires.
In: Facilities & Equipment|ITPs|Policy|PTEs|Quality Assurance|Students|Teaching & Learning|Tertiary Education|Universities
4 Apr 2011April Fool’s Day Friday’s April Fool’s Day spoof about Sir Harawira Gardiner being named TEC CE seemed to fool a few people, but I was happy that Wira… Read Full Story.
News 23/2 – Chch Quake, King’s Education Worries
In: Export Education|Facilities & Equipment|ITPs|Policy|PTEs|Quality Assurance|Staff|Students|Teaching & Learning|Tertiary Education|Universities
23 Feb 2011I hope your family and friends are safe and well after the Christchurch earthquake yesterday. My closest friends and family are safe but an old colleague from the… Read Full Story.
News 27/1 – Student $$, Student Entry (Old and Young) & Camping
In: Facilities & Equipment|Funding|ITPs|Policy|PTEs|Quality Assurance|Students|Teaching & Learning|TEO Sector Groups|Tertiary Education|Universities
27 Jan 2011My post acknowledging George Borthwick’s New Year Honour yesterday hit a chord with a few emails and a comment on the blog – nice to give a good guy some recognition….a minute… Read Full Story.
NZ’s Tertiary Education Ups and Downs 2010
In: Export Education|Funding|ITPs|Policy|PTEs|Quality Assurance|Statistics & Analysis|Tertiary Education|Universities
23 Dec 2010Well, it is that time of year when bouquets and brickbats are awarded by all those journos and bloggers who can’t be bothered generating new content, so I… Read Full Story.
End of Year Farewells/Congrats
14 Dec 2010It’s getting to the end of the year and a few people that I know in tertiary education are moving on or changing roles and I’d like to… Read Full Story.
News 13/12 – Waikato On the Up, Pasifika Leadership & Food for Fines
In: Export Education|ICT|Industry|Industry Input|ITPs|Policy|PTEs|Quality Assurance|Students|TEO Sector Groups|Tertiary Education|Universities|Wananga
13 Dec 2010I had a few offline comments last week about my post on Roy Sharp’s retirement. The tenor was that I had been too soft, that Roy hadn’t done… Read Full Story.
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- Tags: AUT, BEST Pacific Institute of Education, Careerforce, Degree Entrance, EIT, English Language Schools, KAREN, Massey University, Media Design School, NZMA, SIT, TEC, TEU, Tourism, TWOA, University of Auckland, University of Canterbury, University of Otago, University of Waikato, Victoria University of Wellington, Wintec
News 6/12 – Job Cuts, Housing Network, Labour on ITPs
In: Facilities & Equipment|Funding|ITOs|ITPs|Policy|Politics|Quality Assurance|Staff|Tertiary Education|Universities|Wananga
6 Dec 2010Global Hair The Hairdressing ITO has awarded its first international certificates, after years of negotiation with overseas bodies. Job Cuts Otago Uni’s Foundation Studies Ltd might have lost more than six jobs this… Read Full Story.
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- Tags: AUT, Bay of Plenty Polytechnic, Construction, Hairdressing ITO, ITPQ, Labour, Massey University, Otago Polytechnic, Tairawhiti Polytechnic, Taratahi Agricultural Training Centre, Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi, TEC, UCOL, University of Auckland, University of Canterbury, University of Otago, University of Waikato, Victoria University of Wellington
Steven Joyce has just announced that NZQA will be doing the quality assurance for ITPs from 1 January 2011 – ITP Quality has had a delegation from NZQA… Read Full Story.
- 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 [...]
- News 7/2 – Wings Clipped. Kauri Rings. Public Academics.
- News 3/2 – BIMs. Rod Carr’s Pay. HIV Data.
- News 2/2 – Building/Glass. New Professors. Jewellery Mentors.
- News 1/2 – WITT Rockets. Rod to Stay. Innovation Database.
- Spotlight – Pat Walsh, Universities NZ
- News 31/1 – Rod Off? In Unison. Selling Notes.
- Vic’s GrabOne Offer Upstaged by Megan Fox Ad
- News 30/1 – King’s Education. Pasifika Success. New Bible.
- News 27/1 – Self-Indulgent Education? New Tauranga Campus. Teach First.
- News 26/1 – Flight School Buy. Toi Moko Revival? Teach First.
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