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The Metros’ Group of ITPs has taken a major positive step with the launch of their Innovating New Zealand website (see Metros’ media release here), which “will connect companies with a range of services, expert advice and staff training”. The site has been launched in cooperation with Business NZ and forms part of their new ManufacturingNZ [...]
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6 Jul 2010Staff Shortage? Sharn Riggs of the TEU has posted over at very popular left-blog The Standard that we need staff to teach new students. It’s a well-researched post arguing that rising student numbers should be matched by rising staff numbers. I disagree that there should be an automatic link but it’s good to see issues [...]
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5 Jul 2010SIT Hostel Scandal The drama goes on, with conflicts of interest now alleged in the maintenance/quality problems at SIT’s associated Grand Hall of Residence. To be honest, the whole affair looks like a colossal muck-up by SIT, which has been slow to deal with this issue over the last few days. Last week SIT CE Penny Simmonds [...]
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2 Jul 2010There 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 [...]
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1 Jul 2010Allowances 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 [...]
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30 Jun 2010Engineering Girls, What About Boys? In another round of school holiday activities, the University of Auckland has had high school girls in to try out engineering – maybe they should invite boys in to try out university….Seriously, though, I think the event is a good idea but it does amaze me that we continue to focus [...]
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29 Jun 2010Tom 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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28 Jun 2010If you have a minute, check out NZQA’s new website – it looks attractive and replaces the old, rather less attractive site. It has a more accessible navigation structure and the search function has useful subcategories all in one place.
$45m Waihi School A $45m development outside Waihi is starting to open its doors to foreign students. The [...]
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25 Jun 2010PEDA Affair Hits Tertiary You may have heard of the Pacific Economic Development Agency allocation in the Budget – $4.8m for a new body in a non-contestable allocation. It will cause National some problems for a while yet. Anyway, Auckland providers are starting to plan bids for the money, which will include “subcontracting with established [...]
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24 Jun 2010Superb Competition Victoria University has just finished a great project involving one of my old lecturers. Vic students led each of 68 teams made up of students from throughout the world who met online and developed business proposals. The winning team had a plan for Kenyan villages to create cosmetics out of a grain. It’s just [...]
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