Archive for the ‘Research’ Category

Blender Win The Smoobo blender, which we profiled a while back, has won third place for Massey student Roseanne de Bruin at the Electrolux Design Lab competition in… Read Full Story.

UE The NZ Herald has written an editorial supporting the University Entrance changes. Youth Policy TV3′s Duncan Garner took an axe to the government about whether it was… Read Full Story.

Apprentice Boost? Labour’s Clare Curran has blogged about a new procurement policy that seems to include skills. If you read the policy, Labour proposes to “require companies providing… Read Full Story.

I’m up at the Higher Education Summit in Auckland today and tomorrow (I’m chairing tomorrow’s sessions), so since I’m on an early flight today, this news update will… Read Full Story.

“Question: How do you get the country’s eight universities to co-operate? Answer: Turn off the funding tap. That was the gist of a cheeky crack last week from… Read Full Story.

Enrolments The University of Canterbury has done an enrolment update, but it’s a whole bunch of deadlines, not numbers. Missing Diver The diver missing off Titahi Bay in Porirua is… Read Full Story.

PM’s Science Award I’ll lead with a slew of stories about the PM’s Science Award winners (also NZPA). the top one of $500K went to a team at Victoria Uni led… Read Full Story.

Painful Editorial for ITOs The ODT has written a painful editorial for ITOs and Labour, arguing that the boom in trainee numbers in the 1990s was at the… Read Full Story.

Rowing A Waikato Uni academic has developed a model for monitoring optimal performance in rowing – handy for the World Champs starting this weekend at Karapiro! Massey MediationYou… Read Full Story.

VSM Bill The VSM Bill had most of its second reading last night, and it has the support to go through, but Labour delayed it so that it… Read Full Story.


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