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9 Sep 2011

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.

News 17/8 – Youth Policy. Uni Games. RWC Sex.

17 Aug 2011

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.

News 21/7 – Apprentice Boost? HRC $$. Finger-Knitting.

21 Jul 2011

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.

News 9/3 – Online Music, Wheelbarrow Sales, R&D Review

8 Mar 2011

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.

Turn Off the Funding Tap?

21 Feb 2011

“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.

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Tags: AUT, Science

News 12/1 – Missing Diver, Cambridge/Wintec & Tourism Tiff

12 Jan 2011

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.

News 29/11 – PM’s Science Award. AgExcel. Removalist Quals.

29 Nov 2010

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.

News 2/11 – Painful Editorial for ITOs. Quake Building Condemned. Labour Loan Policy.

2 Nov 2010

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.

News 28/10 – Massey Mediation, 3D TV Perils and Million Hour Giveaway

28 Oct 2010

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.

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Tags: ACT, AUT, Lincoln University, Massey University, MIT, NZUSA, Otago Polytechnic, UCOL, Unitec, University of Auckland, University of Canterbury, University of Otago, University of Waikato

News 21/10 – VSM, Tech Vouchers and NMIT’s Performance

21 Oct 2010

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.