Archive for the ‘Research’ Category

James Cook $$ Four taxpayer-funded fellowships – each worth $253,000 over two years – have been granted to four top academics, at Massey, Auckland, Vic and Otago Unis…. Read Full Story.

VSM The bill that could create voluntary student membership was reported back from the select committee on Friday afternoon and there was an orgy of media releases, and… Read Full Story.

Wintec Gains $$ Wintec has kept 200 extra places it received as a one-off for 2010 in its draft investment plan for 2011 on, leading CE Mark Flowers… Read Full Story.

Sorry to those that got a post by email with no story at the weekend – I tried to change the font but mucked up the code. Hopefully… Read Full Story.

Quality Teacher Education Lynn Tozer, an Otago Uni teacher education academic, has writen an op-ed in the ODT about the impacts of squeezing practical elements out of the… Read Full Story.

David Cohen wrote a column in NBR last Friday about how research breakthroughs are often overstated at announcement, whereas they often don’t go on to achieve the stated… Read Full Story.

Tertiary Teaching Excellence Ako Aotearoa held their annual Tertiary Teaching Excellence Awards on Wednesday night. Here are the releases by the winners’ institutions. There are no media stories yet…. Read Full Story.

Library Wars Canterbury Uni law students have written a strong submission in support of the retention of their law librarian, who is caught up in the major library… Read Full Story.

Massey Shuts Door Grant Robertson (Labour) wrote last night that Massey had closed the door on summer school enrolments, because they had reached their funding cap. The Big News blog… Read Full Story.

WITT Fees up WITT has increased its fees by 4% across the board, but has not increased its $40 student services fee (or other fees). This is the… Read Full Story.


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