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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 probably won’t pass until next year. NZPA reported on the debate and the submissions on the bill. VUW and VUWSA put out a joint media release condemning the bill. TV3… Read Full Story.

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Tags: ATTTO, AUT, Hairdressing ITO, Massey University, NMIT, Unitec, University of Auckland, University of Canterbury, University of Otago, Victoria University of Wellington, VSM, WelTec, WITT

News 8/10 – UC Gives PM Tarantula, Childcare Fees Up, Gannets Wanted

8 Oct 2010

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. PM’s Spider John Key opened a new building at UC and got given a tarantula to hold for his troubles. Herald on VSM The NZ Herald’s editorial today responds to… Read Full Story.

News 27/9 – VSM Melee, Saving a Turtle and Marsden Fund $$

27 Sep 2010

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 even a few media stories. ACT’s Heather Roy (the Bill’s promoter) urged the National party to vote for the Bill. NZUSA stressed that 98% of submissions opposed the bill so… Read Full Story.

News 24/8 – $$ at ITPs (Win, Lose and Up In The Air)

24 Aug 2010

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 to spin that it was a good result for Wintec as the general trend was for institutes of technology and polytechnics (ITPs) to have their funding reduced. Good on Wintec… Read Full Story.

News 16/8 – Whitireia’s Missing $$, MIT’s Baby Scholarship & Bacon

16 Aug 2010

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 it should be fixed now. If not, I’ll call in the experts. MIT’s Great Scholarship Story A 19 year old-man turned up to MIT with a 19 year old scholarship… Read Full Story.

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Tags: CPIT, MIT, NMIT, Otago Polytechnic, SIT, TWOA, University of Canterbury, University of Otago, WelTec, Whitireia Community Polytechnic

News 12/8 – Teacher Ed & Public Health Research/Advocacy

In: ITPs|Policy|Research|Universities

12 Aug 2010

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 teacher education programmes in universities. Overall, I think she’s right and that the incorporation of colleges of education into universities had more to do with dreams of higher professional status… Read Full Story.

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Tags: Education, Massey University, Otago Polytechnic, UCOL, University of Otago

Reporting on Research

In: Research|Universities

6 Aug 2010

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 benefits. He picked on a particular NZ Herald writer, but it struck a nerve with me, because I often mention research in my news roundups. I usually just provide a… Read Full Story.

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News 6/8 – Top Teachers, New NZVCC Name (and Quiz 4 U), Canty Excludes 350

6 Aug 2010

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. I think it’s a mistake by Ako Aotearoa to rely simply on the local releases to drive local stories about the winners – this is a big awards ceremony and… Read Full Story.

News 27/7 – Plane Crash & Unitec Sponsors Rugby

In: ITPs|Research|Students|Universities

27 Jul 2010

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 restructuring down there. Plane Crash An instructor and a student died in a plane collision near Feilding yesterday, while the student pilot of the other plane managed to land safely…. Read Full Story.

News 23/7 – Massey Shuts Door! SIT Shuts Gate! Talkback Radio Gets New Topic!

23 Jul 2010

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 pointed out that classes that are not full (and many won’t be, given the previous closing date was November) will not be run. Massey’s announcement is here. The Dom Post has good… Read Full Story.

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