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3 Feb 2012Policy, Management & People BIMs Treasury’s BIM sparked media releases from NZUSA’s Pete Hodkinson (opposing interest on student loans) and the TEU’s Sandra Grey (opposing shifting funding to… Read Full Story.
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31 Jan 2012Today’s Spotlight is on Pat Walsh, the Chair of Universities New Zealand (and VC of Victoria University of Wellington). Spotlight is a series of posts where ED Blog… Read Full Story.
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21 Dec 2011Policy & Management Whitireia Buildings Whitireia has pulled out of a $3m contribution to a performing arts development in Porirua, both because they’ve moved their course into Wellington… Read Full Story.
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16 Dec 2011Policy & Management Youth Unemployment The Reject Youth Unemployment coalition wants to meet Paula Bennett to discuss youth unemployment issues – given it is a leftwing coalition that… Read Full Story.
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15 Dec 2011Policy & Management ITO Costs/Benefits The ITF has released research they commissioned from BERL on the costs and benefits of industry training (Dom Post, Stuff). Extras: Aoraki-Lincoln articulation;… Read Full Story.
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13 Dec 2011Policy & Management New Ministers John Key announced new Ministers yesterday, with Steven Joyce keeping tertiary education (adding “skills and employment” too) and picking up economic development, plus… Read Full Story.
ACT’s charter school policy has been debated widely in New Zealand since being released on Monday this week in the ACT-National coalition agreement. This post summarises ACT’s proposals… Read Full Story.
I’m starting a series of posts on charter schools in New Zealand, a policy announced yesterday in the ACT-National coalition agreement. My aim in the series will be… Read Full Story.
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29 Nov 2011Policy & Management Government Policy Stuart Middleton gives an overview of how government policy might go. Research & Innovation Maori Diaspora Waikato’s Tahu Kukutai on the Maori diaspora…. Read Full Story.
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24 Nov 2011Policy & Management Rally Here’s some coverage of the TEU-NZUSA rally last week. Ashburton Challenges…in literacy provision, that is. Extras: Labour’s David Cunliffe mentions defence college at Massey… Read Full Story.