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In: ITOs| Tertiary Education
18 Mar 2010Sir Ian Axford Dies Sir Ian Axford has died. He was a former Vice Chancellor of Victoria University, chaired FRST and the Marsden Fund, but above all that he was a world-quality space scientist. He headed the German Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research for 16 years. Through the wonders of Google, we can [...]
A quiet news day today!
Mixing music The University of Otago has installed a new mixing desk and other equipment for its recording facility, costing around $1m. They plan to use a KAREN connection to enable real-time recording with others around NZ and the world.
ITPs to Rugby SIT Council Chairperson Graham Cooney is seeking a Board position [...]
In: Tertiary Staff
16 Mar 2010Keeping an Eye on Fees Fee maxima are complicated, especially in relation to course costs, so it’s positive to see that Victoria University’s students association is keeping an eye on the University. NZUSA has also picked up on signals from Steve Joyce that fees may rise.
Reforms Blogger Peter Wilson has written an interesting review of the [...]
In: Funding| Government on Industry| Policy| Research| Strategy & Policy| Tertiary Staff
15 Mar 2010Joyce’s Briefings Steven Joyce released briefings given to him as the new Minister on Friday. There are nine papers for the curious. (I = ED Insider story)
Tertiary Education Reforms The Manawatu Standard has come out in support of performance-based funding for providers and for student loans. Martin Kay, political reporter, has written a lengthy piece [...]
A Chronicle of Higher Education article on shrinking newsrooms made me think about media coverage of education in NZ. The quote below provides a sense of the article.
At a time when newspapers are slashing their staffs and squeezing out education coverage, it is more difficult for colleges to communicate their relevance and messages to the [...]
Since we started trialling the new ED Insider service on Friday, you may now see an “(I)” at the end of a new item. That signifies more detailed analysis being available to ED Insider subscribers. There is no change in our approach to news here; we’re just doing extra analysis over at the other site [...]
In: Industry| Policy| Tertiary Education
5 Mar 2010Education Directions is launching a new service in late March. ED Insider is a Web-based service that gives tertiary education professionals the strategic policy, industry and tertiary education sector information they need about their environment. (UPDATE – trial is now full, but you can find out more about the service here. )
Our first ED Insider [...]
…in NZ, that is, but they’re equal 61st in the latest Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings. The what rankings, I can hear you say. Well, it seems that QS ran rankings with the Times Higher Education from 2004-09, but that relationship has broken up, so this is a new name on the block.
Rankings for the [...]
In: Tertiary Staff
25 Feb 2010Six institutes of technology and polytechnics (ITPs) have been renegotiating a multi-employer collective agreement (MECA) for academic staff with the Tertiary Education Union for almost a year now, but are stuck on some big issues. I thought it was time to have a look at why, so I’ll start off with the convoluted back story [...]
In: Funding| ITOs| Policy| Tertiary Education
20 Feb 2010In a media control move worthy of Tiger Woods, OUSA is seeking to control footage of Orientation events so that broadcasters can’t show “severe intoxication . . . including, but not limited to vomiting, concussion, fighting, individuals receiving medical attention, and sexually explicit material”. It probably sounded good when it was approved but (a) it [...]
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