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27 Apr 2012

ED Blog is starting some advertising and the ITF is our first client – mainly because they asked J. It’s a bit of a trial, and I imagine the focus will be on advertising ED services, conferences, a few jobs, and maybe TEOs telling peers about great achievements. Policy, Management & People Budget The Government has tight finances… Read Full Story.

News 24/4 – Odd Loan Protest. Durie Medal. Rena Thanks.

24 Apr 2012

Good to see the Massey Rena team being thanked and I wonder how many people were inspired to be vets or other roles due to their work. Policy, Management & People Odd Loan Protest AUSA is showing how desperate students are for cash by paying them to “undertake extreme challenges such as mass lube wrestling, eating pigs eyes… Read Full Story.

News 17/4 – China Trip. Selling the Farm. Cellar Course.

17 Apr 2012

I had a great day yesterday at the NZAS conference and was impressed that the average age was about 30 – they certainly got lots of emerging scientists along. Policy, Management & People Silly Hat Andy West was welcomed to Lincoln as the new VC and got to wear a silly hat. China Trip Unitec’s Rick Ede is… Read Full Story.

News 16/4 – Students Going Offshore. ANZAC Opera. Gnome Theft.

16 Apr 2012

I’m off to the NZ Assn of Scientists conference today and may be tweeting up a storm. The event looks good and will be topical after last week’s research announcements. Policy, Management & People Students Going Offshore Fairfax had a story at the weekend about top students doing their undergrad degree offshore, which then moved on to NZ… Read Full Story.

News 13/4 – PBRF Gaming. Rutherford Changes. Uni Games.

13 Apr 2012

Bit of excitement around the PBRF yesterday – check it out below. Policy, Management & People PBRF Gaming The TEC changed the PBRF rules yesterday, sparking blog posts by such luminaries as Eric Crampton and David Farrar (and me), but no mainstream media interest. The TEU welcomed the TEC’s efforts. Rutherford Changes Steven Joyce announced some changes to… Read Full Story.

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News 4/4 – Joyce Won’t Help. ITO Merger. Art Sabbatical.

4 Apr 2012

I enjoyed last night’s launch of The New Zealand Initiative, the merger of the NZ Business Roundtable and the NZ Institute. I’m sure we’ll hear a lot more about them. Policy, Management & People Joyce Won’t Help…to keep Canterbury arts courses off the chopping block, after a TEU request to help. Of course, Ministers shouldn’t get involved in… Read Full Story.

News 28/3 – Canterbury Closures. Farming Top 40. Hector’s Dolphins.

28 Mar 2012

I’m chairing day 2 of the Higher Education Summit tomorrow so tomorrow’s post may be a bit shorter than normal. I hope to see a few readers up there. Policy, Management & People Canterbury Closures? Canterbury plans to close the theatre and film studies, American studies and cultural studies programmes. They have 74.1 EFTS and 9 FTE staff,… Read Full Story.

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Tags: ATTTO, AUT, CPIT, Lincoln University, Maori, Massey University, NMIT, Otago Polytechnic, PBRF, TWOA, Unitec, University of Auckland, University of Canterbury, University of Otago, University of Waikato, WelTec

News 19/3 – File Sharing. Islam and Murray Deaker. Competenz Results.

19 Mar 2012

Many of you will be sad, but Sonny Bill Williams is no longer going out with Auckland student Jaime Ridge, which means that links like this will no longer be the highest clicked of the day. Policy, Management & People Worth More Money? Eek, Canterbury put out a media release headed up “Enrolments show UC worthy of support“,… Read Full Story.

News 16/3 – Canterbury EFTS. Services ITOs. Second Class Students?

16 Mar 2012

Well, that Key speech yesterday was a bit underwhelming for the tertiary education sector wasn’t it? Not terribly much change or relevance. Policy, Management & People Canterbury EFTS Canterbury’s domestic EFTS are down this year and will result in an $8m drop in fee income. International fees are also down $8m. Key’s Speech John Key’s speech included a… Read Full Story.

News 15/3 – Grad Incomes. Laws of War. Maui’s Dolphins.

15 Mar 2012

Congrats to all those academics participating in the Royal Commission on the Christchurch quake this week. From the media reports, it looks like they have made an excellent contribution to the public sphere by offering suggestions on engineering and architecture options. Policy, Management & People Mergers The latest rumours for Key’s merger announcement are at TV3 and TVNZ,… Read Full Story.

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