Archive for the ‘Tertiary Education’ Category

Policy, Management & People Diving Deaths There will be no charges for a training provider, subcontracted to Adventure Education, that had two students die as there was no… Read Full Story.

Policy, Management & People Timetabling Staff are upset at Canterbury’s new timetable but apparently it’s set to meet student needs. There are some interesting issues raised in the… Read Full Story.

Policy, Management & People New TV Ads I was going to write a post about new TV ads put out by ITPs, but StopPress wrote much the same… Read Full Story.

The Centre for Strategic Studies at Victoria University of Wellington has been named the 28th in The Global Go To Think Tanks Report 2011. Now, to be fair,… Read Full Story.

Policy, Management & People Enrolment Trends Aoraki is bursting its seams in Ashburton. Canterbury’s enrolment release was covered by RNZ and The Press. Massey HB Visit VC Steve… Read Full Story.

Policy, Management & People PEI Post-Mortem The Taranaki Daily News did an editorial and story on Practical Education Institute yesterday. They have finally found TEC course completion stats… Read Full Story.

Policy, Management & People PEI There are more stories on Practical Education Institute’s closure from RNZ (2,700 students and 700 EFTS, with 80% being on the course for… Read Full Story.

Spotlight is a series of posts where ED Blog asks 5 questions of interesting people in tertiary education (see other posts). Today, we have Rick Ede, the CE… Read Full Story.

I forgot to welcome people back to work yesterday, as the tertiary education sector gradually starts filling up again. You’ll notice the site is looking a bit different… Read Full Story.

Policy, Management & People Aviation Liquidation Bay Flight Aviation closed just before Xmas, apparently leaving 20 staff and 60 students in limbo. A buyer is being sought and… Read Full Story.


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