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10 Apr 2012

I really like the good hearted intent and the silliness being Flat Man, who helps students out in Christchurch. We need a bit more fun in life. Policy, Management & People Bye Terry BOPP’s Terry Fulljames has retired as Director Academic – he’ll be missed (SunLive). New Profs Otago Poly made Samuel Mann and Sally Pairman professors (ODT)…. Read Full Story.

News 5/4 – Canty Reviews. MIT Rail. Disability Access.

5 Apr 2012

Enjoy your Easter break – the news will be back on Tuesday (I’ll be back at work even if you’re not). Policy, Management & People Grad Survey Universities NZ has released the first results from its new grad survey. Canty Reviews Well, Canterbury is finally doing what I had expected for about a year, which is to go… Read Full Story.

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 3/4 – Computer Power Bought. Coping with Regulation. Death and Atheism.

3 Apr 2012

Nice quite morning on the tertiary education front. Policy, Management & People Computer Power…has been purchased by WelTec and Whitireia (liquidators, NZN). Health Checks…are being loosened for international students (Education NZ). Extras: umu and a grove of native trees for Matariki at Massey Albany; obituary of Sir Paul Callaghan and another by Steve Maharey; Stuart Middleton read the… Read Full Story.

News 2/4 – Computer Power. Flat Man! Dead Dog News.

2 Apr 2012

April Fool’s Day was yesterday so I missed the fun this year – previous efforts are here and here for the curious. Policy, Management & People Chch Boost Lincoln welcomed the $5m for international promotion of Christchurch education. Languages International’s Darren Conway argues for work rights for language students. Computer Power The liquidators announced that WelTec and Whitireia… Read Full Story.

News 30/3 – Allowances Freeze. Chch Marketing $$. Playing for a Prince.

30 Mar 2012

It was great to catch up with some people at the Higher Education Summit in Auckland on Wed-Thur – I’ll try and bring some of the ideas to the Blog in future weeks. Policy, Management & People Allowances Freeze Steven Joyce announced that the parental income threshold for student allowances would not change (RNZ, NZ Herald, NZN, 3… Read Full Story.

News 29/3 – Intl Students Drop. Canty Cuts. Stair Climb.

29 Mar 2012

Off to introduce Steven Joyce as a conference this morning. Any suggestions on what I should say? Policy, Management & People Intl Students Drop…by 37% in Canterbury last year, but were up a bit in the rest of NZ (NewstalkZB, APNZ, The Press, RNZ). And here’s a story on the impact on TEIs. I pointed out much the… 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

PBRF Scam? Probably Not.

27 Mar 2012

My friend David Farrar must have had something strange for breakfast yesterday, because he hyped up a post titled “The Great PBRF Scam“. After that, the TEU, Greens and Labour all climbed in and VUW responded, while NewstalkZB covered it . David also did a roundup post and corrected some errors in his first post. The underlying issue… Read Full Story.

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Tags: PBRF, TEC, Victoria University of Wellington

News 27/3 – Post VSM. Unitec Doco. Keg Party.

27 Mar 2012

An alleged PBRF scam came up yesterday. I think it was rather insubstantial, but needs to be addressed nonetheless and I’ll post about it shortly. Policy, Management & People Post VSM David Farrar wrote yesterday about a post-VSM experience of a law students’ club and argued that students’ associations should take a lesson from them. He makes some… Read Full Story.

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