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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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19 Jan 2012Policy, 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.
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17 Jan 2012I 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.
The New Year’s Honours List 2012 included many people from the tertiary education sector, so ED Blog would like to restart its Thumbs Up series by recognising the… Read Full Story.
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9 Jan 2012Welcome back everyone! You’ll notice a few differences in 2012, including a transition to a new design look for ED Blog and ED Insider. Please excuse some slow… Read Full Story.
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23 Dec 2011Merry Xmas and have a great holiday break to all of you. Update: posts will resume Monday 9 January. In the meantime, we are posting top stories of… 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.
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9 Dec 2011Policy & Management New ENZ CE Grant McPherson is the new CE of Education New Zealand – he is currently the Deputy CE of NZTE and has a… Read Full Story.
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8 Dec 2011Policy & Management Lincoln Buildings TV3 had a piece last night on Lincoln’s closed-off buildings. Bond Problems Canterbury could be facing problems with its NZDX bonds (NZ Herald)…. Read Full Story.
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5 Dec 2011Policy & Management Christchurch Rebuild The wave of new students/trainees in construction don’t yet have a job to go to, with rebuilding in Christchurch not yet starting –… Read Full Story.