Archive for the ‘Wananga’ Category

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.

The biggest tertiary education story of the weekend was Prof Sir Paul Callaghan’s death, followed by a group of students drinking in Dunedin. Policy, Management & People Paul Callaghan Prof Sir Paul Callaghan of Victoria has died. There has been recognition from, Victoria, RSNZ, the Government, Labour, Greens, MacDiarmid Institute (plus the Board and International Advisory Board), and Massey. There… Read Full Story.

I covered the closure of Computer Power yesterday and an update of the Dom Post’s story shows how supportive the students are of the provider’s educational approach. Policy, Management & People Christchurch CBD Return Design and Arts College is returning to Christchurch CBD premises and is holding an open-entry opening on Tuesday. Get down and given them some… Read Full Story.

Busy morning meant a late post today. Policy, Management & People Bomb Hoax There was a bomb hoax at Victoria yesterday, resulting in a one hour evacuation while things were checked out (NewstalkZB, Dom Post). Councils Steven Joyce appointed a lawyer and accountant to Victoria’s Council and ex-Fonterra CEO Andrew Ferrier to Auckland’s Council – Auckland wins that… Read Full Story.

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.

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.

Auckland’s Virginia Braun and Gareth Terry are researching the approach of men to body hair – you can take on online survey at the link if you like. Policy, Management & People Upset Students Some Chinese students claim to have been misled by Waikato Institute of Education. Missouri Massey has signed an agreement with the University of Missouri…. Read Full Story.

Euroasia Language Academy had a cute idea to use Graham Henry’s Argentinean role to promote Spanish language learning. They didn’t execute it that well, but cute idea. Policy, Management & People Huffer Clothes I had no idea where to put this story, but Auckland has a new line of Huffer apparel. I checked out the site and it’s… Read Full Story.

Policy, Management & People Welcome Back Andy Lincoln’s new VC is Andy West, who some of you may remember from roles such as TEC Chair and NZQA CE (NZN, BusinessDesk, Fairfax, RNZ, TEU). Waikato EFTS …are up 1% for domestic and 6% for international. Waiariki…international numbers are up at FY 2011 levels already. Odd OUSA RNZ had an odd… Read Full Story.

Aoraki’s Iain Bamber made a speedy exit from MasterChef last night (about 15:30 at that link) – good on him for giving it a go. Policy, Management & People Christchurch Money David Robinson, a guest of the TEU, called for more money for Christchurch tertiary education providers. Hypocrite? Social Development Minister was accused of being a hypocrite for… Read Full Story.


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