Posts Tagged ‘ACT’
ACT’s charter school policy has been debated widely in New Zealand since being released on Monday this week in the ACT-National coalition agreement. This post summarises ACT’s proposals… Read Full Story.
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The NZ Charter Schools Debate #1
6 Dec 2011I’m starting a series of posts on charter schools in New Zealand, a policy announced yesterday in the ACT-National coalition agreement. My aim in the series will be… Read Full Story.
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News 30/9 – Wintec Bomb Threat. VSM Etc. Hector’s Dolphins.
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30 Sep 2011Lincoln on Environment Lincoln University has released the findings of its 6th biennial survey of Peoples’ Perceptions of the State of the New Zealand Environment (link to report)…. Read Full Story.
News 29/9 – VSM Bill Passes. Mapua Toxicity. Cartoon Porn.
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29 Sep 2011VSM Bill Passes ACT’s Heather Roy celebrated her VSM Bill passing, providing freedom of association for students, as did Act on Campus and the Young Nationals (NewstalkZB, RNZ,… Read Full Story.
News 23/9 – Chch TEI $$. Aoraki Cuts. Babies and Weather.
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23 Sep 2011Christchurch TEI $$ Canterbury Uni is calling for more money to support them in 2012, to cover tuition fee losses (they also won a resilience award yesterday). RNZ… Read Full Story.
News 13/9 – Coffee Roasting. E-Cigarettes. RWC Stories.
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13 Sep 2011Coffee Roasting Waikato PhD student Cameron Kelly is checking out how to automate coffee roasting, although his supervisor Prof Jonathan Scott hogged the story. e-Cigarettes Auckland’s Chris Bullen is… Read Full Story.
News 9/9 – Blender Win. VSM. Off to the Ice.
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9 Sep 2011Blender Win The Smoobo blender, which we profiled a while back, has won third place for Massey student Roseanne de Bruin at the Electrolux Design Lab competition in… Read Full Story.
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- Tags: ACT, AUT, Christchurch Quake, EIT, EXMSS, FITEC, International Travel College, King's Education, Massey University, Otago Polytechnic, Student Choice, TEU, Unitec, University of Auckland, University of Canterbury, University of Otago, University of Waikato, Victoria University of Wellington, VSM
News 26/8 – Performance Data. CPIT Strike. Firing VCs.
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26 Aug 2011Performance Data TEC released data on tertiary education organisations educational performance yesterday, with Steven Joyce kicking it off. Various organisations put out releases to promote their version of… Read Full Story.
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- Tags: ACT, AUT, Bay of Plenty Polytechnic, CPIT, Lincoln University, Massey University, Minister - Tert. Ed, NMIT, NorthTec, Otago Polytechnic, SIT, Student Loans and Allowances, TEC, TEU, UCOL, University of Auckland, University of Otago, University of Waikato, Victoria University of Wellington, WelTec
News 23/8 – Libya. TEI $$. Don for TWOA.
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23 Aug 2011Libya Good riddance to Gaddafi and let’s see how long it take to clean up the mess. I’d pick 5-10 years, but if you want to see what… Read Full Story.
News 22/8 – Psychopaths? DHB-Uni Links. Man Drought.
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22 Aug 2011Psychopaths? In a study just crying out for journalistic, if not academic, review, Victoria’s psychologists release a survey showing commerce students are more likely to display psychopathic tendencies…. Read Full Story.
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