Posts Tagged ‘Agriculture’

News 2/7 – Security Scandal, PTE $$ and Job Cuts

In: Facilities & Equipment| Funding| ITOs| ITPs| Quality Assurance| Research| Staff| Students| Universities

2 Jul 2010

There are two posts coming up this morning. At 10.30, a story on new degrees by Harrods and Wal-Mart will be posted. At 11.45, a video with some food for thought on engaging young people will go up. If you want something now, the news below is full of good stories and there has been [...]

News 24/5 – Restructuring Booms, as Does Budget Reaction

In: Funding| ITPs| Staff| Students| Universities

24 May 2010

Restructuring Around the Country

Massey University is closing down its Hawkes Bay teacher education courses, based at EIT. It will maintain its MOE-funded teacher professional development team. The 59 students will be able to transfer to Palmerston North or continue studying by distance. Massey says that the operation is not financially viable. As budgets tighten, it [...]

News 17/5 – ECE Teacher Training Shortage, Gondolas to Massey & BOPP $$

In: Export Education| Facilities & Equipment| Funding| ITPs| Industry Input| PTEs| Students| Universities

17 May 2010

ECE Teacher Shortage Exacerbated The NZ Tertiary College has had to close its enrolments in April after it went over its funding caps. It has 90% course completion rates but has 100 students ready to enrol, plus another 400 on a waiting list. NZTC is a specialist in training early childhood education teachers, which are [...]

Lessons from Farming

In: Tertiary Education

7 Apr 2010

A few years back I was brainstorming with a group about what export education research needed to be done in NZ. Someone suggested that we should replicate the farming model and set up something similar to monitor farms where people could go and learn what works and why in the industry. A story about the [...]


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