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25 Jan 2012Spotlight is a series of posts where ED Blog asks 5 questions of interesting people in tertiary education (see other posts). Today, we have Peter Coolbear, the Director… Read Full Story.
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28 Oct 2011CEISMIC Canterbury’s earthquake digital archive is live and will have a launch event tonight. Welcome Back Peter Peter Coolbear has gone back to lead Ako Aotearoa after a… Read Full Story.
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19 Aug 2011$500K Course Grant Victoria has scored a $500K grant from MSI to help develop a new computer graphics option for its masters degree. The aim is to build… Read Full Story.
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5 Aug 2011AUT Arrest The Police arrested AUT’s former employee Jonathan Kilpatrick and he appeared in the District Court on false accounting and related charges. It seems that he had… Read Full Story.
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4 Aug 2011VSM in 2012 Yesterday I wrote to ED Insider clients that it was exceedingly unlikely that the VSM Bill would be debated that day. I’m happy to admit… Read Full Story.
AUT’S Missing $500K AUT called in police on Monday to investigate $500K that seems to be missing. Sir Paul Reeves… has cancer and will be stepping back from… Read Full Story.
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15 Jul 2011Tax Experts Tax experts have weighed in on Labour’s proposed new suite of taxes, including Auckland’s Craig Elliffe (before and after), Lincoln’s John McDonagh and Waikato’s Alan Simpson…. Read Full Story.
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27 May 2011Every once in a while I go through all those links I’ve saved because they don’t fit the daily news post format, but I still meant to write… Read Full Story.
This is a guest post from Peter Coolbear, Director of Ako Aotearoa. Ako Aotearoa has just released its stock-take report on qualifications and support for tertiary teachers, which… Read Full Story.
SIT’s Grand Hostel SIT CE Penny Simmonds has an opinion piece in The Southland Times about the Grand Hall of Residence, subject of recent student complaints. It is… Read Full Story.