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1 Mar 2012Canterbury has revealed a 2011 $9.5m surplus before insurance payments (The Press), but the after insurance payments surplus of $30m is said to be misleading for various reasons, such as capital costs (which sound reasonable). Overall, they’re not in a great position, as we knew. Policy, Management & People Massey Staff Cuts 25 jobs are apparently on the… Read Full Story.
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29 Feb 2012Aoraki’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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28 Feb 2012Waikato has saved 57 trees through emailing their accounts – how many trees have you saved? Policy, Management & People New Marae…opened at Wintec (Waikato Times). Top Chef? Aoraki’s Iain Bamber made the top 25 of MasterChef. Carpooling…at Canterbury. Extras: Pacific Trades Scholarships funding of $6m – how many times will this be announced? (RNZI); Waikato’s Prof Jacqueline… Read Full Story.
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27 Feb 2012Students are apparently fleeing NZ and while Auckland’s Stats Chat debunks the survey results a little, the overall figure align with recent MOE research I reviewed for ED Insider. We do, as we know, have a real problem of grads going, and staying, offshore. Policy, Management & People Student Fee Problem The NZ Herald had a story at… Read Full Story.
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22 Feb 2012The Christchurch quake has had an enormous impact on many in the tertiary education sector, especially the friends and family of the 8 staff and 64 students King’s Education who died. It has also affected all those working and studying in tertiary education in Christchurch, as they struggle with changing enrolment numbers, damaged facilities and personal impacts. I… Read Full Story.
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20 Feb 2012The next time someone says that academics don’t speak publicly, I’ll get them to read a weekend’s worth of my Public Issues section! It’s a big one today. Policy, Management & People Problem PTEs The NZ Herald’s Andrew Laxon continues his good work highlighting problem PTEs – there’s a short and long story. Labour’s Grant Robertson says more… Read Full Story.
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13 Feb 2012If you’re on Twitter, why not follow Steven Joyce? He joined up last year but only really started tweeting last week and seems to be having some fun with it. Policy, Management & People Fake Security School The Genesis International College of Security will probably face legal action from NZQA. I wasn’t sure what they’d do them for earlier,… Read Full Story.
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9 Feb 2012I’m now starting news posts with a top story and today’s is the great op-ed in the ODT about student flats from OUSA president Logan Edgar. Comms people could learn a thing or two from this guy – so could I. Policy, Management & People Waiariki Art Waiariki launched a new art collection last night – I’ll write more later. Liquor Ban… Read Full Story.
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7 Feb 2012Policy, Management & People Wings Clipped The flight training school that was the focus of a bad IEAA report has closed down. The Wings Flight Training Academy owner said the students were out to get him: “RP Singh is like an innocent-looking rabbit in the forest when you’ve got 10 greyhounds trying to kill him”. I challenge people… Read Full Story.
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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 younger students and research money to help the private sector). It is not surprising that NZUSA wasn’t too worried about shifting funding towards younger students as most student reps are…younger… Read Full Story.