Posts Tagged ‘Bay of Plenty Polytechnic

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.

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.

Wow, tertiary education certainly exploded in the media yesterday as the government started ramping up for its public sector restructuring announcement today. Policy, Management & People Loans John Key said yesterday that interest would be staying off student loans because it was good politics even if it was bad economics (RNZ, The Standard), but National would rein in… 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.

Auckland’s Rochelle Constantine is doing good work to save whales in the Hauraki Gulf (RNZ). Policy, Management & People Youth Guarantee Hekia Parata and Steven Joyce announced some Youth Guarantee and trades academy stats that you probably already knew, maybe at the time of the 2011 Budget. The Maori Party’s Te Ururoa Flavell welcomed them. TEI Governance Steven… 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.

There’s a typeface design exhibition at Massey (Fairfax) and there’s a really cute typeface done by an 8 year old (photos at both links); Policy, Management & People Saving Paper BOPP is saving paper, with Dean Ellery overseeing the process. New Dean Here’s a profile of new medical/health dean at Auckland, Prof John Fraser. Extras: Waikato is involved… Read Full Story.

169 students have been met by the proctor at Otago Uni after Orientation bad behaviour – good to see direct consequences for those causing trouble, which is better than just banning things for everyone. Policy, Management & People Student Action NZUSA and AUSA got active on Friday, with NZUSA arguing against student loans as did their affiliated Tertiary… 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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