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News 3/10 – Massey Teacher Ed. Vic Solar Bach. Languages International.
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3 Oct 2011Massey Teacher Ed Massey is planning to phase out 3-4 year teacher education primary/ECE courses at undergrad level and replace them with a one year postgrad programme, and NZEI and students are upset (NZEI, NZEI Young and New Members, Manawatu Standard). Vic Solar Bach The solar bach from Victoria gained 3rd place overall (out of 19 teams) at… Read Full Story.
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- Tags: Aoraki Polytechnic, AUT, Bay of Plenty Polytechnic, BCITO, CPIT, Labour, Languages International, Lincoln University, Massey University, Minister - Tert. Ed, NMIT, NorthTec, NZEI, NZIM, UCOL, University of Auckland, University of Canterbury, University of Otago, University of Waikato, Victoria University of Wellington, VSM, Waiariki Institute of Technology, Wintec
News 27-9 – VSM Protests. CPIT Strike. NZCECE Sale.
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27 Sep 2011VSM Protests There was a medium sized noisy protest up in Auckland yesterday about voluntary student membership (as well as fees and democracy on campus). It wasn’t organised by the students’ assn, but by the We are the University group (Facebook page, website) which has a few Worker’s Party, Socialist Aotearoa and Unite influences. Anyway, it’s no biggie… 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 covered the issues. At least Canterbury has $110K for its gardens. Aoraki Cuts Aoraki Poly may cut 20 staff as it looks to cut the following courses: L2 computing, L1… Read Full Story.
News 5/9 – QS Rankings. Canty Skills. Brown NZ Policy?
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5 Sep 2011QS Rankings Otago Uni is up, the others are down and Auckland remains on top in the latest QS World University Rankings. Canterbury Skills The BCITO and Master Builders’ Federation are arguing that NZ’s trades workforce needs to double to rebuild Christchurch and deal with other issues like leaky homes, while the chair of the Canterbury Employment and… Read Full Story.
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- Tags: AUT, Bay of Plenty Polytechnic, BCITO, Christchurch Quake, CPIT, CTC Aviation Group, Lincoln University, Massey University, Otago Polytechnic, UCOL, University of Auckland, University of Canterbury, University of Otago, University of Waikato, Victoria University of Wellington, WelTec
News 2/9 – Canterbury Cuts. Auckland’s VIPs. Staff Negotiations.
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2 Sep 2011Sorry for the delay today – the car had a flat battery and the AA guy suggested I drive it for 45 minutes to recharge it, so the morning went south from there. Canterbury Cuts Busy day on this issue! News broke yesterday of cuts of up to 350 jobs at the University of Canterbury, with the TEU calling… Read Full Story.
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- Tags: Aoraki Polytechnic, BCITO, Christchurch Quake, CPIT, EIT, Labour, Lincoln University, Massey University, NMIT, NZUSA, SIT, TEC, TEU, UCOL, Unitec, University of Auckland, University of Canterbury, University of Otago, University of Waikato, USNZ, Victoria University of Wellington, VSM, Waiariki Institute of Technology, WelTec, Whitireia Community Polytechnic, Youth
News 31/8 – King’s Education. Good Work AUT! Pest Management.
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31 Aug 2011King’s Education It’s a harrowing read, but the Coroner yesterday detailed the causes of death for 64 students, with 17 dying from the effect of fire (NZPA, RNZ). The sister of a dead King’s Education tutor said her boss asked her to breach the cordon after the September 2010 quake. A King’s Education director denied that, saying that… Read Full Story.
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- Tags: AUT, BCITO, Christchurch Quake, CPIT, Education NZ, EIT, HSI, King's Education, Lincoln University, Massey University, NMIT, NZUSA, Student Loans and Allowances, UCOL, Unitec, University of Auckland, University of Canterbury, University of Otago, University of Waikato, USNZ, Victoria University of Wellington, WITT
News 11/8 – UE Changes. Student Games. Old Loans.
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11 Aug 2011UE Changes NZQA has changed University Entrance (UE) requirements, sparking comment from Business NZ, the Tourism Industry Assn (dislike) and Universities NZ (support) and stories from RNZ, Dom Post, TV3, NewstalkZB and NZ Herald – the latter is the best one, with some good comments by NZUSA.. Student Games 12 Massey students are part of a 62-strong group… Read Full Story.
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- Tags: AUT, Bay of Plenty Polytechnic, BCITO, Business NZ, Christchurch Quake, CPIT, EIT, ITF, Labour, Lincoln University, Massey University, National, NMIT, NZQA, NZUSA, Open Polytechnic, Otago Polytechnic, Student Loans and Allowances, Tourism, Training Opportunities, Universities NZ, University of Auckland, University of Canterbury, University of Otago, University of Waikato, Victoria University of Wellington, VSM, Wintec
Labour’s Building Folly
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27 Jul 2011Labour’s Phil Goff and Clayton Cosgrove have criticised the Government over the plummeting number of building and construction trainees in Canterbury. Unfortunately their claims don’t stand up to basic analysis and were published a few days after the ITO announced that Canterbury construction trainees were shooting up! Labour has been a weak Opposition over tertiary education issues and it would be better for the country if they gave the… Read Full Story.
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- Tags: BCITO, Construction, Labour, Minister - Tert. Ed, TEC
News 26/7 – Climate of Freedom. Snow Day. No Quake Escape.
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26 Jul 2011FYI I have a new role as a board member of Careerforce, an ITO that serves the health, disability and aged support sectors. I’m planning to pick up a few more directorships across the tertiary education sector , but will still stay out of any lobbying role. Since Careerforce doesn’t get in the news very often, I don’t think it will affect… Read Full Story.
News 22/7 – Canty Students Riot. BCITO Numbers Up. Degustation in Chch.
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22 Jul 2011Canty Students Riot Well, Wednesday night started off well, with the Canterbury University Boardriders Assn riding a snow ramp in a uni carpark. But an unofficial after party ended with four students being arrested, and “all 15″ Christchurch Police on duty had to attend. There was a bonfire, bottles were thrown, cars were jumped on and Police could… Read Full Story.
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