Posts Tagged ‘Education NZ’

News 30/8 – ITO Vision. Angry Council. Telford Expansion?

In: Export Education| Funding| ICT| ITOs| ITPs| Industry| Industry Input| PTEs| Policy| Students| TEO Sector Groups| Tertiary Education| Universities

30 Aug 2010

Forestry Vision ITOs are covered so rarely in the media, but the NZ Herald had a good story today on FITEC and its work with other ITOs to set up the Primary Industries Trade Academy, but the story also  has a wider focus on how industry skills need will be met. In a similar vein, [...]

News 6/8 – Top Teachers, New NZVCC Name (and Quiz 4 U), Canty Excludes 350

In: Export Education| Funding| ITPs| Policy| Research| Staff| TEO Sector Groups| Universities

6 Aug 2010

Tertiary Teaching Excellence Ako Aotearoa held their annual Tertiary Teaching Excellence Awards on Wednesday night. Here are the releases by the winners’ institutions. There are no media stories yet. I think it’s a mistake by Ako Aotearoa to rely simply on the local releases to drive local stories about the winners – this is a big [...]

Education NZ’s Cute New Site

In: Export Education

4 Aug 2010

Education New Zealand launched a cute wee site last month called Learn More Stress Less. The home page has a stylised image of New Zealand, as if Queenstown and Auckland were next to each other, and I quite like the planes, yachts, cars, hikers, hang-gliders and so on that move across the screen.
It is a [...]

News 3/6 – Lost Thumb, Whips, Cheese Rolls and Clean Streams

In: Export Education| ITOs| ITPs| Parliament| Research| Students| Universities

3 Jun 2010

I’d like to start today by expressing my sorrow at the death of Jiayi Li, a Chinese student who came here to learn and grow, but lost her life.

Uni Not Only Option So says the Industry Training Federation, which points out that limited university entrance is not the end of the world.
Zero Fees in Queenstown [...]

News 13/4 – 3 stories on India plus 3 on industry training

In: Export Education| ITOs| Quality Assurance

13 Apr 2010

ITF Research Forum The ITF is promoting their 7th annual Vocational Education and Training Research Forum, which kicks off this week. ED is a sponsor!
Apprentice of the Year The building industry apprentice of the year competition is now getting underway.
Model Training Infratrain is highlighting Taylors Contracting as a model company for its involvement in training.
Cheap [...]

Bottom Feeders Caught in Auckland

In: Export Education| Quality Assurance

9 Apr 2010

I have no time for bottom feeders in education and the latest bunch were highlighted in a Sunday Star Times article at the weekend. API Institute of Education (also using the name Edinburgh Institute of Education) had their registration cancelled by NZQA in February after there were concerns about the quality of results being reported (presumably [...]


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