Posts Tagged ‘Education’

News 12/8 – Teacher Ed & Public Health Research/Advocacy

In: ITPs| Policy| Research| Universities

12 Aug 2010

Quality Teacher Education Lynn Tozer, an Otago Uni teacher education academic, has writen an op-ed in the ODT about the impacts of squeezing practical elements out of the teacher education programmes in universities. Overall, I think she’s right and that the incorporation of colleges of education into universities had more to do with dreams of [...]

Can Massey’s Management Close a Course?

In: Staff| Students| Universities

22 Jun 2010

I wrote last week that the TEU was challenging the closure of Massey University’s teacher education course in Hawkes Bay (run from EIT’s campus). The details are below.
The union wrote to the chancellor last week saying that it believes the decision is primarily an “academic matter” as per section 182(2) (a) of the Education Act [...]

News 17/6 – HSI Awards, Hospitality Training & Massey’s Dubious Mktg

In: Export Education| ITOs| Industry Input| Students| TEI Issues| Universities

17 Jun 2010

HSI Awards HSI’s annual awards were held on Monday night, NorthTec won Excellence in Training – Qualification Pathways for the third year running while one of their staff. Sue Bartlett, was named Workplace Assessor of the Year.
Hospitality Training There’s a great article here about the tradeoffs between different levels of hospitality training and the needs [...]

News 27/5 – Otago’s Tuatara Love and Teacher Non-Love

In: ITPs| Staff| Universities

27 May 2010

Tuatara Love Film 2 University of Otago science masters students have won two awards at the NZ Reel Earth Environmental Film Awards for a tuatara romance film, In Cold Blood. The film has its own blog if you want to find out more. And finally, you can watch the 25 minute video here if you [...]

News 18/5 – WelTec Swoops In, Teachers’ Council Revolts and KAREN Expands

In: Facilities & Equipment| ICT| ITPs| Registration & Licensing| Staff| Students| Universities

18 May 2010

I caught the first bug of winter today, so sorry about the delay in this news post.

Go to WelTec, Not VUW WelTec has swooped in to encourage students turned away from VUW because of closed enrolments to do an engineering degree with WelTec.
Teachers’ Council Revolts …against new teachers with poor literacy, although the Council’s Director [...]


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