Posts Tagged ‘ESITO

Policy & Management Whitireia-WelTec Merger Steven Joyce has approved the Whitireia-WelTec council merger. Fees There were fears that Otago Uni’s fees would rise by 4% and they did…. Read Full Story.

Policy & Management Maori Education RNZ had two rather weak stories yesterday, referring to WITT holding its own on Te Reo Maori against TWOA (which “has several North… Read Full Story.

Explaining is Losing I love the PR/politics phrase that “explaining is losing” and it applies perfectly to this headline: “Varsities not rolling in cash – Maharey“. VSM In… Read Full Story.

Canterbury is closed today, as is Lincoln, CPIT and other Christchurch providers. Aoraki is also closed. Snowy Days Two Nepalese students at WITT were interviewed about the snow…. Read Full Story.

CHCH101 Canterbury’s paper on rebuilding Christchurch has stirred some comment about whether it is easy credits or a great way to integrate real life into academic study (RNZ)… Read Full Story.

Hmm, this post was supposed to go on my subscription site, ED Insider, but I posted it here by mistake. Oh well, there’s a first time for everything… Read Full Story.

Akld Intl Airport Closed Down! Well, their PTE has been closed by NZQA for not filing returns.  It may be sad news for AIA (but they may have wanted… Read Full Story.

Spend more on Unis? Universities New Zealand has released a report by NZIER that apparently “that government investment in New Zealand’s universities provides a significant permanent increase to… Read Full Story.

Allowances Boom in 09 Steven Joyce was on Morning Report yesterday talking about student allowances increases in 2009, while NZUSA put out a release about it too. Allowances eligibility… Read Full Story.

 ED is sponsoring the Industry Training Federation’s Vocational Education and Training Research Forum today and tomorrow. The ITF has provided three research summaries that we are running as guest… Read Full Story.


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  • Richard Hamilton-Williams: Tinkering with funding on the basis of the age of students doesn’t have a very successful track re [...]
  • dean: I loved that you started to question my own motives. BTW. [...]
  • dean: Well, err, um i was actually trying to point out how potentially futile ascribing motive to somethin [...]
  • Dave Guerin: Dean, an organisation can argue as it wishes. Given the collection of stories and releases today, NZ [...]
  • dean: Sigh, really ... You question (am I right in saying negatively?) an organisation's motives on som [...]