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18 May 2011Dodgy ITOs? The Minister and TEC put out a release yesterday about recovery of $4.3m from 18/38 ITOs over 2009 enrolments that were not backed by the records… Read Full Story.
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11 Nov 2010Thank to Independent Tertiary Institutions for their hospitality last night at their end of year function at the Beehive. Good to catch up with old friends and hear the Minister, Steven Joyce, talk of… Read Full Story.
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29 Oct 2010Yesterday I reviewed a draft vision statement on nursing by the NZ Nursing Organisation (the union) for ED Insider, which had the following consultation question. “Should bachelor level… Read Full Story.
UCOL’s Nursing Mannequin UCOL has just bought Anne, a training mannequin that can even scream. Cool. Anne can also become Andy with some quick rearrangement. Robotics The University… Read Full Story.
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5 Jul 2010SIT Hostel Scandal The drama goes on, with conflicts of interest now alleged in the maintenance/quality problems at SIT’s associated Grand Hall of Residence. To be honest, the whole affair… Read Full Story.
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11 Jun 2010It looks like NZQA will be replying to my post on property rights a couple of days ago, while a guest post on Monday will cover TEC data… Read Full Story.
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31 May 2010Massey Cuts Access Massey University is closing second semester enrolments early, cutting back summer school offerings and introducing preferential entry based on NCEA results next year. The Manawatu… Read Full Story.
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27 May 2010Tuatara 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… Read Full Story.
In: Export Education|Funding|Staff|Students|TEO & ITO Annual Reports
7 May 2010The Industry Training Federation’s Budget wishlist will be published at 9.30am today, the second in our series. NZUSA’s view will probably be published on Monday. Student Loan Fees… Read Full Story.
In: TEI Issues
16 Apr 2010ITP Councils Several polytechnics commented on their Council members yesterday, covering the Ministerial appointees and/or the local appointees – here are releases from UCOL, Wintec, WelTec and Unitec…. Read Full Story.