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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.
Dr Tracy Berno of Lincoln University (planning manager and tourism academic) is the co-author of the Cookbook of the Year, as decided in the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2010. The winners were announced in Paris… Read Full Story.
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18 Nov 2010TEU’s Annual Advertising Complaint The TEU doesn’t like money being spent on marketing of tertiary education and most years they put out a media release about it when they can secure… Read Full Story.
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4 Nov 2010VSM NZUSA argues that the VSM bill will put high quality tertiary education at risk, while the TEU argues that the Bill will create unfunded costs and workload… Read Full Story.
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16 Sep 2010Le Cordon Bleu, WelTec and UCOL are jointly establishing the Le Cordon Bleu New Zealand Institute and New Zealand Centre for Cuisine and Hospitality Excellence in central Wellington…. Read Full Story.
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15 Sep 2010Academic Freedom Abolished? Well, not really, but Gerry Brownlee could well abolish academic freedom under the draconian legislation approved last night by all parties except the Greens (Correction:… Read Full Story.
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19 Jul 2010Funding for Outcomes: Negative Reaction continues about Steven Joyce’s proposal to look at linking graduate outcomes to funding some time in the future. And it amazes me how simplistic… Read Full Story.
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1 Jul 2010Allowances 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.
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17 Jun 2010HSI 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…. Read Full Story.
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27 Apr 2010The Sparrow The Sparrow, by William Carlos Williams, was one of my favourite poems when I studied at university (“…how he loves to flutter his wings in the… Read Full Story.