Posts Tagged ‘Hospitality

Dodgy 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.

TEU’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.

VSM 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.

Le 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.

Academic 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.

Funding 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.

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.

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…. Read Full Story.

The 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.


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