Posts Tagged ‘KAREN

Budget An Otago Uni student quite liked the Budget, while the ODT had a roundup of comment, including support from Queenstown Resort College and Otago Uni’s medical faculty…. Read Full Story.

F### You…is what a University of Auckland facilities management guy wrote in an asset management system report (he wrote one letter in each of seven consecutive rows) . His bosses weren’t that impressed… Read Full Story.

Unitec Stabbing The Police have arrested two people, which is good quick work, neither of whom seem to be Unitec students. Quake Stories Tiki Taane sang to some… Read Full Story.

Aoraki’s Low Morale? The TEU is claiming low morale at Aoraki Polytechnic, although the CE denies it. Four outdoor education tutors have, however, all fallen sick at the… Read Full Story.

Uni Staff Shortages A TVNZ piece ran last night on the Universities NZ academic staff workforce report –Eric Crampton also wrote a blog post on it, with some… Read Full Story.

First Year Cut Otago Uni has cut its first year intake by 224 as it seeks to manage its overall numbers. New Visa Rules New immigration rules will… Read Full Story.

I had a few offline comments last week about my post on Roy Sharp’s retirement. The tenor was that I had been too soft, that Roy hadn’t done… Read Full Story.

Education Performance Stats The Manawatu Standard has written a story with the headline “Massey fights worst university ranking” and covers defences from the Uni, TEU and students. Of… Read Full Story.

Quake News (more details at this post from yesterday, but the following info is an update) Lincoln University gave everyone a week’s extension on assignments. Their website is… Read Full Story.

PEDA Affair Hits Tertiary You may have heard of the Pacific Economic Development Agency allocation in the Budget – $4.8m for a new body in a non-contestable allocation…. 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 [...]