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14 Nov 2011

Policy & Management Apprenticeships A Retail Meat ITO board member is on the soapbox for a Stuff election story on apprenticeships. Raukawa Te Mana Akonga president says that students are happy with Te Wananga O Raukawa. New Services Academies Anne Tolley has announced 8 new Services Academies in schools. Seismic Survey Otago Poly’s building should be OK in… Read Full Story.

News 11/11 – Russian Links. Unitec Settles. Students Get YouTube Deal.

11 Nov 2011

Policy & Management Russian Links The Pacific International Hotel Management School is developing links with Vladivostok University. Unitec Settles The TEU and Unitec have settled a collective agreement. Auckland pay talks are going slowly under mediation, but these are between the PSA and the Uni (correction: the TEU is the advocate for PSA and TEU general staff members)…. Read Full Story.

News 8/11 – Bar Fight. New Film School Head. Building Warning.

8 Nov 2011

Policy & Management Bar Fight The fight over the student bar at Canterbury continues – the Uni is playing a very straight bat but you could hardly be aggressive over putting a bar next to a primary school… New Film School Head Sashi Meanger will be the new head of the NZ Film and Television School in Wellington…. Read Full Story.

News 2/11 – Xmas Completions. 4000 Year Donation.

2 Nov 2011

My media monitoring supplier celebrated the first day of our new contract by cutting off my access, so today’s post may miss a few things as some new Google Alerts I set up last night start operating – should all be fine by tomorrow. Policy & Management Aoraki Changes The ODT has a story about how Aoraki should… Read Full Story.

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Tags: ACE, Aoraki Polytechnic, EIT, FITEC, Labour, Lincoln University, Massey University, National, Otago Polytechnic, Retail Institute, TEU, University of Auckland, University of Canterbury, University of Otago, University of Waikato, WITT

News 21/10 – Demolish, Build. Quake & Religion. WITT in the News.

21 Oct 2011

Thanks to all those who filled in the ED Blog survey – well over 100 of you. I’ll close it at 5pm today and provide feedback next week. Demolish, Build Fresh from announcing the demolition of two buildings, Canterbury is building a new one, as long as the resource consents go through (Gerry Brownlee can sort that out… Read Full Story.

News 17/10 – Rena Grounding. Tourism Dropped. Compulsory English?

17 Oct 2011

The Rena Grounding shows again the great contribution that academics can make to both understanding and addressing problems, and the willingness of students to volunteer to help. Congrats to all those involved. Quake Skateboard A Canterbury engineering student has designed a skateboard to deal with quake-created terrain. Rena Grounding Over 1,000 birds have died and 130 have been… Read Full Story.

News 14/10 – Rena. PBRF. Camping Out.

14 Oct 2011

Rena Waikato’s’ Chris Battershill spoke to the Science Media Centre, RNZ and the Bay of Plenty Times about the impacts of the oil spill, and to the NZ Herald about sand extraction. You can check out a video of the Massey-organised team cleaning a penguin (and it then swimming in the rehab pool) and an overview of the… Read Full Story.

News 12/10 – Tool Blacks. Rena Grounding. Student Dies.

12 Oct 2011

Tool Blacks Almost 1,000 young people from 50 countries participated in the WorldSkills competition. 7 of our Tool Blacks team were placed in the top half of the field. SODA Tick Wintec’s SODA business incubator has been given an official tick by NZTE. Rena Grounding Victoria’s Joanna Mossop advises on the ship owner’s liability. The Manawatu Standard has… Read Full Story.

News 11/10 – Mehrtens vs Robot. Labour Policy. Red Tape.

11 Oct 2011

Mehrtens vs Robot Andrew Mehrtens drew with a Massey Albany robot in a goal kicking competition (NZN, APNZ, Auckland Now, NewstalkZB, Fairfax, 3News, The Press). Labour Policy Labour MP David Shearer wrote about his party’s new policy and NZUSA liked it but wanted more. Grounded Ship The Massey-led wildlife team is swelling in numbers but they’re still waiting for… Read Full Story.

News 10/10 – Labour Policy. Ship Cleanup. Waiariki Decision.

10 Oct 2011

Labour Policy Labour released their tertiary education policy on Friday (media release). The ACE sector liked it. Ship Cleanup Massey’s Brett Gartrell and his team is looking to scare birds away from the oil slick (media conference video). SIT’s Teri McClelland is also on the wildlife team. About six penguins were washed down, or five penguins and 2… Read Full Story.

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