Posts Tagged ‘Learning State

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… Read Full Story.

Christchurch Scholarships Anne Tolley announced 160 Canterbury Earthquake Scholarships of $2,000 pa for three years for Year 13 students in and near Christchurch (NewstalkZB,). Epiphytes Two Waikato students… Read Full Story.

Election Policies The Waikato Times has a good discussion of tertiary education needs and election policies. If I were you, I’d read it. Uni Impact Otago Uni has… Read Full Story.

Psychopaths? In a study just crying out for journalistic, if not academic, review, Victoria’s psychologists release a survey showing commerce students are more likely to display psychopathic tendencies…. Read Full Story.

Tax Experts Tax experts have weighed in on Labour’s proposed new suite of taxes, including Auckland’s Craig Elliffe (before and after), Lincoln’s John McDonagh and Waikato’s Alan Simpson…. Read Full Story.

Jeremy Baker, Executive Director at the Industry Training Federation, is on the move after five years. He’s taking up the role as CE of Learning State, the ITO… Read Full Story.

Lots of interesting stories today and very few tedious media releases! Bye Jonathan! Jonathan Walmisley is moving on from Telford, having served as CE and then as head… Read Full Story.

Gap Filling I’ve liked the idea of CPIT architecture filling in vacant site since I heard of it and they did it last week, with one group creating… Read Full Story.

I’m starting a new monthly feature, giving a few items from ED Insider a wider audience. ED Insider is ED Blog’s big brother, and has strategic information and analysis for tertiary education professionals…. Read Full Story.

Nursing to Unis? The TEU republished, with my consent, an ED Insider post about proposals to shift nursing from ITPs to universities. Shooting Game A third-person shooting game made by a… Read Full Story.


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