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News 7/9 – Quake Photos and Info Plus Massey Website
In: Facilities & Equipment| Government on Industry| ICT| ITPs| Industry| Industry Input| Tertiary Education| Universities
7 Sep 2010Quake 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 back up and running with comprehensive info and photos. Their Memorial Hall has major damage (see photo at left), but other buildings will be able to be fixed [...]
Review of Chch Quake Impact on Tertiary
In: Facilities & Equipment| ITOs| ITPs| PTEs| Tertiary Education| Universities| Wananga
6 Sep 2010This post summarises all the info on the Christchurch quake received so far – another post was produced on Saturday and updated until now. Please use the contact form (Contact Us on the top menu) if you have any info.
The University of Canterbury is closed until Monday 13 September, when they open for Term 4. [...]
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- Tags: Aoraki Polytechnic, ATITO, Avonmore Tertiary Institute, Christchurch Quake, Design & Arts College, Going Places, Laidlaw College, Lincoln University, Natcoll, NZAPEP, Sir George Seymour College, SIT, Tai Poutini Polytechnic, TWOA, University of Canterbury, University of Otago, WelTec
News 6/9 – Quake, Completions, Fees, Top Apprentices
In: Policy
6 Sep 2010Coverage of the Christchurch quake’s impact on the tertiary education sector is at this post, which has been updated over the weekend
Quake Study Scientists from GNS Science, Victoria University of Wellington and Stanford University in the US have joined colleagues from Canterbury University to deploy about 40 portable earthquake instruments to record aftershocks over the next few [...]
Tertiary Damage of Chch Quake (TWOA, WelTec Update)
In: Facilities & Equipment| ITOs| ITPs| PTEs| Tertiary Education| Universities| Wananga
4 Sep 2010This post on damage in the tertiary education sector from the Christchurch earthquake will be updated as info becomes available. The timing of the quake and a lot of luck means that there are no deaths and few serious injuries so far, but the cleanup bill looks enormous. For general info, go to Stuff or [...]
News 3/9 – First Marketing on Completion Rates. New TEU Prez.
In: Funding| ICT| ITPs| PTEs| Policy| Staff| Students| TEO Sector Groups| Tertiary Education| Universities
3 Sep 2010First Marketing on Completion Rates Lifeway College is the first provider to use its students’ completions as a marketing tool. They’re promoting a 93% qualification achievement rate according to “the official statistics submitted to the Tertiary Education Commission”, so I assume they’re talking about the soon to be published stats. I’d expect a lot more [...]
News 1/9 – Labour Defends ITPs. Drug Prices.
In: Export Education| Funding| Government on Industry| ITPs| Industry| Policy| Tertiary Education| Universities
1 Sep 2010Labour Defends ITPs Labour’s Grant Robertson is defending ITPs from funding cuts and roll caps. He noted that the ”Chief Executive of SIT has said the latest cut was ‘something of a surprise’”. Ha ha, if Penny Simmonds was ever surprised at TEC wanting to cut SIT’s funding, it would amaze me!! Grant is also in [...]
News 31/8 – Blog Paper, SIT’s Lower $$ and Wgtn Buildings
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31 Aug 2010A Use for Yesterday’s Blogs A Massey grad has had his work selected for the Anti Design festival in London. He created Blog Roll by developing a software programme that takes the content of any blog and prints it through a fax machine into a 45-metre long roll of one-ply paper. Hmm, maybe there’s my [...]
News 26/8 – Fake Websites Gone. WITT in the Black.
In: ITOs| ITPs| PTEs| Staff| Students| TEO & ITO Annual Reports| Tertiary Education| Universities| Wananga
26 Aug 2010Fake Websites Gone The fake websites of 41 NZ tertiary providers that were put up in China have been taken down after complaints. I was chatting to a regular blog reader yesterday who had uncovered it, so it shows we’ve got a smart audience!
WITT Posts Surplus!!! WITT had a $1.2m surplus last year and even improve [...]
News 25/8 – Lincoln-Telford Merger & Stolen Websites
In: Export Education| Facilities & Equipment| ITPs| Policy| Staff| TEI Issues| Universities
25 Aug 2010Lincoln and Telford The merger proposal is moving on, with the Minister calling for submissions on a formal proposal and the institutions releasing details. Stories have been published by NZPA and the ODT.
TEU Won’t Sue NMIT…well, this time anyway
Free Flat “I am very proud to welcome these fine students to UC Accommodation Student Village”, said regular ED [...]
News 20/8 – Credit Card, Cheats and League Tables
In: Export Education| Facilities & Equipment| Funding| ICT| ITPs| Students| Universities
20 Aug 2010Pim’s Credit Card Waiariki has gone on the front foot over having its CE’s credit card bill listed as one of the biggest in the public sector. Pim Borren has pointed out that most of it related to international student marketing, with revenues from that area booming.
Cheating Students Lincoln Uni has proportionally the most cheats amongst NZ’s [...]
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- News 7/9 – Quake Photos and Info Plus Massey Website
- Review of Chch Quake Impact on Tertiary
- Thoughts on Performance Statistics
- News 6/9 – Quake, Completions, Fees, Top Apprentices
- Tertiary Damage of Chch Quake (TWOA, WelTec Update)
- WITT’s Challenge – Ask for More Money or Find Savings?
- News 3/9 – First Marketing on Completion Rates. New TEU Prez.
- Thoughts on WISA
- News 2/9 – Vic Debaters Win. Massey’s Cleaners and Entry Standards.
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