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26 Mar 2012The biggest tertiary education story of the weekend was Prof Sir Paul Callaghan’s death, followed by a group of students drinking in Dunedin. Policy, Management & People Paul Callaghan Prof Sir Paul Callaghan of Victoria has died. There has been recognition from, Victoria, RSNZ, the Government, Labour, Greens, MacDiarmid Institute (plus the Board and International Advisory Board), and Massey. There… Read Full Story.
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23 Mar 2012VSM has had a big impact around the country – check out what’s happening at Massey. It’s well worth a read. Policy, Management & People Agent’s Apology Yesterday I covered the use of a murdered US student’s image by an Indian immigration consultancy. Overnight I received an apology letter from a director, Justy Mathews, and a link to… Read Full Story.
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22 Mar 2012I covered the closure of Computer Power yesterday and an update of the Dom Post’s story shows how supportive the students are of the provider’s educational approach. Policy, Management & People Christchurch CBD Return Design and Arts College is returning to Christchurch CBD premises and is holding an open-entry opening on Tuesday. Get down and given them some… Read Full Story.
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20 Mar 2012Lots of academics were appointed to government committees yesterday – read the stakeholders section. Policy, Management & People Charter School The TEU doesn’t like that Victoria has shown interest in running a charter school. Extras: EIT graduation release; Kiwiblog on NZUSA’s student loan stats. Research & Innovation Volunteering Massey’s Louise Lee has been looking into employee volunteering. Extras:… Read Full Story.
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19 Mar 2012Many of you will be sad, but Sonny Bill Williams is no longer going out with Auckland student Jaime Ridge, which means that links like this will no longer be the highest clicked of the day. Policy, Management & People Worth More Money? Eek, Canterbury put out a media release headed up “Enrolments show UC worthy of support“,… Read Full Story.
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16 Mar 2012Well, that Key speech yesterday was a bit underwhelming for the tertiary education sector wasn’t it? Not terribly much change or relevance. Policy, Management & People Canterbury EFTS Canterbury’s domestic EFTS are down this year and will result in an $8m drop in fee income. International fees are also down $8m. Key’s Speech John Key’s speech included a… Read Full Story.
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15 Mar 2012Congrats to all those academics participating in the Royal Commission on the Christchurch quake this week. From the media reports, it looks like they have made an excellent contribution to the public sphere by offering suggestions on engineering and architecture options. Policy, Management & People Mergers The latest rumours for Key’s merger announcement are at TV3 and TVNZ,… Read Full Story.
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13 Mar 2012Well the rumours are about that MED, DOL, MSI and TEC may be merged (interest.co.nz). Stuff had it this morning as MED, NZTE and MSI, with maybe DOL and/or TEC – the first three (maybe plus TEC) sounds more plausible. Policy, Management & People Waikato Halls Waikato is spending $7.5m on renovating two hostel blocks. ITOs to Merge… Read Full Story.
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9 Mar 2012Euroasia Language Academy had a cute idea to use Graham Henry’s Argentinean role to promote Spanish language learning. They didn’t execute it that well, but cute idea. Policy, Management & People Huffer Clothes I had no idea where to put this story, but Auckland has a new line of Huffer apparel. I checked out the site and it’s… Read Full Story.
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8 Mar 2012Auckland’s Rochelle Constantine is doing good work to save whales in the Hauraki Gulf (RNZ). Policy, Management & People Youth Guarantee Hekia Parata and Steven Joyce announced some Youth Guarantee and trades academy stats that you probably already knew, maybe at the time of the 2011 Budget. The Maori Party’s Te Ururoa Flavell welcomed them. TEI Governance Steven… Read Full Story.