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21 Dec 2011Policy & Management Whitireia Buildings Whitireia has pulled out of a $3m contribution to a performing arts development in Porirua, both because they’ve moved their course into Wellington… Read Full Story.
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2 Dec 2011Policy & Management Canterbury Woes Canterbury will have an $11.4m budgeted loss next year, based on their media release – different figures were reported in media yesterday (TV3,… Read Full Story.
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24 Nov 2011Policy & Management Rally Here’s some coverage of the TEU-NZUSA rally last week. Ashburton Challenges…in literacy provision, that is. Extras: Labour’s David Cunliffe mentions defence college at Massey… Read Full Story.
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13 Oct 2011Rena Victoria’s Prof Neil Curtis says the ship’s cargo, some of which is hazardous, should not be a big problem. Waikato’s Chris Battershill says environmental recovery will take… Read Full Story.
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29 Sep 2011VSM Bill Passes ACT’s Heather Roy celebrated her VSM Bill passing, providing freedom of association for students, as did Act on Campus and the Young Nationals (NewstalkZB, RNZ,… Read Full Story.
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23 Sep 2011Christchurch TEI $$ Canterbury Uni is calling for more money to support them in 2012, to cover tuition fee losses (they also won a resilience award yesterday). RNZ… Read Full Story.
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8 Sep 2011VSM The VSM Bill passed its committee stage Earlier in the day students called for a compromise, but they had already lodged a request for an urgent Waitangi… Read Full Story.
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8 Jul 2011Yesterday was the first weekday news post missed since ED Blog started, other than the Xmas break and public holidays. Sorry for that, but my media monitoring site… Read Full Story.
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6 Jul 2011Plumbing Stoush The Plumbing ITO and industry are going on the attack about training by providers – Unitec responded. It’s the renewal of a very long conflict that… Read Full Story.
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13 Jun 2011White Terraces Found I was pretty happy about scientists finding the Pink Terraces in January but it turns out they also found the White Terraces (TVNZ), but only… Read Full Story.