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8 Sep 2011

VSM 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 Tribunal claim over the Bill (RNZ, NewstalkZB). Later last night the Bill passed its committee stage and is likely to pass its third and final reading on Sep 28 and… Read Full Story.

News 7-8/7 – Great White Sharks. VSM. Capital Gains Tax.

8 Jul 2011

Yesterday 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 was so slow that connections were being lost and I couldn’t access the stories. I’ll have a back-up system running on Monday. Great White Sharks Auckland Uni (with NIWA and… Read Full Story.

News 6/7 – Plumbing Stoush. Trout as Stoats. Canterbury Scholarships.

6 Jul 2011

Plumbing 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 had seemed to die down, but maybe ITOs are getting sick of being the victim (BTW, could be more on ITOs being a victim today). Trout as Stoats In an absurd storey,… Read Full Story.

News 13/6 – Picking Winners. King’s Education Inquest. ITF Changes.

13 Jun 2011

White 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 found out after going through all the data (and then waited until the 125th anniversary of their destruction to announce it). Waikato Uni was involved. Picking Winners KPMG has proposed… Read Full Story.

News 13/5 – Canterbury Trades $$. Driller $$. League Tables.

13 May 2011

Canterbury Trades $$ Steven Joyce announced a package for trades training in Christchurch. This includes up to 3,000 more construction-related training at ITPs in Christchurch and around the country (reprioritisation of existing funding), $42m for additional places at ITPs, ITOs and PTEs if required, accelerated training, ITO skills brokers, Work and Income to subsidise 650 people by end… Read Full Story.

News 15/3 – Tent Teaching. Chinese Compensation? Printing Houses.

15 Mar 2011

Tent Teaching University of Canterbury VC Rod Carr says the tent lectures are in part because they are replacing heavy ceiling tiles in their main lecture theatres with lighter ones. Apparently, the Uni hasn’t taught in tents since the 1800s. Chinese Compensation? Chinese families will not get extra compensation for loved ones lost in the quake, says John… Read Full Story.

News 15/2 – Aoraki’s Low Morale? Maori Farming. Earthquake Repairs.

15 Feb 2011

Aoraki’s Low Morale? The TEU is claiming low morale at Aoraki Polytechnic, although the CE denies it. Four outdoor education tutors have, however, all fallen sick at the start of the year, which looks odd. Maori Farming Taratahi Agricultural Training Centre continues to expand – first it went to Taranaki, then Hawkes Bay and now it’s up to… Read Full Story.

News 14/2 – Wananga Institute, Fruit Sugar, Vet Nurse School

14 Feb 2011

Wananga Institute There’s an interesting media release about Te Wananga O Raukawa here. First, they’re establishing an Institute of Maori Lifestyle Advancement, which I’m sure will get negative headlines in future for it’s silly name (imagine what a cartoonist could do with that!), But anyway, they’re building a $4-5m facility for the Institute and the local economic development… Read Full Story.

Jireh International Academy

In: Export Education|Policy|PTEs|Tertiary Education

11 Oct 2010

This morning I wrote about the liquidation of Jireh International Academy, based on an NZ Herald story. As I was looking around, I found a few other things. Their main website is down, but there is a cached version on Google and also a similar site that seems to be hosted elsewhere. What struck me about the quote… Read Full Story.

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Tags: English Language Schools, Maori, NZQA

News 6/10 – VSM, Hydraulics and Sustainability

6 Oct 2010

VSM Some student leaders had an anti-VSM piece in the NZ Herald yesterday. While I won’t get into the detailed arguments, what struck me was one line that Ralph Springett of EXMSS (a co-author of this piece) also used last week: “Future tertiary services will be driven by the minority funder…” meaning TEC. Now I don’t know where they… Read Full Story.

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Tags: AUT, Lincoln University, Maori, Massey University, MIT, MITO, Open Polytechnic, Otago Polytechnic, TEC, UCOL, University of Canterbury, University of Otago, University of Waikato, VSM, Waiariki Institute of Technology, WelTec, WITT

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