Spotlight is a series of posts where ED Blog asks 5 questions of interesting people in tertiary education (see other posts). Today, we have Rick Ede, the CE… Read Full Story.
Welcome to some new tertiary education lobbyists (or sector leaders if you prefer). Unitec’s CE Rick Ede is the new Chair for the Metro Group of ITOs (whoops!… Read Full Story.
In: Government on Industry|Industry|ITOs|ITPs|PTEs|Students|Teaching & Learning|TEO Sector Groups|Tertiary Education|Universities
21 Jun 2011Drug Bust An Otago Poly student was found with $15-20,000 of cannabis (NB Police estimate, probably inflated and based on street value) in Cromwell last October. He got… Read Full Story.
In: Policy
30 May 2011Gap 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.
In: Facilities & Equipment|Funding|ITOs|ITPs|Policy|Politics|Students|TEO Sector Groups|Tertiary Education|Universities
19 May 2011Budget NZUSA sets out their hopes for the Budget. Stuff talked to a Victoria student about his financial situation, while the Bay of Plenty Times spoke to the… Read Full Story.
In: Funding|ITPs|Policy|Staff|Students|TEO Sector Groups|Tertiary Education|Universities
18 Apr 2011Student Loans Steven Joyce announced potential student loan changes on Q+A yesterday. They include stopping over 55s getting loans for living costs, stopping access to private pilot license… Read Full Story.
In: ITOs|ITPs|Parliament|Policy|PTEs|Students|Tertiary Education|Universities
14 Apr 2011New TEC CE? Hmm, does the new TEC CE have a first name starting with B? No April Fool’s joke, this one, but a reasonably good rumour. Not… Read Full Story.
In: Export Education|Funding|ITPs|Policy|PTEs|Quality Assurance|Statistics & Analysis|Tertiary Education|Universities
23 Dec 2010Well, it is that time of year when bouquets and brickbats are awarded by all those journos and bloggers who can’t be bothered generating new content, so I… Read Full Story.
In: ITOs|ITPs|Policy|PTEs|Students|Tertiary Education|Universities
16 Nov 2010NZ Herald Misses the Mark The NZ Herald continues their assault on dodgy education providers in an editorial but attacks English language schools, when every single problem it uncovered in Saturday’s stories was about… Read Full Story.
The Metros’ Group of ITPs has taken a major positive step with the launch of their Innovating New Zealand website (see Metros’ media release here), which “will connect companies… Read Full Story.