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30 Sep 2011Lincoln on Environment Lincoln University has released the findings of its 6th biennial survey of Peoples’ Perceptions of the State of the New Zealand Environment (link to report)…. Read Full Story.
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28 Sep 2011Canterbury Demolitions Canterbury is demolishing two buildings – the Mushroom (which looks quite cool) and Siemon buildings – after quake-related damage (The Press). David Do went on TV3… Read Full Story.
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21 Sep 2011By the way, I have a new contract that you should be aware of. I’m providing behind the scenes support to the Industry Training Federation for a day… Read Full Story.
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19 Sep 2011ITPs to Manage Loans? RNZ covers an ITP proposal to manage student loans and allowances funds (and decide how they’re spent). Steven Joyce and the TEU thought it… Read Full Story.
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26 Aug 2011Performance Data TEC released data on tertiary education organisations educational performance yesterday, with Steven Joyce kicking it off. Various organisations put out releases to promote their version of… Read Full Story.
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23 Aug 2011Libya Good riddance to Gaddafi and let’s see how long it take to clean up the mess. I’d pick 5-10 years, but if you want to see what… Read Full Story.
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19 Aug 2011$500K Course Grant Victoria has scored a $500K grant from MSI to help develop a new computer graphics option for its masters degree. The aim is to build… Read Full Story.
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18 Aug 2011AUT Fraud Plea Ex-AUT staffer Jonathan Kirkpatrick pleaded guilty to 7 fraud charges relating to $665,000 yesterday. He gave no reason for the theft but his lawyer said… Read Full Story.
Steven Joyce, announced at the Education NZ conference in Auckland that he plans to launch the new Leadership Statement for International Education very shortly. Hopefully he doesn’t release it straight after… Read Full Story.
Last Thursday I went to the opening of Unitec’s new Northern campus – all 10,000m2 of it. It replaces the North Shore campus, which was in downtown Takapuna…. Read Full Story.