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11 Oct 2011Mehrtens vs Robot Andrew Mehrtens drew with a Massey Albany robot in a goal kicking competition (NZN, APNZ, Auckland Now, NewstalkZB, Fairfax, 3News, The Press). Labour Policy Labour… Read Full Story.
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27 Sep 2011VSM Protests There was a medium sized noisy protest up in Auckland yesterday about voluntary student membership (as well as fees and democracy on campus). It wasn’t organised… Read Full Story.
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7 Mar 2011Quake Deaths The Press has a story on two homestay hosts (the parents of one of my wife’s friends) who discuss the loss of the Thai student, Haruthaya… Read Full Story.
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24 Feb 2011It is with a very heavy heart that I announce what I feared from Tuesday afternoon. 46 (updated at 4.30pm, was 48 earlier today) King’s Education students and… Read Full Story.
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22 Feb 2011There has been an enormous quake in Chch (GeoNet) and those checking websites and TV will have seen some very disturbing images. And the PM just confirmed 65 deaths, with more likely to come. As with the last quake… Read Full Story.
In: Funding|ITOs|ITPs|Policy|PTEs|Research|Tertiary Education|Universities
8 Oct 2010James Cook $$ Four taxpayer-funded fellowships – each worth $253,000 over two years – have been granted to four top academics, at Massey, Auckland, Vic and Otago Unis…. Read Full Story.
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6 Sep 2010This post summarises all the info on the Christchurch quake received so far – another post was produced on Saturday and updated until now. Please use the contact… Read Full Story.
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4 Sep 2010This post on damage in the tertiary education sector from the Christchurch earthquake will be updated as info becomes available. The timing of the quake and a lot… Read Full Story.