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29 Feb 2012Aoraki’s Iain Bamber made a speedy exit from MasterChef last night (about 15:30 at that link) – good on him for giving it a go. Policy, Management & People Christchurch Money David Robinson, a guest of the TEU, called for more money for Christchurch tertiary education providers. Hypocrite? Social Development Minister was accused of being a hypocrite for… Read Full Story.
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27 Feb 2012Students are apparently fleeing NZ and while Auckland’s Stats Chat debunks the survey results a little, the overall figure align with recent MOE research I reviewed for ED Insider. We do, as we know, have a real problem of grads going, and staying, offshore. Policy, Management & People Student Fee Problem The NZ Herald had a story at… Read Full Story.
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23 Feb 2012Nice to see some Q&A with Prof Sir Paul Callaghan, but sad to see the answers are written from his hospital bed. Policy, Management & People $57m at Massey $57m will be spent on facilities at Massey as they bring their Hokowhitu students and staff (teacher ed) onto the main Palmie campus. They will then sell the other… Read Full Story.
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20 Feb 2012The next time someone says that academics don’t speak publicly, I’ll get them to read a weekend’s worth of my Public Issues section! It’s a big one today. Policy, Management & People Problem PTEs The NZ Herald’s Andrew Laxon continues his good work highlighting problem PTEs – there’s a short and long story. Labour’s Grant Robertson says more… Read Full Story.
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9 Feb 2012I’m now starting news posts with a top story and today’s is the great op-ed in the ODT about student flats from OUSA president Logan Edgar. Comms people could learn a thing or two from this guy – so could I. Policy, Management & People Waiariki Art Waiariki launched a new art collection last night – I’ll write more later. Liquor Ban… Read Full Story.
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19 Jan 2012Policy, Management & People PEI Post-Mortem The Taranaki Daily News did an editorial and story on Practical Education Institute yesterday. They have finally found TEC course completion stats on TEC’s website and it’s interesting that it’s only now, exactly a month after they first broke the story, that they found those figures. It reinforces for me how poorly… Read Full Story.
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16 Jan 2012Policy, Management & People Aviation Liquidation Bay Flight Aviation closed just before Xmas, apparently leaving 20 staff and 60 students in limbo. A buyer is being sought and a deal could be signed soon. The current owner blamed bad weather and “something in behind the scenes” for the liquidation. I wonder whether they lost EFTS funding due to… Read Full Story.
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22 Dec 2011Policy & Management WITT $$ The Taranaki Daily News has some good news for WITT’s turnaround, based on a TEC report released yesterday. Motel SIT SIT has bought the Aachen Motel in Invercargill to house international students. Extras: flood protection work at Massey. Research & Innovation Birdflu Auckland’s Siouxsie Wiles comments on the research that may be censored… Read Full Story.
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19 Dec 2011ED Blog will close up shop for the year on Friday and restart on 4 or 10 January (depends on how my break is going). Any coverage in between will be done for major stories on ED’s Facebook or Twitter. If you get emails, I can pause your subscription for you – just let me know the dates…. Read Full Story.
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16 Dec 2011Policy & Management Youth Unemployment The Reject Youth Unemployment coalition wants to meet Paula Bennett to discuss youth unemployment issues – given it is a leftwing coalition that launched a few weeks out from the election, complained about “the last three years” and is now inviting Bennett to meet via media release, I suspect they may not be… Read Full Story.