Posts Tagged ‘NorthTec

Policy & Management Apprenticeships A Retail Meat ITO board member is on the soapbox for a Stuff election story on apprenticeships. Raukawa Te Mana Akonga president says that… Read Full Story.

Policy & Management Uni Bailout? Canterbury is seeking another $150m from the government to deal with its quake woes. Kids Barred? Some kids may be pulled from school… Read Full Story.

There are new headings in today’s post, developed during consultation over the last couple of weeks. I won’t define or finalise the headings yet as each day will… Read Full Story.

Rena Waikato’s’ Chris Battershill spoke to the Science Media Centre, RNZ and the Bay of Plenty Times about the impacts of the oil spill, and to the NZ… Read Full Story.

Pregnant Students Immigration Minister Jonathan Coleman might drop a policy that means pregnant foreign students must go home (NZN). Canterbury Staffing Canterbury is calling for staff to seek… Read Full Story.

Massey Teacher Ed Massey is planning to phase out 3-4 year teacher education primary/ECE courses at undergrad level and replace them with a one year postgrad programme, and… Read Full Story.

Academic Attacked Labour’s Trevor Mallard had one of his periodic eccentric/crazy posts and attacked Otago Uni’s Bryce Edwards, saying that he made “Margaret Mutu look like a well… Read Full Story.

Election Policies The Waikato Times has a good discussion of tertiary education needs and election policies. If I were you, I’d read it. Uni Impact Otago Uni has… Read Full Story.

Vocational Pathways If I was to pick a current policy direction that would have a major impact in 5-10 years, vocational pathways in schools would be in my… Read Full Story.

Performance 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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