Posts Tagged ‘NZQA’
Does NZQA Need Mystery Shoppers?
29 Nov 2011A report from the US last week provides a good example of how mystery shoppers can work as a quality assurance tool. The US Government Accountability Office has been doing a great job for many years in checking out educational rorts. Their latest report is titled For-Profit Schools – Experiences of Undercover Students Enrolled in Online Classes at… Read Full Story.
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News 17/10 – Rena Grounding. Tourism Dropped. Compulsory English?
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17 Oct 2011The Rena Grounding shows again the great contribution that academics can make to both understanding and addressing problems, and the willingness of students to volunteer to help. Congrats to all those involved. Quake Skateboard A Canterbury engineering student has designed a skateboard to deal with quake-created terrain. Rena Grounding Over 1,000 birds have died and 130 have been… Read Full Story.
News 7/10 – THE Rankings. AUT Fraud. Mutu Complaint.
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7 Oct 2011THE Rankings The NZ Herald has a story on the latest THE rankings – I wrote a post last night on them. AUT Fraud Jonathan Kirkpatrick has been sentenced to 3 years and 2 months of jail and order to pay $20,000 reparation for stealing almost $666K from AUT – AUT got most of the money back through… Read Full Story.
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- Tags: Aoraki Polytechnic, AUT, CPIT, Lincoln University, Marsden Fund, Massey University, NMIT, NZ Marine ITO, NZQA, Unitec, University of Auckland, University of Canterbury, University of Otago, University of Waikato, University Rankings, Victoria University of Wellington, Waiariki Institute of Technology
News 14/9 – Election Policies. Here to Help. Manager Free Zone.
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14 Sep 2011Election 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 released an economic impact report with lots of large numbers tailor-made for appreciative media stories, like this one. Arts Fellowships Otago Uni has announced four arts fellowships (ODT). Here to… Read Full Story.
News 15/8 – RIP Sir Paul Reeves. Ivy College. UE Changes.
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15 Aug 2011Snow Closures Lincoln is closed today due to snow (see picture), as is Canterbury and CPIT. RIP Sir Paul Reeves AUT Chancellor Sir Paul Reeves died of cancer on Sunday morning (Greens, Anglican Church, NZPA, TV3, TV3, Fairfax, NZ Herald, TVNZ, QPEC, Labour’s Stuart Nash comments on working at AUT with Sir Paul) Welfare Reform Welfare changes announced… Read Full Story.
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News 12/8 – No NZQA-ERO Merger. ENZ Chair. Fishing Boat Workers.
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12 Aug 2011No NZQA-ERO Merger Various agencies were approved for merger yesterday by Cabinet, but NZQA and ERO were not included and the merger is now off the table. Good – it was a bloody stupid idea. Policy work in the DOL will also no longer shift to the MOE, as had been proposed. (PSA, RNZ) ENZ Chair One of… Read Full Story.
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- Tags: AUT, DOL, Education NZ, ERO, Labour, Lincoln University, Massey University, MIT, MOE, NMIT, NZQA, NZUSA, Otago Polytechnic, Secondary-Tertiary, TEU, TWOA, UCOL, University of Auckland, University of Canterbury, University of Otago, University of Waikato, Victoria University of Wellington, VSM, Waiariki Institute of Technology
News 11/8 – UE Changes. Student Games. Old Loans.
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11 Aug 2011UE Changes NZQA has changed University Entrance (UE) requirements, sparking comment from Business NZ, the Tourism Industry Assn (dislike) and Universities NZ (support) and stories from RNZ, Dom Post, TV3, NewstalkZB and NZ Herald – the latter is the best one, with some good comments by NZUSA.. Student Games 12 Massey students are part of a 62-strong group… Read Full Story.
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News 22/7 – Canty Students Riot. BCITO Numbers Up. Degustation in Chch.
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22 Jul 2011Canty Students Riot Well, Wednesday night started off well, with the Canterbury University Boardriders Assn riding a snow ramp in a uni carpark. But an unofficial after party ended with four students being arrested, and “all 15″ Christchurch Police on duty had to attend. There was a bonfire, bottles were thrown, cars were jumped on and Police could… Read Full Story.
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Ivy College – Not Ivy League Material
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12 Jul 2011Andrew Laxon at The NZ Herald had a story today on problems at Ivy College. It’s a PTE that changed hands in Feb 2010 and has since expanded from 3 to 215 students, mostly Indian and doing NZIM courses. NZQA has reviewed Ivy College and its finding was Not Confident (the lowest) on educational performance and self-assessment – some… Read Full Story.
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News 12/7 – Ivy College At Risk. Army Legs & Backs. Whitebait.
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12 Jul 2011Ivy College At Risk NZQA has ordered Auckland-based Ivy College not to enrol any more students (it has 200) after a bad EER report. Native Plants Lincoln’s Prof Ian Spellerberg comments on native plants, specifically in Canterbury. Army Legs and Backs An Otago Uni student has developed a way to screen soldiers most at risk of back and… Read Full Story.
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