Posts Tagged ‘Offshore Ideas’

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Prioritising Resources in California

In: Policy

5 Jul 2010

I thought a recent blog post from the New America Foundation (seems centre-left but open-minded to other ideas from a quick look) had some familiar points to our ACE discussions and,… Read Full Story.

Get Better – A Message for Students

In: Students

2 Jul 2010

While policy wonks (me included) wring our hands about young people not in employment, education or training and Stuart Middleton readies his 100th column on the topic (you… Read Full Story.

Degrees of Retail – Wal-Mart and Harrods

In: Tertiary Education

2 Jul 2010

Wal-Mart and Harrods are at different ends of the retailing spectrum and both are starting to offer degrees to their staff. The Harrods story wouldn’t even have made the… Read Full Story.

OMG, Lawyers are Cheating!

In: Students|Universities

22 Jun 2010

Just read a New York Times story about Loyola Law School Los Angeles retroactively increasing grades by 0.333 to make their students more competitive in the job market…. Read Full Story.

News 14/6 – New CPIT CEO & Honey Dispute

In: Facilities & Equipment|Funding|Government on Industry|ITPs|PTEs|Research|Students|Universities

14 Jun 2010

New CPIT CEO SkillsTech Australia director Kay Giles (pictured at left) will be the new CEO of CPIT, starting on August 9. She has headed the 10-campus Brisbane… Read Full Story.

An idea for student loans

In: Funding

20 May 2010

Access to federal student loans by for-profit institutions is an ongoing issue of debate in the US. Their default rates tend to be higher because (a) fees, and… Read Full Story.

Universities Have Great Idea

In: Universities

12 May 2010

The NZVCC have just announced a great initiative, along with Business NZ, TEC and the University Commercialisation Office of NZ. As you might have guessed by the participants, it’s… Read Full Story.

Research that Matters: Beards and Robots

In: Tertiary Education

16 Apr 2010

Men with beards are more credible than clean-shaven men, according to a paper in the Journal of Marketing Communications. Bearded men were deemed to be more trustworthy and… Read Full Story.

New Zealand offers two lessons and a query to an overseas observer (ITF)

In: Strategy & Policy

14 Apr 2010

ED is sponsoring the Industry Training Federation’s Vocational Education and Training Research Forum today and tomorrow. The ITF has provided three research summaries that we are running as… Read Full Story.

Outsourcing Marking

In: Tertiary Education

7 Apr 2010

American colleges and universities are outsourcing marking to a company that uses markers in India, Singapore and Malaysia. The benefit for the colleges is that they believe they… Read Full Story.


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