I’m starting a series of posts on charter schools in New Zealand, a policy announced yesterday in the ACT-National coalition agreement. My aim in the series will be… Read Full Story.
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20 Oct 2011Demolition Demolition of two buildings will start next week at Canterbury. Unfair IRB? AUT’s Rawiri Taonui had a NZ Herald op-ed arguing that the IRB is biased against… Read Full Story.
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13 Jun 2011White Terraces Found I was pretty happy about scientists finding the Pink Terraces in January but it turns out they also found the White Terraces (TVNZ), but only… Read Full Story.
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1 Jun 2011NZQA-ERO Merger The government announced a proposal for an NZQA-ERO merger and transferring some DOL roles to the MOE, amongst other state sector restructuring (NZPA). The PPTA’s Robin… Read Full Story.
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13 Apr 2011The ED Thumbs-Up is a new series celebrating good ideas or outcomes in the tertiary education sector. It should be weekly and I’ll either cover something identified in… Read Full Story.
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30 Sep 2010Tax Cuts TVNZ did a story last night on how people earning no money of their own won’t benefit from tax cuts, which is not surprising in itself…. Read Full Story.
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8 Jun 2010The PPTA released a video over the weekend apparently criticising Bill English, Anne Tolley and Steven Joyce but it really does have some dire dialogue. The 50 second… Read Full Story.
Our series of guest posts on the Budget starts today at 11am. Tom Ryan, TEU National President, is first off the blocks. I’m really looking forward to this… Read Full Story.