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News 22/9 – VSM, Academic Fight and New Trades in Schools

In: Industry|Industry Input|ITOs|ITPs|Parliament|Policy|Students|Tertiary Education|Universities

22 Sep 2010

VSM Final Push NZUSA is calling for politicians to heed the 4,400 submissions on the VSM Bill. Apparently 98% of submissions were against the Bill – although many of them will have been form submissions, the VSM-opposers would also have a large majority in substantive submissions, as you’d expect really (on one side you have a set of… Read Full Story.

News 3/9 – First Marketing on Completion Rates. New TEU Prez.

In: Funding|ICT|ITPs|Policy|PTEs|Staff|Students|TEO Sector Groups|Tertiary Education|Universities

3 Sep 2010

First Marketing on Completion Rates Lifeway College is the first provider to use its students’ completions as a marketing tool. They’re promoting a 93% qualification achievement rate according to “the official statistics submitted to the Tertiary Education Commission”, so I assume they’re talking about the soon to be published stats. I’d expect a lot more of this next… Read Full Story.

News 17/8 – Whitireia Again, Trades Academies & PM on NMIT

In: ITOs|ITPs|OTEPs|Students|Tertiary Education|Universities

17 Aug 2010

Whitireia $$ If you want to know more about the money missing from Whitireia Independent Stduents’ Assn, the Newswire site managed by the polytechnic’s journalism students is a good start. They had stories yesterday on police comment, aggrieved students, an exec member’s reaction, an interview with Poly CE Don Campbell, a summary of other associations’ problems and a… Read Full Story.

ITF Proposes New School Quals

In: ITOs|TEO Sector Groups

30 Jul 2010

The Industry Training Federation held their conference on Wed and Thur this week. The big proposal coming out of the conference was that “broad sectoral-based qualifications ” should be offered in schools, providing “clearer pathways to vocational study and work”. The following is from a media release by Jeremy Baker, the ITF’s Executive Director. “We have initially identified five… 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 know I love you Stuart!), maybe there’s a better way to get across the message to those young people. dan le sac vs Scroobius Pip have put together a great… Read Full Story.

News 30/6 – Boys in Tertiary, Student Housing & Lost Coat of Arms

In: Export Education|Facilities & Equipment|ITOs|ITPs|Research|Students|Universities

30 Jun 2010

Engineering Girls, What About Boys? In another round of school holiday activities, the University of Auckland has had high school girls in to try out engineering – maybe they should invite boys in to try out university….Seriously, though, I think the event is a good idea but it does amaze me that we continue to focus on evening up… Read Full Story.


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