Posts Tagged ‘Student Loans and Allowances

$500K Course Grant Victoria has scored a $500K grant from MSI to help develop a new computer graphics option for its masters degree. The aim is to build… Read Full Story.

AUT Fraud Plea Ex-AUT staffer Jonathan Kirkpatrick pleaded guilty to 7 fraud charges relating to $665,000 yesterday. He gave no reason for the theft but his lawyer said… Read Full Story.

UE The NZ Herald has written an editorial supporting the University Entrance changes. Youth Policy TV3′s Duncan Garner took an axe to the government about whether it was… Read Full Story.

UE 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… Read Full Story.

Useful IT Grads Otago Uni Head of Computer Science Brendon McCane has written a good piece on making graduates industry ready, and there have been some good comments… Read Full Story.

Brigid Heywood You might not know that name, but she’s the new AVC (Research) at Massey and she seems opinionated and eloquent in this profile, so we may… Read Full Story.

NorthTec-TWOA Hook-up TWOA will be co-locating at NorthTec’s main Whangarei campus from August 1. MOE Review The MOE didn’t do so well in a formal review of the… Read Full Story.

$14m loss for Canty? Canterbury Uni fears a loss of $14m in revenue this year and $10m in excess on its insurance. VC Rod Carr is lobbying for… Read Full Story.

ITO Review Steven Joyce has ordered a sweeping review of the ITO system, with the MOE to start it soon. He also referred to sale of quals and… Read Full Story.

NZQA-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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  • Stephen Day: I've just met the folks from NZUSA this morning, and I'm pretty sure we were/are on the same page wi [...]
  • Richard Hamilton-Williams: Tinkering with funding on the basis of the age of students doesn’t have a very successful track re [...]
  • dean: I loved that you started to question my own motives. BTW. [...]
  • dean: Well, err, um i was actually trying to point out how potentially futile ascribing motive to somethin [...]