In: Policy
30 May 2011Gap Filling I’ve liked the idea of CPIT architecture filling in vacant site since I heard of it and they did it last week, with one group creating… Read Full Story.
Guest post by Tim Cullinane, Chair of Independent Tertiary Institutions (ITI) In New Zealand, only Government Ministers and enthusiastic backbenchers ever really use the official title of the Budget which,… Read Full Story.
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23 May 2011Now that the rush of the Budget is over, here’s my marking sheet. Since I spent about a day dealing with all of the Budget numbers for ED… Read Full Story.
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20 May 2011A late post today as I’ve been busy reviewing the Budget material for clients. Not too many surprises but PTEs will be happy to see the first boost… Read Full Story.
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19 May 2011Budget NZUSA sets out their hopes for the Budget. Stuff talked to a Victoria student about his financial situation, while the Bay of Plenty Times spoke to the… Read Full Story.
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18 May 2011Dodgy ITOs? The Minister and TEC put out a release yesterday about recovery of $4.3m from 18/38 ITOs over 2009 enrolments that were not backed by the records… Read Full Story.
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17 May 2011King’s Education The inquest into the deaths of nine earthquake victims who could not be identified after the quake started yesterday (and concluded that they were all dead),… Read Full Story.
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16 May 2011Tighter Loans Steven Joyce has given more detail on student loan tightening, which will include stopping over 55s borrowing for living costs, and tightening borrowing for student pilots… Read Full Story.
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12 May 2011John Key’s Speech…yesterday didn’t say much at all about student loans that Steven Joyce hadn’t already said more about (NZPA reviews that). All Key said was that they… Read Full Story.
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10 May 2011Distant Supporters The Massey Extramural Students’ Society Prez and VP, Ralph Springett and Dave Crampton, had an op-ed in yesterday’s NZ Herald. They’re arguing that distance education is… Read Full Story.