Posts Tagged ‘Tai Poutini Polytechnic

It’s been a great January, with growth in email subscribers over 10% toward my full year target of 500 – we passed 300 last week. Those email subscribers should also notice a new… Read Full Story.

Policy & Management Christchurch Rebuild The wave of new students/trainees in construction don’t yet have a job to go to, with rebuilding in Christchurch not yet starting –… Read Full Story.

Policy & Management Labour Leadership David Shearer’s speech to the NZ Tertiary Education Summit has been talked up as a Labour leadership speech – I was there and… Read Full Story.

Policy & Management Russian Links The Pacific International Hotel Management School is developing links with Vladivostok University. Unitec Settles The TEU and Unitec have settled a collective agreement…. Read Full Story.

Pregnant Students Immigration Minister Jonathan Coleman might drop a policy that means pregnant foreign students must go home (NZN). Canterbury Staffing Canterbury is calling for staff to seek… Read Full Story.

Student Chase A thief was unlucky when he stole from a Dunedin flat – the female Otago Uni student who confronted and then chased him was a NZ… Read Full Story.

FYI I have a new role as a board member of Careerforce, an ITO that serves the health, disability and aged support sectors. I’m planning to pick up a few… Read Full Story.

CE Not Renewed Paul Wilson, Tai Poutini Polytechnic CE, has apparently not had his contract renewed by his Council when it expires in January 2012. While it seems… Read Full Story.

Robot Forklifts In a great story of graduate success, unlimited covers a group of Auckland Uni engineering students who, after competing in an international robotics competition, visited a… Read Full Story.

CHCH101 Canterbury’s paper on rebuilding Christchurch has stirred some comment about whether it is easy credits or a great way to integrate real life into academic study (RNZ)… Read Full Story.


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