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15 Nov 2011Policy & Management Whanganui Fears Misplaced? A UCOL Whanganui grad and student (and couple) are worried that arts provision in the town will be downgraded by UCOL, but UCOL’s Whanganui head says there’s nothing to worry about. Aoraki Cuts Decided Aoraki Poly will cut 11 courses and 11 positions next year across Dunedin (4), Oamaru (1), Ashburton (1),… Read Full Story.
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14 Nov 2011Policy & Management Apprenticeships A Retail Meat ITO board member is on the soapbox for a Stuff election story on apprenticeships. Raukawa Te Mana Akonga president says that students are happy with Te Wananga O Raukawa. New Services Academies Anne Tolley has announced 8 new Services Academies in schools. Seismic Survey Otago Poly’s building should be OK in… Read Full Story.
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10 Nov 2011Te Wananga o Raukawa had some very low course completions results in 2009 and 2010 (42% and 43% respectively). That was below the threshold of 55% where private providers were starting off negotiations with a zero funding allocation from TEC for 2012, so I asked the question in August whether the public institution should be funded in 2012…. Read Full Story.
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10 Nov 2011Policy & Management Maori Education RNZ had two rather weak stories yesterday, referring to WITT holding its own on Te Reo Maori against TWOA (which “has several North Island campuses” which understates things a little) and Te Wananga O Raukawa’s badly explaining its poor completions. I might write more on the latter. SIT International The Southland Times covers… Read Full Story.
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3 Nov 2011Policy & Management Uni Bailout? Canterbury is seeking another $150m from the government to deal with its quake woes. Kids Barred? Some kids may be pulled from school if Canterbury builds a bar next door (NB sounds like hyperbole to me). Maori Trades Otago Poly is helping to encourage more Maori into trades. Extras: NZUSA on the student loan burden on students; Waiariki… Read Full Story.
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25 Aug 2011I wonder whether Te Wananga O Raukawa (Raukawa) should be funded in 2012. You see, they had the worst course completions of any tertiary education institution (public providers) in 2009 at 42%. The latest figures, just announced (here is Raukawa’s report), show that their 2010 course completions were 43%, a paltry improvement of 1%. That’s pretty poor…. Read Full Story.
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14 Feb 2011Wananga Institute There’s an interesting media release about Te Wananga O Raukawa here. First, they’re establishing an Institute of Maori Lifestyle Advancement, which I’m sure will get negative headlines in future for it’s silly name (imagine what a cartoonist could do with that!), But anyway, they’re building a $4-5m facility for the Institute and the local economic development… Read Full Story.
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29 Nov 2010PM’s Science Award I’ll lead with a slew of stories about the PM’s Science Award winners (also NZPA). the top one of $500K went to a team at Victoria Uni led by Prof Sir Paul Callaghan (who has a few more years on the clock after successful cancer treatment), which is working on using magnetic resonance for innovation. A Bluff school… Read Full Story.
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8 Sep 2010TEC is releasing education performance data today and I’ve put together a table below of qualification completions for TEIs – I’ve left out PTEs and OTEPs only because I haven’t got time to enter all the data, but I’ve added some notes on PTEs below. The measurement is: all qual completions multiplied by EFTS value/total EFTS enrolled in courses…. Read Full Story.