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21 Feb 2012Mayumi Asakawa will ring the Peace Bell at a Christchurch quake commemoration tomorrow. She is a former King’s Education student. Policy, Management & People Christchurch Mergers? Steven Joyce called for Christchurch TEIs to look at all possible options, including mergers, as they look to the next 20 years. The merger option is for the unis. Top $ A… Read Full Story.
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17 Feb 2012A former King’s Education student will come from Japan will play a part in a commemorative ceremony next week. Policy, Management & People Christchurch Trades A Christchurch trades academy based at CPIT can take on another 350 students, taking the roll to 500. Student Debt The Dom Post debunked student debt myths – good article. Equine-Ag Merger The… Read Full Story.
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27 Jan 2012I had a lovely day yesterday facilitating a TROQ planning session in the sport, recreation and fitness area – was great to catch up with such a wide cross-section of people from the sector. Policy, Management & People Self-Indulgent Education? A Stuff blogger is going back to study (after having 2 degrees already) and invites her readers to… Read Full Story.
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24 Jan 2012Policy, Management & People Timetabling Staff are upset at Canterbury’s new timetable but apparently it’s set to meet student needs. There are some interesting issues raised in the story. Tauranga Development BOPP, Waikato and Awanuiarangi are asking Tauranga District Council to waive rent for 33 years and initial development fees for a new joint campus (SunLive). The need… 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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8 Sep 2011VSM The VSM Bill passed its committee stage Earlier in the day students called for a compromise, but they had already lodged a request for an urgent Waitangi Tribunal claim over the Bill (RNZ, NewstalkZB). Later last night the Bill passed its committee stage and is likely to pass its third and final reading on Sep 28 and… Read Full Story.
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30 Aug 2011King’s Education The sister of Gillian Sayers, a King’s Education teacher who died in the quake, had a statement read out to the inquest yesterday. She questioned what the directors of the language school had done about safety. The Press has an excellent record of the day’s hearing, including an update on each of the 8 dead King’s… Read Full Story.
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5 Aug 2011AUT Arrest The Police arrested AUT’s former employee Jonathan Kilpatrick and he appeared in the District Court on false accounting and related charges. It seems that he had been putting false invoices in the system since 2002 and paying the proceeds to himself. The 82 invoices totalled $665, 985.25. Stories were up on TVNZ, TVNZ, TV3, RNZ, NZ… Read Full Story.
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21 Jul 2011Apprentice Boost? Labour’s Clare Curran has blogged about a new procurement policy that seems to include skills. If you read the policy, Labour proposes to “require companies providing goods and services to the government to have an apprenticeship/internship programme in place for NZ workers”. It’s an interesting idea that has been tried before in limited circumstances (like some… Read Full Story.
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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 an outdoor bowling alley. Good Hair The Hairdressing ITO has waded into the recent coverage of bad hair/beauty care and advised consumers to look for quals. It’s good to see… Read Full Story.