Posts Tagged ‘Universities NZ’
News 24/3 – Bye to Darren Hughes. New Professors. UC Facilities.
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24 Mar 2011Bye to Darren Hughes The last 24 hours of political news have been dominated by an incident involving Darren Hughes and an 18 year old at Hughes’ home in the early hours of the morning – here’s a representative story. Exactly what happened will not emerge for some time, but I’m pretty confident that The Dim-Post (a popular… Read Full Story.
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- Tags: ACT, Labour, Lincoln University, Massey University, Media Design School, NZ Institute of Sport, Otago Polytechnic, Unitec, Universities NZ, University of Auckland, University of Canterbury, University of Otago, University of Waikato, Victoria University of Wellington, VSM, Waiariki Institute of Technology, Whitireia Community Polytechnic, Wintec
News 7/3 – Quake Deaths, University Exchanges and Student Volunteer Army
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7 Mar 2011Quake Deaths The Press has a story on two homestay hosts (the parents of one of my wife’s friends) who discuss the loss of the Thai student, Haruthaya Luangsurapeesakul of King’s Education, who had spent a year in their home and become part of the family. The quake has affected some communities very hard, such as the Chinese… Read Full Story.
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- Tags: Aoraki Polytechnic, Career Services, Christchurch Quake, English Language Schools, Greens, King's Education, Lincoln University, Massey University, Natcoll, Otago Polytechnic, SIT, Student Loans and Allowances, TEU, UCOL, Universities NZ, University of Auckland, University of Canterbury, University of Otago, University of Waikato, Victoria University of Wellington
News 8/2 – Open Poly-India, AUT Neutrality, Sports Turf Trip
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8 Feb 2011Uni Staff Shortages A TVNZ piece ran last night on the Universities NZ academic staff workforce report –Eric Crampton also wrote a blog post on it, with some scepticism about the numbers. Greening the Rubble Lincoln students and staff (plus many others) will be showcasing their Greening the Rubble project today. Bahrain Polytechnic A THE story this week… Read Full Story.
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- Tags: Aoraki Polytechnic, AUT, CPIT, Immigration, KAREN, Lincoln University, Massey University, Open Polytechnic, Otago Polytechnic, TWOA, UCOL, Universities NZ, University of Auckland, University of Canterbury, University of Otago, University of Waikato, Victoria University of Wellington, Wintec
This is a guest post by Sandra Grey, TEU President (guest posts are welcome at ED Blog) and responds to “Academic Workforce Planning – Towards 2020”, BERL Economics, January 2011, which was commissioned by Universities NZ. It will not surprise anyone inside or outside universities that this week’s report into the New Zealand academic workforce highlighted that this is an ageing workforce. … Read Full Story.
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News 1/2 – Ageing Uni Staff, Innovation Qual and Te Reo
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1 Feb 2011Ageing Uni Staff Universities New Zealand has launched a report on the ageing workforce in universities (also NZPA). I’ll write more about it later today. Domestic Accidents 250 people a year are dying in domestic accidents according to Otago Uni research (also NZPA). Innovation Qual Canterbury and Lincoln Unis are launching a new Graduate Certificate in Science Innovation… Read Full Story.
News 15/10 – More for Unis? Sea Lions Attack! (Headlines Are Not Related)
In: Funding|ITOs|ITPs|Policy|Students|Tertiary Education|Universities
15 Oct 2010Spend more on Unis? Universities New Zealand has released a report by NZIER that apparently “that government investment in New Zealand’s universities provides a significant permanent increase to GDP”. I shall reserve judgment on the report until I read it. Literacy Up? Steven Joyce announced the release of a TEC report on literacy yesterday. The ITF thought the… Read Full Story.
News 13/10 – Unis Get $55m, ITOs Call Foul
13 Oct 2010Unis Get $55m, ITOs Call Foul Steven Joyce announced yesterday that universities would get $55m over the next 2 years for 3,000 places (also over two years). The money is to come from savings made in ITO funding. Universities NZ welcomed and appreciated the gesture, but the ITF said that the money could pay for 55,000 trainees. Labour… Read Full Story.
News 29/9 – Great TEI Finances, Homeless at Unitec and Legal Outrage
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29 Sep 2010Great Finances Universities, wananga and ITPs have finances to die for, according to the Minister for Tertiary Education (NZPA story and Herald story with more detail). Universities NZ agree that universities are great financial managers, but argue that they just don’t have enough money(heard that before?). Funnily enough, it is of course the core negotiating period for 2011 funding, so… Read Full Story.
News 9/9 – Sector Stats and Quake – What More News Do You Need?
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9 Sep 2010Lots of news today, so a late delivery of this. Monday had our biggest site visits and page views ever, with the earthquake, but yesterday surpassed visits by 1 and page views by 39%, with quake and performance stats coverage. Educational Performance Information TEC released education performance information yesterday – there was also a TEC media release and one… Read Full Story.
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- Tags: Aoraki Polytechnic, AUT, Avonmore Tertiary Institute, Bay of Plenty Polytechnic, BCITO, Careerforce, Completions, CPIT, Greens, Labour, Massey University, Minister - Tert. Ed, MIT, NMIT, NZITP, NZUSA, Open Polytechnic, Retail Institute, SIT, TEC, TEU, UCOL, Unitec, Universities NZ, University of Auckland, University of Canterbury, University of Otago, Waiariki Institute of Technology, WelTec, Whitireia Community Polytechnic
News 6/8 – Top Teachers, New NZVCC Name (and Quiz 4 U), Canty Excludes 350
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6 Aug 2010Tertiary Teaching Excellence Ako Aotearoa held their annual Tertiary Teaching Excellence Awards on Wednesday night. Here are the releases by the winners’ institutions. There are no media stories yet. I think it’s a mistake by Ako Aotearoa to rely simply on the local releases to drive local stories about the winners – this is a big awards ceremony and… Read Full Story.
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- Tags: AUT, Bay of Plenty Polytechnic, Education NZ, English Language Schools, Maori, Massey University, NMIT, NZUSA, Otago Polytechnic, Training Opportunities, UCOL, Unitec, Universities NZ, University of Auckland, University of Canterbury, University of Otago, University of Waikato, Victoria University of Wellington
- Siouxsie Wiles: Sorry, I should dd that my motive was not just obtaining top up funds, but also to spark the public' [...]
- Siouxsie Wiles: Hi Dave Thanks for your support! It is disappointing to see that Mark thinks this is anti-int [...]
- Ian: Completion rates anyone? [...]
- Dave Guerin: Pedantic, I'm sure the banks will lend money based on Steven Joyce's cogent analysis alone. [...]
- Pedantic: It's good news. The Budget is now sure to include significant funding for buildings so universities [...]
- Are ITOs Doing More Business Training?
- News 17/5 – Get Exporting! WIE Wins Dispute. Marine Resources.
- News 16/5 – Premier Uni. Music Review. Tui.
- News 15/5 – Nursing Investigation. Vet School. Name for Sale.
- News 14/5 – World Class Salaries. Hotels and Feng Shui. Fatal Crash.
- News 11/5 – Chch Renewal Plan. Land Purchase. Teaching Excellence.
- Would you crowdfund a research project?
- News 10/5 – Income Mobility. Industrial Coating. WITT Uniforms.
- News 9/5 – Saudi Ban. Durie Retires. Op Shops.
- News 8/5 – World Class Uni. BSA Complaint. CircoArts.
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