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2 Feb 2012

Policy, Management & People Building/Glass Wintec is finding it hard to fill its construction trades classes while UCOL is not filling the glass school in Wanganui. New Professors Auckland has named 11 new professors. Aviation 25th Massey’s School of Aviation is celebrating 25 years of operation. New ECE Centre TWOA has started a new ECE centre in Gisborne…. Read Full Story.

News 25/1 – Diving Deaths. Otago Enrolments. Dairying.

25 Jan 2012

Policy, Management & People Diving Deaths There will be no charges for a training provider, subcontracted to Adventure Education, that had two students die as there was no health and safety law breach (RNZ). WelTec Precinct WelTec is moving another step towards gaining its Petone education precinct – the proposal will go out for consultation. Otago Enrolments The… Read Full Story.

News 23/1 – Fund a Prof. Apple’s Textbooks. Teach First.

23 Jan 2012

Policy, Management & People New TV Ads I was going to write a post about new TV ads put out by ITPs, but StopPress wrote much the same thing on Friday, so I’ll pass. It’s worth a read on cool new ads by Open Poly and MIT. Innovation City Prof Sir Peter Gluckman has followed up last year’s… Read Full Story.

News 18/1 – PEI. Whitireia Theatre. Discrimination?

18 Jan 2012

Policy, Management & People PEI There are more stories on Practical Education Institute’s closure from RNZ (2,700 students and 700 EFTS, with 80% being on the course for which funding was cut), NewstalkZB and NZN. Whitireia Theatre The local community paper has a story on Whitireia’s pulling out of funding a local theatre and I do love the… Read Full Story.

News 11/1 – Otago Clocktower. VSM Impact. Whitireia Buildings.

11 Jan 2012

You know it’s summer when not one research story could be found for this edition! Policy, Management & People Otago Clocktower The ODT has done a series on towers around town, including Otago Uni’s Registry Building Clocktower. VSM Impact OUSA’s Darel Hall, a good friend of ED Blog, has opined on how the VSM Bill will make students… Read Full Story.

News 22/12 – Motel SIT. Birdflu. Massey & Police.

22 Dec 2011

Policy & Management WITT $$ The Taranaki Daily News has some good news for WITT’s turnaround, based on a TEC report released yesterday. Motel SIT SIT has bought the Aachen Motel in Invercargill to house international students. Extras: flood protection work at Massey. Research & Innovation Birdflu Auckland’s Siouxsie Wiles comments on the research that may be censored… Read Full Story.

News 21/12 – Whitireia Buildings. VSM Hearing. Aviation Oddity.

21 Dec 2011

Policy & Management Whitireia Buildings Whitireia has pulled out of a $3m contribution to a performing arts development in Porirua, both because they’ve moved their course into Wellington and approved a $20m development at Porirua for classrooms etc to replace prefabs. It’s upset some people in Porirua, but it’s hard to fault the priorities. Industry Training The MOE… Read Full Story.

News 20/12 – Agencies Differ Over Pilot School. Grant’s Back. Fish Ears.

20 Dec 2011

Policy & Management Agencies Differ Over Pilot School A Palmerston North flying school, Wings Flight Training Academy, seems at high risk of closure after the International Education Appeal Authority found that accommodation and settling in of students were not up to standards. The IEAA has recommended six months suspension for the provider, during which time no students could… Read Full Story.

News 12/12 – Joyce’s Roles. Ad Complaint. Chasing a Job.

12 Dec 2011

Policy & Management Joyce’s Roles The NZ Herald reckons that Steven Joyce can “expect to leap to a front-bench position and the economic development and science and innovation portfolios as well as hanging on to tertiary education”. That’s been my pick for some time too. Ad Complaint Unitec had a complaint made to the Advertising Standards Authority about… Read Full Story.

News 9/12 – New ENZ CE. Robots. Spending Cap.

9 Dec 2011

Policy & Management New ENZ CE Grant McPherson is the new CE of Education New Zealand – he is currently the Deputy CE of NZTE and has a strong trade background. Whitireia Building Closed Whitireia closed its journalism school building yesterday – I wrote about it here – and it will cost about $600K to fix the building… Read Full Story.

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