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Unitec members of the Tertiary Education Union (TEU) have been striking intermittently since September 16, hitting students in the crucial exam period. The most recent action targeting students has been threats of withholding exam marks which will result ... More >>
Arts, Culture and Heritage Minister Christopher Finlayson spoke today at the announcement of a major original exhibition by Weta Workshop which will tour China later this year. More >>
Twenty five groups supporting positive parenting are to receive more than $810,000, says Social Development and Employment Minister Paula Bennett. For the first time the Ministry of Social Development’s SKIP (Strategies with Kids, Information for ... More >>
Custom learning designers, Wavelength, received a Gold and a Silver award in today’s Brandon Hall Excellence in Learning Awards ceremony. This is the 15th year that these awards have been held. Wavelength was the only New Zealand company to be placed in ... More >>
Education sector representatives and leaders will be taking a list of concerns to the government over the implementation of its National Standards policy, and have suggested the Standards be trialled before being fully adopted. The policy was the ... More >>
The University, in partnership with the tertiary education sector unions, is to undertake a pay and employment equity review to determine the extent to which gender affects women's pay and employment experiences, and to find ways to remove barriers and achieve ... More >>
Educating young New Zealanders from low decile schools about farming is why Federated Farmers backs the efforts of Christine Fernyhough - philanthropist, farmer, inventor and author of Ben and Mark, Boys of the High Country. “Duffy Books in Homes provides ... More >>
Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics are not in the troubled financial straits that the Minister of Education has suggested, according to data released yesterday by her Ministry. More >>
The best in business congregated at the Lower Hutt Town Hall earlier this month for the Hutt Valley Business Excellence Awards. This year, the inaugural Apprentice of the Year Award was added to the list of honours, won by Wellington Institute of Technology ... More >>
Health and Disability Commissioner Ron Paterson has been appointed to a chair in law at The University of Auckland. He will finish his present post at the end of March 2010 (completing ten years as Commissioner) and take up his professorship at ... More >>
See also: http://www.globalcarbonproject.org/carbonbudget/08/hl-full.htm http://www.globalcarbonproject.org/carbonbudget/index.htm Policy Brief: 6-page A4 pamphlet on the Budget08 (PDF) More >>
Students from Alfriston College talked about their involvement in the development of Randwick Park to over 50 business leaders and school representatives at an Education-Business forum facilitated by COMET today. The students have entered into a partnership with ... More >>
Work for Free Day is being marked today and the education sector union NZEI says it should serve to highlight the government’s continued efforts to undermine the value of women’s work. The Pay Equity Challenge Coalition says the 18th November ... More >>
Associate Minister of Education Heather Roy today announced that the Ongoing and Reviewable Resourcing Schemes (ORRS), which provide support to students with high special education needs, will be extended to include another 400 students around ... More >>
The Nelson School of Music is being gifted a new Steinway grand piano by local businessman Murray Sturgeon and his wife Jocelyn. Announcing the gift today, the Chairman of the Nelson School of Music Trust Board, Peter Robins said the Steinway Concert D ... More >>
Paul, Board Chair, teachers, boys and girls, ladies and gentlemen. Good morning, and thank you for your very warm welcome. I am delighted to be here this morning. One of the best things about being Associate Minister of Education is that I get ... More >>
Children from Kidsfirst South Brighton are on the right track for a lifetime of healthy eating – scooping a top South Island prize in the process. As part of November’s Fruit and Vegetable month, the kindergarten created an art montage of a healthy body ... More >>
NorthTec landscape student Katie Hilford has been selected as one of five competitors from around New Zealand in the newly-established Emerging Designer’s category at the Ellerslie International Flower Show in Christchurch in March of next year. Katie ... More >>
Wellington Institute of Technology (WelTec) continues to build its reputation abroad for excellence in education. The largest culinary school in the country and a Centre of Vocational Excellence in Hospitality and Tourism, WelTec is taking its recipe ... More >>
Memories of orchard life on Sturges Road are at the centre of 10-year-old Bella Berman’s award-winning essay, which took the top prize at this year’s JT Diamond Essay Competition. Bella was among the winners announced at a special ceremony held in the Waitakere ... More >>
Leading New Zealand business and employee organisations are urging schools to prepare young New Zealanders for the future by teaching them more about Asia, says Asia New Zealand Foundation Director Dr Richard Grant. More >>
More than 2000 primary school children will this week take part in a northern Buller field trip to learn more about efforts to save New Zealand’s threatened blue duck (whio). The Department of Conservation (DoC), which operates eight national security ... More >>
Leading New Zealand business and employee organisations are urging schools to prepare young New Zealanders for the future by teaching them more about Asia, says Asia New Zealand Foundation Director Dr Richard Grant. Dr Grant says the Business Education ... More >>
The education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa is hosting a forum to discuss the government’s controversial National Standards and what they will mean for children’s learning. More >>
The Auckland Medical Research Foundation (AMRF) has donated $400,000 toward the redevelopment of The University of Auckland's Grafton Campus, as a further expression of its support for medical and health research at the University. The AMRF has provided more than ... More >>
Waimokoia Residential School in Auckland is to close, Education Minister Anne Tolley has announced. “I have made my decision to close the school in the interests of the students, and based on reports from the Education Review Office (ERO) and the ... More >>
Associate Minister of Education Heather Roy today announced the appointment of the Gifted & Talented Advisory Committee which will provide advice on education tailored to gifted and talented students and to strengthen partnerships across the Education ... More >>
I would also like to thank everyone for being here today - parents, teachers, students, and those who have come from other schools. We are all here today to celebrate the establishment of the Patricia Avenue School satellite at the Te Awamutu College campus. ... More >>
More than 100 schools across the country have now been connected to ultra-fast fibre networks in what is being touted as a major boost for the spread of e-learning. The figure is a milestone for the New Zealand Regional Fibre Group, whose members have ... More >>
The number of New Zealanders getting sick from campylobacter has taken a dive following a concerted effort to combat the bug in chicken meat, Food Safety Minister Kate Wilkinson said today. More >>
A leading marine and freshwater chemist, Professor Hunter will succeed Professor Vernon Squire, who takes up his new role as Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic & International) from 1 February 2010. More >>
Award-winning author of fiction Sue Francis of Waihao Downs, near Waimate, knows how to inspire readers and judges with her literary craft and compelling stories. But the national winner of last month’s Sunday Star Times short story award also ... More >>
Treasury is advising that government’s investment in education may have to decline from its current 6.4 percent of GDP to less than 4 percent by 2050. It wants government to achieve that cut in funding by shifting more of the cost of education services ... More >>
Visitors to Wanganui’s Saturday market are likely to notice something colourfully cultural underfoot. First year English students from the UCOL’s Computer Graphic Design programme will use an unusual medium to share their poetry skills with the ... More >>
Six of the ten newly elected Fellows of the Royal Society of New Zealand (FRSNZ) are from The University of Auckland. "Fellowship of the Royal Society signifies national recognition of academic excellence and we are delighted that our researchers have ... More >>
Three outstanding Year 13 high school students are the recipients of Mike Pero Mortgages’ Foundation tertiary education scholarships for 2010. “We are delighted to announce the three winners who will receive scholarships, two of $5,000 and one of $2,500, ... More >>
In the global battle to attract international students, academic rankings have become an important tool and one of the main factors used to help students decide where they want to study. New Zealand’s consistently high quality of education has given ... More >>
Professor Jim Jones has been appointed to the second professorial position at the New Zealand Biochar Research Centre. Professor Jones, a chemical engineer, joins soil scientist Associate Professor Marta Camps as a co-director of the centre. Together ... More >>
The government has chosen not to invest in a new adult literacy and education programme developed by COMET and the Manukau Institute of Technology (MIT). The new programme is based on the highly regarded Manukau Family Literacy Programme (MFLP), which COMET, ... More >>
Pasifika parents are being encouraged to stand for school boards of trustees through two community fonos being held in Auckland this month. The fono are part of a joint initiative by the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs called ... More >>
Five members of the New Zealand Institute of Professional Photographers (NZIPP) have taken multiple prizes in the prestigious Kodak Gold Awards—a competition honouring and promoting the importance and value of excellence in professional photography. ... More >>
Families should be worried by moves by the National Government that could see costs of early childhood education shifted on to parents, Labour’s Early Childhood Education spokesperson Sue Moroney says. “National has deliberately dropped the word 'free' ... More >>
Complex engineering problems and their solutions will be on display in an exhibition that caps four years of study for engineering students at the Wellington campus. Observe, Invent, Realise will be held at the Holiday Inn on Wednesday and showcases ... More >>
InternetNZ (Internet New Zealand Inc), the Law Commission and the Ministry of Justice are co-hosting a seminar next month for legal, media and Internet professionals to discuss issues around suppression orders, contempt of court and the Internet. The ... More >>
A Dunedin student with a view of a clean and safe nuclear-powered future has been recognised as one of the world’s top young scientists, and will complete a PhD at a leading American university thanks to his selection for a prestigious International ... More >>
Greater emphasis is required on the secondary-tertiary interface, according to the NZVCC submission on the Government’s Draft Tertiary Education Strategy 2010-2015. On the strategy priority of more young people gaining degrees, the Committee suggests ... More >>
SIKA, renowned as a leading exponent of Didjeridoo will present ‘SACRED HOOP’ TALK / SOUND JOURNEY: a fascinating invitation to delve deeply into the esoteric world of sound & healing. Sika's highly amusing stories carry us into the world of ... More >>
Architect and internationally acclaimed speaker Richard Gage will present startling new evidence about the September 11, 2001 collapses of the World Trade Centre when he speaks in Wellington next month. More >>
Almost 60 percent of New Zealanders believe education about the dangers posed by pure methamphetamine (P) use and addiction should start as early as primary and intermediate school level. The scale of the P problem in New Zealand and New Zealanders’ desire ... More >>
In 1859, Darwin’s theory of evolution shook humanity, confronted science and challenged religion, including the profound faith of his beloved wife Emma. More >>
Computer science researcher and PhD student Daniel Playne has won a North Harbour Club award for his groundbreaking work on computer simulations used to solve physics-related problems. It is the third year running he has received the Massey-sponsored IT, Innovation ... More >>
A new charitable trust has been established to support up and coming musical talent in New Zealand. The Lewis Eady Charitable Trust Inc. was established in 2008 and will be officially launched in Auckland on 18 November. The trust will support musicians ... More >>
An establishment board of trustees has been appointed for the new primary school in Churton Park, Wellington, the Acting Regional Manager of the Central South office of the Ministry of Education, Anne Devonshire announced today. ``Population growth ... More >>
Today Promethean, a global leader in education technology solutions, introduces National Geographic Young Explorer ActivLessons; a series of interactive whiteboard lessons designed specifically for kindergarten and first grade students. Engineered to expand ... More >>
The Northland region will be treated to a feast of creative output from NorthTec students at exhibitions around the region in November and December. More >>
Jenny Yule, the founder and managing director of PORSE In-Home Childcare and Educator Training has voiced her support for a new report calling for stronger community-based services to provide more opportunities for young children. More >>
Thousands of low paid school support staff are attending paid union meetings around the country to consider their next move in their stalled pay talks. Their collective agreement expired on March 1 and despite several days of negotiation with the Ministry ... More >>
For almost a decade, Dunedin Public Libraries have joined forces with Dunedin Public Hospital to provide a Books for Babies pack for every child lucky enough to be born in our fair City. More >>
A report released today outlines a vision for a national network of high quality community-based early childhood centres. The report ‘Strengthening Community-based Early Childhood Education in Aotearoa – New Zealand’ was authored by Helen May ... More >>
A new report, released today, calls for the coordinated development of public early childhood education services in every community. Entitled 'Strengthening Community-based Early Childhood Education in Aotearoa/New Zealand”, the report is the outcome of ... More >>
More New Zealanders are studying diplomas and higher-level tertiary education qualifications Secretary for Education Karen Sewell said today. From 2007 to 2008, the proportion of domestic students studying for diplomas and higher qualifications increased from ... More >>
“I heard many times that New Zealand is a beautiful country. I wanted to see it with my own eyes” says Peach Tanunchai, a 17 year old student visiting from Thailand. Peach is one of twelve Thai students who won the chance to brush up their English ... More >>
With purse strings easing, smart, forward-thinking companies will be looking to capitalise on the prospect of new opportunities. This means the labour market is about to heat up. And from the perspective of students, the timing couldn’t be better. The key ... More >>
A group of young people in foster care will today receive awards celebrating their achievements. Run by Child Youth and Family, the William Wallace Awards are a result of a bequest made by William Wallace and into their fourth year. The 13 young winners ... More >>
Education Minister Anne Tolley and China’s Ambassador to New Zealand, Mr Zhang Limin, today signed an education agreement at Parliament which focuses on enhancing education research, science and technology links between New Zealand and China. The ... More >>
Wanganui people have the chance to learn the intricacies of decorative sugar art from one of the country’s top pastry chefs at Whanganui UCOL’s Summer School of the Arts in January. More >>
Prince Edward, the Earl of Wessex, will sail on the Spirit of New Zealand on November 5 alongside forty young New Zealander’s on the Waitemata Harbour. The sailing will rekindle memories of his time spent aboard the Spirit of Adventure in 1982 when he ... More >>
An agreement establishing a Confucius Institute at the University of Canterbury has been signed by the First Vice-Premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China. More >>
The Cognition Education Trust announced its major new philanthropic initiative when it launched the Cognition Institute in Auckland on Saturday night. The Cognition Institute is intended to be a thought leader in New Zealand education dedicated to ... More >>
Carpentry Programme Coordinator Brett Tickner swapped his hammer for tongs at UCOL Wairarapa’s Cookery programme relaunch on Labour weekend. Brett was one of several volunteers who assisted celebrity chef Al Brown during his outdoor cooking demonstration ... More >>
Primary and Intermediate school students flocked to Auckland’s Mt Smart Stadium this afternoon to witness New Zealand’s largest game of Scrabble on a board over 16m squared. More >>
Working In, last night named for the third time in the Deloitte Fast 50, is hoping international students will attend New Zealand’s first ever International Student Expo in Auckland this weekend. More >>
Anne Tolley's refusal to provide correspondence about night class cuts from National MPs to herself and John Key, on the grounds that it would take too much work to collate, suggests the pair have been deluged with correspondence from unhappy National backbenchers, ... More >>
Education Minister Anne Tolley has announced that Alternative Education contracts with schools will be extended for 2010. “I want to give certainty to the sector, following a review of Alternative Education,” said Mrs Tolley. “There will be ... More >>
Wintec (Waikato Institute of Technology) is to be the principal partner of Netball Waikato from January 2010. The partnership was announced at Netball Waikato’s Annual Volunteer Awards dinner this week. Waikato Region Manager Delwyn McCarroll said the ... More >>
A combined effort between a Wintec student and a tutor saw a business paper take best student paper at the New Zealand Applied Business Educators conference in Rotorua recently. More >>
A group of MBA students leave for China next Thursday for a study tour. About 20 students and staff will spend 10 days in the cities of Shanghai and Suzhou assessing economic growth in the manufacturing and service sectors and experiencing the significant ... More >>
“Changes to the qualified teacher targets for early childhood education and care centres will impact on the quality of services to young children and families” says New Zealand Kindergartens chief executive Clare Wells. The Minister of Education ... More >>
Moving the 80 per cent target for early childhood teacher registration out two years to 2012 is welcomed but will not solve the sector's current and damaging staff shortages, says the Early Childhood Council. Chief executive Sarah Farquhar says the number ... More >>
Education Minister Anne Tolley has acknowledged the valuable work being done by New Zealand’s teachers as they celebrate World Teachers Day. “Teaching is a vitally important job, second only to parenting,” said Mrs Tolley. “Our children and ... More >>
Labour Leader Phil Goff joined in World Teachers Day at May Road Primary School in his Mt Roskill Electorate today. World Teachers Day celebrates the value of teaching and learning, with thousands of teachers, students, children and parents joining ... More >>
World Teacher’s Day is the perfect opportunity to recognise the important role played by qualified early childhood teachers says Te Tari Puna Ora o Aotearoa / NZ Childcare Association Chief Executive Nancy Bell. “Having a day to recognise the ... More >>
Associate Minister of Education Heather Roy today welcomed the tabling in Parliament of a report by the Auditor-General on the Ministry of Education’s management of four initiatives to support school-age students it assesses as having the highest ... More >>
The Government has announced today that it will continue the Fruit in Schools programme, but is cutting the administration component. Health Minister Tony Ryall says "When introduced, the previous government said Fruit in Schools funding would be for three ... More >>
Airline pilot training company, CTC Aviation Training, last evening was named one of New Zealand’s 50 Fastest Growing Companies in New Zealand, placing 23rd in the 2009 Deloitte Fast 50. More >>
The Government has approved plans to solve critical storage and infrastructure issues in the National Library’s Wellington building, the Minister Responsible for the National Library, Nathan Guy announced today. More >>
The National Library of New Zealand, which houses the Alexander Turnbull Library, is moving out of its Wellington building in early December to temporary locations as it prepares to start work on the building redevelopment. More >>
The Kites Directory of Mental Health and Addiction Services for the Wellington Region is now available on-line. This directory provides information about a wide range of services that maybe useful to people who experience mental health and addiction ... More >>
The Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor, Professor Sir Peter Gluckman, has released a report on improving the translation of publicly funded research for economic benefit. More >>
The Government is right to demand that the ACC Sensitive Claims Unit is reviewed, but this is not far enough, the new process still needs to be stopped. More >>
SLOW PROGRESS FOR WOMEN PROFESSORS The proportion of professors and associate professors who are women grew from 17 percent in 2003 to 21 percent in 2008 according to the Ministry of Education’s just released Profiles and Trends Report 2008. Overall ... More >>
Lincoln University’s long and strong connections with South Canterbury receive a new and formal educational stamp today (28 October) with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Aoraki Polytechnic. The MOU, signed by Professor Roger ... More >>
“World Teachers Day is a day when New Zealanders can say thank you to teachers for the work they do in educating our youngest citizens to take an active part in our world, says Director of the New Zealand Teachers Council, Dr Peter Lind. UNESCO's ... More >>
New Zealand Aotearoa Adolescent Health and Development (NZAAHD) on behalf of the Network of Youth One Stop Shops (NYOSS) is encouraging the Ministry of Health and youth health funders to see youth one stop shops as an effective model for supporting ... More >>
The Riddet Institute has established “The Earle Food Research Fund,” a $1 million scholarship fund to support postgraduate students working on research which contributes to its Centre of Research Excellence (CoRE) Research Programme. More >>
About one in five Maori have a disability and there is a growing concern they have been left behind without the help they need to take part in their culture, Tariana Turia says. More >>
A desire to tell the world about a seldom reported tragedy has shaped the past four years of Rituraj Sapkota’s life. Of Bhutanese Nepalese parentage and now a scholarship Honours students at Wintec in Hamilton, he is about to screen his documentary film. More >>
It’s well known that small and medium-sized enterprises struggle to grow, but maybe they’re content as they are. A new study out of the University of Waikato has found support for what’s known as the ‘contentment hypothesis’, and it’s won best ... More >>
Two of New Zealand’s award-winning writers have been chosen for residencies at the Michael King Writers’ Centre in Devonport in early 2010. Biographer Rachel Barrowman will hold the first of two eight-week residencies from January. Martin ... More >>
Chinese officials will learn from New Zealand’s world-class food safety regime through a new scholarship arrangement, Food Safety Minister Kate Wilkinson announced today. More >>
One of New Zealand’s best known children’s authors will receive an honorary doctorate from the University of Waikato. Tauranga-based, internationally acclaimed Dame Lynley Dodd has sold more than nine million books during her career and has written 32 books ... More >>
The New Zealand School of Dance Graduation Season 09 promises to be a sleek, polished and exciting performance of classical ballet and contemporary dance. From heritage pieces to brand new choreography this season will have something for all dance lovers. More >>
Cynthia Enloe is Research Professor in the Department of International Development, Community, and Environment and Women's Studies at Clark University. Her feminist teaching and research has focused on how women’s labor is made cheap in globalised ... More >>
Good food keeps body and soul together whatever your age; and none more so than in the ‘golden years’. But malnutrition is becoming alarmingly common in our ageing population. Experts are gathering in Christchurch this week to learn from the latest ... More >>
The Maori Party today offered warm congratulations to Sandi Morrison of Tainui and Te Arawa on being the first-ever New Zealander to be inducted into the International Adult and Community Education Hall of Fame. More >>
Oct 23 (BusinessWire) - Unremarked in New Zealand, but extraordinary for the outpourings of affection and gratitude according to a New Zealander present, was the departure of Dr John Hood as the first foreigner, let alone Kiwi, to be Vice-Chancellor at ... More >>
Hon Heather Roy speech to the Learning State Graduation 2009 Ceremony; St James Theatre, Courtney Place, Wellington; Thursday, October 22 2009. More >>
A family relationship with the Taranaki Daily News spanning more than 100 years has resulted in the establishment of a scholarship for aspiring journalists. Funds for the James (Snr) and Mary Garcia Scholarship – which will also eventually encompass ... More >>
A new map illustrating the global consequences of failing to keep climate change to under 2 degrees Celsius was launched today by the UK Government. With just 45 days to go before international climate change talks begin in Copenhagen, British ... More >>
The Cartwright Inquiry signaled a major sea change in the way health care is delivered in New Zealand. Twenty-one years after its release, the health system is under scrutiny again and it’s time to look at whether the basic challenges to the system initiated ... More >>
NZATD Education Trust Grants 2010 NZATD Education Trust is a registered charity with the aim to enhance the practice of training and development in New Zealand by providing monetary grants for any individual or organisation involved in the fields ... More >>
CTC Aviation Training announced today it is opening up its facility for the first time to allow more New Zealanders to gain flight training experience at its Crew Training Centre-Hamilton. More >>
Wellington Institute of Technology (WelTec) is proud to present The Creative Collective, a series of exhibitions opening from 29 October – 6 November across the Wellington Region. Catch a glimpse into the future of art, design and digital media at this ... More >>
The wine industry can put a cap on its skills shortage, with the launch of the New Zealand’s first training programme combining winemaking and viticulture studies. More >>
The Government is set to hand Wellington’s iconic Carter Observatory over to the Wellington City Council. More >>
Five New Zealand researchers have been awarded prestigious James Cook Research Fellowships to undertake concentrated work in their fields of expertise for two years. More >>
In a time when we are hearing stories about economic doom and gloom, one Christchurch company is capitalising on the economic situation. One of the fastest growing industries in an economic downturn is the Direct Selling industry, people are looking for ways ... More >>
Auckland, October, 2009: - Sony is pleased to announce that applications are now open for the annual AUT Creative Technologies Scholarship. The winner of the scholarship, which is open to any person planning to study Creative Technologies in 2010, will ... More >>
While you’re relaxing this long weekend, take some time out to reflect on the reason you’re enjoying a holiday and check out NZ On Screen’s collection of Labour Day related titles . More >>
Dr Paul Lowe, a secondary science teacher at Morrinsville College, has won the Kudos Award for Science Educator at this month’s Kudos Awards in Hamilton. More >>
VICE-CHANCELLORS TOLD TO PAY FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE An independent review of the New Zealand Universities Academic Audit Unit (AAU) recommends that the Unit have greater independence from the New Zealand Vice Chancellors’ Committee (NZVCC). More >>
Sixteen-year-old student Nicole Petra Wesseling from Mt Albert's Marist College has won the supreme 2009 ‘Looking to the Future - Newmarket Young Fashion Designer Award.’ The young Aucklander has taken out the nationwide competition, winning ... More >>
All councils in the Auckland region should dig into their coffers and find funding to cover a shortfall for the popular Enviroschools programme, says Auckland Regional Council Councillor Dianne Glenn. Earlier this year the Enviroschools programme was ... More >>
Three illustrious alumni from the University's College of Creative Arts and its forerunner institutions have been named as the latest inductees into the college's Hall of Fame. Graphic designer Grant Alexander, photographer Jane Ussher and (posthumously) ... More >>
An education model that makes learning central to everyday workplace practice is benefiting workplaces, trainees and service users. This finding was contained in independent research highlighting the wider benefits that come from investing in ... More >>
The Minister of Education Anne Tolley fell back on racial stereotypes of Maori today in an attempt to justify cuts to Adult Community Education, Labour Associate Education spokesperson Kelvin Davis says More >>
Half a dozen bright yellow boxes were delivered to the Parliament steps this afternoon, each containing parts of a petition opposing the proposed cuts to Adult Community Education (ACE), which threatens to discontinue adult education classes throughout ... More >>
More than twenty industry and sector stakeholders attended the Northern Regional e-Learning Symposium yesterday (subs 19 October) at NorthTec’s Interactive Learning Centre on the Raumanga campus in Whangarei. More >>
Canterbury authors Coral Atkinson and Fiona Farrell will be hosting a book launch and writing workshop this Saturday, as part of New Zealand Book Month. More >>
The recession is tough for a lot of people, but maintaining your relationships, or building new ones, can be as challenging as surviving in a tough economy. More >>
One of three inaugural Master of Nursing graduates from Wintec has received Nurse Practitioner status from the Nursing Council of New Zealand. Anna Dawson is one of just 61 Nurse Practitioners nationwide. Ms Dawson completed her clinical Masters ... More >>
Interior Design students Emily Pita and Charmaine Smit achieved a double award win for Wellington Institute of Technology at this year’s BEST Design Awards. More >>
A new record number of prisoners highlights the need to effectively rehabilitate prisoners and bring the prison population down, Corrections Minister Judith Collins said. More >>
A record 640 teachers and leaders have been nominated in the 2009-2010 round of the NEiTA Foundation’s National Excellence in Teaching and Leadership Awards, a 236 per cent increase over the previous 2007– 08 round. More >>
NorthTec’s construction tutors are equipping prisoners at the Northern Region Corrections Facility at Ngawha near Kaikohe with real world skills to turn their lives around and to help those in need in the community as part of an agreement with the Corrections ... More >>
In tough economic times it’s often difficult for not-for-profit organisations to recruit and in retain members, and that in turn affects income and work capacity. More >>
SkillSoft, a leading provider of e-learning and performance support solutions, has joined forces beginning today with Deloitte Australia to provide access to an elite collection of leadership videos and interviews. More >>
'Confessions of a Rugby Mercenary', a dramatic expose of professional French rugby by former Wellington Lions player John Daniell, has been shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award, it was announced today in London. More >>
Click to enlarge Captain Purple , with creator, Sarah Crosby from Top Energy, Northland YES Company of the Year, CS Productions. More >>
Two Whanganui UCOL School of Design students scored Bronze medals in the annual BeST Design Awards announced in Auckland at the weekend. More >>
Orthopedic gumboots, an elastic chair, a restaurant up a tree, a sheep drencher inspired by a beer bottle, the world’s safest trampoline and a coat stand shaped like a twig were among some of the most colourful high profile winners at the national 2009 ... More >>
Fifteen current and former students from Massey, and two staff members, are celebrating after wins at this year's BeST Design Awards. More >>
“Family Violence – can we beat it? Well, we’re going to have a damned good crack at it” says Angela McLeod President of the New Zealand Federation of Business and Professional Women (BPWNZ). More >>
We wanted to remind you that entries for the inaugural New Zealand Water Safety Awards close in two weeks on 31 October 2009. Not only does the winner of each category receive $5000 towards professional development, but they also get national recognition ... More >>
Tai Tokerau Trades Academy under the banner of Northland College has secured one of the five spots offered by the Minister of Education, Anne Tolley. The Trades Academy has been operating at Northland College since 2006. It is proposed that the Academy ... More >>
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) is welcoming yesterday’s announcement from the Minister of Health, that the governments newly formed Clinical Training Agency Board will have nurses represented on it. The new national board has been ... More >>
“It’s time New Zealand had an official poverty measure. Many of us believe child poverty is a major social problem in our country while others deny its existence. There is only one way that argument can be resolved,” says Murray Edridge, Every ... More >>
With the summer boating season set to start this Labour Weekend (October 24–26) Maritime New Zealand (MNZ) and fellow water safety agencies are behind two key safety initiatives aimed at reducing the number of recreational boating deaths. More >>
The New Zealand Chiropractors’ Association (NZCA) is urging all New Zealanders to take three minutes a day to improve posture, core strength and spinal health through the Straighten Up New Zealand programme, available free online. More >>
New Zealand’s up-and-coming sports stars were honoured in a formal ceremony on Friday 16 October for striking the balance between sport and study. The Blue Awards ceremony hosted by Unitec and its student association the USU, awarded thirteen students ... More >>
One of the country’s richest art scholarships for students has been awarded to Maria Martin-Smith from Whanganui UCOL’s Quay School of the Arts. The winner of the pattillo (note lower case) scholarship was named at a function at the Sarjeant ... More >>
The 2009 International Careers Conference in Wellington next month has officially sold out, making it the largest event of its kind ever to be held in New Zealand. More >>
Aotearoa People’s Network Kaharoa (APNK) was this week awarded the 2009 3M Award for Innovation in Libraries, administered by the Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa (LIANZA). More >>
Flight Centre is doing its bit to unravel the mysteries of plane etiquette, with a guide to the social tactics to pursue and avoid at 30,000-feet. More >>
MINISTER SAYS BE SELECTIVE ABOUT STUDENTS TVNZ has drawn attention to significant underfunding in the tertiary education sector, questioning whether it can continue to perform as funding cuts start to take effect. Chief Executive of WITT (Western ... More >>
Education Minister, Anne Tolley, has announced the five successful applicants selected to open trades academies in 2011. “Every student should have an education system which works for them and which meets their needs, and trades academies will help ... More >>
A nationwide search for future hospitality and adventure tourism stars has resulted in two high school students each winning a $25,000 scholarship to study in Queenstown. Seventeen-year-old Anthony Metcalve (correct) from St Andrew’s College in Christchurch ... More >>
Thirty five primary school teachers from throughout New Zealand have been awarded Primary Science Teacher Fellowships for the first two terms of 2010. This is the second intake of primary school teachers participating in the Primary Science Teacher ... More >>
Victoria University of Wellington and the Wellington Council of Christians and Jews Present a Public Seminar More >>
Acting Prime Minister, Hon Bill English, will present prizes to the top scholars of Victoria University's School of Government programmes at the School’s seventh anniversary celebrations on 14 October More >>
The education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa says categorically that no deal has been struck over National Standards and league tables. More >>
On Friday October 16, the “Commonwealth Conversation” is coming to One Tree Hill College, Auckland, where up to 40 students will produce a video to be presented to Prime Minister John Key on the future of the Commonwealth. The college is inviting ... More >>
In tertiary education, the Government means business, and not much else. The draft Tertiary Education Strategy starts by firmly bolting education to work and the economy, and never wavers in its focus. It does have some passing references to profile items ... More >>
RWC bids; Intelligence Sharing; DPF, Kiwiblog - Crown Investigation into blogging/contempt; Counterclockwise; Tuhoe raids art auction More >>
Study plans of Auckland University students have been disrupted recently by the decision of NZ Bus to continue to lockout student commuters from the Auckland public transport network, as the dispute drags into its sixth day tomorrow. “University students ... More >>
The release of the draft Tertiary Education Strategy (TES) for the period 2010-2015 for consultation reveals limited alignment with the nine-point plan contained in the university briefing document to the current Government. The key difference between ... More >>
Education Minister Anne Tolley has asked the Commissioner of Auckland’s Felix Donnelly College to begin consultation on the school’s possible closure. The consultation comes after recent reports by the Education Review Office and consultancy firm Cognition ... More >>
Malaghan Institute of Medical Research cancer and infectious diseases scientists are the latest recipients of highly-contested Marsden Funds. Dr Ian Hermans, Dr Troels Petersen and Dr Joanna Kirman were awarded ~$800,000 of Marsden funding, administered ... More >>
Tertiary institutes are lagging in popularity with 14 and 15 year old secondary school students when compared to other available career opportunities. This alarming trend is the unexpected result of a partner report generated by Inzone’s new interactive ... More >>
International Day was celebrated on October 1 at One Tree Hill College, Auckland, with a concert by the Royal New Zealand Navy Band. The function was organised by the Rotary Club of Penrose to mark the establishment of the Penrose Business Association. ... More >>
"Solar Powered Lunch Boxes","Plants and Aspirin fact or folklore?" These are some of the hundreds of student science projects to be showcased at the annual Auckland City Science & Technology Fair, held at the Alexandra Park Raceway Function Centre ... More >>
EOTC Guidelines - Bringing the Curriculum Alive – updated guidelines for education outside the classroom (EOTC) published Opportunities for children to learn in and about their community and environment have been enhanced with the publication today ... More >>
ACE Aotearoa welcomes the opportunity to help build the capability of the schools selected to provide adult education within the government’s new priorities says Co Chair of ACE Aotearoa, Analiese Robertson. The Tertiary Education Commission has ... More >>
Hon Heather Roy speech to the ACT New Zealand Auckland South Regional Conference; Mt Eden, Auckland; Saturday, October 10 2009. More >>
Everyone has their own little superpowers. The human race, at least in the western world, is very good at specialising. We can focus our minds incredibly well on extremely specific and usually mundane things. More >>
A young generation of theatre makers opens the 2010 season of Downstage Theatre with the New Zealand premiere of Vernon God Little! Long Cloud Youth Theatre (Spring Awakening & The Crucible) is calling for auditionees for its summer school intake. The company ... More >>
A writing workshop due to take place tomorrow as part of New Zealand Book Month has been postponed until next week. Building Fantastic Worlds and Making Sci-Fi Rock with award-winning author Helen Lowe was originally scheduled to take place on Saturday ... More >>
The entire full time teaching staff of 13 from Napier’s Arthur Miller School are at this year’s ULearn 09 as their professional development for the year. More >>
Each month in Standards New Zealand’s electronic magazine, Touchstone, the ‘environment’ section includes information about the latest environment Standards and Standards in development, at www.standards.co.nz/touchstone. More >>
Two new International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Standards will make scuba diving training programmes safer for diving newcomers as well as more experienced divers. The Standards are aimed at introductory scuba experience training programmes ... More >>
Victoria University of Wellington will confer honorary degrees on Richard Carey, an international civil servant, and Anthony Reid, a prominent historian on Southeast Asia. Richard Carey has worked for the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and ... More >>
The Minister for Social Development and Employment Paula Bennett has announced the Family Start and Early Start intervention programmes are to be independently reviewed. More >>
For centuries, parents have been giving other parents advice on how to raise their teenagers and how to communicate better with their children as they change into young, independent adults. However, with the 21st century comes some changes and it seems ... More >>
Government shouldn't change the law just because of a referendum. The Government's response to the so-called smacking referendum seems on its face to be undemocratic. After all, it seems obvious that we voters elect MPs to act on our behalf, to execute ... More >>
“The fears of communities around New Zealand are confirmed. Less than a quarter of schools currently offering night classes, will do so in 2010. It doesn’t matter how much political spin you put on these stats – National has killed a 100 year ... More >>
At an Easter hat parade at Bellfield Primary School in Melbourne, a child’s mother got into a punch-up with another mother and head-butted her unconscious in front of 250 children. Did anyone bat an eyelid? No, says the then principal, John Fleming. ... More >>
Addiction, schizophrenia, suicide, psychosis, depression, self-harm and early intervention are just some of the topics which will be discussed at the upcoming Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists’ New Zealand Conference on 14 to 16 October ... More >>
The broad scope of research projects funded through this year’s investment from the Mardsen Fund demonstrates the value to society from university research, according to the New Zealand Vice-Chancellors’ Committee. Professor Sir David Skegg, who ... More >>
Discussion on the dangers of the truck driving profession in New Zealand. Truck travel accounts for only 7 percent of all road travel on NZ roadways, but 20 percent of the total road fatalities occur from crashes involving trucks. *The design of a new ... More >>
Auckland-based company Good Water, which uses PLA plastic bottles that are completely biodegradable, is the subject of an award winning case study. Drs Steve Bowden and Eva Collins from Waikato University Management School along with Kate Kearins and ... More >>
Maori feature more than any other group of people injured intentionally or unintentionally.Every year on average enough Maori children to fill nearly 100 classrooms are hospitalised because of unintentional injuries. The most common setting for children to be unintentionally ... More >>
University of Otago researchers have gained more than $18m in the latest annual Marsden Fund round for 25 world-class research projects that push the frontiers of knowledge. The Otago projects will be led by researchers from across the University’s ... More >>
A unique project at the University of Waikato to examine the Māori way of death has won a prestigious Marsden Fund grant, worth $950,000 over three years, in the Royal Society of New Zealand’s latest research funding round. More >>
Education Minister Anne Tolley made a commitment to provide all schools with access to ultra-fast broadband at ULearn today. More >>
Graffiti Education Officer, Nicole Kettings, started last month on a two-year contract funded by the Ministry of Justice and will work twenty hours a week, under the supervision of Keep Dunedin Beautiful. She is based at the Dunedin Central Police Station. Keep ... More >>
Three in every four schools providing adult and community education night classes will lose their funding next year following the Government’s savage Budget cuts, says Labour’s Tertiary Education spokesperson Maryan Street. “The true carnage ... More >>
Massey sociologist Professor Paul Spoonley has been awarded a Royal Society of New Zealand Science and Technology medal for his scholarship on race relations in New Zealand. Professor Spoonley is the author or editor of more than 20 books on sociology, ... More >>
A Victoria University professor says that errors in the information technology (IT) systems of New Zealand’s health sector can be a matter of life and death. In her inaugural lecture next Tuesday, Professor Rowena Cullen—from Victoria’s School ... More >>
The well-known Chinese blogger and social entrepreneur Isaac Mao is visiting Auckland for 24 hours on Sunday 18th and Monday 19th October. More >>
The school-leaver statistics released by the Ministry of Education show the need for National Standards to lift achievement levels says Education Minister Anne Tolley. “The figures show that nearly one in five school leavers failed to achieve NCEA ... More >>
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