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1 Students not gagging for it
20 November 2009 4:09pm | Otago Polytechnic Student's Association
In a surprise move student representation has been recommended to be removed from the governance councils of polytechnics. More >>
2 Lecturers threaten to withhold students’ marks
20 November 2009 4:15pm | USU. Student Association at Unitec
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 >>
3 Rhodes Scholars Elect for 2010
19 November 2009 4:34pm | Vice Chancellors' Committee
Thomas Hills, Alice Irving and Richard Stebbing have been selected as Rhodes Scholars following a selection meeting at Government House in Auckland yesterday. Tenable at Oxford University, Rhodes Scholarships constitute the pinnacle of achievement ... More >>
4 Students outraged at Polytechnic governance change
20 November 2009 2:51pm | NZ Union of Students' Associations
Student representatives are outraged at today’s release of an Education and Science Select Committee report on a Bill which will fundamentally alter the nature and quality of Polytechnic Councils. More >>
5 Don’t Shortchange the Children
20 November 2009 4:08pm | NZEI
Early childhood teachers are bombarding the Education Minister with a strong message not to shortchange our youngest children. It follows the government’s policy U-turn on moving towards a fully qualified early childhood teaching workforce. More >>
6 TEU Tertiary Update, volume 12, number 40
19 November 2009 3:59pm | Association of University Staff
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 >>
7 Women’s six week freebie accepted by employers
18 November 2009 3:45pm | Tertiary Education Union
Today is the day when New Zealand women effectively begin working for free until the end of the year, says the TEU Women’s Officer, Suzanne McNabb. “Women are paid at least 12% less than men (in average hourly earnings), and from today, 18 ... More >>
8 No Confidence in National Standards
19 November 2009 5:12pm | New Zealand Educational Institute
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 >>
9 Pay, Employment Equality Review for Massey
19 November 2009 4:56pm | Massey University
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 >>
10 Rhodes Scholarship to engineering student
19 November 2009 1:46pm | University of Auckland
Richard Stebbing, a University of Auckland engineering student with a passion for medical imaging, has been awarded an esteemed Rhodes Scholarship. More >>
11 Professor Peter Hunter wins the Rutherford Medal
19 November 2009 12:49pm | University of Auckland
Auckland Bioengineering Institute Director Professor Peter Hunter has won the prestigious Rutherford Medal, New Zealand’s top science honour. The Minister of Research, Science and Technology, Hon Dr Wayne Mapp, presented the medal to Professor Hunter last night ... More >>
12 'Work for Free Day' Resonates w Education workers
18 November 2009 11:18am | New Zealand Educational Institute
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 >>
13 North Tec Student in 2010 Int'l Flower Show
17 November 2009 5:01pm | North Tec
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 >>
14 WelTec Cooks Up Exchange to Bali
17 November 2009 4:16pm | Wellington institute of Technology
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 >>
15 UCOL Students Raise Funds for Samoa
18 November 2009 11:07am | UCOL
Whanganui UCOL’s First Year Bachelor of Nursing students have once again taken up the challenge to fundraise for the victims of the Tsunami in Samoa. Following on from the successful Australian Bush Fire Appeal in February this year, the students ... More >>
16 Top honours for Malaghan Institute chairman
19 November 2009 12:17pm | Victoria University of Wellington
Victoria University will confer honorary degrees on Graham Malaghan, Chairman of the Malaghan Institute of Medical Research, and Emeritus Professor Alan Ward, a New Zealand colonial history scholar. More >>
17 Hardwork put to the test in nursing finals
17 November 2009 4:17pm | Whitireia Polytech
Three years of hard work was put to the test today as hundreds of students across the country sat their State final exams to become registered nurses. At Whitireia Community Polytechnic 44 third year Bachelor of Nursing students were sitting final ... More >>
18 Commissioner Returning to Auckland Law as Prof
18 November 2009 5:29pm | University of Auckland
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 >>
19 Education on P Dangers Should Start Early
09 November 2009 5:07pm | Stellar Trust
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 >>
20 MP Heatley impressed by NorthTec’s facility
17 November 2009 3:52pm | NorthTec
Whangarei MP and Minister for Fisheries and Housing Mr Phil Heatley toured NorthTec’s purpose-built trades training facility Future Trades last week during an information evening that attracted a more than 30 prospective students and their families (subs ... More >>
21 Manukau Students Show Business Skills
18 November 2009 2:29pm | City of Manukau Education Trust
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 >>
22 Partnership With Early Childhood Council
12 November 2009 1:38pm | ECE Astute
The Early Childhood Council is the largest representative body of licensed early child care, daycare and education centres in New Zealand. It is a not-for-profit organisation with more than 1,000 plus member centres employing more than 7,000 staff ... More >>
23 Nelson School of Music Given New Piano
18 November 2009 9:53am | Nelson Media Agency
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 >>
24 Orangutans, Wood Pigeons and Dark Spirits
11 November 2009 11:54am | Whitireia Polytech
Whitireia Community Polytechnic’s new issue of 4th Floor, the online literary journal featuring writing from the Creative Writing Programme, is launched for eager web-readers today. This year’s edition is not only bristling with well-known authors and talented ... More >>
25 Creativity in the classroom
11 November 2009 12:47pm | University of Waikato
A management lecturer who brings real-world consulting into the classroom and an economist who draws on the slave trade in the Sudan to illustrate economic principles are the winners of this year’s Waikato Management School Outstanding Teaching Awards. More >>
26 National Standards Up For Discussion
18 November 2009 1:27pm | NZEI
The education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa is hosting a forum today (Nov 19) to discuss the government’s controversial National Standards. More >>
27 Government axes Manukau literacy programme
11 November 2009 4:51pm | City of Manukau Education Trust
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 >>
28 Chemical Engineer Joins Biochar Centre
12 November 2009 9:47am | Massey University Staff
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 >>
29 Books rare insight into Chinese foreign affairs
27 January 2004 10:00am | University of Canterbury
The Chinese method of controlling all things foreign is the subject of a new book by Canterbury University Political Scientist Dr Anne-Marie Brady. More >>
30 UCOL Utilizes Pavement for Poetry
12 November 2009 1:19pm | UCOL
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 >>
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