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UC bridge building pivotal for students and for engineering
Monday, 7 October 2013, 11:33 am | University of Canterbury
Today’s bridge building competition at the University of Canterbury (UC) is important for students and for engineering businesses, a postgraduate engineering student says. More >>
2013 New Zealand Student Media awards - 5 October 2013
Monday, 7 October 2013, 9:42 am | Salient
Excellence in student media was recognised in Wellington on Saturday 5 October with 19 awards presented at the annual ASPA event. More >>
Contribution of teachers recognised on World Teachers’ Day
Friday, 4 October 2013, 5:20 pm | Ministry of Education
The Secretary for Education Peter Hughes wants to recognise the extraordinary work teachers do every day. More >>
Research funding changes threaten academic freedom
Friday, 4 October 2013, 4:52 pm | Academic Freedom Aotearoa
The government’s plans to make commercial research the top priority for universities is a threat to Their mission and undermines academic freedom says Dr Sandra Grey, co-chair of the newly founded Academic Freedom Aotearoa. More >>
Music meets mechanism
Friday, 4 October 2013, 3:38 pm | NZ School of Music
Twenty-five robotic and mechatronic musical machines will be on display in The Hub at Victoria University on Friday 11 October from noon until 5:00pm as students from both Te Koki New Zealand School of Music and the School of Engineering collaborate ... More >>
SPACE celebrates its 10th anniversary this year
Friday, 4 October 2013, 3:08 pm | Space NZ Trust
SPACE celebrates its 10th anniversary this year and has planned a ‘make-a-difference’ campaign which will take place through a special week of SPACE sessions around the country from the 21st – 25th of October, where all SPACE parents and SPACE supporters ... More >>
Free lunch for UCOL Culinary students
Friday, 4 October 2013, 12:49 pm | UCOL
Two Whanganui UCOL culinary arts students have earned a year’s free study thanks to the City & Guilds International Foundation. Both Sean Tauroa and Bradie Alabaster will have their 2014 tuition and assessment fees paid by the international education ... More >>
Massey opens NZ’s first university trading room
Friday, 4 October 2013, 9:57 am | Massey University
Massey University has opened the country’s first university trading room at its Albany campus on Auckland’s North Shore – and NZX chief executive Tim Bennett has given the facility the thumbs up. More >>
Maori representation critical on University Councils
Thursday, 3 October 2013, 5:34 pm | The Maori Party
The Maori Party are calling for assurances that Maori student representation will be supported on to councils of tertiary institutions after changes to the makeup of University and Wananga councils were announced yesterday. More >>
University of Auckland to offer free online courses
Thursday, 3 October 2013, 5:25 pm | University of Auckland
The University of Auckland, New Zealand’s leading tertiary institution is to offer free online courses open to students around the world. In the initiative announced this week, the University will partner with FutureLearn, a UK-based consortium founded ... More >>
Gloomy year for NZ in World University Rankings
Thursday, 3 October 2013, 5:23 pm | The Times Higher Education
- A gloomy year for New Zealand in the prestigious league tables, as Auckland falls further - California Institute of Technology holds on to the world number one spot for the third consecutive year, while Harvard University – tied with Oxford ... More >>
Uni students use Sir Ed film to raise funds
Thursday, 3 October 2013, 4:26 pm | University of Waikato
Sharee Hamilton and Luke Coxhead are organising an exclusive screening of the movie Beyond the Edge to raise money for the Himalayan Trust – a not-for-profit organisation that assists in health, education, culture and restoration projects in Nepal as well ... More >>
Faulty review of University governance
Thursday, 3 October 2013, 4:24 pm | New Zealand Union of Students' Associations
New Zealand’s national body for students, the NZ Union of Students’ Associations (NZUSA), has called out a range of flaws and inbuilt bias in the Ministry of Education review of university governance. More >>
PPTA standing firm against charter schools
Thursday, 3 October 2013, 3:49 pm | PPTA
Members voted to support a paper presented at today’s PPTA annual conference that will give them the strength to see off the charter school threat. More >>
Student Job Numbers Leading to Quiet Optimism
Thursday, 3 October 2013, 3:39 pm | OUSA
The latest Otago figures released by Student Job Search has shown a small glimmer of hope in what has been a rough year for the student job market. “This has been the best month since March for Otago students looking for work,” said Francisco ... More >>
Vet Nurse Relishes Late Vocation
Thursday, 3 October 2013, 3:25 pm | Eastern Institute of Technology
Helping treat injured and sick animals is sometimes sad, occasionally dangerous but always exciting, Yvonne Haren says of working as a veterinary nurse. More >>
Te Kura Reo O Ngati Kahungunu - 6-10 October 2013
Thursday, 3 October 2013, 2:48 pm | Ngati Kahungunu Iwi Inc
With less than a week to go, te reo Māori advocates are gearing up for the first Ngāti Kahungunu Kura Reo, which starts on Sunday 6 October and runs through to Thursday 10 October. This inaugural Kura Reo will be held at Te Ūranga Waka (Faculty of Māori ... More >>
CPIT welcomes $18.9 million govt funding for trades campus
Thursday, 3 October 2013, 2:06 pm | CPIT
CPIT has welcomed today’s announcement that it is to receive $18.9 million from the government for investing into CPIT’s Trades Innovation Institute (TII) campus at Sullivan Avenue. More >>
CPIT Congratulated on Crown Capital Support Approval
Thursday, 3 October 2013, 1:49 pm | Tertiary Education Commission
The Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) congratulates the Christchurch Polytechnic and Institute of Technology (CPIT) on the recent Government approval of its business case for support, which will see the institution receive a capital injection of $18.9 ... More >>
World Teachers’ Day celebrations begin in Aotearoa
Thursday, 3 October 2013, 12:36 pm | NZEI
The global celebrations for World Teachers’ Day (5 October) will begin at dawn with a ceremony and powhiri in Gisborne – the first place in the world to see the sun. More >>
NZers should consider Aussie move implications first
Thursday, 3 October 2013, 11:58 am | University of Canterbury
New Zealanders looking to move to Australia should consider many implications before they take the plunge, a University of Canterbury researcher says. Even returning Kiwi migrants can encounter unexpected pitfalls and complications, Dr Rosemary Baird ... More >>
Adopt a Nation captures imagination
Thursday, 3 October 2013, 10:45 am | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
In August, Kawerau Youth Council and Kawerau District Council launched the Adopt a Nation programme for junior schools across Kawerau. Already, momentum is starting to build as the programme catches the imagination of students and rafters alike. More >>
Iwi advocate’s lobbying results in major scholarship effort
Thursday, 3 October 2013, 9:52 am | Nga Kaikokiri Matauranga
Nga Kaikokiri Matauranga is pleased to see that its lobbying has helped convince the Government to invest more in teachers who speak te reo Maori. More >>
Commentary on new loan-to-value ratio restrictions
Wednesday, 2 October 2013, 5:00 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
The introduction of the new loan-to-value ratio (LVR) restrictions by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) this week has received much media commentary—both for and against. The idea (as with other monetary policy instruments such as interest ... More >>
Professional development pounded out of existence
Wednesday, 2 October 2013, 4:58 pm | PPTA
The most effective system intervention to raise student achievement has been privatised, restructured and pounded out of existence, says PPTA president Angela Roberts. More >>
Substance of Tertiary Education Strategy at risk
Wednesday, 2 October 2013, 4:57 pm | NZ Union of Students' Associations
Today’s release of the National Government’s draft Tertiary Education Strategy for 2014-2019 is at risk of being sidelined by Minister Steven Joyce’s unilateral move to shut down the representative model currently in place for University Councils, ... More >>
Attack on students implicit in proposed uni council changes
Wednesday, 2 October 2013, 4:09 pm | Otago University Students' Association
“The government is attacking student representation on university councils,” said OUSA President Francisco in response to the release of the Review of the Legislative Settings for University Governance today. More >>
Students Occupy Corporate University
Wednesday, 2 October 2013, 4:02 pm | Reclaim UOA
50 students are currently occupying the Campus Life offices at the University of Auckland in protest of the increased corporatisation and privatisation of university life. More >>
Visiting cardiologist to give public lecture on meditation
Wednesday, 2 October 2013, 3:29 pm | University of Canterbury
A visiting cardiologist will give a public lecture at the University of Canterbury (UC) next week explaining that people who regularly practice transcendental meditation have 48 percent fewer deaths, heart attacks and strokes. More >>
Education strategy good for economy
Wednesday, 2 October 2013, 3:10 pm | BusinessNZ
The Government’s draft strategy for tertiary education for the next five years features a strong emphasis on the economy, says BusinessNZ. More >>
OUSA Appoints 2014 Critic Editor
Wednesday, 2 October 2013, 2:58 pm | OUSA
Today the OUSA have announced the appointment of Zane Pocock as Critic Editor for 2014. Critic is the award winning student magazine that puts out weekly editions for Otago University students and has been in production since 1925. More >>
OUSA Elections on Track for High Turn Out
Wednesday, 2 October 2013, 2:22 pm | OUSA
This week has seen the highest numbers of OUSA members turning out to elect a new student 2014 Executive in recent years and numbers are projected to be the highest since 2004. More >>
Industry Training Fed welcomes Tertiary Education Strategy
Wednesday, 2 October 2013, 1:51 pm | Industry Training Federation
The Industry Training Federation welcomes the acknowledgement of vocational education and training in the government’s Tertiary Education Strategy, released today. More >>
Changes to University Councils No Surprise
Wednesday, 2 October 2013, 12:53 pm | Tertiary Education Union
Stephen Joyce took the opportunity this morning at Victoria University of Wellington where he released the draft Tertiary Education Strategy for 2014-2019 to also announce the much-rumoured proposals to alter the composition of university councils. More >>
Green is new Waiariki councillor
Wednesday, 2 October 2013, 12:31 pm | Waiariki Institute Of Technology
Waiariki Institute of Technology Council chair Graeme Nahkies is pleased to announce Rotorua’s John Green has been appointed to the institute’s council for three years. More >>
Free online learning venture to go live next week
Wednesday, 2 October 2013, 11:57 am | Massey University
Massey will offer expertise in three of its core disciplines of Agriculture, Emergency Management and Indigenous Studies when its first open online courses go live next week. More >>
Prestigious fellowships for future science leaders
Wednesday, 2 October 2013, 11:54 am | University of Auckland
Rutherford Discovery Fellowships for top young researchers have been awarded to Dr Craig Radford and Dr Jonathan Sperry from the University of Auckland, and will bring Dr Suresh Muthukumaraswamy back to the university from the United Kingdom. More >>
OUSA Shuttles Take Flight
Wednesday, 2 October 2013, 10:25 am | OUSA
The Otago University Students’ Association has announced it will be trialling a twelve dollar student airport shuttle service for the end of year examination period between 11th of October and 11th of November. More >>
Documents reveal Min of Ed doubts over charter school goals
Wednesday, 2 October 2013, 10:09 am | NZEI Te Riu Roa
The Ministry of Education had serious doubts about whether one of the successful charter school operations will achieve its goal of a 1:15 student teacher ratio. More >>
Rally Today For A Debt-Free And Democratic University
Wednesday, 2 October 2013, 9:01 am | AUSA
Auckland University Students’ Association (AUSA) and Tertiary Education Union (TEU) are rallying today to send a strong message to government and the University of Auckland. The organisations, representing staff and students, condemn the continued underfunding ... More >>
Students and Staff call for a Debt-Free and Democratic Uni
Wednesday, 2 October 2013, 8:55 am | AUSA
Auckland University Students’ Association (AUSA) and Tertiary Education Union (TEU) are joining forces to send a strong message to government and the University of Auckland. More >>
New watchdog group protects academic freedom
Tuesday, 1 October 2013, 4:15 pm | Academic Freedom Aotearoa
Academic freedom is crucial to a strong democracy says Professor Jack Heinemann, co-chair of a soon to be launched group of academics out to defend academic freedom. More >>
NZ-wide lectures - "AVOIDING GLOBAL COLLAPSE"
Tuesday, 1 October 2013, 3:51 pm | Allan Wilson Centre
Paul Ehrlich Professor of Population Studies in the department of Biological Sciences at Stanford University and president of Stanford's Center for Conservation Biology More >>
NZEI supports properly funded early childhood education
Tuesday, 1 October 2013, 3:20 pm | NZEI
Teachers and school support staff have overwhelmingly endorsed the call for the Government to properly fund the early childhood education sector. The call came at the NZEI Te Riu Roa Annual Meeting being held in Rotorua this week. More >>
Teachers council overhaul a major assault on the profession
Tuesday, 1 October 2013, 3:14 pm | PPTA
An overhaul of the New Zealand Teachers Council at the whim of the education minister could see a major assault on the teaching profession, says PPTA president Angela Roberts. More >>
Low temperatures and lichens lead to graduation
Tuesday, 1 October 2013, 3:02 pm | University of Waikato
It will be the third time she’s graduated from the University of Waikato, but PhD student Tracey Burgess-Jones wouldn’t miss it for the world. More >>
PPTA annual conference – finding answers; fighting back
Tuesday, 1 October 2013, 12:22 pm | PPTA
PPTA members will be exploring solutions to threats “aimed squarely at the heart of public education” during the association’s annual conference this week. More >>
NZEI welcomes opposition education policy direction
Tuesday, 1 October 2013, 11:59 am | NZEI
Charter schools and National Standards will be gone next year if Labour and its likely support parties win the next election. More >>
Premiere of Speak Your Truth at Court Theatre
Tuesday, 1 October 2013, 10:21 am | CPIT
CPIT’s Sela Faletolu is talking to Māori and Pasifika youth instead of talking about them. Her unique No Limits! programme has grabbed the attention of policy makers and youth workers here and overseas for its success in engaging these students. More >>
Educational animations on a budget
Monday, 30 September 2013, 2:24 pm | Nelson Media Agency
Nelson IT expert John Herd has just completed a 30-minute educational animation for a Vanuatu NGO – and believes the concept has big potential as a learning resource in schools. More >>
NZAGE Summit
Monday, 30 September 2013, 12:21 pm | NZAGE
The 2013 NZAGE Summit ‘Home Grown’ will bring together New Zealand graduate employers, suppliers and tertiary providers across all industries for an informative and interactive day of presentations, panel sessions and workshops. The aim of this event is to explore ... More >>
UC students win tertiary engineering design competition
Monday, 30 September 2013, 12:14 pm | University of Canterbury
The team of four undergraduate engineers - Matthew Purdy (captain), James Francis, Emma Sirett and Guus Jans - received more than $3000 for winning the final of the Warman competition. More >>
UC lecturer and award-winning author begins second book
Sunday, 29 September 2013, 10:03 am | University of Canterbury
University of Canterbury gang lecturer and award-winning author Dr Jarrod Gilbert today announced he is beginning work on his second book, looking at murders in New Zealand. More >>
More cash needed for charter school money pit
Friday, 27 September 2013, 4:12 pm | NZEI
The bottomless money pit of the charter schools experiment has been exposed, with government documents showing that the initial $19 million to set up five charter schools may not be enough. More >>
Villa Education Trust: South Auckland Middle School
Friday, 27 September 2013, 2:17 pm | South Auckland Middle School
The Villa Education Trust is delighted to announce the appointment of Bryce Anderson as the Community Liaison Manager for South Auckland Middle School being established to begin at the start of the 2014 school year. More >>
UC researcher looking at food consumption and wastage
Friday, 27 September 2013, 1:36 pm | University of Canterbury
A University of Canterbury (UC) anthropologist has been investigating the cultural economics of commercial food waste and Dumpster-diving. Dr David Boarder Giles has worked with Dumpster-divers and the food recovery group Food Not Bombs in a bid to ... More >>
WelTec Graduate Steps Up for Christchurch Rebuild
Friday, 27 September 2013, 12:34 pm | Weltec
Robin Mouat knows what he’s talking about when it comes to the rebuild of Christchurch. “That’s a term which we hear over and over. It sounds big and it is, but restoring Christchurch is tackled in small steps and we’re part of it. More >>
Waikato-based teacher earns kudos
Friday, 27 September 2013, 12:11 pm | The Kudos Awards
Paeroa College’s Tina Youngman was the winner of the Wintec Secondary Science Teacher/Educator/ Communicator Award at The KuDos Awards evening last night. Tina’s successful contribution to increasing the numbers of students who study science at Paeroa College has earned ... More >>
Pupils Passion for Environment Brings Rewards
Friday, 27 September 2013, 10:54 am | Joint Press Release
Four winning schools have been selected to receive a Tree mendous School Makeover in 2014 – a joint initiative between the Mazda Foundation and Project Crimson Trust. More >>
Chinese tutors return home after Kiwi teaching experience
Thursday, 26 September 2013, 4:27 pm | Weltec
Eight tutors from the Guangxi Polytechnic of Construction (GPC) in Nanning, China are returning home after three weeks of tutor training at the Wellington Institute of Technology. More >>
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