Latest Education Headlines [Page 4]
UCOL joinery students nail top apprentice awards
Monday, 8 July 2013, 4:30 pm | UCOL
Jonny Browne from HR Jones in Feilding won the Central Regional award for his special fitment entry, a computer module. He has won the Top Apprentice awards in his ‘time’ category for the past three years. More >>
Winter Lecture Series line up confirmed
Monday, 8 July 2013, 4:09 pm | University of Waikato
From Hobbits to mental health, the arts and education, there’s something for everyone at this year’s University of Waikato Winter Lecture Series. More >>
Government brings reading home
Monday, 8 July 2013, 3:59 pm | Duffy Books in Homes
For 17 years the Government has been adding to home libraries around the country thanks to its support of the Duffy Books in Homes programme. More >>
Study or research in the US with a Fulbright graduate award
Monday, 8 July 2013, 1:35 pm | Fulbright NZ
Fulbright New Zealand calls for applications to its range of exchange awards for New Zealand graduate students to study or research in the United States of America during the 2014-2015 American academic year. More >>
Forum to analyse income inequality
Monday, 8 July 2013, 12:58 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
The latest research and policy debates on inequality issues will be the focus of a Victoria University Institute for Government and Policy Studies (IGPS) forum this month. More >>
Barnardos confident in its home-based education service
Monday, 8 July 2013, 12:07 pm | Barnardos
Following today’s Ministry of Education announcement that a planned review of the sector will be deferred, Barnardos, a leading provider of home-based education for over 35 years, is confident in the quality of its own service. More >>
Association supports increased Homebased EC
Friday, 5 July 2013, 4:29 pm | NZ Homebased ECE Assoc.
The NZ Homebased ECE Association has today expressed regret that the Ministry of Education has cancelled the Homebased ECE Review as announced last December but is happy to see that they are taking a measured approach to continue working with the ... More >>
HELO supports the Ministry of Education decision
Friday, 5 July 2013, 3:53 pm | Home Early Learning Organisation
New Zealand’s home-based childcare providers have welcomed the Government’s decision to work more closely with the sector, rather than putting it through a review process. More >>
Cancellation of home-based review - substandard education
Friday, 5 July 2013, 2:46 pm | Early Childhood Council
The cancellation of the Government’s review of home-based early childhood education, announced this morning, ‘leaves thousands with substandard education and care’, says the Early Childhood Council. More >>
Hundreds gather in Wellington for Asia-Pacific Model UN
Friday, 5 July 2013, 2:40 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
Victoria University will host nearly 400 tertiary students from across Australia, New Zealand and the wider Asia-Pacific region for the 19th Asia-Pacific Model United Nations Conference next week. More >>
Lack of planning in teacher oversupply
Friday, 5 July 2013, 11:53 am | NZEI
NZEI Te Riu Roa says the number of beginning teachers seeking jobs is proof of lack of planning by Government and labour market failure. More >>
Strengthening home-based early childhood education
Friday, 5 July 2013, 10:48 am | Ministry of Education
The Ministry of Education says it is working closely with the home-based Early Childhood Education (ECE) sector to ensure all children get the best start in education. More >>
Free tertiary fees for Pacific Island students
Friday, 5 July 2013, 10:31 am | Tai Poutini Polytechnic
Pacific Islanders keen to get into the civil construction, scaffolding or mining industries could be eligible for free training as part of a government scheme. More >>
Oily Rag Column for 8 July 2013
Thursday, 4 July 2013, 4:15 pm | Oily Rag
We are often asked about KiwiSaver. To us, it makes good sense and is something serious savers should get into if they have not already done so. KiwiSaver rules keep changing, so we thought it worth going through the advantages of the scheme. More >>
Aspiring trade apprentices awarded PlaceMakers’ scholarships
Thursday, 4 July 2013, 4:03 pm | Placemakers
Twelve aspiring, new apprentices from across New Zealand have been given the opportunity to build a dynamic future for themselves as part of the 2013 intake for the PlaceMakers Apprentice Scholarship Scheme (P.A.S.S.). More >>
‘Pirate Academy’ – Pirates are Sailors too!
Thursday, 4 July 2013, 2:44 pm | Voyager NZ Maritime Museum
Children who attend ‘Pirate Academy’ will learn the skills of a sailor, because Pirates are Sailors too. The programme will run from Monday 15 July – Sunday 28 July, 9.30am to 3.30pm daily and is designed for children aged 5 -12 years. More >>
Students to ‘launch’ exhibition
Thursday, 4 July 2013, 2:17 pm | UCOL
Who doesn’t want to build a real catapult? The 16 local school students who have taken up the chance to build scale Roman Onager torsion catapults do, that’s for sure. More >>
Increasing interactions with the USA
Thursday, 4 July 2013, 9:50 am | Plant and Food Research
Two members of Plant & Food Research staff have been recognised by Fulbright New Zealand with awards designed to encourage educational and cultural exchange with the USA. More >>
Boarding allowance changes welcomed by Rural Women NZ
Wednesday, 3 July 2013, 4:45 pm | Rural Women New Zealand
Rural Women New Zealand welcomes the announcement of new boarding allowances for geographically isolated students and others who experience significant barriers to achievement at their local school. More >>
Structural change needed to stop dropping out of education
Wednesday, 3 July 2013, 2:45 pm | Manukau Institute of Technology
Hundreds of US high school pupils drop out of school every hour and it's no secret that New Zealand has a high rate of student disengagement from education. At least one in every eight of our young people is not involved in education, employment or ... More >>
Pouwhenua Protect Children’s Centre
Wednesday, 3 July 2013, 2:00 pm | Eastern Institute of Technology
Youngsters at Otatara Children’s Centre are learning more about Maoritanga with their own guardians or kaitiaki protecting the on-campus site. EIT kaumatua Matiu Eru blessed the centre’s kaitiakI, in this case traditional carved poles or pouwhenua, ... More >>
Police collaborate with UCOL students on crime prevention
Wednesday, 3 July 2013, 1:50 pm | New Zealand Police
Whanganui Police have teamed up with students from the Universal College of Learning (UCOL) to create a sticker and stencil aimed at spreading crime prevention messages to the community. More >>
Inaugural trolley derby to be held in Rotorua
Wednesday, 3 July 2013, 12:45 pm | Kaharoa School
Registrations are open for the Inaugural Kaharoa School Trolley Derby, to be held in Rotorua on Sunday 11 August. The trolley derby is being held to raise funds for Kaharoa School and in remembrance of a much-loved father from the community, Mike ... More >>
Businesses can benefit from young brainpower
Wednesday, 3 July 2013, 10:35 am | Victoria University of Wellington
This summer businesses and organisations have the chance to solve a tricky problem, investigate a smart idea, or get some creative thinking done—using brainpower from Victoria University. More >>
Polytech staff receive excellence awards
Wednesday, 3 July 2013, 10:17 am | Tai Poutini Polytechnic
Six Tai Poutini Polytechnic tutors and staff have been recognised for their excellence as part of the TPP 2012 Staff Excellence awards. More >>
Focus on preparing secondary students for life after school
Wednesday, 3 July 2013, 9:32 am | Education Review Office
Many secondary schools need to ensure their curriculum better prepares their students for life after school, according to a new report released today by the Education Review Office (ERO). More >>
NZEI congratulates school on supporting living wage
Tuesday, 2 July 2013, 4:37 pm | NZEI
The move by a Dunedin school to become the first Living Wage school in New Zealand is just the start of a national movement in the education sector, NZEI Te Riu Roa says. More >>
Partnership set to boost Auckland’s response to homelessness
Tuesday, 2 July 2013, 3:50 pm | Joint Press Release
A long-standing partnership between AUT University and Lifewise is set to boost Auckland’s approach to tackling homelessness. With 85 business and community leaders participating in this year’s Lifewise Big Sleepout on AUT’s city campus over 4-5 July, this ... More >>
Dr Geoff Bertram & Professor Robert Wade lecture in AK
Tuesday, 2 July 2013, 3:50 pm | New Zealand Fabian Society
I would like to invite you to the above lecture by Dr Geoff Bertram of the Institute for Governance and Policy Studies at Victoria University, to be held in Caseroom3, Auckland University Owen Glenn Centre, on Tuesday 16th July at 8pm. More >>
Trust Welcomes Boost to Digital Literacy Funding
Tuesday, 2 July 2013, 3:34 pm | Joint Press Release
The funding boost for the Computers in Homes digital literacy programme, announced today has been welcomed by the 2020 Communications Trust. “We appreciate this on-going support from Government,” said Laurence Millar, Chair of the 2020 Communications ... More >>
Maori Name for EIT
Tuesday, 2 July 2013, 2:38 pm | Eastern Institute of Technology
Te Aho a Māui is to sit alongside EIT- Eastern Institute of Technology as the formal Māori name for the East Coast’s leading tertiary education institution. More >>
US study finds poor result for charter schools
Tuesday, 2 July 2013, 12:54 pm | NZEI
A new independent study in the United States shows that after 20 years in existence, traditional public schools continue to out-perform charter schools overall. More >>
Wicked...That’s My Skeleton And Organs
Tuesday, 2 July 2013, 10:14 am | Life Education Trust
Wellington children and adults are about to learn the complexity of the human body and what they need to do to look after it and remain healthy. More >>
Victoria welcomes new Pro Vice-Chancellor
Tuesday, 2 July 2013, 9:40 am | Victoria University of Wellington
Professor Mike Wilson has joined Victoria University as the new Pro Vice-Chancellor of Science, Engineering and Architecture and Design. More >>
Unitec Chief Executive reappointed until 2016
Monday, 1 July 2013, 2:59 pm | UNITEC
The largest Institute of Technology in the country, Unitec Institute of Technology, has reappointed Dr Rick Ede as Chief Executive for another four years. More >>
New role to address economics of disasters
Monday, 1 July 2013, 11:13 am | Victoria University of Wellington
A Chair in the Economics of Disasters which has been established at Victoria University will provide new knowledge to guide New Zealand in the aftermath of disasters like the Canterbury earthquakes. More >>
New Universities NZ Chair keen to enhance contribution
Monday, 1 July 2013, 10:45 am | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
Professor Roy Crawford, Vice-Chancellor at the University of Waikato, has been appointed Chair of Universities New Zealand – Te Pōkai Tara. More >>
Conference looks at ways to help youth to stay in education
Monday, 1 July 2013, 10:21 am | Manukau Institute of Technology
Conference looks at ways to help youth to stay in education system and gain jobs More >>
Phillipstown School launches Judicial Review
Sunday, 30 June 2013, 1:05 pm | Phillipstown School Board of Trustees
The Board of Phillipstown School will be filing judicial review proceedings in the Christchurch High Court on Monday seeking a declaration that the decision to close the school and merge it with Woolston school is in breach of the Education Act 1989. More >>
UC launches paper on gangs for second semester
Saturday, 29 June 2013, 10:59 am | University of Canterbury
The University of Canterbury (UC) will launch a course on New Zealand gangs in the second semester starting July 8. More >>
Tim Finn to Crown Winner of Red Cross Schools Music Comp
Friday, 28 June 2013, 5:12 pm | NZ Red Cross
Legendary New Zealand musician Tim Finn is to visit Hauraki Plains College in Ngatea to present students with the top prize for the New Zealand Red Cross “I See Red School Music Video Challenge”. More >>
Win-Win for Former Students
Friday, 28 June 2013, 4:01 pm | Waiariki Institute Of Technology
Two Waiariki Institute of Technology alumni have been selected among the best of the best following the annual Rotorua Hospitality Awards. More >>
Students and tutors combine for title
Friday, 28 June 2013, 3:19 pm | Waiariki Institute Of Technology
It seems you can’t beat the 2013 combination of Waiariki Institute of Technology forestry management students and forest operations tutors. That’s what the opposition discovered when head of department forest operations Richard Stringfellow and his ... More >>
Big increase in workload for school counsellors
Friday, 28 June 2013, 3:16 pm | New Zealand Association of Counsellors
The New Zealand Association of Counsellors says the ability for troubled students to access school counsellors when they need them is being threatened as demand begins to outstrip supply. More >>
Cameron Brewer hands out BEST Mayor of Auckland Awards
Friday, 28 June 2013, 3:15 pm | Cameron Brewer
Today is the first BEST celebration I’ve had the pleasure of attending, and everything I see before me – the energy, the vibrancy, the enthusiasm, the sense of potential – embodies the things that are so great about Auckland’s Pasifika community. More >>
International speakers at higher education conference
Friday, 28 June 2013, 12:34 pm | AUT University
The Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA) will have its 36th conference at AUT University starting Monday 1 July in AUT’s Sir Paul Reeves building - AUT’s newest learning space. More >>
Art History student gains prestigious opportunities
Friday, 28 June 2013, 12:17 pm | University of Auckland
Art History student gains two prestigious opportunities in Europe University of Auckland PhD student and tutor Jemma Field has been successful in receiving two prestigious European opportunities to support completion of her post-graduate research. The Art ... More >>
Student heading to Cambridge’s hallowed halls
Friday, 28 June 2013, 12:15 pm | University of Auckland
It’s one thing to be accepted into a prestigious University, but to get a full paying scholarship as well was more than Katy Bond could have hoped for. The University of Auckland Art History student has won a prestigious Cambridge Commonwealth Trust ... More >>
UC Vice Chancellor Re-appointed
Thursday, 27 June 2013, 7:02 pm | University of Canterbury
The Chancellor of the University of Canterbury Dr John Wood announced today the re-appointment of the Vice-Chancellor, Dr Rod Carr, for a further five year term from February 2014. Concurrence to the appointment has been received from the State Services Commission. More >>
International conference to reflect on European history
Thursday, 27 June 2013, 3:58 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
Some of the world’s leading academics on European history will gather in Wellington next week to reflect on cohesion and division in Europe from the 18th to the 21st centuries. More >>
Proposed fare structure a huge missed opportunity
Thursday, 27 June 2013, 3:45 pm | Victoria University Students Association
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE Thursday, 27 June 2013 FROM Victoria University of Wellington Students’ Association Regional Council’s proposed fare structure a huge missed opportunity More >>
Homework: How much are school students doing?
Thursday, 27 June 2013, 12:26 pm | CensusAtSchool
Three-quarters of students aged 6 to 12 say they did homework the night before they completed a nationwide survey – and on average, that extra work took 53 minutes. A total of 69% of teenage students say they did homework, and that on average, they ... More >>
World class athletes selected to receive golden support
Thursday, 27 June 2013, 11:41 am | University of Auckland
Seventeen students have been selected as the first recipients of the Mahé Drysdale Sports Support Fund. More >>
Chefs the ‘rock stars’ of the new generation
Thursday, 27 June 2013, 10:52 am | Manukau Institute of Technology
Future hospitality stars had the chance to show their skills and compete for some great prizes at Manukau Institute of Technology’s Secondary Schools Hospitality Competition. More >>
ChildForum Early Childhood Network
Thursday, 27 June 2013, 10:07 am | ChildForum
Confidence in the early childhood education sector remains low, according to a new survey by national early childhood network, ChildForum. More >>
Fulbright marks anniversary year with record numbers
Wednesday, 26 June 2013, 6:24 pm | Fulbright NZ
Fulbright New Zealand marked its 65th anniversary last night by honouring a record annual cohort of exchange grantees. 83 New Zealand and US graduate students, academics, artists and professionals were honoured as Fulbright grantees at the organisation’s ... More >>
Mid-Year Intake For Future-focused Graduate Programme
Wednesday, 26 June 2013, 5:29 pm | Centre for Sustainable Practice
People studying to implement sustainable practice in their communities and workplaces will meet in Wanaka in late July, as part of a Graduate Diploma offered by Otago Polytechnic’s Centre for Sustainable Practice. More >>
23 schools share $20,000 Northland Regional Council awards
Wednesday, 26 June 2013, 2:47 pm | Northland Regional Council
Projects involving everything from disappearing native frogs to re-emerging kiwi are among 25 school initiatives to share this year’s $20,000 Northland Regional Council Environmental Curriculum Awards (ECAs). More >>
Another year of growth for local high school students
Wednesday, 26 June 2013, 1:49 pm | Nestle Community Environment Program
More gardens, growth and goodness will become a part of the school-day for Tangaroa College and Papatoetoe High School students as the Nestlé Community Environment Program (NCEP), now in its 10th year, launches this month. More >>
Preschool gets creative with fundraising
Wednesday, 26 June 2013, 1:45 pm | Capital City Preschool
A non-profit preschool, Capital City Preschool (CCP), is getting creative with funding new innovations around its premises. Since the Government’s budget has effectively been cut for the fourth year in a row, the preschool has increasingly had to rely ... More >>
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