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Charter schools a costly diversion from supporting success
Tuesday, 17 September 2013, 2:41 pm | NZEI
The Government’s charter school policy is another expensive National-ACT educational experiment diverting resources and energy from supporting quality teaching and learning in all schools More >>
Business Teachers Come Face to Face with Shanghai
Tuesday, 17 September 2013, 2:16 pm | Asia New Zealand Foundation
Eight secondary school teachers will be more confident teaching their students about New Zealand’s business links with China after a study trip to Shanghai. More >>
Nothing New or Innovative in Charter School Announcement
Tuesday, 17 September 2013, 2:09 pm | Dr Peter O'Connor
The five charter schools announced by the Minister of Education this morning offers nothing new or innovative to lift the achievement of students. It reveals amediocrity of thinking by the Charter School Authorisation Board. Although promised a new model ... More >>
Authorisation Board Welcomes First Partnership Schools
Tuesday, 17 September 2013, 1:43 pm | Partnership Schools and Kura Hourua
Partnership Schools/Kura Hourua Authorisation Board Chair Catherine Isaac welcomed the announcement of the first five Partnership Schools. “The announcement marks a very significant step in the development of educational opportunities in New Zealand. More >>
Congress/Otago Polytechnic Partnerships Leading to Success
Tuesday, 17 September 2013, 12:51 pm | Dunedin City Council
Dunedin (Tuesday 17 September 2013) - Various partnerships with Otago Polytechnic departments are generating some interesting points of difference for the 5th Global Botanic Gardens Congress. More >>
Rise UP Academy: New Partnership school in South Auckland
Tuesday, 17 September 2013, 12:48 pm | Rise Up
The Rise UP Trust are pleased to announce The Rise UP Academy, Junior School will open in February 2014 for fifty students from years 1-6. More >>
Vanguard Military School
Tuesday, 17 September 2013, 12:30 pm | Advance Training Centres
Vanguard Military School is very proud to be established as one of the Government’s new Partnership Schools and will open in February 2014 in Albany, Auckland. It is a senior secondary school that will cater for Year 11 and 12 students in its foundation ... More >>
New Partnership Schools Association Marks ‘New Era’
Tuesday, 17 September 2013, 12:13 pm | Partnership Schools
The desire to speak with a unified voice is the motivation for a new association launched today by schools chosen to lead the Government’s partnership school scheme in 2014. More >>
We will fight charter schools every step of the way
Tuesday, 17 September 2013, 11:56 am | PPTA
PPTA plans to fight the establishment of the newly announced charter schools every step of the way, with a paper heading to annual conference exploring how they will do it. More >>
Individual Steps Are the Key to Literacy In Our Children
Tuesday, 17 September 2013, 11:32 am | University of Auckland
A one-size-fits-all pattern used by schools to improve children’s literacy is not necessarily helping every child learn to read. More >>
Te Taitokerau Trades Academy MoU Signing Signals Way Forward
Tuesday, 17 September 2013, 10:30 am | NorthTec
A new strategic partnership between NorthTec and Te Taitokerau Trades Academy -- a co-operative enterprise representing all of the Secondary Schools in the region -- is a step in the right direction, says NorthTec Chief Executive Paul Binney. More >>
Win the Ultimate School Trip to Queensland!
Monday, 16 September 2013, 5:32 pm | Tourism and Events Queensland
TV2’s What Now and Tourism and Events Queensland have partnered with Qantas, Australia Zoo and Tangalooma Island Resort to offer the Ultimate school trip to Queensland ! More >>
Mounted Games World Champion pleased to be back at NorthTec
Monday, 16 September 2013, 2:15 pm | NorthTec
Two-time World Mounted Games champion, Nancy Te Whata is pleased to put the excitement of her sport and achievements this year behind her and simply get on with her Bachelor of Applied Management Studies. More >>
Kenakena School Tops NZ - May Not Afford To Go To Next Level
Monday, 16 September 2013, 1:33 pm | Kenakena School
Teams of students from Kenakena School in Paraparaumu have won two of the New Zealand categories in this year’s problem solving Tournament of the Minds. A total of sixty teams participated from throughout the country. More >>
University events to honour Marcia Russell, Women’s Suffrage
Monday, 16 September 2013, 12:56 pm | University of Auckland
The University of Auckland will hold two special events this week in honour of pioneering New Zealand journalist Marcia Russell and 120 years of Women’s Suffrage. On Women’s Suffrage Day, Thursday 19 September, Professor Bridget Griffen-Foley will present ... More >>
Massey innovation hub and CPA Australia build research ties
Monday, 16 September 2013, 12:45 pm | CPA Australia
Global accounting body CPA Australia and Massey University’s Auckland Knowledge Exchange (AKE) Hub have formed a partnership aimed at facilitating closer ties between business and academia. More >>
Queen Margaret College Take on WOW
Monday, 16 September 2013, 12:07 pm | Queen Margaret College
Long Horn Beetle, Kowhai Flower, Springtime, Plastic Fantastic, Petal Bloom and Bumble Bee are the names of garments created by Queen Margaret College students to be displayed in shop windows as part of the 2013 World of WearableArt®. More >>
Otago Volts gear-up for Champions League Twenty20 in India
Monday, 16 September 2013, 11:58 am | Otago Polytechnic
Otago Polytechnic sponsored team, the Otago Volts, have arrived safely in Mohali, India, following eight successful days in Sri Lanka where they played four unbeaten games against a local team in preparation for the Champions League Twenty20. More >>
Award winning magician to visit Catlins Area School
Friday, 13 September 2013, 1:44 pm | TrustPower
Having performed for over 700,000 students Elgregoe has become of New Zealand’s top school performers and most celebrated magicians and he is about to visit Catlins Area School to reinforce his anti–bullying message. More >>
Anti-Bullying Success with Kiwi Kids Not Just an Illusion
Friday, 13 September 2013, 1:39 pm | TrustPower
Having performed for over 700,000 students Elgregoe has become of New Zealand’s top school performers and most celebrated magicians and he is about to visit Southland schools to reinforce his anti–bullying message. More >>
Massey report slams Treasury’s agenda for education
Friday, 13 September 2013, 9:55 am | NZEI Te Riu Roa
Treasury’s business model agenda for education is the problem rather than the solution*, according to a Massey University report released today. More >>
Manawatü to Montreal award for Massey poet
Friday, 13 September 2013, 9:28 am | Massey University
Manawatü’s iconic wind turbines are the central metaphor in a poem by Massey University creative writing senior lecturer Dr Bryan Walpert just long-listed for the C$20,000 Montreal International Poetry Prize. More >>
Reduced quality of education reflected in QS Rankings
Friday, 13 September 2013, 9:16 am | AUSA
On Tuesday 10th, it was announced that the University of Auckland dropped 12 places – from 82 to 94 – in the annual QS rankings. More >>
Rising star raises her colours
Thursday, 12 September 2013, 4:58 pm | UCOL
UCOL Diploma in Interior Design student Sally Rogers knows a thing or two about colour, and she has a trophy to prove it. More >>
Auckland teacher recognised for achievements
Thursday, 12 September 2013, 4:05 pm | ASG Scholarships Group
Auckland early childhood teacher Milosi Su’a-Roebeck has been through some tough times in her life, but being nominated for a teaching award is an “honour”, she says. More >>
Distinguished Professor receives University of Waikato Award
Thursday, 12 September 2013, 3:33 pm | University of Waikato
Distinguished Professor of Mathematics Professor Marston Conder will receive a Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Waikato this month. More >>
Award-winning designer receives University of Waikato award
Thursday, 12 September 2013, 3:31 pm | University of Waikato
Singaporean criminologist-turned-designer Edmund Wee will receive a Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Waikato this month. More >>
UC celebrates 50 years of Honorary Doctorates
Thursday, 12 September 2013, 3:06 pm | University of Canterbury
The University of Canterbury (UC) is celebrating 50 years of awarding Honorary Doctorates to its outstanding graduates. More >>
Theories supporting phonics fail further tests
Thursday, 12 September 2013, 12:12 pm | University of Otago
Further evidence that a phonics approach may not offer the one effective path to success in learning to read has been provided by University of Otago-led research involving a Japanese writing script. More >>
Lincoln High School Student Wins Indigenous Scholarship
Thursday, 12 September 2013, 10:14 am | Student Exchange Australia New Zealand
Student Exchange Australia New Zealand is proud to announce 16 year old, Cassidy Toni Ngahungahu as the winner of the 2013 Fay Wilmerding Indigenous Scholarship Award. Rolleston resident, Cassidy, will depart in March 2014 for a 10 month stay in Japan. ... More >>
Bill would undermine fairness at work says ISEA
Wednesday, 11 September 2013, 6:19 pm | Independent Schools Education Association
"The proposed changes to the Employment Relations Act would undermine basic rights to fairness at work" said Matthew Fitzsimons, General Secretary of the Independent Schools Education Association (ISEA). More >>
DairyNZ strong supporter of soil science research
Wednesday, 11 September 2013, 5:29 pm | University of Waikato
Budding soil science students from the University of Waikato continue to benefit from DairyNZ funding, which has been provided over the past six years to increase research in the area of pastoral agriculture. More >>
MIT celebrates Eleanor Catton’s Man Booker shortlisting
Wednesday, 11 September 2013, 5:23 pm | Manukau Institute of Technology
Eleanor Catton’s novel “The Luminaries” (Granta/VUP) is one of six books shortlisted for the 2013 Man Booker Prize. Catton lectures in Creative Writing at the Manukau Institute of Technology (MIT) in Auckland. More >>
Minister shows contempt for Christchurch teachers and staff
Wednesday, 11 September 2013, 5:13 pm | NZEI
NZEI Te Riu Roa says the Minister of Education, Hekia Parata has shown a total disregard for teachers and school support staff in today’s announcement confirming the closure of four schools in Christchurch. More >>
A Job For Every Graduate
Wednesday, 11 September 2013, 5:11 pm | NZ Union of Students' Associations
On the eve of the launch of the latest Tertiary Education Strategy that proposes punishing tertiary institutions for the employment outcomes of their graduates, it’s time for the government to step up and take responsibility for delivering the jobs. More >>
Nationwide Speaking Tour to Target Parents
Wednesday, 11 September 2013, 9:33 am | Rakesh Pandey
A nationwide tour to lift student achievement in NCEA is targeting parents and the instigator of the inaugural tour makes no apologies for choosing to target parents More >>
Waikato electric car to race the length of Australia
Tuesday, 10 September 2013, 4:33 pm | University of Waikato
Last night a group of University of Waikato mechanical engineering students unveiled their masterpiece – an electric car they will race 3000km from Darwin to Adelaide over six days next month. More >>
Expo offers employment connections
Tuesday, 10 September 2013, 3:44 pm | CPIT
Industry experts from across the health, business, hospitality, creative, ICT, outdoor education, engineering and trades sectors will be targeting prospective employees at CPIT’s Industry Expo and Open Day this Thursday from 10am to 3pm. More >>
He Toki apprentices part of Rangers Park celebration
Tuesday, 10 September 2013, 3:31 pm | He Toki ki te Rika
Two apprentices who graduated through the He Toki ki te Rika programme were part of the Hawkins Construction team recognised for their work on the Rangers Park development at today’s ribbon cutting celebration. More >>
Switched-on ring helps Mercedes scoop competition
Tuesday, 10 September 2013, 2:27 pm | Manukau Institute of Technology
What do a light switch screw, 10 cent pieces and mineral stones have in common? The trio of items were used to create rings that scooped the Neville Jordan People’s Choice Jewellery Competition held recently at the Westfield Manukau shopping centre. More >>
Decile divide – has govt given up on free public education?
Tuesday, 10 September 2013, 2:15 pm | PPTA
The most challenged students are ending up in the schools that can least afford to support them, says PPTA president Angela Roberts. This is the legacy of the school decile funding system and an issue set to be addressed at PPTA’s annual conference ... More >>
UC remains among the top 3% of universities in the world
Tuesday, 10 September 2013, 1:40 pm | University of Canterbury
The University of Canterbury (UC) has maintained its ranking among the top three per cent of universities in the world. In the latest QS World University Rankings released today and has retained its world ranking to be in the top three universities ... More >>
Staff feature at landmark defence conference
Tuesday, 10 September 2013, 1:35 pm | Massey University
Centre for Defence and Security Studies staff have a commanding presence at a regionally significant defence conference in Auckland this week, involving military personnel from more than 30 countries. More >>
AUT is a world-class university with world-class graduates
Tuesday, 10 September 2013, 1:31 pm | AUT University
The 2013 set of QS world rankings has placed AUT University in the top 500 for the second year, improving its position by twenty places. To be once again in the top 500 is a great indicator of the teaching, learning and research that is being undertaken ... More >>
Govt responsible for varsity ranking slide
Tuesday, 10 September 2013, 11:53 am | Tertiary Education Union
The latest QS World University Rankings show a continuing trend of New Zealand universities sliding down the rankings ladder. More >>
CHB College Retain Unison Challenge Shield
Monday, 9 September 2013, 4:56 pm | Unison Networks
Central Hawke’s Bay (CHB) College and their supporters were the only locals celebrating a shield win on Saturday, after winning the Unison 1st XV Challenge final against Te Aute College. More >>
Association shames statistics for women in leadership
Monday, 9 September 2013, 4:29 pm | Auckland University Students Association
2014 will be a record breaking year for women in leadership in the Auckland University Students’ Association. It will be the first year in AUSA’s 122-year history that the top three officer roles in the association - President, Administrative Vice-President ... More >>
Mother Earth Reward Finalists Announced
Monday, 9 September 2013, 4:03 pm | Prolife Foods
Nine inspiring schools and Early Childhood Education Centres have today been announced as the finalists in this year’s Mother Earth Reward competition and online voting is now open for the People’s Choice Award. More >>
Job Market Flattening Out for Students
Monday, 9 September 2013, 3:26 pm | Otago University Students Association
The latest Otago student job figures from Student Job Search show that at least part of the market is settling out in Otago. August’s figures show that the number of students placed in the year to date are up 1% to 2367 compared to the first 8 months ... More >>
Charter school delays show need to scrap experiment
Monday, 9 September 2013, 11:51 am | NZEI
Further embarrassing delays around the Government’s charter school timetable show that the scheme has run into problems. More >>
Nominations open for UCOL Council Honours Awards
Friday, 6 September 2013, 4:51 pm | Universal College Of Learning
The opportunity to recognise long-standing contributions to UCOL, the community or society in general is available by nominating someone for a UCOL Council Honours Award. More >>
National Secondary Schools Tournament - Finals Day Results
Friday, 6 September 2013, 3:53 pm | NZRL
All 24 teams played in finals games today and below are the scores. Please note that there was an error in the text in the previous email, the final score in the main game was 26 - 18 to Kelston Boys High School. More >>
Student gains from insight into agricultural careers
Friday, 6 September 2013, 3:32 pm | New Zealand Young Farmers
New Zealand Young Farmers (NZYF) in conjunction with Beef + Lamb New Zealand and DiaryNZ offers a number of agricultural programmes that highlight and promote career opportunities for young people in the Primary Industry. More >>
Syria in the firing line
Friday, 6 September 2013, 3:30 pm | University of Waikato
The conflict in Syria has the potential to spread to the entire region and arming Syrian rebels is the best of a bad bunch of options, a University of Waikato law professor says. More >>
PhD to focus on skilled migration by NZ Pacific Islanders
Friday, 6 September 2013, 2:25 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
A life-changing experience teaching English abroad has inspired the PhD topic of a Victoria University of Wellington scholarship winner. Rachel Yates has been awarded a Victoria Doctoral Scholarship to investigate the migration of skilled New Zealand ... More >>
Mighty River Power supports geothermal engineering research
Friday, 6 September 2013, 1:58 pm | University of Auckland
Energy generation company, Mighty River Power has pledged $1 million over the next five years to support the establishment of a chair in geothermal reservoir engineering at The University of Auckland. More >>
Southern Initiative & MIT provide boost for job opps
Friday, 6 September 2013, 11:04 am | Manukau Institute of Technology
A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) has been signed today by Manukau Institute of Technology (MIT) and Auckland Council’s Southern Initiative to provide a significant increase in cadetship opportunities. More >>
Youth leader to represent New Zealand in India
Friday, 6 September 2013, 10:59 am | CommonWealth New Zealand
Commonwealth Youth New Zealand Deputy Director, Aaron Hape, has been chosen to represent New Zealand at the 6th Commonwealth Youth Parliament in India. The annual conference will be held on 20 - 26 October in the Andhra Pradesh Legislature, Hyderabad. More >>
NZEI call for better education access for deaf children
Friday, 6 September 2013, 10:07 am | NZEI Te Riu Roa
NZEI Te Riu Roa says many schools and early childhood centres struggle to meet the needs of deaf children because of a lack of resources for adequate training of teachers and support staff. More >>
Becoming effective teachers for under-25 students
Thursday, 5 September 2013, 5:02 pm | Bay of Plenty Polytechnic
A two year collaborative research project incorporating the combined skills of a team of researchers from the Bay of Plenty Polytechnic, Eastern Institute of Technology, Wintec, Waiariki Institute of Technology and Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi is ... More >>
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