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New Research Highlights The Experiences Of Wāhine Māori Leading In Educational Settings
Monday, 2 October 2023, 1:11 pm | NZCER
Distinct qualities and models of leadership, cultural taxation, and the need for mentoring are among the key findings of a landmark new study on wāhine Māori in educational leadership. Me aro ki te hā o Hine-ahu-one | Wāhine Māori in Leadership ... More >>
Greater Support Needed For Aspiring Secondary School Wāhine Māori Leaders
Monday, 2 October 2023, 1:05 pm | Post Primary Teachers' Association
Robust, tailored mentoring programmes, innovative ‘apprenticeship’ models and more professional development opportunities are needed to support wāhine Māori who are or want to be school leaders, a new report has found. The report, Me aro ... More >>
Leaked University Of Auckland Survey Confirms Again, Academic Freedom Is Under Fire
Monday, 2 October 2023, 11:13 am | Free Speech Union
An internal University of Auckland survey has once again confirmed concerns that the Free Speech Union has raised for several years: academic freedom is under fire in New Zealand. This is a serious issue, but our leaders have their hands in the ... More >>
Off To Cambridge University To Gain A Fresh Perspective On The New Zealand Economy
Saturday, 30 September 2023, 8:00 am | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
Angus Baker, recipient of this year’s Sir Douglas Myers Scholarship has one mission: to be the best he can be. Originally from Gisborne, Angus is a recent graduate of Auckland Grammar School where he excelled in Economics, Mathematics, and French. ... More >>
Putting Equity At The Forefront Of Learning
Thursday, 28 September 2023, 6:56 pm | CORE Education
In early October the Due Drop Events Centre in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland will be packed with hundreds of educators for uLearn23, which focuses on multiple issues of learning inequity. Over two and a half days uLearn will bring together educators, ... More >>
ECE Rules Need To Drive Quality Education, Not Create Hardship.
Thursday, 28 September 2023, 3:49 pm | Early Childhood New Zealand
“Everyone agrees that there need to be rules and regulations to ensure the Early Childhood Education sector is safe, provides the best quality education possible, and that the rules are practical and can be implemented,” says Kathy Wolfe CE Te ... More >>
Concerns Over Mātauranga Engagement Programme Prohibiting The Expression Of Dissenting Views
Thursday, 28 September 2023, 3:48 pm | Free Speech Union
The Free Speech Union is concerned that the University of Auckland is failing to uphold academic freedom values in its upcoming Mātauranga Engagement Programme, says Jonathan Ayling, the Chief Executive of the Free Speech Union. “While the ... More >>
Ministry Of Education Uses Flawed Data To Impose Further Regulation On ECE Sector
Thursday, 28 September 2023, 9:46 am | Early Childhood Council
Closures of early childhood education centres and significant disruptions to services are on the cards in 2024 with the Ministry of Education set to enforce flawed regulations founded on incorrect data. From August 2024, new regulations contained in the Education ... More >>
Ara | Te Pūkenga Delighted To Host Indian Government Officials
Wednesday, 27 September 2023, 10:34 am | Te Pukenga
A visit from a delegation headed by the Hon Dr Rajkumar Ranjan Singh, Government of India Minister of State for External Affairs and Education was warmly welcomed by Ara leadership this week . Accompanying the Minster for an informal session with ... More >>
Largest ECE Survey In Years, Kōriporipo, Highlights Teachers Under Pressure
Wednesday, 27 September 2023, 9:17 am | NZEI
The largest survey of the early childhood sector in Aotearoa in recent years, Kōriporipo, shines a light on the immense pressures facing ECE kaiako and kaimahi and makes recommendations that could transform the sector. Undertaken by NZEI Te Riu Roa, the most alarming ... More >>
Small Wellington Primary School Celebrates 100 Years
Tuesday, 26 September 2023, 6:33 pm | St Anthony's School
On Friday 13 October, a small school in the seaside suburb of Seatoun Wellington, will start its weekend long 100-year celebrations with a mix and mingle event. St Anthony’s Primary School has been serving whānau, both Catholic and non-Catholic ... More >>
Students And Staff Put The Spotlight On The Tertiary Education Commission
Tuesday, 26 September 2023, 4:21 pm | VUWSA
Open Letter to Tim Fowler, Chief Executive Officer, Tertiary Education Commission, Jan Tinetti, Minister of Education and the future Minister of Education, The 1 July 2023 Cabinet paper on risks to higher education capability due to proposed university ... More >>
‘Super-matcher’ Study Seeks Sherlock Skills
Tuesday, 26 September 2023, 10:49 am | University of Canterbury
Do you have Sherlock Holmes-style powers of observation and razor-sharp attention to detail? You could be a ‘super-matcher’; a phenomenon being studied by Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury Psychology Lecturer Dr Bethany Growns ... More >>
Speed Interviewing Event Hones Life Skills
Monday, 25 September 2023, 7:24 pm | Southern Institute Of Technology
SIT | Te Pūkenga School of Advanced Engineering Technology, in collaboration with Engineering New Zealand Southland Branch, recently held their annual Speed Interviewing Event, bringing together local Professional engineering employers and engineering ... More >>
EIT Te Pukenga Farewells Respected Executive Dean And Animal Welfare Researcher
Monday, 25 September 2023, 3:57 pm | Eastern Institute of Technology
EIT | Te Pukenga has farewelled respected Executive Dean and animal welfare researcher Professor Nat Waran. Professor Waran has also been made Professor Emeritus in recognition of her commitment to research and innovation at EIT | Te Pukenga. Professor Emeritus ... More >>
Te Pūkenga Confirms New Structure For Enhanced National Vocational Education And Training
Wednesday, 20 September 2023, 1:06 pm | Te Pukenga
Te Pūkenga - New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology, the country’s largest tertiary education and training provider, today unveiled its new operating structure for delivering better outcomes for ākonga (learners) and employers through a single ... More >>
Higher Education Pioneer Kate Edger Receives Posthumous Honorary Doctorate
Tuesday, 19 September 2023, 4:28 pm | University of Auckland
A trailblazer for women in higher education, Kate Edger has been given a posthumous honorary doctorate from Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland as part of its 140-year anniversary commemorations. Some extraordinary New Zealanders are being ... More >>
Budding Game Developers Find Recognition At National Event
Tuesday, 19 September 2023, 10:47 am | Southern Institute Of Technology
Seven Southern Institute of Technology | Te Pūkenga creative arts students have recently returned from a successful trip to the Kiwi Interactive Showcase, part of the New Zealand Game Developers‘ Conference, held in Wellington on September 1- ... More >>
Get On With It And Make Education Fair For ALL
Tuesday, 19 September 2023, 6:22 am | IHC New Zealand
IHC New Zealand, along with 65 education and disability sector organisations, are calling on New Zealand’s politicians to get on with it and build a public education system that works for disabled and neurodiverse learners. IHC Inclusive Education ... More >>
UCOL | Te Pūkenga Wairarapa Bridges Educational Gap For Ākonga Māori
Monday, 18 September 2023, 4:28 pm | Universal College Of Learning
UCOL | Te Pukenga are celebrating a significant increase in course completion rates of ākonga Māori (Māori learners), almost closing the gap when compared with non-Māori ākonga. The campus’ completion rates are bucking a national trend, with a recent ... More >>
Study Explores Effects Of Meditation On Social Media Use
Monday, 18 September 2023, 11:39 am | University of Auckland
Can meditation change the way you operate online? Researchers analysed more than 60,000 Twitter posts in an attempt to find out. Twitter users who completed a 60-day online mediation challenge were more likely to post positive original tweets, according ... More >>
Education Providers Take On The Challenge Of The Digital Equity Divide In NZ Schools
Monday, 18 September 2023, 10:10 am | Te Kete Hono
Inequity shows up in our school community throughout New Zealand in a variety of ways. Te Kete Hono is piloting digital access for schools and whānau in under-served communities through a programme backed by the Education Partnership & Innovation ... More >>
Who Teaches The Teachers?
Sunday, 17 September 2023, 5:04 am | The New Zealand Initiative
Being an effective teacher is one of the most important and difficult jobs there is. It is essential that we prepare teachers well for the classroom. In a new report by The New Zealand Initiative, authors Dr Michael Johnston and Stephanie Martin highlight ... More >>
Wine Leftovers To Turn To Treasure In University Of Auckland-led Research
Friday, 15 September 2023, 12:38 pm | University of Auckland
Waste from New Zealand’s wine industry is set to be transformed into high-value products in a $9.8 million project led by the University of Auckland. Called grape marc, the stems, skins and seeds left over from winemaking offer opportunities for ... More >>
More Than 400 Line Up For Ara |Te Pūkenga Spring Graduation
Friday, 15 September 2023, 11:39 am | Te Pukenga
Certificates, Diplomas, Degrees, Post-Grad qualifications and Masters to be awarded From Skills for Working and Web Design to Architecture and Automotive Engineering, ākonga of all walks are preparing to walk the stage at Ōtautahi’s Wolfbrook Arena ... More >>
Wearable, 3D Printed Tech Could Become Physio Tool
Thursday, 14 September 2023, 5:10 pm | University of Canterbury
A flexible, 3D-printed device that could help physiotherapy patients exercise more effectively is being refined and tested at the University of Canterbury. Stretchy and with built-in sensing capability, the interactive surfaces that act like fabric ... More >>
New Telford Scholarship To Benefit Local Youth
Thursday, 14 September 2023, 12:00 pm | Southern Institute of Technology
A new scholarship created through the funds from the now ceased Clutha Agricultural Development Board will provide support to the latest generation of Clutha youth wanting to train in agriculture and farming at Telford, the agricultural campus of Southern ... More >>
Making Mātauranga Māori Accessible To Tamariki
Wednesday, 13 September 2023, 11:04 pm | University of Canterbury
Tuahiwi pūrākau (stories) are soon to be published as children's picture books in a collaboration between Tuahiwi School, Tuahiwi Marae and Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury (UC) researchers. Since 2021, a research team ... More >>
Local Ceremonies For Northtec’s First Diploma Of Whānau Ora Programme
Wednesday, 13 September 2023, 10:54 pm | NorthTec
Twenty-four Diploma in Whānau Ora students will be celebrated this Thursday evening (Kaikohe-based cohort of seven) and Saturday morning (Kaitāia-based cohort of 17) through NorthTec Te Pūkenga local ceremonies. These first two cohorts of the one-year ... More >>
He Toki Kai Te Rika Carving The Future Of Ōtākou | Otago
Wednesday, 13 September 2023, 3:04 pm | Te Pukenga
Prime Minister Chris Hipkins today opened a new multimillion-dollar training centre in Dunedin to develop the next generation of Ōtākou | Otago’s tradespeople and engineers. He Toki Kai Te Rika translates as ‘a tool for the hand’ and will offer ... More >>
Researcher Creates Resources To Empower Bicultural Principles
Wednesday, 13 September 2023, 11:04 am | University of Canterbury
To support the bicultural principles of the Ministry of Education’s Early childhood curriculum Te Whāriki, a UC researcher created a free resource that strengthens bicultural teaching practice. Ki te Hoe: Indigenising Practice is an exciting project ... More >>
National’s Approach To Education Is Out Of Touch
Tuesday, 12 September 2023, 6:25 am | Aotearoa Educators Collective
Teachers and principals don’t need Chris Luxon telling the profession how to teach reading. Just like with the cellphone ban they are out of touch with the real issues going on in education. The profession has been leading a piece of work around a scientific ... More >>
Students Protest Government Inaction On Student Hardship And Debt
Monday, 11 September 2023, 5:25 pm | VUWSA
On Tuesday 12th September, 7.30-8.30am, students will protest outside Minister of Finance Grant Robertson’s office about Government inaction on student hardship and student debt. They will hold a banner which quotes the Minister in 1996 when ... More >>
Otago Polytechnic | Te Pūkenga Graduand Prepares For Special Day
Monday, 11 September 2023, 2:44 pm | Te Pukenga
Rika Vermue has good reason to be thrilled about graduating from Otago Polytechnic | Te Pūkenga on Friday 15 September. Rika will join around 120 graduands at the Dunedin Town Hall ceremony, where she’ll graduate with a New Zealand Certificate ... More >>
Education Mandates A Worrying Trend – PPTA
Monday, 11 September 2023, 2:06 pm | PPTA
The National Party’s recent announcement that it will mandate how reading must be taught is the latest in a seriously concerning trend, says Chris Abercrombie, PPTA Te Wehengarua acting president. “These policy announcements seem designed ... More >>
UCOL Training Extra Nurses In Efforts To Support Healthcare Workforce
Monday, 11 September 2023, 10:04 am | Universal College Of Learning
UCOL | Te Pūkenga are proud to be playing their part in increasing the registered nursing workforce by providing additional intakes of nursing ākonga (learners) through the Certificate in Competency Assessment for Registered Nurses Training Scheme (commonly ... More >>
Rangatahi Māori Can Now Earn Achievement Standards On Financial Education For The First Time
Monday, 11 September 2023, 5:45 am | Te Ara Ahunga Ora Retirement Commission
Te Ara Ahunga Ora Retirement Commission has developed the country’s first te reo Māori Achievement Standard learning and assessment resources for financial education as part of its Te whai hua – kia ora, Sorted in Schools programme. Te whai hua ... More >>
New funding boost for significant EIT | Te Pukenga study into vaping among school students
Saturday, 9 September 2023, 6:46 pm | EIT Te Pukenga
A local EIT | Te Pukenga research project addressing the epidemic of youth vaping among intermediate and high school students (ākonga) in Hawke’s Bay has received a funding boost from the Health Research Council (HRC) of New Zealand. The research ... More >>
New Zealand Space Agency Seeks Stellar Students For Opportunities At NASA
Friday, 8 September 2023, 2:48 pm | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
High-flying graduate students are encouraged to reach for the stars and apply for the New Zealand Space Scholarship programme to support an internship at NASA’s Ames Research Center or the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in 2024. Administered ... More >>
Ara | Te Pūkenga Wins National Teaching Award With Industry Collaboration "exemplar"
Friday, 8 September 2023, 10:41 am | AraTe Pukenga
A specialised workplace learning model with a strong record of success for learners has been recognised with a national tertiary teaching award. Ara | Te Pūkenga and Awanui Group, a leading provider of medical laboratory testing and pathology services ... More >>
Finding A Place To Call Home: New Prisoner Housing Study
Thursday, 7 September 2023, 5:31 pm | University of Auckland
No one should leave prison without stable housing if we want to reduce rates of recidivism, according to a new report on housing after prison from the University of Auckland, launched today in Wellington. We’re failing prisoners, and society, ... More >>
600 Secondary School Girls To Experience Day In The Life In The Tech Industry - ShadowTech Day 2023 Is Next Week
Thursday, 7 September 2023, 2:14 pm | ShadowTech
More than 600 secondary school girls have jumped at the opportunity to spend a day shadowing tech experts at organisations across the country next week. For one day girls in years 9-11 get to experience what working in the tech sector is like, encouraging ... More >>
AUT Launches Rainbow Research Portal – A World First
Thursday, 7 September 2023, 6:29 am | Auckland University of Technology
A new e-portal collating decades of Rainbow research will be launched by Auckland University of Technology (AUT) – the first collection of its type in the world. The e-portal, called Ia, will be unveiled on Wednesday 6 September at a special launch ... More >>
Third Medical School An Expensive 'shag On A Rock' Says Ex Dean
Wednesday, 6 September 2023, 2:28 pm | Dr Max Abbott CNZM
Dr Max Abbott CNZM, retired Dean of Health Sciences at AUT and long-time board member and deputy chair of Waitemata District Health Board, says a third medical school at Waikato would be a "shag on a rock" and will not address pressing health ... More >>
TUANZ Calls For The Next Government To Commit To Addressing The Increasing Digital Inequity In NZ
Wednesday, 6 September 2023, 10:06 am | TUANZ
Ahead of the general election in October, The Tech Users Association (TUANZ) has called on whoever makes up the next Government to commit to addressing the increasing digital inequity in New Zealand. Leaders within TUANZ’s membership believe COVID-19 ... More >>
Collaboration With National A Bad Look For Waikato
Tuesday, 5 September 2023, 2:50 pm | Tertiary Education Union
Te Hautū Kahurangi | Tertiary Education Union is dismayed to note the inappropriate extent to which Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato | The University of Waikato’s Vice Chancellor has been collaborating with the National Party on their policy for a third ... More >>
Confronting New Zealand’s Inconvenient Writing Problem
Tuesday, 5 September 2023, 9:22 am | Writers' Toolbox
Company developed government-coined ‘common practice’ standards for writing years ago The issue of New Zealand’s youth literacy rates has been met with a range of contentious solutions—from the NCEA pilot programmes, to the government's recent ... More >>
SWIFT Launches $50,000 Scholarship Scheme
Monday, 4 September 2023, 2:04 pm | SWIFT
South Waikato Investment Fund Trust (SWIFT) has launched a $50,000 scholarship scheme to help South Waikato residents of all ages with their tertiary education. SWIFT Chief Executive Amanda Hema says applicants who are not eligible for the Government’s ... More >>
Suzy Cato And Loopy Tunes Entertain Whanau At Pre-school Open Day
Monday, 4 September 2023, 11:48 am | Chrysalis Group
A whanau open day at the multi-award winning Chrysalis Early Learning Centre in Avondale will be an event not to miss on September 16, celebrating this year’s Maori Language Week. Students, their families and the wider community are all invited More >>
Open Polytechnic | Te Pūkenga Empowers Ākonga Choice With Business Degree Programmes Changing To Monthly Intakes
Monday, 4 September 2023, 11:30 am | Open Polytechnic
Open Polytechnic | Te Pūkenga is providing greater access to courses for ākonga (learners) and increased flexibility to study at their own pace, by recently changing to a monthly enrolment intake for most of its business degree offerings in the Bachelor ... More >>
New Director For University’s Largest STEM Institute
Monday, 4 September 2023, 11:03 am | University of Auckland
Professor Merryn Tawhai makes history today as she steps up to the helm as director of the Auckland Bioengineering Institute (ABI), the largest postgraduate research institute at Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland. Professor Tawhai, an academic ... More >>
Pharmacy To Add To Waikato’s Health Offering
Saturday, 2 September 2023, 1:10 pm | University of Waikato
The University of Waikato intends to accept its first students in a new graduate-entry Master of Pharmacy Practice degree in early 2025, as it responds to the chronic shortage of pharmacists in the health workforce. Te Huataki Waiora School of Health Dean, ... More >>
QS International Student Survey Unveils The Recruitment Edge In Australia And New Zealand
Saturday, 2 September 2023, 6:08 am | QS International Student Survey
What 43,000 Students Expect and Want from Universities Down Under London 30th August 2023: The QS International Student Survey, with input from 116,412 prospective students from 194 countries and territories, has been a guiding tool in shaping student recruitment ... More >>
A Lifetime Of Giving Lives On In New Ara | Te Pūkenga Scholarship
Thursday, 31 August 2023, 4:04 pm | Te Pukenga
A trained nurse, psychotherapist and creative - Annie Currie had a sense of adventure and an infectious joy for life described as rare. She passed away in 2021 from a long illness after a lifetime of striving to expand her mind and encouraging others ... More >>
Successful Start To SIT - Secondary School Trades Pilot
Wednesday, 30 August 2023, 5:36 pm | Southern Institute Of Technology
Southern Institute of Technology | Te Pūkenga have developed a pilot trades programme for year 10 students from Southland Girls’ High School (SGHS) to give them access to training which could help create a pathway for those interested in pursuing a ... More >>
SAE Auckland Celebrates It’s Open Day, Inspiring Future Creatives
Wednesday, 30 August 2023, 11:35 am | SAE Creative Media Institute
SAE Auckland (SAE), a global leader in creative media education, celebrated a resounding success at its recent Open Day on Saturday 19 August. At times, the SAE Auckland campus based in Parnell, had queues out the door. The campus was bursting with aspiring ... More >>
Learning Support For Tamariki Needs More Funding, Not Budget Cuts
Tuesday, 29 August 2023, 3:47 pm | NZEI
Thousands of tamariki are already missing out on the learning support they need to thrive, and any cuts in government budgets must not affect support they need, NZEI Te Riu Roa said today. NZEI Te Riu Roa has today written to the Secretary for ... More >>
New Careers Strategy Supported By Communities, Careers Workforce And Government Agencies
Monday, 28 August 2023, 1:33 pm | Tertiary Education Commission
A great milestone was achieved today with the release of the National Career Systems Strategy. The Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) is the lead government agency responsible for careers in Aotearoa New Zealand, and as kaitiaki of the Strategy, is responsible ... More >>
Call For Phd Scholarship Applications
Monday, 28 August 2023, 11:03 am | Nga Pae o te Maramatanga
The Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Māori (NPM) Futures Programme supports promising Māori students as a means to growing an expert and capable Māori researcher workforce for Aotearoa New Zealand. The programme is about growing tomorrow’s Māori research ... More >>
Stellar Kiwi’s Crucial Black Hole Theory Turns 60
Monday, 28 August 2023, 9:29 am | University of Canterbury
Spend an evening with Canterbury Distinguished Professor Roy Kerr, renowned for his influential work in astrophysics, solving Einstein’s equation of relativity relating to rotating black holes 60 years ago. (These are now called Kerr Black Holes.) ... More >>
