Wednesday 28 August 2013

Thursday, 29 August 2013

More students achieving under Youth Guarantee

Steven Joyce | Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment
More young people who have not achieved in the classroom are succeeding in tertiary education through the Youth Guarantee scheme, latest Tertiary Education Commission figures show. “Youth Guarantee is continuing to motivate young people who may find the classroom environment challenging and are at risk of dropping out of school,” Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce says. ...

Govt invests $278m in new research programmes

Steven Joyce | Science and Innovation 
New Zealand researchers will receive $278 million in new research investment, Science and Innovation Minister Steven Joyce announced today. The 51 research programmes receiving funding are in the biological industries, high-value manufacturing and services, energy and minerals, environmental, and health and society sectors. “Science and innovation is critical to New Zealand’s economic success and growth. Our science investments must result in research programmes that deliver economic, environmental, and social outcomes,” Mr Joyce says. .

Parenting programme improves children’s behaviour

The Ministry of Education says an evaluation of its Incredible Years parenting programme shows it does improve children’s behaviour and parenting practices.

Increasing educational achievement in secondary schools

This national report presents the findings of ERO’s recent evaluation of the practices used in an initiative to support the improved achievement of a specific group of Year 12 students.

Dodgy teachers to be named and shamed

Dodgy teachers will be named and shamed after a parliamentary select committee prompted the Teachers Council to review suppression rules.


Linwood plans science school

The country's first science and technology-focused school is being planned for Christchurch.


Professor Jim Metson, Deputy Dean of The University of Auckland’s Faculty of Science, has been appointed Chief Science Advisor for the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE).

Tauranga campus a step closer

Stuff.co.nz
Deputy vice-chancellor Professor Alister Jones said the University of Waikato had a strong connection with the Bay of Plenty and there was high need for tertiary education in the region. ''This is driven by the region, for the region. This is not the ...

School ready for expansion

Auckland stuff.co.nz
The Ministry of Education has since purchased and demolished the two remaining Housing New Zealand homes between the school and Rosehill College on Edinburgh Ave. The extension will boast five classrooms, offices and two multipurpose rooms which ...

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