Tuesday 11 February 2014

Wednesday, 12 February 2014


Update on Novopay start of year process Steven Joyce | Education

Minister Responsible for Novopay Steven Joyce today released the reports on complaints and notifications received in regards to Pay Period 22 and 23 of the schools’ payroll. Pay Period 22, which was paid on the morning of 22 January, paid 60,638 people a total of $140.26 million. The report for that pay shows complaints and notifications were received regarding 0.18 per cent of staff across the country, 13 staff were notified as not paid, 60 were overpaid, and 34 underpaid. Affected staff were from 68 schools or 2.77 per cent of schools in the payroll system. ...

Govt education policies in the firing line

The Government has been in the gun this morning over its education plans.

Education Minister defends charter school funding

The Education Minister says figures showing the five new charter schools are receiving much more money per student than public schoools, are not comparing apples with apples.

Outrage at government's cuts to university council

Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce has been listening to that, he joins us in the studio.

Questions at changes to university and wananga councils

Questions are being raised as to whether universities and wananga will be better off with leaner governance bodies.

Uni council changes 'cynical': Labour

NZ City
Changes to university councils are a cynical move by the government to silence its critics, Labour's tertiary education spokesman Grant Robertson says. The government's decided to go ahead with plans to make university councils smaller and remove the ...
University councils to downsize
Reforms of university and wānanga governance to proceed

Changes to university councils will harm academic freedom

Who governs our universities is of crucial importance to all New Zealanders, because it affects the ability of academics to speak up on controversial issues, says Academic Freedom Aotearoa.

Governance proposal ill-considered and unnecessary

Tertiary Minister Steven Joyce has announced today that he is to proceed with his widely condemned “reforms” of university & wānanga governance. “NZUSA believes that the proposed changes are ill-considered and unnecessary, and inconsistent ...

Minister attacks uni and wānanga council democracy

Steven Joyce’s announcement today that he will reduce the size of the governing councils at universities and wānanga, and remove seats from local staff, students, and community members is a power grab, says TEU president Lesley Francey. 

School students keen to up-skill

More school students than ever before are taking up the opportunity to gain extra credits towards NCEA and tertiary qualifications through the U-Skills Central Schools Academy at UCOL, which runs in partnership with local secondary schools.

Labour slams charter school funding

Stuff.co.nz
Labour education spokesman Chris Hipkins said today that newly established charter schools were receiving up to $40,000 per student per year compared with the average of $7000 for state schools. "A handful of children are being funded at a much greater ...

Teachers who inspired, focus of new Kiwi website

Techday NZ
A new website aimed at acknowledging the life-long impact that teachers have on their students' lives has been launched by the EducationMinister, Hon Hekia Parata. “'Inspired by U' is a website designed to recognise and celebrate teachers and ...

Teaching school students about internet privacy issues 

With Katrine Evans - Assistant Privacy Commissioner, Karen Shuker - teacher who helped develop the OWLS modules.

New pathways for Bay secondary school students

New pathways for Bay secondary school students Eighty five secondary school students from around the Bay gathered with kaumatua, teachers, principals and deputies at Bay of Plenty Polytechnic to celebrate the launch of the Western Bay of Plenty hub ...

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