Tuesday 18 February 2014

Wednesday, 19 February 2014


Tertiary education body 'lost its way'

The body overseeing tertiary institutions has "lost its way" and will cease to exist without major changes, Tertiary Education Commission chairman John Fowler says.

Tertiary education cuts leading to skills shortage - Greens

Voxy
"The figure was higher for Maori students - 85 percent said it would affect their decision to enter postgraduate programme, this at a time when we have a shortage of Maori psychologists and Maori are overrepresented in negative mental health statistics ...

Tertiary education cuts leading to skills shortage

Scoop.co.nz (press release)
“The figure was higher for Maori students - 85 percent said it would affect their decision to enter postgraduate programme, this at a time when we have a shortage of Maori psychologists and Maori are overrepresented in negative mental health statistics ...

International students coming back

Stuff.co.nz
He wants to ensure international students move from secondary schoolsinto local tertiary institutions. He said one of the biggest challenges would be changing the attitudes of international students' parents, who may have predetermined ideas about ...

Push to attract overseas students | Otago Daily Times Online News ...

The Dunedin City Council has employed a person to help attract international students to the city to study.

Students urged to make the most of Dunedin | Otago Daily Times ...

She also told students to take a moment to reflect on how lucky they were to receive such an education and on the obligation that brought to not only be the best student they could be, but the best citizen as well. 
In New Zealand digital distance learners have the lowest completion rates. The latest interpretation of extramural learner data, released by the Ministry of Education, shows distance digital learners have lower completions than distance learners using ...
Scholarship recipient: Biological Sciences student Ray Tana (Ngati Whatua and Nga Puhi). In 2013, more than $105,000 in scholarships was awarded to Māori Science and Engineering students from the University of Waikato ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
The group also wants to see a greater emphasis in the strategy on the role of the education system to support Te Reo Māori revitalisation for both Māori and non-Māori. Language researcher John McCaffery states, “We believe that if all New Zealanders ...

Student with Asperger's excluded from school

3News NZ
Dane Dougan, chief executive of Autism NZ, says, "We do need to do something, but we do truly believe that the way to do it is to educate the teachers." The organisation estimates there's one child in everyclassroom with autism in New Zealand and more ...


David Hines: Secular stance pro-education, not anti-Christian

The Secular Education Network is not anti-Christian as Dr Paul Moon's article (February 13) suggests; it includes dozens of Christian people (including myself). But it is anti-child-evangelism. It is pro-education, pro-tolerance of...
As a rich historical and cultural tapestry of interwoven metaphors, symbolic drama, storytelling and morality tales, the Bible has played a prominent role in the development of human civilisation over the past two millennia, both...

East schools powering on

Auckland stuff.co.nz
The Education Review Office has been busy in East Auckland with two reports released late last year. It looked at the performance and self-review practices of Elm Park and Howick primary schools. ERO says Elm Park is going from strength to strength ...

Youth Guarantee helping young people achieve

Scoop.co.nz (press release)
“I am delighted that the Youth Guarantee programmes are helping these young people, 40 per cent of whom are Māori, to stay in education and achieve,” Ms Parata says. Minister Joyce noted that the report covered only the first two years of Youth ...

Educational mobile software for teaching Maori

Scoop.co.nz (press release)
A senior academic in Māori language and culture at Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi in Whakatāne, Dr. Rāpata Wiri. has launched the world's first educational mobile software application course for teaching Māorilanguage and culture: Te Pūmanawa ...

Massey University Students To Lose Their Magazine

On behalf of Albany Students’ Association (ASA), Massey University Students’ Association (MUSA), Massey Wellington Students’ Association (MAWSA) and the Massey University Extramural Students’ Society (EXMSS) we regretfully announce Massey ...

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