Tuesday 15 April 2014

Wednesday, 16 April 2014

NZnews is taking a break for the Easter and ANZAC holidays. Posts will return on 28 April.

Industry Training & Apprenticeships Amendment Bill passes third reading

Steven Joyce | Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment
Legislation that completes the Government’s comprehensive reforms to industry training today passed its third and final reading in Parliament. “The Industry Training and Apprenticeships Amendment Bill is a crucial part of the Government’s comprehensive reforms to industry training, which will achieve better performance for employers, for trainees and apprentices, and also for taxpayers,” Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce says. ...


Overseas student loans collection hits $100m Steven Joyce | Revenue

Over $100 million of additional taxpayer money has now been collected from overseas-based borrowers in an initiative that will help keep the scheme sustainable for future students and taxpayers, Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce and Revenue Minister Todd McClay say. The overseas-based borrowers initiative began as a small pilot programme in 2010 and has since expanded to comprehensively target borrowers in default of their repayment obligations across Australia and the United Kingdom, plus parts of Europe, North America and Asia. ...

NCEA exam mix up 'regrettable'

3News NZ
Education Minister Hekia Parata says it is "regrettable" NCEA exam booklets belonging to 455 students were sent to the wrong addresses. Under questioning in the House by Labour education spokesman Chris Hipkins today, Ms Parata said she'd know ...

Hekia Parata kept exam book errors from schools

Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Schools will be appalled to learn Education Minister Hekia Parata knew since January that hundreds of exam booklets had been returned to the wrong students but said nothing about it, Labour's Education Spokesperson Chris Hipkins says. “Exams are ...

Ananish Chaudhuri: Reforms blind to universities' aims

A law before Parliament will dramatically change the composition and role of university councils. The council oversees the running of the university, and is empowered to appoint the Vice-Chancellor and shape the university's mission...

Capital raising for big education group

3News NZ
ASX-listed Arowana International wants to raise up to $234 million in the dual-listing of its Intueri Education Group, which will establish New Zealand's biggest private training establishment (PTE). The Australian company plans to list an enlarged ...
Arowana seeks up to $234M in dual-listing NZ Intueri unit

Communicating Learning: Parent Engagement Forum

Evidence shows that parents and whānau can have a huge impact on children’s learning. To support schools and ECEs in their efforts to build strong learning-focused partnerships with parents and whanau, Learning Auckland presents Communicating Learning: Parent ...

$6m classroom block to transform school's campus

Auckland Grammar School is set to be transformed by a multi-million-dollar building project.The school will build a $6.4 million classroom block at the heart of its campus on Mountain Rd, Epsom.The 16-room, three-storey building...

Innovative classroom tool has sound impact on literacy

Techday NZ
Classrooms around the globe now have free access to Booktrack Classroom, a dedicated education platform that has already shown its potential in a University of Auckland study. The results of the randomised study in 260 students found that those who ...

Makeover for New Zealand’s eLearning Guidelines

Makeover for New Zealand’s eLearning Guidelines offers better support for tertiary online teaching and learning.

First female principal for Rosehill College

Auckland stuff.co.nz
Upon her return home she became a dean at Howick College and spent 15 years at Diocesan School for Girls as head of the mathematics department. "I'm looking forward to helping [Rosehill] students towards academic achievement in all their areas of ...

Law Schools to work closer together after signing

The University of Waikato’s Te Piringa - Faculty of Law has signed a letter of intent with the School of Law at China’s Yantai University.

Kids' vege patch could feed entire school

3News NZ
The students haven't picked this up in a classroom; they're learning it first-hand in a community garden at their school. Julia Milne launched the project two years ago as a way of tackling child poverty, and since then it has grown – just like the ...

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