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International education numbers set to grow 

Steven Joyce | Immigration
International student numbers in New Zealand look set to grow again following the worst effects of the global financial crisis and the Christchurch earthquakes, Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce and Immigration Minister Michael Woodhouse say. The International Education Snapshot: 2013 full year report, released today, provides a snapshot of the trends in New Zealand’s international education industry for the 2013 academic year. ...

Support for young environmental leaders

Nikki Kaye | Youth Affairs
A Youth Trust set up in honour of Sir Peter Blake will receive $50,000 in funding to support its 2015 and 2016 Expedition Programme, Youth Affairs Minister Nikki Kaye has announced. The Young Blake Expedition Programme aims to follow in the footsteps of Sir Peter and motivate the next generation of environmental leaders in the conservation of the Southern Ocean and its islands. ...

Students use drugs to boost marks

New Zealand university students are turning to potentially harmful drugs to get ahead in their studies, new research shows.In a survey of University of Auckland students, 6 per cent said they had used "cognitive enhancer" drugs...

School pupils buck national trend

Auckland stuff.co.nz
The Education Review Office visited seven schools across New Zealand that draw students from poor areas but achieve better than average academic results. These kids are ... Reporter Rose Cawley finds out what the school of 2200 students is doing right.

“Public” Funding but “Private” Operation

The issues behind the referral of the Te Kohanga Reo National Trust subsidiary to the Serious Fraud Office by the Minister of Education illustrate the growing complexities of where, how and by whom public funds are ultimately spent.

New school a 'window into the future'

 PMA high-tech new Canterbury school, which produces all of its own power and even boasts an internal radio station, was today described by the Prime Minister as a "window into the future" of what all New Zealand schools will eventually...

Academy option offers school new opportunity

Stuff.co.nz
The school board called a community meeting attended by 50 parents, grandparents and their children and heard how the programme would teach students "command, discipline and leadership". "We think there are schools out their wanting it and I know ...

Kicked out of school for having long hair

Stuff.co.nz
A hero schoolboy is heading to court in a rare legal fight after he was suspended from college because his hair is too long. Lucan Battison, 16, who received a bravery award in April for helping to save two women from drowning, was suspended from St ...

Commissioner steps in to run school

Northern Advocate
Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Whangaroa had been an education success story at Matauri Bay, with a rapidly expanding roll and the recent opening of a $3 million wharekura (secondary school), but it ran into trouble late last year. Principal Louisa Mutu was ...

Discounted student fares under consideration

Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Greater Wellington Regional Council will consider offering tertiary students a 25% discount off peak public transport fares, dependent on substantial financial support from Wellington City Council and the tertiary education institutions in the region ...

Innovative Professor receives Distinguished Education Award

Techday NZ
“He is the epitome of a research and industrial experience led educator, taking cutting edge experience and bringing it into the classroom in accessible and appealing ways. “He is always willing to experiment with new methods of delivery and new ...

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