Sunday 10 May 2015

Monday 11 May 2015


Wellington schools dismiss funding for collaboration

Stuff.co.nz
"Funding should go into the classroom. The money going into my pocket isn't going to make the difference it's designed to do. "We work really hard for our kids, and putting the money where it is going to benefit them the most is what it needs to be ...

Student survey finds increase in loneliness and anxiety

A study of 1000 New Zealand final year undergraduate university students has found that 64% are worried that stress and anxiety is creating performance issues that is fueling fears that they will be awarded lower grades than expected.

Sex ed's 'an issue for families, not schools'

Stuff.co.nz
Sex education is a subject which definitely should stay in the home. I think schools have a history of getting it wrong, whether it be keeping referrals/suggestions/knowledge of abortions away from parents, or giving way too much information and ...

Sorting sex education in New Zealand

Stuff.co.nz
Should schools be doing more to tackle issues around online safety in an era of social media, sexting and leaked photos? Tell us how you think New Zealand should be tackling sex education in schools by clicking the green contribute button below.

Grammar eschews beanbag lessons in $6m classroom upgrade

Bean bags, bright colours, wide-open spaces - they're the hallmarks of modern-day classrooms - but not at Auckland Grammar.The leading secondary school's most ambitious building project, a $6 million building opened by Governor-General...

New Director of Postgraduate Studies appointed

Professor of Food Science Charles Brennan has been appointed Lincoln University Director of Postgraduate Studies. He replaces Professor of Environmental Management Ken Hughey, who had held the role for 10 years. Professor Brennan has been with Lincoln ..

New Zealand teachers to plunge into Shanghai.

From Kiwi start-ups in China to global giants like Disney Corporation ¬– the Asia New Zealand Foundation’s Shanghai forum will give teachers a taste of the scale and significance of China’s economy.

Prejudice begins in the PE class, survey finds

Schools are being urged to crack down on homophobia as a landmark study finds gay New Zealanders are struggling to come to terms with their sexuality due to negative experiences in physical education class.

AUT University empowering creativity and Kidz First Hospital 

AUT University empowering creativity and Kidz First Hospital Oscar Wilde once said that art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known. Some of AUT’s most talented individuals are contributing their artwork to this year’s ...
Students sitting scholarship exams this year will need to stump up $30 per exam - a change that Labour says will put another hurdle before teenagers in poorer communities.The New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) recently...
Murray Wilson has more than an academic interest in crime, having spent much of his 20s in and out of prison.
Prisoners at New Zealand's newest jail will get tablet computers, as well as in-cell desktop screens, if they enrol in Open Polytechnic courses.Rachael Cole, assistant director for reducing reoffending at the new 960-bed Kohuora...

Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga's New Pathway is Confirmed

Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Associate Professor Jacinta Ruru (Raukawa, Ngāti Ranginui) from the University of Otago, who will take on the Co-Director position alongside Tracey in 2016, commented that “this is an outstanding achievement and I would thank our researchers and ...

Redevelopment under way at Ellerslie School

Stuff.co.nz
A $10.4 million redevelopment project at Ellerslie School is set to get under way this month. Two twelve-classroom blocks will be constructed to replace old relocatable classrooms and provide extra learning facilities for the growing school role ...
$10.4m redevelopment for Ellerslie School Scoop.co.nz (press release)

Linda Sissons finishes as WelTec chief executive

The Dominion Post
"I think tertiary vocational education is absolutely the desirable path for our young people," Sissons says. It's a message WelTec has been particularly successful at getting across to Pasifika people. Backed by the Government's fees-free trade ...

Stubbly Hornby High School student still off school

A Christchurch teenager remains off school as a stand off over his stubble continues between his mother and Hornby High School.

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