Monday, 16 June 2014

500 schools connected to Network for Learning 

Nikki Kaye | Education
The rollout of fast internet to schools has reached a milestone ahead of schedule, with 500 schools now connected to the Government’s Managed Network, Associate Education Minister Nikki Kaye announced today. The Government is investing $211 million in the Network for Learning (N4L) programme, which will provide quick and reliable internet complete with uncapped data, web filtering and network security services for participating New Zealand schools. ...

Flexible school hours possible – Parata

3News NZ
Schools may be able to choose their hours if it will improve their learning outcomes, Education Minister Hekia Parata says. Charter schools can already pick their hours and days and it's possible
this could be extended to all schools. "I'm interested ...

High gambling worries for Pasifika students

A report into youth gambling in New Zealand suggests more than a third of Pasifika high school students worry about their gambling habits, compared to one in 16 students of European background.

Rose Blackett: gifted children

President of the New Zealand Association for Gifted Children who will speak at events during the upcoming Gifted Awareness Week.

Patrick Gower interviews Education Minister Hekia Parata

Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Ensuring that well look, this isn't about a union per se, this is about kids getting a better education; it' about parents getting the best teachers in their classroom. Is it just unions being unions; is that what you're saying? Or have the unions got ...

Principal 'bursts the literacy bubble'

Manchester Street School principal Rex Wheeler remembers being a "sandpit boy" as a child - keen to be doing almost anything other than reading or writing.

Labour against paying the top teachers more | Kiwiblog

The Herald reports: The Government's $359 million expert teachers policy has proved to be the latest in a series of "epic failures" in the education sector due. ... Instead, we need to lift educational achievementacross the board and it doesn't matter if some people leave school unable to do more than dig ditches or clean toilets because we need that work done. Vote: Thumb up 0 Thumb down 0 You need to be logged in to vote; prosper (101 comments) says: June 12th ...

Fallout for southern schools

Stuff.co.nz
Former James Hargest College principal Paul O'Connor, who was acting principal during the intervention at Wakatipu High School, said he did not think there was "any sort of calamity" in schools in Southland and Otago. There was strong support for ...

Parents take on school bullying

A couple who allege that their 9-year-old son was strangled, tackled, stomped on and wit nessed a classmate being stabbed in the back with a pencil is fighting back at what they believe is a ''bullying culture'' within a Christchurch school.

Bilingual reading help on hand

Senior primary school students - with support from Donna Mahanga- are helping train the next generation of readers at Hamilton's Nawton Primary School.

University drives into the rough

The Southland Times
OPINION: Lincoln University is New Zealand's land-based university, with a special focus on agriculture and related industries. In recent years, the university has been facing hard times. This is despite the resurgence of New Zealand's agricultural ...

Tertiary staff fear for jobs

Stuff.co.nz
Private tertiary institution International Pacific College confirmed this week its 100-strong staffing pool had been downsized in order to meet an operational deficit. About six positions were altered, two roles ... The report, commissioned by the ...

Innovative Professor receives Distinguished Education Award

Techday NZ
John Grundy is the recipient of the 2014 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Technical Council on Software Engineering (TCSE) Distinguished Education Award. The Swinburne University of Technology Professor receives the award for ...

University of Auckland among innovation award winners

Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Titanium Technologies NZ (TiTeNZ) are a team of researchers fromuniversities, Crown-owned research institutes and industry partners who won the Kiwinet AJ Park Commercialisation Collaboration Award.University of Auckland Associate Professor in ...

Friday, 13 June 2104

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 ...

11-12 June 2014

Pegasus Bay School opens

Hekia Parata | Education
The first major school project completed as part of the Government’s $1.137 billion investment in education renewal in greater Christchurch was officially opened by Prime Minister John Key today. Education Minister Hekia Parata says Pegasus Bay School is another significant step forward, not only for its local community, but for the rest of the greater Christchurch region. ... 

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. ...

Education correspondent discusses government's options

RNZ education correspondent John Gerritsen discusses opposition to the government's flagship education policy.

$359m expert teacher policy 'epic failure' - Labour

The Government's $359 million expert teachers policy has proved to be the latest in a series of "epic failures" in the education sector due to a lack of consultation with teachers and Labour will soon announce a better model it says.The...

Primary and secondary sectors split over education plan

Splits evident between primary and secondary sectors over education plan.

Thumbs down from school leaders for govt education plan

Primary school teachers and principals have united in opposition to the government's flagship education policy, saying it is unacceptable and unworkable.

Flagship education policy under threat

MSN NZ News
A flagship education policy to use top teachers and principals as instructors in schools around the country is under threat. Primary teachers and principals have announced their opposition to the initiative, which has a funding allocation of $360 ...

Can a new online environment save education?

Stuff.co.nz
But Chris South, team leader at Ministry of Education spin off N4L, says that if you asked five history teachers at schools that were in the same deciles and areas, and had the same-sized rolls, what they used in their classrooms to help with their ...

Peter Lyons: Why we need to reinstate night school

The celebrations and street parades after the announcement of the Government's budget surplus a few weeks ago have died down ... and Labour has said it will reverse one of the forgotten casualties of this budgetary milestone if it...

Editorial: Night school needs to be first of many Labour ideas

The axing of four-fifths of the funding to night schools in 2009 made little sense. The saving was just $54 million, a drop in the tertiary education bucket. The then Education Minister, Anne Tolley, made much of taxpayers not being...

Review questions school opening hours

A government taskforce has questioned whether the rules that set the length of the school day and the timing of school holidays are too restrictive.

New calls for Government to scrap education policy

3News NZ
Labour is renewing calls for the Government to scrap its flagship education policy after another union confirmed its opposition. The plan involves creating three new positions in schools, including executive principals, expert teachers and lead teachers.

Hekia Parata's latest fail: expert teachers

Scoop.co.nz (press release)
“She has overseen epic failures including the class size debacle, the Christchurch schools mergers, charter schools and National Standards. And let's not forget Novopay. “The Minister clearly needs to go back to school to learn what consultation ...

Support Staff celebrate career pathway progress

Scoop.co.nz (press release)
From the office to the classroom and the library to the IT and science labs and everywhere in between, support staff keep schools running and help students fulfil their potential. "Teacher aides provide much-needed individual teaching and learning ...

Council to seek Phillipstown School reprieve 

The city council is going to try and persuade the Government to delay the closure of a Christchurch school battling for survival.

'Exciting new chapter for schooling'

Stuff.co.nz
OPEN PLAN LEARNING: Endeavour Primary School principal Marcus Freke, chairman of Endeavour Primary board Bill Noble and National MP David Bennett discussed Hamilton's newest schools.

Te Pataka Ohanga cleared of misusing funds

TVNZ
The investigation was launched after Education Minister, Hekia Parata called for an investigation into allegations of misspending by the trust, subsidiary trust of Te Kohanga Reo National Trust, after the TeKohanga Reo National Trust was cleared of ...

California dreaming as iPad adopters educate Kiwi schools

Techday NZ
Hosted by Cyclone, this year's conference will allow teachers to see aspects of Monte Vista Christian School's journey and what they have discovered on the way, through a series of presentations and workshops on iPad use in the classroom. Cyclone's ...

New classroom a gift from above

Auckland stuff.co.nz
Nelson College would also be building four new classrooms this year, to be used from the beginning of next year. The $1.2 million Ministry of Education-funded project would see the commerce department move, while one classroom would be used as a ...

Toku Reo Tupuna Trust creates resources for better education

Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Toku Reo Tupuna Trust is a group aiming to improve the quality of education for Cook Islands people in New Zealand. Project co-ordinator for the trust Maurice Tuareka started the group, part of the early childhood centre Te Tuareka O Manurewa Punanga ...

$80m plan for Cuba campus

A new $80 million campus in the heart of Wellington will host more than 1000 full time students on arts and creative technology courses.

Tuesday, 10 June 2014

Encouraging sole parents into higher study 

Steven Joyce | Social Development
Budget 2014 will make it much easier for sole parents to move off benefit and into full time study announced Steven Joyce, Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment and Paula Bennett, Minister for Social Development. The Government is investing between $18 and $24 million over four years to implement three policy changes that will align the student support system for sole parents with the benefit system. ...

Call to make Maori history compulsory

Radio New Zealand
Associate Education Minister Pita Sharples on Monday announced Government funding of $1.6 million to enable teachers and schools to support and strengthen the teaching of Maori history in years one to 13. The plan was to create a better sense of ...

Putting 'Investing in Educational Success' into context

Scoop.co.nz
NZCER is the same. Funding for university-based professional development has become insecure from year to year, or even a few months ahead. Within the school system the rot is mostly in the early childhood sector (now highly privatised but fighting to ...

Kiwis old and new to get fair go at community learning

Scoop.co.nz (press release)
A Labour Government will ensure all Kiwis can access Adult and Community Education courses by restoring National's devastating funding cuts, Labour Leader David Cunliffe says. “Labour will provide funding of $13 million ... “ACE gives Kiwis the chance ...

Verdict on Govt's ECE record: 'quantity up, quality down'

Voxy
While the Government was succeeding in getting early childhood education to greater numbers of Maori, Pasifika and low-income children, some of their 'ECE Participation Programme' projects were '$2 shop trinkets - cheap and unlikely to work in the long ...

'Exciting new chapter for schooling'

Stuff.co.nz
"Students in that class for a second year will become classroom leaders, but also parents will be able to go to a teacher they trust about issues they may have," Freke said. About 70 residents turned out to listen to the public forum, but the question ...

Partnership school groups eager for news

Manawatu Standard
Members of the group were unable to be contacted before the time of print, but a previous application shows the society has links to Hamilton's Te Kohanga Reo o Whakawatea and Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Whakawatea. According to a Hamilton city service ...

All-girl schooling helps tech success

Attending an all-girls college can keep women on the technology track, a panel of women investors and executives said at Bloomberg's Next Big Thing Summit on Monday in the United States.

Capital's allure yet to win over prestigious school

Highly regarded Media Design School is being wooed by the Wellington City Council, which wants it to relocate to the capital.

Teacher becomes big cheese

Stuff.co.nz
Learning the details of how to make cheese, and the science behind it, means she's been able to develop practical and useful teaching protocols to use in the classroom. "I have a lot of different ideas of what I want to do, and not just with science ...

Monday, 9 June 2014

Teachers take role in leadership plan

The Dominion Post
Recently NZEI past-president Ian Leckie incorrectly stated that the education profession has not been consulted on the Government's major new $359 million initiative, Investing in Educational Success Why teachers are wary about a multimillion-dollar ...

Labour makes education funding announcement

3News NZ
“ACE gives Kiwis the chance to make their lives better; be it through literacy and numeracy classes to improve their employment chances, computer training for new career options or ESOL classes to ease their settlement into their new communities," he says.

Students encouraged to take easy option - Durie

Stuff.co.nz
Durie said Maori students should be doing more core subjects - science and maths - but from his experience were being encouraged to seek easy, internally-assessed subjects, such as sport and leisure and Tikanga Maori, or learning traditions and customs ...

Partnership school groups eager for news

Three Hamilton groups who applied to set up partnership schools are eagerly waiting to hear if they've got the green light.

Data on Early Childhood Education complaints released

Scoop.co.nz (press release)
ChildForum chief executive Dr Sarah Farquhar says this gives an important message to parents, early childhood services and the public that the Ministry of Education publicly acknowledges its responsibility and is willing to handle complaints. The move ...

Kiwis old and new to get fair go at community learning

Scoop.co.nz (press release)
A Labour Government will ensure all Kiwis can access Adult and Community Education courses by restoring National's devastating funding cuts, Labour Leader David Cunliffe says. “Labour will provide funding of $13 million ... “ACE gives Kiwis the chance ...

ICT grad school 'excellent' says Grow Wellington

Techday NZ
Announced by the Government this week, the graduate school will help to provide Wellington's burgeoning tech industry with more skilled ICT staff. Grow Wellington estimates that the number of businesses in the city's ICT sector is just over 3300, the ...

Bad teacher struck off

A high school teacher caught altering student work and removing negative feedback about himself from student assessments has been de-registered by the professional watchdog.In a Teachers Disciplinary Tribunal decision, released last...

4-6 June 2014

ITE provision for ECE and Māori-Medium Sectors

Hekia Parata | Education
Education Minister Hekia Parata has announced an extension to the postgraduate-level initial teacher education (ITE) qualifications that will provide an extra 150 full time equivalent places a year for the early childhood and Maori-medium sectors. Ms Parata says funding the new places, which will be available from next year, is another move by the Government to boost the quality of teaching. “This is an exciting opportunity to identify how we can build knowledge and capability in teaching and learning in ECE and Māori-medium settings,” Ms Parata says. ...

Budget 2014: $28.6m investment in ICT Grad Schools

Steven Joyce | Budget 2014
The Government will invest $28.6 million operating funding (including $11.8 million of contingencies) over the next four years in three Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Graduate Schools to help address significant high-level skills shortages in the rapidly growing ICT industry, Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce says. ...

Labour makes education funding announcement

3News NZ
Labour leader David Cunliffe says his party will provide $13 million in the first two years and a further $9m in the following years for what he calls an "important area of education". "We will also provide $1m a year for English for Speakers of Other ...
Kiwis old and new to get fair go at community learning

Primary teachers' union opposes funding

Stuff.co.nz
Many primary school teachers up and down the country were not so keen to blindly follow the powers-that-be in Wellington (it's hard to tell whether this is because National Standards are flawed or because teachers simply don't like being told what to do).

'Spend $359m on kids'

Stuff.co.nz
The 41-page write-up says the aim is to improve outcomes for students, encourage co-operation between schools, create better leadership pathways and support teacher-led innovation. The initiative will introduce three higher-paying roles, including ...

IES: consultation, collaboration, good for schools - PPTA

The government’s $359million Investing in Educational Success (IES) program has been a positive example of sector collaboration, says PPTA president Angela Roberts.

Principals 'don't need bureaucrat'

Radio New Zealand
Mr Newman said out of 14 recent applications for wrap-around services for at-risk children in Northland, only two have been approved. He said Secretary of Education Peter Hughes had expressed a desire for principals to work in partnership with the ...

Ministry says it's helping at-risk children

Radio New Zealand
Mr Newman said out of 14 recent applications for wrap-around services for at-risk children in Northland, only two have been approved. He said Secretary of Education Peter Hughes had expressed a desire for principals to work in partnership with the ...

$359m schools plan roll-out 'crucial'

Wairarapa Times-Age
"But we've had assurances from the Secretary of Education Peter Hughes that the process of implementation will be orderly and consultative. We haven't seen that yet to any great degree and hopefully we'll see some trickle down of information and we can ...

Release of disappointing “new roles” report raises questions

After four months of meetings with the education sector, the government has today released a very disappointing report on its $359 million plan involving new roles for principals and teachers

Primary teachers' union opposes funding 

This week the Minister of Education, Hekia Parata, released a report on the details of the government's $359 million policy to create a new career structure for teachers (Investing in Educational Success) following consultation with the education sector.

Education reform report out

waateanews.com
"This is about creating better career pathways for teachers and principals both in Maori medium and in English medium, that it's based on communities of schools working together and again the kura movement has already role-modeled that with several ...

Indigenous educators look to Maori

Radio New Zealand
Many indigenous peoples worldwide are emulating what Maori are doing in education, a kaupapa Maori teacher says. Raina Ferris was one of several representatives from Aotearoa to attend the World Indigenous Peoples' Conference on Education in ...

New graduate schools to ease IT skills shortage

Stuff.co.nz
The devil would be in the detail and it was not clear the grad schools could provide a quick fix for IT companies that were crying out for skilled staff, given that students would need to go through courses before they could be admitted to a graduate ...

Child centre complaints published

The Ministry of Education today began publishing data on complaints about early-childhood services.

Key issue for education must be tackling inequality

Scoop.co.nz (press release)
“Removing school principals and great teachers from classrooms where they are succeeding will also come at a cost to those children they are currently teaching. “While there are pluses to this policy there are also a number of negatives. “We need to ...

Calls for implementation of education report's findings

Scoop.co.nz (press release)
“Schools like Pt England in the Manaiakalani cluster in South Auckland have demonstrated the incredible educational benefits possible when access to devices is combined with innovative new teaching techniques. Community groups throughout New ...

Revealed: Students' true grades

Thousands of school students are being awarded the wrong NCEA grades, a review of last year's results has revealed.Nearly one in four grades given by teachers for internally marked work were deemed incorrect after checking by New...

Answer to school transience needed

Auckland stuff.co.nz
CHANGE NEEDED: Manurewa East School principal Phil Palfrey says society needs to be more child-centred if issues around student mobility in schools are to be addressed. From left: Robert Elive, Jai Namoa , Phil Palfrey , Breize Rawiri and James Filipo .

Dale Burden: NCEA should be seen as a Kiwi success story

A review of NCEA grades by the New Zealand Qualifications Authority found moderators agreed with 76 per cent of grades awarded by teachers last year - a rate that NZQA says shows parents can have confidence in the system, but which...

Robert Greenberg: BA just the job - you can Be Anything

As a Jewish boy growing up in New York, I heard many of my parents' friends bragging about their son or daughter becoming a successful lawyer or doctor and asking why anyone would want a penniless future after earning degrees in sociology...

Educators confront online challenge

Teaching methods will need to change if educational institutions expect to keep charging thousands for learning that is available free on the internet, an expert in online education told New Zealand's tertiary leaders yesterday.American...

Principal pleased with school report

Timaru Herald
Rentoul said it was important the school increased the Maori aspect of education within the learning environment. "We have about 16 different cultures at a small school . . . we think it's important for them to know about New Zealand's culture," she said.

Gaps in education for gifted – report finds

Scoop.co.nz (press release)
“There is very little research completed in this area in New Zealand, though I know from experience, that the Martin Jenkins findings are nothing new, we can see this in action every day in our classrooms, and yet we still don't recognise our gifted ...

Conference ahead for #edchatNZ – where NZ teachers tweet

Techday NZ
... for #edchatNZ – where NZ teachers tweet. June 5 - 10am Catherine Murray. #edchatNZ is planning for its first conference, moving the vibrant online community of tweeting educators offline and into the 'real' world. The aim of the conference, to be ...

Lincoln University job cuts save nearly $4m

Sixty-three Lincoln University staff have taken early retirement or voluntary redundancy as the institution cuts $3.9 million in costs.

Youth apprehensions decrease attributed to initatives

Scoop.co.nz (press release)
"The young people were provided with support and the opportunity to return to mainstream education or transition onto further education or training, assisted by the team at Life to the Max." The Social Sector Trial has also resulted in improved ...

Summit sets high expectations for tertiary education's future

Techday NZ
This week's Innovations in Tertiary Education Delivery Summit 2014 (ITES2014) began today in Auckland, hosted by the Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister, Steven Joyce. “The key role for the Summit is to generate New Zealand stakeholder ...

Teacher deregistered for helping cheats

A teacher who helped his pupils to cheat in their assessments has been censured and deregistered.

Market for fee-paying Chinese students at risk

Scoop.co.nz (press release)
I have heard them say this in Chinese classrooms when I've been there. This different kind of education is very much to do with critical and creative thinking,” he says. “Chinese academics want their students to experience what they know they are not ...

Action plan targets better education in the Bay of Plenty

Local industry, community groups and education providers in the wider Bay of Plenty have come together to form a collective action plan for tertiary education and research in the region and are seeking input from the wider community.

Tuesday, 3 June 2014

$359m boost for student achievement moves forward Hekia Parata | Education

Education Minister Hekia Parata has welcomed advice from sector leaders on the Government’s $359 million initiative to raise student achievement, saying it maintains momentum and strengthens the path forward. Ms Parata has released a Working Group report that provides support and advice on the Investing in Educational Success initiative announced by the Prime Minister in January. ...

Future-focused learning report released

Nikki Kaye | Education

Associate Education Minister Nikki Kaye has today released a report showing that widespread and mobile access to the internet will lead to new and significant opportunities and challenges for the education system. ...

Raising achievement of Pacific people

Stuff.co.nz
Certain areas which were being improved included being able to teach children in New Zealand classrooms while letting them keep their Pasifika identities. "While I wanted my kids to succeed in education, I also wanted them to know who they are - and ...

Secondary schools' debt lifted

New Zealand Herald
"Acting on the clear mandate given to us by Te Runanganui o Te Pihopatanga, as the governing body for tikanga Maori in the church, we can now move to strengthen the special character of these schools as unambiguously Anglican and unambiguously Maori ...

Parata neutral on schools' future

Stuff.co.nz
... on three options, so that she could make her final decision. The options are to relocate one or both schools as two single sex colleges on one site or close to each other, to retain the colleges as they are, or to build one new co-educational ...

Student empowerment a breath of fresh air

Empowerment seminars are breathing new life into stress management for students at a Christchurch high school.

Polytechs return poor financial results

Polytechnics have returned their worst financial results in years and there is no respite in sight for the 18 institutions, Radio New Zealand reports.

Massey a $475m asset to capital 

Wellington's Massey University campus contributes about $475 million to the regional economy every year, according to a report by one of the university's professors.

Our youth are our future

Our youth are our future Youth in New Zealand can have their lives transformed by people who are qualified to provide them with support and guidance. This is the view of the national advisory committee on youth development which oversees the Bachelor ...

Extra 40 minutes helps students get organised

Stuff.co.nz
Sitting in a class for 100 minutes initially seemed an awfully long time for Naenae College's head boy. One period every day has an extra 40 minutes tacked on at the Lower Hutt school and Hamish Nixon, 17, says it's amazing how much more he gets done.

Revealed: How kids cheat at exams

Hundreds of students sitting their NCEA exams last year were found cheating - taking in cellphones, extra notes and even having someone else sit the exam for them.In a report released by the NZ Qualifications Authority, a total...

Pupils aim to nail their new NCEA assignment

A group of secondary school students are embarking on an ambitious project to build a three-bedroom home in six months.The Year 12 and 13 students enrolled full time in carpentry at Massey High School's trades academy, called the...

Enrolments show students leaving public for private | TEU - Tertiary ... 

Lesley Francey says when there is high unemployment and large demographic numbers of young people, the one statistic that should not be struggling is public tertiary education enrolments. “It's a blight on our education policy that fewer people were getting a tertiary education last year.” says Lesley ... 29 May, 2014. David Robinson, Education International · Education / vocational education and training · Employers need to own skills mismatch. 29 May, 2014.

Lower fees for more scientists and engineers | TEU - Tertiary ...

If the tertiary education minister wants more engineers, agriculturalists, scientists, and pharmacists then he needs to make the qualifications that give access to those professions affordable, according to national student president Daniel Haines. “ The real barriers to accessing these courses are high fees and restricted entry. If the subsidy ... David Robinson, Education International. Education / vocational education and training · Employers need to own skills mismatch.

Work on te reo and tikanga recognised

Stuff.co.nz
He also helped establish the kohanga reo on the grounds of Invercargill's basilica and its conversion into Te Tomairangi Marae. He has been kaumatua at the University of Otago Southland Campus since 1999. He has been a teacher and kaumatua of Maori ...

The Day of Silence coming to NZ schools

Gay NZ
The queer straight alliance network is bringing a national edition of The Day of Silence, a campaign against homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying in schools, to New Zealand. The initiative was founded in 1996 at the University of Virginia and ...

Lincoln University change proposal outcomes

Lincoln University change proposal outcomes Lincoln University has today announced the results of its review of staffing that supports a return to financial viability and reinforces its role as New Zealand’s specialist, land-based university. Through ...

Student Voices Demand to be Heard

Students have told the Otago University Students’ Association (OUSA) which issues they want energy focused on in this year’s general election. The annual referendum showed students are still feeling the financial pinch, and proved there is overwhelming ...

University campus the biggest remediation project

Scoop.co.nz (press release)
The university is well on the pathway to recovery following the 2010 and 2011 earthquakes, highlighted by the reopening of the College of Business and Law building last week. Hawkins Construction, the university's main contractor for repairing ...

Students get once-in-a-lifetime research opportunity 

Six University of Canterbury students are taking part in what has been called a once-in-a-lifetime research opportunity.Geography, physics and engineering students will work alongside American and German scientists releasing weather...

Crowd vote with feet as Joyce tries tractor

Northern Advocate
Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Stephen Joyce looked keen to pitch in with some tractor work on the rejuvenated Northland College farm at Kaikohe yesterday. Mr Joyce got behind the wheel of one of two new tractors the farm had ...

Playground gets $20000 boost

Gisborne Herald
The trust is also donating $3500 to Marotiri Kohanga Reo for playground safety matting to replace existing bark, which is difficult and expensive to maintain. The kohanga reo is next to the Pakirikiri Marae, also in Tokomaru Bay. The most recent ...

Retired principal still helps out

Stuff.co.nz
While retired from full time work in schools, Lovegrove said he was still involved in helping some boards with professional appraisals. He had also recently helped a school select a principal, but said he would not be jumping back into a classroom any ...