Posted at 08:35h
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Iranian Visas Iranian students are having trouble with longer visa approval processes, and some are being checked for whether their research might lead to weapons of...
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The 2018 Marsden Fund round grants have been announced.
Relevance: high relevance to universities.
Our Take
It was another good Marsden Fund round for Otago Uni, and AUT will be happy to...
Posted at 08:38h
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Unemployment…dropped to 3.9% in the Sep 2018 quarter, down from 4.4% in the Jun quarter (NZ Herald). Underemployment and NEETs were also down, while labour force...
Posted at 08:42h
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Wgtn Merger Weltec and Whitireia announced a change programme, including proposals for a merger (WelTec is the proposed ongoing body), and closing the Kāpiti campus (it...
Posted at 08:20h
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Wintec Audit An extra audit into historic Wintec spending has been completed, in draft form, and cost $50k more than planned. It won't be released for...
The House passed the first reading of an R&D tax credits Bill. Select Committees don't seem to be considering tertiary education issues this week. Oral Questions were not relevant. Written...