The Education (Update) Amendment Bill significantly affects schools. The two main parts for TEOs are the: creation of Communities of Online Learning (COOLs – online schools, essentially) that could involve...
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Visa Corruption Newshub ran a story on visa corruption (especially in India), seizing upon a report by an official. Labour's Andrew Little pushed hard on ending...
The House passed the second reading of the Education Legislation Bill, including changes benefitting Teach First, and adjusting the related party definition for TEIs. The Education and Science Committee won't...
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Safe Students? A survey of ethnic Chinese people in NZ, 27% of whom were international students, showed major concerns about safety. The methodology wasn't described in...
The Government has reduced eligibility for offshore study by NZ citizens and, to a greater extent, NZ permanent residents from 1 Jan 2017. Support will be targeted from 2017 towards...
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Sexist Lecture? A Canterbury Uni investigation into comments made by their Prof Greg Newbold found the comments were "likely to be regarded as sexist". The comments...