NZQA's proposal to require extra data from PTEs with international students, but without TEC funding, is proceeding as they proposed in Nov 2014. The balance between benefits and cost remains...
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Sissons' New Job Linda Sissons only retired as WelTec CE a week or so ago, but she's now the interim CE for Taratahi Agricultural Training Centre. She...
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Sorry about some post delays and site access problems last week. We were undergoing an attack that was overwhelming our server as hackers tried to access it. Our systems have since...
The Budget is coming up this week. The Education and Science Committee is having briefings to fill in time. 100+ Written Questions (all from Labour's David Cunliffe) covered loans and...
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Drug Testing Victoria’s Pam Thorburn says it is not considering drug testing for students (Otago Poly is), and TEU president Sandra Grey calls random testing “highly invasive”.
Lincoln...
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Immigration Funding Immigration Minister Michael Woodhouse announced a $33m opex funding injection into NZ’s immigration frontline over the next four years (media release), a move he partly attributes...
