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...
Policy, Management & People 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...
Policy, Management & People 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...
Policy, Management & People Student Loans The NZ Initiative's report on student loans (including introducing interest to fund other student support improvements) attracted more feedback. ACT leader David Seymour called...
Policy, Management & People Canterbury Growth Canterbury Uni's student numbers have grown for the first time since the quakes. They're above 2011 now, but still below the 2010 pre-quake level....