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...
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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...
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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....