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by Dave Guerin
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Polytech Mergers CPIT and Aoraki have submitted a joint business case to Steven Joyce proposing that a new Canterbury-wide organisation be created (Fairfax, Radio NZ). Such a...
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by Dave Guerin
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Scholarships for Australia Waikato announced Australian students are now eligible to apply for its school leaver scholarships, if they have completed Year 12 with an Australian Tertiary...
The 2014 Education Performance Indicators (EPIs) were released last week for Student Achievement Component (SAC), industry training organisation (ITO) and Youth Guarantee (YG) funding. SAC EPIs were fairly stable, with...
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by Dave Guerin
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West's Resignation Payment Fairfax reports that Lincoln V-C Andy West received a payment following his sudden resignation in June, but the university did not disclose the figure....
The Education and Science Committee is looking into grade inflation (maybe NCEA?). Written Questions covered student allowances, MSD-funded provision, and the National Statement of Science Investment. The Gazette had new...
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by Dave Guerin
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StudyLink Improvements Jo Goodhew highlighted big improvements in StudyLink’s service delivery this year, including an impressive reduction in unanswered calls from over 800k in 2013 to less...