The MOE has released a detailed exploration of Youth Guarantee (YG) results from 2010-13. The main positive outcome is higher NCEA L2 results, but other intended outcomes show quite mixed...
Policy, Management & People Otago Uni Appointment Beef + Lamb NZ (B+LNZ) Genetics has appointed Phillip Wilcox as its inaugural senior lecturer in quantitative genetics at Otago Uni. His main focus...
Policy, Management & People International Education An opinion piece from Infometrics’ Shaun Twaddle reviewed regional differences in international student enrolments, and encouraged smaller regions to attract PTEs. We covered it when...
NZQA CE Karen Poutasi assured the Education and Science Committee that NCEA was fine. Written Questions covered NEETs and AgResearch's Ruakura campus. The Gazette had nothing relevant. Relevance: low relevance. Our Take Not...
Policy, Management & People Acid Vapour Accident Three people at Canterbury’s science centre were treated by ambulance staff after accidentally inhaling sulphuric acid vapour (NZ Herald). One was transported to Christchurch...
Steven Joyce has called today for submissions on the disestablishment of Aoraki Polytechnic (Aoraki), and the incorporation of it within Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology (CPIT). The merger will have...