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by Dave Guerin
Take on the Week
UCOL's response to L1-2 funding cuts has been prompt and gained wide coverage. They are proposing 33 job losses (8% of staff) and 17% of programmes being...
The Royal Society announced 86 Marsden Fund grants yesterday. Otago Uni remained at the top of the grants table, but Auckland closed the gap from last year. Auckland, Victoria, Massey...
Ako Aotearoa consulted upon a new business model in 2011, which was implemented in 2012, involving more co-funding of projects and more professional development work.
Relevance: Low-medium relevance for educational researchers.
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Student groups seem to have lost their representation within TEC, while a new Education Amendment Bill gives schools more timetabling flexibility. Search and rescue enrolments/completions have also been uncovered. This...
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by Dave Guerin
Take on the Week
David Shearer, Labour leader, called yesterday for government construction contracts to require an apprentice to be hired for every $1m of contract value (3/4 through the speech)....
NZQA released its revised Maori Strategy 2012-17 in July, which we missed at the time. There were minimal changes to the consultation draft that we reviewed in February 2012. The...
