Alternative Education 2010 Forum

Alternative Education 2010 Forum
Anne Tolley | Education
E ngā mana, e ngā reo, e ngā hau e whā. Tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou katoa.
Good morning everyone and thank you Adrian [Adrian Schoone, Chairperson - Alternative Education Nat...

Changes To Aspire Scholarship Eligibility Criteria

Changes To Aspire Scholarship Eligibility Criteria
Rodney Hide | Education
Following a review of the Aspire Scholarship scheme, Associate Education Minister Hon Rodney Hide was today pleased to announce changes to the scheme's eligibility criteria which will see more student...

Fresh Start for young people starts today

Fresh Start for young people starts today
Paula Bennett | Youth Affairs
From today, the National Government's Fresh Start package provides a new approach for serious youth offenders and at-risk young people.
'We have to intervene early to make a real difference to at risk...

More prisoners training for law-abiding life

More prisoners training for law-abiding life
Pita Sharples | Corrections
More prisoners are undertaking job training and literacy and numeracy education than ever before, Corrections Minister Judith Collins and Associate Minister of Corrections Dr Pita Sharples said today....

Signing completes Wai 718 negotiations

Signing completes Wai 718 negotiations
Pita Sharples | Tertiary Education
Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce and Maori Affairs Minister Dr Pita Sharples have today signed a deed of settlement with Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi that recognises the unique contributi...

A reader writes | Kiwiblog

A reader writes | Kiwiblog
A few friends are teachers. We get on very well with a teacher at the school where my children attend. Her view on National Standards was that there is no problem with National Standards – Parents have a right to know. ...

Education Leaders To Focus On Cultivating Learning - Voxy

Education Leaders To Focus On Cultivating Learning
Voxy
Christchurch, Tuesday 4 October, 2010 - Education leaders from across the education spectrum will meet at the fourth annual Education Leaders Forum later ...

Student leaders: Govt support for bill puts tertiary education in jeopardy

Student leaders: Govt support for bill puts tertiary education in jeopardy
The decision of National members of a parliamentary select committee to ignore tertiary institutions, students and the public by supporting an Act bill to impose voluntary student membership on students' associations is disgraceful.It...

Crown, wananga settle claim at $14.5m - Radio New Zealand

Crown, wananga settle claim at $14.5m
Radio New Zealand
Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce says the settlement recognises the Government's failure to give the three wananga capital funding equivalent to ...

$14.5 million to Wananga - Newstalk ZB

$14.5 million to Wananga
Newstalk ZB
Minister for Tertiary Education Steven Joyce says this was the last of three Wananga that have been paid out. He says it'll build the likes of a library, ...

Speech: 'Kapa Haka As A Tool Of Social Transformation' - Te Ururoa Flavell - Voxy

Speech: 'Kapa Haka As A Tool Of Social Transformation' - Te Ururoa Flavell
Voxy
You have former teachers of mine who would all agree that I was a great student. You have former students of mine, and of course people I admire greatly for ...

Tough to balance study, work - Gisborne Herald

Tough to balance study, work
Gisborne Herald
The future of our students could be at jepoardy from the root of all evil. The student desire for unnecessary items has grown to extremes. ...

Google reveals new image format

Google reveals new image format
Google has introduced a new image format, which it claims delivers files 39 percent smaller than equivalent quality JPEGs.

Tailored training for Tony’s Tyres

Tailored training for Tony’s Tyres
UCOL and Tony’s Tyre Service have collaborated to provide a productive learning experience for ten of the tyre franchise’s employees.

Learn new skills through the Open Source Lab

Learn new skills through the Open Source Lab
A suite of new courses being offered by the Open Source Learning Laboratory will help upskill those already working in, or who want to work in, the fast moving world of open source.