Victoria University wins PM's top Science Award

URL: Victoria University wins PM's top Science Award
John Key | Prime Minister
Scientists who have turned world-leading research into a multi-million dollar technology company have won the top award at the Prime Minister's Science Prizes, New Zealand's most prestigious and valua...

Bill Courtney on National Standards | Kiwiblog

URL: Bill Courtney on National Standards | Kiwiblog
Bill Courtney is a critic of National Standards, a former Chair of Khandallah School, and asked if he could do a guest post to balance the debate. Naturally I.

TEU Tertiary Update Vol 13 No 45

URL: TEU Tertiary Update Vol 13 No 45
Government cuts $250 per student A Ministry of Education report published this week shows that funding per equivalent full time student fell 3.2 percent between 2008 and 2009 The report, Outputs and outcomes of the government’s tertiary education ...

MR 2010/89 - More cost-cutting to early childhood education

URL: MR 2010/89 - More cost-cutting to early childhood education
Early childhood education continues to be the target of government cost-cutting with cuts to support grants for beginning teachers.

More Funding Cuts to Kindergartens

URL: More Funding Cuts to Kindergartens
Another million dollars will be cut from Government funding to kindergartens next year, on top of the estimated $14 million reduction in funding already announced in the budget, according to the New Zealand Kindergartens (NZK).

Kindergartens face $1M funding cut

URL: Kindergartens face $1M funding cut
Millions of dollars in funding is being cut from some kindergartens, and allocated to centres in need.

Early childhood education takes funding body blow - Manawatu Standard

Voxy	URL: Early childhood education takes funding body blow Manawatu Standard Teachers' union the NZ Educational Institute slammed the change, with vice-president Judith Nowotarski claiming the grants were important in building and ...

NZnews: Couple hit by childcare costs - New Zealand Herald

URL: NZnews: Couple hit by childcare costs - New Zealand Herald
URL: Couple hit by childcare costs. New Zealand Herald Food, care and education is included in the fee. This allows Justin, 38, to work as a professional tennis coach, while Lucy, 39, is a freelancer in ...

Schools to have a say in merger process - Otago Daily Times

Otago Daily Times

URL: Schools to have a say in merger process Otago Daily Times A Ministry of Education document provided by Mrs Tolley shows, when two or more schools merge, the usual protocol is each board runs its own school until ...

Hope for safer NZ as child study advances - Stuff.co.nz

URL: Hope for safer NZ as child study advances
Stuff.co.nz
The Auckland University study is one of the first of its kind to follow children from before they are born. So far it has cost $20 million, and researchers ...

Demonstration against higher student fees - Radio New Zealand

Sydney Morning Herald

URL: Demonstration against higher student fees Radio New Zealand Students are staging occupations, marches, walkouts and protest events at many universities. School pupils have walked out of lessons in several cities. ...

Apple for the teacher? - The Aucklander

The Aucklander

URL: Apple for the teacher? The Aucklander Asked if the current adoption of technology in classrooms is beneficial, he gives a mixed response. "Yes, technology in the classroom is a good thing [and] ...

School recruits students - Auckland stuff.co.nz

Auckland stuff.co.nz

URL: School recruits students Auckland stuff.co.nz A recruitment campaign has been launched in a bid to lift Hato Petera College's student roll. The Maori Catholic secondary school is targeting the North ...

Top scholarship for star student - Manawatu Standard

btob	URL: Top scholarship for star student Manawatu Standard Ms Broederlow crammed her three-year business degree into two years, and still earned a spot on the college dean's list of students who achieved an overall ...

Business success for Tauranga Girls - The Bay of Plenty Times

The Bay of Plenty Times

URL: Business success for Tauranga Girls The Bay of Plenty Times Tauranga Girls' College young enterprise students have placed second in a national business competition. ...

Mayor brings rugby into the classroom - New Zealand Herald

URL: Mayor brings rugby into the classroom
New Zealand Herald
Photo / Natalie Slade Up to 175000 Auckland primary and intermediate school students are about to undertake an educational programme centred around the ...

NZnews: Whitireia wins Bright Ideas Challenge

URL: NZnews: Whitireia wins Bright Ideas Challenge
... Category of the “Bright Ideas Challenge” with a business proposal for distance health training to international markets. This is great recognition and a great achievement for Whitireia ...