Applicants sought for 2012 Churchill Fellowships

Applicants sought for 2012 Churchill Fellowships
Tariana Turia | Community and Voluntary Sector
Community and Voluntary Sector Minister Tariana Turia is inviting New Zealanders wishing to undertake research overseas to apply for a fellowship from the New Zealand Winston Churchill Memorial Trust. “Churchill Fellowships enable New Zealanders to benefit their communities by undertaking research overseas and bringing that international knowledge back home,” says Mrs Turia. “I am particularly keen to see more Maori and Pasifika people apply.”...

National standards 'not working' for autistic children - Radio New Zealand

URL: National standards 'not working' for autistic children
Radio New Zealand
A society representing people with autism says the Government's national standards in reading, writing and maths do not work for autistic children. Autism New Zealand told Parliament's Education and Science select committee on Wednesday that the ...

Report awards Elsthorpe School top marks - Hawke's Bay Today

Hawke's Bay Today

URL: Report awards Elsthorpe School top marks Hawke's Bay Today "A significant majority of students, including Maori, are achieving to National Standards in reading, writing and mathematics. Data shows positive improvements since the beginning of 2010," the report said. It also praised the school grounds, ...

"Bullies in every school" - Wairarapa Times Age

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URL: "Bullies in every school" Wairarapa Times Age Lakeview School principal Ed Hodgkinson said he had viewed the Australian video clip aired on New Zealand network news showing 16-year-old Australian schoolboy Casey Heynes throwing to the ground a smaller boy, Ritchard Gale, who was relentlessly ...

Possible reopening of High St School - Otago Daily Times

Otago Daily Times

URL: Possible reopening of High St School Otago Daily Times Less than a month after it was closed, Dunedin's High Street School might be reopened - this time with pupils and teachers from Te Kura Kaupapa o Otepoti. Ministry of Education Property Management group manager Kim ...

Students have say on Hastings Boy's head boy - Hawke's Bay Today

Newstalk ZB

URL: Students have say on Hastings Boy's head boy Hawke's Bay Today The following are examples of feedback posted on Students Against Driving Drunk Facebook page - www.facebook.com/SADDNZ. "This is a tough one. I'm a former head boy, so I know a bit about the pressures of maintaining a consistent 'moral identity' ...

Universities take leading role in growing innovation

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A survey released by Statistics New Zealand, in association with the Ministry of Science and Innovation (MSI), shows that universities undertook $802 million worth of research and development (R&D) in 2010, a third of the nation’s total R&D spend. ...

School helps pupils kick smoking - Stuff.co.nz

Stuff.co.nz

URL: School helps pupils kick smoking Stuff.co.nz The school nurse has been registered as a Quit Group provider, a programme funded by the Health Ministry, which means she can provide cigarette substitutes to pupils, if they pass an assessment, as well as other coaching. "When [an opportunity] comes ...