Standing behind a failing child-care system - Western Star

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In “Differences Between Community Owned and Privately Owned Early Childhood Education and Care Centres: A Review of Evidence,” Linda Mitchell, senior researcher with the New Zealand Council for Educational Research reviewed both international and New ...

New body to attract foreign students - Stuff.co.nz

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It will take the name of one of its predecessors, Education New Zealand, and will have a new board appointed to lead marketing and representation work overseas. Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce said the new body would lead "an ongoing ...

Childhood stimulation may reduce adult violence - Stuff.co.nz

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Toddlers in a program to encourage interaction and play with their mothers grew into adults with higher IQs, greater educational attainment and less involvement in violence than kids who did not receive the early stimulation, a new study finds. ...

Skin infections put more kids in hospital - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: Skin infections put more kids in hospital Stuff.co.nz An Otago University study, published in the international journal Epidemiology and Infection, has found the rate of children admitted to hospital with severe skin infections nearly doubled between 1990 and 2007, from about 3 to nearly 5.5 per 1000 ...

Future of schools under review - Auckland stuff.co.nz

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The structure of primary school education in Tamaki looks set to be settled by August after more than a year of uncertainty. Consultation will begin next month to allow parents, teachers and other community members to have their say on the future of ...

More doctoral students graduating at Waikato University

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Waikato University has had a 30% increase in the number of higher degree completions. In May 2010, 18 students graduated either in person or in absentia with a PhD and this year there are 33. Students are graduating ceremonies in Tauranga and Hamilton ...

Wintec Secures Partnership with Open University of Malaysia

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Wintec will help the Open University of Malaysia to provide security programmes as part of a new educational partnership.