New and extended Trades Academies for Canterbury

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Anne Tolley | Earthquake Recovery
Education Minister Anne Tolley has announced that Christchurch is to have a new Trades Academy, and that student places are to more than treble at the existing Academy in the city. Following applications from across New Zealand, the National Trade Academy in Christchurch has been selected as one of ten new providers to support secondary school students at risk of disengaging from education. Students will develop practical skills for the workplace, while gaining credits towards NCEA and a tertiary qualification...

Anne Tolley and Hekia Parata standing out in Tory boys club - Gisborne Herald

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Gisborne Herald
Mrs Tolley has gained respect for her perseverence in the face of bitter and often personal criticism of her flagship national standards policy. Ms Parata has put a much more inclusive, respectful face on the energy and resources portfolio since taking ...

Education 2012 School Staffing Order 2011

URL: Education 2012 School Staffing Order 2011
Status: Modified
ID: regulation/public/2011/0300/19.0
Version: as made
Information type: regulation
Legislation type: public
Year: 2011
No: 300
Current as at date: 29/08/2011

McCully wants more bang for Pacific education aid bucks - New Zealand Herald

Brisbane Times

URL: McCully wants more bang for Pacific education aid bucks New Zealand Herald New Zealand is calling for a rethink on development aid in the Pacific, particularly in the education sector. Foreign Minister Murray McCully gave a hard-hitting speech yesterday to a conference in Auckland and said not enough was being ...

InternetNZ happy with a low public profile - Computerworld New Zealand

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Computerworld New Zealand
We have got an ongoing partnership with NetSafe, which is the parent body of Hector's World, and we see a lot of the assets that Hector's World created being used by NetSafe to create educational material for schools and for parents, for example. ...

ACG wins international award - Auckland stuff.co.nz

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Auckland stuff.co.nz
An Auckland-based group of schools has taken out 'best high school' at an international award ceremony on the weekend. Academic Colleges Group was named the Best High School at the Language Travel Magazine Star Awards at the Hilton Hotel in London ...

Canterbury Tertiary College places to treble

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Young Cantabrians will have more opportunities than ever to start training for their careers while also completing secondary school after Minster of Education Anne Tolley announced today that Canterbury Tertiary College (CTC) places will treble next year.

NZ universities tumble in international rankings

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Morning Report
Student groups say the fall in ranking of New Zealand universities in a major international league table should be a big wake up call for the Government.

NZ universities lose ground - Stuff.co.nz

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Stuff.co.nz
New Zealand's universities are continuing to lose ground against their international rivals, according to the latest worldwide rankings. Otago was the only New Zealand university to improve its standings in the annual QS World University rankings, ...

Pupil fury hits Masterton school - Wairarapa Times-Age

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Wairarapa Times-Age
An explosion of wild behaviour among some Masterton primary pupils has been linked to financial and social stress beyond the school gates. Dick Brown, Douglas Park School principal, says since March there has been "an explosion of major behaviour ...