Tuesday, October 18, 2011

PPTA conference online

http://www.ppta.org.nz/index.php/annual-conference
and onlline at  http://www.bizviz.co.nz/mediasite/Catalog/catalogs/PPTA2011.aspx

School off hook over standards - Hawke's Bay Today

URL: School off hook over standards
Hawke's Bay Today
The Taikura Rudolf Steiner school community has been reassured by the Minister of Education, Anne Tolley, that they can rest easy over National Standards and the future of their school. The Hastings school was one of hundreds throughout the country ...

Teachers set to push for class limits - New Zealand Herald



Stuff.co.nz
URL: Teachers set to push for class limits
New Zealand Herald
More than 130 teachers are expected to gather in Wellington today for the annual PPTA conference which will look at a range of issues, including class sizes and whether the number of students should be capped. A report that will be presented today and ...
North & South article unbalanced - PPTATVNZ
NCEA article unfair, unbalancedStuff.co.nz
Press Council decision - PPTA response to media:Scoop.co.nz (press release)

Union says uni hysterical about looming research assessment

Union says uni hysterical about looming research assessment:
Victoria University says it stands to lose three million dollars if just one of its academics fails to make the grade in a national evaluation of research in tertiary institutions.

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Original audio source (mnr-20111018-0724-union_says_uni_hysterical_about_looming_research_assessment-048.mp3)

Auckland University to raise fees by 4% - New Zealand Herald



Voxy
URL: Auckland University to raise fees by 4%
New Zealand Herald
The university's council adopted the increase at a meeting yesterday, despite being disrupted by around a hundred student protestors. Auckland University Students Association president Joe McCrory says the council voted for a five percent increase for ...
University to increase fees next yearRadio New Zealand
Chaos reigns as Auckland University hikes fees by 4%Voxy
Students occupy clock tower over fee hikeStuff.co.nz
3News NZ -Auckland stuff.co.nz -Scoop.co.nz (press release)

Student fee hikes spark protest - Stuff.co.nz

URL: Student fee hikes spark protest
Stuff.co.nz
About 50 students are currently occupying a clock tower at Auckland University in protest of a proposed fee hike. Sarah Thompson, speaking from the tower, said the students had broken into the Princes St building and had taken over an office. ...

Hong Kong and NZ sign education arrangement - Voxy

URL: Hong Kong and NZ sign education arrangement
Voxy
"It will also help enhance excellence and creativity in teaching, learning and research conducted by educational institutions; and to contribute to professional development in the education sector." Specifically, the Arrangement will help strengthen ... and more »

Victoria University – Learning in the Workplace – Centre for Work ...

URL: Victoria University – <b>Learning</b> in the <b>Workplace</b> – Centre for Work <b>...</b>
Emma discussed firstly her own co-op year at Victoria University and her continued relationship with the Centre for Work Integrated Learning as an employer. Learn more about Learning in the Workplace and the Centre for Work Integrated ...

Organisations contribute to workplace bullying

URL: Organisations contribute to workplace bullying
Poor management and avoiding responsibility may contribute to workplace bullying, leaving employees feeling sadness, shame and pain. According to research by University of Waikato PhD student Alison Thirlwall, who graduates this week, bullying is usually ...

iPads reduce costs, improve communication for University of Adelaide - Computerworld New Zealand

URL: iPads reduce costs, improve communication for University of Adelaide
Computerworld New Zealand
Eight months after handing out iPads to students enrolling in a science degree at the University of Adelaide, the Faculty of Science executive Dean, Bob Hill, says the project has improved ...

Waikato student social entrepreneurs go global - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

URL: Waikato student social entrepreneurs go global
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
A group of University of Waikato students are buzzing after competing in the Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE) World Cup in Kuala Lumpur earlier this month. The students represented New Zealand in the global social entrepreneurial competition ...

Entrepreneurs give pupils taste of IT - Voxy

URL: Entrepreneurs give pupils taste of IT
Voxy
Some of New Zealand's hottest young entrepreneurs gave secondary school students a taste of life in the IT industry at a career conference at AUT University's Manukau campus recently. Speakers included Jenene Freer from the NZ Girl website, ...

Classes take to the cabins - The Press



The Press
URL: Classes take to the cabins
The Press
INTERIOR: Lily McCormick, left, and Silke Weil at the front of their year 9 science class in a new temporary classroom at St Margaret's College. EXTERIOR: The exterior of one of St Margaret's College's temporary classrooms. St Margaret's College pupils ...

Controversial photos go on display - The Dominion Post



The Dominion Post
URL: Controversial photos go on display
The Dominion Post
Controversial images of a rural Maori family are to go on to display in Wellington, nearly 50 years after they were deemed offensive and withdrawn from schools. Originally published in a primary school journal, the images depicted a day in the life of ...

Public consultation backs Playcentre

URL: Public consultation backs Playcentre
Public consultation on the government's Early Childhood Education (ECE) Taskforce report overwhelmingly supports maintaining funding for New Zealand education icon, Playcentre.