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Open Polytechnic Graduates Celebrate At Ceremonies Around The Country
Thursday, 13 June 2024, 12:46 pm | Open Polytechnic
Bromley-based Bachelor of Applied Management graduate, Rochelle Watson, who completed her studies while living in Geraldine, was the student speaker at the Christchurch ceremony. More >>
Open Polytechnic Celebrates First Graduates Of Initial Teacher Education Qualifications
Thursday, 13 June 2024, 11:30 am | Open Polytechnic
The flexibility of online, distance learning enabled Skye Stanley (Ngāti Kahungunu ki Heretaunga; Ngāti Rongomaiwahine) and Taranaki’s Lucy Dorn to study with Open Polytechnic, without having to leave their regions. More >>
Ethel Benjamin Scholarship Winners Announced
Thursday, 13 June 2024, 11:27 am | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
The New Zealand Law Foundation along with Universities New Zealand Te Pōkai Tara are delighted to announce that Madeleine (Maddy) Nash and Hannah Yang have been awarded the 2024 New Zealand Law Foundation Ethel Benjamin Scholarship. More >>
Registrations Reflect Strong Interest In Ara Mid-year Open Day
Wednesday, 12 June 2024, 6:37 pm | Te Pukenga
Whether you’re looking for career information or inspiration, the mid-year open day at Ara Institute of Canterbury is set to provide the perfect platform to leap into vocational studies. More >>
University Of Auckland Ranked In Top Tier Globally For Sustainability
Wednesday, 12 June 2024, 6:22 pm | Auckland University
Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland, has retained its position as one of the top universities worldwide for sustainability in the Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings 2024. More >>
Whitireia And WelTec Celebrate Graduates In Innovation, Design And Technology
Wednesday, 12 June 2024, 3:48 pm | Whitireia and WelTec
Classmates, whānau, friends and the wider Whitireia and WelTec community celebrated today at the graduation of over 100 Innovation, Design and Technology students. "Graduation is absolutely the best day of our year," says Mary-Claire Proctor, Head of Innovation, ... More >>
Job Cuts At Otago Will Make It Harder To Train Future Doctors
Wednesday, 12 June 2024, 8:50 am | Tertiary Education Union
The school has been required by the Acting Health Sciences Pro-Vice Chancellor to find $7.1 million in savings, but Kaiwhakahaere | Organiser Phil Edwards says this is nonsensical given the school performs well financially and returns a high proportion ... More >>
School Support Staff Mobilising After Budget 2024 Fails To Deliver
Monday, 10 June 2024, 3:24 pm | NZEI Te Riu Roa
Hundreds of school support staff, essential to supporting children’s learning, are mobilising at paid union meetings from this week to discuss their priorities to take into collective agreement negotiations later this year. More >>
Winter Illness Puts Dent In School Attendance As Officials Mull Social Media Campaign
Monday, 10 June 2024, 2:14 pm | RNZ
Only a fraction of pupils met the government benchmark for attendance in all four terms of 2023, new figures reveal. More >>
Kiwi Student Helps Tongan Community Improve Drinking Water
Monday, 10 June 2024, 9:09 am | University of Canterbury
She was part of a team of student engineers that installed water filtration systems in three Tongan schools. This experience led her to question the sustainability of such systems, as they often rely on consumables like UV lamps and membrane filters, ... More >>
Parents Council Concerned That Slashing Education And Care Regulations Will Hurt Children And Families
Friday, 7 June 2024, 5:59 pm | Early Childhood Education
The Early Childhood Education (ECE) Parents Council is worried about the new Ministry for Regulation review of the ECE sector - following the release of the terms of reference and the statements made by David Seymour to the media. Parents Council spokesperson ... More >>
Education Ministers Speak At School Boards Conference
Friday, 7 June 2024, 3:44 pm | Te Whakaroputanga Kaitaki Kura o Aotearoa
The 34th Te Whakarōputanga Kaitaki Kura o Aotearoa (formerly NZSTA) Annual Conference is underway at the Tākina convention centre in Wellington, where some 1000 school board members have convened for 4 action-packed days of professional development, ... More >>
Introducing Online Educational Improvements For Immunisation Service For Migrants And Refugees
Thursday, 6 June 2024, 7:23 pm | D2L
Wholly owned by the University of Auckland, UniServices is a not-for-profit, stand-alone company that provides support to researchers by helping them secure funding and connections that can amplify and grow their endeavours. Seeking out and bringing together partners ... More >>
Excluding Teachers From Curriculum Processes Is Risky - PPTA
Thursday, 6 June 2024, 4:10 pm | PPTA Te Wehengarua
It is becoming clear that last week’s revelation, via RNZ, that there was a secret group re-writing the English curriculum is just the tip of the iceberg in terms of the deliberate exclusion of teachers from critical curriculum changes and processes, ... More >>
Brilliant Minds Tackle World Challenges – William Georgetti Scholarship Winners Announced
Thursday, 6 June 2024, 11:44 am | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
From building rockets to early detection of ovarian cancer, the nine winners of the 2024 Georgetti Scholarship are the embodiment of William Georgetti’s wish that “the best brains available shall receive the benefit of this trust.” More >>
Local NZ Publisher Exisle Publishing Launches The International Children's Publishing Academy With A Writing Competition
Thursday, 6 June 2024, 10:31 am | Exisle Publishing
Exisle Publishing has launched an international Children’s Publishing Academy aimed at supporting budding children’s book authors. The Academy provides a forum where authors can have the opportunity to learn from a leading children’s publishing ... More >>
Let’s Get The Regulation Balance Right By Focusing On Education
Wednesday, 5 June 2024, 2:53 pm | Te Rito Maioha Early Childhood NZ
“As an ECE sector leader representing ECE providers and teachers, Te Rito Maioha is extremely pleased this process is finally underway and congratulates Minister Seymour for his perseverance.” More >>
Marsden Celebrates 10-year Anniversary Of The Arrowsmith Program®
Wednesday, 5 June 2024, 2:26 pm | Samuel Marsden Collegiate School
Since its inception at Marsden in 2014, Arrowsmith has made a significant impact on the lives of many students and their families, providing students with the tools they need to improve their cognitive functions and reach new academic heights. More >>
ECE Review An Opportunity To Return Focus To Children Without Costly Over-Regulation
Wednesday, 5 June 2024, 1:17 pm | Early Childhood Council
The ECC, who represent 1,523 childcare centres throughout New Zealand, are well underway engaging on the review, starting to gather a second round of feedback from members on their experience and recommendations when working with current regulations. More >>
Turua Community Coming Together To Make It A Swing’ing Success
Wednesday, 5 June 2024, 12:37 pm | Barnardos
After meticulously splitting an existing early learning centre building from Hamilton into nine pieces and transporting them to Turua to expand our existing ELC, Barnardos Aotearoa is now looking at the second stage of the project: building our playground. More >>
UC Research Supports Hands-off Approach To Childcare
Wednesday, 5 June 2024, 11:48 am | University of Canterbury
A new UC study is developing critical training opportunities for early childhood education student teachers, without an infant in sight. More >>
Waikato Continues To Climb Global Rankings, Breaks Into New Zealand’s Top Three
Wednesday, 5 June 2024, 9:38 am | Waikato University
The University of Waikato has maintained its place in the world’s top 250 universities in the latest QS World University Rankings, and has climbed a further 15 places to 235, which also places it in the top three universities in New Zealand. More >>
University Of Auckland Climbs In QS World University Rankings
Wednesday, 5 June 2024, 9:34 am | University of Auckland
Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland continues to climb in the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings (WUR), achieving its highest result in more than a decade. More >>
Regional History Made At The New Zealand Schools’ Debating Council National Debating Championships
Wednesday, 5 June 2024, 6:13 am | NZ Schools' Debating Council
The Cooney Lees Morgan Bay of Plenty Regional Schools’ Debating Team made regional history at the New Zealand Schools’ Debating Council National Debating Championships, held in Wellington from 24-27 May. More >>
Education Ministry Taken To Employment Relations Authority Over Spending Cuts
Tuesday, 4 June 2024, 3:48 pm | Public Service Association
The PSA has today filed legal proceedings against the Ministry of Education in the Employment Relations Authority in relation to job losses forced by the Government’s spending cuts. More >>
Beyond A One-size-fits All Approach To High-quality Teacher Education
Tuesday, 4 June 2024, 8:29 am | TEFANZ
The Minister’s announcement on the education budget shows a prioritisation of school-based training whilst the latest press release from the Teaching Council of Aotearoa New Zealand is seeking to position teaching as a postgraduate profession. More >>
ECE Sector Innovation Supports FamilyBoost
Friday, 31 May 2024, 5:14 pm | Early Childhood Council
“Every parent wants quality education for their youngest children, and Budget 2024 helps deliver that by subsidising New Zealand’s most unaffordable childcare in the OECD,” said ECC CEO Simon Laube. More >>
2023 And 2024 Winners Of Page/Acorn Engineering Scholarship Honoured
Friday, 31 May 2024, 3:53 pm | Acorn Foundation
The Acorn Foundation honoured winners of the 2023 and 2024 Page/Acorn Engineering Scholarship this week at a special awards ceremony. Awarded annually to second-year apprentices at local engineering firms, recipients and their respective workplaces ... More >>
The Government Missed Their Chance To Address Issues In Education
Friday, 31 May 2024, 5:07 am | Aotearoa Educators Collective
The Government has been quick to highlight New Zealand’s ‘failing’ education system, yet when given a chance to address through their first budget they have left the sector feeling like things are going backwards. More >>
The Office Of ECE Responds To Budget 2024
Friday, 31 May 2024, 4:50 am | Office of Early Childhood Education
As expected there is nothing in the Budget likely to decrease the high levels of pessimism in the Early Childhood Education (ECE) sector. More >>
Budget 2024 Will Keep ECE Lights On, But Gaps Remain
Thursday, 30 May 2024, 6:09 pm | Early Childhood Council
Early Childhood Education centres will be able to keep the lights on with the cost adjustment announced in today’s Budget, but little else. More >>
Early Childhood Education Misses Out Again!
Thursday, 30 May 2024, 5:53 pm | Early Childhood Education
Unfortunately, the 2024 Budget is a missed opportunity for the government to deliver on some of the ECE systemic changes that are sorely required and to fund the sector appropriately. More >>
A Backwards Budget For Early Childhood Education
Thursday, 30 May 2024, 5:37 pm | NZEI Te Riu Roa
The union for early childhood education and kindergarten teachers, NZEI Te Riu Roa, says Budget 2024 doesn’t deliver certainty for the sector or relieve pressure on centres to meet essential costs, nor do anything to address the long-standing issues ... More >>
A Budget Without Imagination Or Vision
Thursday, 30 May 2024, 4:46 pm | Tertiary Education Union
Te Hautū Kahurangi | Tertiary Education Union is still waiting for a Budget that will solve any of the real issues faced by the tertiary education sector. More >>
Budget 2024 Is Effectively A Frontline Funding Cut For Schools
Thursday, 30 May 2024, 4:21 pm | NZEI Te Riu Roa
Education union NZEI Te Riu Roa says that Budget 2024 is effectively a cut in frontline funding for schools, with no new initiatives for children needing learning support and a funding cut for teacher aides. More >>
Government’s Education Budget Heavy On Promises But Light On Delivery
Thursday, 30 May 2024, 4:11 pm | Post Primary Teachers' Association
The Government’s Budget presented today is not the investment into the frontline for secondary education that we were promised, says Chris Abercrombie,president of PPTA Te Wehengarua. More >>
Budget Funding Delivers An Effective Cut To Early Childhood Education
Thursday, 30 May 2024, 4:07 pm | Kindergartens Aotearoa
Although kindergartens welcome any increase to funding, the latest Government budget has increased the funding to early childhood services by only half the rate of inflation, meaning an effective funding cut to services,” says Kindergartens Aotearoa spokesperson ... More >>
Universities New Zealand – Te Pōkai Tara Responds To Budget 2024
Thursday, 30 May 2024, 3:27 pm | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
“We welcome the increase to DQ7+ funding, however, the financial situation for universities remains precarious,” says Professor Cheryl de la Rey, Universities New Zealand Chair and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Canterbury. More >>
Te Wānanga O Aotearoa To Sell Tokoroa Site With Lease-back Condition
Thursday, 30 May 2024, 10:50 am | Te Wananga o Aotearoa
Te Wānanga o Aotearoa delivers a range of programmes from certificate to degree from over 80 sites across the motu and manages a substantial property portfolio. More >>
From Shakespeare To Ihimaera: New-look English Curriculum Planned
Thursday, 30 May 2024, 10:16 am | RNZ
Compulsory Shakespeare and grammar lessons will feature in a new-look secondary English curriculum that ranges from contemporary New Zealand authors to Chaucer and Beowulf. More >>
Auckland University Releases Draft Freedom Of Expression And Academic Freedom Policy
Wednesday, 29 May 2024, 3:40 pm | Free Speech Union
More Work Is Needed To Protect Academic Freedom And Free Speech More >>
Three Key Shifts In Education That Will Disrupt The Status Quo And Unlock Human Potential
Wednesday, 29 May 2024, 3:28 pm | academyEX
The tertiary sector, in particular, will need to undergo significant reform if it wants to prepare today’s students to not only ‘keep up’ with but ‘outpace’ change as we adapt to the future of work. More >>
Business Masters Ranks No. 3 In World
Wednesday, 29 May 2024, 12:02 pm | University of Auckland
A Business School offering has secured a top spot in the prestigious QS International Trade Rankings. More >>
Rural Schools ‘on The Back Foot’ For Accessing Learning Support
Wednesday, 29 May 2024, 11:12 am | NZEI Te Riu Roa
Rural school principals in New Zealand are facing a dual resourcing crisis when it comes to learning support specialists, says Jane Corcoran from education union NZEI Te Riu Roa. The country’s largest union says that due to the geographical ... More >>
Educating Teachers: 'It's Not Just About Bums On Seats'
Tuesday, 28 May 2024, 6:36 pm | RNZ
Universities warn changes to teacher education won't fix teacher shortages, and that it is not realistic to expect teachers to graduate fully prepared to work. More >>
Neurodiversity In Schools: ‘It’s Not New, But Our Understanding Has Increased’
Tuesday, 28 May 2024, 8:59 am | David Hill - Local Democracy Reporter
North Canterbury schools say supporting children with conditions like autism, ADHD, dyslexia and anxiety is ‘‘not new’’, but there is greater understanding of neurodiversity. A recent report from the Education Hub, an organisation which connects ... More >>
Ministry of Education intervenes in Mangakōtukutuku College one term after opening
Monday, 27 May 2024, 7:11 pm | RNZ
It comes after the school was put in lockdown following a school brawl. More >>
Instep Programme Connects Youth To Careers
Monday, 27 May 2024, 4:37 pm | TECT
A major reason young people often struggle to secure their first job is a lack of experience or qualifications. Limited awareness of available job opportunities also restricts their prospects, as they are often only exposed to what is immediately ... More >>
New UC Research Identifies Brain Network Link To Stuttering
Monday, 27 May 2024, 1:03 pm | University of Canterbury
The research, by Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury (UC) Associate Professor Catherine Theys, examines two different types of stuttering – developmental and acquired – to show a clear neural basis for the speech condition. More >>
BestStart Named New Zealand’s Most Trusted Childcare
Monday, 27 May 2024, 12:06 pm | BestStart
New Zealand’s leading early learning provider BestStart has been awarded the Most Trusted Brand in the Early Childhood Centre category for 2024. This is the fourth year New Zealanders have voted BestStart Most Trusted. More >>
Extend New Teacher Supply Financial Support To Pay All Teachers In Training, Says NZEI Te Riu Roa
Sunday, 26 May 2024, 2:08 pm | NZEI Te Riu Roa
The Government’s new teacher supply initiative, which includes financial support for those in school-based teacher training, should be available to everyone going through initial teacher education, says the country’s largest education union, ... More >>
University Of Waikato Staff Protest On Open Day Over Stalled Pay Talks
Friday, 24 May 2024, 4:35 pm | RNZ
Up to 110 members of the Tertiary Education Union took strike action for three hours during the university's open day. More >>
Overcoming Challenges Pays Off For Pacific Masters Graduate Veronika Ruby Iloilo
Thursday, 23 May 2024, 7:23 pm | University of Auckland
The Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland Masters graduate wrote her thesis about the performative nature of political apologies. More >>
Radical System Changes And Investment Required To Prepare Teachers For Classrooms
Thursday, 23 May 2024, 1:22 pm | Teaching Council of Aotearoa NZ
The Council believes teachers, both new and experienced, are passionate, dedicated and capable. But for too long they have been let down by a system that doesn’t give them the structure or the resources they need. More >>
Better Pay And Support Needed To Attract People Into Primary Teaching
Thursday, 23 May 2024, 1:11 pm | NZEI Te Riu Roa
What is needed is better pay, more support for children with learning challenges and a sharper focus on investing in initial teacher education and ongoing professional learning. More >>
Charter Schools’ Lack Of Transparency And Accountability Seriously Concerning
Thursday, 23 May 2024, 10:44 am | PPTA Te Wehengarua
The Government is planning to keep secret huge amounts of information about how charter schools will operate, a recently released Cabinet paper shows. More >>
Kiwi Kids Acting Out Because Our Values System Is Eroding
Thursday, 23 May 2024, 8:26 am | Genius You
She identifies a lack of structured values and self-awareness as key reasons behind worsening school behaviours. More >>
University Of Auckland Urged To Cut Financial Ties To Companies Trading In Human Suffering
Thursday, 23 May 2024, 7:26 am | Ritesh Shah
An open letter initiated by a coalition of staff and students at the University of Auckland urges the trustees of the University of Auckland’s endowment to adopt a more socially-responsible investment approach. More >>
New Zealand Early Literacy Approach Achieves Outstanding Results
Wednesday, 22 May 2024, 2:40 pm | University of Canterbury
A New Zealand-developed structured literacy programme is delivering outstanding results for Kiwi children, new research by the University Of Canterbury shows. More >>
Students Have Their Moment To Shine On Stage At Wintec Graduation Celebrations
Tuesday, 21 May 2024, 7:17 pm | Wintec
Wintec graduates from across all disciplines were encouraged to push boundaries, be authentic, better themselves, learn from failure and grab their dreams at the 2024 Wintec Graduation ceremonies. More than 2000 students graduated from Wintec ... More >>
