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Marsden Fund Invests In New Cutting-Edge Research
Thursday, 7 November 2024, 11:14 am | Marsden Fund
“Through the 30 funding rounds, we have continuously refined our assessment processes to ensure best practice. International peer-review means that these novel ideas have been tested on the global market and that the projects are of true world-class standard,” ... More >>
Cutting-Edge Glass Tech Project Gains Marsden Funding
Thursday, 7 November 2024, 11:07 am | University of Canterbury
University of Canterbury research developing a new type of high-strength glass that could revolutionise LED lighting and solar energy has won a $941,000 funding boost. More >>
Aotearoa New Zealand Teams Excel At Tournament Of Minds International Final In Sydney
Wednesday, 6 November 2024, 6:44 pm | Tournament of Minds NZ
Among the highlights, St Mark’s School received first place in the Primary Language Literature category. At the same time, Papatoetoe High School received Honours in Secondary Arts, competing against multiple other teams in their respective categories. More >>
Students Rally Against Funding Cuts To Massey University Students’ Association
Wednesday, 6 November 2024, 5:25 pm | Massey University Students Association
The university’s proposed funding cut would transfer the management of these services to university administration, potentially undermining Te Tira Ahu Pae’s autonomy. Supporters of the petition argue this move could affect the quality of advocacy and ... More >>
Meaningful Changes For Home-based ECE Providers Welcomed By ECC
Wednesday, 6 November 2024, 11:09 am | Early Childhood Council
“Home-based services were shackled with impractical and illogical new teacher qualification standards by the previous Government, but today’s announcement will provide them with relief,” said ECC CEO Simon Laube. More >>
Wintec Adult Ākonga Aces Accounting
Wednesday, 6 November 2024, 10:45 am | Wintec
Rebecca Hoani, Wintec graduate and practicing account (Photo/Supplied) Rebecca Hoani has always been good with numbers, but never thought she would have an accounting degree, that seemed far too scary. But the 29-year-old mama of two has not only completed ... More >>
Union Submits Complaint About Charter School Legislation Employment Violations To International Labour Organisation
Tuesday, 5 November 2024, 10:32 am | NZEI Te Riu Roa
Stephanie Mills, National Secretary of NZEI Te Riu Roa, says the new legislation prioritises profit-making over children's education and teachers’ work rights. More >>
PPCB Signs A Variation To Their Collective Contract
Monday, 4 November 2024, 8:02 pm | Primary Principals Collective Bargaining Union
Primary Principals’ Collective Bargaining Union is pleased to support our principals to lead their school communities to ensure the best outcomes for tamariki. More >>
200 Years Of Braille
Monday, 4 November 2024, 5:53 pm | Blind Low Vision NZ
Across Term 4, BLENNZ ākonga (students) and staff are involved in a variety of activities to celebrate 200 years of Braille. Adult Braille readers from across the mōtu will also be invited to join the celebrations. The theme for the term is ‘Braille is ... More >>
MoU Signed To Tackle Primary Care Workforce Shortages
Monday, 4 November 2024, 3:47 pm | University of Waikato
The agreement is set to drive collaboration in health education between the University, Pinnacle Incorporated, Hauraki PHO and National Hauora Coalition, drawing on each party’s expertise in teaching, research and innovation in primary care. More >>
Effective Leadership In Education
Monday, 4 November 2024, 3:31 pm | Early Childhood New Zealand
The education sector is currently undergoing significant change, and ‘Effective Leadership in early childhood services and primary school education in Aotearoa’ demonstrates the importance of leadership in an educational context. More >>
Free Talk: The Better Start Literacy Approach Success Story
Monday, 4 November 2024, 10:10 am | University of Canterbury
“Structured literacy approaches are based on the ‘science of reading’ or years of cumulated knowledge from robust scientific studies as to the critical foundation skills that support children’s reading and writing success,” says Professor Gillon. More >>
8 Trust Fund Awards To Commemorate 80th Anniversary
Saturday, 2 November 2024, 6:21 pm | Ogonowska Education Charitable Trust
Celebrating the 80th Anniversary of the arrival of 733 Polish refugee children in New Zealand, the Trustees of the Ogonowska Education Charitable Trust (Halina Ogonowska-Coates, Gordon Noble-Campbell and Jenny Gordon MNZM) are pleased to announce the Trust’s ... More >>
Waikato School Board Fires Teacher For Alleged Serious Misconduct, Steps Down
Saturday, 2 November 2024, 5:37 pm | RNZ
The Onewhero Area School parent representatives say they have been threatened and accused of racism over their decision. More >>
Counties Energy Launches New Solar Cars Grand Prix Education Programme For Local Schools
Friday, 1 November 2024, 12:17 pm | Counties Energy
Aimed at reaching 4,800 students across 120 classrooms this year, the programme is targeted at Year 4 to Year 10 students in primary, intermediate and high schools. Students build wooden cars from scratch and attach solar units to the roof, learning ... More >>
Wintec To Celebrate 100 Years Of Vocational Education In The Waikato
Thursday, 31 October 2024, 6:57 pm | Wintec
To celebrate its rich history and bright future, Wintec is holding a number of special events with kaimahi (staff), ākonga (students), mana whenua, and stakeholders this Friday, 1 November. More >>
Big Buddy Launches New Programme To Make It Easier For More Men To Step Up And Help More Boys
Thursday, 31 October 2024, 7:30 am | Big Buddy
New programme launched by Big Buddy to help ease their waiting list of boys - with case study of early success story. More >>
First FAME Year 13 Performing Arts Scholarship Recipient Selected
Thursday, 31 October 2024, 6:36 am | Acorn Foundation
25 October 2024 The Acorn Foundation and the trustees of the FAME Trust, in conjunction with Creative Bay of Plenty, are pleased to announce the selection for the 2024 FAME Performing Arts Scholarship. This is a new award valued at $5,000 that will be awarded ... More >>
Is Distance Learning Essential Or Hopeless?
Wednesday, 30 October 2024, 8:59 pm | RNZ
Insiders warn the Te Kura system needs an independent review. Families of children enrolled with Te Kura variously describe the national distance education school as essential, hopeless and a lifeline. More >>
Lasting And Integrated Solutions Needed To Improve School Attendance – PPTA
Wednesday, 30 October 2024, 10:18 am | Post Primary Teachers' Association
“The issues causing the increase in chronic non-attendance over the last 10 years are complex and varied. If we want to see a long-term reduction in these rates, schools and school attendance services need more staffing, more time and more resources. More >>
An Effective System Tackling Absenteeism Should Have Educators At Its Centre
Wednesday, 30 October 2024, 9:30 am | NZEI Te Riu Roa
NZEI Te Riu Roa President, Mark Potter, says “the weaknesses identified in the current system are down to either lack of resourcing or socioeconomic factors that contribute to absenteeism like trauma and poverty.” More >>
Chronic Absence In Schools Doubled In Last Decade, Current Model Not Working
Wednesday, 30 October 2024, 6:24 am | Education Review Office
ERO found that despite the dedication of schools and Attendance Services, the current system to get these students back to school is not effective and needs substantial reform. More >>
'Invisible' Students: Inquiry Call Over Correspondence School Te Kura
Tuesday, 29 October 2024, 10:37 pm | RNZ
Staff claim many pupils are submitting only enough work to avoid being kicked off the correspondence school's roll. More >>
Kids Meals Cost $3.00 A Day. David Seymour’s Costs Are?
Monday, 28 October 2024, 9:02 pm | Te Tai Tokerau Principals Association
Kids have had their lunches slashed to just $3.00 a day by David, hell bent in his obsession with cutting government costs or is it just some government costs? More >>
How A Kiwi Education Shaped Stellar Career Of Malaysia's First Astrophysicist
Monday, 28 October 2024, 12:56 pm | RNZ
The astrophysics field "didn't even exist" in Malaysia in the 1970s: "It was that New Zealand attitude that spurred me on." More >>
Wintec Bakery Students Raise Funds For New Zealand Blind Charity
Monday, 28 October 2024, 12:00 pm | Wintec
The idea for the charity fundraiser came from talented Wintec bakery student Nicky Randell, who is also the first blind culinary student to study with Wintec. More >>
Curriculum Controversy: UK Professor Joins NZ Voices To Criticise 'The Science Of Learning' Approach
Monday, 28 October 2024, 11:23 am | Aotearoa Educators Collective
Guy states, “to try to base whole systems of education on such binary nonsense is not just specious, it is seriously damaging.” More >>
Save The Children Welcomes Announcement Of Remodelled Ka Ora, Ka Ako Healthy School Lunches Programme
Saturday, 26 October 2024, 7:00 am | Save The Children
The new model will continue to provide free healthy school lunches to 242,000 primary and secondary students and an additional 10,000 preschoolers. More >>
Save The Children Welcomes Announcement Of Remodelled Ka Ora, Ka Ako Healthy School Lunches Programme
Saturday, 26 October 2024, 6:55 am | Save The Children
The new model will continue to provide free healthy school lunches to 242,000 primary and secondary students and an additional 10,000 preschoolers. More >>
KidsCan Thrilled To Receive Funding To Feed Up To 10,000 More Preschoolers In Hardship
Thursday, 24 October 2024, 8:37 pm | KidsCan
Research shows the preschool years are a crucial period of brain development that set a child up for life. The right food plays a big part, and we’re happy that this funding will mean more children in poverty get the nutrition they desperately ... More >>
New Financial Education Partnership Helps Rangatahi Learn About Money
Thursday, 24 October 2024, 7:25 pm | Te Ara Ahunga Ora Retirement Commission
Newly designed interactive resource packs on tax and compound interest will be sent to around 13,000 year 9 and 10 students throughout New Zealand over the next 12 months. More >>
New Scholarship For Those Affected By Mosque Terror Attacks
Thursday, 24 October 2024, 6:18 pm | University of Canterbury
A new scholarship initiated by Dame Jacinda Ardern offers educational opportunities to people impacted by the 2019 Christchurch mosque shootings. More >>
USP To Serve As Regional Hub For The Newly Launched King’s Commonwealth Fellowships Programme
Thursday, 24 October 2024, 5:51 pm | University Of The South Pacific
It will be delivered in partnership with the Association of the Commonwealth Universities (ACU) members, with The University of South Pacific and University of West Indies serving as regional hubs, and other local and Commonwealth partners such as the Commonwealth ... More >>
Extension Into ECE Centres Of The School Food Programme Raises Issues
Thursday, 24 October 2024, 5:40 pm | Office of Early Childhood Education
Dr Sarah Alexander, chief advisor to the OECE, said there are concerns that some services in the most economically disadvantaged areas may have difficulty participating in the programme, for example if they don’t have enough refrigeration space. More >>
ECE Sector Welcomes ECE Food Programme
Thursday, 24 October 2024, 4:14 pm | Barnardos
Kelly Seaburg, Advocates for Early Learning Excellence, says “by investing in tamariki, we’re building a better future for everyone. We want to provide lifelong experiences that benefit our children’s wellbeing and their long-term ability to positively ... More >>
Government Food Programme Will Boost ECE Outcomes
Thursday, 24 October 2024, 1:37 pm | Early Childhood Council
ECC was really happy with the Government listening to feedback and refining the targeting to ensure children who need food most will now get it, instead of the blunt approach initially put forward. More >>
Teachers Stand Up For Public Education On Nationwide Day Of Action
Wednesday, 23 October 2024, 11:54 am | NZEI Te Riu Roa
Teachers, support staff, and school and centre leaders are committed to continuing to improve the education system to realise the promises of Te Tiriti and deliver equity of learning opportunities for all. More >>
Continuation Of School Lunch Programme Welcomed, Needs Regular Evaluation
Tuesday, 22 October 2024, 5:38 pm | Mana Mokopuna
The Government has confirmed today that the new iteration of the programme will provide a variety of hot and cold meals to ākonga already receiving them at school. The programme will also extend to low-equity community-based early learning services. More >>
Lunches Contract Goes To Companies With Poor Track Record On Food Quality And Service
Tuesday, 22 October 2024, 3:40 pm | Health Coalition Aotearoa
British-based multinational Compass Group, the lead supplier for the new model, lost one third of their school contracts in the current programme due to poor quality in food and service. More >>
NZQA To Trial Computer-marking For Online Writing Exams
Friday, 18 October 2024, 8:44 pm | RNZ
Students and teachers want results as quickly as possible, and auto-marking could help speed up the process, deputy chief executive Jann Marshall says. More >>
Blooming Wild In Time For Study Week
Friday, 18 October 2024, 1:11 pm | University of Canterbury
Just in time for study break, UC’s biodiversity meadow is blooming back, building on the success of last year’s pilot project and boosting spirits on campus. More >>
USP Receives Early Childhood Programme Re-accreditation
Friday, 18 October 2024, 12:46 pm | University Of The South Pacific
Offered through the Pacific Technical and Further Education (Pacific TAFE), the programme provides students with the skills and knowledge required to effectively work with infants and toddlers. More >>
Empowering Our Youth Part II – Careers Leadership In Aotearoa New Zealand Secondary Schools – A Nationwide View
Thursday, 17 October 2024, 5:21 pm | Education Partnership and Innovation Trust
The aim for our EPIT research was to continue to gain a detailed understanding of the career education and transitions pathway landscape and the impact of careers leadership, in Aotearoa New Zealand’s secondary schools. More >>
Tipu Ake: Empowering Ākonga Māori Through Carving, Culture, And Connection Largest Ever Cohort Graduating Today
Thursday, 17 October 2024, 9:12 am | Te Kohao Health
Master Carver Matua Rei Mihaere and Marie Bramley, Principal of Hillcrest Normal School saw the power of the programme and encouraged many of the schools in the Hillcrest Kāhui Ako to be involved to see more ākonga Māori empowered. More >>
Principals 'Perplexed' By Fuss Over Teacher-only Days
Wednesday, 16 October 2024, 6:37 pm | David Hill - Local Democracy Reporter
North Canterbury principals have responded to comments from Associate Education Minister David Seymour suggesting schools will no longer be allowed to hold teacher-only days during the school term. More >>
Kaupapa Māori Students More Likely To Get NCEA Merit And Excellence Endorsements
Wednesday, 16 October 2024, 6:32 pm | RNZ
The briefing for Education Minister Erica Stanford said achievement rates at the schools were better than in comparable English-medium schools. More >>
Cuts Meant To 'Shut Down' School Lunch Scheme - Principal
Wednesday, 16 October 2024, 6:21 pm | RNZ
Naenae College principal Chris Taylor says the new restrictions make the programme unworkable. More >>
1,500 Union Members To Walk Off The Job On Friday
Wednesday, 16 October 2024, 11:37 am | Tertiary Education Union
The strike follows a similar stoppage at University of Auckland three weeks ago, along with strikes at three other universities on the same day. More >>
2025 Woolf Fisher Scholarship Recipients Announced
Wednesday, 16 October 2024, 11:33 am | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
Four exceptional New Zealand graduates have been awarded prestigious Woolf Fisher Scholarships to pursue their doctoral studies at the University of Cambridge. More >>
University Of Canterbury Partners With Institute Of Data With New Technology Courses
Monday, 14 October 2024, 10:34 am | University of Canterbury
New industry training courses to help solve New Zealand’s technology talent shortages More >>
70 Kindergarten Teachers Join Record-breaking Educational Event On Climate Change
Friday, 11 October 2024, 6:20 pm | Climate Club
“We’re excited and proud to run New Zealand’s biggest Climate Fresk event to raise awareness of the climate crisis, thanks to funding support by Auckland Council and amazing mahi by our community workshop manager Naomi Pocock,” says Emily Mabin ... More >>
Proposal To Change SIT Operations In Canterbury
Thursday, 10 October 2024, 5:33 pm | Southern Institute Of Technology
SIT is committed to supporting all affected staff and students throughout this process. The consultation period will run until 5pm on 7 November 2024, during which time feedback from staff and stakeholders will be carefully considered before any final ... More >>
Peaceful Palestine Protest Met With Disorderly Violence From Otago University Campus Security
Wednesday, 9 October 2024, 5:24 pm | Otago Students for Justice in Palestine
It is important to remember why we are here: tens of thousands of people are being slaughtered in Palestine and our university has done nothing. We will continue to call on them to endorse the Boycott, Divest and Sanctions movement for a free Palestine. More >>
Three New Zealand Universities Fall In Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2025
Wednesday, 9 October 2024, 4:35 pm | The Times Higher Education
Not a single university in New Zealand has improved its rankings performance this year, while national flagship the University of Auckland has fallen out of the global top 150 for the first time since 2020 in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University ... More >>
University Of Auckland In Top 8 Percent In 2025 Times Higher Education World University Rankings
Wednesday, 9 October 2024, 1:20 pm | University of Auckland
There were 2,092 global institutions ranked this year, up 185 from the 1,907 the previous year. But Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland now sits in the top 7.3 percent of universities in the world, up slightly from being in the top 7.9 percent ... More >>
We Know What Isn’t Working In Education—What We Are Good At Is Key To Improving
Tuesday, 8 October 2024, 10:47 am | NZCER
Building on our strengths: Improving education in Aotearoa New Zealand broadens the focus of the education conversation from the challenges to include strengths. The book draws on McNaughton’s experience as Professor of Education and former Chief ... More >>
Māori And Indigenous PhD Scholars Gather At University Of Auckland
Monday, 7 October 2024, 11:23 am | Nga Pae o te Maramatanga
The tauira have travelled from all over Aotearoa, as well as from around the Pacific and Australia to attend the MAI Te Kupenga Hui-a-Tau. The annual hui creates the opportunity for candidates to present their PhD research as well as make connections ... More >>
University of Auckland Senate rightly rejects flawed academic freedom policy after lengthy four-year development process
Saturday, 5 October 2024, 2:06 pm | Free Speech Union
Academic freedom is critical if academics are to be the critic and conscience of society. For free speech policies to achieve their purpose, they cannot come with conditions. This draft policy would have imposed several. More >>
School Property Changes Welcomed - With Some Concerns
Friday, 4 October 2024, 2:38 pm | The Secondary Principals' Council of NZ
Property functions must have a clear and close connection and integration with other planning and resourcing decisions affecting schools. More >>
USP Opens New Solomon Islands Campus, Ushering In A New Era Of Education
Friday, 4 October 2024, 11:59 am | University Of The South Pacific
The University of the South Pacific's Solomon Islands Campus Opening (Photo/Supplied) Excitement and pride filled the four corners of the new University of the South Pacific (USP) campus at King George in Honiara, Solomon Islands yesterday as alumni, leaders, ... More >>
