Cuts to student support in yesterday's Budget will allow the
Government to put more emphasis on engineering, science and
research, Minister for Tertiary Education Steven Joyce says.
The Tertiary Education Union (TEU) has hit out at the
University of Otago's practice of confirmation, an employment
agreement where academics go on long-standing trial periods.
Greater openness and
transparency at the governance level of New Zealand's
universities, polytechnics, and tertiary providers has been
called for by the Government minister responsible for the
sector.
Universities must grasp new technology opportunities to
teach and engage students if they are to remain credible and
competitive, writes David Tordoff.
Efforts by Queenstown's fledgling tertiary institutions to
attract students are paying off,as Joe Dodgshunreports in the
second and final part of our series on Wakatipu
education.
The Government announced today there would be an increased
focus on trades at tertiary institutions to cope with
increased demand during the rebuild of quake-stricken
Christchurch.
The cost of tertiary study is now measured in five-digit numbers. Sometimes six. So is it good value for money? And is that even the point? Kim Dungey reports.
Telford Rural Polytechnic was not anticipating losing any
staff in the merger with Lincoln University and business
would continue as usual, chief executive Jonathan Walmisley
said yesterday.
