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Tertiary education

DunedinMay 15

Narrow focus disappoints university

The University of Otago appears to be a winner from this year's Budget, with extra funding for health sciences and research.
Narrow focus disappoints university
Narrow focus disappoints university
DunedinMay 15

Extra matches inflation, but is that sufficient?

While the Government's $857.8 million investment in early childhood, primary and secondary education over the next four years has been applauded, an education expert is questioning whether it is enough.
Extra matches inflation, but is that sufficient?
Extra matches inflation, but is that sufficient?
DunedinOctober 1

Uncertainty as training axed

Otago providers of a tertiary education programme worry the Government's decision to scrap it puts jobs in jeopardy and comes at the worst possible time.
Uncertainty as training axed
Uncertainty as training axed
The MixSeptember 20

Move over professor

Thanks to the internet, everyone can now get a free education at the world's top tertiary institutions. Does this mean the end for higher learning or a new beginning? asks Andrew Laxon, of The New Zealand Herald.
Move over professor
Move over professor
DunedinJune 13

Uni's efforts lacking: minister

The University of Otago needs to target international students more ''aggressively'' after having the largest decline in international numbers of any New Zealand university this year, Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce says.
DunedinJuly 12

TEU raises workload as issue

Concerns over heavy workloads were among the issues raised at the first day of collective bargaining between the Tertiary Education Union (TEU) and the University of Otago yesterday.
NewsJune 20

Govt slammed as reports show size of funding cuts

The Tertiary Education Union (TEU) has slammed the Government for making what it calls "drastic" cuts to polytechnic funding.
DunedinJune 8

Fifty students from Otago using exemption

Ministry of Social Development figures show more than 320 students in New Zealand, 50 of them from Otago, are making the most of an exemption due to be axed next year.
DunedinMay 25

Cuts to allow greater emphasis: Joyce

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.
DunedinApril 12

University slammed on job insecurity

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.
University slammed on job insecurity
University slammed on job insecurity
NationalMarch 7

Call for transparency in tertiary governance

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.
Call for transparency in tertiary governance
Call for transparency in tertiary governance
OpinionOctober 9

A mix of teaching methods is best

Universities must grasp new technology opportunities to teach and engage students if they are to remain credible and competitive, writes David Tordoff.
QueenstownAugust 7

Tertiary sector grows

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.
NewsAugust 7

Otago teachers win kudos, cash

Three Otago teachers have won kudos and cash in the 2011 national Tertiary Teaching Excellence Awards.
NationalMarch 17

More focus on trades in tertiary institutions

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 MixFebruary 18

Costly knowledge

Costly knowledge
Costly knowledge
OpinionJanuary 9

Prosperity not study's corollary

Prosperity not study's corollary
Prosperity not study's corollary
South OtagoNovember 18

Telford merger welcomed

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.
Telford merger welcomed
Telford merger welcomed
DunedinOctober 21

Capable NZ takes work-based path

Otago Polytechnic is drawing inspiration from the United Kingdom for an expansion of its Capable New Zealand department.
NationalSeptember 24

Tighter student loans defended

Tertiary education minister Steven Joyce says he is "comfortable" thousands of tertiary students will not get student loans to continue their studies next year.
DunedinSeptember 22

Otago ranks top in tertiary performance

The University of Otago has topped teaching and learning performance rankings for the university sector, with Otago Polytechnic achieving an excellent report for its degree students, amid mixed results for other southern polytechnics.
Otago ranks top in tertiary performance
Otago ranks top in tertiary performance
DunedinSeptember 22

Fast-track teaching courses offered, to fill gap

Dunedin's two main tertiary institutions have combined to offer fast-track qualifications for people from throughout New Zealand wanting to become secondary-school technology teachers.
Fast-track teaching courses offered, to fill gap
Fast-track teaching courses offered, to fill gap
NewsSeptember 13

Tertiary performance

The results of performance-ranking criteria designed to make tertiary institutions more accountable were released last week.
Tertiary performance
Tertiary performance
DunedinAugust 30

Polytech enrolment tightened

Otago Polytechnic is expecting to have to turn some students away next year after being told it will not get all the Government-funded places it had hoped for.
Polytech enrolment tightened
Polytech enrolment tightened
South OtagoAugust 30

Correspondence course review follows failures

Telford Rural Polytechnic is reviewing its correspondence courses after an audit revealed more than 70% of students were failing some courses.
Correspondence course review follows failures
Correspondence course review follows failures