| Review of Funding.
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| Promised review of funding for medical and dental study underway.Funding arrangements for medical and dentistry students will be reviewed to ensure this country continues to produce the highest quality graduates Minister for Tertiary Education Michael Cullen announced today."More than 1700 students are enrolled in medicine and dentistry. That's a significant investment in a vital area that de . . . more
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| Author : Tertiary Education
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Created : 18 Feb 2006
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| Parents� role vital in kids� education success.
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| Parents� role vital in kids� education success Summary: Television advertisements mark the next stage of the 'Team Up - helping our kids learn' programme. A media statement from the Secretary for Education, Howard Fancy. .Last update: 18-Oct-2005 Media Statement 14 October 2005 "The new television advertisements hitting our screens this weekend remind us how impo . . . more
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| Author : Ministry of Education
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Created : 10 Nov 2005
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| Top researchers get funding boost.
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| Top researchers get funding boost.High quality New Zealand research undertaken by our smartest scholars is getting a near $6m boost thanks to the latest round of Bright Future Scheme scholarships.Seventy-two graduate and postgraduate students have been awarded Enterprise Scholarships and 47 PhD students have been awarded Top Achiever Doctoral Scholarships by the Tertiary Education Commission.The n . . . more
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| Author : Tertiary Education
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Created : 16 Feb 2006
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| Student loan repayment threshold to rise
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| Student loan repayment threshold to riseThreshold for compulsory repayment rises to $17,160 on 1 April.---------------------------------22 December 2005 Media StatementStudent loan repayment threshold to riseThe income threshold at which students must begin repaying their loans will rise at 1 April next year from $16,588 to $17,160, Tertiary Education Minister Michael Cullen and Revenue Minister P . . . more
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| Author : MOE
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Created : 23 Dec 2005
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| NZ Undergrad Study Abroad Awards
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Third year Whanganui UCOL Fine Arts (Sculpture) student Clare McNamara is about to embark on one of life�s great adventures, an overseas exchange. Clare is the lucky recipient of a 2006 New Zealand Undergraduate Study Abroad Award, to the value of $4000. Shortly after receiving her award Clare was informed that her application for a $3000 grant from Akoranga Education Trust had been successful. . . . more
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| Author : UCOL
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Created : 09 Feb 2006
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| IT Students are Hot Property
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Information and Communication Technology students from UCOL have become hot property with employers around the country. Most of the students who completed their Bachelor of Communications Technology degree in 2005 were snapped up by employers, who impatiently waited for the students to finish their studies so the graduates could begin employment.
UCOL Head of School for Information . . . more
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| Author : UCOL
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Created : 01 Feb 2006
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| Free �n� Easy Computer Training at UCOL
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UCOL�s Free �n� Easy Computer Training programme is back for 2006 and there is no better time than right now to enrol and get ahead in computing. An enrolment in Free �n� Easy allows for up to eighty hours of computer learning. Participants are supplied with a study manual which they can work through at their own pace, friendly support staff are on hand when help is needed.
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| Author : UCOL
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Created : 01 Feb 2006
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| Win-Win for Waiariki�s BASS Degree
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Win-Win for Waiariki�s BASS Degree
Students, staff and graduates of Waiariki Institute of Technology�s Bachelor of Applied Social Science (BASS) are delighted their degree has been given a tick of approval for quality and one of the remaining specialist subject areas, Kaupapa Maori, has been officially recognised by the Social Work Registration Board (SWRB).
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| Author : Waiariki
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Created : 03 Jan 2006
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| Waikato Researcher Gains National Recognition
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University of Waikato Professor Margaret Carr has won the prestigious McKenzie research award. This is the fourth consecutive year that a University of Waikato researcher has won this award.
The McKenzie Award recognises NZARE (NZ Association for Research in Education)http://www.nzare.org.nz members who have made a significant contribution to educational research over an extended period of time. . . . more
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| Author : Emma
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Created : 19 Dec 2005
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| Prefects that peak at AUT
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An AUT programme helping Year 13 students develop their leadership skills has been successfully piloted at Onehunga High School
�Prefects that peak� is taking secondary students to new heights. Piloted this year at Onehunga High School, Prefects that Peak is a programme helping Year 13 student leaders develop their leadership skills and is facilitated by AUT University.
AUT representatives prov . . . more
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| Author : Ed
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Created : 07 Dec 2005
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