Education
NCEA results: What to do if your child misses the mark
More than 164,000 students will be able to access their NCEA results today but not everyone will be happy with the outcome. The President of the Secondary Prinicipals' Association Mike Williams… Audio
Study reveals growing pilot shortage in New Zealand
A new study shows the number of pilots graduating in New Zealand is not enough to match airline growth in the country. According to the New Zealand Airline Pilots' Association and Massey University's… Audio
Summer Success Academy
A First Generation Tertiary Student programme for students who are the first in their family to progress beyond secondary education, is part of a new academy aimed at helping some of this year's… Audio
VR and education
How is virtual reality technology changing the way educators work? Scott Cardwell is the co-founder and chief executive of ImmerseMe and is here to fill us in on the opportunities and pitfalls of this… Audio
Student regrets telling Victoria University of mental health history
Victoria University told a Canadian exchange student it didn't want her to come after she revealed she had a mental illness.
Insight - The Best of 2018
Insight - Summer listening. A few of your favourite Insight programmes from 2018 including; the babies damaged by alcohol, the rise of loneliness, banning mobile phones in classrooms and should Te Reo… Audio
Has Australia broken the internet?
Tech commentator Paul Matthews discusses a controversial new Australian law giving spy agencies unprecedented rights to force companies to give access to their encrypted communications in certain… Audio
Some AUT buildings to remain closed tomorrow
About 60 firefighters have been battling a blaze at an university building in central Auckland.
Brash ban review clears Massey vice-chancellor
An independent review has cleared the vice-chancellor of Massey University of lying about the cancellation of an event involving Don Brash earlier this year.
Victoria Uni debate: 'A change in name is more than a classification'
Opinion - Queen Victoria presumably never would have been amused, but, almost as predictably, neither was Education Minister Chris Hipkins, writes David Cohen.
Victoria Uni name change vetoed
Education Minister Chris Hipkins has declined the application for Victoria University to legally change its name to the University of Wellington. Mr Hipkins says this is because not enough opinions… Audio
'Everyone was opposed to it, because it seemed useless'
Students have welcomed the Education Minister's decision to decline Victoria University of Wellington Council's application for a legal name change.
Auckland principals appalled by attendance services
Auckland secondary school principals are so fed up with their local truancy services, they're hiring their own staff to do the job. They say just one of the city's four attendance services is good at… Audio
Auckland principals appalled by attendance services
Auckland secondary school principals are appalled by the poor performance of attendance services that are supposed to bring the city's truants and non-enrolled children back to school. They say three… Audio
Auckland principals want action over 'poor' truancy services
Auckland secondary school principals say most of the city's Attendance Services are doing a "very poor job" and want truancy staff based in schools.
Mental health issues, online gaming causing rise in teen truancy
More young people are skipping school or refusing to enrol at all because of mental health problems and excessive online gaming.
Schools illegally refusing to enrol local children
Schools are illegally refusing to enrol children by saying their classrooms are too full or insisting on permanent addresses for families in emergency housing. Organisations charged with getting… Audio
Schools illegally refusing to enrol local children
Attendance services and the legal help organisation YouthLaw say the problem of schools illegally refusing to enrol children is increasing.
Tough times for training journalists
The annual gathering of journalism educators was held this week at a school that’s just closed its journalism programme. It’s not the only one and the number of journalism trainees is slumping too. Is… Audio
Tough times for training journalists
The annual gathering of journalism educators was held this week at a school that’s just closed its journalism programme. It’s not the only one and the number of journalism trainees is slumping too. Is…
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