Education
Further cuts for university arts
Humanities departments in New Zealand universities are going under the knife with cuts at Otago, Waikato and Auckland. Is it justified? Audio
Tell me about your thesis
Have you ever heard of the "Above Average Effect"? More than confidence, this phenomenon occurs when people think they're better at a task than the average person. In Tell Me About Your Thesis today… Audio
Need for gun safety kit for under-fives questioned
Early childhood teachers are critical of a gun safety kit an early childhood company has created for under five-year-olds.
Facing down Facebook: school bans social media at home
Chair of the Board of Trustees at Kowhai Intermediate School in Auckland, Wade Gillooly tells Lynn Freeman about attempts to put a stop to cyber bullying at school by banning social media at home. How… Audio
Gun safety kit for under-fives criticised
Evolve Education sent its 'Gun Safe for Kids' kit, including targets, licences and a cardboard gun safe, to 130 childcare centres, but teachers were not impressed. John Gerritsen reports. Audio
Mindfulness and marginalised youth
Witnessing children forced into addiction, prostitution and dire poverty in Central America started New Zealander Kristina Cavit on a path that culminated in her founding The Kindness Institute. Audio
Tom Peters - thriving in the tech tide
Tom Peters has variously been described as an influential business thinker, leadership guru and 'The Red Bull of Management'. He's the author of more than 30 management books, a former partner with… Audio
School uniforms, safety keeps kids off bikes
Teaching kids to cycle won’t mean more will bike to school, unless road safety and school uniform rules are also addressed, a study suggests. Audio
Suicide prevention agencies facing huge demand for courses
Agencies providing 'first aid' courses for suicide prevention are experiencing huge demand, with one provider having about 400 people on a waiting list for its services. The courses give participants… Audio
Troubled kids 'likely to end up in jail ... unless they get help'
A Whangārei school has set up a trust to raise funds for therapy for its most troubled pupils.
School opens playgroup for at-risk under-5s
A Whangarei school with some of the neediest children in the north has formed a charitable Trust to help them before they start. Hora Hora school is opening a centre today for pre-schoolers who've… Audio
Pele Navarro: Save Our Schools
Independent indigenous schools in the southern Philippines are under threat. Pele Navarro is in New Zealand representing the Save Our Schools network of Salupongan International, an organisation… Audio
Graduate Celeste Oram: Auckland Uni music school proposal 'heartbreaking'
Celeste Oram lives in LA but is a graduate of the University of Auckland Music School and says the planned staff cuts are shortsighted. Audio
Shakeup at University of Auckland School of Music
The University of Auckland School of Music is about to undergo a major restructure that could see five staff members lose their jobs, including one of the school's two professors, Uwe Grodd, an… Audio
Changes proposed at Auckland Uni music department
Changes to staff structure are being considered at Auckland University’s School of Music. Associate Professor Eve de Castro-Robinson gives her view on what’s being proposed and what it will mean for… Audio
Upbeat for Friday 23 March
What’s going on at the Royal New Zealand Ballet and Auckland University’s music department? We review the final few performances at the Auckland Arts Festival, and we conduct a symphony orchestra in…
Immigration names poor-performing education agents
Immigration New Zealand refused most of the study visa applications from some education agents in India, Vietnam and the Philippines last year.
Tell me about your thesis
We speak with Michael Naylor who wrote his thesis about labour unions in developing countries. Audio
School attendence drop blamed on illness
The number of children failing to attend school regularly reached a seven-year high last year and the education ministry is blaming a spike in winter colds and the flu.
NZ school attendance hits seven-year low
The number of children attending school regularly has hit a seven year low. Just 63 percent of children attended school more than 90 percent of the time in term two of 2017. In decile one schools the… Audio
