Education
Autism NZ pleased to hear seclusion rooms to be outlawed
The Education Minister Hekia Parata wants to introduce a law early next year to ban the use of the rooms in schools. Audio
Manager of failed college told us to lie - migrant
The marketing manager at a failed Auckland private college was accused of telling a witness in the country's first human trafficking trial to lie to authorities, court documents show.
School at centre of seclusion row welcomes ban
The school at the centre of publicity about the use of seclusion rooms welcomes new guidelines banning them. We speak to Miramar Central School board spokesman Peter McFarlane. Audio
Hekia Parata says locking children up is 'unacceptable'
Education Minister Hekia Parata says the law will be changed because locking children in cell-like rooms is totally unacceptable. Audio
Schools are to be banned from using seclusion rooms
Schools are to be banned from using seclusion rooms to punish children. A law change is coming and schools will get new guidelines today. Christchurch primary principal, Denise Torrey, helped draft… Audio
Dozens of IANZ students fail English tests
Thirty Indian students from defunct private tertiary institution IANZ have failed English tests so badly they will not be able to continue their studies, NZQA says.
Tessa Morgan: from arts degree to a career in medical research
Kathryn Ryan talks with 22 year old Auckland University honours student Tessa Morgan, who's won a lucrative scholarship to Cambridge University, to research a PhD in palliative care. Audio
Coroner's inquest told funds lacking to ensure school safety
An inquest into the death of a nine year old Hawke's Bay boy has been told that there is not enough money to ensure schools are safe. Audio
International Academy manager record of mistreating migrants
A top manager at the failed International Academy now being investigated by the Crown Solicitor, came to the Auckland college with a history of mistreating migrants in Marlborough. Phil Pennington… Audio
Data-matching finds 10,000 NZ student loan borrowers in Australia
More than 10,000 student loan borrowers have been found using data-matching, with most suspected to be in default.
Redcliffs School to return to suburb, in new location
Staff and parents of Redcliffs School in Christchurch have learned their schools final fate - same suburb, new location. Audio
Redcliffs School gets a new site
The school was forced off its original site after the June 2011 aftershock - and now the school has finally learned its fate. The Board of Trustees and principal Rose McInerney, met with Education… Audio
Humanities enrolments declining
Not as many students are studying the humanities at university as they have in the past, and that's leading to job losses, and a fear that important subjects will be lost. Audio
Job worries turn students away from humanities courses
Enrolments in humanities courses are dropping because students are opting for courses that have a clear job at the end, university leaders say.
Popping pills to get through exams
New Zealand Student Association national president, Linsey Higgins, says she's noticed a spike in the number of university students taking Ritalin to maintain their grades and it's a growing concern.
…Enrolment system problems cost Unitec $15m
Unitec has lost up to $15 million in revenue this year because of problems with its enrolment system, the Tertiary Education Union estimates.
Unitec student numbers lowest in 15 years says union
Unitec's complicated online enrolment system has been blamed for steep declines in student numbers and a 15-million-dollar loss in revenues for New Zealand's largest polytechnic. Audio
Answers needed for teacher vacancy problems
Extra pay for Auckland teachers is likely to be raised when secondary teachers and principals meet government agencies today in Wellington to tackle what principals say is a teacher shortage. Audio
Barbara Anderson: moths and citizen science
Kim Hill talks to Dr Barbara Anderson is a Rutherford Discovery Fellow at Landcare Research in Dunedin. She is the coordinator of Ahi Pepe MothNet, a citizen science project that has seen teachers… Audio
