Polytechnic
Are foreign students coming back?
The pandemic smashed the international education sector - but are foreign students returning to our shores? Audio
Are foreign students coming back?
The pandemic smashed the international education sector - but are foreign students returning to our shores?
AudioPolytechnic bailouts near $100m - analysis
The crisis in polytechnics has deepened with the Government bailing out two more institutions, Unitec in Auckland and Whitireia in Porirua. The $65 million advanced to the two is on top of the… Audio
Govt's bailouts for polytechs nears $100m
Government bailouts for polytechnics now total $98 million this year after the government advanced $50 million to Unitec in Auckland and $15 million to Whitireia in Porirua. Unitec's woes were well… Audio
No sign of dumbing down say auditors
On Wednesday the Tertiary Education Union released a survey of more than a 1000 tertiary staff, 63 percent of whom felt they had come under more heat in the past decade to pass a higher percentage of… Audio
Lecturers say govt targets forcing them to pass students
The tertiary education union which represents academics & university lecturers says its members are increasingly feeling pressure to pass incompetent students. A survey of just over 1000 of its… Audio
Taranaki tech marked low for performance
A Taranaki polytechnic forced to withdraw the qualifications of Maori performing arts students is bottom of the heap in the sector's latest performance ratings.
