Minister embeds literacy in entry level courses
Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce says his government’s focus on foundation skills has seen the number of adults accessing programmes with a strong literacy and numeracy component quadruple...
View ArticleFurther cuts for tertiary education
Despite record numbers of students in tertiary education this year the government has yet again cut funding. Since this government came to office, student numbers have grown by 5,000 but government...
View ArticleNew Tertiary Education Strategy favours business above all else
“The minister has been keen on turning universities into businesses with no links to their communities for some time now,” said TEU national secretary Sharn Riggs last week when the government proposed...
View ArticleTEU submission on the Draft Tertiary Education Strategy 2014-2019
Submission of the Tertiary Education Union (TEU) Te Hautū Kahurangi o Aotearoa on the “Draft Tertiary Education Strategy 2014-2019” 15 November 2013 For further information please contact: Jo Scott...
View ArticleSymposium to addess workforce literacy
Thanks to cogdogblog @ Flickr for the photo Unitec yesterday focused attention on a major problem affecting many in New Zealand's workforce by hosting a symposium on the teaching of language, literacy...
View ArticleGovt cuts to adult literacy
The New Zealand Herald reports that more than 500 adults in basic literacy and numeracy classes have had their funding cut from the end of this year, despite assurances that literacy and numeracy...
View ArticleTime to rebuild adult and community education
New Zealand needs to act to rebuild adult and community education following the dramatic 2009 cuts to the sector. TEU ‘s most recent Te Kaupapa Whaioranga paper - a blueprint for adult and community...
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