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Auckland student Esther Tetlow was over the moon when she won a shcholarship Berklee College of Music in Boston last month and now the only thing standing between her and a dream career is $70,000.
Although Esther has a scholarship, it will only cover 75 per cent of her costs.
Esther has until August next year to raise the $70,000 [...]
Hefty Scholarship for Auckland Student
A 20-year-old Auckland student has been offered an opportunity of a lifetime.
Esther Tetlow has been offered a scholarship to attend the largest independent college of contemporary music in the world, but at a cost of just under $100,000.
Tetlow has been studying a certificate in performance music at Excel, a school of performing arts, since March, [...]
Blog: New Zealand children ’screened out’
A few weeks ago, my nine-year-old brother became a fan of Harry Potter movies. He had just been given a copy of the latest DVD and off he rushed to watch (and re-watch) the movie.
Several days later he resurfaced, having grown slightly bored with the film and ready to watch something new.
Throughout those three days, [...]
University experiments with recorded lectures
A trial of recorded lectures for University of Auckland students has drawn mixed reactions on its success.
In 2009 the university tried recording some lectures, as part of an Innovative Learning Technologies study.
Dropping attendance by students was one of the concerns highlighted by staff.
Mary Hedges, an economics lecturer, said there were two ways lecture recordings were [...]
National silent on compensation for students
National’s proposed tax changes will hit students in the pocket, but the Government has been silent about compensation.
If a GST rise and changes to property tax go ahead, student living costs, including food and rent, are likely to increase.
Andrew King, vice-president of the Auckland Property Investors Association, says that changes to property tax could cause [...]
AUT dismisses priority parking for carpoolers
AUT will not be introducing a ride-share and free priority parking services for its students, even though this service is hugely popular at Otago and Canterbury universities.
AUT is not willing to offer an organised ride-share programme with free priority parking for students because this is “not ‘sustainable”, says Kevin Hodges, general services administration manager.
The sustainability teams at [...]
Union thrives as study begins
Unite private sector community union has opened shop on campuses across the country to mobilise students as the academic year begins.
The union has found hundreds of students eager to sign its petition to raise the minimum wage to $15.
Campaign for a Living Wage organizer Joe Carolan said a lot of students were struggling to support [...]
Students use book money to buy booze
Drugs and alcohol are being bought by some tertiary students with money lent to them for course-related costs.
The rules for applying for a course-related costs loan were relaxed for the start of the 2009 tertiary year and make it easier for students to be $1000 further in debt.
The online application form, which replaced the paper-based [...]
Campaigners fight voluntary student association membership
A national student organisation has launched a campaign to maintain the quality of tertiary education, in opposition to a proposed bill to make student associations voluntary.
The Freedom of Association Amendment bill could hurt the quality of tertiary education in New Zealand, claims the New Zealand Union of Students’ Associations (NZUSA).
Act MP Sir Roger Douglas proposed [...]
Health science goes live
For the first time, Bachelor of Health Science students at AUT University are learning through video-conferencing this semester.
Top of the range cameras allow lectures to be broadcast between the Akoranga, Wellesley and Manukau campuses, with more than 1000 students being able to see both the lecturer and their classmates at other venues.
The technology helps staff [...]
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