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A comprehensive survey of early learning sector wages shows Pay Parity is having a positive effect overall on average ECE teacher pay, but reveals the diminishing gap between pay for teachers and managers is ringing alarm bells. The Early Childhood ... Read more...

The announced disestablishment of Te Pūkenga shows the Government has no plan for vocational education, says the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions. NZCTU President Richard Wagstaff said he was deeply concerned about the impact that another change ... Read more...

Te Hautū Kahurangi | Tertiary Education Union is deeply concerned for the future of vocational education, in light of the National government commencing implementation of its 100-day plan commitment to “begin disestablishing Te Pūkenga”. Te Pou ... Read more...

The OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) results released show a widening gap between students who are advantaged and students who are disadvantaged, says Chris Abercrombie, PPTA Te Wehengarua acting president. “The main result PISA ... Read more...

The President of the New Zealand Principals’ Federation (NZPF), Leanne Otene, said "I am not at all surprised that our reading, writing and mathematics PISA results have dipped this year." "We have just come through three years ... Read more...

University of Auckland highest ranked university in Australasia in world sustainability ranking. Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland has been ranked as first in Oceania and fifth in the world for sustainability in the 2024 QS World University ... Read more...

The Taxpayers’ Union is expressing deep concern over New Zealand’s declining education standards as revealed by the latest OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) results. Taxpayers’ Union Investigations Coordinator, Oliver ... Read more...

6 December 2023: The University of Waikato has been recognised in the top 100 universities worldwide in the 2024 QS Sustainability rankings, released today. The University is ranked 99 out of 1,403 participating institutions. The rankings, now in their ... Read more...

New research to support peak performance in ultramarathon running, conducted by Russell Best, Principal Academic Staff Member at Wintec | Te Pūkenga Centre for Sport Science and Human Performance, and his international collaborators, is having ... Read more...

Annual QS Sustainability rankings released overnight placed UC 86 overall, and in the top ten worldwide for environmental education. Now in its second year, the QS Sustainability Ranking uses data to measure social, environmental and governance ... Read more...