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Kerre Woodham : Taxman on bludgers' scent
Beware, loan dodgers: the debt collector may soon be after you.Following on from my recent column about people with student loans skiving off overseas, I see the Government is looking at using debt collectors to recover more dosh...
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Teachers point finger at criminal students
Under-fire teachers are turning the focus back on students after the Sunday Star-Times last week revealed dozens of teachers are still working in the classroom despite having serious criminal convictions.
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Student loan becomes $250,000 nightmare
"Yeah, stupid eh?" Trev says in a deadpan Australian accent over the phone from across the ditch as we discuss his whopper of an unpaid student debt.Trev is not this Kiwi loan refugee's real name but that's what we'll call him...
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Teacher deregistered over student sex
A teacher who developed a sexual relationship with a depressed 16-year-old pupil has been deregistered.
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40 students fight in Onehunga
Extra police were called in to break up a fight involving up to 40 students from Onehunga College in South Auckland late this afternoon.Police said that one student was injured and two arrested following the brawl on Princes and...
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Massey cuts teacher course numbers
Aspiring teachers are the latest victims of university cutbacks as Massey restricts entry for 2011.
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Govt pays to put pupils into science
The Government is providing nearly $600,000 for a new academy to encourage more secondary school pupils into science careers.
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Teacher censors 'gay' from kids' song
Australia has a reputation as one of the world's most gay-friendly countries - unless you're learning about an indigenous bird perched on a gum tree.A school in Victoria has created controversy by banning the word gay from the...
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Students compete to build solar-powered bach
A New Zealand university team hopes to design and build the best solar-powered bach to win the finals of an international competition.
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Fees to rise at Canterbury University
Canterbury University will increase its domestic fees next year by the maximum allowable amount.
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Decision reserved in plagiarism dispute
Former Victoria University interior design student Brittany Bell will have to wait to see if plagiarism findings against her will be overturned, after the judge hearing her case today reserved his decision.Ms Bell was prevented...
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'Slum-like' school to close down
The south Auckland school shut down today had kept at-risk children in filthy "slum- like" buildings with no heating.
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Teachers not in real world, says PM
Secondary teachers' plans to strike next month show "how disconnected they are from the real world", Prime Minister John Key says.
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Student plagiarism appeal goes to court
A former Victoria University design student went to the High Court in Wellington today in a bid to clear her of plagiarism.Brittany Bell, who studied interior design at the university, was prevented from graduating because of...
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Striking teachers are disconnected, says Key
The 95.1 per cent of unionised school teachers who voted to take strike action are "disconnected from the real world," Prime Minister John Key says.
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PM: Striking teachers 'disconnected'
Secondary teachers' plans to go on strike next month show they disconnected from the real world, Prime Minister John Key says.A one-day strike is pencilled in for September 15. Thousands of Post Primary Teachers Association (PPTA)...
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Secondary school teachers vote to strike
Secondary school teachers have voted overwhelmingly to strike after rejecting the Government's latest pay offer.
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Secondary teachers vote to strike
Secondary school teachers will walk off the job in two weeks after rejecting the Government's latest pay offer.The Government has offered 1.5 per cent - less than half of the 4 per cent that teachers were asking for.A spokesman...
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