In spite of significant constraints, New Zealand universities still provide high-quality education.
To the extent that students and parents think about the returns on investment from higher education, it is not clear that an Australian education is superior.
In terms of returns, what matters more is the discipline studied rather than the institution.
Political activism has infiltrated educational institutions everywhere
In Part 1 of this article, I argued that New Zealand universities have become excessively politicised. Social justice activism is interfering with academic freedom and the quality of the education that we are offering our students. Negative publicity around this is one of the reasons why increasingly many students are looking overseas. Still, I think at this point in time it makes sense fo... Subscribe for FREE to unlock.
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If you want to attack anyone for what you and a few of your fellow ideological travellers see as doctrinal error, you really shouldn’t make your target the grieving parents of a child who died alone of starvation in a motel room.
RNZ dismissed 1930s heat data by claiming sites can’t be compared, even though NIWA now routinely does, undermining their own record-breaking headline.
Given the concerns over Grenon’s minority involvement with NZME, the media silence over Stuff’s new half-owner exposes how easily concerns may melt away when the people in charge already think the same way as the press gallery.
If you want to attack anyone for what you and a few of your fellow ideological travellers see as doctrinal error, you really shouldn’t make your target the grieving parents of a child who died alone of starvation in a motel room.
RNZ dismissed 1930s heat data by claiming sites can’t be compared, even though NIWA now routinely does, undermining their own record-breaking headline.
Given the concerns over Grenon’s minority involvement with NZME, the media silence over Stuff’s new half-owner exposes how easily concerns may melt away when the people in charge already think the same way as the press gallery.
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Political activism has infiltrated educational institutions everywhere
In Part 1 of this article, I argued that New Zealand universities have become excessively politicised. Social justice activism is interfering with academic freedom and the quality of the education that we are offering our students. Negative publicity around this is one of the reasons why increasingly many students are looking overseas. Still, I think at this point in time it makes sense fo... Subscribe for FREE to unlock.
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If you want to attack anyone for what you and a few of your fellow ideological travellers see as doctrinal error, you really shouldn’t make your target the grieving parents of a child who died alone of starvation in a motel room.
ANANISH CHAUDHURI: Why are high-achieving teens headed overseas, and why is this not necessarily a good idea – Pt. 1
New Zealand doesn’t take its universities seriously, despite them being major export earners and productivity engines.
IAN WISHART: RNZ knew its story was wrong, didn’t tell the Herald and TVNZ
RNZ dismissed 1930s heat data by claiming sites can’t be compared, even though NIWA now routinely does, undermining their own record-breaking headline.
Auditor-General’s Treaty report: How ‘holistic intent’ outlived the government that created it
The Crown is being audited for failing to meet an undefined ideological benchmark created by the previous government.
Busted: The Herald seems to have quietly rewritten a political health story without telling readers
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Why the panic over NZME’s ‘Grenonade’ but no one bats an eye over Stuff’s new foreign 50% stakeholder?
Given the concerns over Grenon’s minority involvement with NZME, the media silence over Stuff’s new half-owner exposes how easily concerns may melt away when the people in charge already think the same way as the press gallery.