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Social Services and Employment Minister Steve Maharey and Ministry of Social Development StudyLink National Manager Lorraine Williams nailed up new ‘StudyLink’ signage up at the Palmerston North student services processing centre this morning as the service unveils a new look for the services it provides to over 140,000 students each year.

Comments at a function to mark Massey University’s Institute of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences gaining accreditation to USA standards system for training vet students. Massey University Veterinary School, Palmerston North.

Young people taking part in Modern Apprenticeships and the Gateway school-to-work scheme met with the Minister who introduced the new programmes in Hamilton this afternoon.

Community and Voluntary Sector Minister Steve Maharey is praising Trust Waikato for supporting a new umbrella organisation for Waikato region social service groups – Social Services Waikato – which was formally launched this afternoon.

Hamilton Gardens, Hamilton.

Subsidised work scheme statistics for the long term unemployed issued by ACT MP Muriel Newman this afternoon are inaccurate.

Innovative strategies to assist people receiving sickness and invalids benefits into sustainable paid work were announced today by Social Services and Employment Minister Steve Maharey.

A scheme to ensure graduates reduce the principal on their student loan as well as repaying interest delivered real benefits in its first year of operation, Associate Education (Tertiary Education) Minister Steve Maharey said today.

A new forum on tertiary education issues is meeting for the first time today.

Mr Speaker, I move that the Social Welfare (Transitional Provisions - Overseas Pensions) Amendment Bill be now read a second time.

A new forum on tertiary education issues is meeting for the first time today.

Address to Second Flaxroots Technology conference. Unitec, Auckland.

The government is writing to Te Wananga o Aotearoa seeking a review of the way cell phones are issued to students enrolled in the Mahi Ora employment skills programme, Associate Education (Tertiary Education) Minister Steve Maharey said today.

Efforts to create a more innovative New Zealand could isolate pockets of our society unless proper effort is put into ensuring all New Zealanders can learn about and access new technology, Community and Voluntary Sector Minister Steve Maharey said today.

Tertiary institutions will receive more than $200m in additional government funding this year because of student roll growth, increased funding rates and new targeted support for research

Nearly 3,000 Hawkes Bay job seekers have found seasonal work since the end of January - cutting the number of people on the unemployment benefit by more than half, Social Services and Employment Minister Steve Maharey said today.

Claims by Act MP Muriel Newman that receiving a benefit turns a person into a child abuser are offensive and inaccurate, Social Services and Employment Minister Steve Maharey said today.

A major stocktake of the country’s ability to provide social services for children and families is to get underway this year, Social Services and Employment Minister Steve Maharey announced today.

Comments to a government and community agencies focus group on Child, Youth and Family’s Local Services Mapping project. War Memorial Conference Centre, Napier.

Students and tertiary education providers should be including work-skills and on-the-job experience in their qualifications, says Associate Education (Tertiary Education) Minister Steve Maharey.

Address to the New Zealand Association for Cooperative Education Education and Work Partnerships for the Knowledge Economy conference. Quality Hotel, Wellington.

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Appendix 1

Appendix 1: E-Learning Developments in New Zealand Tertiary Education

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Glossary

APEC

Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation.

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References

Bernard, R. M., Rojo de Rubalcava, B., & St-Pierre, D.