GFANZ President Rob Elshire gave an oral submission to the Health Select Committee on the Gene Technology Bill.  The writing for this was a team effort by the GFANZ Council. Our position: GFANZ does not support this bill in its current state. We do, however, support a broad te Tiriti led process through which a... The post Gene Technology Bill – Oral Submission to Health Select Committee appeared first on Genomics for Aotearoa New Zealand. # Content-Attribution # Source: genomics.nz Content Creator: Rob Elshire Date: 2025-03-21T02:39:28+0000

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‍“AI is constantly incorrect, environmentally damaging and such a stupid way of learning. I started studying so I could be taught by professionals, not a robot telling me slop gathered from hundreds of places on the internet,” the student said. University of Auckland students criticise introduction of artificial intelligence tutors in business and economics course - NZ HeraldStudents at New Zealand ’s biggest university are outraged artificial intelligence (AI) tutors will be used in a business and economics course. Three AI... www.nzherald.co.nz  ‍

Hi, Last Thursday, I received another set of OIA documents from the Ministry of Education, in response to my request for emails between the members of the MAG. The documents add further detail and understanding of how the MAG was able to co-opt the powers of the Ministry. They also give a first, small glimpse […]# Content-Attribution # Source: bevanholloway.com Content Creator: Bevan Holloway Date: 2025-02-26T07:58:38+0000

‍“The power of the data analysis science stuff, is you can get people to agree on what's happening and once you've done that, they can all start talking about how to solve the problem,” he says.“It's a way of having a discussion that helps bring people together. The Press www.thepress.co.nz  ‍

The Government is promising that a relaxation of gene technology regulations will provide economic growth for the country, but critics fear the new bill is too loose and a step too far.“It is using a bulldozer to crack a nut,” Jack Heinemann, professor of genetics at the University of Canterbury, tells The Detail. The 'bulldozer' of a bill set to change gene-editing laws - NewsroomToday from The Detail: Experts agree that advances to GMO technology means laws need to change. But just how those changes look is contentious. newsroom.co.nz  ‍

Fear is spreading across the sector the tertiary education funding boost for universities secured in the 2023 Budget, which equated to $64 million a year, could be cut for next year.‍ Fears uni funding lifeline to be cut | Otago Daily Times Online News www.odt.co.nz  ‍

‍It takes more than eight years since starting to study for a nurse to have higher cumulative earnings than someone who worked a minimum wage job during that time and up to 12 years for a social worker. The financial challenges of lengthy unpaid placements, along with the potentially decade-long wait to see the financial rewards of these degrees, make it particularly difficult for individuals with dependents and older people looking to retrain to enter these professions. Unpaid placements leave teachers and nurses lagging financially, finds studyNew UC research highlights financial challenges for trainee teachers, midwives, nurses, and social workers due to long degre

‍The Try-A-Trade courses by the Ministry of Social Development, Te Ati Awa, and Weltec give trainees who are over 18, the chance to try out a new career - seven different trades over seven weeks. Wellington trades programme aims to get rangitahi into further training | RNZ NewsA new trades programme in Wellington, aimed at getting rangatahi off the benefit and into training is about to celebrate its first anniversary. www.rnz.co.nz  ‍

So far so good. But the elephant in the room, rate-limiting step in New Zealand is having enough clinical placements – the opportunity for all senior students (medical, nursing, physio etc) to work supervised one-on-one alongside experienced clinicians in multiple areas, seeing many patients and being involved in their clinical care.No amount of high/low fidelity simulation, AI-generated cases, AI-diagnostic algorithms (all already in use) can replace this learning; the art of connecting with different people with diverse needs on their terms to develop trusting, beneficial doctor-patient, tākuta-whānau relationships is primarily learned on the job.‍ The Waikato Times

‍In an open letter to Finance Minister Nicola Willis and Tertiary Education Minister Penny Simmonds, Whanau warned that its closure could drain Wellington’s talent pool, crippling the capital’s $2.1 billion creative industry. Wellington mayor asks Government to save capital’s creative polytech campusTory Whanau and 38 others have written to ministers asking them to save Whitireia and WelTec’s Te Kāhui Auaha campus. www.stuff.co.nz  ‍

The information was included in an application for non-profit status in the United States in 2023, and included salaries for the vice-chancellor Dawn Freshwater, whose salary range was regularly reported in the university's annual report, but also for other senior staff. Release of University of Auckland managers' salaries has staff 'looking sideways' | RNZ NewsPreviously secret salary information for the university's most senior managers has surprised and angered some staff. www.rnz.co.nz  ‍