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Academic or Mechanic?

The old smell of oil, diesel and grease fills the nose. The hunched over worker looks sideways from under the hood of a new Mercedes Benz and sighs with disappointment at the new arrival to his workshop. As I get…

Bill Sole: NZ needs more apprentices | NZ Herald News

Once again the universities are the big winners in the Budget. Unfortunately, despite international research increasingly pointing to the value of workplace training and apprenticeships, the 2015 Budget… Source: Bill Sole: NZ needs more apprentices – Education – NZ Herald…

Student Success

Can you read? Can you write? Can you count? If you say yes to these then you are a success. You have succeeded at school. You’ve made suitable progress through your years at school. Heck… You’re verging on being a…