Only two weeks ago Canterbury University undertook NOT to censor its students’ comedy revue. “So it was reassuring to read of the university’s refusal to jump to the prune-faced demands that it suppress the irreverence and bad taste mockery that is a time-honoured celebration of student freedom of speech.
The e-mail below has been sent out by Massey University ahead of a feminist event to be held on their grounds called Feminism 2020. To their credit, they commit to freedom of speech, but they also smear the feminist group Speak Up 4 Women as “controversial” and spread the fake
In June 2019 Nikki Kaye, National’s spokesperson on education, reviewed Labour’s education promises and came up with 50 failed promises in education and only partial delivery on another 30 promises. Teacher Strikes and dropping NCEA results Promise: “Continue to work with sector unions to develop and strengthen career
New Plymouth traffic offenders must be loving the fact that the Taranaki town’s boys in blue have gone a bit soft. Not only are they being let off for clear traffic infringements, they are being given a bbq’d snag in bread lovingly prepared for them by the good
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio and other Democrat leaders nationwide announce that students can skip classes Friday (9/20/201) to join the global climate strike aimed at protesting man-made climate breakdown. Is this just a craven political move, at the expense of taxpayers and of student learning, or
By George It is common knowledge that historically Maori did not have a written language. What is a fact is that their written language was developed in or around 1815. Thomas Kendall, an early missionary, travelled from New Zealand with Ngapuhi chief Hongi Hika to England where they met linguist
By Alwyn Poole More hard evidence that we are failing our youth – very badly indeed. With absolutely no fanfare the Ministry of Education has recently released the statistics for 2018 school leavers who have attained our highest school qualification – University Entrance. This is the best check of the effectiveness and
In this week’s Fireside Chat, Dennis addresses the Los Angeles Times’ critiques of PragerU. Two popular criticisms: PragerU “indoctrinates” viewers and PragerU “is not a real university.”
ACT Party Press Release: “Reports that one third of students benefiting from the Fees Free scheme failed to complete even one course confirms the scheme is the kind of waste New Zealand cannot afford in worsening economic conditions,” according to ACT Leader David Seymour. “ACT has opposed the scheme consistently
National party Press Release: News that a principal was awarded contracts with the Ministry of Education worth hundreds of thousands of dollars while under investigation for sleeping naked with students needs an independent investigation, National’s Education spokesperson Nikki Kaye says. “The Teaching Council Disciplinary Tribunal recently cancelled Principal Uenuku
ACT Party Press Release: “The revelation that a Ministry of Education contractor was paid $500,000 without having any contact with students is yet another reason to downsize our education bureaucracy and free up resources to pay teachers more”, ACT Leader David Seymour says. “It is also deeply ironic that
This government targeted child welfare right from the get go. Ardern campaigned on fixing child “poverdy” saying “ let’s do this” and introducing a families package effective from 1 July 2018 that promised families would be better off. “By 2020/21, approximately 385,000 families with dependent children will be
University of Sydney Associate Professor Salvatore Babones says Chinese students choose Australia over other countries for their education because “our standards are lower”. If you have a great Youtube or Vimeo video to share send it to videos@thebfd.co.nz
Remember the told-you-so hilarity that swept the internet last year, when it was claimed that a “female-led construction company” was responsible for a bridge collapse in Florida? Although the meme was wrong in many respects, there was a core of relevance to the story: companies responsible for critical public works
Free Speech Coalition Press Release: The Free Speech Coalition urges the University of Canterbury to resist bullying calls to suppress student freedom of speech. As an arm of the state, Canterbury is bound to uphold the freedom of speech assured by the NZ Bill of Rights Act. As a university
