Kaumātua are supporting a call from Māori staff at Unitec to remove the chair of the joint Unitec and Manukau Institute of Technology Board and one remaining member of its rūnanga (council). The news comes after several Māori staff handed…
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DOJ, 11 States Slap Google With Antitrust Lawsuit
The U.S. Department of Justice and multiple states have filed suit against Google parent company Alphabet over antitrust allegations, in what could lead to a moment of reckoning for the tech industry. The federal court docket, which surfaced Tuesday, didn’t…
Google Analytics Brings Machine Learning to Customer Insights
Understanding shoppers has never been more important for retailers, and Google’s latest update to its analytics product aims to help the cause. On Wednesday, the tech giant unveiled a new update to Google Analytics that uses machine learning to uncover…
The future of education or just hype? The rise of Minerva, the world’s most selective university
No one could accuse CEO and businessman Ben Nelson of lacking ambition. “I wanted to create a university that serves as a model for other institutions, by being indisputably the best university in the world,” he says, bouncing up and…
Like the Open University, we now need an Open School for the whole country
When the Covid-19 emergency is over, schools will face a monumental task. Children who have been learning at home will need support in making the transition to the “in school” curriculum. The needs of disadvantaged youngsters, who will have fallen…