This last week has been exceptionally busy and positively so; the Woodhill Park Research Retreat has been busy hive of scholastic and research activity with all sorts of positive outputs emerging.We'v...

We have over the years enjoyed the successes of the many students with whom we've worked and we've also, over time, developed a range of strong skills which can help thesis candidates nudge their way ...

What a 24 hour period it's been! First, Simon Martin texted me to say that the emendations he'd prepared have now been approved by the Doctoral Committee at Massey University. Simon will, therefore,...

It’s a fact that there are now more adult learners than there are juvenile learners in the world. Hence, the Adult and Community Education (ACE) sector, or the fourth sector as ACE is sometim...

We've been asked to run a one day NVivo 8 workshop and we've scheduled that event for Friday November 20th. The course will be held a the Woodhill Park Research Retreat beginning at 9.30 in the morni...

All three examiners commented that Jacinta Hawkin's doctoral thesis was well written and so it was. Her work has been thorough (with careful attention to detail), engaging (with a thesis to convey in...

The other day staff at the Woodhill Park Research Retreat received a text message from a very excited Simon Martin, a doctoral candidate who for the past few years has worked, on and off, at completin...

This is the first of a three part Blog on the vexed matter of ethics and the impact of ethics committees. This first part proposes that a latent consequence of the deliberations of ethics committees ...

A week or so ago, I posted some comments which expressed a great deal of glee at the recognition which Ngati Whatua had received at a national awards ceremony for health innovations. I'd singled ou...

Nui nga mihi kia koutou ma mo to koutou mahi,Jane, many congratulations to you and to all of the Ngati Whatua whanau for your award. It is wonderful, not only that Maori are achieving such highqualit...