Jade converts

Six new tertiary institutions in Australia and New Zealand have signed up to Jade's Tertiary Program, bringing the total number of organisations teaching or using the software programming technology to 16.

The recent converts include the University of Western Australia, Swinburne University in Melbourne, and the Australian Catholic University, which has seven campuses around Australia and a total of more than 10,000 students.

The other tertiary institutions are Otago Polytechnic in Dunedin, Aoraki Polytechnic in Timaru and Waiariki Polytechnic in Rotorua.