Select Committees covered immigration, student loans and primary industry workforce needs. Oral Questions covered: construction skills and Vision Mātauranga. Written Questions covered: PTE Targeted Assistance; international education; papers and briefings;...
Policy, Management & People Mental Health A $25m fund to support student mental health, announced in Jul 2020, is behind schedule. A planned tender was cancelled last year in place...
This post summarises university council papers for 5 meetings in Mar 2021: Auckland, AUT. Lincoln, Waikato and Canterbury. Relevance: medium relevance to universities. Our Take As mentioned previously, universities have had a...
Policy, Management & People Māori Staff Workload AUT's Prof Jarrod Haar has explored the impact of cultural identity on Māori academic staff, finding that many face extra work engaging with...
Policy, Management & People ENZ Issues ENZ: released new research on NZers' support for international education; called for proposals to run NZ Education Centres; called for international students to reach...
Policy, Management & People Proof Checking NZ universities aren't following a UK university's precedent to avoid proof checking of students' exam answers. Orphan Land Otago Uni apparently owns a 0.2m2...