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05 Mar Parliament Report 5/3 (Bill Passes Committee Stage)

Posted at 11:59h in Parliament, Policy, PTEs, Wananga by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

The House completed the committee stage of the Education (Tertiary Education and Other Matters) Amendment Bill, and will now take a break for two weeks. Select Committees will not meet...

05 Mar News Mon 5/3 – ITP Crisis. Enrolments. Legal Misconduct.

Posted at 07:39h in Policy by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

Policy, Management & People ITP Crisis? Otago Poly's Phil Ker put out a strong media release saying that his institution wasn't in crisis (applications were up 14% this year) and...

02 Mar News Fri 2/3 – SAC Goes to Plan. TEC’s Dodgy ITP Projections.

Posted at 08:46h in Policy by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

Policy, Management & People SAC Goes to Plan Competitive SAC funding at L1-2, and L3-4 (primary sector only), will be scrapped from 2019. Chris Hipkins said that the $135m involved...

01 Mar Tai Poutini Investigation and Cash Injection

Posted at 12:27h in ITPs, Policy, TEI Issues, Tertiary Education by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

Tai Poutini Polytechnic (TPP) will receive an $8.5m capital injection and have $24.9m of debt written off, allowing it to continue operating into 2019. A report for TEC found massive...

01 Mar News Thu 1/3 – NZIE Programme Closure. Donation Gone? QS Rankings.

Posted at 08:25h in Policy by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

Policy, Management & People Tai Poutini The report on, and bailout of, Tai Poutini Poly was covered by RNZ, NZN, Stuff and the Greymouth Star. The Grey District mayor asked...

28 Feb TEC’s Investment Plan Briefs – Big Maori/Pasifika Focus!

Posted at 11:56h in Funding, ITPs, Policy, PTEs, Tertiary Education, Unis, Wananga by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

TEC's latest Investment Plan Briefs for Student Achievement Component (SAC) and Youth Guarantee shift the focus towards achieving parity between outcomes for Māori and Pasifika, and the wider population. While...

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