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by Dave Guerin
Policy, Management & People
Student Wellbeing Paul Goldsmith launched the International Student Wellbeing Strategy at Ara yesterday (12-page Strategy). Calling it a Strategy is overly generous – there are some...
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by Dave Guerin
Lincoln University (Lincoln) ended 2016 in much better shape than in 2015, with the promise of a better year again in 2017. Returning to EFTS growth was a major milestone,...
The Primary ITO had an underlying deficit as trainee numbers dropped in 2016, but the impact of accounting standards meant they had a large paper surplus. An early 2017 restructuring should support...
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by Dave Guerin
Policy, Management & People
Labour On Immigration The Labour Party announced new policy yesterday to cut immigration numbers (factsheet). The aim is to cut immigration to a "sustainable" level (20,000-30,000...
The Service Skills Institute (ServiceIQ) had higher STMs and educational achievement in 2016, and started developing offshore contracts, and an onshore JV with an Australian IT company.
Our Take
ServiceIQ's annual report...
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by Dave Guerin
The House is off next week, and didn't cover anything relevant this week. The Education and Science Committee considered Budget Votes last week, but is off this week. Written Questions...