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31 Jul News Thu 31/7 – VET Changes. BOP Plan. Art Week.

Posted at 08:16h in Policy by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

Policy, Management & People VET Changes The ITF's Mark Oldershaw and the OECD's Deborah Roseveare spoke on RNZ yesterday about how the VET system could be improved (16 minutes audio). It...

30 Jul New Ideas June 14 (Primary/ICT Sector Needs. Wananga Impact. Marsden Fund Bias? )

Posted at 15:55h in Export Education, Government on Industry, Industry, Industry Input, Industry Statistics, Policy, Research, Statistics & Analysis by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

This roundup of research issues covers 7 reports from June 2014. Topics included: primary industry skill needs; ICT industry skill needs; impact of the wananga subsector; the Government's Business Growth...

30 Jul News Wed 30/7 – Immigration Changes. Science PR. No Loan Arrests.

Posted at 07:59h in Policy by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

Policy, Management & People Immigration Changes For tertiary students' work rights, prior (and consecutive) English language study can be counted for the required total length of study, if it was at...

29 Jul Science in Society Project Launched

Posted at 16:23h in Industry, Industry Input, Policy, Research, Strategy & Policy by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

The Science in Society project is full of worthy ideas to raise NZers' engagement with science, and it should affect a range of tertiary education organisations. Funding is limited, so...

29 Jul News Tue 29/7 – National Science Challenges. Student Death. Lincoln MOU.

Posted at 07:51h in Policy by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

Research & Innovation National Science Challenges Steven Joyce defended National Science Challenges yesterday on RNZ, although the NZ Assn of Scientists president Nicola Gaston supported the original criticism today. The Science...

28 Jul New PTE Financial Viability Policy

Posted at 14:24h in Funding, Policy, PTEs, Tertiary Education by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

TEC's new financial viability policy for the PTEs that it funds is much the same as the draft policy. The number of small PTEs facing the lowest level of regulation has...

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