Tertiary Insight | Medium Image

10 Nov Looking at the Intueri Allegations

Posted at 14:30h in Funding, Policy, PTEs, Tertiary Education by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

Intueri Education Group (Intueri) has faced allegations that its subsidiary Quantum Education Group (Quantum) enrolled many students in 2013 who withdrew just after they couldn't get a refund, but before...

10 Nov Readable Reports 10-11-15 (Regional Strategies, BGA, Immigration & Social Services)

Posted at 11:00h in Export Education, Government on Industry, Industry, Industry Statistics, ITOs, ITPs, Policy, PTEs, Research, Statistics & Analysis, Strategy & Policy, Tertiary Education, Unis, Wananga by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

This post reviews nine reports released in Aug-Oct 2015, covering regional strategies and statistics; Business Growth Agenda updates; immigration policy; and social services policy. None are essential reading, but parts of...

10 Nov News Tue 10/11 – Serco EER Report. Exam Office Break-In. TEC Investment Approach.

Posted at 08:47h in Policy by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

Policy, Management & People Serco EER Report One of NZQA’s latest External Evaluation and Review (EER) reports criticised Serco Training’s initial training regime for prison guards, saying it was deliberately structured for learners...

09 Nov Parliament Report 9/11 (Pressure Building on Joyce)

Posted at 11:30h in Funding, Parliament, Policy, Politics, PTEs, Tertiary Education by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

The pressure seems to be building on Steven Joyce, as more issues are uncovered in the tertiary education sector. The Education and Science Committee finalised its petition on AgResearch's Invermay...

09 Nov News Mon 9/11 – Unitec Restructuring. UIP Data. PBRF Review Chairs.

Posted at 08:47h in Policy by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

Policy, Management & People Unitec Restructuring Unitec announced final decisions on the first phase of its major restructuring plan (Newstalk ZB, 3 News, Fairfax, NZ Herald). The net effect will be...

06 Nov Manaakitanga Aotearoa Charitable Trust Asked to Repay $2.6m

Posted at 12:30h in Funding, Policy, PTEs, Tertiary Education, Wananga by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

Manaakitanga Aotearoa Charitable Trust (MACT) has been investigated by TEC and NZQA and asked to repay $2.6m of funding. It was also deregistered as a PTE on 30 June 2015....

Medium Image