The Waikato Institute of Technology (Wintec) achieved reasonable growth in 2014 within a tough domestic environment, supported by good international/ITO student growth. It also won, with a Spanish partner, contracts to run...
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PTE Name Change? Infometrics’ Shaun Twaddle explored the move by two PTE peak bodies to change their members' label from Private Training Establishments (PTE) to Independent Tertiary Institutions....
TEC has announced changes to the funding mechanisms for Student Achievement Component (SAC) L1-2 (competitive/non-competitive), SAC L3+, Specialised English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL), and Adult and Community Education...
The new funding mechanism for industry training from Jan 2016 has no huge changes, but data privacy issues, rule changes, and looser criteria for industry-related projects are all worth checking...
Agribusiness Training Ltd (ABT) is in liquidation after TEC determined that it owed $6.24m in funding repayments, 37% of the funding ABT received over the 2009-2014 period. While some penalty...
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Pacific Achievement Rates Auckland’s Prof Damon Salesa says social and economic issues outside of tertiary education affecting Pacific students need to be addressed to lift tertiary achievement...