Only 4 organisations have been awarded direct industry training funding, after 41 expressed interest last year. The biggest recipient may be Ryman Healthcare, with the others covering engineering, kiwifruit growing,...
Four of the seven current Centres of Research Excellence (CoREs) have not been shortlisted by the Royal Society of NZ for ongoing funding. They are the Riddet Institute, Gravida, the...
A student loan Bill passed, and an industry training Bill was reported back to the House. An Oral question sparked a debate on a Centre of Research Excellence (CoRE), while...
This roundup of new ideas from research reports covers 8 reports from Jan-Feb 2014. The labour market is looking up, which brings some risks for TEOs, and some election issues....
One of the PTEs with the most TEC funding had a perfect score from NZQA in January (Skills Update Training Institute), but another PTE serving international students looks likely to...
The new Tertiary Education Strategy (TES) for 2014-19 was released today. This post reviews the changes from the draft to the final TES, and we will follow up later with...