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14 May ACT’s Budget (Tough, but Unlikely)

Posted at 21:49h in Policy, Politics, Research by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

ACT released an alternative budget at the weekend that will make National look generous to tertiary education later today. ACT plan to set student loans at a market rate and cut...

12 May TEC’s Plan Guidance for 2015-16

Posted at 16:00h in Funding, ITPs, Policy, PTEs, Tertiary Education, Unis, Wananga by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

TEC has released its new Plan Guidance for 2015-16. It fills out the gaps in the Tertiary Education Strategy 2014-19, but it doesn't provide a clear basis for funding allocation....

12 May Parliament Report 13/5 (Maximum Fee Increases to Stay at 4%)

Posted at 14:16h in Funding, Parliament, Policy, Politics, Tertiary Education by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

Many oral submissions on an Education Bill were heard last week. One Oral Question was on the Apprenticeship Reboot. Written Questions covered TEI councils, Youth Services, MSD support for sole...

09 May NZQA’s New EER Categories for ITOs

Posted at 09:24h in EER Reports, ITOs, Policy, Quality Assurance, Tertiary Education by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

NZQA is consulting on new categories to put ITOs in, based on existing external evaluation and review (EER) ratings. The proposal doesn't address ITOs' long-held desire for incentives (such as...

08 May Newsletter 8/5 (New ITP Chairs)

Posted at 15:00h in Industry, Policy, TEI Issues, Tertiary Education by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

Take on the Week Weekly post numbers will go up over the next month, as Budget-related matters are reviewed, and as we start reviewing TEI and ITO annual reports. There will be more than...

08 May 6 New CoREs Announced – Only 2 Current Ones Remain!

Posted at 12:02h in Policy, Research, Tertiary Education, Unis by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

TEC announced the 6 new Centres of Research Excellence (CoREs) this morning, with only 2 of the current 7 CoREs getting continued funding. The 6 CoREs are all hosted by...

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