Posted at 15:39h
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Policy,
Politics
by Dave Guerin
National released its tertiary education policy today at last. There are 2 new policies: $40m extra for engineering at universities and ITPs; and a new Rate My Qualification survey of employers,...
Universities gained 81% of the MBIE 2014 Science Investment Round grants last week, but their success was influenced by the balance of the funds available (which played to the universities'...
Posted at 09:03h
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Policy
by Dave Guerin
Policy, Management & People
SDR Manual The MOE published version 1.0 of the 2015 SDR Manual, along with Appendices, last week. It looks like they've just chnaged some citizenship codes so...
National is planning new regional science institutes, more Māori and Pasifika Trade Training places, and more education in prisons. The Internet Mana Party (IMP) detailed its free tertiary education policy...
Posted at 09:04h
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Policy
by Dave Guerin
Policy, Management & People
Internet Mana Policy The Internet Mana Party wants to introduce fee-free tertiary education and a universal student allowance (NZ Herald). NZUSA welcomed the policy and criticised the...
Posted at 08:37h
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Policy
by Dave Guerin
Policy, Management & People
John Scott ED Blog (our sister site) covered the outcome of a Bahrain court case that led to a conviction for John Scott, former CPIT CE, as well...