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20 Mar PBRF Review Results

Posted at 12:31h in Policy, Research, Tertiary Education, Unis by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

The review of the Performance-Based Research Fund (PBRF) was released two weeks back. The government seems to have responded well to feedback, and has amended many of their earlier proposals....

20 Mar Skills Active EER Report

Posted at 10:33h in EER Reports, ITOs, Tertiary Education by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

Skills Active, the ITO for the sports, fitness and recreation industry – had a solid External Evaluation and Review (EER) report from NZQA. It performed very well in many areas,...

19 Mar Labour’s Wood Policy has Education Focus

Posted at 15:32h in Government on Industry, Industry, Policy, Politics, Strategy & Policy, Tertiary Education by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

Labour's new forestry and wood products policy would boost education and research in the area (no details), establish a Taskforce Green variant, encourage Scion research, and encourage government agencies to...

19 Mar Intueri PTE Group May Seek IPO

Posted at 12:13h in PTEs, Tertiary Education by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

Intueri is a company owned by ASX-listed Arowana International (Arowana) that includes 5 NZ PTEs. Intueri may be merged with 2 upcoming purchases by Arowana to become Intueri Education Group...

19 Mar Newsletter 19/3 (CoREs Debate)

Posted at 10:32h in Export Education, Policy, Research, Tertiary Education, Unis by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

Take on the Week Fortnight The debate on the Centres of Research Excellence (CoREs) has continued strongly after we revealed that 4 of the current 7 CoREs had not made the...

17 Mar Parliament Report 17/3 (New Bill to Select Ctte.)

Posted at 16:11h in Parliament, Policy, TEI Issues by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

A new Education Amendment Bill passed its first reading, while the Education and Science Committee released a financial review of NZQA. Oral Questions covered centre of research excellence selection. Written...

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