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07 Feb National Science Challenges Peak Panel

Posted at 13:57h in Policy, Strategy & Policy by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

The Peak Panel for the National Science Challenges was named today. The Panel will consider a MBIE-collated long-list of ideas for the Challenges, and recommend a short-list by the end...

07 Feb 2012 Budget Papers on Student Support – OIA Release

Posted at 10:38h in Funding, Policy, Statistics & Analysis, Students, Tertiary Education by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

33 papers on the 2012 Budget student support changes were released in late Nov 2012. The papers will be of limited interest to most, but they show how significant the...

04 Feb Newsletter 4/2 – WITT CE Tussle. UCOL/Wanganui.

Posted at 16:55h in Facilities & Equipment, Funding, Industry, Industry Input, ITOs, ITPs, Policy, Politics, Research, Students, Teaching and Learning, TEI Issues, Tertiary Education, Unis by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

Take on the Week WITT's Council seems to have lost the local PR battle over the non-continuation of its CE's contract. TEI CEs have fixed term 5-year contracts, which are provided...

04 Feb Parliament Report 4/2 (Innovation Board Goes)

Posted at 12:44h in Government on Industry, Industry, ITOs, Parliament, Policy, Politics, Registration and Licensing, Research, Tertiary Education by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

This is a very large Parliament Report due to a deluge of Labour MPs' Written Questions on industry training, Skills for Canterbury, science and more (answers are weeks away). The...

01 Feb Te Wananga o Aotearoa 2011 Annual Report

Posted at 13:31h in TEI & ITO Annual Reports, Tertiary Education, Wananga by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

Te Wananga o Aotearoa (TWOA) expanded into international and secondary school education in 2011, while it was concerned about the upcoming L1-2 competitive tender. EPIs improved and finances were healthy,...

01 Feb Offshore Delivery Rules – NZQA

Posted at 13:03h in Export Education, GTEs, ITPs, Policy, PTEs, Quality Assurance, Tertiary Education, Wananga by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

NZQA released Rules for offshore delivery in Sep 2012 and subsequent Guidelines in Nov 2012. The Rules and Guidelines were largely based on an August 2011 consultation document. The final...

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