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10 Dec 2013 Science Investment Round

Posted at 16:48h in Policy, Research, Strategy & Policy, Tertiary Education, Unis by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

We have analysed last week's 2013 Science Investment Round papers against similar 2012 papers. The main finding is that the research questions are more prescriptive than in 2012. Analysis of...

10 Dec Parliament Report 10/12 (Callaghan Innovation Bill Passes)

Posted at 10:52h in Funding, Parliament, Policy, Politics, PTEs, Research, Tertiary Education by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

The Callaghan Innovation Bill was passed, while Steven Joyce and Grant Robertson tussled over L1-2 education. There were also some questions over loan write-offs, science funding, StudyLink Student Job Search,...

07 Dec Newsletter 7/12 (2 More ITO Mergers)

Posted at 16:19h in Export Education, Facilities & Equipment, ITOs, ITPs, Policy, Politics, PTEs, Research, Staff, Statistics & Analysis, Tertiary Education, Unis by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

Take on the Week There was progress on two more ITO mergers this week, which should take us down to 21 ITOs once all those decided/signalled are implemented. EMQUAL and Skills...

07 Dec Auditor-General’s 2011 Education Audits

Posted at 11:34h in ITPs, Policy, Statistics & Analysis, TEI Issues, Tertiary Education, Unis, Wananga by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

2011 audits of TEIs and subsidiaries turned up no major matters. The Office of the Auditor-General would apparently like to see better non-financial performance reporting, and greater scrutiny of/transparency for...

06 Dec Loans and Allowances Stats 2011

Posted at 15:53h in Policy, Statistics & Analysis by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

Statistics NZ released material on student loans and allowances for 2011 on Tuesday, but it lacks context, detail and analysis. We suggest you disregard it, but we've provided the key...

06 Dec Provisional Recognition Requirements for ITOs

Posted at 11:21h in ITOs, Tertiary Education by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

ED Insider has sourced documents on the Minister for Tertiary Education's provisional recognition of ITOs. Most such recognitions are done as a workaround to align the recognition of new coverage...

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