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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...

06 May Election Roundup 6/5 (Labour’s New Portfolios and Migration Policy)

Posted at 16:00h in Export Education, Policy, Politics, Staff, Students, Tertiary Education by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

[caption id="attachment_8822" align="alignright" width="275"] © Awcnz62 Dreamstime.com[/caption] With the election only 4 months away, we are starting our election coverage. This post provides a roundup of recent proposals from the TEU,...

06 May Budget 2014 – $20m more for Apprenticeship Reboot

Posted at 13:19h in Funding, Government on Industry, Industry, ITOs, Policy, Tertiary Education by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

The Government has decided to extend generous apprenticeship subsidies for a second time, delivering the election boost that the scheme was always intended to provide. Relevance: high relevance to ITOs, and...

05 May New Ideas April 14 (Business Activity, Uni Rankings)

Posted at 12:29h in EER Reports, Government on Industry, Industry, Teaching and Learning, Tertiary Education, Unis by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

This roundup of research issues covers 8 topics from April 2014 (well, one is from May). Topics included: self-assessment; mātauranga Māori; a survey of businesses; university rankings; Canterbury jobs; tertiary...

05 May New Ideas March 14 (L1-2 Quals, Unemployment, Prisoner Education)

Posted at 12:18h in Funding, Industry, Policy, Registration and Licensing, Strategy & Policy by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

This roundup of research issues covers 8 reports from March 2014 (and one from Feb). Topics included: L1-2 qualifications; initial teacher education; migration; employment; regulators; and prisoner education. This post...

05 May Parliament Report 5/5 (TEI Borrowing Rules)

Posted at 09:24h in Government on Industry, Industry, Parliament, Policy, Research, TEI Issues, Tertiary Education by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

New TEI borrowing rules should give TEIs more freedom to borrow money without approval from officials, but higher value borrowing will still have substantial transaction costs (and most TEIs will...

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