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23 Dec Newsletter 23/12 (Final Post of 2013…probably)

Posted at 12:25h in Industry, Industry Input, Policy, Quality Assurance, Research by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

Final Take of the Year This is our last post until the week starting 6 January unless something amazing happens in the interim. After this post we plan to head out...

20 Dec Newsletter 20/12 (Wider Economy, Budget Forecast, Reboot)

Posted at 08:33h in Facilities & Equipment, Government on Industry, Industry, Industry Input, ITOs, ITPs, Policy, Politics, PTEs, Registration and Licensing, Research, Staff, Strategy & Policy, TEI Issues, Tertiary Education, Unis, Wananga by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

Take on the Week Good economic data is good news for graduates, but will make jobs more easily available for potential students too, thereby affecting enrolments. Employment was up by 54,000...

19 Dec Skill Shortage List Changes

Posted at 16:30h in Policy by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

Skill shortage lists have been updated, with only one occupation added (mental health nurse) and many dropped. Airline pilots remain off the list, even though Air NZ pushed for them...

18 Dec Callaghan Innovation – Plan + Centres to Victoria

Posted at 12:34h in Policy, Research, Strategy & Policy, Tertiary Education, Unis by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

Callaghan Innovation's business case was finally released yesterday, and it shows the organisation is getting to grips with how it will work with the business sector. Two research units were...

17 Dec Parliament Report 17/12

Posted at 13:00h in Export Education, ITOs, Parliament, Policy, Politics, Research, Tertiary Education by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

We cover a student loan Bill (arrests at the border) reported back on 28 Nov. The Education and Science Committee has finished for the year. An Oral Question covered the...

17 Dec Export Education Levy Annual Report 2012/13

Posted at 09:50h in Export Education, Policy by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

The annual report of the export education levy is out, showing static income, and slightly declining expenditure. 12% of funds went to reimburse the fees of students at failed PTEs. Relevance:...

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