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by Dave Guerin
Policy, Management & People
ICT Grad Schools TEC has released a summary of consultation feedback on the planned ICT graduate schools. Rarely for anything to do with tertiary education, employers made up...
TEC is consulting on how new External Research Income (ERI) rules will work for the Performance Based Research Fund (PBRF). It looks reasonably simple, but there will be complexity, and...
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by Dave Guerin
Policy, Management & People
Building Industry Demand The BCITO says 9000 building apprenticeships aren’t enough to meet growing industry demand (TVNZ), and Labour blames the Govt. While we understand the BCITO...
Skills Active Aotearoa (Skills Active) had a positive year in 2013, meeting funding and performance targets, while being very active in skills leadership activities.
Our Take
Skills Active might have the best...
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by Dave Guerin
Policy, Management & People
L4+ Target Last Thursday the National party announced that it would lift the target for the proportion of 25-34 year olds gaining L4+ qualifications by 2017 from 55%...
Labour has backed away from inflation adjusting tertiary education spending, while the Greens put out some inaccurate projections of government spending. United Future had a detailed policy that is unlikely...