The Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology (CPIT) had another good year in 2013, with a high surplus (highest amongst ITPs) and good enrolment growth amongst domestic and international students. New buildings...
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CoVEs Labour announced yesterday that they would set up Centres of Vocational Excellence at ITPs, a bit like Centres of Research Excellence (NZ Herald). We'll review the...
This roundup of research issues covers 9 Ministry of Education (MOE) reports from June 2014 – there were so many reports that we needed to cover them separately. Topics included:...
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by Dave Guerin
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VET Changes The ITF's Mark Oldershaw and the OECD's Deborah Roseveare spoke on RNZ yesterday about how the VET system could be improved (16 minutes audio). It...
This roundup of research issues covers 7 reports from June 2014. Topics included: primary industry skill needs; ICT industry skill needs; impact of the wananga subsector; the Government's Business Growth...
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by Dave Guerin
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Immigration Changes For tertiary students' work rights, prior (and consecutive) English language study can be counted for the required total length of study, if it was at...