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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:...

16 Dec Careers NZ – PIF Review and 12/13 Annual Report

Posted at 12:40h in Policy, Strategy & Policy by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

Careers NZ released their 2012/13 annual report, with the positive spin not matching the number of unmet targets. Our view is reinforced by the State Services Commissions' (SSC) Performance Improvement...

16 Dec PTE EER Reports Oct 2013

Posted at 10:24h in EER Reports, PTEs, Tertiary Education by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

NZQA released 9 external evaluation and review (EER) reports in October 2013. The results ranged from excellent to OK, with no serious problems in any of the organisations reviewed. Relevance: Medium...

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