A student loan scheme Bill passed its second reading. A select committee asked NZQA soft questions. Oral Questions covered health bonding, NEETs, National Science Challenges, and TEI governance. Written Questions...
Take on the Week Otago Uni's sponsorship of the Highlanders Super 15 rugby team (their name will be on the back of the jerseys) had some predictable responses last week, with...
TEC seemed to say no to all, or almost all, PTE requests for extra funding, often on very thin grounds. The course completion threshold in 2012, to secure 2014 funding,...
Cabinet has made few changes to university and wananga governance changes after consultation. Submitters were overwhelmingly negative about the proposed changes, and equally negative about yesterday's announcement. Even so, we...
NZQA will appear at the Education and Science Committee this week for its annual financial review. Written Questions covered: National Science Challenges; and Callaghan Innovation's finances, food pilot grants, and...
13 ITOs received funding for 2014, with 10 of them securing 2-year plans, reflecting the increasing stability in the sector (and TEC's confidence in those ITOs). The other 3 ITOs...