Work rights will be expanded to: English language students across NZ (at high quality providers); all other students during non-summer vacations (summer work was already allowed); and research postgraduate students....
The first round of National Science Challenges (Challenges) RFPs are out. The RFPs total $194.3m for 3 Challenges, with a further $276.0m to come from CRI core funding (all over...
Take on the Week
Steven Joyce really cleared the decks last week, with the draft TES, governance changes, board appointments, statistical reports, CPIT's post-quake money, and more.
ENZ's latest estimate of the...
A new Immigration Bill may allow for higher fees for migrants, as well as addressing exploitative employers. Written Questions covered Maori NEETs, Cabinet papers and Callaghan Innovation. The Gazette covered...
The draft Tertiary Education Strategy 2014-19 (TES) focuses more on rehashing past strategies than proposing new ones. There are strong hints about a greater focus on employment outcomes and industry...
The government has proposed to cut university and wananga councils to 8-12 members (from 12-20), replace representative requirements with governance capability requirements, and increase individual council members' accountability. The changes...
