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05 Apr R&D Survey 2012 – Stats NZ

Posted at 11:16h in Policy, Research, Tertiary Education, Unis by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

A new sampling approach for firms has boosted research and development (R&D) spending by 25% from 2010 to 2012. Inflation, GDP growth and static government/universities spending resulted in no change...

02 Apr Parliament Report 2/4

Posted at 11:57h in Export Education, Parliament, Policy, Politics, Students, TEI Issues, Tertiary Education by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

A Bill on student loans passed last week, while Steven Joyce spoke about export education statistics in the House. Relevance: Low relevance to all Our Take Steven Joyce was challenged over his export...

27 Mar Universities – TEC’s 2013 Investment Plan Decisions

Posted at 15:27h in Funding, Policy, TEI Issues, Tertiary Education, Unis by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

The investment plan process for universities was fairly robust (other than in the research area). Extra EFTS went mainly to engineering, Auckland/BOP campuses and Maori/Pasifika enrolments. TEC suggested more differentiation...

27 Mar Newsletter 26/3 (GMO, WITT’s Split)

Posted at 10:09h in Export Education, Facilities & Equipment, Funding, ICT, Industry, Industry Input, ITPs, Policy, Politics, PTEs, Registration and Licensing, Research, Students, Teaching and Learning, TEI Issues, Tertiary Education, Unis by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

Take on the Week The biggest story of the last week was Lincoln's announcement that it was checking whether a fungus being researched there was a genetically modified organism being used...

26 Mar Wananga – TEC’s 2013 Investment Plan Decisions

Posted at 16:21h in Funding, Policy, Tertiary Education, Wananga by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

Two wananga had funding boosts in 2013, with Awanuiarangi gaining L3+ EFTS and Aotearoa gaining Youth Guarantee and L1-2 EFTS. Raukawa's improving educational performance resulted in stable funding, after successive...

25 Mar TEC’s 2013 Investment Plan Decisions – Overview

Posted at 17:15h in Funding, ITPs, Policy, PTEs, Tertiary Education, Unis, Wananga by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

TEC has released material to ED Insider on 2013 investment plan decisions, but has withheld most financial data until Easter or later. This is the first of at least six...

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