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05 Feb 2014 Investment Plans – ITOs (3 ITOs on 1-year Plans)

Posted at 12:54h in Funding, ITOs, Policy, Tertiary Education by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

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...

04 Feb 2014 Investment Plans – Pilot Training

Posted at 17:16h in Funding, Policy, PTEs, Tertiary Education, Unis by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

The funding of pilot training seems to have settled down, although some PTEs were finding it hard to manage compliance issues without their former ITP partners. All providers in 2013...

04 Feb National Science Challenges – Proposal Criteria and RFPs

Posted at 16:07h in Policy, Research, Tertiary Education, Unis by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

The assessment criteria for National Science Challenges were released last week, while the RFP was released today. The main new item was that only 28% to 44% of funding will...

04 Feb Newsletter 4/2 (Collaboration is in the Air)

Posted at 14:46h in Funding, ITOs, ITPs, Policy, PTEs, Staff, Tertiary Education, Unis by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

Take on the Week The last week has seen a flurry of collaborative relationships announced. CPIT, MIT and the Skills Organisation have signed an MOU to deliver business education across 19 industries....

03 Feb Parliament Report 3/2 (Work Rights)

Posted at 16:00h in Export Education, ITPs, Parliament, Policy, Politics, PTEs, Research, Tertiary Education by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

The Education and Science Committee reviewed an industry training Bill. Oral Questions covered genetics research funding, and prison training. Written Questions covered Callaghan Innovation, R&D grants, 3D printing, international education,...

03 Feb 2014 Investment Plans – ITPs (Aoraki & Waiariki)

Posted at 11:55h in ITPs, Policy, Tertiary Education by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

TEC's 2014 investment plan decisions on ITPs focused on Aoraki (under heavy TEC monitoring) and Waiariki (TEC was comfortable with their progress). Other minor changes were made to funding for...

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