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21 Mar Industry Training Bill – Report Back

Posted at 11:19h in ITOs, Parliament, Policy, Tertiary Education by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

The Industry Training and Apprenticeships Amendment Bill was reported back by the Education and Science Committee on 7 March. Reasonable limits were placed on the Minister's power to set conditions...

21 Mar PTE EER Reports Feb 2014 – NZMA and Sir George Seymour College

Posted at 10:02h in EER Reports, PTEs, Tertiary Education by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

The 12 PTEs that had external evaluation and review (EER) reports released in Feb 2014 all had good scores from NZQA. Two of the top-rated PTEs were amongst the largest...

20 Mar PBRF Review Results

Posted at 12:31h in Policy, Research, Tertiary Education, Unis by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

The review of the Performance-Based Research Fund (PBRF) was released two weeks back. The government seems to have responded well to feedback, and has amended many of their earlier proposals....

20 Mar Skills Active EER Report

Posted at 10:33h in EER Reports, ITOs, Tertiary Education by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

Skills Active, the ITO for the sports, fitness and recreation industry – had a solid External Evaluation and Review (EER) report from NZQA. It performed very well in many areas,...

19 Mar Labour’s Wood Policy has Education Focus

Posted at 15:32h in Government on Industry, Industry, Policy, Politics, Strategy & Policy, Tertiary Education by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

Labour's new forestry and wood products policy would boost education and research in the area (no details), establish a Taskforce Green variant, encourage Scion research, and encourage government agencies to...

19 Mar Intueri PTE Group May Seek IPO

Posted at 12:13h in PTEs, Tertiary Education by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

Intueri is a company owned by ASX-listed Arowana International (Arowana) that includes 5 NZ PTEs. Intueri may be merged with 2 upcoming purchases by Arowana to become Intueri Education Group...

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