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20 Feb Report on Centres of Research Excellence

Posted at 14:15h in Policy, Research, Tertiary Education, Unis by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

The MOE has published a report on Centres of Research Excellence (CoREs), comparing them according to five dimensions. The comparisons are not consistent between the CoREs, nor is there any...

20 Feb Immigration NZ’s Court Case Loss

Posted at 10:26h in Export Education, Policy, PTEs, Tertiary Education by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

Immigration NZ (INZ) lost a judicial review case brought by Edenz Colleges Ltd (Edenz), after INZ suspended visa processing to Edenz and 3 other PTEs. INZ failed to follow natural...

18 Feb Parliament Report 18/2

Posted at 15:15h in Funding, Government on Industry, Industry, Parliament, Policy, Politics, Research, Tertiary Education, Unis by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

The Government highlighted recent work on rheumatic fever research and career advice, while Steven Joyce issued a new notice on funding for independent research organisations. Megan Woods had boring answers...

18 Feb Newsletter 18/2 (Lincoln’s Quals, NEETs in the News)

Posted at 11:53h in Facilities & Equipment, Funding, Government on Industry, ICT, Industry, ITPs, Policy, Politics, Registration and Licensing, Staff, Statistics & Analysis, Teaching and Learning, TEO Sector Groups, Tertiary Education, Unis, Wananga by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

Take on the Week Last week we reviewed Lincoln's ambitious qualifications portfolio review. Lincoln VC Andrew West has since confirmed to us that they are seeking to put new qualifications to...

14 Feb Lincoln’s Portfolio Review – The Details

Posted at 09:30h in Tertiary Education, Unis by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

Lincoln is proposing a major shift in its Bachelor's degrees, dropping them from 19 to 7-8 degrees. The aim is to align with their marketing tagline, reduce costs, demonstrate efficiency...

13 Feb PBRF Annual Report 2010

Posted at 11:58h in Funding, Policy, Research, Tertiary Education, Unis by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

The TEC's 2010 report on the Performance Based Research Fund (PBRF) was released last week. It is very late, but TEC plans to get the 2011 and 2012 reviews out...

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