NZQA announced changes to Rules relating to External Evaluation and Review (EER) and PTE registration in Dec 2013, which took effect on 1 Jan 2014. The main addition was a...
This post gives a brief review of the annual reports for the Health Research Council (HRC), Academic Quality Agency (AQA) and Research and Education Advanced Network NZ (REANNZ). They were...
TEC's CE Tim Fowler has announced his new Deputy CE appointments. None have a tertiary education background, but all have strong bios. The current TEC GM Tertiary Investment, Grant Klinkum,...
Take on the Week Last week the Taxpayers' Union attacked health and safety training funded by ACC and provided by Business NZ, the Council of Trade Unions and Impac (a PTE)....
NZQA announced decisions around managing consistency of qualifications on 23 Dec 2013, as well as providing a summary of feedback from an earlier consultation process. NZQA proceeded largely as they...
This roundup of research issues covers 10 reports from Nov-Dec 2013. Topics included: industry trainees' migration; migrants' labour market outcomes; post-quake Christchurch; teacher education; student loans and allowances; science and...