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19 Feb 2014 Investment Plans – ACE, Gateway, ESOL, Literacy

Posted at 14:20h in Funding, ITOs, ITPs, Policy, PTEs, Tertiary Education, Unis by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

The post covers TEC's 2014 investment plan decisions on ACE, Gateway, ESOL and Literacy funds for 2014. We have not identified any major issues, other than various weaknesses in the...

19 Feb Does TEC want Fewer Unis? (TEC and Careers NZ at Select Ctte)

Posted at 12:21h in ITPs, Parliament, Policy, PTEs, Tertiary Education, Unis by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

The TEC Chair agreed today at the Education and Science Committee that there were too many universities, offering too many similar qualifications. He went on to say the Minister agreed...

18 Feb MBIE Occupation Outlook – What Changed from 2013 to 2014?

Posted at 16:30h in Government on Industry, Industry, Policy, Statistics & Analysis by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

This post identifies the 16 occupations that were added and the 5 occupations removed in MBIE's 2014 Occupation Outlook, when compared to the previous year. It also identifies changes in...

18 Feb 2014 Investment Plans – Youth Guarantee (Preference for Ex-FFTO PTEs)

Posted at 14:22h in Funding, ITPs, Policy, PTEs, Tertiary Education, Wananga by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

This post covers Youth Guarantee (YG) allocations in 2014 Investment Plans. The papers explain how the better-performing ex-Foundation Focussed Training Opportunities (FFTO) providers were given a preference in YG funding...

17 Feb Parliament Report 17/2 (Loans Bill, NZQA Review, Science $$)

Posted at 14:01h in Funding, Parliament, Policy, Quality Assurance, Research by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

A student loan scheme Bill passed its second reading. A select committee asked NZQA soft questions. Oral Questions covered health bonding, NEETs, National Science Challenges, and TEI governance. Written Questions...

17 Feb Newsletter 17/2 (Rugby Sponsorship. Uni Governance.)

Posted at 13:09h in Policy, TEI Issues, Tertiary Education, Unis by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

Take on the Week Otago Uni's sponsorship of the Highlanders Super 15 rugby team (their name will be on the back of the jerseys) had some predictable responses last week, with...

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