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25 Mar Parliament Report 25/3 (Minimum Wage Bill Passes)

Posted at 11:03h in Funding, Parliament, Policy, Research, Students, Tertiary Education by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

A new minimum wage bill was passed last week and it should increase demand for hiring young people. The wider effects will be debated strongly, but providers and ITOs targeting...

22 Mar 2012 Export Education Levy Data

Posted at 12:51h in Export Education, ITPs, Policy, PTEs, Statistics & Analysis, Tertiary Education, Unis by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

2012 export education levy data showed a 2% increase in tuition income, just above the CPI of 0.9%. EFTS were down 2% and student numbers were down 6%. Universities, ITPs...

20 Mar Code Administrator Role May Shift to NZQA

Posted at 13:00h in Export Education, Policy by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

The MOE is proposing to shift the Administrator role for the Code of Practice for the Pastoral Care of International Students (the Code) to NZQA, which would have minimal effect,...

20 Mar NZQA Training Scheme Guidelines Feb 2013

Posted at 11:58h in ITOs, ITPs, Policy, PTEs, Quality Assurance, Wananga by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

NZQA's Guidelines for Training Schemes add in content that was dropped during consultation over the Rules. TEOs should probably challenge the details required in the Guidelines, as they seem to...

20 Mar Export Education Stats- Immigration 19/3

Posted at 09:00h in Export Education, Policy, Statistics & Analysis by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

This post explores student visa data over 2008-13. There is a consistent decline in first-time student visa numbers over the period, while total valid student visas grew initially, but declined...

18 Mar Retail Meat ITO 2010 Annual Report

Posted at 17:04h in ITOs, TEI & ITO Annual Reports, Tertiary Education by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

The Retail Meat ITO (RMITO) had a loss in 2010 as income went down and some costs went up. The board also changed the secretariat and was subject to TEC audits...

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