Our review of the Ministry of Education (MOE, Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) and New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) annual reports for 2011/12 identified few major issues. The most interesting one...
The Government has released the latest progress report on its Business Growth Agenda – Natural Resources. The direct relevance to tertiary education is low, but there are numerous links to...
We have analysed last week's 2013 Science Investment Round papers against similar 2012 papers. The main finding is that the research questions are more prescriptive than in 2012. Analysis of...
The Callaghan Innovation Bill was passed, while Steven Joyce and Grant Robertson tussled over L1-2 education. There were also some questions over loan write-offs, science funding, StudyLink Student Job Search,...
Take on the Week There was progress on two more ITO mergers this week, which should take us down to 21 ITOs once all those decided/signalled are implemented. EMQUAL and Skills...
2011 audits of TEIs and subsidiaries turned up no major matters. The Office of the Auditor-General would apparently like to see better non-financial performance reporting, and greater scrutiny of/transparency for...