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13 Jul Immigration Update 13/7

Posted at 11:55h in Export Education, Government on Industry, Industry, Policy by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

The major changes to student immigration policy announced in June have been confirmed, but some important amendments have been made after sector lobbying. The main emphasis is to shift points...

12 Jul Parliament Report 12/7

Posted at 11:56h in Export Education, ITPs, Parliament, Policy, Students, Tertiary Education by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

This Parliament Report covers the fortnight ending 8 July 2011. The likelihood of the VSM Bill not passing before the election, unless it is taken up by the government, became...

01 Jul 2012 Annual Maximum Fee Movement – Consultation

Posted at 15:40h in Funding, ITPs, Policy, PTEs, Tertiary Education, Unis, Wananga by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

Annual Fee Movement Limit (AFML) regulations for 2011 were released for consultation yesterday. The major addition is limits on pilot training fees, while there are some minor but important changes...

28 Jun MOE Formal Review

Posted at 11:13h in Export Education, Policy, Strategy & Policy by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

The formal review of the Ministry of Education by a SSC, Treasury and DPMC team has been released, with a relatively poor rating. It identified weaknesses that will not surprise many people in tertiary...

27 Jun Parliament Report 27/6

Posted at 13:22h in Funding, ITOs, ITPs, Parliament, Policy, Tertiary Education by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

This Parliament Report covers the week ending 24 June 2011. The major event was an attack on ITOPs by Steven Joyce at select committee. Relevance: High relevance to ITOs, medium relevance...

22 Jun Parliament Report 22/6

Posted at 11:14h in Funding, ITPs, Parliament, Policy, Research by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

This Parliament Report covers the period ending 18 June 2011. Some questioning by Labour exposed that a big Budget proposal for high-value manufacturing research was considered, then put on hold. Relevance:...

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