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25 Feb Parliament Report 25/2 (National Science Challenges, ITO Data)

Posted at 14:07h in ITOs, Parliament, Policy, Research, Tertiary Education, Unis by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

Steven Joyce announced that the National Science Challenges had 370 submissions. Labour's Grant Robertson received answers on industry training questions, while Megan Woods received answers on Callaghan Innovation's establishment. Relevance: Medium...

25 Feb Newsletter 25/2 (New TEC CE, Labour Reshuffle, CoREs)

Posted at 12:58h in Facilities & Equipment, Industry, Industry Input, ITOs, ITPs, Policy, Politics, PTEs, Research, Students, Teaching and Learning, Tertiary Education, Unis by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

Take on the Week Tim Fowler has been appointed as the new CE at TEC. Tim ran Victoria University's international area before becoming PVC International at the University of Southern Queensland....

22 Feb Changes in 2013 TEC Funding Determinations

Posted at 14:13h in Funding, ITOs, ITPs, OTEPs, Policy, PTEs, Tertiary Education, Unis, Wananga by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

We have done a line by line review of the Ministerial funding determinations driving 2013 TEC funding, in preparation for an imminent OIA release of material on TEC investment plan...

20 Feb Report on Centres of Research Excellence

Posted at 14:15h in Policy, Research, Tertiary Education, Unis by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

The MOE has published a report on Centres of Research Excellence (CoREs), comparing them according to five dimensions. The comparisons are not consistent between the CoREs, nor is there any...

20 Feb Immigration NZ’s Court Case Loss

Posted at 10:26h in Export Education, Policy, PTEs, Tertiary Education by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

Immigration NZ (INZ) lost a judicial review case brought by Edenz Colleges Ltd (Edenz), after INZ suspended visa processing to Edenz and 3 other PTEs. INZ failed to follow natural...

18 Feb Parliament Report 18/2

Posted at 15:15h in Funding, Government on Industry, Industry, Parliament, Policy, Politics, Research, Tertiary Education, Unis by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

The Government highlighted recent work on rheumatic fever research and career advice, while Steven Joyce issued a new notice on funding for independent research organisations. Megan Woods had boring answers...

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