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26 Oct Marsden Fund 2012 Grants Round

Posted at 09:30h in Policy, Research, Tertiary Education, Unis by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

The Royal Society announced 86 Marsden Fund grants yesterday. Otago Uni remained at the top of the grants table, but Auckland closed the gap from last year. Auckland, Victoria, Massey...

25 Oct Ako Aotearoa 2011 Annual Report

Posted at 10:09h in Policy, Statistics & Analysis, Teaching and Learning, Tertiary Education by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

Ako Aotearoa consulted upon a new business model in 2011, which was implemented in 2012, involving more co-funding of projects and more professional development work. Relevance: Low-medium relevance for educational researchers. Our...

23 Oct Parliament Report 23/10 (Student Representation)

Posted at 09:41h in Industry, ITPs, Parliament, Policy, Politics, Registration and Licensing, Statistics & Analysis, Strategy & Policy, Students, Tertiary Education by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

Student groups seem to have lost their representation within TEC, while a new Education Amendment Bill gives schools more timetabling flexibility. Search and rescue enrolments/completions have also been uncovered. This...

19 Oct Newsletter 19/10 (Fees up 4% Everywhere)

Posted at 15:05h in Export Education, Funding, Industry, Industry Input, ITOs, ITPs, Policy, Politics, PTEs, Quality Assurance, Teaching and Learning, Tertiary Education, Unis, Wananga by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

Take on the Week David Shearer, Labour leader, called yesterday for government construction contracts to require an apprentice to be hired for every $1m of contract value (3/4 through the speech)....

18 Oct NZQA Maori Strategy – Te Rautaki Māori 2012-17

Posted at 10:55h in Policy, Strategy & Policy by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

NZQA released its revised Maori Strategy 2012-17 in July, which we missed at the time. There were minimal changes to the consultation draft that we reviewed in February 2012. The...

17 Oct PTE Registration Rules

Posted at 15:28h in Policy, PTEs, Quality Assurance, Tertiary Education by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

The new PTE registration rules that NZQA is consulting upon are mainly a reshuffling of existing rules, but there are new requirements to tell students about NZQA ratings, about staff...

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