This long post reviews TEC's decision-making documents over the Level 1-2 Student Achievement Component (SAC) competitive tender for 2013-14. The documents provide insights into the detailed assessment criteria, average funding...
Take on the Week Cabinet has finally (almost) funded capital costs of the Christchurch rebuild for the three main TEIs in the city. Support has been agreed in principle for Canterbury...
The ATI Bill was renamed the Callaghan Innovation Bill, pilot training rules were released for consultation, and there were several ITO coverage changes. Relevance: Medium relevance to researchers, pilot trainers, Our Take The...
Massey University (Massey) had a low surplus and declining improving domestic EFTS (see update below RE correction) in 2011 – both were budgeted. Internal reorganisation was a focus, while qualification completions...
NZQA took 13 months to finalise Rules for training schemes, and generally simplified the Rules across three rounds of consultation. The Rules still have considerable potential for high compliance costs...
The TEC released a report in August 2011 evaluating the impact of ITP governance changes made in May 2010. The evaluation was positive, finding considerable improvements in Council operations. The...