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20 Dec New NEET Indicator from Stats NZ

Posted at 15:00h in Policy, Statistics & Analysis by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

Stats NZ has launched a new data series on youth not in employment, education and training (NEET). The NEET releases will provide an extra point of focus for politicians, policymakers...

20 Dec PTE Annual Registration Fee Rules 2011 (V1, V2)

Posted at 14:45h in Policy, PTEs, Quality Assurance, Tertiary Education by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

NZQA introduced Rules for PTE annual registration fees in Aug 2011 after the Education Amendment Act 2011 passed. They amended the Rules to tidy up some issues in Dec 2011....

20 Dec Newsletter 20/12 – Welcome Back Grant Robertson

Posted at 12:06h in Funding, Industry, Industry Input, ITPs, Parliament, Policy, Politics, Registration and Licensing, Research, Students, TEO Sector Groups, Tertiary Education, Unis by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

Take on the Week We welcome back Grant Robertson as Labour's tertiary education spokesperson (Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment to match Joyce's role) after the Labour reshuffle. Robertson lost the role...

20 Dec MSI 2012 Investment Round

Posted at 09:00h in Funding, Government on Industry, Industry, Policy, Research, Strategy & Policy, Tertiary Education, Unis by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

MSI's 2012 investment round will allocate $59.5m across six research funds using three new investment mechanisms. The mechanisms all focus on research that will directly lead to application in industry....

19 Dec Costs & Benefits of Industry Training

Posted at 13:34h in Funding, Industry, Industry Input, ITOs, Policy, Strategy & Policy, Tertiary Education by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

A review of the economic costs and benefits of industry training has been released by the Industry Training Federation (ITF), along with an overview of industry training. The publicly reported...

12 Dec New Ministerial Roles Dec 2011

Posted at 12:01h in Parliament, Policy, Politics, Strategy & Policy, Tertiary Education by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

John Key has announced New Ministerial roles have been announced and Steven Joyce picks up almost everything relevant to tertiary education: Economic Development, Science and Innovation and a new Tertiary...

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