The Education and Science Committee recently released their reports on the 2009/10 financial reviews of tertiary education related government departments. MOE noted they are increasing the size of their tertiary...
Statistics NZ released the 2010 Research and Development Survey on Tuesday. It highlights growing funding (especially by government) and a greater role for universities in attracting that funding, with more...
Take on the Week The biggest tertiary issue of the moment is the impact on tertiary education of Budget constraints. John Key signalled an $800-900m new spending allowance in this year's...
In February 2011, the Welfare Working Group presented their report, 'Reporting Long-Term Benefit Dependency' to the Government. This post looks at the tertiary education and training related issues and recommendations...
This note reviews some recent industry-related news. Health Worker Registration Board Changes Health Workforce New Zealand has apparently drafted a plan to merge 16 health profession regulatory bodies (you can find...
This is a long post drawing together several research-related issues over the last two months, from the Ministry of Science and Innovation's establishment, IPENZ's radical proposals for business-research organisation links...