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08 Mar 2012 Investment Plans – Wananga

Posted at 12:12h in Funding, Policy, Tertiary Education, Wananga by Dave Guerin 1 Comment

Aotearoa and Awanuiarangi were approved for the same SAC funding in 2012 as in 2011, plus Budget 2011 increases, while smaller funds had more for Aotearoa and less for Awanuiarangi....

08 Mar 2012 Investment Plans – ITPs

Posted at 12:12h in Funding, ITPs, Policy, Tertiary Education by Dave Guerin 1 Comment

There were no major funding cuts for ITPs other than in aviation and where some ITPs handed funds back when they were unable to meet enrolment targets. New funding went...

08 Mar 2012 Investment Plans – PTEs

Posted at 12:12h in Funding, ITPs, Policy, PTEs, Tertiary Education by Dave Guerin 1 Comment

TEC cut funding for 3 PTEs with low 2010 completions and withstood challenges about over-delivery decisions, although the latter could have been avoided in part by earlier setting of benchmarks....

08 Mar 2012 Investment Plans – ITOs

Posted at 12:12h in Funding, ITOs, ITPs, Policy, Tertiary Education by Dave Guerin 1 Comment

ITOs will have a 6% cut in STMs this year, with three dropping by 24-45%, as the full impact of TEC's operational policies takes effect. There remain opportunities for growth,...

08 Mar 2012 Investment Plans – Universities

Posted at 12:12h in Funding, Policy, Strategy & Policy, Tertiary Education, Unis by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

University investment plans for 2012 were largely predictable, but papers released by the TEC provided further detail on the response to the Canterbury quakes and aviation EFTS. Universities also lost...

05 Mar Parliament Report 5/3

Posted at 13:20h in Funding, ITOs, Parliament, Policy, Politics, Tertiary Education by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

The Royal Society Bill finally passed last week, bringing the humanities sector formally into the Royal Society. Welfare reform also made the news, with a focus on teenagers and young...

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