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Bologna Process Stirs Blockades – Really
11 Mar 2010The Bologna Process is an EU initiative that is basically designed to align degree structures across the EU (and the wider world – NZ’s relationship is covered here). The EU is running a Ministerial Anniversary Conference in Vienna this week “to honour and to assess the achievements of common action and its contribution to enhancing [...]
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All Must Be Above Average…
In: TEI Issues
11 Mar 2010I was reading the proposed risk criteria for tertiary education institutions earlier this week and loved this item, which will probably just apply to polytechnics.
“12. That the institution is failing, or is likely to fail, to achieve educational outcomes that are commensurate with the average sector performance in terms of meeting the needs of learners, [...]
News 11 Mar – Telford and Lincoln to Merge?
11 Mar 2010Lincoln University and Telford Rural Polytechnic are considering merging in 2011, according to an ODT story today. Telford spokespeople have referred to cuts in funding for short courses as a driver, along with the potential for lower running costs. The two institutions both operate in the primary sector but run complementary courses.
Tertiary reforms
Steven Joyce and [...]
Let’s cut law courses!
In: Funding
10 Mar 2010…well, give them the hard word anyway. A Facebook discussion I had last night made me think more about the impact of Steven Joyce’s performance funding on universities. While we usually talk and think about non-university, sub-degree courses in relation to poor course or qualification completion, some university courses also have poor results, like law.
Law [...]
Steven Joyce, Minister of Tertiary Education, made announcements yesterday that tertiary tuition funding will be linked to performance (5-10% will be at risk), confirmed decisions about the targeted review of qualifications and repeated recent musings about limiting student loan access. He also made his first major speech. I commented yesterday on announcements. Reaction to the Minister has been swift!
The [...]
Joyce Makes Big Speech, Smaller Announcements
In: Funding| Quality Assurance
9 Mar 2010Steven Joyce, Minister of Tertiary Education, has made announcements today that tertiary tuition funding will be linked to performance and confirmed decisions about the targeted review of qualifications. More importantly, he made a big speech.
The Speech
Joyce’s speech gives a clear sense of where he is coming from and how he will operate – that’s important [...]
News 9 Mar – University Entry, VSM & Biodiesel
In: Funding| Quality Assurance
9 Mar 2010The NZ Herald waded into tertiary education today, supporting Steven Joyce’s suggestion to limit student loans according to academic performance and the University of Auckland’s proposal to limit university access as well (and use extra money to increase subsidies). There was a related Radio NZ discussion on this last week that covered NZQA’s upcoming review of university [...]
Since we started trialling the new ED Insider service on Friday, you may now see an “(I)” at the end of a new item. That signifies more detailed analysis being available to ED Insider subscribers. There is no change in our approach to news here; we’re just doing extra analysis over at the other site [...]
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- Tags: industry links, ITOs, Students, Universities
ED Insider Service – Triallists Sought
In: Industry| Policy| Tertiary Education
5 Mar 2010Education Directions is launching a new service in late March. ED Insider is a Web-based service that gives tertiary education professionals the strategic policy, industry and tertiary education sector information they need about their environment. You can find out the full details here.
Our first ED Insider item is our monthly agenda of what’s going on in [...]
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News 5 Mar – CRIs, VSM and ITO Governance
In: ITOs| Quality Assurance
5 Mar 2010Waynne Smith’s post on ITO issues yesterday raised some good issues and so have the comments – check it out if you haven’t already.
CRI Taskforce A big report was released yesterday reviewing Crown Research Institutes. Responses have come from the NZVCC and Science NZ. I was surprised to see the NZVCC so conciliatory, given that the report proposes [...]
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- Tags: CRIs, NZVCC, Open Entry, Students
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- Jim Doyle: ...on the other hand perhaps it's not an error [...]
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- Dave Guerin: Your memory is correct. I'm going to start working on a post on this for ED Insider and another one [...]
- Darel Hall: As I remember it we were both involved in Labour's attempt to introduce performance element to fundi [...]
- John MacCormick: The coverage in NZ is shallow - and the disappearance of Ed Review means the specialist coverage isn [...]
- Bologna Process Stirs Blockades – Really
- All Must Be Above Average…
- News 11 Mar – Telford and Lincoln to Merge?
- Let’s cut law courses!
- News 10 Mar – Joyce’s big bang, great gardens and science prizes
- Joyce Makes Big Speech, Smaller Announcements
- News 9 Mar – University Entry, VSM & Biodiesel
- How Good is NZ Media Coverage of Education?
- News 8 Mar – UC Reports to NZX, New ITO Research
- ED Insider Service – Triallists Sought
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