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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
Our feature post today is a response from an ITO CEO to my Monday post on industry training - check it out at 11am.
Enrolments Wairiki Institute of Technology is calling for caps to be lifted after high enrolments at the start of the year.
Orientation Otago has been quiet but Waikato students have been rowdy. Quoting from [...]
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- Tags: Ako Aotearoa, Students
News 1 Mar – No Change for TEC, says Sharp
1 Mar 2010I put up a post on Friday seeking feedback on how ED Blog could develop – check it out and offer your input.
ED Blog has a new links page - check out the Policy Progress site, started by my ED colleague David Choat. Policy Progress looks at long-term issues and challenges from a progressive perspective. David [...]
Tinkering with Student Loans
In: Funding
28 Feb 2010Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce wants to fund extra tuition places, as reported by the NZ Herald, but tinkering with student loans won’t generate the cash he needs. The story is presented as using student loan savings to fund tuition places but, as I was quoted in the story, I don’t see how the proposed [...]
Peter Dunne, Minister of Revenue, has welcomed the passing of the Student Loan Scheme (Exemptions and Miscellaneous Provisions) Amendment Bill yesterday
Tai Poutini Polytechnic has launched a Certificate in Drilling, reinforcing their status as the Big Boys Toys polytechnic (they also teach about explosives and diggers).
Feel like a new job? CPIT’s Chief Executive role is up for grabs, [...]
The Minister of Education has published three new research reports. I have a soft spot for the MOE’s Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis and Reporting team and I regret that there is not a bigger market for research-based evidence in tertiary education policymaking. To help make up for that, I’ll promote their work!
Comparing university tuition fees with [...]
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- 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
- News 5 Mar – CRIs, VSM and ITO Governance
- ITO CEO Responds to Industry Training Post
- News 4 Mar – Waiariki’s High Enrolments, Australian Performance Reporting
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