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University of Waikato Exceeds Funding Cap
In: Funding
13 Mar 2010One of the big issues in tertiary education last year was whether providers could enrol above their funding cap. Enrolment demand was high due to the recession, while there was slower growth in places than in previous years, so providers were open to getting more funded places (obviously) as well as enrolling unfunded students (mainly [...]
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- Tags: Funding Caps
News 12 Mar – Students Get a Car, a Mock Funeral and Criticism
In: Funding| ITOs| Industry Groups| Research| TEI Issues
12 Mar 2010Student Giveaway Waiariki Institute of Technology has given away a car as part of a promotion to encourage students to pay their fees early. Roberto Mura won the prize and is pictured with Waiariki CEO Pim Borren (on the right). I think this may be the biggest prize ever given out as part of a [...]
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- Tags: ITPs, NZUSA, Performance funding, Students, Universities, VSM
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
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 [...]
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- University of Waikato Exceeds Funding Cap
- ITP Musical Chairs 6 – Ministerial Appointees
- News 12 Mar – Students Get a Car, a Mock Funeral and Criticism
- 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
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