Archive for the ‘Statistics & Analysis’ Category

TEC’s Annual Embarrassment

In: Funding| Statistics & Analysis

14 Jun 2010

This guest post is by Richard Hamilton-Williams, a partner in Meta-Office, which provides the Take 2 student management system. Richard has been involved in education-related information systems since 1992.
Remember about this time last year when TEC trotted out a set of performance indicator information which nobody could understand, which ignored a Statistics New Zealand standard [...]

Ako Aotearoa’s New Approach

In: Research| Statistics & Analysis

4 May 2010

Ako Aotearoa released the new details for its National Project Fund last Thursday and they’ve made some good shifts.
One of the main changes is they’re being much more focused in their work, moving beyond the open entry approach. They have selected some key areas of work and, in most cases, they only intend to fund one [...]

News 4 Mar – Waiariki’s High Enrolments, Australian Performance Reporting

In: Funding| Research| Statistics & Analysis| Students

4 Mar 2010

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 [...]

News 26/2 – News Loans Bill, Drilling and CPIT CEO

In: Funding| ITPs| PTEs| Statistics & Analysis| TEI Issues

26 Feb 2010

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, [...]

New MOE Research – Tuition Fees, Productivity and Training Opportunities

In: Funding| Research| Statistics & Analysis

24 Feb 2010

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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