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ITF Proposes New School Quals

In: ITOs| TEO Sector Groups

30 Jul 2010

The Industry Training Federation held their conference on Wed and Thur this week. The big proposal coming out of the conference was that “broad sectoral-based qualifications ” should be offered in schools, providing “clearer pathways to vocational study and work”. The following is from a media release by Jeremy Baker, the ITF’s Executive Director.
“We have initially [...]

News 29/7 – Intl Students Up, Student Loans & Food Safety

In: Export Education| Funding| ITOs| ITPs| Industry Input| TEO Sector Groups| Universities| Wananga

29 Jul 2010

International Students Up International students were up 7%in the first four months of 2010, following a 6% rise in FY 2009. PTEs were up 8%, ITPs up 15% and unis up 4%. SIT is showing good growth this year, going from 220 international EFTS in 2009 to 259 so far this year, and is on [...]

News 16/7 – Joyce Day II, Wintec Carpark and TEU Corner

In: Facilities & Equipment| Funding| ITPs| Research| Staff| Strategy & Policy| Students| TEO Sector Groups| Universities

16 Jul 2010

Joyce’s Ripples The ripples from Joyce’s speech continue to expand. Nelson teaching students, studying with the University of Canterbury, are happy with Joyce’s look at student services fees. They had already protested, and seemingly gained a reduction, in Canterbury’s fees, given that most of their time is spent in Nelson, where Canterbury has very few [...]

News 1/7 – Allowances Boom, ITP MECA and Skill Shortages

In: Funding| ITOs| ITPs| Industry Input| Research| Staff| Students| TEO Sector Groups| Universities

1 Jul 2010

Allowances Boom in 09 Steven Joyce was on Morning Report yesterday talking about student allowances increases in 2009, while NZUSA put out a release about it too. Allowances eligibility was loosened, while enrolments went up.
Tainui College The -Tainui College for Research and Development has its first academic director. The buildings were built ten years ago but [...]

News 25/6 – PEDA, Low Pass Rates & Dirtiest Flat

In: Funding| ICT| ITPs| Industry Input| Research| Students| TEO Sector Groups| Universities

25 Jun 2010

PEDA Affair Hits Tertiary You may have heard of the Pacific Economic Development Agency allocation in the Budget – $4.8m for a new body in a non-contestable allocation. It will cause National some problems for a while yet. Anyway, Auckland providers are starting to plan bids for the money, which will include “subcontracting with established [...]

News 22/6 – NZITP Op-Ed, Feelgood Story & Partying Students

In: Export Education| ICT| ITOs| ITPs| Politics| Research| Students| TEO Sector Groups| Universities

22 Jun 2010

NZITP Op-Ed James Buwalda of NZITP, a group representing 14 ITPs, had an opinion piece published yesterday on Stuff. One of the commenters on the story gave a harsh review of it, saying that it didn’t convey a clear opinion, but I assume it’s a soft piece designed to rehabilitate ITPs. BY itself, I don’t [...]

Steven Joyce’s First Tertiary Education Interview

In: Politics| TEO Sector Groups

11 Feb 2010

New Minister for Tertiary Education Steven Joyce was on Morning Report today. He was preceded by a report on the government’s push for trade training.
The lead-in report covered Business NZ’s Phil O’Reilly (we need more choices), the ITF’s Jeremy Baker (vocational quals need to lead to a job – let’s ensure value for money), the PPTA’s [...]


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