Posts Tagged ‘Business NZ

Policy & Management National’s Policies National released their tertiary education and skills training policies yesterday (APNZ, NZN, Dom Post, ) and a schools policy too. TV1′s Breakfast show… Read Full Story.

Policy & Management Ag ITO Excels The Agriculture ITO has had a good EER report with highly confident and excellent findings galore. Taupo Language Here’s a nice profile… Read Full Story.

UE Changes NZQA has changed University Entrance (UE) requirements, sparking comment from Business NZ, the Tourism Industry Assn (dislike) and Universities NZ (support) and stories from RNZ, Dom… Read Full Story.

Tighter Loans Steven Joyce has given more detail on student loan tightening, which will include stopping over 55s borrowing for living costs, and tightening borrowing for student pilots… Read Full Story.

I’m off to Auckland for an exciting session to plan a qualification review (really, I am excited), so this post was drafted a little early and may miss… Read Full Story.

ITO Changes and Cuts Steven Joyce and TEC announced yesterday that new ITO operational policies would come into effect to tighten up on trainee progression and achievement, with… Read Full Story.

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%… Read Full Story.

The Metros’ Group of ITPs has taken a major positive step with the launch of their Innovating New Zealand website (see Metros’ media release here), which “will connect companies… Read Full Story.

Our fifth sector group comments on the upcoming budget today at 9.30am - it’s NZUSA, covering the student viewpoint. Vic’s Enrolment Shutdown Unsurprisingly, yesterday’s media was dominated by VUW’s… Read Full Story.

The NZVCC have just announced a great initiative, along with Business NZ, TEC and the University Commercialisation Office of NZ. As you might have guessed by the participants, it’s… Read Full Story.


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