Posts Tagged ‘CRIs’

Enough to Make a University CRI?

In: Research

30 Mar 2010

Wayne Mapp released the Government’s response to the CRI Taskforce report yesterday, and it might have some big implications for universities down the track.
The policy changes all seem pretty sensible, as the consensus is that the science reforms of the early 1990s went too far by making CRI funding too contestable, diverting focus from long-term capability [...]

News 30 Mar – CRIs and Open Entry

In: Research

30 Mar 2010

 A quiet news day today, but I’m sure the Minister will drop something before the weekend, like ITP Council appointments maybe.

CRI Changes The Government has broadly agreed to the changes proposed by the Crown Research Institutes Taskforce a few weeks ago.
Open Entry The NZ Listener is running a story in next week’s edition on open [...]

News 5 Mar – CRIs, VSM and ITO Governance

In: ITOs| Quality Assurance| Students

5 Mar 2010

Waynne Smith’s post on ITO issues yesterday raised some good issues and so have the comments – check it out if you haven’t already.

CRI Taskforce A big report was released yesterday reviewing Crown Research Institutes. Responses have come from the NZVCC and Science NZ. I was surprised to see the NZVCC so conciliatory, given that the report proposes [...]


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