Posts Tagged ‘ITF’

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 7/7 – ITF on Quals, Talking Fish and a Tagging Chef

In: ITOs| ITPs| Quality Assurance| Students| Universities

7 Jul 2010

ITF on Quals The ITF has put out a release about the new quals framework and Jeremy Baker has laid down the challenge: “Industry Training Organisations (ITOs) are the national standard setting bodies for New Zealand industries, and we look forward to that role being given full effect in the new system”. It will be both [...]

News 3/6 – Lost Thumb, Whips, Cheese Rolls and Clean Streams

In: Export Education| ITOs| ITPs| Parliament| Research| Students| Universities

3 Jun 2010

I’d like to start today by expressing my sorrow at the death of Jiayi Li, a Chinese student who came here to learn and grow, but lost her life.

Uni Not Only Option So says the Industry Training Federation, which points out that limited university entrance is not the end of the world.
Zero Fees in Queenstown [...]

There’s enough money – just use it more wisely

In: Funding| ITOs

7 May 2010

This post by Jeremy Baker, Industry Training Federation Executive Director, is the second in our series of guest posts from sector groups on the 2010 Budget.
Prepare to be surprised.
A Budget wish list from the education sector that does not include a cry for more money.
Taxpayers already contribute $4 billion towards Vote:  Tertiary Education.  It’s fair [...]

ITOs’ ROI and Cool Games

In: Funding| ITOs

26 Apr 2010

I forgot a new Industry Training Federation (ITF) media release this morning so I thought I’d tie it in with a post about a cool new game from the Retail Institute (an ITO).
The ITF put out a media release on Friday stating that qualifications gained at ITOs cost a quarter of as much as those gained [...]

News 6/4 – Tairawhiti merger, ITO Audits and Glenn Beck

In: Funding| ITOs| Industry Input| Quality Assurance| TEI Issues| TEO & ITO Annual Reports

6 Apr 2010

Tairawhiti and EIT Merger Tairawhiti Polytechnic and Eastern Institute of Technology may merge, largely as a result of financial pressures on the former. This was on the cards a few years ago but extra funds were put into Tairawhiti to help them get back on their feet. Those funds end in December, but there has [...]

News Beat 11 Feb – Maori King at Bay of Plenty Poly

In: ITOs| ITPs| Students| Tertiary Education| Universities

11 Feb 2010

The Maori King will today open a new building at Bay Of Plenty Polytechnics’s Windermere campus, to house the University of Waikato’s staff in Tauranga. The building is named after Maharaia Winiata, and the link provides detail about his achievements.
Following up on the note on the University of Otago’s disciplinary record yesterday, two Virginia students [...]

New Tertiary Education Minister – What’s Your View?

In: Politics

1 Feb 2010

What’s your view on Stephen Joyce’s appointment as Minister for Tertiary Education?
As a starter, I’ve reviewed how the sector groups responded.

The ITF welcomed the new Minister (as they have done since 1999, when Paul Williams started off welcoming people and reports – the word is in 5 of their last 12 media releases!). Seriously, though the [...]


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