Posts Tagged ‘MOE’

Why Are Allowances Rising So Fast?

In: Funding

7 Jul 2010

Last week the Ministry of Education released a paper on student allowances in 2009, showing increases of 26% in recipients and 30% in payments over 2008. That resulted in an interview of Steven Joyce, Tertiary Education Minister, on Radio NZ – he was a bit surprised by the extent of increase in expenditure. NZUSA got in [...]

News 8/6 – MOE the Worst(?), Uni Access Chaos & Congrats to Stuart

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

8 Jun 2010

MOE at Bottom Trans-Tasman, which usually produces a weekly politics and policy newsletter, has produced a ranking of all government departments and has ranked the Ministry of Education near the bottom.
Access Chaos Palmerston North schools are warning of chaos and confusion due to changes to entry rules for university. Meanwhile, the University of Otago will [...]

News 24/5 – Restructuring Booms, as Does Budget Reaction

In: Funding| ITPs| Staff| Students| Universities

24 May 2010

Restructuring Around the Country

Massey University is closing down its Hawkes Bay teacher education courses, based at EIT. It will maintain its MOE-funded teacher professional development team. The 59 students will be able to transfer to Palmerston North or continue studying by distance. Massey says that the operation is not financially viable. As budgets tighten, it [...]

News 5/5 – New Loan Fees, No Merger & ‘Cheating’ Guards

In: Funding| ITOs| ITPs| TEI Issues| Universities

5 May 2010

Our series of guest posts on the Budget starts today at 11am. Tom Ryan, TEU National President, is first off the blocks. I’m really looking forward to this series, as it’s a chance to get more voices in the tertiary education debate – including yours in the comments.

New Loan Fee The Government is looking at [...]

Bottom Feeders Caught in Auckland

In: Export Education| Quality Assurance

9 Apr 2010

I have no time for bottom feeders in education and the latest bunch were highlighted in a Sunday Star Times article at the weekend. API Institute of Education (also using the name Edinburgh Institute of Education) had their registration cancelled by NZQA in February after there were concerns about the quality of results being reported (presumably [...]

Fewer Staff at MOE, TEC, NZQA

In: Policy

17 Mar 2010

Tony Ryall, State Services Minister, has just released data on the effects of capping the public service. From the end of 2008 to the end of 2009 staff dropped at the MOE by 46 (1.6%), at the TEC by 66 (18%) and at NZQA by 19 (4.3%). Overall public sector staff numbers dropped by 940 or 1.8%. The [...]

News 11 Mar – Telford and Lincoln to Merge?

In: Funding| ITPs| Quality Assurance| TEI Issues| Universities

11 Mar 2010

Lincoln University and Telford Rural Polytechnic are considering merging in 2011, according to an ODT story today. Telford spokespeople have referred to cuts in funding for short courses as a driver, along with the potential for lower running costs. The two institutions both operate in the primary sector but run complementary courses.
Tertiary reforms

Steven Joyce and [...]


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