Posts Tagged ‘NZQA’

ITOs Hit Rough Patch

In: ITOs| Policy

1 Mar 2010

Industry training organisations (ITOs) and Modern Apprenticeships are getting some negative press, which is a byproduct of them moving from a sheltered policy environment to a more accountable one. ITOs do good things, but they have been helped and hampered by uncritical analysis of their performance, and by flattering comparison of them to the missteps [...]

News 18 Feb – NZQA and TEC go to Parliament

In: Export Education| Funding| Parliament| Policy| Quality Assurance| Research| Tertiary Education

18 Feb 2010

The TEC doesn’t know how tertiary enrolments are looking, or so said Roy Sharp to the Education and Science Committee yesterday. Since TEC’s investment managers will have been contacting all of the bigger providers, I’m sure Roy does have some good indications of enrolments, but obviously he wasn’t asked the right questions (or they weren’t [...]

NZQA’s Good Job on Language Schools

In: Export Education| Policy

4 Feb 2010

I’ve criticised NZQA in the past about their work with English language schools (ELS) and not just when I represented the ELS sector. NZQA has been guilty of implementing some poorly designed systems over the years and following up very quickly. To be fair, the last Labour government shot from the hip on this issue [...]


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  • Industry groups support tertiary funding change March 14, 2010
    Employment organisations say a change to funding tertiary insitutions party on student performace will result in a better qualified workforce. […]
  • Tertiary cuts starting to bite March 14, 2010
    Telford Rural Polytechnic is considering merging with Canterbury's Lincoln University, as the tertiary shake-up and funding cuts squeeze the Balclutha institution. […]
  • Joyce moves to soothe Maori Party March 14, 2010
    Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce has headed off a row with the Maori Party over planned changes to higher education. Party co-leader Pita Sharples had said he feared wananga courses would be axed. […]
  • Tertiary education set to receive shake up March 14, 2010
    Source: Close Up Watch (1) Source: Close UpLabour Party's Education spokeswoman Maryan Street WATCH the video (7:08) Slacking students, nonsense courses and student loans are all in the government's sights as the new Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce makes his mark. […]
  • Moa DNA successfully isolated March 14, 2010
    An international team of researchers, including University of Otago archaeologists Chris Jacomb and Richard Walter, has successfully isolated ancient Moa DNA. […]
  • Minister Will Pay For Roads But Not Education March 14, 2010
    Yesterday Steven Joyce, the minister of tertiary education said that he was "acutely aware of how important better educational outcomes for our young people are to strengthening our economy for the future" but then went on to say "it is highly unlikely that there will be any significant cash injections in... […]
  • Science New Zealand congratulates prizewinners March 14, 2010
    Science New Zealand congratulates winners of the inaugural Prime Minister’s Science Prizes Science New Zealand congratulates the winners of the first-ever Prime Minister’s Science Prizes – the Science Prize, Emerging Scientist’s Prize, Science Teacher’s Prize, the Science Media Communications Prize, and the.. […]
  • Education cuts will refocus on efficiency March 14, 2010
    A $25 million budget cut to the Ministry of Education will lead to redundancies and a greater need to focus on efficiency, Education Minister Anne Tolley announced today. […]
  • Top Award For NorthTec Design Student March 14, 2010
    NorthTec student is inaugural Ellerslie International Flower Show Student Designer of the Year NorthTec student Katie Hilford has been named Ellerslie International Flower Show Student Designer of the Year presented by Yates. […]
  • Dunedin teen parents don't have Turia's support March 14, 2010
    Why don’t Dunedin’s teen parents have your support Tariana? Dunedin South Labour MP Clare Curran today accused Associate Social Development Minister Tariana Turia of hypocrisy and a lack of consistency in supporting a North Island teen parenting programme, while not supporting the sole Dunedin programme... […]
  • No plans to cut courses - Joyce March 14, 2010
    A review of New Zealand's 6000 qualifications is likely to see courses change to fit a national qualification but there are no plans to slash the number on offer, Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce says. […]
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