Posts Tagged ‘NZVCC

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 to short-term… Read Full Story.

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 higher core… Read Full Story.


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