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University of Auckland – 2011 AR
The University of Auckland (Auckland) 2011 annual report listed a huge range of impressive deeds by their staff, major capital development and a big commercialisation...
PBRF Changes Confirmed by TEC
The TEC has changed the way that the Average Quality Score is calculated in the PBRF, as they proposed during consultation last month. Researchers rated R or R(NE)...
NZ 14th in Ranking of Higher Education Systems
A new ranking of higher education systems developed by Universities 21, a grouping of universities, ranks NZ 14th out of the 48 countries examined. NZ was weakest...
Newsletter 14/5 (Chch Recovery, MSI RFPs )
Take on the Week One of the biggest trends last week was the dying down of the mass reaction to the student support changes. The only new piece of information that...
Parliament Report 14/5
It was another quite week in Parliament, but Budget Day is looming and will lead to a rash of Oral and Written Questions. Support for NEETs and loan repayment rates...
Christchurch Draft Education Renewal Programme
The draft education renewal programme for post-quake Christchurch is 40 pages, but you only really need to read 3 (pp.33-35). There’s not much of great note...
Labour Market Returns to Industry Training
The DOL released a very interesting report last week on earnings increases for industry training. Over half of students had an earnings decline, but that was mainly...
Parliament Report 7/5
It was another quiet week, with the only item of interest being more Skills for Canterbury questions. This Parliament Report covers the week ending 6 May 2012. Relevance:...
NZ University Academics’ Salaries – International Comparison
The third iteration of a Universities New Zealand international comparison of academic salaries shows that NZ has almost caught up with the UK, and has closed the...
Newsletter 4/5 (Student Loans/Allowances)
Take on the Week Student support changes were the big theme of the week, starting on Tuesday with John Key’s Budget speech and follow-up hints from him and...