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		<title>New Ministerial Roles Dec 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.edinsider.co.nz/2011/12/new-ministerial-roles-dec-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2011 23:01:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Guerin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[John Key has announced New Ministerial roles have been announced and Steven Joyce picks up almost everything relevant to tertiary education: Economic Development, Science and Innovation and a new Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment portfolio. Life will be busy for us all! Relevance: High relevance to all, given Joyce&#8217;s mega-role.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[John Key has announced New Ministerial roles have been announced and Steven Joyce picks up almost everything relevant to tertiary education: Economic Development, Science and Innovation and a new Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment portfolio. Life will be busy for us all! Relevance: High relevance to all, given Joyce&#8217;s mega-role.  ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Māori Party – National Coalition Agreement</title>
		<link>http://www.edinsider.co.nz/2011/12/maori-party-%e2%80%93-national-coalition-agreement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2011 21:20:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Guerin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Māori and National Parties have reached a coalition agreement. The key tertiary education change is that vocational education training places are to be allocated &#8220;proportionate to the needs of groups over-represented in unemployment statistics, such as Māori and Pasifika youth&#8221;. This will create some big challenges. It also wasn&#8217;t]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Māori and National Parties have reached a coalition agreement. The key tertiary education change is that vocational education training places are to be allocated &#8220;proportionate to the needs of groups over-represented in unemployment statistics, such as Māori and Pasifika youth&#8221;. This will create some big challenges. It also wasn&#8217;t  ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Act &amp; United Future Coalition Agreements with National</title>
		<link>http://www.edinsider.co.nz/2011/12/act-united-future-coalition-agreements-with-national/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 02:55:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Guerin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National party has today released coalition deals with the United Future and Act parties. There are no major tertiary education initiatives in either of the coalition agreements, but proposals for charter schools and a public sector spending cap will have an indirect impact on tertiary education. Relevance: Medium relevance]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The National party has today released coalition deals with the United Future and Act parties. There are no major tertiary education initiatives in either of the coalition agreements, but proposals for charter schools and a public sector spending cap will have an indirect impact on tertiary education. Relevance: Medium relevance  ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Newsletter 1/12 – Who will be the Minister(s)?</title>
		<link>http://www.edinsider.co.nz/2011/12/newsletter-112-%e2%80%93-who-will-be-the-ministers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 02:50:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Guerin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.edinsider.co.nz/?p=2686</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Take on the Week The election was obviously the largest event of the last week, but it will lead to minimal changes for tertiary education. As we reported in reviews of the Māori, United Future and Act party policies, they are likely to have little impact on the new]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Take on the Week  The election was obviously the largest event of the last week, but it will lead to minimal changes for tertiary education. As we reported in reviews of the Māori, United Future and Act party policies, they are likely to have little impact on the new  ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>ACT Tertiary Education Policies</title>
		<link>http://www.edinsider.co.nz/2011/11/act-tertiary-education-policies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 01:45:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Guerin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.edinsider.co.nz/?p=2667</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ACT has a good chance of being back in Parliament with 2-3 MPs, but has a limited focus on tertiary education in its policies, and its most significant policy, market interest on student loans, will not be accepted by National. Relevance: Low to medium as they may be in Government,]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[ACT has a good chance of being back in Parliament with 2-3 MPs, but has a limited focus on tertiary education in its policies, and its most significant policy, market interest on student loans, will not be accepted by National. Relevance: Low to medium as they may be in Government,  ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Business NZ Election Survey</title>
		<link>http://www.edinsider.co.nz/2011/11/business-nz-election-survey/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 02:16:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Guerin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.edinsider.co.nz/?p=2638</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Business NZ and Deloitte have released a document covering businesses&#8217; views on education (and other issues), matched with political party policies. Businesses have supported: a focus on science-business connections; contestable science funding; workforce language, literacy and numeracy (LLN) skill development; and industry training. There is low support for school leavers&#8217;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Business NZ and Deloitte have released a document covering businesses&#8217; views on education (and other issues), matched with political party policies. Businesses have supported: a focus on science-business connections; contestable science funding; workforce language, literacy and numeracy (LLN) skill development; and industry training. There is low support for school leavers&#8217;  ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Parliament Report 12/10 (India Inquiry Released)</title>
		<link>http://www.edinsider.co.nz/2011/10/parliament-report-1210-india-inquiry-released/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 00:07:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Guerin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This Parliament Report covers the period from 24 September to 11 October. The House rose during the period and these reports will accordingly be briefer until after the election. The major issue was the release of an Inquiry into NZ&#8217;s relationship with India, which had a big focus on export]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[This Parliament Report covers the period from 24 September to 11 October. The House rose during the period and these reports will accordingly be briefer until after the election. The major issue was the release of an Inquiry into NZ&#8217;s relationship with India, which had a big focus on export  ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Parliament Report 5/9</title>
		<link>http://www.edinsider.co.nz/2011/09/parliament-report-59/</link>
		<comments>http://www.edinsider.co.nz/2011/09/parliament-report-59/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2011 00:46:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Guerin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.edinsider.co.nz/?p=2568</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This Parliament Report covers the period from 15 August to 2 September. We held off on doing this report until Hansard was available for the two education-related bills passed in the week ending 19 August. The Parliamentary agenda is now bare for tertiary education, besides the VSM Bill that may]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[This Parliament Report covers the period from 15 August to 2 September. We held off on doing this report until Hansard was available for the two education-related bills passed in the week ending 19 August. The Parliamentary agenda is now bare for tertiary education, besides the VSM Bill that may  ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>VSM Should Go Ahead in 2012</title>
		<link>http://www.edinsider.co.nz/2011/08/vsm-should-go-ahead-in-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 19:51:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Guerin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday we wrote to ED Insider clients that it was exceedingly unlikely that the VSM Bill would be debated that day. We were wrong (along with many others) and it almost completed its committee stage and will probably be passed on or after September 14. Implementation would be in January]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Yesterday we wrote to ED Insider clients that it was exceedingly unlikely that the VSM Bill would be debated that day. We were wrong (along with many others) and it almost completed its committee stage and will probably be passed on or after September 14. Implementation would be in January  ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Parliament Report 12/7</title>
		<link>http://www.edinsider.co.nz/2011/07/parliament-report-127-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.edinsider.co.nz/2011/07/parliament-report-127-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 23:56:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Guerin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This Parliament Report covers the fortnight ending 8 July 2011. The likelihood of the VSM Bill not passing before the election, unless it is taken up by the government, became clear. Labour also started pursuing leads around several new issues. Relevance: Medium relevance for those interested in VSM. Low relevance]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[This Parliament Report covers the fortnight ending 8 July 2011. The likelihood of the VSM Bill not passing before the election, unless it is taken up by the government, became clear. Labour also started pursuing leads around several new issues. Relevance: Medium relevance for those interested in VSM. Low relevance  ]]></content:encoded>
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