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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...
Key and Shearer Speeches (New Business Agency)
PM John Key announced public sector challenges today that were familiar in education (NCEA L2 and L4+ quals) as well as the creation of a new Ministry of Business,...
Why Did Tertiary Policy News Go Into Overdrive Yesterday?
There were four big tertiary education policy news stories yesterday, but only one was new news. Stories on student loans, graduate incomes and ITO mergers were...
Costs & Benefits of Industry Training
A review of the economic costs and benefits of industry training has been released by the Industry Training Federation (ITF), along with an overview of industry...
Labour’s Tertiary Education Policy 2
This enormous post reviews relevant Labour Party policies beyond their tertiary education policy reviewed in mid-October. We apologise for the late notice, but we...
2010 EPIs – ITOs
The TEC has released Education Performance Indicators (EPIs). This post reviews the rates for industry training organisations (ITOs), which have increased on the...
EER Report – Extractive ITO
The external evaluation and review (EER) for the NZ Extractives Industry Training Organisation (EXITO) was released last month. The ITO received mostly ‘Good’...
EER Report – Electricity Supply ITO
Electricity Supply ITO’s (ESITO) external evaluation and review (EER) report was released last year (we will review all current ones as they arise from...
Newsletter 29/10
Take on the Week The industry: tertiary education interface has been of most interest this week. The NZ Nurses Organisation document reviewed yesterday highlighted...
Industry Training Funding Changes
ITOs are facing major funding changes next year, with much more attention paid to the amount of training funded/student, the level of credits achieved/student and...
Newsletter 3/5
Take on the Week I put together a post on Friday reviewing Joyce’s choices, coming to the conclusion that he will probably create a lot of change as he moves...
ITOs Claim High ROI
The Industry Training Federation is claiming a high return on investment from its members’ training, especially in comparison to ITPs, PTEs and wananga. Key...
New Research by MOE, DOL, Ako Aotearoa
Eight research papers were published this week with a focus on tertiary education. We recommend reading the four with an asterisk below, covering participation in...
- University of Auckland – 2011 AR
- PBRF Changes Confirmed by TEC
- NZ 14th in Ranking of Higher Education Systems
- Newsletter 14/5 (Chch Recovery, MSI RFPs )
- Parliament Report 14/5
- Christchurch Draft Education Renewal Programme
- Labour Market Returns to Industry Training
- Parliament Report 7/5
- NZ University Academics’ Salaries – International Comparison
- Newsletter 4/5 (Student Loans/Allowances)
- Dave Guerin: Thanks for the feedback Pamela.It is good to see so much focus on youth transition issues from all...
- Pamela Jefferies: I am surprised that the same government that introduces these policies for youth axed the training...
- Dave Guerin: I don’t know if you need a Logan Edgar everywhere in normal times (his flair comes with quite a...
- Stephen Day: Your comments about OUSA are interesting. I’ve often thought the problem with modern students...
- Stephen Day: I guess in the greater scheme of things everything is connected by the overall budget. But people on...
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- News 18/5 – Top Dancer. School Funding. Fewer Couch Fires. May 17, 2012
- Are ITOs Doing More Business Training? May 17, 2012
- News 17/5 – Get Exporting! WIE Wins Dispute. Marine Resources. May 16, 2012
- News 16/5 – Premier Uni. Music Review. Tui. May 15, 2012
- News 15/5 – Nursing Investigation. Vet School. Name for Sale. May 14, 2012
- News 14/5 – World Class Salaries. Hotels and Feng Shui. Fatal Crash. May 14, 2012
- News 11/5 – Chch Renewal Plan. Land Purchase. Teaching Excellence. May 10, 2012
- Would you crowdfund a research project? May 9, 2012