Archive for: Lincoln University
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...
Newsletter 20/4 (Science/Student Finance Conferences)
Take on the Week The week had two conferences with an impact on tertiary education – the NZ Assn of Scientists (NZAS) looked at emerging researchers’ issues...
Newsletter 13/4 (Extra PBRF Calculations)
Take on the Week This week was all about research, with many interesting stories, so it seemed sensible to bring them together for you. The TEC proposed changes...
Newsletter 30/3 (Support for Christchurch)
Take on the Week Steven Joyce sprang into action this week, announcing the 37% 2011 drop off of Christchurch international enrolments and a $5m commitment (over...
Newsletter 23/3
Take on the Week The TEC will still be involved with the new Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, possibly through a MBIE/MOE/TEC arrangement. John...
Newsletter 9/3 (2012 Investment Plans)
Take on the Week Yesterday we released 2012 investment plan analyses for wananga, PTEs, ITOs, universities, ITPs and Skills for Canterbury. We apologise for putting...
2012 Investment Plans – Universities
University investment plans for 2012 were largely predictable, but papers released by the TEC provided further detail on the response to the Canterbury quakes and...
Newsletter 2/3 (2012 Investment Plan Series Coming Up)
Take on the Week We finally received an OIA response on 2012 investment plan decisions from TEC yesterday. We will review the documents next week and, of course,...
Lincoln University – 2010 AR
The Lincoln University (Lincoln) 2010 annual report shows an organisation with slightly declining EFTS and a growing deficit, balanced by research income growth....
Search and Rescue Funding Review
The TEC has proposed changes to the funding of education for search and rescue (SAR) volunteers. The preferred option seems to be shifting it to other government...
2010 EPIs – ITPs
The TEC has released Education Performance Indicators (EPIs). This post reviews the results for institutes of technology and polytechnics (ITPs), which generally...
2010 EPIs – Universities
The TEC has released Education Performance Indicators (EPIs). This post reviews the results for universities, which generally show improvements on 2009 results....
Financial Reviews – MOE, NZQA, Career Services and TEC
The Education and Science Committee recently released their reports on the 2009/10 financial reviews of tertiary education related government departments. MOE...
Merger – Lincoln University and Telford Polytechnic
ED Insider has sourced the papers considered by the Minister for Tertiary Education and Cabinet regarding the merger of Lincoln University (Lincoln) and Telford...
Office of Auditor General Report – Results of 2009/10 Audits
The Office of the Auditor General (OAG) has recently released its Annual Audit Report for 2009/10. It shows that two TEIs received a qualified audit opinion in...
2011 Investment Plans – Aviation, Telford/Lincoln
We continue our series of posts on the advice given to the TEC Board by TEC staff on investment plans. This post looks at two separate reports – one on...
2011 Investment Plans – Universities
ED Insider has sourced the advice given to the TEC Board by TEC staff on investment plans – this first post in a series looks at the university sector. Massey...
Parliament Report 30/11
This Parliament Report covers the week ending 26 November. The State Sector Management Bill was reported back with minor changes and Telford’s disestablishment...
Newsletter 19/11
Take on the Week There have been 15 posts since last week’s newsletter and yesterday was a particularly heavy day as we worked through the funding determinations....
Lincoln and Telford Merger
The Minister for Tertiary Education has called for feedback on the proposed Lincoln University and Telford Rural Polytechnic merger. It seems likely to proceed,...