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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...
MBIE Creation Confirmed
Ministers have confirmed the creation of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment from 1 July 2012. There has been no apparent change in the agencies...
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...
Rutherford Discovery Fellowships Review Outcomes
The Rutherford Discovery Fellowships have been reviewed and various apparently sensible tweaks have been made to the scheme. Of more interest to universities will...
Govt-Funded Science – McGuinness Institute
The McGuinness Institute, a thinktank, produced a report on government-funded science in March that is probably not worth reading. While it has some useful information...
Parliament Report 10/4
This Parliament Report covers the week ending 9 April. A student loan bill was passed while a bill on lobbying was drawn from the members’ ballot. Answers...
Parliament Report 2/4
This Parliament Report covers the week ending 1 April 2012, which was a busy one, with many financial reviews and written questions, plus progress on student loan...
Parliament Report 19/3
Parliament was quiet last week. Many written questions were answered but the answers are not very exciting. This Parliament Report covers the week ending 18 March. Relevance:...
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...
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,...
Newsletter 24/2 – Restructuring
Take on the Week Restructuring is on the agenda for Steven Joyce. On Monday, RNZ quoted him as saying that TEI mergers were on the cards in Christchurch, with the...
Newsletter 15/2 (Govt’s More Interventionist Agenda)
Take on the Week The Government is setting out a new tertiary education direction, shifting from a reliance on simple levers to becoming more interventionist. Since...
BIMs – MSI & HRC
The Ministry of Science and Innovation (MSI) and Health Research Council (HRC) Briefings to Incoming Ministers (BIMs) reflect previous policy directions. MSI is...
Newsletter 20/12 – Welcome Back Grant Robertson
Take on the Week We welcome back Grant Robertson as Labour’s tertiary education spokesperson (Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment to match Joyce’s...
MSI 2012 Investment Round
MSI’s 2012 investment round will allocate $59.5m across six research funds using three new investment mechanisms. The mechanisms all focus on research that...
Powering Innovation Report
A major report on R&D on the high value manufacturing and services sector (HVMSS) was released at the start of November. The core recommendation to transform...
Newsletter 26/9 – New Skills Strategy?
Take on the Week A new labour market and skills strategy is apparently being developed under The Treasury’s lead. A month back we asked for further information...
Parliament Report 30/3
This Parliament Report covers the week ending 25 March 2011. There is a new Labour education spokesperson and Labour’s Su’a William Sio is seeking to...
R&D Survey 2010
Statistics NZ released the 2010 Research and Development Survey on Tuesday. It highlights growing funding (especially by government) and a greater role for universities...
- 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