Archive for: NZQA
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 23/4
Questions around Computer Power, TEI governance, graduate outcomes, student loans and allowances, welfare reform, Skill for Canterbury and social research were answered,...
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...
Newsletter 5/4 (TEC’s View on BESS)
Take on the Week TEC’s latest investment plan guidance generated one of our most popular posts in a few months. The jury is out on whether the TEC’s...
Open Polytechnic – EER Report
Open Polytechnic’s EER report has been released and it shows a good institution, which is still spreading self-assessment throughout the organisation and seeking...
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...
Unitec Institute of Technology – EER Report
Unitec has had a very good External Evaluation and Review (EER) report from NZQA. As with many reports, NZQA still wants to see more self-assessment development,...
NZQA Pasifika Strategy
NZQA is consulting on a new Pasifika Strategy for 2012-15 that looks simpler and more specific than the 2009-12 version. It is realistic and useful. Relevance: Medium...
Parliament Report 12/3
The focus this week was on the transition from school to tertiary and from welfare to work/tertiary education. This Parliament Report covers the period from 4 to...
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...
Tai Poutini Polytechnic – EER Report
Tai Poutini’s external evaluation and review report last December showed an organisation that does good work but had under-developed self-assessment processes....
Otago Polytechnic – EER Report
Otago Polytechnic’s EER report was released in December and had Highly Confident ratings on both key criteria. The report presented a picture of an organisation...
Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi – EER Report
The Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi (Awanuiarangi) external evaluation and review (EER) report was released last week, with a high rating. The wananga has good EPIs...
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...
Te Rautaki Māori 2012-2017 Consultation
NZQA has launched a draft new Māori Strategy, Te Rautaki Māori 2012-17. The Strategy is more succinct and more closely aligned to NZQA’s role than the 2007-12...
BIM – NZQA
The Government released Briefings to Incoming Ministers (BIMs) yesterday and this review of the NZQA BIM is the second in the series (MOE BIM is here). NZQA’s...
Parliament Report 12/10 (India Inquiry Released)
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...
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...
2010 EPIs – PTEs
The TEC has released Education Performance Indicators (EPIs). This post reviews the results for the private training establishments (PTEs), which show the highest...
QA of Offshore Education
NZQA is consulting on rules around the quality assurance of offshore education delivery. Many of the rules seem sensible but the requirement for provision to be...