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Compulsory Student Services Fees Direction 2012
The Compulsory Student Services Fees Direction 2012 has been released at last. The changes from the draft released in September allow for most current services to...
Newsletter 19/10
Take on the Week The We Are The University protest groups in Wellington and Auckland have had a strong focus on getting rid of the VC in each institution and reducing/removing...
Labour’s Tertiary Education Policy
Labour’s new tertiary education policy has been introduced, with a fairly predictable approach and limited funding proposals. The new ideas are targeted funding...
Parliament Report 26/9
This Parliament Report covers the period from 10 to 23 September. The VSM Bill may pass this week, while another student loan Bill came up for a vote recently. Relevance:...
Preparing for VSM & New Student Services Fees Rules
TEIs with compulsory membership students’ associations will have a lot of work to do over the next few months in preparing for VSM and in setting up new structures...
Parliament Report 13/9
This Parliament Report covers the period from 3 to 9 September. Labour and National are jousting over industry training and trades training, while postdoctoral scholarships...
Parliament Report 5/9
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...
Parliament Report 9/8
This Parliament Report covers the period from 4-8 August. A new select committee inquiry into technology education is on the cards, while VSM also came back on the...
VSM Should Go Ahead in 2012
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...
Parliament Report 3/8
This Parliament Report covers the period from 16 July to 3 August 2011. NZQA has released new approval and accreditation criteria. Two Bills have been reported back...
Parliament Report 12/7
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,...
Parliament Report 7/6
This Parliament Report covers the week ending 3 June 2011. It was another slow non-sitting week, with topics including student loans for over 55s, a student loan...
Newsletter 25/5
Take on the Week The Budget was the biggest item of the last week and our second Budget update last Friday provided a good overview of the funding changes. The...
Education Amendment Bill (No.4) – Student Services Levies
ED Insider continues our series of posts on the Education Amendment Bill (No.4). This post looks at the sections of the Bill relating to limits on the student...
Parliament Report 21/2
This Parliament Report covers the week ending 18 February. There was a long debate on the VSM Bill but not much else happened relevant to tertiary education. Relevance:...
Parliament Report 9/12
This Parliament Report covers the 12 days ending 8 December. Many changes have been proposed to the VSM Bill, while export education regulations have been renewed...
Newsletter 12/11 – Welcome to Marina Matthews!
Take on the Week Education Directions is delighted to announce that Marina Matthews is joining us to write for ED Insider. Many readers will know Marina for her...
Parliament Report 9/11
This Parliament Report covers the week ending 5 November. As it was a recess week, not much happened. Relevance: Low relevance to everyone. The Facts The Education...
Parliament Report 19/10
This Parliament Report covers the week ending 15 October. The VSM Bill comes up for debate, the Student Loan Scheme Bill has its first reading. Relevance: High...
Parliament Report 27/9
This Parliament Report covers the week ending 24 Sep. There’s a VSM Bill report-back, a new Royal Society Bill and many written questions about student allowances. Relevance:...
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- 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 17/5 – Get Exporting! WIE Wins Dispute. Marine Resources. May 16, 2012
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