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This section covers news relevant to tertiary education organisations. It includes TEC, government and TEO initiatives, changes to our funding or reporting, and sector trends and research. You will also find information on any open consultations, including those we are running on behalf of the Minister of Education.
Kei konei ngā kawepūrongo e hāngai ana ki ngā kura mātauranga matua. Ka whakawhāiti mai ngā kaupapa kei te kōkiritia e te Amorangi Mātauranga Matua (TEC), te kāwanatanga me ngā kura mātauranga matua, te panonitanga ā-pūtea tautoko, ā-pūrongo hoki, ngā ahunga hou a te rāngai me ngā mahi rangahau. Ka kitea hoki ngā pārongo mō ngā whakawhitinga kōrero tuwhera, tae atu ki ērā kei te whakahaeretia e mātou mō te taha ki te Minita Mātauranga Matua, Pūkenga me te Whai Mahi.
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Competitive SAC funding to be stopped
Published 1 March 2018Today, Education Minister Hon Chris Hipkins, announced the Government will end competitive allocations of funding at New Zealand Qualification Framework levels 1 to 4. This change seeks to give provid…
https://tec.govt.nz/news-and-consultations/archived-news/competitive-sac-funding-to-be-stopped/
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Tai Poutini Polytechnic investigation released
Published 28 February 2018The West Coast’s Tai Poutini Polytechnic failed to deliver enough training hours across a range of courses between 2010 and 2015, an investigation by the Tertiary Education Commission (the TEC) releas…
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A sustainable future for ITPs – mapping the path
Published 21 February 2018Many Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics (ITPs) face financial challenges. But those challenges also present an opportunity, according to Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) Chief Executive Tim …
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Māori and Pasifika Trades Training report released
Published 9 February 2018In late 2016 the Tertiary Education Commission (the TEC) commissioned an evaluation of the Māori and Pasifika Trades Training (MPTT) initiative. The MartinJenkins report focuses on the operations and …
https://tec.govt.nz/news-and-consultations/archived-news/mptt-report-released/
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Release of new Monitoring Update and investigation guidelines
Published 8 February 2018As announced late in 2017, we have re-aligned our monitoring to take a more flexible approach, along with focusing on education and sharing information with tertiary education organisations (TEOs).
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BEST Pacific Institute of Education breached funding conditions and Education Act
Published 17 January 2018The failed BEST Pacific Institute of Education in Auckland filed incorrect student information and under-delivered on its training promises, an investigation report released today by the Tertiary Educ…
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Campaign to focus on Fees Free
Published 16 January 2018With just one day to go before almost 168,000 students will get their preliminary NCEA results, the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) is reminding everyone considering tertiary education in 2018 to …
https://tec.govt.nz/news-and-consultations/archived-news/campaign-to-focus-on-fees-free/
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Quantum investigation shows manipulation maximised earnings
Published 20 December 2017An investigation report released today into the now defunct Quantum Education Group shows it deliberately took advantage of reporting procedures to enable the business to keep millions of dollars in s…
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Mentoring and dyslexia support in action
Published 3 November 2017Chris Lloyd (pictured above) is part of a national project to discover how best to support trainees with dyslexia. The project provides for learners to be screened for dyslexia and then provided with …
https://tec.govt.nz/news-and-consultations/archived-news/mentoring-and-dyslexia-support-in-action/
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Approximately $125,000 repaid after investigation into former EnterpriseMIT
Published 6 October 2017The owners of the now-closed EnterpriseMIT have repaid $125,518 after the former subsidiary of Manukau Institute of Technology (MIT) failed to properly check whether students in its programmes had alr…