Tertiary Update Vol 16 No 11 Data from the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) shows the government has made almost a direct transfer of $25 million from publicly owned polytechnics to privately-owned tertiary education providers (PTEs). Government funding for polytechnics fell from last year to this year by $29 million dollars, or 4.7 percent.  Meanwhile funding [...]

Radio New Zealand reports that Massey University has lost $1.6 million of government funding this year because of the government’s new funding rules which allow the Tertiary Education Commission to deduct subsidies from institutions that perform badly on course and qualification completion league tables. The commission has not yet made details of the cuts public, [...]

TEU’s national day of action opposing cuts to foundation studies campaign drew widespread publicity and a small initial victory at UCOL where several jobs were saved. As last week’s day of action took place the CEO of UCOL, Paul McElroy announced that the polytechnic would no longer be closing four programmes: the Certificate in Fashion and [...]

Tertiary education minister Steven Joyce has encouraged CPIT to look at options for developing a network of South Island Polytechnics. The CPIT Council notice of meeting for June notes the minister “encourages CPIT to explore options for creating a stronger South Island ITP [institutes of technology and polytechnics] network asking that the Minister’s office be [...]

Data from the Tertiary Education Commission shows that government funding for metropolitan based polytechnics has fallen by 1 percent between 2010 and 2011, but it fell by a massive 11 percent, or $32 million, for regional polytechnics over the same period. With the exception of Eastern Institute of Technology, which merged with Tairāwhiti Polytechnic last [...]

TEU’s bargaining team at the Southern Institute of Technology (SIT) has reached a proposed settlement with the polytechnic. The agreement, which members have voted to put to ratification shortly, will provide members with pay increases of 1.95 percent for each of the next two years as well as a $750 lump sum in the first [...]

Tertiary Update Vol 14 No 25 Ministry of Education statistics show the average surplus as a percentage of revenue at public tertiary education providers climbing dramatically from 1.9 percent in 2006 to 5.2 percent last year. In 2006 public tertiary education providers made a combined surplus of $66 million on revenue of $3.5 billion. Last year the [...]

Industry training standards body ETITO and the engineers’ union EPMU are both questioning the country’s supply of skilled workers to service and maintain the government’s planned fibre optic networks. ETITO, which sets the qualification standards for telecommunications workers, says that industry needs to think about training people now rather than waiting until they are needed. [...]

Tertiary Update Vol 14 No 3 Polytechnics and one wānanga were big losers in this year’s Government’s Student Achievement Component (SAC) funding for the tertiary education sector. Figures released last year from the Tertiary Education Commission show that eight polytechnics will receive less SAC money this year than last. The figures reveal that Bay of [...]

Below are the proposed terms for settlement and proposed collective agreement with tracked changes for members to consider before their ratification vote: Terms for settlement Open publication – Free publishing – More sit Proposed collective agreement with tracked changes Open publication – Free publishing – More sit Thanks to Te Ara @ Flickr for the photo