Adult and Community Education

ACE in TEIs

Budget 2009 reduced funding for TEI[1] ACE[2] from 2011.  We expect TEIs to focus their outcomes on re-engaging learners and progressing learners into formal tertiary education, while aligning their provision to the three TEC-funded ACE priorities. We are currently developing performance measures for these outcomes.

University ACE priorities

ACE offered by universities is different to ACE offered by other TEOs. Universities share their expertise and available research base with the local community.

In addition to the three TEC-funded ACE priorities, investment in ACE provision at universities may also align to the five university-specific ACE priorities:

1. Providing specialised and research-informed higher level learning that contributes directly to the creation of an advanced and rapidly evolving knowledge economy
2. Contributing to the knowledge society through the preservation, dissemination and application of university research
3. Promoting the development of critical and reflective thinking, and active and informed citizenship locally, nationally and globally
4. Facilitating pathways into and through university education
5. Building capability in the wider ACE sector (while having regard to the ACE Professional Development Strategy).

Universities may aggregate enrolments into notional EFTS in accordance with Rule ACE002[3].

EFTS factors of ACE courses

The ACE in TEIs funding rate for 2011 is $4,444.44 per EFTS (GST exclusive). 

EFTS factors of ACE courses in TEIs are calculated according to the following table:

Calculating EFTS factors of ACE courses

Course length	Learning type	Course EFTS factor	Example
Up to 40 hours of learner time in total	Tutor contact time and test time	0.0015 EFTS units per hour	A course of 12 hours, 5 tutor contact hours, 1 hour in a test, and 6 self-directed learning hours - has a course EFTS factor of: (6 x 0.0015) + (6 x 0.00088) = 0.0143 EFTS units
	Self-directed learning time that has tutorial support available	0.00088 EFTS units per hour
Less than 20 hours of learner time per week (part-time)	Tutor contact time and test time	0.0015 EFTS units per hour	A course running for six part-time weeks for six hours a week (36 in total), with 12 hours of this involved in self-directed learning - has a course EFTS factor of: (24 x 0.0015) + (0.00088 x 12) = 0.0466 EFTS units
	Self-directed learning time that has tutorial support available	0.00088 EFTS units per hour
20 or more hours of learner time per week (full-time), and more than 40 hours total	Tutor contact time and test time	0.0300 EFTS units per week x the percentage that tutor contact time and test time make up of the total learning hours	A course running for four full-time weeks with 100 hours in total, 70 of which relate to tutor contact time - has a course EFTS factor of: (4x 0.03 x 70%) + (0.00088 x 30) = 0.1104 EFTS units
	Self-directed learning time that has tutorial support available	0.00088 EFTS units per hour

Performance indicators

We will monitor ACE delivery through relevant key performance indicators in organisations' Investment Plans.

Reporting

TEIs are required to report on their ACE provision through the SDR[4]. 

• [1]

  Tertiary education institution (TEI) - universities, ITPs and wānanga

• [2]

  Adult and Community Education (ACE)

• [3]

  Rule ACE002: ACE notional EFTS requirements

  Universities may aggregate enrolments when it is not practicable to record individual course enrolments in an ACE activity. This aggregation of enrolments results in 'notional EFTS'.

  Notional EFTS units must amount to no more than 10 percent of an individual university's annual ACE funding.

  Universities must record notional EFTS computations, and the reason why notional EFTS have been claimed, for audit purposes.

• [4]

  Single Data Return (SDR)