Modified 20 August 2019
Modified 2 July 2025
AM 25 00189 Appendix 1 TEC risk assessment letter to the University of Auckland
Modified 12 September 2019
The Performance-Based Research Fund (PBRF) was introduced in 2002 to increase the quality of New Zealand research. It is a performance-based funding scheme designed to encourage and reward excellent research in New Zealand’s degree-granting organisations.
Modified 3 May 2024
The TEC has agreed in principle to recommendations made by the PBRF Sector Reference Group (SRG) on changes to panel assessment criteria in the Quality Evaluation 2026.
Modified 7 March 2024
The TEC has agreed in principle to the recommendations made by the PBRF Sector Reference Group (SRG) on changes to issues relating to Individual Circumstances for Quality Evaluation 2026.
Modified 13 October 2022
The Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) says Agribusiness Training Ltd has been told to repay $6.24 million after an independent investigation found it had failed to deliver some vocational education programmes in line with its funding agreement.
Modified 22 May 2025
Modified 22 May 2025
Modified 28 February 2023
TEC has allocated $13 million in strategic funding to close to 70 private training establishments (PTEs) for new vocational education and training initiatives and to support innovative new provision for learners.
Modified 9 August 2024
We have awarded the National Centre for Tertiary Teaching Excellence (NCTTE) Fund to a consortium of three tertiary education organisations (TEOs): Massey University, Te Pūkenga and Te Wānanga o Aotearoa.