Modified 17 July 2019
With 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 check their eligibility for Fees Free.
https://www.tec.govt.nz/news-and-consultations/archived-news/campaign-to-focus-on-fees-free
Modified 13 October 2022
An 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 student fees.
Modified 3 November 2017
Chris 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 information and assistance to work with their condition, and to succeed.
Modified 6 October 2017
The 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 already completed similar learning.
Modified 28 September 2017
This is an opinion piece from Tim Fowler, Chief Executive of the Tertiary Education Commission (the TEC).
Modified 20 September 2017
The College of Natural Health and Homeopathy (CNHH) has repaid $420,426 (GST exclusive) to the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) after they discovered they had been making incorrect funding claims to the TEC.
Modified 13 September 2017
How does New Zealand's education system compare? The Ministry of Education produced a New Zealand report based on the Education at a Glance report. Read the full report on their website.
Modified 5 September 2017
Waste Management NZ Ltd, a country-wide waste and environmental services operation, has successfully trained 100 staff members in a Skills Highway workplace literacy programme.
Modified 18 November 2019
A modern-day tohunga (expert) weaves computer science and te Reo into the classroom while a legend helps hundreds of learners transition towards a life of positive and transformational change. This is only some of the work done by 12 tertiary teachers honoured at the sixteenth Tertiary Teaching Excellence Awards held at Parliament this week.
https://www.tec.govt.nz/news-and-consultations/archived-news/awards-recognise-diversity
Modified 7 August 2017
Literacy and Numeracy programme motivates employees to aspire to greater rewards in their careers, and significantly improves workplace communication and team-work.
https://www.tec.govt.nz/news-and-consultations/archived-news/life-changing-skills-wln