Modified 26 July 2017
Minister for Primary Industries Nathan Guy and Associate Minister Louise Upston today provided the necessary land consents to allow Taratahi Agricultural Training Centre’s acquisition of Lincoln University’s Telford Campus to proceed. TEC’s Board have also approved the transfer of funding from Telford to Taratahi.
Modified 16 February 2021
A group of Dunedin workers with learning disabilities are now being trained in literacy and numeracy with funding through our Employer-led Workplace Literacy and Numeracy Fund (EWLN).
Modified 15 May 2017
The University of Canterbury (UC) continues to make good progress on its recovery from the 2010 and 2011 Canterbury earthquakes. Student enrolments are rising, many of its new state-of-the-art buildings are open or nearing completion, and UC is forecasting a return to a normal operating surplus in 2019.
Modified 5 May 2017
The Māori and Pasifika Trades Training (MPTT) scheme provides scholarships to Māori and Pasifika learners to acquire the skills and attributes to gain trades-based employment, take up New Zealand apprenticeships or move to other higher-level training programmes.
Modified 21 April 2017
When 800 students graduated from Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology on 6 April Julia Kennedy from our Monitoring and Crown Ownership team was invited along as a special guest by the Council’s Chair Cathy Cooney. She was swept along in the parade through Rotorua streets to the packed auditorium of the Sir Howard Morrison Performing Arts Centre where she shared in the joy and pride of families, friends and staff as they celebrated their students’ success.
Modified 21 April 2017
Over the last five years, Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, has used a student-centred approach underpinned by predictive analytics to turn itself around from a low-performing university to one that is defying its poor urban demographics.
Modified 23 November 2021
Private training establishment English Language Partners isn’t just providing its learners with an education – it’s changing communities.
https://www.tec.govt.nz/news-and-consultations/archived-news/changing-lives-one-word-at-a-time
Modified 22 March 2017
For tertiary education organisations (TEOs) it can be daunting facing a TEC audit, especially if it’s their first time. But it can also be seen as an opportunity to confirm their processes are robust and compliant and identify any emerging issues.
https://www.tec.govt.nz/news-and-consultations/archived-news/auditing-is-all-about-the-evidence
Modified 18 October 2019
The Productivity Commission has published its final report on its inquiry into New Models of Tertiary Education.
Modified 13 October 2022
We shared Assessment Tool usage data last year and had subsequent conversations with tertiary education organisations (TEOs). This showed that while most TEOs are using the Literacy and Numeracy for Adults Assessment Tool as part of good teaching practice, there is still room for improvement across the sector.
