Independent Tertiary Institutions Articles

ITI Campaign Up and Running
4/30/2007 4:54:00 PM by Neil Miller

ITI launched a campaign in March to invite like-minded private training establishments to...

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ITI Seeks New Members (Voluntarily)
4/30/2007 4:53:00 PM by Neil Miller

ITI welcomes applications from potential members who support what we do, but we were surprised to see a recent proposal from another PTE peak body, NZAPEP...

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MDS Now in Advanced 3D!
4/30/2007 4:51:00 PM by Neil Miller

In recognition of changing industry demands, Media Design School has unveiled a brand new qualification - The Graduate Diploma of Advanced 3D Productions...

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Under-Promising and Over-Delivering?
4/30/2007 4:50:00 PM by Neil Miller

Over-delivery has become a recent buzzword around the TEC and rumours abound about quite what it means.

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ITI Launches Campaign with Like-Minded PTEs
2/28/2007 4:31:00 PM by Neil Miller

ITI is launching a campaign with like-minded PTEs this week to effectively represent the interests of quality PTEs in the implementation of the tertiary education reforms; and

- promote an enhanced role for quality PTEs in the tertiary education system.

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Early Childhood Education Degree Approved at NZTC
2/28/2007 4:29:00 PM by Neil Miller

A new degree program from New Zealand Tertiary College supports the ever increasing recognition that quality early childhood teacher education programs result in improved outcomes for young children.

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Equity Funding for PTEs?
2/28/2007 4:28:00 PM by Neil Miller

The Government is reviewing the use of equity funding, which is made up of small funding pools distributed to public providers to support Maori and Pacific students, and students with disabilities.

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Onsite Learning for Deaf Students
2/28/2007 4:27:00 PM by Neil Miller

For the first time, The Learning Connexion (TLC) will be providing onsite education for Deaf students.

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PTE Sector Definition Lacking
1/31/2007 3:46:00 PM by Neil Miller
The distinctive contribution of private training establishments (PTEs) was defined very narrowly in the Tertiary Education Strategy (TES) released just before Christmas. read more...
Key Looks to Private Provision
1/31/2007 3:45:00 PM by Neil Miller

John Key made his state of the nation speech in Christchurch yesterday.

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Money, Nobel Prizes, Art & Science
1/31/2007 3:43:00 PM by Neil Miller

By Jonathan Milne - ‘The arts and sciences are part of one, common creative culture largely composed of polymathic individuals’

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A passion for soccer and graphic design has earned Lytton High School student Jason Venema the lucky break of his life.

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The TEC Giveth and the Minister Taketh Away
12/15/2006 3:07:00 PM by Neil Miller

Last newsletter, we wrote about the positive draft definition of the distinctive contribution of private training establishments (PTEs). Apparently some officials started asking around about whether we had seen the final version yet, and now we understand their confusion.

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New Deputy Chairperson for ITI
12/15/2006 3:06:00 PM by Neil Miller

Sue Allard, National Principal of Natcoll Design Technology, has just been elected as the Deputy Chairperson for ITI.

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He Kupu - Going Live
12/15/2006 3:04:00 PM by Neil Miller

New Zealand Tertiary College’s new online journal, was launched last month. He Kupu, ‘going live’, provides a forum for scholarly enquiry and research associated with the development and implementation of online learning programs.

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