ITI NEWSLETTER
ITI's July NewsletterITI's July newsletter starts with our response to the tertiary education reforms announced last Thursday, and our celebration of a new member, Change Training. We farewell our deputy chairperson, who is off to run an ITP, while highlighting industry recognition for NZMA and a Media Design School graduate. Finally, we reprint an opinion piece from Business NZ CEO Phil O'Reilly.
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Reforms Bring Opportunity, Risk
Last week's tertiary education reforms announcement has many opportunities and risks for ITI, let alone the broader community. The TEC's website has the details of the reforms here . On the positive side, most of our May submission has been well received. 1. We argued for more engagement ... more »
Is the Minister Really Consulting?
The problem with the current tertiary education reforms process is that as soon as some decisions are released, the next wave of work is well underway. In the latest case, the Minister of Tertiary Education made his announcement on July 27 and released the relevant Cabinet papers, which were ... more »
Change Training Joins ITI
Change Training is ITI’s newest member. Established in 1987 by Managing Director Grant Hodgson, Change Training offers online business and public sector training programmes in partnership with tertiary education institutions (TEIs). They also provide face-to-face workshops directly to ... more »
ITI Takeover of Public Sector?
Tony Gray, ITI's deputy chairperson, has been appointed as the CEO of Nelson Marlbourough Institute of Technology. He will take up the role in late October, when he will leave Pacific International Hotel Management School . So, rather than being an ITI takeover, it is really a recognition of ... more »
Industry Recognises NZMA's Partnership
New Zealand Management Academies has been recognised as a training institute that provides strong and relevant connections to industry for its students. NZMA was listed as one of two finalists in the Hospitality Standards Institute Awards in the Training Provider (workplace partnerships) ... more »
New Zealand's Top Creative Talent
Media Design School graduate Scott Maddox and his creative partner Fraser Grant have won this year's Young Creative of the Year Competition. The national competition will decide who will represent New Zealand in the Young Creatives component of the Cannes International Advertising Festival ... more »
Business – Tertiary Education’s Other Stakeholder
This 22 June 2006 comment by Phil O'Reilly, Business NZ CEO, has been reprinted with his permission. ITI is a Business NZ Affiliated Industry Group and feels that these messages are worth reinforcing in our newsletter. Business New Zealand sees the government’s tertiary education reforms ... more »