ITI NEWSLETTER
ITI's August NewsletterAugust has been a busy month for ITI as we have digested the tertiary education reform papers released by Michael Cullen at the end of July. Members have now decided to commit extra resources to the reforms, in time and money, as this is such a big issue for us. This newsletter has many stories, but we'd like to highlight successes for NZ Tertiary College (funding) and Carey Baptist College (a new qualification).
ITI Commits to Extra Effort on Reforms
ITI members have committed to an extra effort on the tertiary education reforms, recognising how big an impact the reforms will have over the next few years. With most policy staff from the TEC, NZQA and MoE working on the reforms, members feel that it is essential that ITI puts in extra ... more »
New Zealand Tertiary College Successful in Reinvestment Round
New Zealand Tertiary College was successful in its application for reinvestment funding for their Diploma of Teaching Early Childhood Education (Level 7). PTE Reinvestment applications are based on need, graduate outcomes, performance and participation, and point of difference. ITI expects ... more »
Regional Planning - Will it Work?
Regional planning (or facilitation or needs analysis) is a building block of the tertiary education reforms, with an assumption that a regional focus, especially for institutes of technology and polytechnics (ITPs), will effectively meet stakeholder needs. The regional approach has two aims: ... more »
Qualification Victory for Carey Baptist College
Carey Baptist College received notification in July that their courses offered in Mandarin have been approved for accreditation by the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA). The College began seeking accreditation for the courses 3 years ago, but was told by NZQA that only courses in ... more »
Fair Go or Fairer Go?
ITI put out a media release in early August about the TEC's announcement of a special funding round for some PTEs. These PTEs face closure at the end of the year because the Government cut their students' access to student loans and allowances in the May Budget - only PTEs in funded ... more »
ITI Survey to Help Improve ASR
ITI will survey members on their experience of the Assessment of Strategic Relevance (ASR) and reinvestment processes in September. This will be a re-run of the survey that ITI developed last year and distributed to its own members and, through NZAPEP, to NZAPEP members. It is hoped that the ... more »
PTEs Rise to the Challenge
A recent column by NZQA CEO Karen Poutasi in the Education Review (10 August 2006) applauded the “new level of maturity” in the PTE sector. Poutasi said that “providers taking the initiative themselves to promote quality and the establishment of trust funds for fees” has led to an overall ... more »
Sir George Seymour College Resigns from ITI
The Sir George Seymour National College of Tourism and Travel has resigned from ITI after a recent restructuring. The College was recently purchased by Travel Careers and Training, another PTE, and they have created a single national management structure for both operations. This also led to a ... more »