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Maori and Pasifika in Vocational Education & Training forum
Wednesday, 14 August 2013, 9:52 am | Industry Training Federation of New Zealand
The Industry Training Federation is hosting the inaugural Maori and Pasifika in Vocational Education and Training Forum in Wellington on 17 September. This forum will bring together people with an interest in inspiring and supporting excellence for Maori ... More >>
Health and Safety Report glosses over Education and Training
Wednesday, 7 August 2013, 11:13 am | Industry Training Federation of New Zealand
Industry Training Federation Chief Executive Mark Oldershaw says the glaring gap in the government’s workplace health and safety announcement today is training and educating workers. More >>
Industry Training Continues to Perform Well
Wednesday, 24 July 2013, 4:17 pm | Industry Training Federation of New Zealand
“Educational performance data released today by Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Steven Joyce shows that industry training sector performance has remained stable despite many changes in the sector including ITO mergers, challenging ... More >>
Increase in Maori and Pasifika Training a Good Move
Thursday, 9 May 2013, 6:25 pm | Industry Training Federation of New Zealand
The Industry Training Federation (ITF) has endorsed the announcement by Government today of a major expansion of Maori and Pasifika Trades Training. ITF Chief Executive Mark Oldershaw stated that it was another endorsement of the success and importance ... More >>
Executive Director to head ITO 11 July 2011
Monday, 11 July 2011, 3:08 pm | Industry Training Federation of New Zealand
The Industry Training Federation today announced that it¹s Executive Director, Jeremy Baker, who will be leaving his current role this September to head up one of the Federation¹s member Industry Training Organisations. More >>
Secondary Tertiary Transitions
Friday, 1 October 2010, 10:55 am | Industry Training Federation of New Zealand
The massive challenge of the transition between senior secondary school and tertiary education and employment is the subject of a one-day forum in Wellington today. More >>
ITF calls for a more coherent vocational education
Wednesday, 28 July 2010, 12:01 pm | Industry Training Federation of New Zealand
Industry Training Federation Chair Kevin Bryant today urged a more collaborative approach to vocational education and training. More >>
Industry input into new qualifications framework
Tuesday, 6 July 2010, 11:37 am | Industry Training Federation of New Zealand
Qualifications on the New Zealand Qualifications Framework need to be developed and approved with national industry input, Industry Training Federation Executive Director Jeremy Baker said today. More >>
University not the only option
Wednesday, 2 June 2010, 3:24 pm | Industry Training Federation of New Zealand
“Secondary students considering their options for next year and beyond might be forgiven for thinking that university was their only option, if recent media reports were to be believed”, said Jeremy Baker, Executive Director of the Industry Training ... More >>
Budget shows commitment to training
Thursday, 20 May 2010, 4:57 pm | Industry Training Federation of New Zealand
Today’s Budget shows a firm commitment to the role of training in supporting the country’s economic and social development. More >>
Qualifications Review overdue
Tuesday, 9 March 2010, 5:23 pm | Industry Training Federation of New Zealand
Proposed change to the qualifications system is overdue and will help move towards developing skills that meet the country’s economic and social need, Industry Training Federation Executive Director Jeremy Baker said today. More >>
Industry Training Federation welcomes new Minister
Tuesday, 26 January 2010, 5:34 pm | Industry Training Federation of New Zealand
“Tertiary education, and particularly Industry Training, is closely linked to economic development and Mr Joyce has considerable experience in this area, which will be invaluable in his new role,” Federation Executive Director Jeremy Baker. More >>
The nugget in the Brash Report
Tuesday, 1 December 2009, 4:41 pm | Industry Training Federation of New Zealand
The Industry Training Federation would support any move to review areas within the government education agencies that have become overly prescriptive with an insufficient focus on the needs of the labour market. A review of education agencies was recommended ... More >>
Increase in ITO completions a good sign
Monday, 9 November 2009, 3:43 pm | Industry Training Federation of New Zealand
An increase in the number of completions of qualifications and programmes by people signed up to training agreements with Industry Training Organisations (ITOs) in 2008 is a good sign for the New Zealand workforce. Figures just released by the Tertiary ... More >>
Linking tertiary education to labour market
Thursday, 5 November 2009, 12:17 pm | Industry Training Federation of New Zealand
The Industry Training Federation is calling on the Government to link its Tertiary Education Strategy to labour market outcomes. In its submission on the strategy, the Federation says developing skills isn’t enough on its own to drive the economy ... More >>
Trade academies show welcome link to industry
Friday, 16 October 2009, 10:05 am | Industry Training Federation of New Zealand
The Industry Training Federation says the Government’s announcement of five new trade academies is a positive step towards recognising the importance of industry links to training and qualifications. “We are pleased that there appears to ... More >>
Survey points to need to keep up with training
Tuesday, 8 September 2009, 2:11 pm | Industry Training Federation of New Zealand
The Manpower Employment Survey which shows potential labour market recovery points to the need for businesses to retain an interest in training and skill development of their staff. Industry Training Federation Executive Director Jeremy Baker said ... More >>
Matching tertiary spend with what we need
Wednesday, 29 July 2009, 1:41 pm | Industry Training Federation of New Zealand
Government needs to ensure that the tertiary education system better matches what is needed in the workforce. A new report and tool released today by the Industry Training Federation matches up the government’s spend on vocational education and ... More >>
Increase in training numbers heartening
Thursday, 25 June 2009, 5:14 pm | Industry Training Federation of New Zealand
News that industry training numbers and modern apprenticeships are slightly up is heartening, Industry Training Federation Executive Director Jeremy Baker said today. He was commenting on news today from Tertiary Education Minister Anne Tolley that ... More >>
New Chairman for Industry Training Federation
Wednesday, 24 June 2009, 4:31 pm | Industry Training Federation of New Zealand
Agriculture ITO Chief Executive Kevin Bryant is the new Chairman of the Industry Training Federation. Mr Bryant was elected unopposed to the position at today’s Annual General Meeting replacing Retail Institute Chief Executive John Meeuwsen. ... More >>
