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Fee maxima levels must be flexible and high
Wednesday, 14 May 2003, 12:36 am | Education Forum
Fee maxima for tertiary institutions, due to be announced in the Budget tomorrow, must be set high and flexible enough to allow institutions to determine their own future, according to the Education Forum. More >>
Australian budget a pointer for NZ's tertiary
Wednesday, 14 May 2003, 12:35 am | Education Forum
More flexible fee-setting and increased numbers of fee-paying students - education initiatives from the Australian budget - show the way ahead for New Zealand's tertiary sector, according to the Education Forum. More >>
Education Forum Update 8 May, 2003
Thursday, 8 May 2003, 12:39 am | Education Forum
Welcome to the Education Forum Update, a regular round-up of all that is new at the Education Forum and its website. More >>
Better teachers, not more teachers
Wednesday, 30 April 2003, 5:55 pm | Education Forum
The $167 million in funding announced yesterday for extra teachers would be better spent improving teacher quality, according to the Education Forum. More >>
Reports highlight need for school funding reform
Wednesday, 23 April 2003, 11:32 am | Education Forum
The Arorangi School student funding furore and a new report out this week both highlight the need for school funding to 'follow the student' - as it largely does at early childhood and tertiary education levels, the Education Forum says. More >>
GATS & the globalisation of NZ education
Wednesday, 16 April 2003, 3:25 pm | Education Forum
Education Forum speech given by Education Forum policy advisor Norman LaRocque - On 1 April 2003, Trade Negotiations Minister Jim Sutton made public the government's initial offer for the latest round of negotiations in the General Agreement on Trade ... More >>
Education Forum Update
Thursday, 10 April 2003, 12:17 am | Education Forum
Welcome to the Education Forum Update, a regular round-up of all that is new at the Education Forum and its website. More >>
Wider reforms necessary to improve teacher quality
Thursday, 10 April 2003, 12:14 am | Education Forum
Reforms far wider than just improving teacher training are needed to improve teacher quality, the Education Forum today told the Education and Science Committee inquiry into teacher education. More >>
Briefing Paper shows school choice
Wednesday, 2 April 2003, 3:45 pm | Education Forum
An Education Forum Briefing Paper released this week shows that government funding of non-government schools is a worldwide phenomenon. More >>
GATS will help maximise education industry growth
Monday, 31 March 2003, 5:40 pm | Education Forum
The inclusion of education in GATS will help maximise the potential of New Zealand's rapidly growing export education industry, according to Norman LaRocque, Education Forum policy advisor. More >>
Welcome to the March edition of Subtext
Friday, 28 March 2003, 4:15 pm | Education Forum
We are giving away an amazing all-in-one HP psc 950 printer/copier/fax/scanner. For details on how to enter, please visit www.educationforum.org.nz - details inside... More >>
Education researcher visiting New Zealand
Monday, 17 March 2003, 5:49 pm | Education Forum
An education researcher visiting New Zealand this week says 'school choice' should be introduced to give parents choice over how their children are educated. More >>
Early childhood costs will shut out families
Thursday, 20 February 2003, 11:27 am | Education Forum
News today that early childhood policies could greatly increase costs suggests the Government needs to shift its focus from policies aimed at appeasing vested interests to policies aimed at the wider national interest, according to Education Forum policy ... More >>
Who Should Pay? Tuition Fees Speech
Thursday, 13 February 2003, 2:46 pm | Education Forum
* If tertiary education is to help drive economic growth it needs to be appropriately resourced. Quality tertiary education does not come cheap. But to say that tertiary education is good says nothing about who should pay for it. More >>
GATS a win/win for New Zealand education
Tuesday, 4 February 2003, 3:11 pm | Education Forum
"The General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) is a win/win situation for New Zealand education. It gives us the chance to bring the best educational ideas to New Zealand and to share our ideas overseas," according to Education Forum policy ... More >>
Education Forum Update
Tuesday, 4 February 2003, 1:48 pm | Education Forum
Welcome to the Education Forum Update, a regular round-up of all that is new at the Education Forum and its website. More >>
New report asks who should pay for tertiary ed
Monday, 3 February 2003, 12:07 am | Education Forum
Reducing the share of tertiary education tuition costs borne by taxpayers and abandoning the tertiary institution fee maxima are two key proposals in an Education Forum report released today. More >>
Fee criteria commendable but real story hidden
Thursday, 30 January 2003, 6:41 pm | Education Forum
'Commendable' ideas for the implementation of fee maxima, released in a government report today, hide the fact that over-regulation will not solve tertiary education's problems, according to Education Forum policy adviser Norman LaRocque. More >>
Money for tertiary education doesn't grow on trees
Monday, 27 January 2003, 9:11 am | Education Forum
NZUSA criticism today of using private savings to finance tertiary education totally ignores the realities of life in New Zealand, according to Norman LaRocque, policy adviser at the Education Forum. More >>
Performance-based research fund a positive step
Thursday, 5 December 2002, 8:41 am | Education Forum
The tertiary education sector's performance-based research funding system announced today is a good step towards fostering excellence and innovation, according to Education Forum policy adviser Norman LaRocque. More >>
