Tim Fowler
List of courses where increase in enrolments needed released
The funder for tertiary education is willing to subsidise more trainees in scaffolding and piano tuning, but doesn't want any increase in primary teaching enrolments.
The Commission has released the… Audio
Taratahi training centre employee still unsure over future
Staff and students at New Zealand's largest agricultural training facility remain uncertain if they can teach or attend courses this year. Taratahi Agricultural Training Centre, which opened just shy… Audio
Struggling polytech sector holds crisis meeting
Hard on the heels of news of the Government's $33 million bailout of the West Coast's Tai Poutini Polytechnic, Polytech leaders are holding a crisis meeting to discuss how to save the struggling… Audio
No sign of dumbing down say auditors
On Wednesday the Tertiary Education Union released a survey of more than a 1000 tertiary staff, 63 percent of whom felt they had come under more heat in the past decade to pass a higher percentage of… Audio
TEC wants better results for Maori and Pasifika students
The Tertiary Education Commission has abandoned its goal of eliminating disparities between Maori and Pasifika students, and other students, by next year. The commission has launched a new push to… Audio
Lincoln repays $1.5m for under-teaching courses
Lincoln University has repaid $1.5million after a Tertiary Education Commission investigation found it had taught fewer hours than it was paid for. Audio
TEC will stagger repayments of 7.5m so Taratahi can survive
Earlier I spoke with the Chief Executive of the Tertiary Education Commission, Tim Fowler about the investigation, which has now been referred to the Serious Fraud Office and which will see Taratahi… Audio
Certificates given to students who may not have done course
The agency that funds universities and polytechs is defending its decision to let hundreds of students keep certificates in Maori Performing Arts when it's unclear if they actually did the work. Audio
Wananga in shame over $5.9m repayment
More than 200 Wananga students are now without qualifications after Whakatane's Te Whare Wananga o Awa-nuia-rangi was found to be breaching tertiary education rules. Audio
Claims tertiary funding damaging learning
John Gerritsen explores the system of funding tertiary education institutions and its impact Audio
Have natural sciences missed out in latest funding round?
Professor Hamish Spencer is the Director of the Allan Wilson Centre for Molecular Ecology and Evolution; Tim Fowler, Tertiary Education Commission Chief Executive; and Kate McGrath is the Director of… Audio
Top NZ research institutes to miss out on funding
Four of New Zealand's top research institutes will miss out on millions of dollars of funding next year. The Riddet Insitute at Massey University, Gravida at Auckland University and the Bio-Protection… Audio