New Zealand higher education funding
Higher education dominates post-Covid recovery, as vocational enrolments remain suppressed
Even though defaulting debtors risk arrest at the airport, ‘campaigns’ to recover student loans net surprisingly meagre returns
Country’s budget shifts more costs on to students, with money saved from signature policy diverted to other priorities
Representative body for country’s eight institutions loses staff and has functions scaled back with policy work being taken on by in-house teams
Agricultural and environmental research lose out, as scientists criticise ‘dangerous confusion’ of government’s switch to ‘smarter investment’
Institutions face tough choices, as Tertiary Education Commission warns of ‘challenging fiscal environment’
Jobs and achievement the new mantra in a ‘refocus on what matters most’ in the tertiary system
Performance-based research fund also faces overhaul, as Wellington embraces least disruptive and costly aspects of landmark review’s proposals
