New Zealand Union of Students’ Associations THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF THE TERTIARY SECTOR January Conference 2010

New Zealand Union of Students’ Associations Overview How does the current tertiary funding system work? Key documentation & systems? How can we use this in our work?

New Zealand Union of Students’ Associations What is the tertiary funding system? Method of allocating tertiary sector funding Wide and diverse sector worth c.$4billion – Universities – Institutes of Technology & Polytechnics (ITPs) – Private Training Establishments (PTEs) – Industry Training Organisations (ITOs) – Work based training – Adult and Community Education (ACE) Funding for provision (institutions) & participation (individuals)

New Zealand Union of Students’ Associations How does the funding system work? Government determines the ‘pool’ of $ – Policy determines method of distribution – Government agencies manage and distribute according to policy and regulations Tertiary Education Commission allocates c$4b – Student Component & TEO funding, PBRF etc – Implementation of Fee Maxima (operational policy) – Management & monitoring of Investment Plan process

New Zealand Union of Students’ Associations Funding to students Public/private split in NZ – Some government investment – Balance is individual contribution Studylink – Administration of student support Ministry of Education – Student support policy development

New Zealand Union of Students’ Associations Key documentation & systems Education Act – Determines broad principles education – Governing legislation for the sector Tertiary Education Strategy Investment Plans describe: – How a TEO will achieve the aims of the TES – The TEO’s mission and aim – The TEO’s programmes and activities – Outcomes proposed, including performance indicators – Required for funding – Most on a three-year cycle Institutional documents

New Zealand Union of Students’ Associations Tertiary Education Strategy Outlines Government vision – Relevant & efficient provision – Meet needs of: students; labour market; economy – Opportunities to access high quality education – Raise skills & knowledge of current & future workforce – High quality research, building on NZ’s knowledge base – Enable Maori to enjoy education success as Maori

New Zealand Union of Students’ Associations A lot going on! Government – Education Act – Policies and manifesto Institutions – Systems and procedures (eg for fee setting) – Policy and rules and regulations Students’ associations – Policy – Procedures – Purpose – Priorities

New Zealand Union of Students’ Associations How can we use this? Advocacy & representation – Understand and use the system to your advantage Where? – at Council, within your students’ association, at various committees etc, directly to your students – Submissions, articles, interviews… When you least expect it! – Be informed and prepared – Reliable, credible, robust data and info important

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