Tertiary Education Commission

Industry training organisations grew out of the perception arising in the late 1990s that one of the deleterious consequences of the previous decade's liberal economic policies was the loss of regulated apprenticeships and trade training, often conducted by polytechnics and institutional night classes.

Thousands of tertiary students could find themselves without student loans and allowances next year, and Otago Polytechnic chief executive Phil Ker says most of them are oblivious of the fact.

Thirty-one people have missed out on places at the University of Otago this semester as a result of the university's new enrolment cap policy.

Sir Wira Gardiner has been appointed new chair of the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC).