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NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 85

■ providing learning environments and delivery methods that meet the needs of learners that the institution seeks to serve; and
■ raising levels of participation, retention and achievement of:
□ Māori especially at degree and post graduate level;
□ Pacific learners;
□ women in non-traditional areas such as science and technology areas;
□ learners with disabilities; and
□ people from low income situations.
○ capability, in terms of:
■ improving its strategic capacity and leadership at governance and management levels; and
■ ensuring that it has the capability or development plans in place to give effect to its charter and profile.

Treaty of Waitangi
● The TEI must have specific objectives relating to its charter goals on the Treaty of Waitangi.

Funding sought or received from the Tertiary Education Commission
● The TEI must identify all activities for which it seeks or receives funding from the Tertiary Education Commission. This should be submitted through its single data return (SDR) forecasts and in any agreements, or applications, for targeted funds for 2004 e.g. Training Opportunities, Youth Training, and the Innovation Development Fund.

Managing growth
● The TEI should outline how it intends to meet the government’s annual growth limit. This limit is a 15% annual increase in domestic EFTS numbers (with the initial entitlement being calculated from 2002 actual funded domestic EFTS enrolments) or a 1000 annual EFTS increase, whichever is the greater.

Subcontracting teaching activity to other tertiary providers
● The TEI must provide a list of its existing and future intended subcontracting arrangements with other TEOs where it is, or will be, the principal contractor (this applies to teaching and learning activity only).
● The TEI must attach a written declaration signed by the Chair of Council affirming that the:
○ institution’s subcontracting arrangements for its teaching activity comply with TEC’s requirements specified for the interim profile and the existing requirements given in A Guide to Tertiary Education Funding;
○ institution has appropriate processes in place to maintain quality learning outcomes (the minimum standard for these processes is defined below);
○ institution has appropriate financial processes in place to provide a transparent audit trail for each contractual arrangement; and
○ institution is prepared for a comprehensive audit of any of its subcontracting arrangements within 10 working days notice from TEC.

Performance indicators and targets
● Where possible, objectives should have associated performance indicators that cover the qualitative dimensions of performance and others that cover the

● The TEI demonstrates that it has plans in place that will give effect to its approach to the Treaty of Waitangi as outlined in its charter.
● The TEI has performance indicators and targets to enable measurement of its progress in achieving its Treaty of Waitangi goals.
● The TEI has submitted the information required, via the SDR, and any agreements or applications for targeted funding.

● The TEI has outlined how it intends to meet the government’s annual growth limit.

Subcontracting teaching activity to other tertiary providers
● The TEI has provided a list of its existing and future intended subcontracting arrangements with other TEOs where it is, or will be, the principal contractor.
● The written declaration signed by the TEI’s Chair of Council is attached.

● Performance indicators must be specific, measurable, auditable, realistic, time-bound.