10 MARCH 2005

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 48

Amendment Act 2002, the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) gives the following notice.

Notice

1. This notice may be cited as the Education (Profiles 2006-08 for Tertiary Education Organisations) Notice 2005.
2. This notice applies from the date of its publication.

Introduction

To access funding from the TEC for the 2006 year, all tertiary education organisations (TEO), other than those exempted via this notice, are required to have an approved profile, as described in section 159W of the Education Act 1989, in place by 15 December 2005 that covers the period 2006-2008.

This profile will be referred to as "Profile 2006-08".

Profiles are multi-purpose documents. They first and foremost "profile" each TEO. That is, a profile is a TEO’s document that outlines for its students and its other key stakeholders how it will give effect to its charter and what its contribution in terms of the Tertiary Education Strategy (TES) and Statement of Tertiary Education Priorities (STEP) will be.

Second, profiles, during the process of negotiation and agreement with the TEC, provide a means of identifying areas of duplication and gaps in delivery and once completed, inform decisions on the allocation of public funding.

Overall, profiles serve the following purposes. They:

• demonstrate how an organisation will give effect to its charter;
• provide the basis for monitoring organisational performance, accountability for the use of public funds, and meeting other statutory requirements;
• contribute to a system-wide map of tertiary provision which can inform the TEC in its role of giving effect to the TES;
• encourage relevance of educational provision to stakeholders’ needs;
• encourage greater co-operation and collaboration; and
• provide information on existing and planned programmes and activities as a basis for allocating public funding.

Content, Criteria, Timeline and Process for Profiles 2006-08 for Tertiary Education Organisations

The content and criteria for Profile 2006-08 are based on the content requirements developed by the Charter and Profiles Working Party and endorsed by the Government.

Specific content and assessment criteria, and the timetable for profile submission apply for:

• universities;
• polytechnics;
• wananga;
• colleges of education;
• industry training organisations;
• private training establishments;
• rural education activities programmes (REAPs), other tertiary education providers (OTEPs) and community groups; and
• schools which provide tertiary education or tertiary-education related services.

The content and assessment criteria, process and profile submission date requirements for Profiles 2006-08 for each of the above TEO groupings are available on the TEC’s web site at www.tec.govt.nz from 10 March 2005.

Alternatively, a copy of the content, assessment criteria, process and profile submission date requirements can be obtained from:

Profile 2006-08
Tertiary Education Commission
P.O. Box 27-048
Wellington.

Guidelines and, where relevant, templates will be available on the TEC web site from 31 March 2005 for these TEO groupings.

Exemptions for Certain Organisations

The following TEOs are exempted from the requirement to prepare and submit to the TEC a profile for the period 2006-08:

• Organisations that receive up to $50,000.00 of funding from the TEC in any one year;
• organisations that the TEC is contracting for only pilot initiatives and that otherwise receive no funding from the TEC; and
• employers only receiving workplace literacy funding from the TEC.

Dated at Wellington this 7th day of March 2005.

KAYE TURNER, Acting Chair, Tertiary Education Commission.

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Exemptions From Charter and Profile Requirements

Under sections 159B (2), 159N (4) and 159Y (3) of the Education Act 1989, the Minister of Education and the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) give the following notice.

Notice

1. This notice may be cited as the Education (Exemptions from Charter and Profile requirements for ACE New Provider Fund applicants) Notice 2005.
2. This notice applies from the date of its publication.

Introduction

All organisations that seek or receive funding from the TEC must have an approved charter and profile unless exempt from the requirement to have a charter and profile.

Exemptions From Charter and Profile Requirements for ACE New Provider Fund Applicants for 2005

The Minister exempts the following type of Tertiary Education Organisation (TEO) seeking TEC funding from 2005 Charter requirements.

The TEC similarly exempts these same TEOs from 2005 Profile requirements:

Organisations seeking ACE New Provider funding from the TEC.

Dated at Wellington this 1st day of March 2005.

TREVOR MALLARD, Minister of Education.

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Industry Training Act 1992

Joinery Industry Training Organisation

Pursuant to section 5 of the Industry Training Act 1992, full recognition is granted for the Joinery Industry Training Organisation Incorporated to set standards at Levels 1 to 8 on the National Qualifications Framework for the joinery and flat glass industries for a further period of five years with effect from 27 December 2003.

Dated at Wellington this 1st day of March 2005.

TREVOR MALLARD, Minister of Education.

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