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The results of self-assessment of courses/programmes are used to improve learning outcomes and achievement.

Criterion Six: Learners

Learner support, information and entry ensure appropriate learning pathways, a safe learning environment and a reasonable chance of successful achievement.

Policies for Learners

Learner support

6.1 The PTE deals with students in a fair and equitable manner.

6.2 The PTE has an approach to well-being that encompasses taha whānau (social/cultural), taha wairua (spiritual), taha hinengaro (emotional/mental) and taha tinana (physical) dimensions to encourage and enable progress.

6.3 Learners have access to educational and non-educational support and guidance services that meet their individual needs.

6.4 There is a clear process for receiving and responding to student complaints which is accessible by students and which refers to NZQA’s complaints process.

6.5 The PTE must comply with NZQA’s Student Fee Protection Policy.

Learner information and entry

6.6 Students and prospective students receive clear information on the PTE, its courses and other educational services to enable them to make informed choices about their course of study.

6.7 Written information on entry and selection criteria, total course costs and other financial commitments is provided to students before enrolment.

6.8 The PTE has a clear set of rules for student participation in courses and on-site behaviour which are enforced through a fair and equitable disciplinary policy.

6.9 The PTE implements systems for gathering, recording, maintaining and storing student information. Student records are accurate and accessible by students and the integrity of the information is protected.

Criterion Seven: Assessment

Assessment of learner achievement and moderation ensures that assessment tasks, methods and decisions are fair, reliable and valid and that moderation and reporting comply with the requirements of NZQA and other national standard-setting bodies.

Policies for Assessment

Assessment and moderation

7.1 The PTE has systems of assessment and moderation for assessing learners against the expected outcomes of programmes which:

(a) ensure assessment processes and decisions are open, systematic and consistent; assessment methods are appropriate, fair, manageable and integrated with work or learning and evidence is valid, authentic and sufficient;

(b) provide for internal moderation of assessment materials and judgements;

(c) comply with external moderation requirements of NZQA and national standard-setting agencies; and

(d) ensure learners are assessed only against those unit standards or qualifications registered on the National Qualifications Framework for which the provider has accreditation.

Reporting

7.2 A PTE adequately and appropriately reports on learner achievement, reporting learner achievement of National Qualifications Framework credits to NZQA accurately, as soon as practicable after assessment has taken place, and only in relation to the scope of the accreditation granted.

Criterion Eight: Quality Assurance

Quality assurance is based on an evaluative approach that judges the quality, value and importance of educational outcomes and key contributing processes.

Policies for Quality Assurance

8.1 The PTE’s quality assurance should focus on educational outcomes and key processes contributing to the achievement of those outcomes as set out in the policies for the Quality Assurance Framework established by NZQA.

8.2 The PTE must:

(a) undertake ongoing self-assessment of its performance;

(b) ensure the results of this self-assessment are used to monitor and continuously improve the PTE’s performance. Self-assessment should also be used to improve the quality of educational and other outcomes for learners and other interested parties, including their potential employers and communities; and

(c) be subject to periodic external evaluation and review by NZQA.

8.3 The PTE is required to achieve and maintain levels of at least Confident in their educational performance and capability as a result of its external evaluation and review.

8.4 NZQA staff will be given access to all premises, equipment, records, data and information, staff and students:

(a) with reasonable notice, for quality assurance purposes, including financial and compliance audits, complaints investigation and external evaluation and review; and

(b) without notice where NZQA has information there is or is likely to be a threat to the welfare or safety of staff, students or visitors.

Policies and criteria established on the 28th day of May 2009.
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Securities Commission

Securities Markets Act 1988

The Authorised Futures Dealers (Macquarie Bank Limited) Notice 2009

Pursuant to section 38 of the Securities Markets Act 1988, the Securities Commission gives the following notice.

Notice

Clause 1: Title, commencement and expiry

1(1) This notice is the Authorised Futures Dealers (Macquarie Bank Limited) Notice 2009.

1(2) This notice comes into force on the day after the date of its publication in the New Zealand Gazette.

1(3) This notice expires on the close of 31 July 2014.

Clause 2: Interpretation

2(1) In this notice, unless the context otherwise requires: