NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 40 — 5 MAY 2016

• Specialised English for Speakers of Other Languages (2014) and supplementary determination (2015);
• Student Achievement Component - Provision at Level 3 and above on the New Zealand Qualifications Framework (2014) and supplementary determinations (2015); and
• Youth Guarantee (2015) and supplementary determinations (2015).

Tertiary education organisations (TEOs) seeking funding under those funding mechanisms must submit a proposed plan (unless the TEO has been exempted from the requirement to submit a proposed plan, pursuant to section 159U of the Act).

Pursuant to the Act, the TEC gives public notice of the following:

1. Section 159R:
   a. the content of TEOs’ proposed plans (being the particular matters that proposed plans must address or include in order to meet the requirements in section 159P);
   b. the kinds of background or supplementary information that the Commission requires a TEO to provide in relation to a proposed plan; and
   c. the timetable and process for the submission of proposed plans to the Commission;

2. Section 159Y: The criteria for assessing proposed plans the TEC will use to assess proposed plans to determine if TEOs will receive funding approval; and

3. Section 159YO: The matters that TEOs must include in their plan summary.

The amount of detail in the proposed plan will depend on the size and complexity of the TEO submitting the plan.

1) Content of TEOs’ proposed plans

A. Content

Mission and role

Pursuant to section 159P(c), the TEO must describe its mission and role for the term of the plan, including its role within the overall network of provision.

The TEO should demonstrate that it understands its distinctive mission and role within the system, and how this relates to the community it serves, and that it has a sustainable plan for fulfilling this mission and role through its programmes and activities.

Contribution to Government priorities

Pursuant to section 159P(a), the TEO must describe out how it will give effect to the Government’s current and medium-term priorities as described in the Tertiary Education Strategy 2014–2019 (“Strategy”). This must include information about how the TEO will:

• identify and respond to the needs of industry and employers and publish information to help inform enrolment choices (the “Delivering Skills for Industry” priority of the Strategy);
• attract and engage at-risk young people and support them to progress through tertiary education and into sustainable work (the “Getting at-risk young people into a career” priority of the Strategy);
• attract and engage Māori and Pasifika students and support them to succeed educationally and achieve better outcomes (the “Boosting achievement of Māori and Pasifika” priority of the Strategy);
• respond to adult foundation learners with literacy and numeracy skill needs (the “Improving adult literacy and numeracy” priority of the Strategy);
• if it is a research-based institution, manage its resources to support its research strategy and implementation plan, and support innovation (especially commercial innovation) through research, knowledge exchange, and human capital development (the “Strengthening research-based institutions” priority of the Strategy); and
• help to increase the value of international education to New Zealand (the “Growing international linkages” priority of the Strategy).

Addressing the needs of stakeholders

Pursuant to section 159P(b) the TEO must describe how it will address the needs of its stakeholders (including,

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