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Results from a pilot study tracking Porirua and Christchurch school leavers will be used to further refine the government’s plans to introduce an Education and Training Leaving Age.

The Government’s flagship Modern Apprenticeships programme has exceeded expectations, with new figures showing more than 3,000 young New Zealanders are now signed up under the scheme.

Funding for the five specialist centres of research excellence (CoRE) chosen in March and criteria for the allocation of an additional $58 million provided for new centres in the May budget has now been confirmed, Associate Education (Tertiary Education) Minister Steve Maharey said today.

Details of the decision-making framework for joint public-private sector investments at our tertiary institutions were outlined today by Associate Education (Tertiary Education) Minister Steve Maharey and Education and Associate Finance Minister Trevor Mallard.

Genuine ownership of the tertiary education reforms and a system more focused on quality is seen as the key to improving the connections between industry, the community and the sector.

National’s tertiary education policy is full of sloppy thinking and would offer nothing to students, says Associate Education (Tertiary Education) Minister Steve Maharey.

Labour will widen eligibility for student allowances as a priority in its second term, Associate Education (Tertiary Education) Minister Steve Maharey said today.

The new approach to funding research within the tertiary education sector would developed with the assistance of experts with knowledge of the sector, Associate Minister of Education (Tertiary Education) Steve Maharey said today.

Comments at the inaugural Tertiary Teaching Excellence Awards ceremony. Grand Hall, Parliament Buildings.

Fourteen tertiary educators have been honoured in the inaugural tertiary teaching excellence awards announced this evening.

The winners of the inaugural Tertiary Teaching Excellence Awards will be announced at an awards ceremony being held at Parliament on Monday evening, 24 June 2002.

Associate Education Minister is criticising the Alliance for playing the politics of inter-generational envy with their proposal to use Government funding allocated to New Zealand Superannuation to write off student debt.

Associate Minister of Education (Tertiary Education) Steve Maharey, and Rimutaka MP Paul Swain announced today that the Heretaunga campus, located in Upper Hutt, is to become a multi-campus education facility for the education of international students.

The eight members appointed to the Transition Tertiary Education Commission (TTEC) collectively possess all the skills and attributes the new body will need to achieve a quantum shift in the performance and connectedness of New Zealand's tertiary education sector, says Associate Education (Tertiary Education) Minister Steve Maharey.

Mr Speaker, I move that the Tertiary Education Reform Bill be read a second time.

Associate Education (Tertiary Education) Minister Steve Maharey opened The Learning Shop, He Huarahi Ki Mua – the first of two pilot Learning and Assessment Centres funded in the 2001 budget - in Porirua this morning.

Comments at the launch of the Learning Shop - He Huarahi Ki Mua, Porirua's Learning and Assessment Centre. Cobham Court, Porirua.

National’s tertiary education spokesperson Maurice Williamson is hopelessly wrong with his claims this afternoon that universities will only receive a $10 million increase

Budget 2002 includes a $277 million package to enable New Zealanders to acquire the knowledge and skills we need to develop as a more innovative nation, says Associate Education (Tertiary Education) Minister Steve Maharey and Associate Education Minister Parekura Horomia.

Budget 2002 contains a $400 million package to promote relevance, excellence and accessibility in the tertiary education system, says Associate Education (Tertiary Education) Minister Steve Maharey.

Industry training will receive an additional $14 million over the next four years in tomorrow's budget, Prime Minister Helen Clark and Associate Minister of Education (Tertiary) Steve Maharey announced today.

Address to the Work in Progress, New Directions in Workplace Learning international vocational education and training conference. Wellington Town Hall Convention Centre.

Polytechnics around the country will be able to take a more active role in regional development thanks to new funding included in Budget 2002.

Steve Maharey is welcoming the report of Parliament’s Education and Science Select Committee on the Tertiary Education Reform Bill.