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This year there had been a 40 per cent increase in enrolments for funded courses. UCOL’s acting chief executive Linda Sissons said there had been consistent growth and an increase on each campus in every faculty. An extra 191 students had enrolled from last year, and Sissons expected that to grow. She said the scheme provided school-leavers and those out of school the chance to get a headstart in a sought-after career. Palmerston North’s Suzy Hakaumotu, 18, is one student who took advantage of the scheme. She finished her studies at UCOL and was a groomer at Courtesy Ford, while wor...

Source: Ara Institute of Canterbury Ara Institute of Canterbury has just had all of its IT and digital technology courses added to the Government’s Targeted Training and Apprenticeship Fund (TTAF) scheme, with the Bachelor of ICT degree being the only exception. This means that incoming students can gain access to these courses for free, potentially setting them off in a stress-free way towards a well-paid and future-proof career. The TTAF scheme is one way in which the New Zealand Government is assisting newly-unemployed workers who have been impacted by COVID’s drag on the economy...

Thursday, 28 January 2021, 2:08 pm Learners in the Manawatū, Whanganui, Wairarapa, and Horowhenua regions are flocking at the chance to take up free study covered by the Government’s Targeted Training and Apprenticeship Fund (TTAF) – but many parents and students are unaware of the range of programmes that are included. Image by UCOL Since launching last year, the Government has this month expanded what qualifications are eligible for its funding. Across UCOL’s campuses, 34 programmes are now covered by free trades training, including qualifications in health and wellbeing, informatio...

It's as true now as it ever has been: nowhere else offers an education experience like that of Dunedin. But rather than resting on their laurels, the University of Otago and Otago Polytechnic have plans to make the city an even more inspiring place for students. From high in the summit beyond Pin

+Undoctored Media release from the Tertiary Education Commission Friday 18 December 2020, 01:11 PM 1 minute to Read The Government has expanded the target areas of the Targeted Training and Apprenticeship Fund (TTAF) to include conservation, information technology and additional community support skills. "TTAF was introduced in June 2020 as part of our response to COVID-19 to strengthen the skills pipeline New Zealand needs to support economic recovery. It makes all apprenticeships and a range of targeted training programmes at sub-degree level free for learners," says Gillian Dudge...