New Zealand higher education policy
Exercise &triggered a lot of work that*s still got to be completed* but succeeded in being &provocative*, according to country*s former chief science adviser
Ambitious review with modest government pickup &was not an exercise in kicking the can down the road*
Thinktank urges change of culture from &kindness to fairness* after identifying rapid rise in number of top marks awarded by universities
Performance-based research fund also faces overhaul, as Wellington embraces least disruptive and costly aspects of landmark review*s proposals
New agreement, signed in the shadow of eagerly anticipated reviews, will &scale up research* and generate &better value*
&Share the excitement*, sceptics told, amid conflicting claims over rationale for graduate-entry programme