tertiary qualifications in New Zealand

Why Recognised and Approved Training is Important

Thursday night, 20/20 reported on the incidence of medical issues arising from poor hygiene and sterlisation (amongst other things) in some clinics in the Auckland region.  It’s interesting to note that some (if not all) of these nail bars seemed to be run in malls.  I would wager that some of the operators did not …

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Our NZQA Review Results: Yet More Proof The National School of Aesthetics is One of New Zealand’s Best Beauty Training Providers

This story is no longer valid. The New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) is required to review all New Zealand tertiary-level education providers, including Industry Training Organisations (ITOs) and Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics (ITPs) but excluding universities, through an External Evaluation and Review (EER).  In our 2013 EER, NZQA judged us “highly confident in educational …

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Scott’s Plain English Guide to the Targeted Review of Qualifications

As I said in my previous post about the New Zealand Beauty Expo, one of the most humbling pieces of feedback I received was about my blog entries on the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) Targeted Review of Qualifications (TRoQ) in beauty therapy education. Some providers and industry people said that my blog entries were …

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NaSA Owners Noel Turner and Don Kendall Win Lifetime Achievement Beauty Industry Award

Every 2 years, the New Zealand beauty industry gets together for the New Zealand Beauty Expo and the New Zealand Beauty Industry Awards.  This year’s awards were hosted by former New Zealand Idol and current X-Factor New Zealand host Dominic Bowden. This year, the New Zealand Beauty Industry Awards were held on Saturday, 6 July …

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The Opportunities This Process Brings

Apologies for the break between my last post about this and this one.  We had our NZQA External Evaluation and Review on Tuesday and Wednesday, I had my normal duties to perform on Thursday, and we were only at work for an hour or so on Friday because it started to snow… quite hard! In …

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The Dangers of This Process, Part Two

In my last post about the Targeted Review of Qualifications (TRoQ), I wrote about the dangers of this process. In this post, I’ll add more about some of the dangers this process can present to the future of our industry. The Dangers of This Process, Part Two Competence versus Confidence Another part of the “problem”, …

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The Dangers of This Process, Part One

In my last post about the Targeted Review of Qualifications (TRoQ), I wrote about how qualifications in New Zealand are changing. In this post and the next, I’d like to tell you about some of the dangers this process can present to the future of our industry. The Dangers of This Process Many attendees at …

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How New Zealand Qualifications Will Change

In my last post about the Targeted Review of Qualifications (TRoQ), I wrote about why change was needed for New Zealand qualifications. In this post, I’d like to tell you about how those qualifications are changing. How Are Qualifications Changing? The Government has decided that the system as it was all very complex and very …

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Why We Need Change to the New Zealand Qualifications System

Our industry is facing one of its largest changes in education in New Zealand to date. It sounds rather drastic, but it is very true, and it should be a positive thing for our industry. Many in our industry have indicated they were interested in more information on the Targeted Review of Qualifications (TRoQ) process …

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